The stage of the international competition has always been Yun Yun's goal and dream.
Only by joining the international queue can you have the opportunity to compete with McGrath on the same stage. He has been striving in this direction, but chose to give up at the closest place. Now everything starts again, Kang Ming asked him: Do you want to
think. Yun Yun shouted this word countless times in his heart, but he couldn't easily reply it to the chat box.
The word "thinking" is easy to write, but it is extremely difficult to realize. In Overwatch, it is impossible for him to defeat the opponent standing in front of him alone, and it is impossible for him to consume Kang Ming's popularity to walk. In the field of e-sports, only the winner can move on, and only the strength can win the dream.
Send to [coming]: If there is such a competition, I will definitely try my best to win the qualification with my teammates.
When Kang Ming saw such self-improvement reply, he was moved and distressed. Yun Yun is such a sensible person, he can't even make jokes like "I want to participate in the competition, why don't you put AM in it".
For him, e-sports is so sacred that no unspoken rules are allowed to be tarnished. Kang Ming suddenly felt sad, and felt that he really had no chance to show his magnificence other than buying Are Men and letting Yun Yun have a team. image.
"Old Zhou said that there will be an international competition. Let me see if you have any teams you are interested in and make an invitation list." Kang Ming sighed, thinking that this competition should still be held. It is for these players who love Overwatch from the bottom of their hearts, and a grand ceremony should be held for them.
The World Cup is the most popular team representing the country, so the international competition is a platform for all teams with dreams to show themselves. Although Chen Xunjie is money-worshiping and stubborn, from the perspective of chasing dreams, he is not cold-blooded. What's more, such a competition to attract popularity and expand industries is not completely unprofitable.
"BME!!!" Yun Yun's reply came quickly, and Hanzo, who only stopped for a second, couldn't see that he could make so many exclamation marks.
oh. Kang Ming instantly understood Yun Yun's mood at this moment. The BME team is really quite familiar. According to the sorting in Zhang Ye's collection of essences, it probably belongs to the "Key Analysis" folder.
BME, the team of Gunslinger McGrath. Even if Kang Ming is not familiar with the international situation, he has done enough homework for this kind of team with star players appearing in the US team. McGrath is good at heroes, core routines, how many cup games he has won in a row, how popular he is, and the classic battles of BME. He knows all these hot topics when they are mentioned.
Yun Yun's Anna bounced around in front of his eyes, and the windbreaker worn by the Pharaoh's guard swayed in the wind, showing a young figure. Kang Ming could feel the joy in Yun Yun's heart at a glance.
And his little appearance of being addicted to love before... It turns out that his male god is McGrath.
Kang Ming thought about it. A guy like McGrath with both strength and character and no bad reviews really deserves the word "male god". He also heard that he has a very gentle temper and often keeps interacting with the audience, so he would The email back to Yunyun is not particularly unusual.
What's more, in the FPS game where technology is rampant, professional players who can be firm and never shrink back are always worthy of admiration.
"Do you think I should take a break earlier recently to recharge my batteries?" Kang Ming said to the audience in the live broadcast room. He felt that his perfect victory over McGrath was probably only his appearance. "I still have to explain the Tep Cup Laur's offline game, I haven't seen anyone for more than half a month, and now he is pale and emaciated, and looks haggard, I'm afraid you will be afraid."
The bullet screens all said: Kang Ming, what are you afraid of, even if you are unshaven, you are the most handsome commentator.
Accustomed to the bullshit little angel's blindly flattering him, Kang Ming remained skeptical. The most handsome commentary was correct, but standing with McGrath was still a bit inferior.
One is the pinnacle of appearance, and the other is a model of strength. It seems that he is really inferior to McGrath in a place like the e-sports circle that relies on strength for a living
"Kang Ming don't panic, even if you run naked on the social news, you are our favorite anchor!" The audience's shouts appeared on the screen, with the most loyal love and ridicule for Kang Ming, and because of the word "streaked", he was loved The dedicated housing manager sent a set of gags.
etc. Kang Ming seemed to be a little alert all of a sudden, I'm just an anchor and commentator, why should I compare myself with a professional player
"Kang Ming, do you have a big move? The boss is coming!" Yun Yun shouted.
Kang Ming regarded his whim as a sudden brain twitch, and put it behind his head, saying, "Yes, yes."
Ever since he found the way to clear the Halloween Brawl mode, Liu Sanping seemed obsessed with scoring points, and forcibly grabbed Lu Xiaoan and Yun Yun to join his queue.
This kind of mechanical and easy way to beat zombies is especially suitable for relaxing after intensive training, but Liu Sanping said that he wants to be number one on the leaderboard.
Overwatch has updated the list of the top 500 players on each server. Everyone's ID, score, and three commonly used heroes will appear on the leaderboard, and there is a separate ranking for the Halloween Smash Bros.
Liu Sanping vowed: "When we get to the first place, others will see our name, 'AM is a team that ranks first in PVE', doesn't it sound amazing!"
"But we can't tell from our ID that we are the same team." Peng Xiaozhou was forced to join Liu Sanping's scoring team.
"But the explanation can be given." Liu Sanping said naturally, and firmly believed that his theory was perfect.
"The commentary can be said that the boss of the Are Men team is Kang Ming, and the members are all top 500. DL is the only top 50 player in the national server whose hero is Hanzo." Lu Xiaoan seriously shattered Liu Sanping's dream, "These Each of the breaking points is a hundred times stronger than 'AM is a team that ranks first in PVE'."
Liu Sanping said righteously: "No, if a team that is good at PVE is also good at games, it will be extremely versatile!"
"Almighty will not help you win." Wu Lisheng refused to join. When he has free time, he might as well eat something and watch the new show. "Qualifying in the group stage is more powerful than scoring any points."
This is a big truth. After qualifying in the Taipu Cup group stage, AM is the top eight team. If AM can qualify in the top eight, at least AM will not have to face such an embarrassing knockout round in the next cup match.
They can apply for the competition openly, and then wait quietly for the start of the group stage.
However, before the start of the group stage, Are Men still scored the first PVE points in the national server. The Halloween PVE mode is simple and simple. They only spent one afternoon to score a perfect score and hang high in the standings At the top, no one can surpass it for the time being.
When Yun Yun saw the row of familiar IDs, he felt a sense of accomplishment. Whether it was PVE or competition, he felt extremely happy to be able to score points with the team.
The matches in Group A of the Tep Cup started at 4:00 pm. Because it uses the points system, the matches in each group seemed extraordinarily long.
The members of the AM team ended their free activities early, gathered in the discussion room on time, and watched the live broadcast on the super high-definition monitor sponsored by Kang Ming.
Among the four participating teams, Yun Yun was most concerned about the MI team.
He has met this team twice. The first time was in the match against RTK. The MI team was too weak. On the blog, the sender of the private message with the ID of the MI team has not responded to his inquiry until now.
Keven, such an ordinary ID, Yun Yun has seen at least 30, but in the MI team he knows, there is no match video of this player.
This person should be a newly recruited player from MI, and he probably has been in the ST professional circle.
Also met him.
Yun Yun has changed a lot from two years ago. Keven must be very familiar with him if he can be recognized by a photo of a professional team that doesn't even have a face.
Teammates, or opponents? Yun Yun couldn't be sure, he had unilaterally severed his ties with the professional circle since he retired, closed himself up to a state of hard work, didn't watch, listen, or think, and buried himself in his studies among the college entrance examination crowd, and There is no difference between ordinary high school seniors.
The first matchup in Group A of the Taipu Cup was between the MI team and the LGH team.
Yun Yun stared at the waiting interface displayed on the game live broadcast platform, and easily found MIKeven in the queue belonging to the MI team.
The voice of the commentary was clear and cheerful, and Toma said: "MI has always been a team in Overwatch that works hard to make people discover its bright spots. After going through a painful reorganization and sharpening, today we see all new faces. It seems that in order to achieve results in the competition, MI also made up his mind."
MI has become a brand new team. None of the IDs that Yun Yun has seen continue to appear. This is quite rare in the e-sports professional circle. There are six people in the team, and it is impossible for all of them to be useless. To start all over again requires the team's absolute courage.
But MI's big shakeup, judging from this game, has achieved corresponding success.
"MI's strength has been greatly improved in this version. Last season, MI had a hard time winning because of the lack of a strong Genji core. Now, they not only have a qualified Genji, but also have an extraordinary Reaper. "The commentator praised MI after a beautiful kill, "Keven's Reaper and Lili's Genji cooperated perfectly, and the two contracted the kill list. Now the LGH team has shown weakness and changed the hero configuration , I believe the tactics will be adjusted in the next round.”
Yun Yun felt that it was Keven's gun that helped MI win a crushing victory. Relying on a double gun of the god of death, combined with Genji's long sword, he caught his opponent by surprise.
The commentary of the Tep Cup can't point out any enlightening information, and most of the time it is retelling the situation on the spot. But everyone in AM can see that the strength of LGH is very different from that of MI.
"MI was still Overwatch F4 before, I didn't expect such a big change." Wu Lisheng said while eating chocolate.
"F4?" Yun Yun heard such a title for the first time, "What is F4?"
The members of the AM team looked at him with very old-fashioned eyes, and Lu Xiaoan said calmly: "F4 is a very famous combination, similar to the Iron Triangle, F4 is the Iron Square, Overwatch F4 is the four with a good relationship Team."
It was completely serious and nonsense, even if Yun Yun didn't know what F4 was, he knew that what Lu Xiaoan said was not true.
Lin Minyu chuckled, and said: "Lu Xiaoan said it casually. In fact, it was because MI's previous results were very poor. Basically, every game ended with the bottom of the group. Because most of the cup games have four groups, they have been ranked in the group for a long time. The last four teams will be called F4."
He thought for a while, and added: "F4 is indeed a star group, but here, you can understand it as Fail 4, a failed four-person group."
"But I really didn't expect that MI really rose up." Lu Xiaoan looked at MI who had easily won a game on the screen, and her tone was incredible, "LGH is a team that we have played against. Their Genji is very good, and their cooperation is also good. ,more importantly-"
He frowned, and said with a bit of annoyance: "Since they are the original team, why can't they beat the newly formed MI?"
"Because Keven and Lili are both very strong." Yun Yun answered his question. From the OB's God-observing perspective, he could clearly feel that these two players are more agile than the LGH players, "their physical skills And many details of the operation are perfect, as well as Keven's marksmanship. Although he only took McCree once, when LGH's Genji faced his revolver, he never had a chance to play wonderfully, which led to the defeat of the team battle. Although MI's auxiliary support is a bit weak, the front row position always cooperates with these two output positions, which perfectly limits LGH's conventional tactics."
This is the case with the Overwatch game. Once the opponent grasps the flaws in the core output position, they can easily control the situation of the game.
"The version is being updated all the time, and the factors that affect Genji's performance are gradually increasing. It is absolutely impossible for a team that only uses Genji as the core to continue to seek benefits." Yun Yun said very seriously, hoping that his meaning can be fully conveyed to those around him who blindly trust Genji Teammates, "If we don't know how to be flexible, if we can't come up with new routines to restrain a team like MI that will focus on the core, it will be very difficult to qualify in the group stage."
Are Men started much later than other teams, what's more, there is an old club in their group.
With only two qualifications to advance, they will fight very hard.
Lin Minyu agreed with his point of view and said: "Our biggest opponent now is Str.7. Although they have undergone reorganization, they have been running in for a long time. The team members have more actual combat experience than us, and almost all of them have experienced Players who will be tested in the offline competition. This is our first round, no matter what the result is, I hope everyone will maintain their state and meet the next challenge."
Lu Xiaoan did not agree with Lin Minyu's conservative statement. He said: "No matter how experienced Str.7 is, they have been overturned all the way recently. Their marksmanship in the output position is good, but the comeback basically depends on Genji. I watched the video of the last game. They I haven't found the right Ana yet, and finally got Zenyatta."
"So, don't be afraid to make judgments, Team Lin." Lu Xiaoan's expression was sure of victory, "As long as they can't come up with Anna who is better than me, we will definitely win."
Yun Yun liked Lu Xiaoan's attitude of insisting on victory, and objected to his blind conceit, but in terms of pre-match mobilization, it was better to be optimistic than pessimistic.
In the group stage of Group D, he is not familiar with any team, but he can always say, "As long as we persist until the last moment and never give up, trust each other, and maintain our mentality, this game will not be defeated."
At most, it just didn't win.
The group victory and defeat determined overnight gave Yun Yun a clear understanding of the strength of the team in Group A. DeGR is an absolute strongman with almost a complete victory record. There is no opponent who can stop him from winning. Even The commentators think that such a result should be taken for granted. The domestic first-tier teams never encountered any strong opponents in the group stage, and their battlefield was always in the finals.
The only thing that surprised the commentator was MI's victory. Even Toma said in surprise: "MI actually got rid of the curse of being at the bottom of the group and won consecutive victories all the way, becoming the biggest dark horse in Group A."
Very blunt, but also objectively expressed the amazing changes in MI.
Group B on the second day was even more intense.
The Laur team, which has always been on a par with DeGR, encountered a strong challenge in the group stage—GodR.
This is a team that has just been formed for a month, and their previous achievements were only the weekly champions in small cups. Their tactics are more extreme than any other team, because GodR's 08 players actually used only McRae.
The OB's angle of view is very professional to put the camera on GodR08. His marksmanship is very accurate, not inferior to any McCree. When LaurNIN jumped on the roof of Hollywood, he took away this strong man with just two shots. Genji.
"It's too strong..." Peng Xiaozhou never commented on the situation of the game. At this moment, he couldn't help exclaiming the same as the commentator, "McRae in 2008 is really too strong."
LaurNIN's Genji is the top Hokage in the team. Once he picks up this hero, it means contracting the entire kill list. Strong to the point of inhumanity, that is the audience's impression of him.
Now, LaurNIN died twice in a row under the gun of 08, and even died once during the fast harvest of Shadow Fight.
This is a very incredible picture. The action of 08 swinging the gun is fast and accurate, easily taking away LaurNIN in the moving route.
Yun Yun scanned GodR's player column. The skills of 01, 03, 04, 05, and 09 were all fully coordinated with 08. The entire team served McCree, and with his marksmanship, he suppressed Laur, who had been rampant for a long time, on the overtime line.
Like a jihad where a myth is about to fall, everyone in AM holds their breath, waiting for their final duel.
"Laur won't take Genji again in the next round." Lu Xiaoan said. NIN's Genji is indeed the best in the country, but facing such an amazing McCree, he can't maintain an absolute advantage.
Then Laur directly took out the configuration of the three tanks. They gave up Reinhardt directly on the site map and came up with a set of super unpopular configurations: Winston, Zarya, and Dva. Their purpose is simple and clear, killing 08 . GodR is very young. When 08 died in battle, they were like salted fish that lost their fighting spirit and were easily defeated by their opponents.
After GodR was smashed into pieces by Laur's wonderful tactics, he directly declared Laur's victory.
When the commentator announced that Laur and GodR from Group B had advanced to the quarterfinals, everyone in the team was thinking about GodR's McCree. This team didn't even have any more tactical changes. They completely defeated their opponents with McCree. Because not all teams can come up with a wonderful lineup like Laur's, and not all teams have Laur's strength and flexibility.
GodR successfully qualified in the group stage, even if the player's name is just a code name, it can leave a strong impression on people.
Zhang Ye asked, "Yun Yun, what level do you think 08's McCree is?"
"The top FPS in the national server." Yun Yun gave a very high answer, not the top Overwatch, but the top FPS game. 08 is almost the top shooter that can be seen in the FPS circle. Players of this level are not uncommon in the ST professional circle, but in the Overwatch arena, they are indeed amazing enough.
Yun Yun let go of the emotion in his heart, and seriously thought about every time 08 fired a gun, he was very strong, but not unique.
Yun Yun said: "But, I am as strong as 08."
On the third day of the group stage, Yun Yun finally saw the long-lost ZUM.
When the avatar belonging to RTKZUM was replaced by Widowmaker, Yun Yun's last worry finally disappeared completely.
Even in King's Row's offensive routine, Widowmaker and Hanzo are only standard configurations, and not just any team can allow teammates to take out Widowmaker.
Even if ZUM just stood in the respawn room on the second floor of the King's Avenue offensive side to draw the lottery, Anna who was replaced got the praise she deserved.
"ZUM is a sniper player. In the first season of his game career, Widowmaker scored high points. When Anna appeared, he began to transform. Therefore, there is a reason why ZUM Anna played well." The commentator said, and then OB The camera shot on Anna directly jumped back to the output position.
The OB of the game rarely pays attention to the auxiliary position and the front row, because the battlefield is still a show for the output position, but ZUM's timely support can be seen in every shot.
RTK's first team was obviously much better than what Yun Yun had seen before. They cooperated seamlessly and rarely made major mistakes. During the game, RTK's strength was perfectly demonstrated.
ZUM was having a good time. Yun Yun looked at Anna who used a biological grenade to take the lives of three enemies. Even though the OB didn't give him much footage, the victory was enough to explain a lot of things.
Yun Yun thought, we will meet each other on the field and fight for our respective teams.
Group C: RTK and Yeah qualify.
The days of waiting for the start of their own group are long and tense. Apart from watching the live broadcast at the start time, AM still trains their new combat system according to the plan at other times.
Whether it is Genji, Hanzo, Ana, Pharah, or Angel, Zenyatta, Ana, they have selected the most priority hero configuration in various permutations and combinations.
The closer to the game, the more AM watched the group matches, the luckier they felt: fortunately their main C is not only Genji, fortunately they are not superstitious that one hero can overwhelm the entire game, everyone has two or three in their own position A hero who is good at it will not appear cramped when changing formations temporarily on the battlefield.
Heroes with output positions can be played after swapping out, which is the thing that most boosts the team's confidence.
When the Group D group stage kicked off, everyone was looking forward to it.
"Lu Xiaoan, have you bathed and changed clothes and fasted for three days?!" Liu Sanping asked nervously. Every time he faced a big game, he had a little pre-match phobia. He must hold Lu Xiaoan and let him make a guarantee of victory .
Lu Xiaoan rolled his eyes at him, and said, "I went to Wutai Mountain to open my eyes, and I wish you that you won't miss the match."
"Then I will use the ult!" Liu Sanping was not comforted. He was worried about the scene where he used the ultimate skill on the field, but the enemy didn't catch it. "You should keep my ult every time Clearance!"
"As long as you don't make your own claims, it's fine." Lu Xiaoan made a reasonable suggestion, "Look at the cooperation, listen to the command, and stop talking nonsense."
As the big boss who pays close attention to the team's movements, Kang Ming maintained a high degree of vigilance for AM's first match. He even grabbed Zhang Ye to watch the live broadcast together.
Zhang Ye felt very helpless, so he could only comfort him, "Don't be so nervous, Lingdong. Winning or losing is a normal thing. It's the first time for AM to play, even if he loses, he still has a lot of chances."
"What to lose?" Kang Ming disagreed with his calmness very much, "I entrusted such a powerful output to your gang of bad boys. If I lose, I might as well disband on the spot."
Zhang Ye looked at him with a smile, and said, "You look so much like what others have said, that I, who knows the inside story, feel that what they say is true."
"What rumor?" Kang Ming looked at him blankly. Recently, there was peace and tranquility around him. Except that Lao Zhou raised the matter of the international competition and put it on the agenda of "discussing with my brother", he didn't have time to gossip.
Zhang Ye didn't know what to say. When he first heard the news, he thought it would be a big news. He waited for the Kangming volcano to erupt at any time. As a result, the person at the center of the incident didn't know anything about it
This made him somewhat at a loss as to where to start, he hesitated and said: "Actually, I also listened to other people talking about it, but it's all made up and it's nothing interesting... I'm surprised that you don't know?"
Such a grumbling attitude directly made Kang Ming impatient to listen again, he shouted: "Oh, you are really a mother-in-law! Forget it, stop listening, let's start the war!"
Are Men's first game was in Numbani.
"I believe there is no need to say more. Everyone knows that Are Men is a team invested and established by Kang Ming. Anyway, the barrage in the live broadcast room is already densely packed and the waiting list for the game is no longer visible. Please click to close the barrage." Commentary Dong Yue laughed and teased, and introduced the teammates of the two teams, "AM is the first professional game, and everyone is relatively unfamiliar, so we will introduce more, and Str.7 is an old acquaintance, and it hasn't changed much. "
Fuyutsuki introduced the members of AM one by one. When the perspective appeared on DL, his tone became very different. He said: "DL is the only player in the national server who has hit the top 500 with Hanzo, because Overwatch has updated the top 500 players. You can look through the top 100 rankings, and you will see Hanzo on the second page. Among the three commonly used heroes, Hanzo ranks first."
When these words were spoken, the expectations of the audience were very consistent with the commentary: Will DL take Hanzo
A hero like Hanzo is a rare species in the Overwatch arena, and every time he appears, it will trigger a large-scale discussion. If the team using Hanzo wins, they will say "This Hanzo is a good match", if the team using Hanzo loses, they will joke "Change Hanzo and we can win".
No Hanzo player has left a deep and correct impression on the audience in the game. Even if the commentary emphasizes that in European and American tactics, Hanzo is often active as the main output in the arena, it can't stop them from thinking that this hero is useless.
Because I haven't seen it with my own eyes, there is no Hanzo who can win. Such a view is simplistic and rude.
"Okay, DL took out Genji." When Dongyue saw Genji appearing on DL's profile picture, his tone was undoubtedly a little disappointed. Like most people, he wanted to meet players who believed in Hanzo, and played for Hanzo on the field. rectification of name.
But such a situation seems to be taken for granted, no team will easily take out a hero like Hanzo in the game. Even the detailed information about the team that Dongyue held in his hand specifically marked DL's Hanzo.
He didn't have a chance to say what he was boasting about. He could only officially explain from what angle Genji's configured tactics would attack, and he looked forward to seeing what a powerful brother Hanzo's sharp DL could bring out.
However, the fighting situation is very regrettable.
The battle in Numbani almost presents the absolute advantage of Str.7. Every time the Are Men enter the target point to clear the stubbornly resisting defenders, they will succeed in the check point for various reasons.
When the trigger for overtime burns out, even Dongyue can't help Kang Ming make an optimistic judgment.
He said: "Even if AM successfully defends the target point, it will be a draw at best."
"It's really not good for Genji to play Hanzo", "Str.7 is invincible, confess to McCree", "Take Hanzo, anyway, it's better to take Hanzo if you lose", the barrage of opposition gradually overwhelmed Kang Ming's fans. Cheering and cheering, some even challenged Kang Ming: "This team is just relying on Kang Ming's fame. I don't know what kind of vision it is to get a hot chicken."
The explosion of the barrage was imminent. People who defended Kang Ming and those who hated Kang Ming fought together on this small platform. The situation was so intense that the commentators couldn't answer the barrage's questions.
The refresh is too fast, and there is no time to capture the content. Dongyue said: "Now it's the AM team that chooses the map, so they will definitely choose the dominant map, so the result is undecided, and it's hard to judge who will win—OK, AM chose a site map, Lijiang Tower."
Although Dongyue said that the outcome cannot be judged, the BO3 format with two wins out of three is itself a game.
Str.7 won the first round. Even if AM won the second round, due to the rules of the loser's map selection, as long as Str.7 chooses its own dominant map, it will still be difficult for AM to win.
Overwatch has a total of thirteen maps, and no team dares to say that they are proficient in all maps.
AM's Lijiang Tower is especially important for their group stage. If they win, they still have a chance.
In the first round of the night market, the two teams waited quietly to choose heroes. When the last hero portrait of the AM team appeared, the fast-rolling and tearing barrage seemed to freeze.
"Hanzo?" Fuyutsuki's voice was extremely surprised, "AM's DL took out Hanzo!"