GGO, SBC Grocken.
At the northern end of the avenue that runs through the center of the streets of Grocken City, the square in front of the Presidential Palace Tower is usually a deserted area, but today it was crowded with countless players.
Players were having fun with drinks and food, and there were even gunshots from time to time. Combined with the surrounding neon lights and the advertisements and announcements displayed on numerous screens, it was as lively as a city that never sleeps. Much noisier than yesterday.
Sometimes a countdown will flash on the screen.
Then, naturally, the countdown to the third BoB competition begins.
People were watching this countdown and making noises with great excitement.
"I think it's Dark Wind's turn this year."
"I also think it's the dark wind."
"Who made the winner of the last BoB competition suddenly lose his voice this time and not even participate in the BoB competition?"
"And if the champion doesn't participate, it's natural for the runner-up to win, right?"
"No, have you forgotten ?"
"There is that monster in this class."
"That's right."
"I wonder if Dark Wind can defeat that monster."
"I'm looking at Xuan."
A group of players were discussing this topic lively.
This is not only because the BoB competition itself is very eye-catching, and many people are concerned about the final results of the competition, but also because the results are closely related to the gains of many people.
Only thirty players can participate in the BoB main game, but this does not mean that the other players can watch the game without having anything to do with themselves.
Before the start of each BoB competition, there will be a betting market initiated by the operating company in GGO, allowing players to place bets on the players they are optimistic about, just like betting on horses, and spend a lot of money to see who can stand out and make big profits. One stroke.
Now, you can start placing bets on the betting market set for the upcoming BoB competition. Currently, more than half of the currency in GGO is concentrated in this square. Naturally, the same is true for the players, which makes this place so lively. .
"It's really an imaginary world with gray areas in all aspects."
The person who said such a speech was naturally Luo Zhen, who had just logged in and appeared in the square.
Luo Zhen just looked at the entire lively square.
Hologram windows showing the odds of players participating in the BoB competition hung high in the sky.
The dealers who are dressed up quite gorgeously, which should be the officially designated NPCs prepared by the operating company, are located in every corner, accepting the bets from the players who are approaching in an endless stream, and making money.
Intelligence dealers selling suspicious confidential information were scurrying around, talking to players who were interested in placing bets. They must be earning information fees by selling confidential player information.
What is presented here is such a huge casino.
However, due to the currency conversion mechanism, all the money flowing in this casino is linked to the real currency in the real world, making the nature of the entire casino infinitely biased towards the edge of crime. No wonder Luo Zhen would say that this is a place with all aspects. They are all located in an imaginary world in a gray area.
"Perhaps, in other VRMMOs, there may be special types of gambling."
Unfortunately, none of those games have currency conversion mechanisms, which is very different in nature from the gambling going on here.
It can be said that there is no problem at all in treating this place as a real casino.
"It's a shame that the operating company dared to do this. If their headquarters were in this country, they would have been sealed off long ago."
Luo Zhen was so emotional, but he didn't feel any rejection.
Why exclude
"Even if it is a gambling game organized by the operating company, since it is conducted in the game, the profit here is half of mine."
In this case, why should Luo Zhen reject it
"I don't know what my odds are."
With this in mind, Luo Zhen approached the NPC dealer, raised his head, and looked at the hologram window.
There, the odds for all participating players are clearly marked.
Some unknown and slightly famous players who have participated in BoB competitions in the past but failed to achieve any good results naturally have high odds. If someone wins the bet, it will be a big upset and they can definitely make a lot of money. It's full of money, but it's generally difficult for such players to win, and there are very few players who will bet for them.
Of course, the odds for the favorite are not that high.
People know that they have a high probability of winning, so of course they will bet their money on them. If they win and the odds are still high, then the operating company will suffer heavy losses.
Therefore, players all hope to find one or two dark horses, bet on them, and make a lot of money. This is also the reason why intelligence dealers are so rampant. As long as they claim to have information about the so-called dark horses, players will They will definitely be tempted and eventually spend money to buy it, but whether this information is true or false depends on the player's own ability to distinguish.
Under such circumstances, as a player who participated in the BoB competition for the first time, Luo Zhen found that his odds were only slightly higher than An Feng.
In other words, from the operator's perspective, Luo Zhen is also the undoubted favorite to win.
"Well, after all, I made such a crazy fuss before. Everyone knows my strength and would consider me the favorite to win. It's perfectly normal."
However, it can be seen from the low odds of Anfeng Hira that the operators are more optimistic about Anfeng than him.
"Maybe I think I have too little game time after all, and I am still a super STR (strength) type. With low VIT (durability), I will probably be killed by the speed of the dark wind, right?"
Luo Zhen smiled nonchalantly, and then discovered that Sinon's odds were unexpectedly high.
"Didn't I say that she is the biggest dark horse in this BoB? The odds are so high?"
Luo Zhen tilted his head in confusion, and then understood.
"Is it because this girl lost in the preliminaries yesterday?"
That's right.
In the fifth round of yesterday's preliminaries, Shino lost.
Her opponent was a professional player who was ranked lower than her in the last BoB competition. However, because the map in the fifth round was in a jungle area, it was difficult to snipe, and Sinon was inexplicably unable to concentrate, so she lost.
This undoubtedly caused Sinon's evaluation to drop significantly, causing the odds to become higher and her reputation as a dark horse to be eliminated.
Rather, it is natural that the title of the biggest dark horse has been taken away by Luo Zhen, and Sinon's evaluation has dropped.
"Who told you not to concentrate during the game?"
Luo Zhen shook his head and looked like he was laughing. He had no idea that he was the reason why Shino couldn't concentrate.
and...
"You yourself also abstained and lost in the finals, so you have no right to criticize me."
A cold voice suddenly sounded from behind Luo Zhen, causing Luo Zhen to raise his brows, shrug his shoulders, turn around, and look behind him.
The next second, the expected figure appeared in front of him, looking at him coldly.
It was Shino.