Song Xueyang knew that Shen Huai had failed when he saw the list in the group. In fact, he had already expected it. With what he knew about Sun Yuan, that kid was a ghost, but he was not someone who could easily stop him.
But he also knew that Shen Huai's personality, even if he said so, he would still give it a try, and he would not give up what he didn't work hard for.
"Don't worry, the wild card team has 12 players, one substitute, and he doesn't need to be played in every game."
Shen Huai glanced at him, he couldn't do anything to keep the players on the bench forever, and there was no need for him, "It doesn't matter, I might be able to find a better way to play in the official practice, what I'm most afraid of is that he doesn't. Train well."
"It's not that the ranking of the wild card tournament is his own. He finally got the opportunity to participate, isn't it just to get the world ranking?"
Shen Huai was right when he thought about it, the world ranking in the wild card tournament was related to the vital interests of each of them, and they would train hard just for their own sake.
"I'm relieved if you say that." Shen Huai thought for a while and then said, "When I came back, I went to visit Team Yan, and he asked me to arrange a separate room for Yunshen, and Huo Lao, his body couldn't last for a long time. Training. I'm wondering if players from other teams will have any requirements, I want to ask in the group, what do you think?"
Song Xueyang smiled, Shen Huai had always been a person who did things properly.
"I think it's ok. Everyone can trust your character. Maybe it won't work if you change someone else."
Shen Huai knew that he was flattering, smiled, and sent a message in the group, asking everyone to privately message him if they have any requests.
When I sent it out, I was worried that everyone would be embarrassed to speak. I didn’t expect that someone would chat with him privately after a while, some were asking about his training, and some were making requests that were not considered requirements.
For example, Si Qianjin said that he snored while sleeping, and asked him to arrange for him to sleep with a teammate with better sleep quality. For example, Tao Lele said that he is a Hui nationality and cannot eat pork in his diet...
These are some very easy to solve problems, Shen Huai listed them one by one on the paper.
Song Xueyang leaned over to look, "Captain Shen, I also have a special request."
Shen Huai asked without raising his head, "What do you want?"
Song Xueyang leaned over and bit his ear, a low voice rang softly in his ear, "I want to live in the same dormitory as Captain Shen."
Shen Huai handed him the phone and smiled, "Then you have to work hard."
On the screen, Luo Lie sent a private chat—
Luo Lie: Yushen, can I share a room with you
Song Xueyang replied without thinking about three words—inconvenient.
The next day, all the members who were determined to participate in the Wild Card Tournament arrived at the finals to report, and Chairman Pi and Chairman Hua personally came to guide.
The two re-emphasized the importance of this wild card competition, "Shen Huai will be the captain of this wild card competition team, Guan He, you know the wild card competition well, and you will be the vice-captain. Then we have to give this team a chance to play. a name."
"Do you want a name yet?"
"Yeah," said Chairman Pi. "When you go abroad, you must have a name. You can't just call it the Chinese team, right?"
Sun Yuan was the first to say, "It's better to call it the Lions! Mighty and domineering, but also very cultural!"
Si Qianjin burst out with a laugh, "Why does a lion have cultural characteristics? The first giant panda in my country refuses to accept it!"
Song Xueyang agreed, "The golden monkey doesn't agree either."
Si Qianjin laughed, "Then according to what you said, I, the South China tiger and the Tibetan antelope, are not convinced either!"
Sun Yuan's face became more and more ugly. Seeing that the noise was almost over, Si Qianqian asked Shen Huai, "Captain, which one do you think is better?"
Shen Huai was silent for a moment, "If there is an animal that can represent China, it must be a dragon."
Luo Lie immediately applauded, "This is great! Dragon Team!"
Sun Yuan sneered, "I don't know, I think the name Dream Team was also named by you, right?"
Lori closed his mouth and did not speak.
Chairman Pi said, "The Dragon Team is okay, but we are going to the United States, and the team name cannot be in Chinese."
Shen Huai opened his mouth and came, "Then Loong."
"Loong?" Luo Lie wondered, "Isn't the dragon Dragon?"
Song Xueyang explained with a smile, "Dragon is a word used in the West to describe a dragon with wings attached to slaughter humans. It means a demon. The dragon in our country is a mythical beast and a sign of auspiciousness. Loong is the accurate English translation of the oriental dragon."
Luo Lie nodded, "So that's the case, I just found out today. Then I vote for Loong!"
Si Qianjin also said, "The Feather God is not bad, the name sounds amazing!"
Tao Lele also nodded.
Chairman Pi and Chairman Hua are very satisfied with this implication. Since they are fighting on behalf of China, it is better to use the Chinese representative mythical beast as the team name.
"Let's call the Loong team! I'll report the name in the evening."
Sun Yuan rolled his eyes in anger.
Chairman Hua said solemnly, "Now there are only two weeks before the wild card competition starts. I need you to quickly hone into a high-level team with a tacit understanding during this time. All matters during the training period are arranged by Captain Shen. If there is a need in life, you can contact Chairman Pi, and I will check the results every three days, you must not be lazy."
"Yes!"
"Very good, then leave immediately."
Everyone went downstairs with their luggage. The hired bus was already waiting at the door. This bus would take them directly to the training ground—the hotel in the resort that Chairman Hua rented for them.
The location of the resort is relatively far, and it takes an hour by car. Shen Huai stood in front and announced everyone's room numbers in advance.
"Second floor: Jin An, Xiao Zhang 8206, Si Qianjin, Luo Lie 8207, Zhou Ning, Guan He 8208, Sun Yuan 8209. Third floor: Song Xueyang, Shen Huai 8305, Jia Yunge 8306, Tao Lele, Liang Minghui 8307."
Shen Huai Nian put away the book, "The room arrangement takes everyone's occupational relevance into consideration. The hotel gave us two single rooms, one for Sun Yuan and one for Jia Yunge."
Sun Yuan had no objection, but Xiao Zhang was unwilling.
He raised his hand and said lazily, "Captain Shen, I want a single room too."
Shen Huai glanced at him lightly, "If you have any objection to the room number, as long as the other party is willing to change it, you can register with me."
When Xiao Zhang heard this, his eyes first glanced at Jia Yunge, and then immediately turned to Sun Yuan. He didn't bother to talk to a mute in vain.
"Hey, Sun Yuan, change rooms with me."
Sun Yuan kept his breath in his heart, but Xiao Zhang was more experienced and well-connected than him, and he didn't dare to offend him, so he forced a smirk, "Okay, which room is yours?"
Xiao Zhang seemed to expect that he would agree, and said lazily, "8206."
Sun Yuan's eyes widened immediately, "No, no, 6 is my unlucky number. People say that six or six are good luck, but since I was a child, I would be unlucky if I got these 6 characters. When I took the high school entrance examination, my test number was 6. As a result, I have a stomachache when I enter the examination room. If I live in 206, I may not be able to train full time."
Xiao Zhang was stunned by this reason, and tilted his neck to look at him, "Where are you talking about cross talk from here?"
"No way, what I said is true. You see when you didn't say the room number was 206, I promised you without thinking."
Xiao Zhang: "..." This logic actually makes sense when you think about it carefully.
Si Qianjin was secretly laughing in the back. He grabbed the front seat and sneaked up to Song Xueyang and Shen Huai, "Old fox, did you think of this bad idea?"
Let Sun Yuan live in a single room, it's just that Xiao Zhang's temper is not aggressive. Before the training camp started, the two of them didn't deal with each other first, and they definitely couldn't form an alliance to find trouble with Shen Huai. It was a brilliant idea.
Song Xueyang made a "shush" gesture and smiled without answering.
Si Qianjin laughed even more, "Yu Shen, you really dare to listen to him."
Shen Huai gently hooked the corner of his mouth and said in a low voice, "I'm afraid they will be too busy, so I'll help them find something to do first."
Si Qianjin raised his thumb and sat back with a smile.
Everyone arrived at the resort and checked in according to the pre-arranged rooms, but Xiao Zhang and Sun Yuan were not able to change rooms successfully. Jin An really didn't want to share a room with Xiao Zhang, but there was no one who could exchange with him, so he had to endure it.
The resort's facilities are very complete. In addition to the necessary facilities such as training rooms, conference rooms, and restaurants, there are also exercise rooms and decompression rooms upstairs, including some medical rooms that can do simple physical therapy. It can be said that they do not have to go out for 14 days.
In the evening, Shen Huai called everyone to the conference room for a meeting.
Xiao Zhang was not very happy, "Didn't Chairman Hua say that the formal training will only start tomorrow?"
Shen Huai said, "The official training does start tomorrow, but our training time is too short, and we shouldn't waste a minute or a second. Today, everyone is tired and it's not suitable for training. I want to use this time to let Guan team talk to you about it. Regarding the venue of the wild card competition, the game process, etc., it is also good for everyone to have a mental preparation first."
Everyone agrees. After all, most of them have never participated in the wild card competition, and the wild card competition is mysterious every year, and it is not easy to know more about it.
When Xiao Zhang was in the God of War, he didn't even give Hu Nana's face, let alone Shen Huai. He got up and walked out, "This is unnecessary."
The door was closed with a bang, and the swivel chair he had just sat on slowly turned around.
Everyone was a little indignant, but they were afraid that speaking out in public would make Shen Huai lose face, so they held back.
Shen Huai didn't seem to see it, and nodded towards Guan He, "Captain Guan, please."
Guan He plugged a USB flash drive into the computer, "The venue for the Wild Card Tournament is in Burbank, California, USA. There are two competition halls, A and B. The two halls start at the same time. The venue is very small, and the scene is like this."
The projection cloth shows the photos taken from the auditorium during the match of the Snapdragon team.
The crowd suddenly exclaimed in amazement.
Because this place is not ordinary, it is only about the size of a movie hall, the stage is tightly surrounded by the audience seats, and the audience in the first row can easily touch the stage with their hands stretched out from the audience seats. The two soundproof rooms are also very close to each other, probably because you can clearly see the distance from the other side when you gesture.
"The auditorium is too close to the stage!" Tao Lele said in surprise, "And there are audiences in all directions, and you can almost feel that there are countless pairs of eyes watching."
Others nodded again and again. Judging from the picture, there are only ten rows of seats in the auditorium, or even fewer. The maximum number of people can not exceed 400, which can be said to be very small.
Guan He said lightly, "The sound insulation effect of the soundproof room is still good, don't worry."
"There are a total of 15 teams participating in the wild card tournament. The winners will be promoted by random draw, and the losers will be eliminated directly. In the first round, a team will be selected for a bye, and the BO3 system will be adopted until the championship is determined. In the end, no loser wins. The two teams that didn’t make it to the finals decide third. Then everyone knows that the first place will be rewarded with two extra places in the World Championship, and the second and third place will be one.”
Guan He speaks earnestly, and everyone listens more earnestly.
Before the Wild Card Tournament was restructured, it was just to determine the places for teams from different countries, and only the top three were rewarded, so the competition system was more casual.
Although this year is included in the reference range of the world ranking, it is the first year after all. It is not easy to directly change the competition system. The previous competition rules are still used. The unlucky team may be eliminated in the first round.
After listening to Guan He's explanation, everyone knows more about the wild card competition and also pays more attention. If you want to win the first place in the wild card competition, you must not lose any game, and you must not make any mistakes!
Shen Huai talked about his thoughts on the training content after Guan He explained.
"The teams in the Wild Card Tournament are composed of top players from various countries, and may even be the best in each profession. It is very difficult to fight alone, and teamwork is the key. Our team's occupational distribution is not balanced, so it is easy to cooperate tacitly. more important."
"We have 12 people in total, and there will be a substitute for each game, so there are many feasible tactics. I know that many of you are good players in the solo arena, but there are only 3 places in the solo arena, and more are 2v2 and 6v6. , so, everyone must participate in the training of the team battle. At present, I initially plan to adopt the chain bonus flow of the WG team. You are a member of the chain bonus flow, and you are better than me in the chain bonus flow. I know better, if there is a team battle that requires a chain bonus flow, I hope you can play as a commander."
"Me?" Liang Minghui was a little surprised, "Not so good, there are so many excellent captains here..."
Song Xueyang interrupted him, "But you are the most familiar and experienced with the chain bonus flow. When the captain entrusts you with the command, he trusts you."
Liang Minghui thought for a while, "Okay, if you need me, it's my duty."
Shen Huai nodded, "I have to think about the rest of the teamfighting style. I can't chew too much. For now, let's take this tactic as the core of our teamfight. In the next few days, I will let everyone focus on practicing 2V2. , This takes a short time and takes shape quickly, and the tacit understanding of 2V2 has come up, which can also lay the foundation for 6V6. In the 1V1 single arena, use an hour every morning as a warm-up, and you can train by yourself at the end of the training time.”
Everyone nodded in understanding.
"As for 2V2, I don't want to specify who to team up with for the time being. I want everyone to find their own partners, because you know better than me what kind of teammates you need. Tomorrow morning, everyone will form a team for training, and in the afternoon we will simulate a 2V2 arena. Battle. I may make adjustments after watching your games, and I hope the 2V2 combination can be more diverse, so that no matter what kind of opponent we encounter, we can come up with a corresponding lineup.”
After Shen Huai finished speaking, everyone was eager to try it out. The people present were usually their opponents, and they were the best of the team. To be able to form a partner with them was something I never thought about before.
Seeing that everyone was in high spirits, Shen Huai asked, "Otherwise, everyone decides now, so as not to waste time in making a decision tomorrow morning, I can also record it first, and go back in the evening to think about how to group it tomorrow."
"Okay!" Everyone readily agreed.
Jin An was the first to raise his hand, "I want to team up with Huo Lao, I have wanted to try WG's chain bonus flow for a long time."
Liang Minghui smiled and nodded, "Okay."
Tao Lele thought about it and said, "I want to partner with Captain Luo. My Berserker and Captain Luo's assassin are both good heads-up players. Maybe they can exert the power of the combination of Fengyue Team Xiaoming and Shiyi Demolition."
"Me?" Luo Lie didn't expect that Captain Tao would take the initiative to invite him, and nodded quickly, "Okay, I agree too. Berserker's ultimate duel can save my life at a critical moment."
Si Qianjin smiled and pressed his shoulders, "You're really worthless, you are taking a berserker like our Tao team as a shield?"
"Hehe." Luo Lie laughed twice.
In less than a minute, four people found a partner, and everyone suddenly felt a sense of crisis and hurriedly looked for their partner. But no one invited Guan He. Everyone knows that Captain Guan has never played 2v2, and he can't even form a team with his teammates, let alone them.
Si Qianjin smiled and said, "God Yun, let's form a partner. Although I haven't figured out what we can do as a team, but you are so good, maybe I will win."
This remark and his exaggerated expression caused everyone to laugh, and Jia Yunge also smiled and returned him an OK gesture.
Sun Yuan looked at the rest of the group and said loudly, "Deputy Zhou, how about we team up?"
Zhou Ning looked at him coldly. He still remembers that Manager Wang bought him because this person was a distraction. Although they had been teammates for five years, Sun Yuan never took him seriously.
Zhou Ningli ignored him and turned to Guan He and said, "Captain Guan is willing to form a 2V2 with me?"
In an instant, the entire conference room fell silent.
Jin An's eyes were about to pop out. He didn't expect that some people were so ignorant. He didn't know that Guan team had not played 2v2 in six years in the circle? Do you have to be rejected in person
Si Qianjin was sweating for Zhou Ning, and he couldn't bear to think that such a beautiful and gentle deputy Zhou would be cruelly and ruthlessly rejected by that cold-faced King Yama.
Sun Yuan laughed outright, "I said Vice Captain Zhou, did you not sleep well last night or went to the doctor in a hurry? You had to be rejected by Team Guan in front of so many people..."
"I would."
Three fluttering words ruthlessly interrupted Sun Yuan's words.
That grand scene, that solemn appearance, was like the scene of a marriage proposal.
Everyone in the room was dumbfounded.
Jin An almost didn't jump up, he thought, the captain didn't agree to play 2v2 with them for so many years, isn't it because their skills are not good enough, but because their looks are not up to standard