Chapter 1347 Two Strong Encounters

During the day on March 25th, various battle reports about the early morning round were released one after another.

Among them, the hottest topics are mainly three——

1. [Shanhe] won the competition with its old enemy [Tiandi].

Both sides of the competition are among the top ten studios in the industry. Naturally, both the winner and the loser revealed a lot of news and related interviews after the game.

Second, [Hongying] was swept by the dark horse.

The spokesperson of [Red Sakura] studio also admitted after the game that after losing Xu Huaishang, they were a bit inactive in the popular project "Thriller Paradise". There is still a long way to cultivate new aces. time.

3. Who are the people at [Heaven’s Gate]?

This issue is of greatest concern to the majority of players now, but this mysterious team does not accept any form of interviews or communication, nor does it speak out through any channels. As a result, the media can only rely on fabricated nonsense and attention-grabbing headlines. Covering them also makes the team's situation even more confusing.

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At midnight on the 26th, the matching list for the fourth round was announced on time.

In this round, a total of 3339 teams participated, and the number of teams is still an odd number, so one team will still have a bye, and the remaining 3338 teams will fight against each other.

In this round, in addition to those seeded teams, many teams that performed well in the first three rounds...such as [Heaven's Gate]...their matching situation has also become a concern.

And this... is exactly what Dream Company's operations department is looking forward to seeing.

The "completely random" matching mechanism is to give casual players more opportunities to advance and show themselves; at this stage, this plan has been successful.

Compared with the previous two competitions, in S3, the sense of participation and involvement of ordinary players have been significantly improved... It is conceivable that when people see teams like [Gods], [Red Sakura], and [Tiandi] successively When many grassroots teams with a similar level to our own (at least that's what some viewers think when watching) are still advancing, the mood of "I can do it even if I play" is bound to rise, and this mood is exactly what It is a catalyst that inspires people to become more invested in something.

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March 26, evening, 11:55.

In five minutes, the fourth round of Peak Contest S3 will begin.

This round, there is only one focus battle, but there are two things about "matching" that need to be mentioned.

Let’s talk about the second thing first - [Hell Front] got a bye this round.

This is indeed something worth mentioning, because no seeding team has had a bye in the first three rounds.

Of course, no one thinks this is a shady story... Since it's "completely random", it's only a matter of time before a seeded team gets a bye. Furthermore, from the perspective of ordinary players, it is a good thing that a strong team gets a bye. After all... whoever encounters them will be unlucky.

Then, let’s go back and talk about the first thing, that is, the two sides in that “focus battle” - [Warring States] and [Waste Chai Alliance].

These two teams are both teams that have reached the S2 finals. Together with [Hell Front] and [Order], they are among the final four in the S2 era... so the attention of this game is no less than that of [Order] in the first round. 】VS【Gods】.

Since the S3 competition format requires the number of players to be expanded to seven, the lineups of both sides have also changed in this competition.

Let’s talk about [Warring States] first. Although it is a foreign studio, it has been stationed in the horror paradise for so long, so it naturally has a lot of local fans... Considering that most of the male fans come here for the four leading girls. , [Oda Ai], [Akechi Nobu], [Takeda Satoshi] and [Uesugi Hitoshi] must definitely join the team.

In addition to them, [Sasaki Ming] naturally has to occupy a position. Not only is he the brains of the team, but he is also among the top three in the team. There is no reason to sit on the bench.

As for the remaining two vacancies... [Toyotomi Taira], [Imagawa Yoshi], [Takugawa Tadashi], and [Hojo Kazu] from the original "Sengoku Second Team" are all interested in fighting for it; this is understandable, because the four of them It was indeed a bit miserable for both of them to be beaten by the [Wasteless Alliance] in S2, so they all have the desire to go into battle in person to avenge their humiliation.

However, in the end, only [Imagawa Yoshi] was selected; the reason for his selection was not because he was stronger than the other members of the second team, but because he majored in investigation and could make the team's structure more reasonable after joining.

The player who became the seventh player in this competition [Sengoku], whose ID is [Date Makoto]... is a newcomer that the studio has trained since the S2 period; his positioning is somewhat similar to that of Gui Xiaodao, They are all seventeen-year-old talented players, and they are also the targets that [Warring States] plans to focus on training in the future.

The above is the personnel configuration of the [Warring States] team.

Next, let’s talk about the [Wasteless Alliance]...

The "Five Good-for-nothing Tigers" from the S2 era are all here this time, including [Honghu], [Shadow King], [Uncle Good-for-nothing], [Tired Meng Huan] and [Let Lao Shi]... none of them are left behind. .

Some people may wonder why the old man who was originally used to "make up the numbers" is here again this time?

Let's put it this way...two reasons: first, because I am very popular (there is no explanation for this reason). Second, it's because today's Ji Lao Shi... can indeed be used as a "strategic weapon."

As mentioned above, after S2, Lao Bi has become a god-level figure in the joke world (the same god-level figures include Chun Ge, KING, Satan, Buggy the Clown, Chuck Norris, etc.)... I don’t know why, but 99% of the players are willing to believe that he is strong, so strong that it is unfathomable.

The analysis teams of major studios also know very little about Lao Shi’s strength limit, ability characteristics, and other information - reasonable guesses and a large number of jokes make it difficult for them to make accurate judgments.

Of course, there are also people who understand, such as Feng Bujue and Gui Xiao... But they all choose to keep silent about Lao Shi’s strength; Jue Ge is fine, but Gui Xiao, a professional player, even talked nonsense with the company, saying "There is only Lao Shi’s strength, and I can’t see through it", which made the people behind the scenes of [Order] panic.

In short, if you can get to Laobi's level by just playing in a group, you are beyond reproach...

In addition, except for the "Five Useless Tigers", the two new members of [Useless Alliance] are also old faces.

The first one is [Tianma Xingkong]...Yes, it is Xiao Ma Ge who won the S1 championship.

As we all know, Xiao Ma Ge was originally a player of [Xingchen] studio, and [Xingchen] is also known as the "Arsenal" in the e-sports circle. Logically...after winning the S1 championship, Xiao Ma Ge should have been sold at a high price by them.

But...the embarrassing thing is that no one bought him.

The reason is simple. The buyer and seller have a big disagreement on the price; although Xiao Ma Ge has a championship title, most of the studio's analysis teams believe that from the actual performance, this stubborn guy is not worth the price offered by [Xingchen].

As for [Xingchen], they were not in a hurry. Anyway, their studio only signed young, unknown, and potential players, and the contracts they used were all short-term, low-paying ones. Since no one wanted to buy him, they would just keep him.

So, Xiao Ma Ge stayed in [Xingchen] until S2, until his contract was about to expire, and the studio felt that... this situation was not right? If they didn't sell him, he would become a free man.

But at this time, it would be difficult to sell him again... Everyone knows that [Xingchen]'s contract has extremely low basic guarantees. The only attractive thing about it is the "transfer share" clause - this is a win-win situation for the studio and the players, but the buyer has to pay the bill.

Simply put, [Xingchen] players have a future in this studio, but no "money prospects"; the purpose of their hard work is to be "sold"... Once they transfer, they can not only get a high salary in the studio that buys them, but also get a considerable transfer fee dividend at one time.

However, Tianma Xingkong is a special case... When his value was the highest, the buyer and seller could not reach a consensus on his value positioning, so he was delayed... When his contract was about to expire, who would spend the transfer fee to buy him? If you really want to sign him, why not just wait until he terminates his contract and sign him as a free agent? Anyway, the low-paying short-term contract of [Xingchen] does not have a non-compete agreement.

In summary, Tianma Xingkong has become a very rare player in [Xingchen] in recent years who automatically terminates his contract when the contract expires.

On the day his contract expired, the start date of the S3 competition was very close... Most of the studios' team lineups had already been polished and registered; even if many studios expressed their desire to sign him, none of them could provide him with a place to compete.

At this time, the cunning Hong Hu (who had already found out the expiration date of Xiao Ma Ge's contract through his connections in the circle) extended an olive branch to Xiao Ma Ge as a friend, and successfully won a Saint Fighter for the [Wastewood Alliance]... Oh no... a tiger general.

Finally, there is another new member of the [Wastewood Alliance] team to introduce - [Qi Sha].

Yes, it is the Qi Sha of [Blade].

This person came to the door by himself, and his reasons are very good... Since the studio does not plan to participate in the competition this time, and he personally hopes to fight with masters in the competition, so after the approval of the leader, he came out to find a team by himself.

[Wastewood Alliance] is the first team that Qi Sha found... As a team with far more human touch than utilitarianism, like a homeless shelter, they casually discussed and let Qi Sha join the team.

So far, the seven members of the [Wastewood Alliance] have all been confirmed.

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When the clock struck midnight, the fourth round of the competition also started.

Today, the players of [Hell Front] who had a bye were already waiting in the conference room the first second after the game started, and had already locked on to the live broadcast channel of the game between [Warring States] and [Waste Alliance].

Not only them, but also the big screen in the game mall was broadcasting this game at the moment, with two commentators.

The battle between these two strong teams seemed to be imminent.