Pressing F to enter the tank and duo-queuing with William Thompson wasn’t anything new; he knew this guy always liked to say a few formal words before flaming people. But once he really got into the zone, he would instantly transform into a machine that flamed without a trace of emotion, always able to spot the tiniest loophole in someone’s words and, before they could react, deliver the most devastating blow with lightning-fast typing and a cold, contemptuous tone!

That’s also how he earned his “Canyon Pianist” and “Verbal Duel Champion” double degrees.

However, in the next moment,

Not only was pressing F to enter the tank stunned, but the other three teammates in the squad were all dumbfounded as well!

“Sorry, brothers! The enemy jungler is really targeting me this game, I’m truly sorry everyone!”

“But don’t panic, just keep up the vision, we can still fight.”

“The world hasn’t ended, never surrender!”

“Let’s go!!!”

William Thompson’s elegant fingers danced across the keyboard like butterflies, and in the blink of an eye, four lines of text appeared in the bottom-left team chat box.

After typing, William Thompson leaned back slightly and let out a long breath.

Whether it was back in his solo queue days or later in his pro career,

When it came to flaming AFK teammates, he could interact with them for an entire match without repeating himself. Back in LSPL, he’d even been reported and fined for it.

But as for encouraging words for teammates,

That was about all he could squeeze out.

Yet even so, the effect of William Thompson’s words was far more shocking than when he flamed!

In that instant, not only did the team chat box in the bottom left fall into a rare silence, but William Thompson’s livestream with nearly 150,000 viewers exploded—countless barrage comments and question marks flooded the screen!

“????????”

“What’s going on? Are you Brother William?”

“Brother William is actually encouraging his teammates, am I seeing this right?!”

“Brother William, are you being held hostage in the same internet café as your teammates? If so, blink twice.”

“Wuwuwu! Brother William isn’t flaming anymore, my youth is over.”

“......”

Of course, these were all old viewers.

Many new viewers who had just tuned in this afternoon were stunned for a moment, then burst out laughing!

“Tsk tsk, William the Great is a flamer, but I didn’t expect he’s also a rank slave.”

“It’s 3/12 now, and you still think you can stabilize, my ass.”

“Their damn comp doesn’t even have a single frontline, except for support Braum, everyone’s a squishy. If you want to win, tell me where the comeback point is?”

“Hahaha, William the Great is William the Great, his judgment of the situation is beyond us!”

“Feel bad for Brother Jack, damn, if it weren’t for that Baron teleport in S6, they could’ve kept fighting.”

“Stop flogging William the Great for what happened earlier, didn’t the troll say it? Watching William the Great is just for fun, if you want to really learn, you have to watch Shine.”

“......”

In the match, the enemy had already secured an Earth Drake and an Infernal Drake, and the third dragon, which hadn’t spawned yet, was also an Infernal Drake.

Right now, with the S6 World Championship just over, the top of the canyon had entered the S7 preseason patch, and the drakes had officially transitioned from stacking buffs to elemental dragons.

It had to be said, this version transition had indirectly sped up the game’s tempo.

In previous versions, the risk and reward of taking drakes weren’t proportional, especially since the buffs from the first one or two drakes weren’t that impressive—usually, you’d only see results after stacking three buffs.

But now, with the elemental dragon patch, just getting an early Infernal Drake could give the team a significant boost, naturally making both sides contest more and speeding up the pace of the game.

“We can’t give up this drake.” William Thompson, who was split-pushing top, recalled to base to buy a Statikk Shiv and a Cloak of Agility.

He pinged the dragon pit and started typing commands.

......

In the past, in solo queue, William Thompson would basically never type anything in team chat except to flame, and in pro matches, with voice comms, he didn’t need to type at all.

But this time, William Thompson knew he had to type.

The system’s task for him was: “Motivate your demoralized teammates, ignite their desire to win, and lead the team to victory.”

William Thompson knew—he wasn’t Naruto.

Motivation couldn’t just be talk; he had to take real action.

It’s like how, in real games, a lot of people say they’re going to AFK and int, but after a while, they start playing again when they see hope of winning. That’s because they see a chance at victory.

And what William Thompson needed to do now was let them see that hope.

“Get vision on dragon river.”

“Bot lane, don’t get caught, don’t let them push the wave under tower.”

“Jungle, stop invading, the next river crab is about to spawn, let’s control it.”

William Thompson’s fingers flew across the keyboard, and thanks to his usual “five flames per second” speed, his shotcalling was almost as fast as voice comms.

At this point, the arguing among his teammates had also died down.

Support Braum, pressing F to enter the tank, was originally duo-queuing with William Thompson, and although he was surprised that William Thompson had changed his ways and still wanted to win after getting camped,