Chapter 969: Two Rounds of Victory

At 1:15 am, the first semi-final match between [Hell Frontline] and [Red Sakura] came to an end.

As a result, Hell Frontline won another complete victory without any casualties.

So far, [Hell Frontline], a team composed entirely of non-professional players, has become the first team to officially enter the finals.

Moreover... during their promotion, they have never been killed by the enemy, and the only death... was caused by infighting.

Such strength has made them the favorites to win the championship.

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Next, there is a three-minute break.

This "three minutes" naturally refers to the three minutes in the real world.

In the game world, the next thirty minutes are all rest time.

Even in sleep mode, the audience will feel tired after watching more than ten hours of games, so there is no need to rush to the second game.

At this moment... inserting some advertisements is the right way.

In addition, the official host of Dream Company (since this round of competition is divided into time periods, there is also commentary, and the audience watching the live broadcast can choose whether to accept the audio of the commentary) also took this time to summarize the situation of the first game.

What they said... was generally some content for grassroots audiences, nothing more than the strength of the two teams, their performance on the spot, and strategic deployment.

Of course, they couldn't say anything in-depth. If they really talked about it in detail, they might reveal the intelligence of the two teams.

After chatting for about fifteen minutes, the online director felt that it was enough, and then sent a signal to the hosts.

So, the host team stopped talking about the first game and started the pre-match prediction for the second game - [Waste Alliance] vs. [Jianghu].

The semi-finals are full of highlights. This game is no exception...

First of all, [Jianghu] is a well-known studio and can be called the leader among medium-sized studios. Their credibility, reputation, individual player strength, etc. are all excellent; many people in the industry believe that if their company scale is as large as Order or Gods, the current situation of "two powers competing" may become "three powers".

In this game, the performance of the [Jianghu] team is also remarkable. In addition to the long-established "Daojianxiao" combination, the team also has the brother-sister combination of [Cai Fei Nie] and [Bu Tiange]; the former of these two has recently turned into a professional player, while the latter has the halo of "former Xingchen team member"... They have all proved their ability to be among the top players with their performance in s2.

Let's look at [Wastewood Alliance].

Although this team does not have a studio background, their four main players are all professional players who fight in the game in their own name. And they are all recognized as top players in s1 and even earlier.

The word "Alliance" well reflects the form and spirit of this team.

Their road to promotion is, to some extent, very similar to that of Hell Front... Most of the time they are complete victories, giving people a sense of ease.

In summary, it is really hard to say who will win or lose in the confrontation between these two teams...

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At 1:19 a.m., the second semi-final officially began.

The script that the two teams randomly received was a place called "Moving Maze".

This maze has the characteristic of constantly changing. And... the maze is full of various powerful monsters.

In addition, there are two NPC forces from different camps active in the maze, and they are obviously also important roles that can influence the situation.

In terms of personnel... the lineup of [Wastewood Alliance] is unshakable, [Wastewood Uncle], [Honghu], [Zhaoying Wang], and [Juanmenghuan] are responsible for playing the game. [Bi Laoshi] is responsible for playing soy sauce.

The deployment of [Jianghu] was somewhat unexpected. They sent [Wu Dao Ke], [Kuang Zong Jian Ying], [Zao Fei Ni], [Bu Tian Ge] to participate in the battle, but made [Xiao Wen Cang Tian], who ranked the highest in the individual strength list (in the team) and served as the "captain", a substitute.

Outsiders don't understand this situation. But the top leaders of Jianghu all know... This is [Xiao Wen Cang Tian]'s intention.

As mentioned in the previous article, Jianghu is a studio jointly established by the three people "Dao Jian Xiao". They are not only online players. They are also real company operators.

Unlike Jin Fugui's "Bing Di", these three don't have any rich fathers to "invest". They are standard self-made... Under this premise, "paying someone" to manage the company for themselves is obviously unrealistic.

In the early days of the studio, they were three people doing the work of eighteen people, from CEO to cleaner, they did everything, and then they slowly made it...

Today, the business of Jianghu is getting bigger and bigger. Although they no longer need to clean and buy lunch boxes by themselves, they have gradually realized...the days of taking care of both games and operations are over.

Although the gods [Shiva] is a man who combines the identities of studio owner and player, his identity is "chairman"...Except for some major decisions, most of the other daily affairs can be handed over to his subordinates.

But the situation in Jianghu is different. They are now at a turning point... If they want to further expand the scale of the company, they have to make a decision...

So, [Xiao Wen Cang Tian] made his choice.

His plan is... to "fade out" first, then "retire", and then focus all his work on the level of company operations, and strive to make Jianghu a first-line large studio within a year. When everything is on track, whether to "come back" as a player will be considered again...

Of course, he also knows very well... In the e-sports industry, basically very few players have successfully "come back"; especially those projects that require physical strength and instant reaction. Generally speaking... As long as the player is over 25 years old, the overall state will begin to decline. At this time, if you stop systematic training for a period of time, the state will probably never come back.

Xiao Wen Cang Tian also thought about it... Instead of letting fans sigh that Lian Po is old and sigh for the decline of the player's state, it is better to retire while the state is still good.

Xiao Wen Cang Tian originally didn't want to participate in this S2 competition; but in order to help the newcomers and ensure that they can go further in the competition... he still took time out. Participated in some preliminaries.

Now that the team has reached the semifinals, he feels that the time has come.

Even if they win this game, there is only one game left to play, so Xiaowen Cangtian simply won't play this game.

Win or lose, this game will allow Bu Pa and Xiao Bu, two rising stars, to accumulate more experience in major competitions. In the future... there may be more occasions that they will have to deal with.

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At 2:40 in the morning, that is, after "thirteen and a half hours" of game time, the result of the second semifinal was announced.

This game. Ended with the victory of [Wastewood Alliance].

Although it took longer than the first game, the process of the game was not stalemate.

Honghu's calculations borrowed a very favorable "trend" for the Wastewood Alliance, and the reconnaissance ability of the summoned creatures of King Zhaoying was also unsolvable.

Therefore, since the first hour after the start of the game, they have always occupied the initiative in intelligence and strategy...

And the players of [Jianghu] have been in a state of exhaustion.

It stands to reason that under such circumstances, the loss of members or even the destruction of the team would occur if they were not careful. However, Jianghu still relied on its strong strength to persevere for more than ten hours.

But in the end, the Waste Alliance won without exerting its ultimate strength.

Mysterious strength, mysterious limit. Just like Hell Frontline, another team without a studio background entered the finals.

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It was still a three-minute break.

The advertisers were waiting impatiently...

The hosts were also very busy. The contestants took a break, but they could not (during the game. The hosts had many opportunities to take a break, after all, not every minute had something to say). The analysis and commentary between the games was indispensable.

Although [Jianghu] lost, and lost miserably. However, the hosts and the audience still gave them a high evaluation, and the two newcomers in the Jianghu team who had just emerged were also highly praised.

The result of this game also proved that sometimes... "lost miserably". It does not mean "losing ugly". There may be a gap in strength with the opponent, but as long as you try your best within your own ability, you can win respect even if you lose.

As for [Waste Alliance], the hosts also praised it. Under the instruction of the director, they have begun to consciously compare this team with [Hell Frontline] which finished the game before...

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At 2:44 in the morning, the third semi-final began.

[Warring States] vs [Shanhe].

Before the game, the predictions for this game were one-sided... Even the official hosts who should have maintained an objective and neutral attitude revealed a message in their words - [Shanhe] might be in danger.

Indeed, [Shanhe] is also a very powerful studio. It is not an exaggeration to say that the Shanhe team, led by Pikachu... Oh no... [Autumn Wind Se] and [Matcha Su] as the vice-captain, is the "strongest in history".

But... After watching the last rematch, even Shanhe's analysis team thought... the chances of defeating [Warring States] were very slim.

The conclusion of the individual strength analysis of the [Warring States] team members is not optimistic. Put aside the prejudice against foreign studios and analyze objectively... The strength of the Warring States team is at the level of Gods and Order.

Before reaching the semi-finals, although their strength was also recognized by many parties, they were still underestimated for various reasons.

It was not until [Warring States] stood at the threshold of the finals that people seemed to realize that... their captain defeated the previous champion in a one-on-one match; their promotion path was a quick and decisive one; so far, their players have never lost in a single match.

The reason why the first team of [Warring States] studio failed to rank in the top ten in the preliminaries was not because of their lack of strength, but simply because of their almost "arrogant" attitude in terms of strategy. Most of the time, they did not consider the matter of "momentum" at all, so in many games... they won by taking advantage of the combat power of both the enemy team members and NPCs.

But in the semi-finals, their style has changed slightly. Although it is only "slightly", they have indeed become cautious...at least they will no longer ignore the power of NPCs or rush into obvious traps.

To defeat such a [Warring States Period], [Shanhe] needs a miracle...

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At 2:52 in the morning, the miracle did not happen.

A game that lasted "eighty minutes" ended.

Qiu Fengse tried his best. Only half an hour after the script started, he successfully obtained the full support of the NPC forces. Then, he used 100,000 volts... oh no... I mean he mobilized 100,000 troops (script forces, cold weapons) to encircle and suppress the four members of the enemy team.

As a result, he found that everyone in the Sengoku team...had very rich experience in "mowing the grass".

Each person can kill an average of 320 enemies per minute. Three minutes can kill a thousand people. Four people can kill 4,000 people...

At this rate, an army of 100,000 can only carry it for less than an hour and a half.

Fortunately... those 100,000 NPCs were not fools. Seven or eight minutes later, when they discovered that the loss of their troops had exceeded 10,000 and the enemy showed no signs of fatigue... they decided to run away.

Otherwise... the audience would really have to watch nearly an hour and a half of Mowing the Lawn Unparalleled...

As a result, the "power" borrowed by Shanhe was wiped out by the opponent's "power".

Seeing this situation, Matcha Su used the trump card that she wanted to use in the finals and could only be activated once - she used S-class equipment to specialize and build a Gundam.

However, the four Sengoku warriors used their swords to dismantle the Gundam...

At this point, the game has lost its suspense.

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In this way, the dust of the three games has settled, and the three final teams have been decided.

The last remaining matchup will determine the final spot.

And the two sides in this game... are also capable of shouldering the heavy responsibility of the finale.

[Order] vs [Gods].

The four words "peak competition" are the best interpretation of this victory or defeat.

However... just when people's blood was boiling, Dream Company suddenly poured a basin of cold water on it.

[Important notice: Players please pay attention, players please pay attention...In order not to affect the normal life of players during the day, our department has negotiated and decided with members of the two teams, the fourth semi-final - "Gods vs. Order" "The game will be postponed to midnight tomorrow, and today's game ends here. 】(To be continued...)