The City Heroes Tournament is an annual large-scale offline event held by Penguin, the operator of League of Legends. It is a knockout tournament with multiple cities, eight competition areas and eight final venues. It is also the first threshold to enter the professional competition system.
In 2013, the early years of e-sports, it was a wild era and all the so-called professional systems were so crude, not to mention the multi-tiered professional competition system. Even the LPL, the top league, is only just being built at the beginning of the year, and the structure of the secondary league is still only in the blueprint of the operator.
Under such circumstances, the City Hero Championship has become a way for a few amateur or semi-professional teams to become formal professional teams. It is the first step for ordinary people to get in touch with the e-sports atmosphere and pursue their e-sports dreams.
But the LG team, which is our protagonist now, did not have much time to think about such a profound meaning, because their e-sports dream, professional dream, and professional career encountered unpredictable obstacles at the beginning, that is, there were too many people at the entrance of the Saidian Internet Cafe, and a group of people could not squeeze in.
"It's so crowded, Brother Yu, there are too many people." Wang Hao said loudly.
"Isn't it just a game competition? Why are there so many people? I haven't seen so many people when I participated in other game competitions before." said the monkey.
"This is a good thing. It shows that League of Legends is popular, and it's also good for those of us who play the game."
Liu Shiyu and others opened their own customizations to practice their hero training. Zhang Yu tried it out and felt it was pretty good, so he didn't continue practicing. He opened the system again and prepared to find something useful before the game started.
Looking at the crowded crowd outside the Saidian Internet Cafe, Zhang Yu couldn't help but have a headache. He didn't expect that the most difficult part of participating in the city championship was not the competition, but getting in to participate.
Zhang Yu's luck was pretty good. Of course, it might also be because the current system's drop rate was relatively high. Zhang Yu tried to draw with a free skill point obtained from the previous training match mission, and he ended up drawing a very good skill.
"Okay, then I'll take them to find a seat to rest. Come find us when you're confirmed." Zhang Yu yawned loudly. It was indeed a bit tiring to take the bus here so early in the morning, not to mention that this was inconsistent with their usual biological clock.
Free skill points: 0 Achievement points: 260 points
"Are there any platinum top laners? A strong team is sincerely recruiting top laners."
Smell of Death lv.1: Your team members have a very keen sense of smell for danger, and their anti-gank awareness is increased by 10%.
"Hey, Da Liu, you're here too. Long time no see."
Mission description: Win the City Championship Weekly Championship Mission rewards: 1 free skill point, 10 achievement points.
"Hey, Brother Yu, let's talk about Ji instead of Ji, be civilized between you and me." Wang Hao said in a mean way.
Mission rewards: 2 free skill points, 15 achievement points.
However, this period of time is still very important for Zhang Yu. After all, he has only been exposed to League of Legends for a short time. Zhang Yu's awareness and experience are important weaknesses in professional competitions. But compared to some players who have been exposed to the game for a longer time, Zhang Yu still has a fatal flaw.
"But luckily we had already found someone to help us register. There were so many people that the registration entrance was completely blocked."
"That's nothing we can do. Let's squeeze in and sit in the Internet cafe first."
Seeing that he still had time, Zhang Yu went shopping in the mall for a while, but he didn't find anything affordable and useful.
Active Skills: None
"I'll go to the registration office to confirm whether the registration has been successful. The competition will start soon, so you should find a place to rest and adjust your state." Hou Haotian said. After all, as the team leader, this is also his job responsibility.
After reading this, Zhang Yu switched the page to the player's data page. Basically, the six-dimensional attributes of each player have improved a little. After all, they have gone through a period of professional training, which is much better than the amateur status of rank. (I won't list the specific six-dimensional attributes to save words)
"Get lost."
"I'm looking for teammates who can assist me at Diamond III, Gold or above is fine.
Host: Zhang Yu
After finally getting in, it turned out to be less crowded than before, but even more noisy.
The entire Internet cafe felt like a big market. Some people were greeting each other, some were recruiting teammates, and some even felt that just shouting was not enough, so they wrote advertising signs on hardcover paper.
This will directly enhance the players' awareness of anti-gank defense. From now on, the junglers of LG team's opponents will have a hard time.
Honors: None Team members: 5 Main Mission 1: Win the First Battle Mission Description: Win the team's first official match.
The City Hero Championship itself is the most basic professional event, so the participants are a mixed bag. There are both powerful newcomers like LG who are determined to make a name for themselves in the e-sports industry, and there are also those who just come with friends for fun, and some of them don’t even have all the members.
Zhang Yu found a place to rest, and soon Hou Haotian came back. Although he had already registered, he came too early after all, and the registration time had not yet closed. The lottery would not officially start until 12:30 when the registration time closed.
While Zhang Yu was browsing Taobao, time passed quietly, the registration period for the competition soon closed, and the official staff began to notify people for the draw.
Team: Legends Gaming Skills: Passive skills: Precision Shooting lv.3, Knife Dance lv.1, Smell of Death lv.1, Summoner's Heart lv.1.
There are not many changes in the system. The more important change is that Zhang Yu has gained an additional coaching skill.
That is his extremely narrow hero pool, after all, he has played for a short time and has played few heroes. But in the past few days, with the help of the training skill of Summoner's Heart, Zhang Yu has practiced heroes very quickly, and now he has practiced several heroes that can be used.
After all, it is a primary competition, and the overall strength of the participating teams is still relatively low. Basically, if all the team members can reach the diamond rank, they can be called a strong team.
Seeing that there was still time left, Zhang Yu and others had nothing to do for a while, so they just found a few computers and turned them on to pass the time.
The audition stage of the city championship is a bo1 elimination match. If there is an even number of teams registered, they will compete against each other in pairs. If there is an odd number, one team will be given a bye.
This means that if you are lucky, you can get a bye to the weekly finals.
Soon Hou Haotian came back as the draw representative. Although the number of participating teams was odd, Hou Haotian did not get a bye.
However, according to Hou Haotian's statement and the fact that the other party came up with this team name, this team should be a playful team and is unlikely to cause too much pressure on LG.
After a series of identity verification procedures, the five members of the LG team finally sat in their competition seats. The first official game of the LG team was about to begin.