Xie Mingzhe seized the last three days, sorted out all his cards, and at the suggestion of Chen Qianlin, matched several sets of cards suitable for individual competitions.
There is no "double mode" or "team mode" in the Star Card Masters Invitational Tournament. All contestants must go through round after round of cruel screening in their own name, and the players who finally break into the top 32 can win the professional league. Eligibility for registration.
This large-scale game has not only attracted widespread attention from the whole people, but at the same time, the various clubs in the league will also watch every game in the final round of the top 32, looking for potential good seedlings, so that they can sign them to the club in advance. . Some clubs will even look for newcomers in advance in the “Top 100” stage of the rematch, which is also the only way for newcomers to enter the league.
The top 32 players can basically get signing opportunities from major clubs. If there are some outstanding talents who fail to reach the top 32 due to performance mistakes, each club can also sign him in advance as training. The reserve players of the battalion, after receiving formal training, will participate in the competition next year to obtain the official registration qualification.
It is said that in the last Masters, five players were selected by various clubs and became reservists, and they will play again this year. The strength of the players who have undergone the strict training of the club will definitely increase greatly. Compared with ordinary online game players, the gap is not very large. These people will become the biggest obstacle on the way for the Nirvana Four to advance.
At the same time, the major guilds have also discovered a lot of good seedlings who are good at competition from the game, and trained them to participate in the competition. There are also some folk masters with strong personal strength who signed up to participate in the competition. The number of applicants for this Masters exceeded one million, which is really an unprecedented event.
Xie Mingzhe was not under a lot of psychological pressure. After all, he often played against the players of Fenghua Second Team during this period of time. He was considered half a "reserve" and accumulated a lot of actual combat experience. What's more, Xie Mingzhe is quite confident in himself because of his deck mix, and his master's self-checking, and his senior brother also told him a lot of precautions for individual competitions.
As a former professional player, Chen Xiao, of course, has no problem reaching the top 32 again; Yu Ke's talent and reaction speed are sufficient, as long as he doesn't make serious mistakes carelessly in the knockout stage, there should be no problem; Chen Qianlin is most worried about, Or Qin Xuan.
This young man has long hair, and the temperament of a student of the Academy of Fine Arts is very special. He looks a little gloomy. He rarely talks, and his withdrawn personality is difficult to get along with. However, after a long time, Chen Qianlin found that Qin Xuan is still very serious and very serious. Hard work, every time Xie Mingzhe puts forward a request for a strange scene design, he can make it as quickly as possible, and the work efficiency is extremely high.
However, his level of competition is indeed incomparable to the other three. During this time, Chen Qianlin has also been carefully observing the training conditions of the four. Qin Xuan is not good at individual battles, but controlling the overall situation. That's why Chen Qianlin arranged for him to be an assistant in team battles.
Chen Qianlin believed that Qin Xuan would become a very good professional assistant in the future.
However, the Masters is an individual competition, and Qin Xuan, who is not good at attacking, is actually very disadvantaged, and Chen Xiao's plant deck style is inclined to attack and attack, which is not in line with Qin Xuan's personal temperament.
After careful consideration, Chen Qianlin decided to personally customize two plant cards for Qin Xuan and add them to the deck of the Masters. Since Nirvana's current decks are all dark plants, Chen Qianlin also made two new cards with negative states based on the style of dark plants—
The first one is "Blood Rose", a blood-red rose flower, the petals are still dripping blood, when the petals bloom, it will trigger the negative state of "bleeding" in the group within the range, this card only does "Bleeding" "Scarlet Rose" is a skill, so the basic data is very high, the skill cooldown time is short, the effect time is long, and the continuous bleeding caused by it is quite considerable.
The other is "Black Elderberry," a less common forest shrub whose berries come in a variety of colors, no more than a centimeter in diameter, and clustered together in clusters like scaled-down grapes. Among them, a black berry can be used as a black dye, and the red berries are used to make various foods.
Chen Qianlin seized this feature and designed a "berry discoloration" skill. The red berries will return blood to the whole group. After the black berries are scattered, the enemy group will be dyed. The dyed state continues to lose blood every second, and can follow The bleeding state of the Scarlet Rose coexists.
In this way, two cards stack negative effects at the same time, and the speed of the enemy group's blood loss will be very fast.
Chen Xiao knew that his brother had made two cards by himself to help Qin Xuan pass the Masters. He was really envious and hated. His brother had never made a card for him. Qin Xuan actually had this blessing... Chen Xiao couldn't help but whisper: " Brother, you can make one for me too."
Chen Qianlin glanced at him and said, "Your strength does not require me to make cards to help you, you can do it yourself."
Chen Xiao: "..."
It seems that my brother is very sure of his strength. Thinking of this, Chen Xiao is happy again. Anyway, the card that my brother made for Qin Xuan can also be used in team battles! After Qin Xuan finished the game, it would be the same for him to copy a few for his own collection.
That night, Chen Qianlin called Qin Xuan over and gave him the new card, saying: "Qin Xuan, this is a card made for you according to your style, you can take it to practice and practice as soon as possible. Take it out and use it."
Lin Shen actually made a card for himself, Qin Xuan was really flattered, you must know that even Tang Muzhou didn't have this treatment back then! Although his expression was calm, his voice trembled slightly with excitement: "Thank, thank you Lin Shen!"
Chen Qianlin patted the boy on the shoulder encouragingly and said, "You're welcome, but you try to hide the original card information when you play. I don't want people to know that I'm back so early. Your style is better at stable field control. These two cards can help you stack negative states on your opponent as soon as possible, and use the bleeding effect to grind your opponent to death.”
Qin Xuan nodded seriously: "I know Lin Shen, I will definitely train hard!"
In fact, Qin Xuan is under a lot of pressure, because the final exam of Imperial College is scheduled for January, he has to prepare for the competition and participate in the final exam, and there is not enough time. Moreover, the art department has two famous perverted professors, and the courses may not be passed. For the past week, he has slept no more than five hours a day, and has a visible layer of dark circles under his eyelids.
But he didn't feel tired at all, his heart was full of energy, he knew that Brother Chen and A Zhe would be fine in this Masters, and Yu Ke's talent wouldn't be a big problem - only he was more dangerous , he can't hold back his teammates.
Therefore, in the three days after getting the new card, Qin Xuan practiced all night and only slept 3 hours a day, pushing himself to the limit.
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On January 10th, the first round of the preliminary stage of the Masters officially started.
One million registered players will be randomly matched, and each player will play ten games in a row, with a winning rate of over 60% to advance, which will eliminate a large number of players. In terms of time arrangement, the players can submit a more convenient time period to the system referee. The 20-24 o'clock in the evening must be the most crowded. In order to avoid the masters, Qin Xuan deliberately chose a small number of 3-5 o'clock in the afternoon.
This morning, Qin Xuan still had an exam. After he went back to school, he immediately came to the Nirvana club. Since he submitted an afternoon match, he would be the first one to play in Nirvana.
In order to encourage him, his teammates specially prepared a hearty lunch. Yu Ke also cut him a big apple very intimately and handed it to him: "Eat an apple. My mother said that eating apples can keep people safe. I hope your game in the afternoon goes well."
Qin Xuan's face froze slightly. The fruit he hates the most is apples... But to Yu Ke's flattering smile, Qin Xuan still took the apple with a serious face and took a few bites, and he just finished it all calmly.
At 2:30 in the afternoon, Qin Xuan logged into the game ahead of time, and his teammates followed him to watch the fun.
Today's Phoenix Starfield can be described as "a sea of people". As soon as you enter the Phoenix Star, you can see a building in front of it that reads "National Star Card Masters Invitational Event Special Event", and players are densely gathered in the lobby. The scene is even more spectacular than going out to travel during the National Day.
Qin Xuan entered the building and waited patiently for a while. Soon, he received an invitation from the system—your game is about to start, and the countdown is 30 seconds to prepare. If you do not enter the arena during the countdown, it will be regarded as an automatic abstention for the game.
Abstaining will result in a loss, Qin Xuan immediately entered the arena without hesitation.
In the first round, a player from a large guild was matched, and his name had an obvious guild prefix. Qin Xuan was a little nervous, but he still kept his calm and took out the general deck that Lin Shen gave him. Within 5 minutes Won the game without a hitch.
- Do you want to go to the next round immediately
Qin Xuan took a deep breath and continued to enter the next round. The second round was also more thrilling to win, dragging the rhythm for as much as 8 minutes.
But from the third round, it became smoother and smoother, and the matched opponents were not very strong. Qin Xuan also became more and more confident. In ten games, he finally won a ten-game winning streak.
His teammates were very happy for him, and Chen Qianlin also felt relieved - completely opposite to Yu Ke's play style of rushing forward as soon as his brain was hot, Qin Xuan's biggest advantage is that he can quickly keep calm no matter how difficult the situation is, he has The most rare quality of a support player, and only a calm support can observe the situation on the field and use key cards to control the field at critical moments. The cards he made for Qin Xuan didn't seem to be in vain. In just three days, he actually practiced so well, which shows how hard he worked in private.
After ten consecutive victories, Qin Xuan rarely breathed a sigh of relief, and the expression on his face eased a lot.
Yu Ke stinked shamelessly and came to ask for credit: "Did my apple work? Haha, I knew you would definitely win! I'll cut an apple for you before every game in the future!"
Qin Xuan: "…"
Can he say no? He hates it the most!
But in the end he didn't say anything, and said with a serious face: "Thank you."
Chen Xiao came over and patted Qin Xuan on the shoulder: "You gave everyone a good start, and there will be no problems in the following games."
On January 10th, in the first round of the Star Card Masters, all four Nirvana players won ten consecutive victories and successfully advanced to the next round.
There will be a day off on the 11th, but Qin Xuan can't rest either because he has to prepare for the exam the next day. In this way, he doesn't get enough sleep every day. If it weren't for his physical fitness, he might have fallen down long ago.
Yu Ke usually trains very seriously, but after completing the training tasks assigned by the coach, he does not consciously spend more time on additional training, and prefers to play in the arena by himself. However, this little guy has a lot of talent and quick reaction time. He can easily catch opponents off guard with his assassination style, and his ability to draw key cards is very strong, so it was easier for him to win in the preliminary stage.
Xie Mingzhe and Chen Xiao were even more relaxed. Winning six in ten rounds was a piece of cake for them.
In the second round, Qin Xuan submitted the evening match because the exam time was in the afternoon. He lost a game and advanced smoothly. The other three still won the ten-game winning streak.
In the third round, the official required cumulative promotion win rate increased to 65%, Qin Xuan and Yu Ke each lost a game, Yu Ke was careless, Qin Xuan encountered a master who beat his key card Blood Rose, Chen Xiao and Xie Mingzhe still have ten consecutive victories.
After the game every day, everyone will summarize and discuss, and the atmosphere of the whole club is full of fighting spirit.
By the time the game reached the seventh round, everyone had played 70 rounds. Even if it was a short one-on-one match, they were already mentally exhausted. Due to the continuous improvement in the requirements for promotion, they initially participated in the competition. Most of the players have been eliminated, and there are only more than 200 people left. In the eighth round, the final top 100 players will be determined, and they will be ranked directly by victory.
So the eighth round is quite crucial. Xie Mingzhe and Chen Xiao have a 100% win rate to ensure the promotion. In theory, Yu Ke and Qin Xuan don't have to worry. It is very stable to enter the top 100 with a win rate of more than 85%.
Chen Qianlin's special training during this period of time was still effective. Everyone's psychological quality was passable. Of course, there was no collapse in the eighth round, and all four of them successfully advanced to the semi-finals!
On January 20, the official website released the top 100 list of the semi-finals, ranked according to the winning percentage.
The first place was actually a well-known ID, Fat Uncle, who has won 80 consecutive victories with a winning rate of 100%!
After 80 consecutive rounds without losing a single round, Fat Uncle is not only good at playing cards, but is he also good at playing games
Fans who knew the news went crazy, and collectively rushed to his personal homepage to leave a message: "Uncle Fat, you go to the Masters, don't tell us a word, we can cheer you on!" "Our Uncle Fat is awesome! , the top 100 with a complete victory record!" "Fat Uncle 666, keep going in the race, looking forward to your entering the top 32, and looking forward to your appearance in the final round!"
In addition to Xie Mingzhe's 100% winning rate, there are six other players who also won all, including Chen Xiao's trumpet "Above the Clouds", and several very familiar IDs. Chen Qianlin speculates that these should be from major clubs. Reserve seeds.
The four of them collectively passed the preliminary round, and the next top 100 competition is the most intense competition!