<h4>Chapter 294: Competition Festival (1)</h4>
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“The registration for Group Stages is open. The club has already chosen the rest of the yers and rushed us back to practice our tactics. Old Hao, this is the list of the other three members and two substitutes.”
There were three people in the chat room—Hao Tian, Sleepy Winter, and Twinkle Fried Rice. They were all pro yers of the Long Sky Club.
The four biggest names of China Esports—Temple of God, Long Sky, Dynasty, and Fried Eggnts with Fish. The yers would always be reminded of these clubs’ achievements when they saw those names.
The big names all had their pirs, like Li Ge of Temple of God and ‘Three Chariots’ of Fried Eggnts With Fish. Hao Tian and Sleepy Winter were both senior members of Long Sky; they were known as ‘Long Sky Twin Stars’. A few young yers with potential had appeared in the youth camp in recent years, in which Twinkle Fried Rice was the most favored genius yer that might be the sessor.
Hao Tian, Sleepy Winter, and Twinkle Fried Rice were the core yers of the Long Sky team. Thepetition requirement this time was eight yers, including substitutes, where Hao Tian was the leader without a doubt. Sleepy Winter and Twinkle Fried Rice were definitely members. The other five had been chosen in the internalpetition. The winners formed Core Team One with the three core yers. The second-tier yers formed Team Two—that was howrge clubs worked.
Hao Tian went through the list and said, “These yers are all seniors and familiar faces; they will be able to find theirpetition mode with just a bit of practice. The contestants are fine, no need for changes.”
He was a god yer who had contributed to the club for years, so his words sometimes had more authority than even the coach and the manager.
Sleepy Winter nodded and said, “The first season is very important. Let’s win it. I have looked at thepetition details. There’re five stages, so it willst quite a long time. We have enough time to prepare and continue leveling up. Now is the time where the leading yers are reaching almost LV 50. When the Division Finals arrive, the rest of the teams should almost be all at max level.
“The qualifiers are just the first stage. As it epts registration from all yers, the fight will be the most intense. There will be thousands of teams in one division fighting for only thirty-eight ces—imagine how intense thepetition will be. Because of the number of participants in the Qualifiers, it will be in the form of single match elimination. If we are unlucky and lose to a strong opponent, we will be out of the rest of thepetition straight away. We have to be careful from the start.
“All of the enemies can be roughly divided into four types—normal noob yers just joining for fun, high skilled normal yers, strong yers from clubs, and the teams from the biggest names. Our biggest opponent will be the other three biggest clubs. I estimate that three quarters of the top forty teams entering the regrs will be from clubs.”
“The group battle is ever changing, don’t underestimate any team,” Hao Tian said in a low voice.
“Old Hao, did you register for the Singles?” Sleepy Winter asked.
“Yeah.”
“I shall not go then.” Sleepy Winter shrugged his shoulders. He was very clear of Hao Tian’s skills. There was a very high chance he would get a ce in the Singles and earn bonus points for the team in the Regrs. Most clubs sent their strongest yer to the Singles.
As another member of the Long Sky Twin Stars, since Hao Tian had joined the Singles, he would focus on the team—division ofbor.
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At the same time, Frenzied Sword also registered for Singles. Different from a big name like Long Sky, the Jiang City Club that he was in was a small team. All the members in the club were just enough for the number of team members required. All of them were tier two yers, and only Frenzied Sword had made a name for himself.
However, he was not the leader. The leader was ‘Lone Crane’, a signature yer cultivated by Jiang City itself. Yet, he did not have any achievements.
Jiang City was a dying team. When they saw the potential in Frenzied Sword and signed him as a strong help, the team only became a little more alive after he joined.
However, Lone Crane did not like Frenzied Sword; he felt that Frenzied Sword threatened his position. The management regtions in the small clubs was not as developed as the big names, so it wasmon to put seniority first when determining positions. Before making any result, pro yers were all arrogant, thinking everyone else was just trash. Frenzied Sword was lucky enough to meet this situation and was often excluded by the team.
His Singles registration was obstructed by Lone Crane many times. Lone Crane’s reason was “The team needs to retain its power; you are our ace. If you expose too much in the Singles, the others will develop tactics against us.”
The registration only passed after being approved by the superiors.
Frenzied Sword did not favor these fools. It was a crazy dream to want to achieve anything with such a team. He had put all his hopes into the Singles. As long as he made a name for himself in the Singles, his position would be stable.
<i>My win ratio against God Hao Tian is now four to six. He’s a top god yer; since I can win 40% of the time, there should be a high chance of entering the top 64 in the Singles.</i>
Frenzied Sword was confident in himself. He had received tons of EXP from Han Xiao’s missions. His level was ahead of most other yers, and his ability levels were high too. Plus, all his equipment was limited edition from ck Phantom’s shop. Mechanical Pugilist depended a lot in equipment. Most of his equipment was blue grade, his weapon was even a purple, and its machinery type also exceeded normal yer’s knowledge. It was luxurious.
The so-called limited editions were actually tailor-made machinery that Han Xiao had built for him. Han Xiao was cultivating the four of them, so he had to look after them. In fact, Frenzied Sword, Maple Moon, Hao Tian, and Bun-Hit-Dog were regarded as his apprentices.
Frenzied Sword knew very well that the reason he was so strong was all because of ck Phantom’s ‘Hidden Storyline’. Every time he thought of it, he would feel extremely d that he had met Han Xiao during the closed beta.
<i>I have to get a good ce! </i>Frenzied Sword encouraged himself.
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The registration for the Qualifiers went on intensively. Various clubs made frequent movements, news articles appeared in the forums every single day, and yers discussed the developments actively. It was boisterous. This was a festival; the yers all looked forward to their idols’ performance in the pro scene, anticipating the battle of the highest skill level.
The yers could already travel between the continents. Countless yers gathered in Sanctuary Three. Sanctuary Three was the host venue for Singles. Other than the registered yers, many yers came to watch it live. The number of yers in the city increased non-stop.
The number of participants for the Singles was the highest as most yers knew that they had no chances against the professional clubs’ teams, and it was not easy to form a team. Inparison, Singles was much easier. Any one person could register. As recorded officially, every division had more than 100,000 yers registered for the Singles. One could see how intense the Qualifiers would be.
The participating yers were mostly older yers that had joined the game in the earlier times. The new yers afterward were only at level 20 or so; them joining would only be free points for the others. Some peopleined that the league started too early, but their voices were buried in the sea of people very soon after.
Eight months had passed in-game since the publicunch. ording to thepetition schedule, the Divisions wouldst for about half a year, and the Internationals would only start after about a year of preparation and rest. This long break was mainly to give the qualifying teams more time to improve their cooperation, which showed how important the Internationals were. Also, it was a form of hunger marketing to improve the influence of thepetition.
Thepetition wouldst about two years of in-game time. The duration of the entire Version 1.0 was three and a half years. The yers that could not make it for the Qualifiers could only be considered unlucky—time waits for no man.
Maple Moon did not register for the Qualifiers. She was a casual yer, so she hardly paid attention topetitions and waspletely ignorant of thepetition mode. Thus, she decided to be a spectator peacefully. Of course, Han Xiao would not force her to join thepetition. Furthermore, a Mechanic that focused on building abilities like Maple Moon had very ordinary strength in Version 1.0. Not everyone had the skills of the Great Mechanic Han.
Bun-Hit-Dog, however, contacted his streamer friends and formed a streamer team to join thepetition excitedly. With Han Xiao’s experience and prediction, this streamer team would definitely just be free points. If they could join the Regrs, he would swallow ten energy crystals on the spot.
<i>So, only three people under me will be joining thepetition, Hao Tian, Frenzied Sword, and Bun-Hit-Dog... Thest one can be ignored.</i>
Han Xiao stood before the window, looked down on the crowded square and thought, <i>Hope the two of them can get good results.</i>
The registration stage was the brewing period of thepetition; it was also the best period for him to earn a huge profit. 100,000 Singles contestants were willing to spend money and EXP for just a slight improvement.
A pleased smile appeared on Han Xiao’s face.
<i>After heading toward to the gxy, I won’t be able to interact with arge number of yers in a short time. The EXP I earn now will all be taken into the gxy—the more, the better.</i>