Ch77 - Good luck!

Edited by kat

After leaving the meeting room, Chen Wei didn’t hear any movement behind him and felt a little surprised. He couldn’t help but look back and ask, “Is no one going to stop me?”

Everyone let out a burst of laughter after hearing him, and Mo Chen said faintly, “Go ba.”

Chen Xiao also said, “It really is a little worrying to let him go by himself. Originally I wanted to go with him, but maybe it would be more convenient for you to accompany him instead.”

——They could sleep together at night or something.

“Okay, then I’ll really go with him,” Chen Wei said, and no longer hesitating, he rushed upstairs to his room while directly calling Liu Weizhe.

They didn’t know what they talked about, but in short, Liu Weizhe agreed to him coming along, and Mo Chen helped Chen Wei buy a plane ticket.

Two days later, they flew to B city. After the conference in the morning, they flew straight back in the afternoon.

As soon as Liu Weizhe got off the plane, before even getting in the taxi, he summed up the contents of the conference in the groupchat:

Everyone was bewildered.

Ling Shuyi: No, you can either make it clear now or say it when you come back. What’s with just throwing out a semi-finished product here?

Chen Wei: Shut up, he’s typing.

Ling Shuyi: Oh.

Sure enough, Liu Weizhe sent out another sentence shortly.

Liu Weizhe: I’ll talk about the details when we come back.

Ling Shuyi: ….

Chen Wei saw Ling Shuyi’s reaction and laughed immediately.

Daily persecution of Kitty √

On the other side, Chen Xiao, Mo Chen, and Wen Xi were at the club, and when they saw Liu Weizhe’s words and Ling Shuyi’s reaction they also couldn’t help nearly expiring from laughter.

Wen Xi said, “Kitty, you are too cute.”

Ling Shuyi rolled his eyes—Dog Ge was a big villain!

*

An hour and a half later, Liu Weizhe and Chen Wei finally arrived at the club, and then immediately called them into the meeting room.

“I’ll talk about these four points,” Liu Weizhe said while looking at his cellphone screen.

It felt like he had sent those four lines for himself to look at.

“First of all, regarding the new competition system. The old competition system chose 30-40 teams from around the world to compete, with a maximum of 2 teams from each country. The semi-finals whittled them down to 20 teams, and then the finals would determine the champion, second place, and third place.”

“The new competition system will occur in the order of solo, duo, and squad matches, with four matches to be held every day for two days. 80 players will be promoted from the eight solo, duo, and squad matches—This will be the competition system used for the Global Championship and the domestic selection trials in a few weeks.”

“Because the new competition system divides the championship into three divisions, each division will no longer limit the number of teams per country. Instead, the number of players will be limited, so this directly affects the selection method of domestic players from each country.”

“That is to say, after the emergence of the new competition system, China will not only need to consider the overall strength of the team, but based on the solo, duo, and squad divisions, they will pick eight solo players, four pairs of duo players, and two teams of squad players to advance to the global competition.”

“The positive aspect is that even if a player is in a weak team, if their personal points are high enough, then they will also have the opportunity to participate in global competition—thus giving more people more opportunities.”

“The negative aspect is that the officials have begun to emphasize personal strength and weakened the honor of the team.”

Speaking until this point, Liu Weizhe stopped for a moment and looked up at Mo Chen, and the two of them made the same speechless expression at each other.

In the past, when the competition system emphasized the team’s honor, they had been more concerned about their personal strength. Now, after they had taken great effort to integrate themselves into a team, the competition system had begun to pay attention to personal strength.

It had to be said that the world was unpredictable, and plans often couldn’t keep up with its changes.

But that was life ah.

“I don’t understand your guys’ training, so I won’t say anything about it. You guys can figure it out yourself,” Liu Weizhe went on, “I will only talk about the information I know right now. I know what you guys are most concerned about is the competition system and selection method for the domestic trials. Therefore, let me make this matter clear. Do you guys have any questions about these two parts?”

Ling Shuyi hesitated for a moment, then tentatively raised his hand and asked, “If after the solo competition, the top 8 players come from 8 different teams, can those 8 teams all play in the global competition?”

“That’s a good question,” Liu Weizhe nodded at Ling Shuyi and said, “I forgot to say that this year’s Global Championship is no longer based on individual teams, but will be in the form of joint teams. That is to say, players from different teams will work together as a team. When the domestic trials are over, the SGH branch of the General Administration of E-sports will appoint a person to be the general captain of the joint team to manage all the players participating in the global competition.”

After hearing this, everyone had their own response.

Ling Shuyi immediately exclaimed, Jiang Xinyi had an amused expression, and Mo Chen raised his eyebrows.

“This actually seems pretty fun.” Finally, Jiang Xinyi was the first to express his view.

Then, Mo Chen asked the second question, “I know the schedule for the domestic trials, but do you have any information about the lineups? For example, can a player participate in the solo, duo, and squad matches all at the same time?”

“Yes,” Liu Weizhe responded.

Hearing his reply, the expressions on everyone’s faces grew somewhat complicated.

This new competition system really embodied the phrase, “In the world of e-sports, being noob is a sin”—From now on, the SGH e-sports circle would completely be the world of the strong.

Imagine Mo Chen participating in solo, duo, and squad matches all at the same time. Could other players even play?

Not only would players from other teams never have a day in the sun, even Mo Chen’s own teammates were shivering.

Mo Chen was silent for a moment, then asked, “How about the number of people per team?”

“There are no restrictions,” Liu Weizhe said, “Taking the solo competition as an example, if ten players from the same team have their personal points within the top 100, then these ten people can all sign up for domestic trials.”

“Fuck, that’s too fierce and cruel…” Chen Wei couldn’t help but sigh.

Obviously, he had also only heard these things from Liu Weizhe’s mouth after they had gotten back.

“Over the next two days, the system will recalculate the points for all the players who participated in the Spring and Summer Championships. Based on each player’s performance in both competitions, the system will recalculate their personal points to rank them,” Liu Weizhe said, and looked at Mo Chen. “Regarding our team, at least Mo Chen and Wen Xi’s points have exceeded the requirements by far, and Kitty’s points should also be sufficient. Xiao Wei and Xiao Xin are in a bit of danger, but participating in the squad match definitely won’t be a problem.”

“And, regarding substitutes. No substitutes will be allowed for the solo matches, one will be allowed in duo matches, and two will be allowed for squad matches. Substitutes must be registered before the game, and temporary additions are not allowed. That is to say, what we did in the Spring Championship, signing Xiao Xin up and letting him play in the game, will not be allowed to happen in the future.”

“What’s more, this needs to be made clear—Even if players are from the same team, as long as they participate in the same division, then they can’t be substitutes for each other. For example, if we enter two teams into the duo matches, Mo Chen and Wen Xi in one team, and Kitty and Xiao Xin in another, then Kitty and Xiao Xin can’t be substitutes for Mo Chen and Wen Xi. Do you understand?”

Understood,” everyone said, each having their own thoughts.

At this moment, the person with the biggest headache was none other than Mo Chen.

As the captain of CLM, he needed to decide who would be the main and sub teams for the duo and squad matches, especially for the duo division. If it was as Liu Weizhe said and two teams could be signed up, then who would be the substitute and which team would be the sub team would both need to be considered carefully.

For example, if he and Wen Xi were a team, Ling Shuyi and Jiang Xinyi were another team, and Chen Wei was the substitute, then which team would he be the substitute for?

From the perspective of the team, Chen Wei should be the substitute for him and Wen Xi, because they had a greater chance of winning the championship. If something happened, the points they lost wouldn’t be too bad.

But from Chen Wei’s perspective, if he was Ling Shuyi and Jiang Xinyi’s substitute, then he still had a chance to play, otherwise he may sit on the bench all season.

However, just like Chen Wei knew what Mo Chen was thinking, he suddenly raised his hand and said, “Let me state first ah, that although the competition system has changed, I personally will still focus on the team as a whole. No matter whether I can play or not, as long as CLM can win the championship, I will be very happy. So when you decide the lineup, you don’t need to consider my feelings too much. Whatever it should be, that’s what it’ll be—I will fully listen to the captain and the coach’s arrangements.”

After listening to his words, everyone’s expressions were either somewhat complicated or moved, but they were all respectful.

Chen Wei was very affectionate. No matter whether it was someone he liked or someone he just saw often, he always took everyone’s feelings into account. He was the one who livened up the atmosphere, and he was the one who eased embarrassing situations—all of which everyone knew.

Liu Weizhe suddenly understood why he was fond of Chen Wei; it was because it was really comfortable to stay with him. He would always be cared for, sheltered, and would never be hurt.

He wasn’t that strong at e-sports, his academic record wasn’t that good, and he didn’t even know what he would do when he retired in the future.

However, compared to himself, Chen Wei hoped that all the people around him could be happy.

This really pierced Liu Weizhe.

After a burst of silence, Mo Chen took the lead to open his mouth and reply, “Good.”

Chen Wei, who got a response, immediately laughed and said, “Mhmm~ I’ll be troubling you, captain!”

*

Two days later, the personal points were recalculated.

To the surprise of all the members of CLM, their entire team’s individual points actually ranked in the top 100 in China. Even Jiang Xinyi, who had only participated in the summer games, barely met the requirements.

Liu Weizhe asked for everyone’s opinion, and since no one wanted to give up the solo competition, he signed everyone up for it.

Ling Shuyi couldn’t help but complain, “Wow, do you guys still want me to live? Captain and Xixi are both already enough to give me a headache, but Xiao Xin actually also wants to join in on the fun!”

Jiang Xinyi said, “Maybe the one who’ll hide until the final circle will be Dog Ge?”

Chen Wei said, “Fuck, can you guys let me go ba. I’m already a waste of a dog.”

Mo Chen and Wen Xi looked at each other, and then looked in the direction of Jiang Xinyi.

In the solo division of the domestic trials, they were not only playing against other teams, but also against their own teammates. It was really scary to think about.

Their most powerful teammate was also their most difficult enemy.

Were you or your teammates more skilled?

They didn’t really think about this problem before.

“Of course, you guys can cooperate,” Liu Weizhe suddenly said, “But you should know that after the competition’s reform, cooperation is accompanied by sacrifice. Cooperation can increase your survival rate, but the risk of your kills being snatched by your teammates is also very high, and in the new competition system, it is really more advantageous to get more kills than to survive to the later circles.”

With these words, the idea of cooperation was instantly eliminated from everyone’s minds.

However, Chen Xiao had other views, “I wonder if some teams have the same idea as Xiao Wei and care more about collective honor than personal honor. Can’t they cooperate to just focus on one or two players?”

“It’s possible,” Mo Chen replied, “But that would only be meaningful if they can also make sure that after being promoted to the Global Championship, they can still place well without the help of their teammates.”

Chen Xiao disagreed, “No, no, no, A-Chen.”

Liu Weizhe said, “That’s not meaningless.”

Liu Weizhe then went on to say, “Not everyone is the same as you, aiming for the Global Championship. We can’t rule out that some people just want to win the championship for the trials.”

“Alright ba.” Mo Chen internally despised these teams.

“In any case, everyone’s solo, duo, and squad points are all out. You guys should confirm your lineup as soon as possible and hand it over to me, and then I’ll help all of you register,” Liu Weizhe said. After sorting out the materials in his hands, he then stood up and said seriously before leaving, “I sincerely wish that you all can advance to the Global Championship, good luck!”

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Juurensha: So I have to say, I’m not a fan of this rule change. What’s even the point of teams in this case? Well, at least CW is a good boy as per usual, even if these rules suck.

Also guys, starting next week, BOW will be going up to 3 releases a week! (Monday, Thursday, and Saturday, mostly due to me also starting to translate another e-sports webnovel on CG, called I’m Completely Clueless About Sockpuppet Accounts Being Unmasked, be sure to check it out!)

kat: I also think this rule change is a bit weird, but I’m looking forward to CLM’s future interactions with Lightning hahaha

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