LOL: I'm in the LPL, that's my fight!

Chapter 15: The Era of South Korean Invasion!

"Ten-minute break, then we'll play a practice match."

Fu Shiyan put down the mouse in his hand, pondering his idea of ​​further assessing the quality of his four teammates, and then made arrangements.

"A practice match?" Boss Mo leaned forward again, his expression quickly shifting from confusion to embarrassment. "I haven't arranged any practice matches!"

He coughed twice, rubbed his hands together, and said with a hint of embarrassment, "Ahem... Xiao Fu, there's something I need to tell you. It's just that... my professional record was just so-so, I never made it into the LPL... Plus, our BJBS doesn't have much of a history, so it's hard to find strong teams for scrims. So we usually just play in platoons and practice."

"It's okay, I have the resources!"

Fu Shiyan waved his hand, his tone relaxed, indicating that he had no expectations of Boss Mo at all.

The main thing is that he actually has relevant resources—they just got their hands on some fresh goods last night.

He took out his phone, opened WeChat, and found a chat window in his contact list labeled "AD Gaming Manager".

"Hello, Manager Zhang..."

Just last night, after his rank in the Chinese server jumped up again, the prestige of being in the top ten of the Challenger tier at this time led another team from the secondary league to approach him and earnestly invite him to try out.

Honestly, if he hadn't signed that contract with Boss Mo first, just looking at the other party's attitude in the chat logs, which was so eager to offer his heart, plus the willingness to directly offer him the starting mid-lane position as a trial condition, compared to his predecessor's experience of only being able to sit on the bench even in scrims—he might have really considered giving it a try.

After all, AD Gaming was a top-ranked team in this year's LSPL regular season. However, in the quarterfinals, which competed for a spot in the LPL, they narrowly lost 2-3 to EP, a former veteran LPL club, and were just one step away from promotion.

However, now that he has decided to take a different path to fame, he can only politely decline these invitations.

But Fu Shiyan knew perfectly well that since the other party was so eager to win him over, it shouldn't be a problem for him to take the initiative to ask for a training match or something.

AD Gaming has a clear intention to recruit and is currently in the "wooing" phase.

If you take the initiative to suggest that you lead a team to play a training match with them, they will most likely not refuse. It's a favor, and you can also take this opportunity to further observe your competitive state and team integration ability. Why not?

Secondly, teams in the secondary league also need practice match opponents.

Although BJBS is just a new team in the city championship, with their own "prospective mid laner" anchoring the mid lane, this scrim is definitely not insignificant.

For AD Gaming, this could even be a highly cost-effective training opportunity—it allows them to assess target players without wasting too many resources.

Furthermore, my performance last night after improving my rank speaks for itself, and the opposing manager clearly approves of me.

This recognition itself is a form of discourse power.

To put it simply, in the esports world, skill is your biggest calling card.

A top-ranked solo queue player in the Chinese server wants to arrange a practice match, and even if his team is relatively unknown, the other team is happy to oblige.

The teams in this city championship have such poor consistency; once one of them leaves, there's a chance for someone else to recruit them.

Thinking of this, Fu Shiyan's lips curled up slightly, and he typed the last few words on the screen before clicking send.

"Alright, let's wait for a reply."

……

AD Gaming team base.

When Manager Yuan received Fu Shiyan's text message, his mood was like a rollercoaster, going up and down for quite a while.

At first, there was a sense of disappointment, after all, the rookie mid laner that he had been watching for so long and had high hopes for turned around and signed with another team.

But upon further inquiry, it turned out that the other team was just a city championship team. The initial frustration vanished instantly, replaced by uncontrollable elation.

There's a chance!!!

What, we're going to have a practice match?

That package is packed!

That young guy needs to be taught a lesson, so he can personally experience the true value of a team that's "just one step away from the LPL league."

Once he truly feels the vast chasm between a passerby and a professional, then you can emulate Liu Bei's three visits to Zhuge Liang's thatched cottage and actively invite him to join. The young man will surely comply obediently.

In addition, it's a good opportunity to put some eye drops on that Korean mid-laner on the team who gets the highest salary, acts all high and mighty, but is utterly useless.

Let him see, even in a city championship-level team, that rookie mid laner plays with more strategy than him.

It's a win-win situation, isn't it?

Yes, AD Gaming, a secondary league team, also has Korean players.

After Royal Club's second defeat at the World Championship in Season 4, which highlighted the gap between the LPL and LCK regions, Korean players filled almost every position across the entire region, from the top to the bottom.

The reason for the massive influx of South Korean players is quite simple.

On the one hand, there is a large number of Korean players, and there are always Korean players who cannot compete in the LCK or want to come to the LPL to make money who are willing to be sent down.

On the other hand, clubs in the secondary leagues also want to take a gamble. If they find a promising talent, they can be used immediately to play in matches, serve as sparring partners for local players, and even make a profit by reselling them.

However, ideals are often far from reality – the situation of AD Gaming, a Korean mid-laner, is similar to that of WE and M3 in the LPL league, representing a typical example of "spending a lot of money but having almost no effect".

(The AD Gaming team has two Korean players in the top and mid lanes; veteran players should still recognize them.)

"Slap! Slap! Slap!"

Manager Yuan clapped his hands, signaling the team members in the training room to look at him.

"Don't rush to play ranked games, everyone. We've scheduled a practice match."

Then he instructed, "Jinjiao, start the game. Ray's Chinese isn't very fluent yet."

"No problem, Brother Yuan!"

Jinjiao raised his hand to indicate that he understood.

Within the AD Gaming team, Yuan You serves as both manager and coach.

Of course, this is limited to supervising the team members' ranked games and communicating with other teams to arrange practice matches.

Many LPL teams don't even have their own complete training and competition teams, so this secondary league is no exception.

"Bro, which restaurant are we meeting at today?"

As Jinjiao was creating the room, Shine, the assistant, asked curiously.

"BJBS!" Yuan You sent the training match room number and password via WeChat, explaining.

"BJBS? Never heard of them? A new team in our LSPL?"

"No, it's a city championship team that hasn't even secured a spot in the secondary league yet."

"ha?"

"Hey Yuan, the team in the City Domination tournament, should we fight them?"

"To be fair, even though we didn't make it to the LPL, it shouldn't be this bad..."

It was obvious that the players didn't understand why their manager and coach had arranged for them to play a practice match against a team from the City Championship.