After the opening of the registration channel for the Rising Star Cup Challenge, more and more players registered online, and the official number of registrations quickly exceeded 100,000.
As the anchor Fred signed up for the competition, other anchors known for their "technical flow" also posted messages like this one after another on Weibo: "Are the anchors not participating in the Rising Star Cup?" "Yes, this is an event open to the whole country. Go try it, maybe it will be awesome to make it to the top 16."
The technical stream anchors of major platforms are suffering.
To sign up or not to sign up
If you don't sign up, netizens will say, you must not have the strength, so you dare not go
But once you sign up, if you don't make it to the final round, that's a real shame!
When I usually play in the rankings, I always brag about how awesome I am. When it comes to such a large-scale event, I don’t dare to go to it. It’s too embarrassing.
So, some people started to make excuses: "I won't go, I'm not interested in playing a career."
Some people also said: "If you win the championship, runner-up and third place, you have to enter the national youth training camp. I don't want to go to the youth training camp."
Although netizens ridiculed him for making excuses for not participating in the competition, everyone can understand it. After all, the most important thing in this "Rising Star Cup" is to select the youth trainees of the national team. Many anchors don't want to play careers, and the bonus is a drop in the bucket for them. If they don't participate, they won't participate.
but…
Not long after Pei Feng participated in the competition, Lin Hai, the second most popular anchor on the Star Network live broadcast platform, also signed up.
At the beginning, when Fred was still in the Star Network, all the data were overpowering Lin Hai. Lin Hai was the second in the ten thousand years regardless of the popularity list and the gift list.
Now that Fred has changed jobs, he has finally been promoted to the throne of "Xingwang's first brother", and the boss has begun to spend resources to promote him and advertise everywhere. In the past few days, Lin Hai's whole body has been refreshed, and the live broadcast time has increased wildly. It was broadcast from noon to 3 am, attracting a large number of fans who did not leave Xingwang after Fred left.
Many people joked: "Brother Hai, do you want to inherit the legacy left by Fred?"
The two anchors have always been at odds with each other. It's hard to say whether Lin Hai signed up for the Rising Star Cup on purpose and wanted to steal Fred's limelight.
His live broadcast room even had the title: "Live the Rising Star Cup Grand Prix."
After the two big anchors of Xiaoxiong TV and Xingwang TV participated in the competition, some small anchors followed up one after another.
Anyway, just play along, and you don't need money to sign up. Regardless of whether you can get the ranking or not, the live broadcast of the Rising Star Cup alone can attract a lot of popularity.
Jiang Shaoyu did not expect that Pei Feng would actually lead to the involution of the anchor industry. More and more game anchors are either signing up for the Rising Star Cup, or explaining the Rising Star Cup from the perspective of a bystander, pushing the popularity of the Rising Star Cup to its peak. , almost all Gun King players know about this event.
Youth training camps all over the country, some youth trainees who wanted to play e-sports also began to rush to sign up.
"Anyway, I didn't sign a contract with the club. Instead of going to the club to play A-A, it's better to go directly to the national youth training team!"
"The prize money of this year's Rising Star Cup is so high, there must be a lot of people participating. If I can break through the siege and enter the national youth training team, maybe I can make my debut and play in the World Series. Isn't that much more interesting than the A-A? "
Students from various middle schools and universities on winter vacation have also pressed the registration button one after another.
Free skin, no white no!
The 3-day registration time passed quickly, and the final official statistics showed that the number of participants was as high as 3.5 million.
In the domestic qualifying competition, the total number of players who have reached the 2500 segment is only 5 million. That is to say, 70% of players who meet the registration conditions have signed up for the Rising Star Cup, which has almost become a "national event". With such a large-scale publicity, there should not be too many "missing fish".
Seeing the official news, Jiang Shaoyu nodded with satisfaction: "Being able to break through so many contestants, the level will not be weak."
Assistant coach Lao Cui said with a smile: "This is the national competition with the largest number of participants I have ever seen!"
In order to ensure the fairness of the selection, the medical players opened a separate competition area, and all the medical players were put together to compare, and finally two people were selected to enter the top 16 final battle. In a shootout game, medics with poor marksmanship are also incapable of surviving on the field. Many times in the game, you will face a situation where your teammates are dead and only medical treatment is left. If you can't save your teammates at this time, you can only play against the surviving players on the opposite side.
Can you say, sorry, I can't shoot
This rule is also endorsed by medical players.
The medical civil war is consumption, and whoever survives to the end is the winner.
At 2:00 pm on the seventh day of the new year, the working party started to work, and the preliminary round of the New Star Cup officially kicked off.
After all players log in to the "Gun King" game, there will be an obvious "Nova Grand Prix" game server entrance in the lower right corner. Players who have registered can directly enter the server to participate in the game.
Many players entered the competition suit for the first time and saw the weapons and various skins in the arsenal. They were so excited that they sent screenshots to the circle of friends: "Damn, I finally saw the legendary competition suit, all resources are fully open, and skins are also available. Choose!"
"Woooooo feels like a countryman entering the city. My favorite MSG-Aurora, which is out of print, can be used here!"
There is no limit to what kind of firearm skin the players carry during the competition, after all, the skin will not affect the data.
After the Nova Cup is over, this server is gone, so the arsenal of the game clothes and even the character skin store are fully open.
Some players who like the look immediately start to dress up, put on beautiful clothes, wear sunglasses and jewelry...
There are also some players who plunge into the armory, facing the dazzling array of weapons, thinking about what they should bring into the arena.
Half an hour of preparation time passed, and at 2:30 in the afternoon, a system message popped up on the contestant's screen at the same time: "The preliminary round of the Nova Cup is about to start, and you will be matched with your opponent XXX. You will enter the competition room after a 30-second countdown."
At this time, Jiang Shaoyu was at the national team base, watching Pei Feng's live broadcast room from a sideline perspective.
The preliminary and semi-finals of the Nova Cup are all online competitions, and the official does not prohibit live broadcasts. Pei Feng opened the live broadcast room, but worried that the matched opponent would recognize him and ran to the live broadcast room to peek at the screen, and his live broadcast was delayed for 30 seconds.
In the first game, half of the opponents encountered dropped the line, and the system directly judged the loss.
Pei Feng said with a smile, "A free game, thank you for this friend!"
A row of 666 was brushed in the live broadcast room.
In the second game, I met a player with a good level, and I dealt with him for 1 minute, but was killed by Pei Feng with a neat shot.
The third... The fourth...
It was easy for Pei Feng to win.
After the seven-game winning streak, a prompt popped up on his screen: "Congratulations to the contestant Fred, who has successfully advanced to the next round. Please log in to the competition server at 2 pm tomorrow and wait for the system referee's notification."
A group of netizens in the live broadcast room posted a bullet screen to celebrate: "Brother Feng shoots one at a time, it's too simple!"
"Even in the preliminary round, it is only 2,500 points to qualify for registration, and I will be blown away when I go up."
"Fred Beer is right, looking forward to continuing to sweep tomorrow!"
Jiang Shaoyu noticed that Pei Feng used "Skyscrapers" for his free-choice maps for today's competition.
This time, the Nova Cup is a 5-game 3-win format. Two players can choose a map, and the system randomly selects a map for the next three games. This setting also wants to test the players' comprehensive grasp of the map.
Pei Feng played seven games in a row with one picture, which is really lazy.
Jiang Shaoyu sent him a private message: "Change the picture tomorrow."
After receiving the news, Pei Feng immediately sat up straight: "Yes, Master!"
After he finished replying, he couldn't help but send another message: "Is Master watching my live broadcast?"
Jiang Shaoyu: "Well, it's boring to see."
Pei Feng: "I won't let Master down~~"
The first day of the game ended at 11 pm, and the 10-game 7-win promotion rule directly wiped out nearly 70% of the players.
The game continued in the afternoon the next day. The players who could make it to the second round were obviously much stronger. Pei Feng also became serious. Since the master was observing his performance, Pei Feng wanted to show off his operation. The map chosen today is more abundant and the style of play is also better. More sharp, almost all of them are killed in a fierce way of "one shot headshot".
Another seven-game winning streak.
In the third round, it was still a seven-game winning streak.
Fred advanced to the semi-finals with a 100% win rate!
Jiang Shaoyu observed these two days and was quite satisfied with his apprentice's performance.
He turned back and asked Qin Bo, the engineer of the national team: "Are there any players with a 100% win rate? List them for me and focus on observation."
Qin Bo's backstage is connected to the official database, and can directly pull the competition data of all players. He quickly used the program to make a table and said: "There are more than 100 people who currently maintain a 100% win rate, and I have marked you red for a few of them. In addition to Pei Feng, the anchor also has that star. Wang's Lin Hai is also a complete victory. In addition, there is a 32-year-old player with a 100% win rate. I don't know if he filled in the wrong information. "
Jiang Shaoyu was stunned for a moment: "32 years old?"
Qin Bo clicked on the player's information and said: "The data shows that he is 32 years old and looks quite young. At present, it is impossible to determine whether the identity information is filled in wrongly. He is playing medical, and the winning rate in the medical area is 100%."
Jiang Shaoyu looked at the young man on the screen thoughtfully, and said, "Observe first, and then watch the rematch."
In the form that Qin Bola came up with, there are currently hundreds of contestants with a 100% win rate, most of them are teenagers of seventeen or eighteen years old, and Pei Feng's 20-year-old is already relatively old. Nowadays, the age of e-sports players has been relaxed, and the biggest foreign player is 24 years old. Pei Feng is in good shape now, and it will not be a problem to play for another two or three years. But... 32 is a bit too big. Why did he come to participate in the Rising Star Cup, in order to win the prize
Jiang Shaoyu wrote down the name of the older contestant.
In addition, he also saw an interesting statistic, a player who played Charge, in the 21 consecutive games in the preliminary round, used smoke | bombs, flash | bombs, tear gas | bombs, grenades | bombs, etc. Plenty of throwing weapons, and in several rounds killing opponents with grenades | grenades.
His throwing weapon damage stats soared to the top of all contestants.
Really "bombing" style of play.
These players with special styles were all recorded by Jiang Shaoyu, and the engineers continued to pay attention.
The rematch round begins soon, and the competition is even more intense.
Pei Feng still maintained his winning streak.
His fans watched the live broadcast and watched with enthusiasm: "Fred has won 28 consecutive games!"
"35 straight wins!"
"42 straight wins!"
"With this momentum, is he going to win the final round to win the championship?"
"Fred come on, look after you!"
At the same time, the fans of the anchor Lin Hai on the Star Network next door were also excitedly swiping the screen: "Brother Hai has a winning streak, come on to the finals!"
Those little anchors who watch the show use a bystander perspective to explain the Nova Cup, and there are also those who specialize in explaining the games in the medical division.
The Rising Stars Cup Challenge for several consecutive days has almost become an event of national concern.
The classmates around me, the netizens I know, many people entered the semi-finals and got permanent skins, and some people said excitedly that they made it to the finals!
The week-long offline competition will soon end.
The list of the finals has also been released on the official website. The game time is scheduled for February 15th at the Imperial City E-sports Center.
Official reimbursement for round-trip airfare and accommodation for all top 16 players.
Pei Feng received the electronic version of the entry card issued to him by the official, which can be printed and brought to the scene.
[Entry Card]
Name: Pei Feng
ID: Fred
Event: Rising Stars Cup Challenge Final
Venue: Area A, 1st Floor, Didu Gaming Center
When: February 15th at 2 p.m.
Pei Feng opened the locked drawer in the study. At the bottom, there was a competition card quietly placed.
The card was so well preserved, it was like brand new. In the upper right corner is a printed color photo. The boy in the photo has a cold and expressionless face. At the age of 18, his youthful body has not completely faded away, but his eyes are cold and sharp.
[Entry Card]
Name: Jiang Shaoyu
ID: Wing
Team: ACE
Tournament: A-League Finals
Venue: Imperial Gaming Center
Time: November 15th at 16:00
Pei Feng's fingers gently slid across the green face on the entry card.
This is what Master looked like back then.
In the finals of the ACE team at the Imperial E-sports Center five years ago, after the game, Pei Feng asked in the background, "Master, can you give me your entry card? I want to take it as a souvenir."
Jiang Shaoyu handed him the card.
Unexpectedly, this collection has been collected for five years.
Pei Feng put the two cards together.
One is Master's entry card for the A-A final, and the other is for Pei Feng's entry in the Rising Star Cup.
The previous one was the end of Master's career. The latter one is the starting point of Pei Feng's career.
Pei Feng raised the corners of his lips and said to the photo, "Master, here I am."
You stopped being a professional player and became a national team coach.
Let me fill in the position of the sniper and let everyone know that Wing's style of play has never been lost. :,,.