Chapter 05: Past of Black Names
More than a month ago, after GF failed to make it to the World Championship, the HOW division was on holiday. After
9 years of the team, this was the first time that they failed to enter the World Championship. Whether it was the players, coaches or management, they were all hit hard. Everyone chose to leave the base early, some went home, some went on vacation.
Although he had huge wealth and several houses, Qi Ji had no home. He had nowhere to go and didn't want to go.
Recalling the game that made everyone extremely depressed and sad more than a month ago, even though everyone attributed the failure to the major mistakes of GF's Soul Thorn and Soul Sniper at the critical moment.
But in all his years of service, Qi Ji never blamed anyone whenever he lost a game.
As the captain and core of the team, he only felt that he was not strong enough. If he was strong enough, he could make up for all the mistakes.
Qi Ji's strength also came from the quick adjustment of his mentality. He only gave himself one night to feel uncomfortable and discouraged. After getting up the next day, he was the amazing training machine again.
He declined the invitation of his teammates and coaches. He chose to stay at the base and continue training step by step as he did on holidays in the past, so that he could welcome the new season in a better state after the transfer period.
According to the plan, after completing the prescribed amount of training that day, Qi Ji prepared for the live broadcast.
As an e-sports superstar who doesn't even have a Weibo account, he usually has zero sales. Live streaming is his only way to give back to his fans besides playing games, and it is also the only way for fans to get closer to him.
Although the live streaming started without any notice, it is true that the miracle fans occupy half of the e-sports circle.
Moreover, this is Qi Ji's first live streaming after the World Championship. However, just two minutes after the broadcast, millions of people immediately poured into the live streaming room, and the number is growing at an astonishing rate. After more than two months, the fans are very excited.
"Ahhh, Qi Shen, you are finally live streaming. We have been waiting for you so hard!"
"Our Qi Shen is still so handsome. He is worthy of being the handsome guy in the e-sports circle."
"Wuwuwu, my husband seems to have lost weight. I feel sorry for him┭┮﹏┭┮"
"??? Have some face in front. This is my husband, OK?"
"Baby, no matter what, mommy will always love you ahhhhh!"
Even when live streaming, Qi Ji is not very active.
He will not interact with fans in a fancy way like other players or anchors to liven up the atmosphere of the live streaming room. He usually queues silently for the game to start, and plays silently after the game starts. Whether he wins or loses, he basically does not speak during the whole process.
He also does not interact with the barrage, because there are too many rhythms. Every time he will block the barrage and concentrate on the live streaming.
In order to prevent fans from spending too much money, he even negotiated with the platform when signing the contract and turned off the reward function of high-value gifts in the live broadcast room.
Although the platform is unwilling, who makes Qi Ji a real top traffic in the e-sports circle? He has the qualifications to be "willful".
In fact, even so, the platform is not at a loss. After all, as long as Qi Ji starts broadcasting, he will quickly top the popularity list and dominate the list until the end of the live broadcast. This kind of popularity is beyond the reach of any anchor.
As for the fans, no one thinks Qi Ji's live broadcast is boring. It is enough for girlfriend fans to just look at his face, and other fans will also find their own fun in his superb skills and amazing operations.
But the phenomenon of being famous brings troubles is unavoidable in any circle.
It is true that Miracle fans occupy half of the e-sports circle, but at the same time, he also has a large number of extremely powerful black fans.
Within a few minutes of the broadcast, they heard the news and started to stir up trouble in the live broadcast room.
"Hey, someone still has the nerve to broadcast live, watching others win the championship that he has always dreamed of, is it cool, is it happy, hahaha?"
"Tsk, what is there for Qi Bobo to be unhappy about? A bubble match, a sea view apartment, that would make his parents laugh so hard that they crawl out of the grave?"
"Qi Huang, what do you think when you see melt, who stepped on you to enter the world competition, win the championship? Share it with your brothers."
"melt champion, melt champion, melt champion!"
Every time Qi Ji starts broadcasting, this kind of scene is always inevitable.
But because he did not enter the world competition this year, and MG won the championship, this time the black fans are particularly rampant and arrogant.
Although Qi Ji has a blank expression and seems to never be affected by outside comments, and has a lot of experience in fighting against fans and haters, the nickname "Qi Bobo" is still an insurmountable pain point in the hearts of fans.
Speaking of the history of this nickname, it can be traced back to S3 six years ago.
That year, Qi Ji, who was already a double champion, was still in hot form. In the world championship, they killed gods and Buddhas. As the defending champions, they won all the group matches and entered the finals without disappointing everyone.
However, just when everyone thought that Qi Ji would lead GF to win the championship again and achieve the three consecutive championships, he suddenly lost his form on the day of the final. He seemed to be in a sleepwalking state and directly handed over the championship trophy that was within his grasp.
The greater the expectations, the greater the disappointment. For a while, people seemed to have forgotten that this young man was the founder and continuator of the glory of the HPL region. They denied all his past achievements and gave him a barrage of insults and curses.
There were also many marketing accounts that only cared about KPI and didn't care about their mothers. They followed the rhythm and said that Qi Ji was suspected of match-fixing, participating in gambling (betting), and deliberately playing so badly.
Although the official immediately investigated the matter and cleared Qi Ji of all charges, the haters who had been blinded by hatred and malice chose to turn a blind eye and continued to attack Qi Ji and his girlfriend crazily.
The club had no choice but to announce the reason why Qi Ji's performance plummeted that day. It turned out that he received a call from the domestic police an hour before the final.
His parents were in a serious car accident on the way home to watch him compete, and both died on the spot.
Qi Ji, who was just 18 years old, was not as calm as he is now after losing his parents suddenly. With red eyes and trembling body, he asked to return home immediately.
The club also agreed, but due to the sudden incident, the nearest flight was also in the early morning of the next day.
Sitting in the locker room before the game, Qi Ji was almost torn apart. On the one hand, his parents had passed away, and on the other hand, the finals were about to begin, and none of the five players could be missing.
(The World Championship stipulated that each team could only bring one substitute. Qi Ji was in an unbeatable state at the time, and GF had no substitutes at all.)
Facing such a Qi Ji, although achieving three consecutive championships was of great significance to the club, the management was not so inhumane as to force him to play in the game at this moment.
However, if GF abandons the final, they will not only face public pressure from the country, but also face a ban from the tournament officials, which may cause them to lose the qualification for next year's world championship.
After all, this highly anticipated final is not only an e-sports final, but also determines whether HOW can successfully introduce capital and continue to develop.
Just when everyone was at a loss, Qi Ji, who had been sitting in the corner of the sofa with his face buried in his knees, raised his head.
The boy who had been named Qi Shen, at this moment, trembled like the most fragile little animal, and spoke in a hoarse voice as he spoke the first sentence after returning home.
"Don't give up the game, I'll play."
At that moment, not only the coach and the team leader had tears in their eyes, but Zhang Huayu, Qi Ji's best friend, who was lively and two years older than him, hugged him and burst into tears.
"Qi Ji, we won't play anymore. Fuck the finals, fuck the championship. Let's go home, I'll take you home, we won't play anymore!"
Everyone knew the final result.
But this matter fermented for too long and was too intense. Those who hated Qi Ji didn't care about the real reason at all. They just wanted to vent their dissatisfaction and malice.
Some people even said that Qi Ji was too disgusting. He used his deceased parents as a shield, which was simply unworthy of being a human being.
From then on, "Qi Bobo" became Qi Ji's inherent nickname. Whenever he made a mistake or his team's performance was not good, he would be dragged out and used as the executioner's sharp axe stained with blood.