LOL: What is a roaming mid laner?

February 4, Shanghai Super Brand Plaza.

Lin Ran walked in the entrance passage, with the flags of the two teams facing today hanging on both sides - YM and FPX.

I have to say that the team icon of FPX has quite a sense of design. The phoenix spreads its wings and embraces the team name of ‘FUNPLUSX’.

Today is YM's last game of the year. Last week they just went to Hangzhou LGD and won a victory.

Although the opponent FPX in this game is not strong and has no star players, the live tickets are still sold out.

After all, if you don’t watch this one, you will have to wait for more than 20 days before the YM game will take place in the new year.

Many people had psychological expectations when buying tickets. The winner of this game will definitely be determined very quickly.

FPX had already booked the last place in the league in this spring split. Now they have played three games and have not yet won the first small game. The data is quite miserable, and they are at the bottom of the league.

However, FPX has one statistic that ranks first in the league, and even YM is under them - average time per game.

24 minutes and 23 seconds, plus their winless record, it only takes fifty minutes on average for a BO3 defeat.

Teams like IG and YM are all fake off-duty teams, FPX is the off-duty god!

Their process is to take a bus to the city center in the afternoon, spend an hour making up the players and coaches to test the equipment, then stay in the lounge to listen to the tactical review review for an hour, and then play a 50-minute game.

The total working time shall not exceed 3 hours.

The team is not popular. Tengjing specially arranges their games at 5 pm on weekdays, because at this time many office workers have not got off work and students have not finished school. This is the time when the popularity and attention of the games are the lowest.

FPX games usually finish at six in the evening. Since they keep losing, there is no need to prepare for post-game interviews; there are no star players, and there are no filming arrangements. After the game, you can pack up your peripherals and leave.

If the team bus drives faster, it can avoid Shanghai's evening rush hour. When it returns to the suburban base at just seven o'clock, it might be possible to catch the opening music played by the news network and so on.

This is the disadvantage of alliances. The weak teams are ridiculous, just to buy a seat.

Anyway, there is no risk of relegation. They roll the dice with newcomers to fill the quota. Once they find a good prospect, they can sell it to make money. In terms of economic benefits, it is not as good as the most profitable clubs, but it is definitely not a loss.

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"Next, let's welcome FunPlus Phoenix!" The host Luo Xin looked two times smaller than Aftershock, and his volume was a bit lower.

"Top laner New, jungler Xinyi, mid laner Bing, bottom laner QiuQiu and support Cat!"

Among this group of people, Lin Ran only knows the Maoqiu combination. Last season, they played the bottom lane rotation in SN, and their level was a bit green at that time. Unexpectedly, after coming to FPX, they actually became the team leader.

The auditorium was full of YM fans, but the audience still applauded FPX, which flattered the five players on the stage.

Other teams knew how to fuck them, and the fans didn't even give them any polite applause. The big brother in the division was more polite.

But the five members of FPX immediately realized that the gentle moment just now was just foreplay, and the YM methods on the field were extremely cruel.

"19 minutes and 45 seconds!" the commentator roared throughout the audience, "This is the shortest game in the new LPL season. YM and FPX have made history!"

Cat also wanted to take a sip of the Bing Kuo Luo she had just received. Less than 20 minutes into the game, the ice cubes in the Coke had not yet melted, which was the moment when the taste was excellent.

As soon as he took off his headphones, he heard these words from the live commentator and almost choked himself.

Who wants to create this kind of historical record with YM?

On the settlement interface, the head-to-head ratio between the two sides was extremely eye-catching—0:22.

Zero heads, zero towers, zero dragons, Cat people are dizzy.

He left Suning just because he wanted to find a stable starting team. After all, he was somewhat self-aware and knew that with his talent, he would not be able to achieve much in the professional world.

Find a rookie team to play two more starting games, accumulate some audience popularity, and become a commentator or anchor after retirement is a good way out.

But after being treated like a pig and finally retiring, Cat suspected that the most impressive scene in his career was having his head shaved off by YM.

However, his mentality is quite good. After all, he has lost for a year before, so he has certain psychological expectations for this.

But mid laner Bing couldn't bear it. His hands were shaking when he was holding a paper cup to drink water, as if he didn't get feedback from his teammates.

In this game, he used the yellow chicken to improve his super ghost record of 0/8/0. In a game that lasted less than 20 minutes, eight deaths meant that he spent nearly half of his time resurrecting and returning to lane.

Among them, Lin Ran used Jess to kill him 4 times. At the end of the game, he was completely numb.

He didn't come back to his senses until the BP started in the second game.

"Still taking the Czar?" A Bing was a little dissatisfied when he heard the coach's arrangement. When he was not playing professionally, he was known as the No. 1 Czar in the national server, and his proficiency was ridiculously high.

But the unique hero is only very proficient in heroes and may not be able to adapt to the rhythm of the professional arena. He was killed in the last game.

"Then tell me, what can I use to stabilize myself?" the coach said angrily.

He coached in the secondary league last year, but he didn't expect that an LPL club would invite him in the new season. People go to high places and water flows to low places. Being hardworking and enterprising, he packed his bags and came to FPX directly, thinking it would be a good job.

But he felt worse during the training matches. After playing the first two weeks of games, he was studying his opponents in the summer split in advance.

With these five players here, it doesn't matter how strong the coach is. Even if it consists of KKoma, Edgar and Hongmi, this team will not improve much.

Among the young mid laner A Bing, only two heroes, Ryze and Huang Ji, have sufficient proficiency, and the team cannot spare a ban position to target Snake.

He has no choice.

A Bing's hands were still shaking when he picked the runes. Jace's enhanced cannon and the sounds of 'electric energy surge' in the previous game lingered in his mind like a nightmare.

The cold cola ran down the throat, and the chill spread to all the limbs, and the fingertips were a little stiff due to the cold.

A Bing could only put down his Coke and move his fingers to try to get a head in this game.

…

"A Bing! Li Zai Gan is a demon?" Hao Kai blurted out the oxygen bottle. His hoarse voice was very uncomfortable to listen to because he failed to master the ventilation skills.

But at this moment, not many people care about the explanation.

Just now, Xiaotian controlled the Second Company of the Prince's EQ to break out from the wall in the FPX red zone camp and pick off the soldiers in the Sharp Beak Camp!

Amidst the unbelievable exclamations of the audience, Abing Tsar launched R [Forbidden Wall], trying to push his opponent out, but Xiaotian just took advantage of the gap and took a step behind Abing.

This step just made the wall of the Czar's Forbidden Army clear!

At this time, Lin Ran flew the plane to the battlefield. A Bing was obviously panicked and tried to rush from the Sharp Beak Camp to his own defense tower.

He set up sand soldiers, and then tried to use EQ 2nd Company to escape over the wall.

But under the tension, A Bing made a mistake in his operation. E [Quicksand Movement] was moved to the sand soldiers, and the sand soldiers just crossed the wall!

This resulted in A Bing still staying in the Sharp Beak Camp!

In panic, he had to hand over the flash to escape.

But after Lin Ran witnessed all the Tsar's operations, he was stunned for a moment and then returned to normal, and the special express flew into the defense tower!

"Xiaoyao, the world is falling apart and the earth is falling apart, keep the yellow chicken!"

A Bing, who had surrendered all his skills, could only wait to die.

"Is there such an operation?" After killing the people, the Garlic Bastard finally had time to reflect on the details of the Tsar's previous attack.

His originally thin eyes were widened, like Bulbasaur's famous emoticon.

The barrage also exploded instantly.

[Is this an operation that carbon-based organisms can perform? 】

[Fuck, bing! 】

[My NM is stupid, I’m really good at fucking me with this kind of operation]

[Come on, normally the Czar has a dodge and a big move, can he do this kind of B operation? What if you run away? 】

Young A Bing's nervous palms were sweating, causing his mouse to become sticky. Fortunately, he brought a tissue with him before going on stage this time to quickly wipe off the sweat on his hands.

His Adam's apple rolled, and he listened to the laughter of the audience. He knew that these people were definitely laughing at what he had just done. His body trembled slightly, cold sweat dripped on his forehead, sticking his bangs to his skin, and he couldn't help but breathe heavily. .

This is not A Bing’s first year as a professional. Last spring he joined a minor league team called SAT.

The last mid laner of this team was called OTTO, nicknamed Faker.

The young Ah Bing's performance in the secondary league was very unsatisfactory. He failed to make a name for himself and had to go back to live broadcasting.

However, SAT's mid laners seemed to be all teenagers pursuing their dreams, and A Bing's passion was still in his heart. At the end of 2017, he took the initiative to ask for a salary at the LPL minimum wage level and looked for teams everywhere.

FPX accepted him, and Abing even sent a Weibo message in high spirits - LPL, I'm here.

This may be the first grandfather-like player in the LPL, but reality will not be kind to him, but will give A Bing a fatal blow.

Holding his own signature hero, he performed the most ridiculous moves when facing the world's strongest team. A Bing's remaining self-confidence was completely destroyed.

He is autistic.

Although Cat is eccentric, he still wants to win on the field. He directs the team to launch wave after wave of counterattacks.

However, the strength of the two sides is not equal at all, and joining the team will only widen the economic gap.

At 20 minutes, the economic gap between the two sides reached 1W.

However, in this game, YM took the double C in the middle and late stages, and the advancement speed was much slower than the previous game, resulting in the FPX Highlands not being demolished yet.

"Come on, come on, the big dragon is coming in waves!" Cat King urged his teammates to return to the city to resupply equipment.

If you win this wave of team battles, you can still delay it. If you lose, it means that the whole game will come to an end.

However, in the opinion of the King of Cats, YM is quite arrogant. When the time for Baron to refresh is approaching, their ADC is still farming money in the lower half.

"Prince, prince!" At the critical moment, Cat King saw Xiaotian alone, and used Thresh to decisively throw the lantern backwards to pick up his teammates and snipe the garlic bastard!

"Hand over Thresh and flash..." Hao Kai did not shout hoarse this time, but broke his voice directly, "The pendulum of doom is empty!"

After handing over the flash, Garlic Bastard was less than 300 yards away from the Cat King, but the position of Thresh E [Pendulum of Doom] completely deviated from the prince's position!

Then R [Netherworld Prison] and Q [Death Sentence] are all empty!

The whole place was in an uproar!

"Three Yellow Stars!" Hao Kai said subconsciously, "Cat made a mistake..."

As soon as he finished speaking, Xiaotian had already moved forward with his second EQ, using his ultimate move to cover the back row of FPX in the obstacles he created!

The next moment, Lin Ran handed over the special express and drew a flame ribbon symbolizing death and destruction in the air, covering all the crispy FPX!

The Cat King had surrendered all his skills, and when he gave the remaining ignition to the aircraft, he became a long-range soldier.

The sneak attack failed and was fired instead. Under the huge economic gap, FPX could only be defeated!

"Jack arrives on the battlefield to clean up the mess. None of them can escape YM's pursuit!"

A cold female voice without a trace of emotion announced in the Summoner's Rift, YM successfully defeated the opponent!

With the steady operation of Baron, YM successfully ended the game before 24 minutes, failing to exceed FPX's average game time.

Until the base was destroyed, the audience was still discussing the last wave of Cat King's operations.

[I joined FPX, a rubbish team. What kind of valuables did I get to play in the game? 】

[These three companies of Thresh are completely empty. They should really just go to the ground. It’s too outrageous]

[The Czar can connect three times, and Thresh can also connect three times... Compared with this weird midfielder, the top laner New looks a lot more normal]

[Who would have thought that the most normal person in a team would be Qiuqiu? (dog head)]

[Don’t be embarrassed, it’s just a foil to your peers]

[It’s really time to eat. I’m going to finish three big bowls of it. Where’s Ni Meng? 】

The person involved, Cat, was sitting on a chair, staring at the screen with blank eyes.

He didn't expect that one day he would be able to perform such an outrageous operation. At this moment, the Cat King finally understood A Bing's feelings.

My career...

Just when he thought of this, Qiuqiu next to him was still urging him, and then Mao Huang realized that he had to stand up and shake hands.

As soon as he turned around, he saw an extremely handsome face.

The Cat King suddenly felt much brighter.

"Come on, come on, the season is still long." Lin Ran was really unfamiliar with them, but seeing the dejected looks of several team members, he still said a few words of encouragement.

But the five FPX team members always felt something was wrong when they heard it.

Is the season still long? How long will we be tortured?

Since everyone is incompetent, can we all go our separate ways? Hello and me, why are 5 Fives gathering together to form a dark archmage?

"What's going on..." A Bing looked at Lin Ran and hesitated slightly before saying his request, "Can I take a photo with you when you get off the stage?"

Lin Ran used his glasses and glanced at the time on A Bing's monitor. It was just a quarter past six, and the high-speed train Su Cheng booked would not leave for more than two hours.

"OK, no problem."

After receiving the affirmation, A Bing twitched the corners of his mouth and revealed a bitter smile.

He heard shouts and screams coming from the audience, but none of the cheers belonged to him.

A Bing used the mouse pad to roll up the keyboard and mouse together, and left the stage without looking back.

LPL, I’m gone.

Today's post-game interview was with Jin Gong. After Lin Ran took a group photo with young A Bing, he went back to the lounge to pack his backpack.

When he left the base today, he took all his suitcases and prepared to go to the station after the game.

"Remember to bring your ID card..." Guo Hao was still mumbling to Lin Ran, "pay more attention to rest when you go back to celebrate the New Year. This is a rare holiday for us before this year's mid-season."

"Brother Hao, are you starting to study MSI opponents now?" Lin Ran was very surprised, "The regular season hasn't even been finished yet."

"With your configuration, I can't figure out how to lose?" Guo Hao spread his hands and looked proud.

Although his lineup did not cost a transfer fee, the salary expenditure was not large at all. The training department of the team had to earn more than 40 Lin Weixiang a year, about 5,000W.

Looking at the world, it is also the only one with more revenue than the North American division, which is known as a nursing home.

Guo Hao could only say that it is great to have money.

"I'm leaving first," Lin Ran handed the backpack to Garlic Bastard, "Xiaoyao, just help me put it on my table when you get back."

In the backpack are keyboard and mouse peripherals. He has them at home in Suzhou and doesn’t need to take them back.

"It's great to be close to home," Xiaoyao took over the backpack and murmured dissatisfiedly, "It only takes half an hour to get home by high-speed rail, which is faster than us returning to the base."

"Help me wish your family a happy New Year," Guo Hao said before leaving. "Over at Chengzi, I will send her New Year greetings again on New Year's Day."

"Okay," Lin Ran said goodbye to several teammates, "See you all in the new year!"

"See you next year!" Shiba Inu waved his paw.

He put on a thin coat to cover his team uniform. No one liked the hat when he wore it. He dragged his suitcase and left the venue through the backstage passage.

The cold winter night in Shanghai has fallen quietly, but there are still a few rays of sunset on the horizon, intertwined with the darkness, which is not out of place.

Lin Ran could see Su Cheng wearing a white down jacket waving to him from a distance.

Seeing his girlfriend's fair and soft cheeks, the string in his heart suddenly relaxed.

"Come out so early?" Lin Ran walked forward quickly and did not stop until he could feel the gentle fragrance coming from Su Cheng's body.

"I didn't watch Jin Gong's interview." Su Cheng didn't carry his suitcase, and there were only a few professional books in his schoolbag. "You guys played the game too fast...it ended before you even felt it."

Lin Ran:? ? ?

"Okay, hit slower next time." He put his arm around his girlfriend's waist and walked towards the roadside.

Su Cheng was dressed very warmly today. The weather in Shanghai was a few degrees above zero. She also wore a black sweatshirt under her down jacket. There was probably a layer of clothes underneath, but Lin Ran didn't dare to look at it.

The whole person was like a small stove. Lin Ran put his palms on his waist and it became hot in a short time. He was like a warm baby.

"I've called a taxi," Su Cheng glanced at the time displayed on the phone's screen saver, "Going to eat first?"

Originally, they planned to go back to Suzhou to have dinner, but they didn't expect that the game was won too quickly, leaving a lot of time left.

The two of them took the bus to the train station and found a local restaurant nearby.

"What do you want?" Lin Ran sat by the window and looked through the menu, "Hey, they make crab here, do you want to eat it?"

"No, no, no." Su Cheng shook his head repeatedly.

"Where are the bamboo shoots?"

"It's too cold... Can you eat shredded eel with oil?" Su Cheng flipped through two pages of the menu and picked out a dish.

Lin Ran is not picky about food, he just eats with his girlfriend.

But after Su Cheng refused the canned Coca-Cola, he finally noticed the clues.

He ran to the front desk and ordered a red date and lotus seed porridge.

"Ah this..." Su Cheng was stunned for a moment while looking at the steaming porridge.

"You can tell it like it is," Lin Ran discovered that something was wrong with Su Cheng from various details, "...I don't understand it sometimes."

His mother had passed away since his adolescence, so he and Lin Mingdong could only talk about women's menstrual periods unless they had a lot of imagination.

"Once a month, I'm used to it," Su Cheng didn't take it to heart. "Just pay attention these days. Don't make a fuss and make me feel like a patient."

Having said that, she still had a smile on her face, picked up the spoon and took a bite of the red date and lotus seed porridge.

"Did you put too much sugar?" She said with a smile, "Can I give you some to taste?"

Seeing that Su Cheng couldn't eat it, Lin Ran put it down and took two spoonfuls.

"How about it?"

"It's so sweet that you'll lose your teeth." Lin Ran frowned.

It was already 10 o'clock in the evening when the two returned to Suzhou. Su Cheng's mother rarely had time off from work before the Chinese New Year, so she ran to the station to meet them.

The model was exactly the same as the one Su Cheng's father went to inspect at the YM base. Lin Ran suspected that he got the internal price.

Su's mother helped Lin Ran put the luggage in the trunk, and as soon as she got into the driver's seat, she asked, "Your dad will probably come back on New Year's Eve, how about you come over and eat with us during the next few days?"

Ever since Lin Ran bought the villa in Lakeside Four Seasons, the two families have become neighbors, not far apart.

"...Are you ordering takeout?" Lin Ran pondered for two seconds.

Originally, he only thought that Su Cheng's mother just cooked unpalatable food, but when Lin Ran learned from his girlfriend about her three days and nights with Cucumber, he no longer dared to eat the food cooked by Su Cheng's mother.

He might as well do it himself.

Su Cheng's mother was speechless for a moment, and her girlfriend, who was resting on the seat, gave Lin Ran a gentle elbow.

"Ah, okay, okay," Lin Ran immediately changed the subject, "I haven't asked you Chengzi yet. Have the final grades been sent out?"

Sure enough, when the results were mentioned, Su's mother immediately changed her target and glanced at her daughter lightly.

"My grades are okay..." Su Cheng glanced at Lin Ran, "It's not a big problem."

The three of them were chatting while the car was driving on the main road, and the trees on both sides of the road were retreating rapidly.

The night scene here is not as prosperous as Shanghai. Although it is also a feast for the eyes at night, there is no push to force people to keep moving forward.

When the moist smell of Jinji Lake water hit our faces, the car finally drove into the community.

When Su Cheng got out of the car, she leaned over and kissed Lin Ran.

"Should I see you tomorrow morning?"

"Eight or nine o'clock." Lin Ran looked at the time and estimated that it would be early in the morning before he could go to bed. If he got up early, he might not get enough sleep.

"How about going to the movies?" These words can also be discussed on WeChat, but Su Cheng doesn't want him to get out of the car yet.

She followed the topic and talked about the reviews of several recent movies, and wanted Lin Ran to pick one.

"You choose, I can do it all... except for domestic horror movies." Lin Ran felt dissatisfied. Who would actually watch a movie on a date?

"Oh, and also, how about we go have grilled fish at noon tomorrow?" Su Cheng shook Lin Ran's arm.

"I'm talking about you two," Su's mother was a little annoyed, "It's almost done."

"You really don't treat me as a human being?"

A big chapter coming tomorrow