Rebirth of the Game Pioneer

Chapter 131: Blinder than an interstellar player?

After the closed beta of "Plants vs. Zombies" started, corresponding news immediately appeared on the Internet. A super fun casual game called "Plants vs. Zombies" in the Chuxin Experience Store has started a closed beta.

This news came so suddenly and so timely. The true love players who were holding their breath immediately launched a counterattack, drowning those who had recently criticized Gu Feng and questioned him in their spit, forcing these guys to delete their dynamic devices. turtle.

Some people also said harshly that Gu Feng could only play casual games. Good guy, as soon as these words came out, it was like increasing the magnetism for himself, attracting all the firepower from other people, which greatly helped. Allies have lowered the pressure.

Of course, these are just minor episodes. As New Year's Day approaches day by day, the interstellar auditions are gradually coming to an end.

Although the audition is not over yet, the ranking of the top 64 will not change much, and the game media are not stupid, these guys have a very sensitive sense of traffic codes.

Although everyone's game server IDs are in English, the media still screen them one by one to confirm which ones are Chinese players.

After final statistics, the current top 64 are confirmed to be 19 Chinese players. This is only the confirmed number, and there are likely to be others among the remaining 45 who have been omitted from the statistics.

Nearly one-third of the Chinese players entered the main match. The players were very excited and felt quite proud.

At 12:31 on December 18st, the StarCraft WCS World Championship auditions ended, and the ranking function of the competition server was temporarily closed. That night, the official sent electronic invitations to the top 64 players. The invitations were directly sent privately. The chat will be sent to their StarCraft account and the email address they used before entering the competition.

On January 1st, Clivia went home to spend the holiday with her parents, while Gu Feng spent the holiday with her sister.

Before 1 o'clock on January 2, what is gratifying is that no contestant who was shortlisted for the main competition abstained. Through the personal information filled in by the contestants, Gu Feng knew that among the 12 people, there were more than double digits of minors, among whom the youngest One is only 64 years old and comes from a country in Northern Europe.

Originally, he thought that at least half of these minors might have to withdraw from the competition due to family reasons, but obviously the result was unexpected and surprising.

Maybe it was the glory of the World Championship that convinced their families, or maybe it was the generous prize money that convinced them, or maybe it was the fact that foreign children did become independent earlier.

No matter what the reason is, the result is the best. There is no replacement for any personnel. The gold content of the first WCS is self-evident.

On January 1rd and January 3th, the contestants arrived in the Imperial Capital one after another and checked into the five-star hotels booked in advance by Chuxin.

Because it is an individual competition, the official has only prepared one room for each person. This is clearly mentioned in the notification in the invitation letter.

It doesn't matter if a player really brings many groups of relatives and friends over. Anyway, it's just one room. Everyone needs to squeeze into a bed, make a bunk on the floor, or open a separate room. Those are all issues that the players themselves need to consider.

After arriving in the imperial capital, players need to sign in at the Chuxin Experience Store as soon as possible.

The world's top interstellar masters gathered in one place, and the Chuxin Experience Store directly attracted a large number of players to come and stay in the past two days.

For those who are more afraid of society, take photos when you see foreigners, take photos when you see handsome guys, and take photos when you see beautiful women. These are all materials for the circle of friends.

It’s about “social terror”. When you see a foreigner, you rush up to ask for an autograph or a group photo. The kind of Chinese people who obviously don’t look like they come to play games with their bags on their backs will not be let go. They are smart, it’s like scratching a lottery ticket Likewise, the more bets you buy, the higher the probability of winning a prize.

Assuming that 30 people are caught, doesn't that mean there is at least nearly half a chance of catching the championship?

When the time comes that you really hit the mark, the signatures and photos in your hands will be out-of-print items. Whether you collect them or resell them, you will definitely make a profit.

Therefore, the contestants who came to compete deeply felt the hospitality of the Chinese people. The prosperity of the imperial capital and the hospitality of the Chinese people greatly changed their impression of China, and they all sneered at the domestic media.

They are all even blinder than their interstellar players, right?Can those reports be written by people with eyes?Why do you feel that a chicken paw dipped in ink and scratched on the paper can write more objectively than these idiots?

Especially after checking into a five-star hotel, they made up their minds to talk to the people around them when they went back. It was okay not to read those bullshit media reports!
Since the 21st is China's New Year's Eve, the schedule is still quite tight. There is no part of taking makeup photos in the group stage. After all, no one will care about the top 64, and there is no point in taking photos.

The group stage is divided into 3 rounds in total, and the 64 contestants will be divided into 16 groups by draw.

After a round-robin bo3 in the first round, the top two teams in the group advanced to the second round, and the bottom two teams entered the first round of the loser's bracket.

In the second round, the 32 qualified contestants will be re-divided into 8 groups, and the top two will still advance. No. 3 will enter the fourth round of the loser's group, and No. 4 will enter the third round of the loser's group.

In the final round, the 16 contestants competed against each other, the winner directly advanced to the top 16, and the loser advanced to the top 24.

There are a total of 6 rounds in the loser group, and the 32 contestants will be divided into 8 groups by draw.

In the first round, the top two teams in the group are still determined, and the third and fourth teams are eliminated.

In the second round, the first place in the group will be randomly selected from the other seven groups and the second place will fight against each other. The winner will advance to the next round. The promotion group will be based on the group of the first place in the two groups.

In the third round, the players who advanced in the second round will directly play against the players who entered the third round of the loser group in the group stage, and their group will be based on the group they are in.

Ditto for the fourth round.

This is the so-called double-elimination bo3 format. Everyone has at least two chances before advancing to the top 24.

When playing in a round robin within a group, a person can play up to three BO3s in one day. If the score is tied, there will be a BO3 playoff.

Needless to say, if you win, you will be promoted. If you lose, you will lose early and rest early. There will be no problem of insufficient rest time when you wait for the loser group.

There will be no ticket sales for the group stage and knockout rounds. They will be played completely in a closed stadium. There are a total of 8 referee teams, each team has 3 referees. Two referees will each guard behind a player, and the remaining referee will be responsible for handling. It's an emergency at the scene.

Although there are no live audiences, there are still online live broadcasts. All officially authorized platforms can choose any one of the simultaneous games to broadcast live. There are commentary seats set up for each platform, including foreign platforms.

Needless to say, the top-ranked players are definitely more favored by major platforms. Of course, this is definitely not as high as the priority of domestic players.

This is easy to understand. After all, like My Neighbor Totoro TV, you can't just ignore the matches of Chinese players and broadcast the match between Kimchi Country and the United States, right?Isn’t this just disgusting and the audience is looking for scolding?

In the group stage and loser's bracket, only the two sides in the third round of the group stage and the winner of the fourth round of the loser's bracket have post-match interviews. The reason is also very simple. After all, it is to interview those who advance to the top 24. That's enough. The audience doesn't actually care about the ones that are eliminated at this stage.

As for the schedule, except for the first round of the group stage, which takes two days, the rest of the rounds are played in one day. The reason why the first round of the group stage takes one extra day is purely because there are not enough referees...

In total, the group stage will last for 4 days, from the 5th to the 8th.

Have a day off on the 9th.

Continue to play the lower bracket games for 4 days, from the 10th to the 13th.

Take makeup photos on the 14th and record some sexy talk.

Have a day off on the 15th.

16号开始第一轮有现场观众的淘汰赛，由16名24强选手决出剩下8个16强席位。

Then 16 goes into 8...

8 into 4...

semi-final...

finals!
The day of the finals happens to be January 1th, and the day after the finals is New Year’s Eve!
It can only be said that the timing of the e-sports Spring Festival Gala that Gu Feng carefully prepared for the players before the Spring Festival Gala was indeed just right!

(End of this chapter)