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How Dare You Attack My Support! chapter 14
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Chapter 14
Five
EG players sit around the meeting table while the other practicing
partners and substitutes sit at the back of the room. Coach Chen
strokes his chin as he intently watches the replay of the game
between WG and NG on the screen.
WG
crushes the game with an overwhelming victory of 2-0.
The
video showed WG’s mid laner Lier getting a solo kill with Orianna
against NG’s mid laner, who was using Taliyah, at the eight minute
mark. He even managed to pressure NG’s jungler, Jarvan VI, to leave
the lane just with half of his health left. Coach Chen presses the
stop button.
“Even
though this guy, Lier, is a rookie in the pro scene, he’s already
gotten MVP twice.” Coach Chen says as he highlights an image of
Lier at the bottom left of the video with a laser pointer.
“According
to my long term observations, his most common tactic during the
laning phase is either exposing his opponents’ mechanical
weaknesses or taking advantage of the champions’ weak early laning
abilities themselves. This creates a snowball effect that quickly
leads to him dominating the lane.” Coach Chen opens another window
tab as he speaks.
It’s
another video of a match between WG and HNG held last month.
“In
this game, Lier, with the champion Zyra, managed to make use of the
HNG mid laner’s hesitation in casting his spells and quickly poked
his opponent down in lane. There were also a few instances where WG’s
jungler was near the mid lane at crucial moments and could provide
assistance swiftly. In addition to that, Orianna is not only a
champion that can dominate lanes easily. She also has AOE skills,
and that made HNG’s mid laner lose his lane.”
“Lier
only entered the scene six months ago, and the only one who’s
played against him is Gu Zixing. Care to provide any other useful
information about him?”
Gu
Zixing thinks for a moment before pointing at Lier’s champion,
Syndra, on the screen.
“He
tends to move towards the top after clearing minion waves,” Gu
Zixing says, speaking in a regular tone. “From my observation of
his laning style in the past ten minutes, he moves up every seven out
of ten times when he finishes a minion wave, and whenever he moves
down, his jungler is right at the bottom side of the opponent’s
jungle.”
Everyone
in the room listens to Gu Zixing intently because he always manages
to catch details that many others don’t.
“This
wasn’t obvious the last time I faced him. I just realized it when I
saw the replay. I’m not sure if he’ll try to change this habit
for the next game, but from this piece of information we can conclude
many things.”
“Such
as?”
“Such
as WG’s jungler’s tendency to hang around at the top side. This
means our top laner should go for champions that are more mobile,
such as Camille and Kennen who are some of the meta champions this
patch. As for the bot lane, since the jungler spends more time at
top, there’ll be a lower chance of ganks there. So, our bot laners
can go for champions that are strong during the laning phase.”
Gu
Zixing then points at the HNG side of the jungle.
“HNG
lost most of their jungle camps at the twenty minute mark. This means
that WG tends to pick junglers that focus on farming. Also, they’re
known to have a high killing rate for barons and dragons, so…” He
pauses and looks at Qi Chen.
Gu
Zixing’s stare sends chills down Qi Chen’s spine. He hastily
asks, “So what?”
“So…a
hundred push-ups for losing a dragon, five hundred for a baron.”
Qi
Chen really feels like strangling this brat at times like these.
“Sometimes
I’m really glad Gu Zixing’s one of us,” EG’s top laner, Fu
Xiaohai, whispers to Tang Xuan as he listens to what Gu Zixing has
said. “If he were on the other team, it feels like he’d see
through all of us.”
“He’s
already done that,” Tang Xuan chuckles. “You have no idea how I
felt when I was in HNG. Whenever we heard that we’d be facing EG,
the whole team would be living on edge for the next few days.”
“Has
HNG ever won against EG before?” As Fu Xiaohai came to EG only this
year, he’s not familiar with any of the previous games between the
two.
Tang
Xuan shakes his head without any hesitation.
“If
I’m right about WG’s tactics, they might choose to ban either
Camille or Kennen. If they don’t, I’d put Camille as our top
priority as she’s crucial in team fights.”
Being
the top laner, Fu Xiaohai quickly nods his head. Even Coach Chen nods
subtly in agreement.
In the past, Gu Zixing rarely spoke up during strategy meetings like this. He understands the importance of this game though, as EG cannot afford to lose any more if they want to make it to the World Championship.
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The
clock strikes nine before he knows it.
Qiao
Yanzhou shudders as he launches the horror game, “Outlast”.
The
“Outlast” series has been out since 2013, and this year the
developers have released the new
“Outlast 2.” However, Qiao
Yanzhou still hasn’t been able to bring himself to finish watching
the trailer in the past four and a half years.
There’s
no escaping for him this time.
The
story of “Outlast” begins in a psychiatric hospital named Mount
Massive Asylum with an investigative (or rather, nosy) journalist as
the main character of the game.
To
uncover the story behind this creepy hospital, Qiao Yanzhou has to
fight all sorts of enemies
in the asylum including serial killers, cannibals and even evil
spirits.
Qiao
Yanzhou
has always felt that this journalist must be insane as well.
Otherwise, he can’t understand
why the journalist has to investigate an asylum in the middle of the
night instead of sleeping at home. He’s just asking for death.
Regardless,
Qiao Yanzhou has to bite the bullet and play this game.
The
game starts with the main character in his car driving up an eerie
looking road in the wee hours.
“Can
I please only play for ten minutes…?” Qiao Yanzhou quivers as he
moves his mouse.
Of
course the answer would never be yes; Qiao Yanzhou knows that, even
without looking at the chat window.
He
passes through the entrance of the asylum and sees a shadow standing
in one of the lit windows staring at him. The shadow then disappears…
“Uh…
Guys? Seems like tonight is a good night to go to sleep early. Shall
we? Hm… Or why don’t I stream ‘Heroes of the Storm’ instead?”
Qiao
Yanzhou finds himself identifying with the main character of the game
as he rambles on in a confusing manner.
He
controls the character by holding up the camera and switching on the
night vision, as there is almost no light in the building.
Putting
down the camera before jumping up to the second floor, he notices
that the room is extremely run-down. Qiao Yanzhou’s overactive
imagination is now preparing him for any monster, zombie or ghost
that might jump on him at any time.
“What
the hell is this place…” Qiao Yanzhou looks around curiously
before holding up the camera again and turning on the night vision.
But
once he does that, hanging dead bodies suddenly appear on his screen!
Qiao
Yanzhou screams and almost throws his mouse.
“WHAT
THE ACTUAL FUCK!!!”
Anonymous486:
ooh don't they look like bacon? yummy!
Anonymous247:
HUMAN SASHIMI!!
Anonymous632:
oh lets do it while its still hot baby!
“You
guys are fucking disgusting!” Qiao Yanzhou furrows his brows. He
stares at the dead bodies not knowing whether he should keep going.
Anonymous632:
awww u look so cute when u frown!
Anonymous756:
u’re so cute i wanna fuck u
Qiao
Yanzhou calms himself down for a few seconds. Though he decides to
walk away quickly, there is suddenly a “thud” sound, and he sees
one of the bodies lifting its head, looking at him. “They killed
us. They got out. The Variants. You can’t fight them. You have to
hide.”
“OHMYGOD,
he’s not dead! He just talked to me!! Can I save him and form a
team?!” Qiao Yanzhou pulls in closer and sees a metal hook jutting
out from his neck. He can almost feel the poor man’s excruciating
pain, but he seems to have taken his last breath after speaking.
“Oh
well… A hero’s path is always a lonely one.”
He
continues exploring the asylum and sees walls covered in blood. He
can’t imagine what has happened to this asylum. Or rather, he
doesn’t want to.
“Let
me tell you guys…” He swallows nervously before continuing, “I
know I’m looking like a wimp right now, so let’s keep this
between you and me, all right? If anyone dares to screenshot this
expression and make memes from it…”
Anonymous775:
whatwillhappen! whatwillhappen!
Anonymous809:
so what if we do?
Anonymous1415:
DONE.
“Oh
c’mon guys… Please…?” Qiao Yanzhou is already on the verge of
crying. “You see, I worked so hard to gain some viewers. What if my
viewers leave me because of these memes! I’ll turn into pauper
overnight!”
Anonymous2715:
awww ure such a qtpie
Anonymous1519:
time to get urself a bf to protect u!
Anonymous238:
me! I’ll do it!
Qiao
Yanzhou decides to continue with the game as he finds his viewers
scarier than these horror games.
He
walks to the second floor hallway, which is the most well-lit place
in the whole asylum.
He
feels a little more at ease. But before he can heave a sigh of
relief, a huge bloodied hand appears and grabs his character’s
neck!
A
hideous looking zombie with its face covered with blood then appears
in front of Qiao Yanzhou without any warning.
“AHHHHH!!!”
Author’s notes: Streaming “Outlast”
is actually banned in China due to copyright issues but I would
recommend it because it’s really exciting to play! You may search
for the game related videos online but I prefer “Outlast” and
“Outlast: Whistleblower” (which is a DLC and prequel to
“Outlast”). Do give it a try if you’re a fearless one!
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