Chapter 370 SKT Truck1, Start! (Part )

"coach?"

Almost no one would have expected that Park Jae-yoon, who had nothing to do, would choose to work on such an unpopular track as coaching.

After all, the coach of SKT is mainly responsible for ordering takeout and shutting the door. His presence is so low that many people who claim to be SKT's die-hard fans don't know what the coach's ID is or what his resume is.

But after a little initial confusion, most of the audience suddenly became excited.

Especially those who used to be Park Jae-yoon's die-hard fans, for the first time, they had sincere expectations for Park Jae-yoon.

What are the ingredients of Park Jae-yoon’s anti-fans?
Apart from a small number of righteous messengers and old fans who cannot stand his negative news, the majority are naturally SKT, especially Faker's fanatical fans.

For these people, there just happens to be a problem that has been bothering them recently, and they need to come up with a logically consistent explanation.

That is, why was SKT so lagging some time ago?
Is Lee Sang-hyuk strong? Too strong, the regular season MVP, the backbone of the team, the team will not work without him.

But what about the rest of SKT? They are not weak either.

With a young mid laner who has never played in the secondary league, they were able to fight Samsung to the final game. This strength must be among the best in the league, right?

Especially Deft, it is no exaggeration to say that his performance was like a god descending from heaven.

So the question is, Faker has no problem, and the other SKT players have no problem, so who has the problem?
SKT fans thought about it and it seemed that the answer could only be given to the coaching staff and management.

But one thing that needs to be emphasized is that the League of Legends is only in its first year, and the LCK started much later than the LPL.

This results in them being much slower in community building and tactical innovation than the neighboring LPL.

Players like Faker and Deft, who have learned to speak fairly usable Chinese, would go over the firewall to the Chinese LOL community to look up some strategies and gain understanding.

But just because top players have this ability doesn’t mean ordinary audiences do too.

Their understanding of the game does not yet allow them to justifiably point out tactical issues with the SKT coaching staff.

And now, someone is going to start a group for them.

"Is there an inside story? I knew it must be the coach's problem. He deliberately favors Faker and suppresses an excellent AD player like Deft!"

"Yeah... No, what do you mean by favoring Faker? He deserves the tactical position!"

There was no need for Park Jae-yoon to cause trouble; the originally united atmosphere began to split amid the self-talk in the barrage.

It is impossible to say that fans of other SKT players have no problem with Faker.

Now that the topic has been brought up, there is another melee.

Park Jae-yoon entered the ranking queue with an expressionless face, as if he was completely unaware of the bloody comments in the barrage, but he was actually laughing in his heart.

Go ahead and keep arguing. The more you argue, the more lively this live broadcast room will be, and the better the effect will be in a while.

As the battle of barrages continued, Park Jae-yoon's already good popularity in his live broadcast room immediately began to rise sharply, and his recommendation weight on the live broadcast platform became increasingly strong.

Under this virtuous cycle, it didn’t take long before Park Jae-yoon sent his live broadcast room to the top of the platform’s popularity list with just one sentence.

Seeing that the effect was almost accumulated, Park Jae-yoon pretended to be casual and said, "Don't mess with Sang-hyuk's rhythm."

Sang Hyuk?

You call each other very affectionately. Aren't you two incompatible?
Every word of Park Jae-yoon can make the white, black and funny people in the live broadcast room automatically become super sensitive and have endless imagination.

"In fact, SKT's affairs have little to do with the players. Whether it's me, Hyuk-gyu, Sang-hyuk, or all the players who have been in SKT, they are essentially victims."

Since Lee Sang-hyuk agreed, Park Jae-yoon naturally felt at ease to lead the pace while inserting his own personal opinions, and put himself in the queue of whitewashing.

"What I can tell you is that the SKT coach is power-hungry. He values ​​his own status more than the team's victory."

"And my previous position in SKT was the highest."

After saying that, he simply shut his mouth. No matter how the comments urged him or even how much money people sent him to beg him to reveal more, he would never talk about these things again.

Park Jae-yoon seemed to have said nothing, yet it seemed as if he had said everything.

The rest is left to the audience to imagine.

"Sang Hyuk, next, it depends on how you operate."

……

As Slice Man sliced ​​and spread what happened in Park Jae-yoon's live broadcast room across the Korean Internet, as expected, LCK exploded.

But this time, SKT fans were unable to make a fuss.

It’s not that this incident has no follow-up or lacks influence, but that fans quickly reached a consensus on the interpretation of this incident.

After all, the truth that can be pieced together from the few words given by Park Jae-yoon is indeed what fans want to see most.

Moreover, no signs of fraud have been found so far.

SKT is a very strange team. Their players, especially the core players, are almost always extremely brave when they are in a strong position, but at certain times their condition will suddenly plummet, to the point that people want to optimize their type.

Even Park Jae-yoon, the shame of SKT, had outstanding performances in the early days of SKT and after leaving SKT.

It just happened to be during the period when the coach's presence was the most felt, that is, during the spring playoffs and MSI.

If it’s not the coach’s fault, whose fault is it?

And, it was at this point in time that some guides finally launched videos specifically analyzing SKT's tactics for bloggers.

It’s hard to say how many majors there are, but they all mentioned one thing:
SKT's tactical weight distribution is very distorted, and under such tactical distribution, the effect is negative for all SKT players.

For Faker, the burden on his shoulders is too heavy, there is little room for error, and the room to perform is extremely limited. Instead, he looks ahead and behind, and eventually he hits a wall due to excessive pressure.

For deft and others, their tactical position is too low and their resources are too few, so they may not be able to become C even if they want to.

This explanation caused the anger that had already begun to brew among SKT fans to rapidly build up.

Since the tactical team members were not feeling well during the match, it was definitely not the result of one of them causing trouble.

In order to maintain his absolute authority, the possibility of the coach playing tricks behind the scenes has greatly increased.

Putting too much pressure on Faker made him extremely tormented, and then turned around and suppressed Deft, almost making him become LJL.

In this way, Faker's hitting the wall, which was originally a fragile performance of collapse under pressure, suddenly has a layer of charm:
The most brutal resistance to the terrible status quo.

After piecing together these “truths” in their heads, many sentimental fans are already shedding pearls.

Why do our players have to go through such hardships?
Just to satisfy some people's personal desire for power?

The fuel of anger was quietly accumulating, waiting for the final spark to completely detonate. And this spark soon appeared.

The one who ignited it was none other than Faker himself, who had not spoken to the public for a long time since that failure and was recuperating from his injuries.

But if you have to say it, Lee Sang-hyuk didn't even say a single word about complaining this time.

He simply posted a long article on his social media to report his recent situation to his fans.

In the article, he did not mention the recent controversial topics such as the coach's suppression on the Internet, but just kept expressing his gratitude and apologies.

He first repeatedly apologized for his irrational behavior that made his fans and teammates worry, and attributed it all to his own immaturity without blaming anyone.

Then he kept thanking all the fans and teammates who cared about him, and promised that he would recover as soon as possible, re-engage in games and training, and strive to achieve better results with SKT in the future.

No matter how you look at it, this copy is a standard peacemaker-style public relations update that doesn't blame anyone and appeases fans. As long as the matter is over, there's nothing to find fault with.

Logically speaking, now that the real owner has spoken out, the matter should be put to rest.

But the fans are still too angry. So angry that any news about Lee Sang Hyuk will be picked out and analyzed over and over again by them. Once they get the chance, they will launch a crazy collective charge.

This time, they found this extremely hidden flaw that could not be detected at all without a strong enough imagination.

Li Xianghe attached a lot of pictures in this public relations article, which were basically group photos taken when his teammates and friends came to the hospital to visit him. It was a warm scene.

But among these numerous group photos, fans keenly noticed two things:
First, Park Jae-yoon, who is now at the center of the storm, pretending to be dead and cutting traffic but is still being dragged out and tortured in various ways, unexpectedly appeared in the group photo.

He and Lee Sang-hyuk both smiled happily in the photo, and there was no sign that they were forced to work.

Among the three former teammates of SKT that were optimized, Xiaohei and Effort did not appear. Only Park Jae-yoon appeared in the list.

Second, among these group photos, there is even one photo in which SKT management collectively came to show concern for Lee Sang-hyuk.

But there is no coach,

At first, some fans didn't believe it and thought that the coach and Faker didn't show up because they didn't take photos.

Until they went to check SKT's official account.

I don’t know if it’s a coincidence, but just one hour before Lee Sang Hyuk posted the message, SKT officials also released some information about Lee Sang Hyuk’s situation, as well as some materials about all SKT members visiting Lee Sang Hyuk in batches.
It also includes some photos taken during the visit to Lee Sang-hyuk.

Most of these group photos are exactly the same as those posted on Lee Sang-hyuk’s personal account, but only one has changed.

The photo of Lee Sang-hyuk and his coach in front of a hospital bed posted on SKT's official account was quietly deleted from Lee Sang-hyuk's own tweet, and was replaced with a photo with Park Jae-yoon.

After the above contents were dug out by Leeuwenhoek, SKT fans finally found a decisive breakthrough.

First of all, since Park Jae-yoon would go to visit Lee Sang-hyuk, there must be no problem with their personal relationship. Then the previous rumors about Park Jae-yoon bullying and suppressing Lee Sang-hyuk would naturally disappear.

So the question is, since there was no such serious conflict within the team, why did SKT become like that and eventually disbanded?
Whose question is it? It's so hard to guess.

The outside world naturally could not imagine that the relationship between Lee Sang Hyuk and Park Jae Yoon had so many complicated changes, and they are always accustomed to generalizing.

In this way, Park Jae-yoon has completely cleared himself of the label of bully that was previously attached to him, and he has won the game.

The coach, however, was not so lucky.

This unlucky scapegoat has already attracted the wrath of SKT fans across South Korea.

SKT fans are deeply aware that this cannot continue.

How can you play e-sports well with insects like these?

Look, I'm sending trucks to take you all to heaven!
The great expedition of SKT fans has begun.

In addition to the routine traditional tactics such as cyber violence, sending dead rats, and death threats, this time, SKT fans also used new tactics.

They don't have the patience to wait for SKT to optimize the coach bit by bit. The schedule of the World Championship is getting closer and closer, and completing the coach replacement as soon as possible is the top priority.

SKT's management needs to be urged to act quickly.

Therefore, not long after, the SKT management, who were already worried, were stunned to see three fully insured semi-trailers slowly drove to the base, and after a simple adjustment, the LED panels on the body of the truck showed images.

"A selfish coach is the cancer of the team!"

"Save Faker! Save Deft!"

"Change the coach quickly, or this team is finished!"

Three extremely eye-catching LED light signs emit light pollution to SKT and passers-by 24 hours a day, which is so torturous that it can cause psychological trauma if you look at it too much.

In this era when the morals are still relatively pure, no one could have imagined that SKT fans could actually come up with such an epic event.

The outside world was in an uproar and there was a lot of discussion, but the SKT management, who were at the center of the storm, were completely scared.

"Quick! Go talk to Sang Hyuk!"

It seems that the current situation can only be calmed down if Lee Sang-hyeok speaks out personally to defend SKT.

So the question is, will Lee Sang Hyuk himself follow them in cleaning up the mess?

Of course I disagree.

In fact, after sending that tweet, Lee Sang-hyuk simply turned off his mobile phone, isolated himself from the outside world, and began to fully enjoy this hard-earned "vacation".

When I have nothing to do every day, I just cover myself with a quilt and fall asleep. Life is so comfortable.

After another day or two of such leisure, SKT officials finally couldn't hold back any longer, and all the management except the coach gathered and entered Lee Sang-hyuk's ward.

"Sang Hyuk, how have you been recovering during this period?" The representative from SKT still kept smiling.

Although Lee Sang-hyuk had directed this perfect palace coup in front of them, the SKT staff subconsciously still regarded him as a young man with no scheming or scheming.

I immediately wanted to play the emotional card.

But Li Xianghe obviously didn't have the patience. He just lay down on the bed casually, his voice lazy but with an unquestionable coldness and determination.

"I know exactly why you came to me. It's not impossible. But I have only one request:"

"Change coaches."

　Update update.

　　Today's game is so boring. How could it turn out like this?

　　
　
(End of this chapter)