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Chapter 16: Gunslinger McGrath

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"Yun Yun, don't be self-willed. If the official says they have no problem, then there is no problem."

"So tell me, why do you want to operate grouping?"

"We only lost one game, and we can still be the runner-up."

"And let a cheating team take away the championship?"

"Yun Yun! You said that the professional player you admire the most is McGrath. As long as you step out of this competition area, you will meet BME in the first game. On the first day you joined the team, everyone knew that he was your idol. Now, Are you going to give up here!"

"Let Ke Jia go. This is not the result I want, and I cannot face this kind of ending."

Yun Yun opened his eyes tiredly. He always felt that he had been dreaming about the game all night. Even his right hand felt tired. For a while, he dreamed that Hanzo with a sniper rifle shot the enemy's head with an arrow. Sand Eagle's Lightning of Order makes the opponent scream, Overwatch heroes are mixed with ST professional guns, and the dream scene is extremely chaotic.

The situation of the Chinese team in the group stage is very gratifying. Almost all the audience like this state of making troubles all the way to the qualifying stage. Because they are strong, they are very happy to watch.

Yun Yun took the alarm clock by the bedside, and the pointer pointed to six in the morning, which was an hour away from the time he set.

The first round of the quarterfinals in the group stage will be the Chinese team against the US team.

The US team has the world's most famous top C position, the legendary FPS player McGrath.

McGrath, a player who became famous in the FPS arena at the age of fourteen, became the youngest professional FPS player in the world at the age of sixteen. He is proficient in mainstream FPS games. He joined the game Secret Task four years ago and established his own professional team.

His BME team is simply a team formed by him and his friends, but it has gone through various online and offline tests. After more than 20 miraculous comeback battles, the name of BME has successfully occupied the professional team. Circle, become a well-deserved first-line team.

Gunslinger McGrath. As long as Gunslinger is mentioned in the FPS world, his name is the first thing everyone thinks of.

With a noble and glamorous title, he is unexpectedly an approachable player. During the live broadcast, he will reply to the barrage in a friendly manner, occasionally teach maps, and even seriously reply to the emails and private messages sent by the audience. No one has ever seen him before. The way he was angry.

Always positive and optimistic, even if BME's major change of blood caused the league to lose, McGrath also publicly swore that he would regain the championship.

And the new BME does. No one can bring them down.

This was Yun Yun's former idol. Even if he deliberately avoided McGrath's news for two years, he could still easily think of McGrath's every favorite.

He loves guns, sniping, and FPS, and it's hard for Yun Yun to imagine that he will leave the world of Secret Task. After all, this person has said countless times: This is the game he finds most interesting.

Even if it was just a shot, Yun Yun could immediately recognize McGrath's appearance.

Screams came from the live broadcast room, and even Kang Ming sighed: "This is probably one of the most popular Overwatch professional players in the world."

Blonde hair, blue eyes, in line with the aesthetic standards of any beauty control, when the camera turned around, McGrath evoked a smile, stretched his fingers and waved lightly, and greeted all the audience.

Yun Yun had never seen a more popular guy than him, and he was like a god in his heart.

Although bragging about his opponents during the battle, there is a feeling of amplifying his ambitions, Kang Ming still praised without hesitation: "McGrath is a player who follows his heart. He has followed Overwatch since the closed beta. For nine months, before the World Cup, the BME team he led had won three championships, and they lost only a handful of games. It has to be said that the sum of the prize money of the three championships is not what he was before. One-tenth of the prize money of the game, so I would say McGrath is a just and lovely player."

Dongyue joked, "Why do I think your tone seems to fall in love with him?"

Kang Ming seemed to be laughing, and said, "A guy like him who fights for absolute fairness and justice deserves to be loved by everyone."

The barrage was filled with wailing from Kang Ming's loyal fans. After Lao Zhou, the super rival in love, left the stage with his family, they ushered in a new rival in love.

Moreover, is a heartthrob.

In the midst of barking and crying, there was a voice that didn't match the painting style.

"Secret Task is too much, and professional players are also cheating offline. He couldn't bear it and quit."

"Don't spread rumors."

"Go to Gunslinger's Twitter."

Those few paragraphs flashed by, and before Yun Yun could take a closer look, he was overwhelmed by cute cries, and the dense barrage covered the entire screen. In this strange live broadcast room, Yun Yun finally chose Close the barrage.

Kang Ming's commentary is good, but it's a pity that there are too many private fans, and key information will be missed in an instant.

The first battle map between China and the United States is in the Temple of Anubis.

This time, the configuration of the Chinese team is finally not as arbitrary as in the group stage.

XD's Anna, NIN's Genji, Moon's Lucio, Fenglei's Dva, Allen's McCree, Yuyu's Reinhardt.

"I've never seen Yuyu's Reinhardt before. They chose this way, at least because they want to replace Fenglei's combat hammer. The only problem with this team is that no one can beat Reinhardt and Winston." Kang Ming The voice seemed a bit embarrassed, "In a game where the strength of the front row heroes determines the upper limit of the overall strength, it should be safer for Moon to take the front row."

In fact, Moon took healing and output, but didn't take the front row. And the tank hero of the Chinese team has always been taken by DeGR.

This is different from Kang Ming and Dongyue's expectations. After all, DeGR's Fenglei and Allen have always been the output positions in their team, and Yuyu has always been under the command of DeGR, but from their several times of hero selection. See, it's always been Laur who takes command.

No wonder they always feel that this temporary Chinese team is so troublesome.

Regardless of the situation on the ground, the battle for the Temple of Anubis is about to begin.

"Widowmaker." Dongyue shouted excitedly, "The Spearman launched a sniper shot!"

McGrath, pick up Widowmaker.

As if hearing the audience's shouts, the OB fixed the camera firmly on McGrath's body, and saw him go out and bypass the main entrance, throw out the grapple directly, and fly up to the first gate of the Temple of Anubis.

This is the most suitable sniper position for Widowmaker. The moment he opened the mirror, Fenglei's Dva rushed over with the barrier open.

"McGrath was successfully driven down by Fenglei, and Dva who opened the barrier was very effective against these long-range sniper attacks. Now the Chinese team's battle revolves around Reinhardt's Dva and rushed directly to the bottom of the first door." Kang Ming said The tone became quick and dignified, "The US team's tactics are also very obvious, the gunners, they have to rely on a sniper to compete for the target point."

McGrath's Widowmaker is like Widowmaker before the nerf. In the midst of a scuffle, he opened the mirror concealedly, and the moment he probed out, he didn't even see the aiming screen, and directly killed XD in the distance.

XD's Anna Yunyun has seen it before, and what she is best at is killing opponents with a mirror. Now, XD has not thrown out his sleep needle, and has directly become the first victim of the gunman.

The battle situation became delicate. The Chinese team was obviously carrying out tactics with Anna as the core. After losing the important role of Anna first, the defensive front was forced to retreat.

Fenglei's Dva was blasted by the attacker's mecha, and Yuyu's Reinhardt raised his shield to cover them from retreating.

You can't show your head, once you show your flaws from behind the barrier, you will be easily killed by McGrath.

This is a pretty formidable opponent.

With a sniper shot, he was able to huddle the Chinese team, which had been in a difficult position before, curled up behind the shield.

What's even more frightening is that you can't catch him at all.

"However, this tactic also has obvious shortcomings." Kang Ming seemed much calmer than Dongyue regarding the disadvantages of the Chinese team, "They can only rely on McGrath's Widowmaker, and Widowmaker will never be able to drop more than 250 points in one shot. A bloody hero."

After the Chinese team was beaten back to the respawn room by the attacker, the row of constantly changing hero portraits finally showed the formation they wanted to change.

Reinhardt, Roadhog, Zarya, Ana, Lucio, Zenyatta.

303.

Three tanks and three wives, no output.

This tactic, once like a cult configuration, has swept through every cup competition and made the Overwatch professional circle tremble. Even if various methods to crack 303 have been developed, no one can deny that in the configuration with only one core on the opposite side, This tactic is extremely useful.

Ana Lucio Zenyatta hides behind the heavy tank heroes to assist. The three thick-skinned heroes in the front row use their bodies to block the enemy's artillery fire. As long as they cannot be completely killed, all the enemy's attacks will become auxiliary their energy.

Then-

"You've been strengthened, hurry up!" Anna injects a nano-hormone into Reinhardt's body, and the hormone sledgehammer with an orange healing ball on his head rushes into the crowd and smashes the protection queue on the opposite side, and turns around like a ground cracker. hit.

The fallen Widowmaker became the focus of everyone's fire, but was declared dead within a second, and the rest of them were all sent back to the resurrection room.

The first wave of offense to defend the target point B was perfectly defended, but the situation on the field is not optimistic.

"They handed in too many big moves, which is not good news." Dongyue saw five ultimate skills on the offensive side, but only three on the defensive side. "There was a little mistake in the cooperation of the Chinese team, at least Zarya's The big move shouldn't be released early."

Kang Ming did not correct or add to his words, but saw that the attacking team's profile picture had changed, and he said, "McGrath, changed the fortress."

303 has obvious shortcomings. It is almost impossible to fight back against enemies with explosive output, because their attack is low and they rely entirely on the output of big moves. Once the firepower on the opposite side is stronger than them, the situation will change significantly. The fortress is the most aggressive machine among all the heroes of Overwatch. It was once nicknamed "fortress vanguard" because of its super killing ability.

The US team's five-guarantee-one tactic was perfectly reflected. Under the well-protected fort guns, the Chinese team had no time to replace Genji to target, and was occupied by the target point.

This is an obvious tactical victory. Zarya on the offensive side directly gathers the defenders. Facing the enhanced version of the fortress that quickly transforms into a tank and eats nano-hormone, they have no power to fight back.

"Obviously Laur and DeGR haven't encountered such a strange tactic as Fortress. The domestic style of play is conservative and simple. If they have similar battle experience, they should consider changing the formation to 312 in advance, with Genji as the last insurance. "

Overwatch is originally a game between tactics and coordination, and there will be surprising reversals at any time. The game between China and the United States is coming to an end in this back and forth intrigue. The US team has only one tactic: keep McGrath. And McGrath, whether it is Widowmaker, Bastion, or McRae, is in control of the rhythm of the game, and following the rhythm, the Chinese team has not really experienced what is called "shooting" and is slowly being brought in by the opponent. trap.

The Chinese team stopped at the quarterfinals.

Such a result was full of tears and emotion for Danmaku, but for Yun Yun, it seemed to be normal.

He knows the real situation of FPS in China best. It is quite exciting for the Chinese team to reach the quarterfinals.

Fortunately, when the camera turned to the game scene, the Chinese team did not show any signs of frustration, Laur was still relaxed and lively, and DeGR was relieved.

For them, this long entertainment game that bears national honor has finally come to an end.

"In any case, the performance of the Chinese team is already worthy of praise, because the US team should have the strength to enter the finals. Whoever meets them will be a tough battle. At the beginning, we predicted that the US team only had McGrath, but in fact In general, each player's hero has performed very well, and more importantly: in the same uncoordinated confrontation, their core and marksmanship are stronger than ours."

After two years, Yun Yun spent a lot of effort to log on to Twitter again.

He had already forgotten how to get over the wall, sat in front of the computer and searched for a long time before entering the familiar interface.

"The weather is good, please wish me luck." This is the message sent by McGrath before the game.

His smiling face hangs on the head portrait, and just by looking at him, he feels in a good mood.

Yun Yun flipped through the messages one by one, slowly using the translator to understand McGrath's sentences.

"To win the championship, thank our teammates and the audience, we will continue to work hard." This is the message sent by his team to the offline championship.

"Participating in a competition, it's the first offline game of OW, wish us good luck my friend." The first offline game was played four months ago.

"Recently, I feel that this game is very good, how about together?" Nine months ago, when Overwatch was still in closed beta, McGrath was already addicted.

Yun Yun finally found the article sent a year ago from the chatty McGrath Twitter.

"I believe that many people share my regret that after thinking about it for three full months, I have to tell everyone this sad news—"

"We opted out."