By rights, with the "carry through the top lane" system still immature, EDG shouldn't have brought it onto the stage so soon.
Especially not against a top-tier powerhouse like RNG.
They'd stuck to that principle all this time—
After all, S7 was too important, and EDG hadn't done well in the Spring Split this year.
That meant they had to get results in this year's Summer Split.
They would use the old system to guarantee results while continuing to work on the new one in private.
But this time was different.
Xu Cheng had now been officially chosen as the player to build into a star.
On top of that, the public controversy had been raging lately... the debate about the Top Five Top Laners, and the topic of RNG fans starting daily flame wars on Tieba, accusing Xu Cheng of clout-chasing...
The hype was at its peak. It was time to cash in.
As a professional club, EDG didn't want to miss out on all that attention, either.
So Xu Cheng had to play tomorrow, win or lose. They had to seize the spotlight.
After two hours of extra practice on the new system that night, everyone from EDG headed early the next day to the Hongqiao Tiandi Performing Arts Center.
When they arrived, Xu Cheng finally understood what Factory Director had meant when he told him that matches against top-tier powerhouses like RNG and WE would have an atmosphere like no other...
In a word—
A sea of people. The whole city had turned out.
The venue had limited space, but countless fans and spectators were still willing to wait outside for the players rather than leave.
EDG's match against DAN had also been a regular-season game, but this time the hype had exploded. It was a