Chapter 384 Fight for a spot in the Asian Games!

(Because of the age limit of the characters, even though the next Asian Games is in 2026, it would be more reasonable to change it to 25 years.)
To be honest, when the Happy people realized that Ye Xiu had gone to the rooftop and been exposed to the sun for nearly an hour just as the fight was about to start,
Ming Kai was so frightened that he immediately led everyone to carry Ye Xiu to the hospital.

Although the final examination results proved that Ye Xiu's body was indeed quite durable and basically nothing was wrong with him,

Mingkai still severely criticized Ye Xiu for not paying enough attention to his physical condition during the competition.

However, if he could observe the chaotic state of other clubs in real time, he would probably sigh at Ye Xiu's good composure, at least he didn't shout out.

After all, among the twelve teams in the league, at least eight of them have a guaranteed player who is yelling and screaming at the moment.

Teams like Fanhua and Yizhan have an atmosphere more like a brotherhood, without an elder to lead the team. Just like Houshan, they hear a lot of "wow" noises.

Zhang Jiale was even the one who yelled the loudest.

"Fuck! Asian Games! Is it true that some marketing account is making fun of us?" Zhao Yang's face turned red when he saw this message.

Among the three major families, Xingxin has Ye Xiu and Tang Rou, so they can get some inside information from time to time, so they are more or less mentally prepared.

As the most professional club, Blue Rain has always kept abreast of the general environment, and paying attention to news and industry development is a compulsory course for them.

As early as when the Asian Esports Federation was established, they had already roughly anticipated it and were trying hard to accomplish such a feat.

So when I actually landed, even though I was shocked and ecstatic, I was still able to maintain basic rationality.

After all, they both still have the finals to play, and they can't lose their composure before the game.

The only exception is Fanhua. They have no background and their level of professionalism is not high enough. Their limited vision makes them completely fail to pay attention to those seemingly insignificant little news like Lan Yu.

So when they saw this explosive news, it can be said that they had no psychological expectations at all.

After repeatedly confirming that this was not an April Fool's joke, Zhang Jiale's breathing quietly became heavy.

Having almost the same reaction as him were the old veterans who had also experienced the development of e-sports.

"I never thought that a bunch of us gamers would be able to be ranked on the same level as athletes one day..."

The iron-blooded tough guy Sun Zheping's eyes actually showed signs of turning red when he said this.

E-sports players are a typical example of an industry that makes a lot of money but has little social status.

Even though many of them are worth tens of millions, it is difficult to avoid the disdainful looks of others.

A typical example is Zhou Zekai during the Honor of Kings period, after all, he had the most endorsements.

Many of the discussions about him by outsiders follow this process:

From "Whose handsome young celebrity is this? It's terrible that young people like this!" to "Turns out he's a gamer, that's even worse!".

This is still Zhou Zekai, who has the best image. Others whose images are not so good have received more criticism.

It is precisely this kind of social consensus that makes these e-sports players, especially the older generation of players, accustomed to "being bullies at home".

When competing with other e-sports players in the circle, he is very graceful, laughing and scolding, but once he meets people outside the circle, except for people like Ye Xiu and Tang Rou who have strange backgrounds, he can't help but feel a little uneasy.

It can even be said that it is inferiority complex.

This situation only improved slightly in the past two years after Tenghai went bankrupt.

The emergence of live streaming not only provides a new way out for many retired professional players and upper-middle-class gamers, but also gives these professional players a chance to personally experience their popularity and support.

The process of chatting with the audience in the live broadcast room has saved the social skills of many socially anxious otakus who originally only knew how to play games.

In addition to Fanhua's MSI championship that was reposted and praised by CCTV, it can be said that this year, the social status of professional players has undergone a tremendous change compared to the past.

Not to mention that he has a huge number of crazy fans and mindless admiration like celebrities, but at least he is not such a pariah in the eyes of mainstream society.

But even so, except for those old foxes who have guessed the inside story, clubs like Fanhua dare not dream of honors like the Asian Games.

And now, the dream has become reality.

Zhang Jiale kept repeating in his mind the promise Pei Yunteng had made for him.

At that time, Pei Yunteng said that League of Legends has the Spring Championship, Summer Championship and MSiS Championship every year, and if luck is good, there will also be the Asian Games and the Olympic Games. Zhang Jiale will definitely win some championships.
Just the fact that he was guaranteed four championships a year was enough to make Zhang Jiale completely fall for him at that time, so he just regarded the latter sentence as a pie in the sky that Pei Yunteng was trying to tease him.

Who would have known that Mr. Pei was such a good person and he would really do something when something happened!

The Asian Games are coming, and it seems that at my age, I might be able to try to win a gold medal in the first edition.

Even though it was just an exhibition match, it was still a gold medal that earned me the right to raise the national flag and play the national anthem!

The thought of being able to sing the national anthem and watch the red flag being carried to the top of the flagpole in the spotlight of the public made me feel happy.

If I have to describe that feeling, probably only the word "die without regrets" is more appropriate.

"Something bad has happened." Zhang Jiale suddenly sighed.

"What's wrong?" Xiye, who was younger and didn't have such deep feelings about the Asian Games, interrupted.

"We didn't win the summer championship, and we only have the spring championship and MSi to get a place in next year's Asian Games. It may not be that easy." Zhang Jiale shook his head.

Although the specific plan has not yet been released, based on the experience of traditional sports, the LOL team at the Asian Games should select the best players from all teams in the league to participate in the competition.

The current quota should be seven, with five starters and two substitutes. It goes without saying that there are too many people and too little porridge.

How to evaluate which players are the best? Zhang Jiale can probably guess that the most likely way is to allocate quotas based on the performance of each team in the past year and a half.

As for how much human relationships and interests will be involved in the final outcome, it is not something Zhang Jiale can understand.

At this time, Zhang Jiale was extremely upset that he had made one wrong move and failed to defeat Xingxin and advance to the summer finals.

This means that even if they can win the World Championship again, this year will not be perfect.

If Fanhua can really win all the championships they can in S1, then it goes without saying that occupying three to four places is the basic requirement.

If you're lucky, even the coaching staff might be able to get some seats.

But unfortunately, their golden body has been broken, so it will not be so easy and pleasant to grab a spot next time.

No matter who wins the summer season championship, their status in LPL will undoubtedly increase significantly.

By then, Fanhua will definitely no longer have the final say on the number of places in the Asian Games.

Zhang Jiale's words made the other old guys react quickly and they couldn't help but start to grin.

Who wouldn't want to go to the Asian Games and wear the national flag to win glory for the country? "No matter what, in the next S-Le Games, we must bet everything to win the championship! At least send Le Ge and Da Sun to the Asian Games roster!" Zhao Yang's tone was a little ruthless.

He is very self-aware and knows that he does not have much advantage in the top lane position to grab a position.

There are ruthless players like Tang Rou outside, and Dasun inside who might play as a top laner.

If you must say, there is even a team that just secured a spot in next year's LPL and has a very competitive top laner.

But no matter what, there must be a high enough level of participation in the Asian Games with flowers!

"Don't say that kind of thing. If we can win the S game, considering issues like running-in, maybe we can squeeze in a few more people." Sun Zheping's eyes were still red at this time.

But it was not the redness from before that was from being so emotional that one was almost crying, but rather it was redness from being stimulated by bloodthirsty excitement.

Asian Games! Asian Games!
Beating up foreigners there is more fun than on MSi!
Coincidentally, the entire branch of flowers had almost the same idea as him.

It's not just Fanhua. In the entire LPL, any team that is somewhat competitive has the same idea as him.

Apart from anything else, the summer finals the day after tomorrow will be fun to watch.

……

After the news of the Asian Games came out, it was not good news for all the athletes.

For example, a certain player inexplicably became the most hated person in the entire e-sports circle, and was far ahead of the second place.

Sometimes, being in a very popular project is not necessarily a 100% good thing.

Like LPL, now just to grab a spot to compete in the Asian Games, countless people are vying for it.

Another example is the Naraka NBPL, which has fewer places and more experts in the division, plus the battle royale is a game mode with high conflicts and intensity.

Those old players who were once glorious are competing with their opponents or even teammates for a possible spot in the Asian Games just to perform better. It can be said that they are really out of their minds.

The audience was terrified.

But for some games, the places to participate in the Asian Games have already been decided from the very beginning.

For example, a certain RTS game that is almost dominated by Koreans.

As for China, there is no need to think about it. Unless Xiao Shiqin suffers a sudden serious injury and loses his ability to compete, he will definitely play for the country as a Chinese player.

After all, in the Chinese interstellar world, he seems to be the only player who can be considered as a capable player.

Li Peinan does count as half, but the prerequisite is that he has to break into the top eight of his major tournament first.

Glory is a circle. When the old Glory players are desperately trying to get places in their respective games, they will naturally think of an old friend of theirs who has almost monopolized a place in the Asian Games.

Thinking about how I had to snatch those few pitiful spots from a large group of red-eyed animals, I felt like hitting someone.

You know, even the equally dominant Samsara has had a hard time playing recently because of the rise of those new teams.

But this guy Xiao Shiqin is truly invincible in the country and the world's T0, looking down on everyone.

So, not long after the news was released, Xiao Shiqin’s various social media apps were filled with the howling of various old brothers.

Even his old teammates started to make fun of him, especially Dai Yanqi, who spent the whole day in her live broadcast room looking like a mourner.

But this group of people probably didn't know that Xiao Shiqin, whom they envied and hated, was also having a headache to the point where he wanted to bang his head against the wall.

It’s not because of the bombing from old friends, but…

"Why are there so many fights again?"

“Are these Bang countrymen crazy?”

Xiao Shiqin saw that he had just gone for dinner but the number of challenge requests had reached double digits again, and he couldn't help but want to pretend to be sick and hide for a few days.

You know, these two-digit people, if placed in the interstellar circle, each of their names can be said to be well-known, and more than three-quarters of them can treat the current young Li Peinan as a spinning top.

This is what was left after Xiao Shiqin sent away a batch of people in the afternoon.

"For us, it is an honor to play for our country."

"But for those people in South Korea, this is a life-saving straw!" Xiao Shiqin was helpless.

As the most active country in e-sports entry into Asia, South Korea announced its relevant policies as soon as the news of the Asian Games was announced.

The clause that makes these baseball players most uneasy is the policy regarding exemption from military service.

In this regard, South Korea has actually been very generous and has not withheld the e-sports exemption quota just because e-sports is a performance sport.

But because it is just the Asian Games, you have to win the championship to be exempted from military service.

Now, South Korea's e-sports players are going crazy.

Exemption from military service, these four words are a fatal temptation for Korean men.

If they were given a chance to be exempted from military service, they would risk everything they have without hesitation.

Not to mention LCK, the summer season has already ended. Even if they want to go crazy, they have to wait until the World Championship.

As for the interstellar side, it really exploded.

South Korea is so strong in this project that it occupies half of the entire galaxy, or even more.

But the problem is that the Asian Games is not the World Cup, and the quotas are allocated by country, which means that among this large group of world-class athletes, only a very few lucky ones will get the chance to compete for the gold medal.
And even if they got the chance, they still had to get past Xiao Shiqin first.

No wonder these people are so anxious.

Not to mention the super popular game StarCraft, even Street Fighter and Naraka: Bladepoint, two games that are not that popular in South Korea for various reasons, have attracted a large number of players, and the level of their players is generally not low.

I can only say that in order to get a spot, the Koreans will do anything they can.

Many masters from other countries dare not go to the Korean server of StarCraft to train during this period, because basically every time they encounter a mad dog with bloodshot eyes.

As the current world No. 1, Xiao Shiqin naturally received a large number of challenge requests.

"Really... the upcoming schedule is going to be difficult."

(End of this chapter)