Chapter 216: Game console ban, is Chinese e-sports easy to bully?
"Provincial team? The Daily Life team? This grouping is quite interesting..." Zhang Jiale laughed as he looked at the result of the draw on the stage.

Long before the expedition, everyone in Fanhua had already discussed the significance of MSI.

In addition to being the first world-class League of Legends e-sports event, its most important symbolic significance is undoubtedly that it means competing for the country and the region.

After all, this is a competition that only the division champions are eligible to participate in.

Competitive sports are war in peacetime, and e-sports is no exception.

This time, Group A brings together three teams from two East Asian countries, plus a Turkey region that has strayed into a tiger's den.

Basically every game is a game of grudges full of highlights.

"Brothers, cheer up!" Zhang Jiale's tone was a little murderous.

"You don't have to say it, Brother Le, it's for sure." Zhao Yang and others replied almost in unison.

Logically speaking, for a game with a relatively long schedule and high consumption, strong teams generally need to conserve their strength in the first round.

But this grouping is too sensitive.

Except for IW from the turkey division which looks a little harmless, does Fanhua dare to lose to the other two teams?
If we lose to other teams, the Chinese people will at most scold us for not playing well and tell us to try harder next time.

Lose to the provincial team? Lose to Japan?
Then prepare to be drowned in spit and nailed to the pillar of shame for ten thousand years.

Needless to say, Zhang Jiale knew that all the players in Fanhua had already put in their best efforts and were determined to treat the group stage as the finals.

Only Sun Zheping felt a little regretful: "Why can't I draw a stick? What a pity, that bastard lived one more round."

After the draw, Staples arranged a lot of activities, but the players were no longer interested in enjoying them.

There was only one thing on their minds:

Adjust your condition and play hard in the group stage!
Finally, the opening ceremony came to an end. Everyone in Fanhua had no mood to stay for a moment, and they all prepared to return to their hotel without any reluctance.

Outside of Staples Center, they unexpectedly met the DFM team from the Neon Division.

Different from the serious and murderous faces of the Chinese people.

The Japanese players were all chatting and laughing at this moment, looking very relaxed, as if they were not under any pressure from the upcoming group stage.

After noticing the gazes of the people in Fanhua, they waved towards Huaxia with a grin on their faces.

Even among them, the contestant who was wearing glasses and looked relatively mature, had a subtle smile on his face and slowly raised his thumb towards Fanhua.

If his thumb wasn't actually pointing upwards, instead of the thumbs-down position that represents provocation, the two teams would probably have engaged in a full-scale fight here without having to wait until the group stage.

"No, what does that little Japanese mean?" Zhang Jiale couldn't help but ask angrily after suppressing his anger until he got on the car.

"What's the point? They look down on us!" Sun Zheping no longer cared about beating up LCK. The Japanese' attitude completely angered this hot-tempered brother.

"The one who gave the thumbs up is DFM's top laner Evi, right? Not even God can save him, I said it!"

"No, we haven't even played a single game yet, how dare those guys be so arrogant?" Xiye, the youngest, is also the one who loses his temper the most.

If Lu Liang hadn't held him back, he would have probably gone up to start a fight with the Japanese on the spot.

"I won't say anything more. I won't participate in MSI in this lifetime unless I fight my way out of this. I won't play in the summer season and will retire on the spot!"

Zhao Yang, who was always the calmest and most peaceful, also slammed the table to express his attitude.

After all, although they are all successful e-sports stars, they are essentially young people in their teens and twenties who are full of vigor and vitality.

How could one endure such humiliation in a life already burdened with national hatred, family feuds and grudges?
Looking at the murderous looks of the crowd, Lu Liang and Guo Mingyu glanced at each other imperceptibly and nodded slightly.

Having been in the international e-sports field for a long time, they have some understanding of the current status of Chinese e-sports in the international arena.

There is some speculation as to why the Neon team would have such an attitude.

But there is no need to explain at this time.

Let these high-spirited warriors continue to charge forward courageously.

……

In fact, the generals of Fanhua misunderstood the attitude of the Neon team, but not completely.

The reason they misunderstood is that the person who gave the thumbs up was not provoking them.

If they were more patient when studying the games in the Neon Division and watched more of the pre-match highlights of the DFM games, they would know.

Giving a thumbs up is Evi's signature move.

But the reason why they said they had no misunderstanding was that the Japanese players really did not think that the players from the Chinese division were that difficult to deal with.

In the field of e-sports, in fact, before the emergence of League of Legends, each country had a certain degree of isolationism.

It was not until the League of Legends announced that it would hold a world-class competition, and even until the competitions in various countries had already been completed, that people began to study the opponents of MSI belatedly.

In the absence of cross-regional competition records to refer to, studying videos can help players understand their opponents' styles, but it cannot help them understand their opponents' strengths and weaknesses.

In this case, the strength of a certain region can only be confirmed indirectly through some indirect evidence.

As for the Chinese division, Japan mainly refers to three items.

The first item is the history of the development of Chinese e-sports. Although the Chinese in this world has experienced variables such as Glory that deviate from the history of Pei Yunteng's previous life, some general development laws can still be traced.

Take, for example, the ban on gaming consoles.

This historical event, which is destined to leave a significant mark in the history of China's game development, also happened in this world.

In the past, this ban gave rise to rampant piracy in the Chinese gaming market and the wild growth of various online games and web games.

In this life, China has become one of the countries most affected by the game of Honor.

How strong can e-sports be in a country where the gaming industry has suffered such a devastating blow?

What? You said that League of Legends was developed by Pei Sang from China?

What a joke! Pei Sang is a treasure belonging to all mankind in the field of gaming. He is a rare genius who just happened to be born in China!

Aren’t there players in our neighboring country who are researching and saying that Pei Sang has Korean ancestry?

For Japan, which has been famous worldwide for its ACG industry in recent decades, they really can't imagine what level of e-sports can be born in a country where even the sale of game consoles was once prohibited.

In addition to this old story, DFM has two other references. One is the incident when Ye Xiu left.

Wasn't Excellent Era the number one powerhouse in Chinese esports? Then they should represent the highest level in China, right?

If the highest level clubs can do such a lousy job, what else can Chinese e-sports expect?

Another one is the strategy of flourishing in the playoffs.

According to DFM's well-known top laner Evi, it is basically impossible for players in the support and top positions to swap positions.

The fact that Fanhua can do this only proves that their overall level is not high!
Based on these subjective speculations, at least Neon did not pay too much attention to Fanhua. On the contrary, they paid more attention to the provincial team's Flash Wolves.

Apart from DFM making such a hasty judgment, teams from other countries did not look down on Fanhua so much, but they did not take it seriously either.

Even after the draw, some people claimed that Group A was at a baby-level difficulty level.

After all, for many years, due to some well-known reasons, Chinese e-sports has almost never exported any player talents. People like Bai Shu and Lu Liang are already accidents among accidents.

Even they were not trained by China's e-sports system.

The group of champions of China's Glory Professional League fight each other to death, but have never had the opportunity to show their talents on the international stage.

Guo Mingyu and Lu Liang, two veterans who have worked abroad, know best what the current status of Chinese e-sports is in the international arena.

Having experienced all the hardships, they also sincerely hope that Fanhua can demonstrate the glory of Chinese e-sports.

That’s right, this e-sports competition is no longer just about the honor of the Fanhua team.

This is the national war in the field of e-sports.

In the next few days, the people of Fanhua, who were filled with anger, put almost all their energy into studying their opponents.

Neon, in particular, is their main focus.

After all, China is a country of etiquette. It is not as reckless as Japan or South Korea to make hasty judgments about opponents it does not know yet.

Although everyone in Fanhua hated DFM, they also regarded them as one of the most difficult opponents.

While everyone was gearing up for the event, various issues concerning MSI, under the deliberate guidance of certain people, sparked domestic public opinion.

From the moment the grouping results were released, the situation in Group A was enough to cause heated discussion.

Soon after that, the video clip of DFM and Fanhua’s interaction after their encounter was posted on the domestic Internet.

This video was even posted by DFM, and I thought it was just a humorous interaction before the game.

But they still underestimated how much of a provocation it would be for the Chinese to see a group of Japanese people smiling and gesticulating towards them.

In addition, with Brother Dong sharing the current status of Chinese e-sports in the country, it is no wonder that all online games have exploded.

"The Japanese are going too far! You didn't feel any pain from the beating eighty years ago, did you?"

"It seems that some people are not satisfied with the second original and want the third original."

"I won't say anything more. Kill Fanhua ruthlessly! Beat the heads of those little Japanese devils. I will be a die-hard fan of Fanhua for life!"

"Don't forget the provincial team! Don't let this happen! It has to be at least a hundred years after I die!"

"Come on, Fanhua! Show the might of China!"

Public opinion has undoubtedly broken out again.

The Chinese team was provoked by their Neon opponents before participating in a world-class competition. This headline was enough to attract the attention of mainstream Chinese society.

As public opinion gradually fermented, the already high popularity of MSI was once again pushed to a peak.

Next, it depends on the performance of the flowers.

　Second update. Good night, everyone.

　　Monthly tickets,

　　
　
(End of this chapter)