The doubles competition will be completed in August, and the time is tight. Xie Mingzhe is not in the mood to make new cards. He simply downloads all the game videos during this period and studies them carefully, including all the games in the AH group stage. Discuss with the master.
After watching all the games from the perspective of a bystander, he did find a lot of problems, and he would also improve his tactical thinking. As the master said, he still lacks experience and his reaction in the game is not sharp enough. Accumulate slowly.
In the blink of an eye, on August 26, the semi-finals of the double competition officially started.
The four Nirvana players and coaches all came to the backstage to watch the game. They met many acquaintances here. Xie Mingzhe found that the players who had been eliminated before, such as Ye Zhu, Gui Sirui, Bai Xu, Yi Tianyang, etc., all came to watch the game. Obviously, everyone is also holding the same mind as Xie Mingzhe - learning the play style of the great gods, and joining in the fun by the way.
Ye Zhu and Bai Xu were sitting together, and their expressions were a little complicated when they saw Xie Mingzhe. Xie Mingzhe walked over and smiled frankly, and said, "I was eliminated, shouldn't you be gloating? Why don't you talk?"
Ye Zhu looked away awkwardly and whispered, "I'm still eliminated..."
Bai Xu thought to himself, after all, you made it to the quarter-finals, and I was eliminated in the quarter-finals. Wouldn't you be slapped in the face by mocking you
Xie Mingzhe sat in the front row generously, leaving the back of their heads for the two of them. The two little guys were all wrong, and they always felt that there was a boss sitting in the front row, so they kept their mouths shut during the whole game, for fear that Xie Mingzhe would laugh at them if they said the wrong thing.
In the end, Xie Mingzhe himself smiled happily: "Beautiful! Nie Shen's operation is too showy."
In the picture, Nie Yuandao released the herd of beasts and quickly moved to widen the distance. Before Fang Yu's water-dropping music could play, the sharp chirping of golden eagles could be heard in the air. The momentum knocked down Qiao Xi's jellyfish. Nie Yuandao's beast card seemed to have eyes behind his back. He immediately bit the jellyfish, and instantly gave the card a second.
- Perfect land and air coordination.
The tacit understanding between the master and the apprentice is really amazing, as if all the cards are operated by one person.
Fang Yu and Qiao Xi wanted to delay the rhythm, but Nie Yuandao and Shan Lan wanted a quick solution.
Shan Lan's bird card gave Fang Qiao a splitting headache. The birds flying in the air were too fast, and it was difficult to control them with an aquarium card. Coupled with Nie Yuandao's echo on the ground, Nie Lan's master and apprentice seemed to push The earth was pushed in a wave, and Fang Yu and Qiao Xi were directly smashed!
In this match, Nie Lan won without a doubt.
Xie Mingzhe was very entertained and said with emotion: "It is indeed a champion duo, really tacit understanding."
Chen Qianlin said with admiration: "The tacit understanding between the two is not comparable to ordinary people. Basically, Shan Lan controls one, and Nie Yuandao can kill one. The sky and the ground move at the same time. The speed is too fast, and it is difficult for the opponent to defend."
Yu Ke asked in a low voice, "When the eight into four, if we encounter the Shanlan combination, it is likely to be 2:0?"
Xie Mingzhe nodded: "Well, how to crack the combination of land and air, we have to study it carefully when we look back. I really can't use my immortal card. The immortal card is also a skill in the air. Maybe it can limit Shanlan's birds?"
The second game starts soon.
Tang Muzhou and Xu Changfeng faced off against Lingjingtang and Xu Hang. The pre-match quiz audience's votes rarely turned into a 50%:50% equilibrium situation. Obviously, the two sides were evenly matched, and everyone had a chance of winning.
In the first round, Tang Xu wanted to fight the vines to control the flow, but Ling Jingtang's weapon crit was too powerful, and he forcibly killed the vine rose season at the beginning. Tang Muzhou and Xu Changfeng were one game behind. Xie Mingzhe looked really worried.
I'm not nervous when I play the game by myself, but when I watch my brother play the game, I get nervous...
Maybe it's because of concern? Knowing that my brother has a way to deal with it, I am still worried that there will be an accident and will be 2:0.
Fortunately, Tang Muzhou quickly stabilized his mind when he was one game behind. In the second game, he used the plant long-range stacking poison to kill Ling Jingtang. In the decisive game, he used the invincibility of the big banyan tree to withstand Lingshen's most critical outbreak. Turn defeat into victory!
Xie Mingzhe applauded excitedly: "Beautiful! So handsome!"
Pei Jingshan, who was sitting next to him, raised his lips slightly and said, "Your senior brother is promoted, you seem happier than him?"
Xie Mingzhe was so excited that Pei Jingshan knew about his relationship with Tang Muzhou. Was he really excited just now? Xie Mingzhe coughed dryly and pretended to be calm and said, "Senior brother really played well."
Pei Jingshan smiled without saying a word. He found out that Tang Muzhou and Xie Mingzhe were each other's fans, so the relationship was quite harmonious? As friends, there is no need to worry that they will break up for the time being.
The interview was a bit long. When Tang Muzhou came to the backstage, the other players had already left one after another. He took the initiative to walk up to Xie Mingzhe and the others and asked casually, "The final of the double competition is on August 27, and the individual competition will be officially launched on September 2. To begin, what are your plans during this time? Are you preparing for individual tournaments or making cards?"
Chen Xiao joked: "You have already done all the plant cards, and I can't make any flowers, so let's concentrate on preparing for the individual competition."
Xie Mingzhe didn't answer, and put his fingers on his chin, thoughtfully.
Tang Muzhou didn't intend to continue to ask questions, so he changed the subject and asked softly in Azhe's ear, "Have you finished the classification of immortal cards that you said before?"
Xie Mingzhe came back to his senses and said, "Not yet, I have no inspiration recently, think about it again."
Tang Muzhou gently encouraged: "No hurry, there is still time."
Everyone went back to the club together. Xie Mingzhe couldn't sleep in the dormitory, so he simply logged into his game account. It turned out that Yu Ke and Qin Xuan were both online in the middle of the night, and the friend list showed that the two were building their own arenas.
Xie Mingzhe went in and glanced curiously. It turned out that two people were fighting seriously, practicing the club's cards one by one. Since Xie Mingzhe knew that the password for the two of them to open the arena was 8888, they entered directly after entering the password, silently, and neither of them found him.
Xie Mingzhe watched for a long time, while Yu Ke and Qin Xuan practiced and discussed.
It was late at night, and they had no plans to sleep.
Xie Mingzhe looked at the time at 02:30 in the upper right corner, and his eyes were a little hot for a while.
In fact, he knows that since the two groups of Nirvana were eliminated in the double match, there have been many criticisms on the Internet. Because of his popularity and the support of Tang Muzhou, the black fans who scolded him were driven away. Weibo has been very calm recently, and fans They cheered him on every day.
Chen Xiao's side is almost the same. After all, he has Chen Qianlin's relationship, and he is a good friend with Tang Muzhou. Plus, he is handsome, and his appearance is justice. Although he was eliminated in the top sixteen, not many people scold him.
But Yu Ke and Qin Xuan have been enduring the cyber violence of "you are dragging oil bottles". Some of them are even irrational fans of Chen Xiao and Xie Mingzhe, who feel that they have dragged down their male gods and caused them to be eliminated in the double competition of male gods.
Qin Xuan and Yu Ke didn't say anything on the surface, but they were working hard to train in private...
At 2:30 in the morning, they were still seriously studying the data of each card.
Xie Mingzhe was really sad when he saw this scene.
Both of them were dragged into the water by Xie Mingzhe.
At the beginning, he used the excuse of "making a ghost card for you" to deceive Xiao Ke, and used the excuse of "making a scene" to pull Qin Xuan into the team. If it weren't for Xie Mingzhe, Yu Ke and Qin Xuan might also become professional players.
Although Qin Xuan and Xiao Ke are still far from the first-tier players, Xie Mingzhe believes in their potential. During this time, Qin Xuan has helped him a lot. Every card is designed with Qin Xuan's painstaking efforts. Heartless, but it is everyone's pistachio, very obedient, obedient, and hardworking.
He always believed that Qin Xuan's calmness and Xiao Ke's sharpness would be the most powerful weapons to become Nirvana. And as the commander and the weapon-wielding self, there must be no more mistakes in the double match.
Since you drag people into the water, you should be responsible to the end.
Xiaoke and Qin Xuan are now facing unprecedented pressure. If Nirvana's teamfight is not successful, there will only be more criticism against them on the Internet. At that time, Xie Mingzhe will feel sorry for his teammates.
Brother mentioned today that the individual competition will start immediately after the double competition.
According to the arrangement of the league's competition system, the individual competition is divided into 8 groups. Each group will play a round-robin round of points first. The schedule will be as tight as the doubles, almost every two days.
Under such a tight schedule of events, Xie Mingzhe didn't have much time to think about how to make cards and improve the deck. And immediately after the individual game is the team battle, he still needs to study the opponent's team battle routine...
I thought I would have a lot of time, but it was only after the game that I realized that the time was not enough.
Moreover, the most important thing that distinguishes the individual competition from the double competition is that the opponents are very strong, and they are the top students selected from the whole league!
The group match won't be as easy as the double match. No matter if you meet the great gods like Nie Yuandao and Ling Jingtang, or the new generation like Pei Jingshan and Gui Sirui, if you don't prepare carefully, you will definitely be tortured by blood.
Three days of an individual match, the first day to study the opponent, the second day to practice, the third day to play, and the cycle goes back and forth—how can he do cards like this? How to prepare for the team competition? But he couldn't just deal with his opponents in individual tournaments just to make cards, that would be disrespectful to the game.
How can I get the best of both worlds
After Xie Mingzhe exited the ring room of Xiao Ke and Qin Xuan, he fell into contemplation.
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The next evening, everyone came to the scene of the finals.
Nie Yuandao, Shan Lan vs Tang Muzhou and Xu Changfeng, this double match was extremely fierce!
The number of rounds in the finals increased, and for the sake of ratings and excitement, it became a best-of-five BO5 system.
The two sides fought very hard from the beginning. Nie Lan won the first game, Tang Xu moved back to the first game, and it became 1:1. Then Tang Muzhou won the third game with the control of the vines, and the score was overtaken. The fourth game chased back again and it became 2:2!
The battle situation was extremely anxious. The decisive game was probably luck. Two of the three maps that were randomly picked up were lore maps. Tang Muzhou banned one, but Nie Yuandao kept the other. Shan Lan relied on the birds' nimble aerial repulsion to push Tang Muzhou and Xu Changfeng into a corner, and finally won a thrilling victory.
Wu Yue almost jumped up with excitement: "Congratulations to Nie Yuandao and Shan Lan for winning the double competition championship in the eleventh season!" Liu Chen followed closely: "Congratulations to Nie Lan's combination for creating the myth of three consecutive double competition championships, it really deserves it. The boss of the duo!"
Tang Muzhou walked over with grace and shook hands with Nie Yuandao: "Congratulations."
Nie Yuandao smiled and said, "It's the last session, and it's quite successful."
Shan Lan followed Master next to her eyes with red eyes - is this the best gift Master left him before he retired? I am really reluctant to leave Master, but no one can change the decision made by Nie Yuandao.
Tang Muzhou knew the inside story of Nie Shen's plans to retire. He sighed in his heart, patted Shan Lan on the shoulder, and joked, "Three consecutive championships are enough for you to be proud for a long time."
Shan Lan forced a smile: "Thank you, I won by lying down with Master."
Nie Yuandao raised his eyebrows: "What do you say? You are also very good. Last year's individual championship was won for nothing?"
Shan Lan bowed his head a little embarrassed, Xu Changfeng echoed: "That is, I still lost to you last year, only won the runner-up, so don't be humble."
Shan Lan smiled, shook hands with Tang Xu, and followed the master back to the backstage.
The award ceremony will be held at the end of the season, so after the double competition, the players only need to be interviewed, and the award has to wait for the final year-end ceremony.
Seeing Tang Muzhou returning to the backstage, Xie Mingzhe took the initiative to step forward and joked, "I almost won, do you need comfort?"
Tang Muzhou nodded: "Yes, how are you going to comfort me?"
Xie Mingzhe pondered for a while and said, "Please eat, just the two of us."
Tang Muzhou readily agreed.
The two did not go to the shop outside, but packed a late-night snack and returned to Tang Muzhou's villa to eat. Under the warm light, the two sat in the restaurant for a meal, and they were happy, as if they had returned to their own small home.
Tang Muzhou suddenly held Xie Mingzhe's hand lightly and asked, "What's wrong? I'm in a bad mood, is that the reason why my brother didn't win the championship?"
Xie Mingzhe raised his head and said, "You and Xu Changfeng won the double championship. It doesn't matter if you win the runner-up this year. It's just a matter of collecting medals of different colors. How could I be in a bad mood because of this?"
Tang Muzhou's eyes were more gentle: "What's the matter? You've been dazed since the day of the semifinals, what are you thinking?"
Xie Mingzhe: "..."
No one noticed his abnormality, but Tang Muzhou still noticed it. The people in front of him really cared about him the most. He didn't dare to tell his master if he had something in his heart. Maybe it would be better to talk to his senior brother
Thinking of this, Xie Mingzhe cleared his throat and said, "In the Star Card Alliance, is there any precedent for players to abstain in individual competitions?"
Tang Muzhou was stunned and frowned slightly: "Individual competition? Do you want to abstain?"
Xie Mingzhe nodded, with a somewhat contradictory look on his face: "I actually really want to play individual competitions, but time does not allow, our deck is not perfect, the competition in individual competitions is fierce, and the schedule is very tight, it is difficult to allocate time to do it. Card. My teammates are working very hard, if I make mistakes in the team stage, I will feel more guilty.”
Tang Muzhou looked at him silently.
Xie Mingzhe lowered his head and continued: "People's energy is limited, they participate in any project, but they can't get good results in everything. It's better to specialize in one project... I think, I'm still young, and when Nirvana's deck is perfected, Next season, we will still play individual matches. But in team battles, if we are eliminated in the first round, we have made so many cards, and the whole year’s efforts will feel in vain, and I will be very unwilling…”
"Yeah." Tang Muzhou's voice was low, and he was extraordinarily gentle in the warm little home late at night: "Your thoughts are not wrong, what are you worrying about? Afraid that the master will be disappointed, that the fans will be disappointed? Or that you are afraid of being scolded by netizens?"
Xie Mingzhe was stunned, raised his head, and met Tang Muzhou's gentle eyes.
The man's dry and warm palm gently rubbed his hair, and said softly: "Abstaining from the individual competition will only affect you. If you lose the team competition, it will affect the entire Nirvana. If you want to consider the overall situation, I don't think it's wrong. Time is tight, and it is indeed easier to get results if you specialize in one. As long as you have firm confidence, senior brother will always support you. If you are worried that master will not agree, I will help you. If netizens scold you, I will help you scold you back.”
Xie Mingzhe: "..."
The part deep in my heart suddenly warmed up.
He always unconditionally supports the decisions he makes, and it is a great luck to meet a lover who understands him.
The previous troubles were swept away, and Xie Mingzhe's face returned to a bright smile again.
He looked at Tang Muzhou and said earnestly, "That's right, don't look ahead to what's decided, this time I'm going for it. I have prepared so many cards for the team competition. I don't want to be eliminated from the playoffs in one day!"
Seeing his recovery, Tang Muzhou smiled slightly, held his hand and said, "Okay, let's eat first, the supper I bought is cold."
Xie Mingzhe glanced at the food on the table and immediately devoured it.
Tang Muzhou looked at him like this, his eyes became more gentle.
Tang Muzhou was a little surprised by his decision to give up the individual competition for the team competition. Every player wanted to stand on the championship podium in the individual competition, but with Azhe's current strength, it is really difficult to win the individual competition. And teamfights will only distract you from both sides.
This is also the reason why Tang Muzhou and Pei Jingshan only played small events in their first year of debut, not team competitions.
There are too many things involved in the team competition. It takes a lot of energy to just study opponents and arrange tactics. Therefore, he and Xiao Pei both chose to form a team after they became famous in the individual competition and the decks were mature. Xie Mingzhe does the opposite, which is actually very difficult.
Tang Muzhou was actually very pleased that he could react in time and focus on a project. Once you participate in all three events, you will definitely not get good grades in all three events. The loss of the doubles match was a wake-up call for Xie Mingzhe, and he also made the most calm and rational decision - he could afford it and let it go at the critical moment, knowing that from a long-term perspective, Tang Muzhou would appreciate this kind of Azhe.
See you in the final, no joke.
Xie Mingzhe really wanted to bring the Nirvana team to the stage of the finals.
Only in this way can you not waste so many team game decks that you have made.
He didn't let down the trust his teammates had in him.
The author has something to say:
The individual competition was skipped, which was a long time ago. There was nothing new in the 7V7 heads-up, so I went directly to the team competition.
Xie Mingzhe is indeed a little embarrassed to compare three projects at the same time. This choice is more rational, and Azhe is still very ambitious and far-sighted at the critical moment.