Chapter 68: KT, the Eternal Background

At 3:30 pm, Lin Cheng followed his teammates on the team bus and headed straight for the competition venue.

Jongno-gu, Seoul.

Due to the epidemic, the flow of people in the previously bustling Jongno-gu is much smaller. Although many young handsome guys are stubborn, the uncles and aunts have responded to the government's call and reduced unnecessary travel.

After getting off the bus, Lin Cheng followed his teammates out of the parking lot and hurried to the Gran Hancheng Building next to it. The entire building is a large comprehensive shopping mall, and LOL PARK is located on the third floor of the building.

Lin Cheng only had time to look up and glance at the angular building, and then he followed the team members to the entrance.

LOL PARK is a professional League of Legends arena that Riot officially invested in and built in 2017. It began to be used as the LCK competition venue last season.

There are professional Riot Internet cafes, Riot peripheral exhibition halls, coffee lounges, and some stores selling food, game peripherals and team peripherals in the surrounding area.

The ticket price for watching the game at LOL PARK is usually 9,000 won, which is about 55 yuan.

Of course, tickets are not available now, but the shops selling related peripheral products are still open. Lin Cheng saw the Faker figurines displayed in the shop window at a glance.

Now is not the time to linger outside. The entire KT team, wearing masks, hurriedly passed the corridor with posters of players printed on the walls and headed straight for the lounge.

Lin Cheng couldn't help but glance at the posters printed on the walls of the corridor one by one.

This is the Legend Hall of LCK. The corridor is divided into many sections, and every few meters there is a huge poster of an LCK legendary player.

CT, who has long retired and become one of the most professional commentators in Korea.

Shy, who blasted out four PDDs with one shot.

Madlife, the god of support.

Ambition, the only unyielding fighter who successfully avenged Li Ge.

SKT's peak five-man team Faker, Marin, Bengi, Bang, Wolf.

There are also Deft, Kuro, Peanut, Score, Mata, Pray, Smeb.

A total of sixteen players, all of whom have played dominant performances in LCK during their peak period.

There are many players who have played for KT on it, including the retired Mata, Smeb and the old captain Score, as well as Mr. Dai who is still fighting in DRX.

Of course, there is also the current KT mid laner Kuro.

Although Kuro's performance in KT this year is average, Kuro was still very strong during the ROX Tigers period.

Back then, the saying "Where Faker is not, Kuro is the king" was both a kind of helplessness and an affirmation of Kuro.

The wall after the sixteen players is blank, waiting for the new dominant players to carve their posters on it.

Seeing Lin Cheng staring at a blank wall behind Smeb's poster, Kuro couldn't help but pull him.

"Let's go, stay in the lounge first."

Lin Cheng suddenly pointed at the blank wall, "Hey! What do you think about hanging my poster here after the end of this year?"

Kuro's eyes widened, with a look of seeing a ghost on his face.

This wall can't just be engraved with a name after winning the LCK championship.

He followed the ROX Tigers team to win the championship in the S6 Summer League LCK with a nearly crazy performance, and only then did he leave his name here. Even the ROX Tigers support Gorilla could not leave his name here.

Lin Cheng, a rookie top laner who has never played, what right does he have to say this?

The key is that KT is still at the bottom, so it’s a bit outrageous to expect the championship, right?

“Well~~~ Come on, I’m rooting for you.”

Kuro did not say anything to criticize Lin Cheng’s blind confidence. He encouraged him a few words and then turned around and walked into the lounge.

Lin Cheng did not mind his teammates’ perfunctory attitude. He shrugged and followed into the lounge with his bag.

The lounge was very spacious. In addition to tables and chairs and sofas for players to rest, there was a shelf in the corner for snacks for players to take. A screen was hung on the wall to broadcast the scene inside the venue in real time.

"Okay, let's take a break and wait for the game to start."

It was still early for the game to start, and the on-site staff on the screen were still setting up the broadcasting equipment. Lin Cheng took a look and lost interest. He took out his mobile phone and browsed the Korean forum.

Today's forum is very lively.

"Oh! It's another day to beat up good friends. The T1 players said they would beat KT to relax."

"Inherit the glorious tradition of SKT and start by beating KT."

"I wonder if Cheng will play today? I just want to see the quality of this Chinese top laner."

"Although there is a high probability of losing whether he plays or not, let's at least see his performance."

"No way? There are actually people who believe in the new top laner?"

"KT's group of silly fans really regard that Chinese top laner as a savior? It's so funny."

"Last year, KT management also asked retired AD to come back to save the day halfway through the game. It's so funny to judge people by their level."

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In the LCK official pre-match support rate statistics, the support rate of both sides in the first game today reached a terrifying 9:1.

Of course, SKT is 9 and KT is 1.

This statistic is not only for Korean viewers, but also for overseas viewers. SKT's overseas fans naturally crush KT.

You know, KT has been a team for so many years, and even though it has always been competitive in LCK, the last time it made an impression in the world championship was in S8, and that year KT became the background board for IG's championship.

KT was even worse two years ago.

In S6, they worked hard to get a bubble match qualification, but ended up running into the king of the bubble match, Samsung, and unfortunately lost and failed to qualify.

In S7, KT was stabbed several times by SKT when it was not supposed to qualify. In the end, they ran to the bubble match and met Samsung again, but were swept out by the god of the bubble match again.

Speaking of it, KT is really miserable. They were sanctioned by SKT in the news agency war, and they always met a cheating Samsung in the bubble match. They finally formed a galaxy battleship, but ended up meeting KZ, which is in its heyday in Korea.

Finally, KZ lost in the S8 summer season. KT won the league championship and went to the world championship, but it turned out to be IG's background again.

In addition, when KT's Yue Lun was at his peak, Faker, who had just debuted, showed off his Zed. More than once, SKT came back from 2-3...

To sum up, the label of "background board" on KT is more solid than the nails on the coffin.

In this case, KT's overseas fan base is naturally far behind the three-time champion SKT, so it is normal to have such a huge difference in support rate.

"Sure enough, KT has never been the favored one."

Lin Cheng couldn't help but mutter. KT always turned into a power bank when facing SKT. This season, it is still at the bottom of the league. It is normal for others to be pessimistic about KT.

Lin Cheng thought: If the domestic statistics are included, it will definitely be more shocking, right?

However, what Lin Cheng didn't know was.

This time, in Huya's pre-match statistics, KT's support rate was actually higher than SKT.

The reason is still Lin Cheng.

As the first Chinese foreign player in LCK, many LPL viewers are curious about Lin Cheng's performance.

In addition to the fans of the big devil and the remaining fans of SKT, many neutral viewers voted for KT. After all, Lin Cheng is half of their own.

Because Lin Cheng casually said "I'm already warming up" in Aiming's live broadcast room the night before, this sentence was spread by netizens, making many domestic viewers think that Lin Cheng will be the starting top laner of KT today.

Therefore, countless viewers who were watching the excitement were waiting in Huya's LCK official live broadcast room early.

Most people have only heard of Lin Cheng's name and ID, and have not even watched his videos. They are still very curious about Lin Cheng's strength.

Whether it is a mule or a horse, it must be pulled out for a walk.