nucmednet Chapter 2129 Rare Speech, Lottery Begins!
Chapter 2129 Rare Speech, Lottery Begins!
Chapter 2129 Rare Speech, Lottery Begins!
Even if only one Qianqiu came to Bianliang City this year, it wouldn't be completely unacceptable to everyone.
But after all, the Qiancheng family is a household name in the entire Fantasy Westward Journey and even the domestic online game industry.
As long as there's a glimmer of hope, everyone still really wants to see more players scoring in the thousands on the field.
Judging from Fang Yun's current reaction.
This hope seems to be shattered...
"Well..."
Looking at the anticipation and tension on the faces of the audience, Fang Yun hesitated for a moment before finally speaking: "Personally, I still think it's better to keep some things a little mysterious, but I can tell you that our Bianliang City's reserve team is very strong, extremely strong!"
"No, what kind of answer is that?"
"A substitute? And a really strong one at that? Is Brother Cheng still drunk from last night?"
"I think you're still drunk! Don't forget that Qianqiu is also a substitute. The fact that Brother Cheng specifically emphasized such a strong substitute lineup shows how much I'm excited!"
"Brother Cheng said other teams were strong just for fun, but this time he said that Bianliang City's substitute lineup was very strong. I have a feeling that he is not exaggerating!"
"That's right. No matter how many championships Bianliang City won in the past, he rarely used such words to describe his team in interviews. It seems that Bianliang City has big plans this year."
"Wow, the starting lineup of Beast Master and Su Jiu is already enough to crush the qualifiers. Now Cheng Ge says their substitute lineup is even stronger. If you ask me, the organizers might as well just award the championship to them. What are the other teams supposed to do then?!"
“I have no objection, but I think 2008 and the Lanting Preface will definitely not agree.”
"Come on, you two are just defeated by Bianliang City. What can you do if you're not convinced? If you're so capable, why don't you eliminate Bianliang City in a head-on battle?"
"Holy crap, if you said that on another team, you'd probably be roasted to death!"
Fang Yun then remarked that the reserve team for this year's Bianliang City was very strong.
The audience members, including Azi standing next to her, were first stunned, then gasped sharply—
After so many years of getting to know each other, everyone has a pretty good grasp of Fang Yun's personality, if not an exact word.
This is a person who possesses extraordinary achievements and immense wealth, yet is very down-to-earth.
Whenever I give an interview.
He had just speedrunned against his opponent as if he were a bot a few minutes earlier.
But when faced with questions from reporters, he never kicks his opponent when they're down. Instead, he always picks out a few good points from his opponent and praises them lavishly.
Although this attitude always gives people a sense of sarcasm and ambiguity.
But at least one thing is certain: he never hesitates to praise his opponents, but he rarely boasts about himself.
Yet this same person, in front of countless viewers at the All-Star offline event today, bluntly stated that this year's Bianliang City substitute lineup is very strong.
How could this not shock everyone?
If another team said this, people would suspect they were just creating a smokescreen.
But these words came from Fang Yun's mouth.
Considering that this guy doesn't seem to have made any public pronouncements yet.
Many people are already feeling a chill down their spines at just how terrifying the true strength of Bianliang City is this time!
"Do you think he's just creating a smokescreen, or is this Bianliang City government really going to pull off something big?"
Standing at the edge of the stage, the "Fragrant General" of the Forbidden City Tang Dynasty gently nudged Xiang Shuai with his shoulder and asked in a low voice.
Upon hearing this, Xiangming did not answer immediately, but instead looked at Fang Yun, as if trying to see through him.
"Smoke screens are basically impossible. Given Bianliang City's status and strength, there's absolutely no need for them to resort to such tactics. This year's Bianliang City team is probably really aiming for the All-Star five-time champion title..."
After watching for a while, Xiangyin, whose expression was completely unreadable from Fang Yun's face, sighed and replied in a similarly low voice.
The teams that are likely to advance to the final four in this year's All-Star game were basically determined the moment the offline tournament roster was released.
Firstly, Bianliang City, 2008, and the Orchid Pavilion Preface are definitely the most reliable trident.
While the possibility of an upset cannot be completely ruled out, the probability of these three teams failing to advance is roughly proportional to the probability of the other teams advancing, compared to the other five teams.
Besides the trident.
Of the remaining five teams, the one with the best chance of advancing is the newly formed Forbidden City team led by Meditation.
As for the Trident's strength, Meditation, who has been dealing with them since their debut, knows it all too well.
And it is precisely because he understands that he is even more clear about it.
Whether it's Deyang Confucian Temple, which rose to prominence on its own, Baihuacun, which once stood at the top of the regular season, or the brand-new Forbidden City team now.
Trying to score against the Trident is an incredibly difficult task!
In interviews, Mingxiang always said that she was aiming to win the championship.
But in reality, only they themselves know.
The chances of winning a tournament dominated by the Trident are extremely slim. Even winning against any team once in an offline tournament would be the absolute limit.
The original idea for meditation was...
If Bianliang City were to consistently field veteran players like Beast Master and Su Jiu...
So, for this year's offline tournament, the Forbidden City team will focus entirely on Bianliang City, trying every possible way to take a piece of their territory.
But now.
Fang Yun publicly stated that this year's Bianliang City team has an even stronger reserve lineup.
Meditation immediately dismissed the idea, deciding to place the hope of breaking the Trident's golden body on the other two teams.
This is Fang Yun's power of intimidation; a single sentence from him can directly influence the entire layout and strategy of other teams!
At this moment, there were many people whispering to each other, just like Xiang Shuai, as the audience speculated about who would be on the super-strong substitute list for Bianliang City.
The contestants completely overturned their previous plans, avoiding Bianliang City like the plague, and all their new deployments deliberately bypassed it.
"Alright, let's wait and see what amazing new lineup our Bianliang City will bring out in the subsequent matches!"
As Fang Yun answered several questions, it became clear that...
The atmosphere at the scene had become incredibly heated.
Azi also ended the pre-match interview at the right time.
In fact, as is customary, players usually prepare trash talk for the pre-match interview.
Unfortunately, the contestants were generally uncooperative this time. For example, when the staff communicated with Meditation and asked him to prepare a few trash talk against Trident, the contestants were not very cooperative.
But the other party shut them down with a single sentence—
"Trash talk is easy to come up with, but can you guarantee that after you've finished trash-talking, if you run into Bianliang City, you won't be publicly executed in the most humiliating way?"
It has to be said that Meditation's reply really hit everyone's sore spot.
When the participating teams are evenly matched, trash talk can indeed increase the fun and generate discussion.
Even if one side loses in the end, they'll only be ridiculed on the forum for a few days before things calm down.
The problem is that it's obvious to anyone with eyes that the skill levels of the teams participating in this year's All-Star Game are not just uneven, but worlds apart!
Putting everything else aside, just look at the four-time All-Star champion Bianliang City standing there.
How much audacity do other teams need to dare to make such threats against a team composed of a bunch of bug-level players?
The key point is that countless facts have proven this.
Although the people in Bianliang City didn't like to say much.
But once it comes to the competition, if you've offended them before, they'll be in trouble.
They will definitely retaliate on the spot in their most skilled way!
They were targeted by a team with unfathomable strength, and then they showed their true colors during the match.
Just thinking about it sends chills down many people's spines, so how could they possibly dare to talk trash to them?
Therefore, after soliciting opinions from most of the players from the eight teams in this offline competition.
Ultimately, the organizers reluctantly cancelled this segment.
Also canceled was a special segment that had been held twice before and received very positive feedback.
to be honest.
The reason why the official organizers released this segment in the previous two editions was because...
The main reason is that Fang Yun did not participate in the main competition in the fourth edition, and the organizers forcibly added this segment in order to maintain viewership.
Fang Yun participated in the previous, fifth edition.
However, all the accounts he used in the competition were 98k, and he still didn't send any accounts with the 1000k rank to compete.
To give everyone time to adjust, the organizers had to introduce a special solo competition segment, allowing everyone to witness the exciting one-on-one battles between top-tier players.
At the same time, and most importantly, it is to mitigate the impact of 98k's real identity being exposed.
And now we're at the sixth offline competition.
With Fang Yun joining the team again, and all the accounts participating in the competition still having a thousand-word count.
The organizers no longer need to worry about ratings or audience feedback; getting into the main competition as soon as possible is the right choice.
It has to be said that the official team is really quite adept at being flexible and adaptable.
As the eight teams of contestants left the stage under the guidance of official staff to make their final preparations before the main competition.
Many viewers even forgot about the special segment, their minds filled with thoughts of who Bianliang City would face in the first round of the tournament and what kind of lineup they would field.
"Wait a minute, isn't that right? What about the solo tournament? Is it canceled?"
"I thought I remembered it wrong. I was saying that something seemed to be missing."
"What kind of solo competition is this?! Cheng Ge is backstage preparing for the competition. If another solo competition suddenly starts now, I'll be the first to start complaining!"
"Exactly! That would be a complete waste of time. With Cheng Ge around this year, the excitement of the main competition is incomparable to any solo match!"
"What a pity. I was wondering if Cheng-ge would send Qianqiu or Qiancheng to compete if there were a solo tournament this year..."
"You're thinking quite a lot. You're even talking about sending a thousand cities to fight. Is it possible that a thousand cities aren't even on Bianliang City's roster this year?"
"Although, since Brother Qiu has shown up, Brother Cheng probably won't show up again. Otherwise, the main character will be completely obscured, which doesn't fit Brother Cheng's personality."
"Now that the solo tournament is over, let's focus on the main event!..."
The cancellation of the solo competition still caused a small group of viewers to whisper among themselves.
Although most viewers don't care about these things, the fact that Chang'an Arena has remained popular for so many years undoubtedly proves that there are still quite a few players who enjoy solo matches in this game.
However, most of them just expressed their regret and didn't say anything more.
After all, as those viewers mentioned earlier have said.
This All-Star game features a trident, especially Bianliang City.
Compared to this, any special segment like the server-level solo competition is like showing off one's limited skills.
If you're looking for excitement, watching the matches in Bianliang City is a hundred times better than any entertainment match!
that's it.
The contestants were making their final pre-competition preparations backstage.
Meanwhile, the audience inside the stadium chattered about various topics related to the game.
Time flew by and it was already 10 a.m.
It's just 10 o'clock.
Then, the eight contestants, led by the staff, went up onto the stage again and stopped in front of the lottery box in the center of the stage.
"Is this... the draw for the first round of the round-robin tournament?"
"I think last year they had the players compete in solo matches first, and the winning team got to choose their opponent first?"
"That's right, but it seems like they're not planning to do it this year, which is a bit of a shame."
"What a pity! With Trident, there's no way the solo tournament championship will fall into the hands of the other five teams. And Trident's three captains aren't going to deliberately pick a weak team for themselves. In the end, it will most likely be the same as last year, going around in circles and finally choosing the opponent by rolling the dice."
"That's right. Choosing opponents in a solo tournament sounds like a lot of hype, but it actually carries a lot of risk in terms of public opinion. Even Cheng Ge chose to roll the dice instead of directly naming a team last year, didn't he?"
"That's hard to say. Cheng-ge would do this because that's always been his personality. But what if he doesn't win this time? For example, what if 2008 wins in the end? I don't believe A-Bai would be as accommodating as Cheng-ge!"
"Alright, alright, what's the point of saying all this now? Let's focus on whether there will be any surprises in the first round!"
The representatives from Team Eight began drawing lots on stage.
The audience members couldn't help but chatter, discussing the unusual lottery format from last year.
Just as they said.
Compared to previous editions and this edition.
The fifth lottery format was arguably the most unique.
Using a solo tournament to determine the first-round matchups in the main tournament—only a genius could come up with such a solution.
This approach sounds interesting at first, but you'll find it difficult to implement in practice.
This strategy actually carries a high risk.
If Fang Yun hadn't ultimately won, and hadn't then forcibly steered the game back onto the 'right track' by rolling dice after his victory...
Who knows what will happen if they actually end up choosing their opponents by name?
How explosive would that be in the public opinion!
It's an old tradition for internet companies to manipulate public opinion, but no matter how traditional it is.
This approach, which is tantamount to self-destruction, is clearly not the right choice.
So this time they learned from their mistakes and canceled this step, reverting to the previous regular lottery method.
This prevents the hype from getting too high.
But at least they don't have to worry about the script getting out of control and ultimately causing the audience's focus to shift from the entire event.
The audience below the stage were buzzing with discussion.
Meanwhile, the representatives of the eight teams on the field had gathered around the draw box, looking at the host, Azi, and waiting for her to announce the start of the draw.