As a substitute player who only appeared on the roster, logically speaking, it was impossible for him to attract this much attention. At the end of the day, he was just someone dispensable. Even if EDG kicked him out, not many people would care; some might even clap and say they had done well.
But… EDG was a team in the LPL, and that alone meant their level of attention was destined to be astonishing.
After all, ever since this team was founded, they had always dominated the LPL. They were a true powerhouse.
Even if EDG’s results at Worlds were less than ideal.
They still had a massive number of fans watching them…
That was also why, despite Li Fan playing QQ Speed all day, people would occasionally come into his stream just to curse at him.
It was simply because they felt that in a club like this, there was actually such a rotten, slacking player?
Wouldn’t that absolutely affect the level of the other starting players?
As for competing for a starting spot?
With him slacking off to this extent, Scout had absolutely nothing to worry about. Hadn’t they just lost to RNG?
In today’s match, sixty percent of the blame lay with the players, and the remaining forty percent lay with Li Fan!
Now, marketing accounts were fanning the flames as well.
Li Fan, who clearly had not played a single match, had already been dragged by the little piglets into eternal damnation, spat on by thousands.
It was as if any EDG fan who did not attack Li Fan had committed some unforgivable crime.
On top of that, the onlookers who loved drama feared only that the world was not chaotic enough, pushing the heat even higher.
As a result, even past two in the morning, posts on all the major forums were already popping up one after another.
The heat was growing larger and larger…
It could not be said that every League of Legends player had joined in, but at least fifty to sixty percent had.
Because the commotion was truly exaggerated. Posts were everywhere, overwhelming to the point of making people dizzy.
And once there were enough people, the topic naturally could not remain focused on attacking Li Fan alone.
Soon, the entire EDG roster was being criticized as well. After all, compared to attacking some invisible substitute, how could that be as interesting as Clearlove, who had so many famous moments?
【I’m dying of laughter. EDG loses a match and they can dump the blame on a substitute who didn’t even play? I just want to ask… how exactly did he control the entire EDG team into feeding when he wasn’t on stage? With his mind?】
【4396 still has the nerve to talk? Don’t you think Clearlove’s problem is even bigger? Bot lane is an A Dou that can’t be propped up, yet he insisted on ganking bot? After ganking and losing, now you dump the blame onto Li Fan, huh?】
【This season is truly EDG’s swan song. The gap between them and the top teams is shockingly obvious. From top lane to bot lane, not a single person is clean.】
【Didn’t 4396 say he was retiring after Worlds? Now he’s become clearlove7. Next year will it be clearlove8?】
【No, can you people only pick out the flaws? Can’t you see any of his strengths? Cowardice is the essence of why he never gets team-wiped, and top eight is carved into his genes. These are all top-tier strengths.】
【Holy shit, that summary is on point!】
【That actually makes a lot of sense. Not a single word is wrong. Who dares say those aren’t Clearlove’s strengths?】
No one had expected the plot to develop like this.
As the scolding went on, everyone ended up scolding Clearlove instead…
Originally, EDG had not cared at all about people cursing some invisible little substitute player. But if Clearlove was dragged into it, and it affected the upcoming matches, that would be a real problem.
EDG manager’s office.
At that moment, Abu hurried along the corridor in quick little steps, reached the door, and pushed it open hard.
After receiving the news last night, he had not slept the entire night. He was frantic.
Sitting down, he picked up the phone on the desk. “Is Nuoyan awake? Call Nuoyan over.”
After last year’s World Championship ended, there had also been an eruption like this.
But they had not responded. As time passed, although it had not been forgotten, the number of attacking posts had gradually decreased.
Yet he had never expected it to erupt again in the early hours of today.
With such an exaggerated reaction, and with the regular season now having reached a critical point…
Although they were still second in Group B, they were actually only one game behind WE, who were first in Group B. After finishing the cross-group matches, the matches against teams in their own group would be the real key.
If the players were affected by this matter, and problems appeared in the same-group matches, causing them to fail to take first place in Group B, then their advantage in the playoffs would be greatly reduced.
So these matters online had to be dealt with immediately.
As for Li Fan, who had started this rhythm…
Since that was the case, they might as well just sweep him out the door.
He was only a substitute anyway, and he had not played a single match. Firing him would have no impact at all.
As for breach-of-contract compensation? The club, being the stronger party, could just pay him one or two months of salary.
In any case, he had only signed for that short a period of time.
They had originally planned to let him go after the Spring Split ended, but now, even from the basement, he could still stir up this much trouble?
I’m really impressed by you.
Thinking of this, he felt he needed to have a proper talk with Coach RapidStar.
After all, every member of EDG was under his command.
If Abu wanted to dismiss one of his soldiers, he still had to mention it to him.
Just then, a knock suddenly sounded at the door.
“Come in.” When Abu saw Ming Kai pushing the door open and entering, the worry on his face immediately vanished, replaced by a broad smile.
“Xingji, you wanted to see me?” Ming Kai and Abu could be said to be extremely familiar with each other. He plopped himself down in the seat opposite Abu.
“How is it? Do you feel a lot of pressure?” Abu asked directly. After so long, he understood Clearlove’s personality very well.
After losing yesterday’s match, with Clearlove’s personality, he must have spent the whole night browsing posts.
And right around that time, the attacks against him had erupted. He had surely seen them.
Ming Kai sat there. Hearing that Abu was asking about this, although he felt very unhappy inside, he really could not think of what to say.
After all, he had indeed not played well in yesterday’s match. If you were taking a beating, you had to stand at attention properly.
“It’s all right. I can accept it.”
Although he said that, if the expression on Ming Kai’s face had not been so dark, as if he had transformed into his second form, Dark Kai, Abu might have believed him.
“Relax, relax. We’ve already gnawed through RNG, the toughest bone in Group A. After this match, there aren’t really any strong teams left. The upcoming matches should be relatively easy.”
That was true. Right now, Group A only had RNG, this one team, that could be considered strong.
It would be relatively simple to take victories from the remaining teams.
Only after hearing this did Clearlove’s mood improve a little, and he nodded.
“Sigh, it’s all because that Li Fan fellow is too good at causing trouble. If he hadn’t spent every day refusing to train properly and stirred up so much rhythm, we could have just fired him in a few days.”
Li Fan’s appearance immediately surfaced in Clearlove’s mind.
He had to admit, Li Fan had left a deep impression on him—not only his looks, but also that Malphite in that game.
It could be said that Li Fan had made him feel extremely comfortable while playing.
That was also why, even after Li Fan had been pressed onto the bench, Clearlove had been willing to give him a chance and duo queue with him.
But he had not expected that Li Fan would turn out to be mud that could not be plastered onto a wall.
However, in the end, he had been the one who invited him over…
“Give him another chance to play in scrims. I think he still has quite a bit of potential.”
Ming Kai’s words made Abu pause, because he truly had not expected him to say that.