novelhk Chapter 66 The Finals, LCK's Esports Spring Festival! [Please read on, please vote!]
Chapter 66 The Finals, LCK's Esports Spring Festival! [Please read on, please vote!]
Canna (Kim Chang-dong) is not a particularly strong top laner.
While those who can play professionally are undoubtedly exceptionally talented, they are only compared to ordinary people.
Which one of them who gets to compete isn't a genius?
Even among geniuses, there are differences!
Among a group of geniuses, Jin Zhangdong wasn't particularly outstanding; he was somewhere in the middle, neither the best nor the worst.
In addition, the top lane is a solo lane, and Lee Doo-hwan, as the jungler, can't stay in the top lane all the time.
So sometimes, problems can easily arise when these lines are aligned.
While T1 can let Ornn, a utility champion, fend for himself, the opposing team can counter with strong champions to suppress him, which can make things difficult for T1 in the top half of the map.
Regardless, the opponent's talent and strength are already at their limit, making further improvement difficult.
This kind of problem cannot be solved by Lee Doo-hwan simply by using a baseball bat to help him grow faster.
It's like some people can only carry fifty pounds of things. If you give them a hundred pounds, you could kill them and they still couldn't lift it.
So after another match, Lee Doo-hwan briefly mentioned his opinion to Jung Hoi-yoon, who came up to him to curry favor.
"You mean, Zhang Dong isn't capable enough?"
After hearing what Lee Doo-hwan said, Jung Hoi-yoon couldn't help but say something.
"It's not that it's bad, it's that it's absolutely terrible!" Lee Doo-hwan corrected.
"This is only the Spring Split, and there are many more games to come. If he can't improve, or if the club can't replace him..."
Then this year's results may not be very good.
Upon hearing Lee Doo-hwan's words, Jung Hoi-yoon's heart skipped a beat.
As a newly appointed manager this year, he certainly hopes the team will achieve good results.
Only by achieving good results can one secure their position as manager and avoid being replaced by others.
"But how do we do it?"
Doo-hwan, you are the only four-time champion in the entire Hero Power series. Who can compare to you?
And even if we were to change, who would we replace them with?
Zhangdong is currently the preferred option.
"So I'm just giving you a heads-up. If he can grow and improve, then everything will be great."
on the contrary……
"Hui Run, you don't want to be kicked out of your position less than a year after taking office, just because the team's performance is poor this year, do you?"
"Um……"
Zheng Huirun fell silent.
After about five or six seconds, a flash of inspiration struck him.
"Eh!"
……
Thinking that what Lee Doo-hwan said made a lot of sense, in order to keep his position, he spoke very seriously after making a very clever sound.
"Dou-hwan, keep it this way for now, and be a little stricter with him on a regular basis."
If he trains for ten hours a day, then add two more hours!
In your Chinese terms, this is called "pulling up seedlings to help them grow!"
Upon hearing this, Lee Doo-hwan glanced at the other man, and seeing that he wasn't joking, he spoke with a hint of amusement.
"Hui Run, aren't you afraid I might accidentally hurt him by hitting him too hard?"
You know, I'm not that guy, Master An, and I don't have his skillful use of baseball bats!
"I feel that as long as it's not too excessive, there shouldn't be any problems," Zheng Huirun replied with a smile. "You keep pushing them hard, and I'll see if there are any other candidates."
Let's split up and go in two directions!
"Hui Run, you're even more of a beast than I imagined!"
……
In the following period, Lee Doo-hwan became even stricter with Lee Sang-ho and Kim Chang-dong's training.
He would give the other person a stern talking-to if they did anything wrong.
Of course, if he sometimes loses control, Lee Doo-hwan will still apologize.
"Zhang Dong, this time it was my fault. I used a little too much force. I apologize to you here."
Don't worry, it definitely won't happen again next time!
Ultimately, Lee Doo-hwan wasn't an unreasonable person.
If you have any complaints, feel free to speak up. Only by speaking out can the team avoid conflicts and make progress, right?
What?!
You actually dared to say that?!
……
The young mid-laner has been exceptionally well-behaved lately, perhaps because he saw how hard Lee Doo-hwan was pushing Kim Chang-dong and the others to train.
So, as a junior, he sometimes didn't even need Lee Doo-hwan to ask for water; the water would be handed to him, and the house would be cleaned spotlessly.
This made Kim Chang-dong and his juniors, who were biased towards Kim Jung-soo, extremely angry.
Aishobashi!
This kid previously encouraged us to rebel against Yi Doo-hwan's rule, but he himself knelt down faster than anyone else!
……
As the playoffs progressed, T1 continued their winning streak.
As expected, they successfully made it into the finals.
And their opponent is none other than their arch-rival, Samsung!
These two teams in the LCK are like EDG and RNG in the LPL back in the day!
The fans are more like the "pig and dog war" in the LPL, with a strong sense of irreconcilable conflict and a desire for the other side to die quickly.
So even before the finals started, fans of both sides had already begun a war of words online.
[Stop yelling, Huan Xiaojiang! My Samsung BO3 was just a joke, but in BO5 I'll make you kneel!]
[If you don't understand, just ask: Samsung is so amazing, how many championships has they won?]
[This is ridiculous. If it weren't for the fact that many of Samsung's ten teams were bought up by the LPL back then, and a club couldn't have two teams, what chance would SKT have?]
[Fun fact: Samsung White is widely recognized as the strongest team; SKT can only be ranked second!]
[Fun fact: Samsung White lost to Samsung Blue all year in the league, managed to win a patch championship at Worlds, and got crushed in the Winter Season, yet they still brag about it?!]
[Don't bark, Samsung dogs. Just remember one thing: the AD carry in your supposedly strongest Samsung White team has to obediently call me, Doo-hwan, "Big Brother!"]
[The stars never fade, may we win the championship! The stars never fade, may our legs break!]
[My Samsung team has Ambition, the best baseball bat player among professional players. Does your SKT team have that?!]
【win!!!】
……
The online argument is raging, with each side having their own version of the truth.
The night before the match, at the Samsung base, Ruler and his team originally planned to play two practice matches and then relax before heading to the finals the next day.
While last-minute cramming is important, getting adequate rest and being in good condition is even more crucial!
But to my surprise, the training match wasn't even over yet.
Master An called back.
Although Master An was stuck at home due to special circumstances, he was actually just as concerned about the competition as Ruler and the other participants.
"Jaehyuk, tomorrow is your final match against T1. Are you confident?"
Even though it was over the phone, the ruler didn't dare to have the slightest rebellious thought.
When asked by Master An on the other end of the phone, he immediately gave his assurance.
"Don't worry, Chan-young hyung, I will definitely live up to your expectations and win T1!"
……