Chapter 34 Explosive News
August 7, 8 am.
It had been exactly 72 hours since Feng Bujue received the request to "reach the maximum level within three days".
On such a seemingly ordinary morning, an explosive news appeared on the official website of Dream Company.
[The Summit S2 Forum Zone is online today]
[The war has started again, and the gods have come again. ]
[Work together and be invincible. ]
As long as players open any web page under the Dream Company domain name, a large pop-up window with this slogan will appear, which is really impossible to ignore...
"Ah... What is coming will come..." Feng Bujue, who was sitting in front of the computer eating breakfast, reacted very calmly to this announcement.
Seeing this, I believe someone has already guessed that it is right... After the "last supper", the "thing" that Woody told Brother Jue was referring to this.
After all, Brother Jue has "someone above him", and in this respect, ordinary players cannot compare. Of course, Woody only informed Brother Jue three days in advance that the competition was about to start, and did not reveal too many other rules and details.
"At this moment, those guys in the professional circle... are probably all crazy..." Feng Bujue smiled with a gloating expression as he drank the last sip of soy milk.
He guessed correctly... All major studios took it for granted that the preliminaries of the Peak Heroes S2 should start in November (the announcement of S1 mentioned that the competition would be held every six months), so at this time point in early August, they were still in a relatively relaxed state.
But they never expected... The rules of S2 are completely different from S1. Whether it is the registration qualifications, the preliminaries cycle, the competition format, or the ranking rewards... They are all upgraded...
To make an analogy, the Peak Heroes S1 is like a knockout grand prix organized by a small-scale boxing league, and this S2... feels like the top five European leagues.
"Anyway... Let's take a look at what's written first..." Feng Bujue looked at the screen, muttering, and clicked on the link on the pop-up window.
Two seconds later, he was linked to the S2 forum area.
After learning from the various lessons learned from the S1 period of the Peak Heroes, Dream Company made some targeted changes.
Let's talk about this "Peak Heroes S2 Forum Area"... They have prepared a separate server for this forum channel. Even if there are tens of millions of accounts pouring in at the same time, or even posting at the same time. It will never crash. Things like hacker attacks and software screen swiping are also within the scope of prevention.
At the moment this area was opened, Dream Company also hung a top post on each channel of the forum-[Before and after the S2 of the Peak Heroes, all topics related to the game will be transferred to the relevant discussion area. 】
This operation is obviously very difficult for the administrator to be responsible for... It takes time to read, review, and move posts. If the number of posts is large in a short period of time, the moderator can't manage it at all. Fortunately... In this era, there are optical computers. Most of the identification and classification work can be completed by optical computers, and the moderators only need to be responsible for cleaning up some of the fish that slip through the net.
"Hmm... That's it..." Feng Bujue opened the special zone and took a quick look before entering the post [Official Summary of Competition Rules].
This post is not allowed to be replied to by anyone other than the administrator. The content is so varied that it adds up to more than a dozen floors.
As a reading addict, Brother Jue naturally wouldn't miss any line of words.
First, the part about registration...
[This competition adopts a group registration system. From midnight on August 8, players can fill in the registration application on the main screen of any "Conference Room".
Teams that meet any of the following conditions are eligible to register-
1. The team contains one (or more) level 50 players, and the rest of the members are above level 40 (including level 40).
2. The average level of the team members reaches 44.
3. Three members of the team reach level 45. The remaining two members reach level 40 and each has two A-level (including A-level) or above specializations. 】
"Well... this standard is reasonable." Feng Bujue read the post, "The third one should be for those players who specialize in medical or equipment, and those who rely on puzzles... These people may level up slower than mainstream combat players."
He continued to read...
[Registration must be carried out under the premise that five players remain in a team state.
The team name and team member list used in the game shall be filled in by the team leader.
After all members of the team have completed the confirmation operation. The registration form can be submitted. 】
"Five people..." Feng Bujue saw this and thought, "It's already more than the 3v3 limit of the 'Killing Game'... What should I do about tactical drills..."
The following content answered his question...
[After submitting the application, the system will complete the review of the registration form within five minutes.
The team that passes the review. It is considered "registration is successful", and all members of the team will immediately unlock the "Peak Hegemony S2 Practice Mode [For details, please see the fourth floor]". 】
"Oh...just open a practice mode." As he spoke, Feng Bujue had already scrolled the mouse. He turned directly to the fourth level of the post.
[S2 Practice Mode of Peak Heroes——
This mode only supports 4v4 battles between teams registered for S2 of Peak Heroes.
This mode does not have any scare value settlement and rewards, but the basic principle of "forced disconnection due to high scare value" still applies.
Any world view or task may appear in this mode, and the size and layout of the map will be randomly generated based on the abilities of both players.
In this mode, players can only observe the nicknames, levels and survival status of teammates in the team column, and all enemy information will be blocked.
The experience, game coins and skill value rewards provided by this mode are similar to those of the killing mode, but the acquisition rate of items and skills will be lower than that of the general survival mode, which is similar to the novice practice mode.
In this mode, the player interaction rules a-e in the team survival mode still apply. If you are not clear about these terms, please click the link below to watch. 】
"What's going on? 4v4?" Feng Bujue was stunned after reading it, "Doesn't registration require a five-person team?" He quickly returned to the top of the post and continued to read the previous content.
[This competition will take the form of 4v4 battles. In each round of the game, the registered team can adjust the lineup and choose four of the five to fight. 】
"Wow?" When this rule came into Jue Ge's sight, he keenly saw something, "This is interesting..." he said to himself, "Different personnel configurations can make different tactical combinations... In this way... pre-match analysis and planning are very likely to become part of the outcome of the game."
He immediately showed an unfriendly smile... It seemed that countless people had already appeared in front of him.
[At midnight on August 10, the "Peak Hegemony S2 Practice Mode" will be officially opened. At that time, teams that have unlocked this mode can join the queue for matching.
Until midnight on August 30, this mode will be closed again. The official "Preliminary Mode" will be opened shortly thereafter.
From midnight on August 8 to midnight on August 30, all captains of registered teams have one opportunity to submit a "personnel change application".
Except for the team captain, all members have one opportunity to submit a "quit application".
After midnight on August 30, all team rosters will be locked and cannot be changed. 】
"I see..." Feng Bujue read after reading this paragraph, "First, before midnight on the 10th, give players two days to form teams. Then, in the remaining 20 days, provide these teams with time to practice and run-in, and give each player a chance to re-select. In this way... at least most teams can form a lineup that satisfies them."
[The "Preliminary Mode" (tentative name) will adopt a points system, and the specific opening time and rules will be announced at midnight on August 30th.
The total period of the preliminaries is expected to be 50 days.
There are no special invitations for this competition.
The final list will be completely based on the points and will be sorted out by the optical computer.
The competition process will be completely open, transparent and fair. 】
"Hehe..." Feng Bujue smiled, "What a bullshit of fairness... Last time you invited me directly, and this time you spoiled it in advance, are you embarrassed..." When he said this, he raised his voice a little intentionally or unintentionally.
"Haaa~" The next second, Arthas, who was sleeping on the sofa, yawned and said, "I know what you are up to, don't waste your energy, meow."
"Ah? Are you talking to me?" Feng Bujue turned around and pretended to be stupid.
"You pretended to be casual, and said something that might have an impact on Woody, and deliberately let me hear it." Arthas exposed Brother Jue very straightforwardly, "You want to test this... In a similar situation, will I go to him to tell snitches. If I do, you can use this as an opportunity to use me... to convey some information you want him to hear. If not, you can think of other ways to further test..."
After hearing this, Feng Bujue shrugged: "Tsk... Have you been seen through..."
"Continue browsing your forum, meow..." Arthas lazily continued, "Don't think that you have reached level 50 (Brother Jue reached the maximum level on August 5th), and you can rest easy... This s2 competition will be much more difficult than s1, you'd better make more preparations in advance..." After that, she shook her tail and turned her head to sleep again.
"Ah... I'll do my best..." Feng Bujue responded, and turned his gaze back to the monitor.
The content listed next in the post was the prize that everyone was looking forward to. (To be continued...)