I have to say that EDG's fans are really ruthless. They directly wrote out EDG's 1% chance of winning the championship. Generally speaking, fans tend to overestimate their favorite teams.
But this EDG fan seems different.
But it's understandable. EDG's performance last year was too dismal. This is probably the reason why EDG's fans don't believe in EDG's level in foreign wars.
Exit this post and look for other ones.
Soon, Yuan Shen saw an interesting post: the six participating teams of LCK and LPL were graded.
The so-called team classification is to rank the teams according to their strength.
Yuan Shen clicked on it and took a look. There was a bar chart in the rating post, with the vertical axis representing the rating and the horizontal axis representing the six teams.
The levels are divided into: S+, S, A+, A, B+, B.
First of all, there are three teams in the LCK region, and SSG is at the A+ level.
The reasons given below are: Although SSG can certainly be considered a strong team when facing teams from other regions, it is far behind SKT and Longzhu. Their individual strength is not good and their style of play is too conservative.
Seeing this, Yuan Shen shook his head. The person who gave this rating definitely didn’t understand this game.
SKT is at S+ level this time. The reason is: Although SKT's performance in the league is not as good as expected, they have a different feeling when it comes to the S game and are trustworthy.
But if SKT is S-level, then what is IG?
You know, in both S5 and S6 World Championships, IG defeated SKT and won the championship.
Then there is Longzhu, which is also an S+ level team.
Of course, Longzhu's S+ is higher than SKT's.
Although the levels are divided by letters, this chart is a bar chart, and the same level range can be divided into high and low.
The reason given by Longzhu is: the new king of LCK, the mid, top and jungle are all world-class, and this time in the S game, he may pose a great threat to IG.
Next up are the three LPL teams.
RNG is an A+ level team, similar to SSG. The reason is: RNG now mainly relies on the bottom lane to win the game, and its playing style is relatively simple, which makes it easy to fail in an environment like the S game.
The next one is EDG. EDG barely reached the S level. The reason is: as the runner-up and second seed of the LPL league, they could have gotten a higher evaluation, but they are EDG, good at civil wars but not good at foreign wars.
Seeing this scene, Yuan Shen smiled.
It has to be said that this stereotype of EDG has been deeply rooted in people's minds and it is unlikely to be eliminated in a short period of time.
Finally, it is IG, which received the grade of S+.
Moreover, IG's S+ is higher than Dragon Ball and has reached the top. If there is a next level, IG should be right on the next level line.
The reason given is: IG, the absolute ruler of this game, their performance in the summer finals proved that they have not yet experienced a decline in form, so they are still invincible, and the only thing that can defeat IG is IG's own form.
This evaluation can be said to be very high.
Yuan Shen looked towards the live broadcast room and found that the comments were all arguing:
"Who did this? This is absolute nonsense."
"I don't believe RNG is worse than EDG. RNG is not the second seed, it's just because EDG is better at fighting a civil war."
"To be honest, if EDG had any sense, they would have given the opportunity to WE. Their ability to fight outside is much worse than WE's."
"EDG can only win the foreign war if the sun rises from the west."
"Master Yuan, you should be the one to rate. I will believe what you say. What others say is nonsense."
So the barrage of comments began to ask Yuan Shen to say something fair. Of course, the so-called fair words mean letting Yuan Shen do the rating, and only what he says counts.
Yuan Shen originally didn't want to get involved, but now the audience was very excited and couldn't stop attacking each other.
Yuan Shen could only say: "Then I will express my personal opinion. Once again, this is just my personal opinion. Please don't make a big deal out of it."
First of all, there are only two teams that can reach the S+ level in this S game, one is IG and the other is SSG.
As soon as these words came out, the live broadcast room exploded with comments:
"Ah? Yuan Shen, did you slip up? SSG was beaten by SKT and Longzhu. Did you not watch the LCK Summer League?"
"I think Yuan Shen said it wrong. He should have meant Dragon Ball."
"Right now, the strongest player in LCK is Longzhu, who is ranked first in the regular season and is killing everyone in the playoffs."
"Longzhu's personal ability is obvious to all. SSG cannot challenge him."
Yuan Shen repeated: "This is my personal opinion. Everyone has their own opinion, so it's normal that they don't agree. My opinion is that SSG is stronger than Longzhu because the version of the S game is the bottom lane version."
However, the comments still don’t buy it:
"Impossible. The two elders in the bottom lane of Longzhu are killing SKT bottom lane indiscriminately."
"The two Xuanming elders may not be very good at fighting outsiders, but they are definitely good enough to deal with their own people."
"Master Yuan must be speaking sarcastically on purpose. How could he not know this?"
"So it was intentional. That makes sense."
Yuan Shen was a little helpless. This was the reason why he didn't want to comment at first, because there would definitely be many people who would disagree.
The strength of Chidi and CoreJJ is actually underestimated by many people.
Yuan Shen ignored the comments and continued, "Then the S-level teams are SKT and Longzhu."
"As for EDG and RNG, it should be considered A+."
So the barrage started arguing again:
"We EDG refuse to be on the same level as Huangza."
"That's enough, it's like who wants to be on the same level as you RNG."
"I think RNG is at best a B+, don't mess with our EDG."
"EDG's foreign war is D. Winning the wildcard game is considered a success."
Yuan Shen’s live broadcast room turned into a battlefield. Fans of RNG and EDG disliked each other and attacked each other crazily.
At the same time, the news that Yuan Shen graded the teams had spread online and even became a hot topic!
Because of his classification method, it aroused the anger of many EDG and RNG fans, causing this matter to quickly become popular and known to the entire network, and naturally it also reached the ears of major teams.
The live broadcast continued until the early morning, when Yuan Shen decided to end it: "Brothers, it's getting late. I'm going to rest. You should go to bed early too."
The audience in the live broadcast room naturally disagreed:
"What are you sleeping for? Can you still sleep at your age?"
"Wake up, you won the championship today, and you can still sleep?"
"If it were me, I would definitely not sleep for three days, just high!"
"That's enough, you guys want Yuan Shen to die suddenly, right? Are you a spy sent by LCK?"
After Yuan Shen finished the live broadcast, he took a look at the background data and found that he had earned more than one million from the live broadcast tonight!
The gifts alone are worth more than one million, and this is the league championship. If they win the S-League championship, it will be unimaginable.
After Yuan Shen ended the live broadcast, he came behind Ning Wang, who was playing a game live. After the game, he lost badly.
Ning Wang cursed: "A bunch of expensive things, I don't know why the teams in the random games are like idiots, do they really know how to play this game?" The comments in the live broadcast room were all mocking:
"It's not that your teammates in the casual games are too bad, it's that your teammates in the game are too good."
"Do you think you can find a configuration like IG anywhere?"
"You're playing a random game, and you're still thinking that the mid lane is Rookie and the top lane is Theshy."
"This is the trouble of children from wealthy families. They are usually spoiled and can't stand the slightest hardship."
Ning Wang seemed to find it boring and said, "Brothers, I'm going to end the broadcast first. See you tomorrow."
Prince Ning chose to leave the broadcast, and Yuan Shen asked, "Gao Zhenning, how much rice did you harvest today?"
King Ning looked back and found Yuan Shen behind him.
"Let me see." King Ning opened the backstage and took a look, then replied:
"I received over 300,000 yuan worth of gifts. Holy shit, over 300,000 yuan! Did I read that right?"
In order to avoid making a mistake, King Ning checked it several times to confirm that there was no problem.
Prince Ning immediately calmed down: "If I can collect more than 300,000, then you... let's not talk about it, you must have one digit more than me. Comparing people will make you angry."
Yuan Shen and Ning Wang went to check on the others, starting with Rookie.
Rookie finally received more than 600,000 gifts.
Hearing this number, Prince Ning felt unbalanced: "Old Song has more than 600,000? My God, this world is too crazy."
Rookie rolled his eyes at Ning Wang: "Can you please stop calling me Lao Song? I always send you off."
King Ning chuckled and said, "Okay, Old Song. No problem, Old Song."
Rookie shook his head helplessly.
The three of them walked over to Theshy and learned that Theshy had received more than 700,000 gifts. Rookie felt unbalanced:
"How do you have more than me?"
Theshy looked innocent: "I don't know. They want to give me gifts, and it's not something I can control."
Prince Ning complained: "You mean, someone forced you to give you a gift and you couldn't get rid of it?"
Theshy shook his head: "No, I didn't say that."
Yuan Shen speculated: "I guess it's because of the style. Theshy's style is more aggressive, and the top lane position often involves melee and confrontation, which is more enjoyable to watch, so it's easy to attract fans."
Theshy said: "It may also have something to do with appearance."
Ning Wang complained: "You are actually narcissistic, almost like Theshy."
The next one, Smlz, received more than 400,000 gifts.
Ning Wang was relieved now: "I feel relieved now. There is actually a starting C position that is similar to me. I feel relieved!"
Suddenly, he noticed Baolan.
Since the starting ADC can only collect so much, shouldn’t Baolan, the starting support, get even less?
So King Ning walked behind Bao Lan and asked, "Princess Lan, how much rice did you collect? Can you let us see it?"
Baolan was also quite direct and released the background data.
"Ah? Only 80,000? No, you are too pitiful. I thought you have so many sisters, they should be willing to spend money on you, but this is it?" King Ning jumped out and laughed at him.
Baolan looked at Prince Ning as if he were a fool.
Just when Ning Wang was gloating, suddenly, Rookie reminded him: "This seems to be 800,000, not 80,000."
"Eight hundred thousand? How is that possible?" Ning Wang subconsciously denied it. In his opinion, it was impossible because neither Rookie nor Theshy had that much.
But seeing that no one else seemed to say anything, Prince Ning counted them carefully.
It turns out it’s true!
Eight hundred thousand!
Not eighty thousand!
"Are these sisters so awesome? I'm convinced!" King Ning had to admit it.
Yuan Shen teased, "You need to get more sisters in the future. They are willing to spend money."
Prince Ning shook his head: "Forget it, I'm not an expert in this area, and I don't have the innate conditions."
The next day, the LCK finals began.
Everyone in IG gathered in the conference room to watch the game. In the end, there was no suspense at all, and Longzhu easily won the championship.
In fact, before the game started, most people thought that Longzhu would definitely win, and this result was just expected.
At this time, Fu Manduo said, "Now that we have finished watching the game, you can speak freely about your ideas and let's discuss it together."
"Longzhu may become our biggest challenge in the S League."
As soon as Fu Manduo finished speaking, Ning Wang suddenly said, "That's not right. I remember Yuan Shen said in his live broadcast yesterday that SSG is the biggest threat. There are still many people discussing this issue online."
After Prince Ning said this, everyone remembered that this was indeed the case.
After Yuan Shen ranked the LPL and LCK teams yesterday, someone immediately asked for their opinions.
Seeing that it was Yuan Shen who said this, they were too embarrassed to object and could only perfunctorily answer.
Everyone in IG, including Fu Manduo, looked at Yuan Shen, as if they wanted an explanation, so Yuan Shen said:
"In fact, this matter is not complicated. SSG's bottom lane is stronger, the jungler is experienced, and his playing style is more in line with the version. The S game is a bottom lane version, so the outcome of the game is largely related to the strength of the bottom lane."
Hearing this, Fumanduo commented: "It makes sense from all aspects, but why do you think SSG's bottom lane is stronger? Their ADC, Ruler, only joined SSG in the summer season."
Yuan Shen continued, "You can tell by watching the game. Although the SSG duo is definitely not as good as the Longzhu duo in terms of coordination in the bottom lane, they are stronger in terms of strength, and running-in can lead to rapid improvement."
"Both of Longzhu's bottom laners are veteran players, and there is no room for improvement in their strength. They can only go downhill. Once the two bottom laners of SSG have worked together, the gap will become more obvious."
Fu Manduo nodded: "Your analysis makes sense. This is indeed an angle worth noting. However, everything will have to wait until the game to be confirmed."
"In short, the three LCK teams are not easy to deal with, and we must pay attention to them. Now that we have just watched Longzhu's game, let's discuss Longzhu first."
Everyone started discussing it.
Rookie said: "Longzhu is a mid-lane player with good operation, reaction and hero pool. He is a good seedling."
Prince Ning teased, "Old Song, are you scared? No way, are you scared now?"
Rookie rolled his eyes at Ning Wang and continued, "I have no problem with the mid lane part."
Fu Manduo nodded and continued to ask, "What about the top lane? Longzhu top laner Khan is the single king of the LCK Summer Season. He broke the LCK season single kill record. His personal strength is very strong."
Hearing this, King Ning exclaimed, "So awesome? Record-breaking single kill king? Is he dreaming of going to heaven?"
Fumando continued, "In Dragon Ball, Ueno is very young and very powerful. There is no need to deny this."
Theshy didn't seem to be under any pressure. He just said, "I've watched a few of Khan's games and I think he's very good."
Although he said so, everyone could tell from his expression that he actually didn't take the other person seriously, at least he didn't think it was a big trouble, he just treated it normally. (End of this chapter)