GTRSH Chapter 23

After seeing He Ci off, Yu Xinche returned to the training camp’s dormitory by himself.

There were not many people on the street, the park was quiet, the snack street had closed its stalls, and there was no trace of the bustling atmosphere just now.

Yu Xinche has been concentrating on practice during this period and has not had much time to go online.

However, he was very clear about the direction of public opinion on the Internet. His senior schoolmates and friends in the black group often sent him funny screenshots.

As for the interest shown to him by major clubs, although Yu Xinche did not have the connections that He Ci had, he could feel it from other aspects.

After he ranked in the top 20 in the national server, people would often run into him in ranking and ask about his situation through the temporary chat.

After he got into the top ten in the national server, there were even more people, including people from live streaming platforms, internet celebrity agents, and clubs. There were at least five or six chats popping up every day.

He Ci told him to make comparisons before making any plans. He certainly knew that this was the most rational approach, but sometimes, rationality needs to give way to emotion.

Yu Xinche ignored all these private messages.

He did not search for other clubs, nor did he add other team’s managers. He only changed the signature of the account test51 to “Not reading messages, contact the official organiser if you have any questions :)” as a unified reply.

Busy periods always passed quickly, and as Yu Xinche’s hero proficiency continued to improve, the first phase of training came to an end.

The training camp lasted for 14 days. To use an exam as an analogy, the first 10 days were individual practice tests where players competed against each other, learned from each other, and worked hard to improve themselves.

During this period, the coaching team would continue to adjust the scores and rankings based on the players’ performance and winning rate.

Yu Xinche’s scores have been improving, but his ranking has not changed since he reached second place.

Until the end of the 10th day, he was still second, only one win away from No. 1 Tang Xi.

Yu Xinche felt a little regretful, but more than that, he felt satisfied.

To put it in a cliché way, it’s “pain and happiness”.

The non-stop practice every day was very tiring. He would feel dizzy and groggy when he lay down on the bed at night, but at the same time he also felt a sense of fulfilment. When he thought about having to do the same thing tomorrow, his first reaction was not rejection, but anticipation.

When he used to play games with his college friends, Yu Xinche would divide his attention to take care of them.

But now he didn’t need to do that, he just needed to focus on playing his support well.

This was also the first time he had encountered so many teammates who could keep up with his pace. When he flashed to start a team fight, it felt great to have four teammates behind him to kill the enemies instantly.

Everyone wanted to win, and they were all knowledgeable who could tell who was the boss and who could win the game.

No one would ever blame him for mindlessly starting a team fight, and no one would ever ask him why he got the blue buff.

If he played well, he could really be noticed by others.

In the next three days, they would form their own teams, and then all the teams would compete against each other for a round.

Yu Xinche was invited by all the ADs here. The one ranked first was unwilling to give up after being rejected, so he pulled teammates from other positions to invite him again.

Yu Xinche expressed that he was very touched, then refused with a smile.

He chose the AD who ranked third. The reason was simple: this guy lived in the room next to him, they were more familiar with each other in private, and they would have a better understanding when playing games.

As for those players at the bottom of the ranking, they would most likely not be invited by the top players, and could only partner with other lower ranking players to form a team that were left-overs.

It’s cruel, but also realistic.

In e-sports strength speaks for itself, and people who came here have long accepted such rules of the industry.

The competition in these three days was a team competition, and only the winning rate of each team will be considered. Players would not be scored individually.

In fact, in the early stages of the training, the player’s scores would last until the last day, but a problem occurred previously where a player sold out his teammates in order to get a better KDA score for himself, thus interfering with the fairness of the match.

After that, more manpower was invested in the training camp, and the evaluation criteria were no longer based solely on the players’ KDA. The last three days were changed to a team PK system.

Yu Xinche quickly formed a team. The four teammates were all people he got along well with whom he met in the past ten days.

He didn’t know if it’s a coincidence, but everyone was in the top five in their respective positions, but no one was first.

They created a group, and AD said:

– I heard that the top players in each position are in the same team.

They were about the same age and became familiar with each other quickly after just a few words.

– No matter, we are also very strong

– First place was only a record on paper. Tomorrow I’ll beat them until they cry.

– I can’t say anything about laning, but we are definitely the best in teamfights

Yu Xinche didn’t like to brag, but he didn’t want to spoil the fun either, so he sent an emoji of a running puppy and changed the subject:

– Just charge and it’s done.

– So what’s the team name?

– How about “The Ones Who Make Firsts Cry”?

– If you lose, you will be attacked (by netizens).

Yu Xinche suddenly realised that all the group members’ avatars were puppies. He was instantly touched by their cuteness and had an idea:

– How about we call ourselves Paw Patrol? All five of our avatars are dogs.

After these words were spoken, the group was silent for two seconds.

– Damn, it’s true

– My college roommates are all in the cat cult, and today I finally met my family members!

– Dog lovers forever!

– But aren’t Paw Patrol too cute and not macho enough?

-Then how about “recruiting disciples”?

– “No Use Ganking Your Dad”?

Finally, after a heated discussion, they drew lots from [PAW Patrol Go Go Go], [I’m So Strong Now It’s Scary], [Recruiting Disciples], [The Ones Who Make Firsts Cry], and [Only Winning is Key Group Fights] and chose [PAW Patrol Go Go Go] as the team name.

-That’s fine. Only a real tough man would dare to act cute at a time like this.

– Let’s go, my Paw Patrol is now incredibly powerful!

– I’ll go tomorrow. I’m sleeping now.

– Good night, everyone. Whoever doesn’t carry will treat us to a meal tomorrow.

– Then of course we will win every game.

For the next three days of inter-team competition, the official opened a separate viewing link for each major club, so that they could watch each team’s battle situation in real time.

Goldfish’s live streaming room still randomly selected contestants from the 55 contestants and broadcasted their first-person perspective.

In the first stage, someone compiled the game highlights of the top 10 players in terms of win rate every day and sent them to the club for reference.

However, such a video collection was still too one-sided, and the amount of information it reflected was far less than that of a complete game.

Therefore, the three-day battle was the highlight.

There were 16 clubs in the league, and each had been given an account to access the live stream.

When Xu Le logged into his account and clicked on the livestream, the interface showed that 13 other people were watching.

“Wow, this year’s popularity is really high.” Xiao Ou sat in the front row holding a cup of milk tea.

The offseason was almost over, and the entire TZ team had returned to the base. Now all the players and the coaching staff were watching the live broadcast in the conference room.

Xu Le found No. 51’s match and clicked to watch.

As soon as it was turned on, a triple kill report appeared on the screen!

51 played [Swamp] and roamed to the middle lane. He flashed and threw out a lump of mud to firmly stick to four enemies.

His mid and jungle teammates behind him followed closely, and they focused their fire on the opponent’s AD and killed him instantly. Then they successfully killed the opponent’s mid and support, leaving only the jungler with low health to flee.

The jungler successfully got a triple kill, and no one on his side was even injured or killed—

51 used the swamp to withstand tons of damage, and left the battlefield beautifully at the last moment with his health almost empty.

“Is this really the little brother who was trying out that day?” BURN’s small squinting eyes seemed to widen, and four big words were written on his face: Un-be-liev-able.

He Ci “hmm” lightly.

“What do you think, Brother B? Are you satisfied with his current proficiency?” CONTROL asked him.

BURN didn’t give a direct answer, but he praised Yu Xinche, saying, “He has made great progress.”

They watched three games in a row. In addition to the swamp, 51 also played [Tide] and [Red Tide].

He Ci had seen Yu Xinche play Tide many times, but today’s performance still impressed him.

The handling of the laning phase was much more sophisticated than before, and through the operation he could see that Yu Xinche also knew how to save skills and deceive vision.

It seemed that Bian Qi taught a lot of useful things, and Yu Xin understood them quickly.

As for Red Tide and Swamp, these two heroes are not very good-looking, but he was now able to play them with ease. Although not as stunning as Tide, they have already reached the passing line in He Ci’s mind.

There was a short break after three matches.

Everyone in the conference room acknowledged that Yu Xinche’s proficiency in the swamp had soared, and his awareness and operation had also improved significantly, which was indeed a genius-level growth.

“If we vote again now, I will not abstain. I will vote in favor,” Xiao Ou said, unable to hide his excitement.

“Be careful what you say!” Xu Le said in time, but also with a smile, “This is not the zero-dollar purchase we had before. Think it over before you vote. If it passes unanimously, you’ll have to pay a lot to buy him.”

CONTROL sneered, “Who made you look down on him before? Young Master He invited him to the base, but everyone pushed him out again.”

He Ci had a blank expression on his face, as if it had nothing to do with him: “There’s nothing I can do. People always have to pay the price for their blindness.”

 

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