During the daytime on March 25th, various reports about the match in the early morning came out one after another.
Among them, the hottest topics are mainly three-
One, [Shanhe] won the competition with his old enemy [Tiandi].
Both sides of the competition are the top 10 studios in the industry, both the winner and the loser naturally exposed a lot of news and related interviews after the game.
Second, [Red Sakura] was swept by a dark horse.
[Red Sakura] The spokesperson of the studio also admitted after the game that after losing Xu Huaishang, they were a bit out of touch with the popular theme "Thriller Paradise", and there is still a long way to go to cultivate new aces. time.
Third, who is [Gate of Heaven]
This issue is what most players are most concerned about now, but this mysterious team does not accept any form of interviews and communication, nor does it speak out through any channels, so the media can only rely on fabricated nonsense and eye-catching headlines. Reporting on them also makes the team's situation more confusing.
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On the 26th, at midnight, the match list for the fourth round was announced on time.
In this round, a total of 3,339 teams participated, and the number of teams is still odd, so there will still be one team with a bye, and the remaining 3,338 teams will fight each other.
In this round, apart from the seeded teams, many teams that performed well in the first three rounds... such as [Heaven's Gate]... their matchmaking situation has also become the focus of attention.
And this... is exactly what the operations department of the dream company is looking forward to seeing.
The "completely random" matching mechanism is to allow casual players to get more opportunities to advance and show themselves; at this stage, this project has already been successful.
Compared with the previous two competitions, in S3, the sense of participation and participation of ordinary players has been significantly improved... It is conceivable that when people see teams such as [Gods], [Red Sakura], and [Tiandi] being eliminated one after another , while many grassroots teams who are at the same level as myself (at least some viewers think so when watching it) are still advancing, the emotion of "I can do it" is bound to rise, and this emotion is exactly A catalyst that motivates people to become more committed to something.
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March 26th, 11:55 p.m.
In five minutes, the fourth round of the peak competition S3 will begin.
In this round, there is only one focus match, but there are two things about "matching" that need to be mentioned.
Let me talk about the second thing first - [Hell Front] has a bye in this round.
This is indeed something worth mentioning, because there has not been a bye for a seeded team in the first three rounds.
Of course, no one thinks that this is a shady thing... Since it is "completely random", it will be a matter of time before a seeded team gets a bye. Furthermore, from the perspective of the majority of ordinary players, it is a good thing that a strong team gets a bye. After all... whoever meets them will be unlucky.
Then, let's go back to the first thing, that is, the two opponents in the "Focus Battle" - [Warring States] and [Waste Wood Alliance].
Both of these two teams reached the S2 finals, and they were in the final four of the S2 period together with [Hell Front] and [Order]... So the attention of this game is no less than that of [Order] in the first round VS [Gods].
Since the S3 competition system requires the number of players to be expanded to seven, the lineups of both sides have also changed in this competition.
Let me talk about [Warring States] first. Although it is a foreign studio, it has been stationed in Thriller Paradise for so long, and naturally it has many local fans... Considering that most of the male fans are here for the four leading girls, [Oda Ai], [Akechi Nobu], [Takeda Satoshi] and [Uesugi Ren] must be in the team.
Besides them, [Sasaki Ming]naturally has to occupy a position. He is not only the brains of the team, but also the top three in the team. There is no reason for him to sit on the bench.
As for the remaining two vacancies... [Toyotomihei], [Imagawa Yoshi], [Tokugawa Tadashi] and [Hojowa] from the original "Sengoku Second Team" are all interested in fighting for it; this is also understandable, because the four of them It was a bit miserable to be hanged and beaten by the [Waste Wood Alliance] in S2, so they all have the desire to avenge their shame in person.
However, only [Imagawa Yoshi] was selected in the end; the reason for his selection was not that he was stronger than the other members of the second team, but because he majored in investigative specialization, which would make the structure of the team more reasonable after joining.
And the player who became the seventh player in this competition [Warring States], with the ID [Yida Makoto]... is a newcomer trained by the studio since the S2 period; his position is somewhat similar to that of Gui Xiao. He is a seventeen-year-old talented player, and he is also the target of [Warring States] to focus on training in the future.
The above is the staffing of the [Warring States] team.
Next, let's talk about [Waste Wood Alliance]...
The "Five Tigers of Bad Chai" in the S2 period are all here this time. [Honghu], [King of Shadows], [Uncle Waste Chai], [Tian Meng Huan] and [Tang Lao Shi]... none of them are left behind.
Some people may wonder, the old man who was originally used to "make up the numbers", why did he come again this time
Let's put it this way... Two reasons: First, because Lao Teng is popular with others (there is no explanation for this reason). Second, it is because today's old wet... can indeed be used as a "strategic weapon".
As mentioned earlier, after S2, Lao Bi has become a god-level figure in the joke world (the same god-level people include Chun Ge, KING, Satan, Bucky the Clown, Chuck Norris, etc.)... I don’t know why, anyway, 99 % of the players are willing to believe - he is strong, unfathomably strong.
And the analysis teams of the major studios also know little about the upper limit of strength, ability characteristics and other information of the old man—reasonable guesses and massive jokes make it difficult for them to make accurate judgments.
Of course, there are people who understand, such as Feng Bujue and Gui Xiao... But they all choose to keep silent about Pang Lao Shi's strength; it's fine with Brother Jue, but Gui Xiao, a professional player, is even talking nonsense with the company. Say something like "Only the strength of Qu Laoshi, I can't see through it", the people behind the scenes of [Order] are also panicked.
All in all, there is nothing to blame for those who can get to the old man's level by paddling in the water...
In addition, apart from the "Five Tigers of Wastewood", the two new members of the "Wastewood Alliance" are also old faces.
The first place is [Heavenly and Unconstrained]... That's right, it's the little Ma who won the S1 championship.
As we all know, Brother Xiao Ma was originally a player of [Stars] Studio, and everyone knows the name of the "Arsenal" in the e-sports circle of [Stars]. It stands to reason... After winning the S1 championship, Brother Xiao Ma should They sold it at a high price.
However... The embarrassing thing is that no one bought him.
The reason is simple, there is a big difference between the buyer and the seller on the price; although Xiao Ma has a championship title, most of the studio's analysis team believes that in terms of actual performance, this single-minded guy is not It is worth the price offered by [Star].
As for [Stars], there is no rush; anyway, their studio signs young, unknown players with potential, and the contracts they use are all short-term and low-paying contracts. Since no one will buy him , just keep it.
So, Brother Xiao Ma stayed in [Star] for S2, until his contract was about to expire, and the studio didn't feel... This situation is not right? If you don't sell him, he will become a free man.
But at this time, it will be difficult to sell him again... Everyone knows that [Star]'s contract is extremely low in terms of basic guarantees, and the only attractive thing about it is the "transfer share" clause —This is a win-win regulation for the studio and the players, but the buyer has to pay the bill.
To put it simply, the [Stars] players are promising if they stay in this studio, but they have no "money prospects"; the purpose of their hard work is to be "sold"... You can get a high salary in the studio where you can buy them, and you can also get a considerable transfer fee dividend at one time.
However, being unconstrained is a special case... At the time when his worth was the highest, buyers and sellers failed to reach a consensus on his worth position, and he was delayed like this... When the contract is about to expire, how can anyone be taken advantage of? buy him? If you really want to sign him, why don't you just wait for him to sign as a free agent after the contract is terminated? Anyway, the low-paying short-term contract of [Star] does not come with a non-compete agreement.
To sum up, the unconstrained style has become a very rare player in [Stars]over the years, who will automatically terminate the contract when the contract expires.
On the day when his contract expires, it is very close to the start of the S3 competition... The team lineup of most studios has already been polished and the registration has been completed; even though many studios expressed their desire to sign him, they have already None offered him a place to play.
At this time, the treacherous and cunning Honghu (who has already found out the date of the expiration of the contract of the pony brother through the relationship in the circle), extended an olive branch to the pony brother as a friend, and successfully won a saint for the [Waste Chai Alliance] Fighting... oh no... a general.
Finally, there is another new member of the [Waste Wood Alliance] team to introduce—[Seven Kills].
That's right, it's the Seven Kills from [Blade Edge].
This one came here by himself, and his reasons are very good... Since the studio does not plan to participate in the competition this time, and he personally hopes to compete with the masters in the competition, so, after the approval of the leader, he I went out to find a team by myself.
[Waste Wood Alliance] is the first team that Seven Kills approached... As a team that is far more humane than utilitarian, it seems like a homeless shelter, they discussed it casually, and let Seven Kills Enlisted.
So far, the seven members of the [Waste Wood Alliance] have all been confirmed.
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When the clock struck zero o'clock, the fourth round of competition also started.
Today, the [Hell Frontline] team members who had a bye were already waiting in the conference room at the first second of the match, and locked on the game live channels of [Warring States] and [Warring Alliance] early.
Not only them, the big screen in the game mall is also broadcasting the game at the moment, with two commentators.
The battle between these two powerhouses seemed to be on the line.