The gap between the major divisions of the League of Legends has become larger and larger with the progress of previous S competitions, and the LPL, LCK, LEC, and LCS are named as the four major divisions, but in fact, they are divided into three grades. The LCS team didn't know when to start, and had seen entering the S group stage as their only goal. Spending the most money, the LCS team has been beaten the hardest for many years.
During last year's transfer period, the LCS team began to change its mind, trying to increase its competitiveness by tapping the top division's youth players. North America's well-deserved top team, TSM, took the opportunity to sign Shenyi from LDL and the singles player Keaiduo. They flew to the U.S. a month ago, and since then TSM's starting lineup + coaches have formed an all-Asian lineup.
Before the start of the tournament, everyone was full of expectations for this new TSM, the former SKT single Huni, the former FPX auxiliary shenyi, everything seems to be developing in a good direction, TSM fans even have the heart to joke: "The common language of the team is Mandarin." "But the good times were not long, when the LCS Spring Games officially started, the [dimensionality reduction blow] that everyone expected did not appear."
At present, for this group of Chinese players who have gone to North America, the best adjective is actually "water and soil are not satisfied". In the early hours of the morning, the TSM team released an announcement on the personnel changes in the starting lineup on the official Twitter, and the team's auxiliary player Shenyi was demoted to the secondary league.
"TSM's core values are the comfort and adaptation of the players. With this in mind, we decided to have auxiliary Shenyi replace the second team to assist Yursan in the next LCS minor league matches. ”
TSM's reasoning was: "Shenyi still needs more time to adapt to the Environment in North America." ”
Since the start of the LCS Spring Games, TSM's win rate has been zero and it has suffered four consecutive defeats, which is a big blow to the players. TSM's coaching staff and players are actively adjusting to find problems. At present, everyone seems to be a little dissatisfied with Shenyi's play. As we mentioned earlier, the TSM team is asian, but in order to facilitate communication, everyone's practical English is English.
TSM had previously shared pictures of Keaiduo and Shenyi learning English, but in the subsequent officially released documentary, the two were evaluated differently.
The coach thinks keaiduo is very confident and active in communicating with his teammates. However, Shenyi, who had no experience in English before, fell into the mud, because communication problems could not clearly express his intentions when playing a game. Even because of the fear of saying the wrong thing, it will affect the normal communication during the game.
Soon After Zener TSM's down-road player Tactical also mentioned Shenyi in an interview, saying: "At present, there is still a language barrier between us, and we have to have a coach to help us translate our ideas. Because he's from LDL, he still has a lot to learn. ”
The documentary was released on the 14th, and just three days later, TSM made the decision to delegate Shenyi to the second team, which seems to reflect Shenyi's current communication and not yet adapt to the intensity of the game. In many teams, the auxiliary players who did not have the right line and the pressure to mend the knife were commanders and could not communicate with their teammates normally, resulting in him having to temporarily leave the first team.
Strengthening language communication skills and further adapting to the rhythm of the North American division can help Shenyi return to the first team as soon as possible. From the LPL's sub-league to the LEC's sub-league, such a gap also requires players to be able to stabilize their mentality. In the end, it is still expected that the Chinese aid who goes overseas can make a name for themselves