Chapter 39 Unexpected selection of pictures

The Imperial City E-sports Center is a large-scale event venue with upper and lower floors, enough to accommodate hundreds of thousands of spectators. In previous years, the A League Finals were held here. Of course, there are not that many spectators in the Nova Cup, and only the first floor of the game is open.

A group of the national team coaching staff came to the scene ahead of schedule after having lunch.

This is Jiang Shaoyu's second visit to the Imperial Gaming Center.

Looking at the familiar double-decker venue in front of him, he suddenly remembered the scene when he took ACE to the finals. He was only 18 years old at the time, and when he walked into the stadium with his teammates, he was surrounded by deafening screams from fans.

In the blink of an eye, five years have passed.

Now, returning to this arena is as a national team coach.

Jiang Shaoyu stayed at the door for a while. Back then, he walked in here with his teammates with the spirit of a last stand. ACE also won the finals, creating a legendary story of a grassroots team defeating a giant club.

Today, he came here with the idea of ​​selecting potential seeds to witness the birth of a new generation of e-sports players.

Among them is Pei Feng, the apprentice he personally trained.

He believes that there are still many newcomers with outstanding e-sports talent in Huaguo - who will go from this arena to the world.

The group came to the front row of guests and sat down.

At 1:30 p.m., the audience entered the venue one after another. Pei Feng has many fans, and the influence of the big anchor should not be underestimated; Lin Hai's cheering group is also very large, and even specially made light sticks, posters, avatars, etc. aid items. To Jiang Shaoyu's surprise, there was another player with a lot of fans, holding a huge poster with a line of colorful words on it: "Flowers let you fly, pollen will always be with you".

It's really "flashy".

Jiang Shaoyu couldn't help but wonder: "Who are these fans?"

Qin Bo had already thoroughly checked the finalists, and when he heard this, he said, "This contestant is the leader of the large players' union [Iron Legion] in the online game. These spectators holding posters , should be the members of the [Iron-Blood Legion]."

Jiang Shaoyu raised his eyebrows: "Iron Corps?"

Why does it sound like a strong middle-two disease style?

Qin Bo added: "It's the one [Hua Hua Da Shao] with a very special style of play that you paid attention to before."

Jiang Shaoyu nodded. He really had an impression of the ID [Hua Hua Da Shao]. Currently, the winning rate is 100%. He likes to use throwing weapons. Winning and making it to the final round... very interesting.

Jiang Shaoyu looked away from the auditorium, picked up the tablet, and looked down at the data analysis Qin Bo handed him.

At this time, in the lounge in the backstage of the game.

A middle-aged man wearing a mask is whispering to Lin Hai: "Fred's most powerful is long-distance sniping, let's not fight him head-on, you have a huge advantage in close combat. The finals are four wins in seven games. We have two chances to choose a map, if we win at home, we will win one or two random maps to be sure.”

Lin Hai nodded: "Well, I know how to fight."

The middle-aged human said: "Mr. Zhang also came to the scene in person today, don't let him down."

Lin Hai raised his eyebrows with a chuckle: "Don't worry, Coach Cheng, I don't guarantee that I can win the championship, but winning Fred is not a big problem."

Since Fred left, Lin Hai has suddenly become the most popular anchor on the Star Network platform.

Signing up for the Rising Star Cup this time, he specially hired a professional coach from a wealthy club to give him targeted training.

Fred claims to be a "technical stream" anchor, but his ranking in the national service standings is not much different from that of Lin Hai. He leads the boss to the low-end rankings every day, even though he used to be a youth trainee of the ACE team and a disciple of God Wing... However, he has been away from ACE for five years!

An e-sports player will not be able to keep up with the rhythm without training for a week. He, a streamer who has not trained for five years, can’t maintain the level of a professional player, right?

Lin Hai's special training this week and various tactical plans were all arranged for Pei Feng.

Even the map was carefully selected after consultation with the coach.

He has two goals for this competition.

The first is to win over the popularity and attract fans who still stay in Xingwang after Pei Feng quit; the second is to defeat Pei Feng.

As for the national team, he is not interested. The income of the anchor is much higher than that of the youth trainees of the national team.

Pei Feng just changed jobs, and his heels haven't stood firm yet. As long as he defeats Pei Feng in the Nova Cup and makes Pei Feng fall a big somersault here, it will not be so easy to get up in the future. Pei Feng fell, who will the top streamer of "Gun King" become, do you still need to ask?

Lin Hai raised the corners of his lips, feeling very happy.

Let's see if Fred can be drawn in the draw for a while, hope Fred won't be killed so quickly.

...

At 2 o'clock, the host came to the stage and said with a smile: "Everyone, good afternoon, welcome to the final scene of the first Rising Star Cup Challenge! Let us welcome people from all over the country with warm applause. The top 16 players in the final round are on stage!"

There was warm applause at the scene, and a group of relatives and friends shouted the names of these people with loudspeakers.

Pei Feng was the last to come to power. He was wearing simple jeans and a black long-sleeved T-shirt today. It was still very cold in the imperial capital in February, but the heating was turned on in the venue, so he looked handsome and neat in this way.

Pei Feng stood still on the stage and glanced down the stage. Sure enough, he saw the familiar figure in the front row of guests. He smiled at Jiang Shaoyu. Jiang Shaoyu had no expression on his face, but returned him a very calm look.

Pei Feng put away his smile and stood on the stage obediently.

Lin Hai next to him took the initiative to greet him: "Hi, Fred, long time no see."

Pei Feng also nodded politely: "Well, Brother Hai is alright."

The audience below the stage burst into screams: "Fred must win!" "Fred come on!"

"Brother Hai Niu Beer!" "Brother Hai! Come on!"

Jiang Shaoyu had a headache from the noise, rubbed his ears, and set his eyes on the big screen.

The information of the contestants is displayed on the screen, and the host introduces the contestants in turn, followed by announcing the rules of the game: "The final round is a best-of-seven knockout system. 3 random pictures, take the lead in winning 4 games!"

"Medical has also joined the matching queue. If a medical player is encountered, a limited-time match will be adopted. If the medical survives for 10 minutes, it will be judged as a medical victory, and if it is killed within 10 minutes, the opponent will be judged to win."

"Next, the first round of draws will be held, please match the players randomly by the system!"

The names of the top 16 players appeared randomly on the big screen, and soon, the screen freezed——

Game 1 of the final round: Fred vs Hai Ge.

There was an uproar in the audience, and the fans on both sides of the auditorium screamed with excitement.

The big screen switched to the live broadcast screen, and the two commentators smiled brightly towards the camera.

"Welcome to the live broadcast of the Rising Star Cup Challenge Finals, I'm the official commentator Xiaohu."

"I'm the commentator A Yan."

"The results of the first lottery have come out. It's the duel between Fred and Brother Hai, um... Both of them are very popular technology streamers. This time, the Rising Star Cup has also passed all the way, and reached the finals with a 100% win rate. , did not expect to meet in the first round of the final."

"Yes, because the final round is a knockout system, the loser will be eliminated directly. I believe that neither of the two players wants to be eliminated. This game will definitely be very exciting, let's wait and see!"

I heard that the first game of the final round was directly matched with Fred and Brother Hai, and the ratings in the official live broadcast room soared dozens of times in an instant. Fans of the two anchors quickly opened the live broadcast software, and the dense white characters suddenly filled the screen——

"Fuck, is it the first civil war between two big anchors?"

"It's fun now!"

"Fred, come on, look after you, and kill that Lin Hai."

"I bet Lin Haisheng!"

Both sides have supporters.

The two used to be the anchors of Star Network, but the two have never officially played against each other, even in the rankings, they have never met by chance. Therefore, Haige's fans say that he is the "first assaulter" in the anchor circle, and Pei Feng's fans say that he is "the most skilled sniper"... Who is stronger? We will find out today.

At this time, in the VIP auditorium on the other side, the boss of Xingwang and Coach Cheng, who was wearing a mask, were chatting with their heads down.

"Don't worry, Mr. Zhang, Lin Hai has participated in the special training during this period, and the effect is very good. He already has a professional level. I have studied Fred's style of play and chose two pictures. It's actually a good thing to bump into him early. , as long as you PK him out, Lin Hai's status in the anchor circle will definitely far surpass Fred's."

"Well, coach Cheng has worked hard." Zhang Ruiming, the boss of Star Network, said with a smile.

Fred's job-hopping has a great impact on the popularity of Xingwang.

He also did not expect that the background traffic of the Gunwang sub-division dropped sharply, down 15% from the previous month, and the loss of users was serious, which is a very scary phenomenon. Xingwang must seize the time to support a top streamer who is more popular than Fred in order to regain old users and attract new users to register.

The Rising Star Cup is the best chance.

...

Lin Hai and Pei Feng walked to the main stage one after the other. Both anchors were Alphas, and they were equally good looking. However, Pei Feng was more sunny and handsome, while Lin Hai looked more mature and stable. As for strength, they have not played against each other, but from the point of view of the national service peak game, there is not much difference. Therefore, President Zhang is still quite confident. After all, Lin Hai has been studying with Coach Cheng of the wealthy club during this period of time, and has developed a set of play styles specifically for Pei Feng.

Lin Hai has a very good chance of winning.

The two walked into the soundproof room and sat down to debug the equipment.

This competition allows players to bring peripherals. Pei Feng brought his custom keyboard and mouse, which is different from Jiang Shaoyu's. The "Fred" hot silver logo is engraved on the lower right corner of the keyboard and in the middle of the mouse. Master's "Wing" remains the same, and his "Fred" also has a pair of lovely wings on both sides.

The two put on headphones, and the referee confirmed that there was no problem with the computers of both players, and waved to signal the start of the game.

At the commentary seat, the two commentators immediately cheered up——

"The game is about to start, let's enter the first match between Fred and Lin Hai!"

"Snipers vs. Assaulters, each has its own odds of winning. Snipers have a longer range, but have fewer bullets, and depend on terrain conditions. They must find sniper spots suitable for hiding. While Assaulters don't have such high requirements for terrain, they can be hard on the front. , a wave of sweeping fire swept the opponent to death!"

"Yes. At the beginning of the game, the two sides drew lots at random, and Lin Hai got the first move!"

"Let's look forward to Lin Hai's self-selected map in the first game. The map he submitted is..."

"Circle corridor!"

When this map appeared, the audience was in an uproar.

The barrage in the live broadcast room floated like snowflakes——

"I'm grass! There's no sniping point in this picture at all!"

"This is the secret room map, which is especially suitable for players such as charge, assault, and reconnaissance."

"To fight a sniper, choose a narrow secret room map? Lin Hai is so disgusting!"

"The rules of the competition system are that players can choose their own pictures. Is there any problem with Hai Ge choosing the pictures that he is good at?"

Lin Hai smiled, obviously very confident.

This picture is a very simple three-star difficulty map, but for snipers who need to hide and find a spot——

It's a nightmare.

The back-shaped corridor, as the name suggests, is a "return"-shaped passageway, with four corridors connected end to end, with four corners.

If there is a fight between players, it can only be at the corner of the corridor.

How do you snipe around the corner?

Waiting for you to open the mirror and aim, others have already swept you into a hornet's nest!

The advantage of snipers lies in the ultra-long-distance sniping. As long as they occupy the high point of the field of vision, they can kill the opponent with one shot and seconds when the opponent cannot get close. This kind of square secret room with narrow terrain, cramped space, and four corners has almost no room for snipers to play.

Lin Hai's targeted selection of pictures is also perfect.

The commentator couldn't help but worry: "This picture is very unfavorable for snipers."

"Yes, a map of pure melee combat, you can't shoot at all."

"It's up to Fred to deal with it."

Pei Feng's performance was very calm. After he saw this map, he just smiled softly.

Not even frowning.

The map is selected, and the players on both sides change their firearms. Pei Feng quickly changed into the [AK12-Dark Night], a lightweight assault rifle. The secondary weapon was [Poison Bee Dagger], a dagger with poisoning effect after stabbing the enemy; the third weapon slot was [Smoke Grenade].

The commentator Xiaohu was stunned: "He... doesn't he have a sniper rifle?"

A Yan came back to his senses and said, "In this picture, if you have a sniper rifle, you can't play at all. It will be better with a rifle. However, how did I hear that Fred is a very good sniper? How does he play with the rifle? like?"

"I don't know, I rarely see him playing with a rifle."

Lin Hai is the king of AK rifles in the anchor industry, and the strongest assaulter in the anchor circle.

Pei Feng was playing an assault in front of Lin Hai? Did he make a mistake?

Everyone has raised such doubts.

Only Jiang Shaoyu in the audience looked calm, as if he had expected the ending.

Yu Mingxiang said with a smile: "Xiao Pei seems to be serious? Everyone probably doesn't know that when you let the players take turns to abuse him in ACE, he has mastered the gameplay of various positions."

Jiang Shaoyu leaned on the back of the chair, his eyes were cold and sharp: "The apprentice I brought out... how can it be so easy to be targeted?"

When Jiang Shaoyu accepted his apprentices, the first lesson he taught Pei Feng was: get up from wherever you fall, and those who give up easily are not worthy of playing e-sports.

The second lesson is: To beat your opponent, you must know your opponent well.

How do know how to kill a player in the Assault, Charge, Scout, and Medical positions?

You need to figure out how to play these positions first.

This is also the reason why Jiang Shaoyu let Ye Zi, Xiao Zhou and Lao Lin abuse Pei Feng in turn.

Jiang Shaoyu has retired for many years, but he can still kill all the gourd babies of the national team with the charge, the dagger, the sniper, and the pistol.

As Jiang Shaoyu's direct apprentice, how could Pei Feng not even master the basic gun control?

Fred is of course a very good sniper.

But he……

Not just sniper rifles.