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Chapter 17: Dear McGrath

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"I used to like this game so much that I focused on it for a long time. What happened three months ago, I can't say anything more. I'm just like you, just an ordinary gamer. The extra professional player status does not give me the privilege to dictate the game.

However, after discussion and research by the team, BME officially announced its withdrawal from Secret Task.

It is very good and has brought us a lot of happiness. Now, every game is like a kind of mental torture for us. Whether we win or lose, we will suffer condemnation and suspicion that we should not bear. It's hard for us to have as much fun as we used to.

Here, I hope that all those who doubt us know one thing: BME just won the championship in the offline competition, which is the official keyboard and mouse, we only need to bring ourselves.

Because some people broke the rules, BME rethought the game. We lost the original intention of fighting, and even the game felt boring, so the team decided to stop and rest for a while.

I like the feeling of competing with real masters, and I hope that everyone will always maintain enthusiasm and enjoy the game that suits them to the fullest.

And I will never stop until I find the pure land in my heart. "

The comments were full of regret and support. Yun Yun turned over several pages, but did not get any specific information about what happened three months ago.

He carefully estimated the time of this tweet three months ago, and decisively put keywords into the search engine.

The moment the results of the Chinese interface were displayed, Yun Yun almost lost the strength to move the mouse.

"Professional players banned for cheating" "Secret Task professional circle cheated a lot" "BME won the championship questioned using technology?" "McGrath: BME announces withdrawal from Secret Task"

Three months before this tweet, the ST pro scene had its biggest tremor ever.

The game official received a cheat source code, so a large number of cheat users were banned, including famous professional players.

These professional players, who are as sharp as cheating, have survived all kinds of doubts from public opinion, and were finally banned by the official.

Newspapers insisting on exposing cheating behavior reported this fact positively and optimistically: the official announced that these cheating professional players will be banned forever.

Just when everyone thought that the authorities would make up their minds to ban cheating, they discovered that this was not the beginning of a purification process, but a more terrifying ferment.

A full three months have passed, and the authorities have been silent.

Such irresponsible silence has caused unprecedented doubts on many players who did not use cheats, including McGrath.

The news comments are full of heartache, and the anger of the commenters can be seen in each one.

The game official repeated the statement that "no one uses cheats in official games" over and over again.

But no one believed it.

Because there are too many professional players who have doubts, and some of them face public accusations from cheat code production companies. If they are all banned, it will be a devastating blow to the game itself.

The official can't produce convincing evidence, and can only announce that large-scale offline events will provide peripherals uniformly.

But what about online games

Every team that participates in the online competition, once they have a wonderful and unexpected performance, will have a question mark of "cheat?".

Especially BME, who has always been brave and good at fighting. Every time McGrath plays brilliantly, it will trigger a battle between supporters and opponents.

And they can only move forward in silence.

Until BME won the championship again in a large-scale offline competition that officially provided peripherals, the previous doubts disappeared, and the voice of support reached the highest peak in history.

Amidst the singing support, McGrath sent such a tweet.

quit. This is not a wise decision, but McGrath's approach is just to show his attitude.

McGrath, who grew up in a wealthy businessman's family, has never regarded e-sports as his lifelong career. What he has always taken seriously is his own heart.

He doesn't lack money or fame, he just lacks a game that he really loves, and is able to fight against equal opponents, and enjoy the game from victory and defeat.

rather than technology.

McGrath refuses to compete with technology, and refuses to be questioned by audiences because of technology.

Yun Yun fully understood the doubts and disappointments that McGrath faced back then, and his heart was full of anger at his own incompetence.

He is so cowardly, curled up in a corner of the world just because of one failure.

Yun Yun couldn't even recall what he was doing during that time.

He left the team and returned to school, immersed in the boring study like everyone else, repeating the same thing all day long, numbly closing his heart, and slowly forgetting the joy that e-sports brought him.

His education was limited to high school graduation, he lost his university admission letter, and chose to run away from home amidst the objections of his family.

With the bonuses and wages he had won, Yun Yun lived in a remote town far away from his hometown, and finally became an anchor.

The poor and mediocre development and the experience of no achievements are completely different from McGrath who joined Overwatch and led the team to the top of the world again.

Yun Yun suddenly felt that he had wasted two years on meaningless things.

He didn't even think about fighting other than retiring.

Yun Yun found out the videos of all the competitions that BME participated in in the past six months, one by one. BME is not an undefeated team, but it is the fastest growing team. From the various coordination mistakes at the beginning, to the recent development of the tactics of using the fortress to compete, you can see their changes in every cup match. Using the brand-new hero Ana, she skillfully developed all kinds of strange systems, and her progress is so rapid. Compared with the simple and rude BME that entered the Overwatch world when she first entered the Overwatch world and forcibly killed opponents with only four assault positions, it is completely different.

The only thing that remains unchanged is McGrath's gun, which still stands in a world-class position and has never failed the OB's expectations and commentary's amazement.

Whether it's Widowmaker or McRae, it's the McGrath he knows. Even if it's a different game, he's still the man who can save the world 1v6.

Yun Yun, who only planned to watch the Chinese team's game, sat in front of the live broadcast room of the World Cup on time.

In the final, the United States played against South Korea.

Both teams are strong teams that have won all the way up. In a world-class competition, such a final is particularly passionate.

Yun Yun spontaneously supported McGrath. No matter how much the commentator boasted about South Korea's perfect cooperation, he still would not be shaken.

"The South Korean team has won all the way up, and they haven't lost a single point, mainly because their cooperation is really good." The voice of the commentator MAKI is full of excitement, "The four members of them are from the top-tier Overwatch team in South Korea. However, one of the players withdrew from the game due to personal reasons, so their coach came on as a substitute."

The commentator Junjun added: "The South Korean team is the only national team in the world that brings a coach to play, so their record is also very surprising. Whether it was against Sweden or Russia before, they played wonderfully. "

Yun Yun has never watched the South Korean team's game, but has heard many legends.

It is said that the South Korean team can calculate the skills to the second for perfect cooperation. It is said that they can easily use small skills to resolve the enemy's ultimate skills at any time. It is said that they accurately judge the battlefield situation and use the front row heroes to defeat the opponent.

As Gim believed before, the South Korean team broke into the finals like a bamboo shoot, and with a legend and awe, they fought a decisive battle with the high-profile American team.

And now, the legend has become reality.

All the viewers who supported McGrath did not expect that the South Korean team, which was suppressed by the United States for two consecutive rounds, suddenly began to change tactics at 2:0, and the score became 3:3.

Let two chase three (first let the opponent two points, and then we get three points). These four words are like a curse in Overwatch, which may become reality at any time due to a small mistake.

But now, it's not a mistake.

It was McGrath who was targeted by everyone's hero on the opposite side. The first two rounds were all won by McGrath Widowmaker and McRae, and they were gradually tied by the South Korean team in the later stage.

The reason is simple: Kill McGrath and South Korea wins.

McGrath took the fortress, and the opposite directly maintained the core system of Genji.

McGrath took the Pharah, directly opposite McRae and Xiaomei, and accompanied him throughout the whole process.

The South Korean team used all the strongest heroes in the version. Even if they were beaten by McGrath's fortress and did not dare to take the lead, they would decisively smash several ultimate skills and take away this threat at any cost.

Even if it is five guarantees and one, teammates cannot keep McGrath under the precise interference of the South Korean team.

In the BO7 final, the South Korean team played a 4:3 ending and defeated the US team.

The camera showed the cheering South Korean players for the first time. All the audience watching the finals could see the joy on their faces. They were young and excited, and every strand of their hair could not restrain the joy brought by success.

When the camera turned to McGrath, he decisively stretched out his hands and gave thumbs up. From his face, Yun Yun saw the expression of admiration for the Koreans from the bottom of his heart.

Such a charming person, mature, calm, and steady, respects every opponent, appreciates all teams that are stronger than them, never gives up on improving his own strength, and always stands at the top of the world. For ten years now, his original intention has not changed.

Even if they lost.

McGrath, is his favorite idol.

Yun Yun clicked on the mailbox and found McGrath's address from the contacts.

In the past two years, his mailbox has never changed.

Yun Yun started typing an email with poor grammar.

His tears flowed in the blind worship of idols, and he couldn't control his love for the gun god for so many years.

"Dear McGrath."