In 2013, the Rift first opened before my eyes. The map was rough-hewn, still holding low-resolution textures and clumsy animations. After that, I played ranked for a few years. Now and then, there was the delicate balance between awareness and mechanics; more often, I was simply trying to hold back my own restlessness. Like a child: elated when I won, silent when I lost—stubborn, but pure.
Qicun arrived in 2026. Live-stream pop-ups crowd the screen, tutorials replace the joy of figuring things out, and information floods over the levee until all that remains, besides dizziness, is rank anxiety and champions reduced to numbers. Core items keep changing; favorite champions get reworked again and again—it is a kind of torment. The most absurd thing is that score: one point higher and you are worth more; one point lower and you are worth less. I came to see that rank and wins and losses are only comforts we give ourselves—the real experience lives in the process, in the contest itself.
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