December 30, Friday, 8 a.m.
Pei Qian turned off the alarm clock and struggled to get up.
I have made up my mind to review in the past two days and finally achieved some results. At least I have read dozens of pages of notes, which is a good start.
The same goes for today. Get up in the morning and review more while your mind is clear in the morning, so as not to think about salted fish in the afternoon and evening.
Brush your teeth and look at your phone.
"Huh? The ioi Global Finals started early yesterday morning? Oh, yes, it seems to be today."
"The game seems to be still in progress."
The game started at 11 a.m. yesterday morning, Los Angeles time, which is 3 a.m. this morning, Jingzhou time. There were six games a day, and it is now the fifth game.
If domestic audiences want to watch the game, they have to practice perfection from early morning until morning.
Pei Qian is not that interested in the ioi game. After all, he has never played it, can’t understand it well, the time is not suitable, and the FV club does not need to play in the group stage.
So he didn’t pay much attention to this matter. He just clicked on the live broadcast platform and took a look after seeing the relevant news push today.
Obviously, with the vigorous promotion of Longyu Group, the popularity of the ioi Global Finals is still relatively high in China. All major news clients are pushing news, and various live broadcast platforms have also given a lot of Recommended resources, looks very popular.
In addition, the GPL pre-season just ended a few days ago and the spring season has not yet started. During this gap period, many players who have nothing to do will choose to take a look at the ioi global finals.
Pei Qian clicked into the live broadcast room and found that they were playing against two foreign teams that he did not know at all. They were currently in a state of balance, and they were playing rather anxiously.
The scene looked tense, but the barrage did not discuss the game itself at all. Instead, fans on both sides of ioi and GOG were furiously arguing.
"Garbage! The opening game was pushed flat, don't play in the subsequent games, just swim back!"
"The performance was ridiculously outstanding, why didn't I win the unique hero? The original tactics are no longer used, and they are not as good as those from foreign teams!"
"It's like learning nothing from Handan! It's so ugly!" /p>
“Such a good venue, such a handsome opening ceremony, this game is so well-organized, but the domestic team was beaten violently, isn’t this disgusting?”
“Everyone Be more tolerant, this is just the first game. And it’s not enough if you don’t learn. The version has changed. If you continue to play according to the previous version, you will only lose worse."
"Mom. Yes, I stayed up all night and ended up watching this? If the GPL Spring Split hadn't started, I wouldn't have come to watch this crappy game and be upset!"
"Then go back and watch you! Go GPL! This is a garbage game played only by Chinese people."
“Oh, let me tell you something, the foreign market share of ioi and GOG has long been equal. GOG is not only played by Chinese people. It’s just that GOG’s domestic teams beat foreign teams.”
"I wonder if you have seen the GOG logo on the uniforms of foreign clubs? Could it be that you are blind and can't see it?"
"Putting on the GOG logo The ioi finals are outrageous, Zhidou Company is probably going to be furious.”
“There’s nothing we can do about it. The club has already accepted the sponsorship, so we can’t just force them to pay liquidated damages, right? You can say that Zhitou Company, I didn’t expect that the club was not prohibited from accepting sponsorship from GOG.”
“Stop arguing, GOG’s results are indeed good, but that’s just because Tengda is in trouble! It’s not that ioi’s e-sports environment has been so squeezed, why is it so weak?”
“It’s the environment that makes Classics unsatisfied. Didn’t Longyu Group take the team to Los Angeles for training in advance? Did you compete in the competition? And then this happened?"
No one on the barrage was discussing the competition itself, they were all talking about it.
Pei Qian looked at the results of the previous games and found that the two domestic teams each played a game today and both lost.
One was the opening game, and was pushed flat for 30 minutes; the other was the fourth game, but it lasted for more than 40 minutes, but the opponent failed to hold on for the last breath, and the opponent caught the opportunity and ended it in a team fight. Contest.
Losing both games can be called a devastating start.
Because the schedule of this competition is quite special, each group has three teams and only one qualifying. Although it is a double round-robin BO1, every small score is extremely important.
Losing one game first has already made the qualifying situation very serious.
And more importantly, the two losing teams are not the strongest European and American teams, because the first seeds in Europe and the United States, like FV Club, do not need to play in the group stage at all, they are all waiting in the quarterfinals. Still sitting.
If you can't even beat the non-number one seeded teams in Europe and the United States, wouldn't it be even more of a waste if you encounter a truly strong team?
Many viewers stayed up until three o'clock to watch the game. As a result, after waiting for so long, they finally watched two such frustrating games. They must have been so angry that they couldn't sleep and had to stay in the live broadcast room. Squirted wildly.
And not just in the live broadcast room, but also in major forums and video websites, players have obviously already sprayed it.
"Why is there such a big gap between domestic teams and European and American teams?"
"Well, a good thing, a good thing."
"The strength of the FV team and these two teams Similarly, since these two teams have been abused, the FV team is probably in the first round of the quarterfinals and will not have much popularity."
Pei Qian couldn't help but become optimistic, using his mobile phone to watch. Project the screen on the big TV and plan to quickly watch the highlights of the previous games.
On Ellie Island, the official account of ioi has been updatedThe opening ceremony of the ioi global finals, as well as the highlight moments of the previous games.
For the opening ceremony, a certain European and American singer was invited to sing the theme song, and there was also a dance troupe doing a COS performance. The overall feeling was pretty good, and it had a good reputation.
The venue is large and there are many people, so it looks more impressive. Compared with GOG's original global invitational tournament, it is obviously an improvement, so the response to the barrage is also relatively enthusiastic.
But in the main game, the overall situation took a turn for the worse.
Pei Qian took a look at the two games that the domestic teams lost, and found that the two teams were not unfair at all. If he stayed up late to watch these two games, he would definitely do the same. Squirted.
In the first game, we were pushed evenly against the wind. In the second game, we saw each other for a long time and missed many opportunities before being taken away by the opponent. It’s really hard to say which one is more annoying.
The key is, whether it is because of nervousness or some other reasons, the two teams seem to have failed to show their strength. They are hesitant in making decisions and are constrained in their operations.
And in terms of lineup selection, none of the heroes Pei Qian had seen appeared on the stage.
Pei Qian had watched ioi’s domestic qualifying matches in Magic City before, and he was quite familiar with several traditional lineups. Although he didn’t know what the hero skills were, he was barely familiar with them.
But it was not selected for this competition, which was completely inconsistent with Pei Qian’s previous impression of watching the competition.
Pei Qian suddenly wanted to know about the situation at FV Club.
Since the FV Club arrived in Los Angeles, Pei Qian hasn't paid much attention to them. After all, there is a time difference of more than ten hours between the two places, so it is not very convenient to contact them.
But the time was right now, so Pei Qian made a video call to Wu Yue.
Pei Qian was a little worried because the signal inside most stadiums was not good. If Wu Yue and the others were still at the game, the video call might not be able to go through.
But after waiting for a while, the video call was connected.
"Mr. Pei!"
Wu Yue was obviously not at the competition venue, but in the hotel, making this video call using the hotel's wireless network, so the signal stability was pretty good.
Pei Qian nodded: "How is the situation over there?"
Wu Yue immediately understood: "Mr. Pei, have you seen the other two domestic teams losing miserably? , so you are worried about our status?"
"Don't worry, our players have been training hard. I can't say that they will definitely win, but they will definitely show their own style."
Wu Yue didn’t dare to brag too much. After all, FV Club had always competed with SUG and had never played against European and American teams. He didn’t know what would happen if they actually fought.
What if you brag too much in front of President Pei and end up in the first round of the quarterfinals, that would be too embarrassing.
Pei QianNodding, Wu Yue looked like he didn't have much confidence, so it shouldn't be a big problem.
However, Pei Qian didn’t think that FV Club would really make it past the quarter-finals. After all, he was so unlucky that what he expected never happened.
If we really stand up, we can still reach the semi-finals.
If the top four are eliminated again, they will be fine in terms of face.
At that time, all the firepower of netizens will definitely be focused on the other two clubs, and FV Club will still be the strongest club in the ioi national server...
This won’t work!
Pei Qian suddenly felt that the current situation was still not very stable, mainly because the performance of the other two clubs was too low, and FV was suddenly highlighted.
Even if the FV club fails to win the championship and reaches the semi-finals, it will still be the best-performing domestic team.
Thinking of this, Pei Qian said: "I saw that our club's official Weibo has been posting some daily photos and videos recently."
Wu Yue immediately understood: "I understand. "Mr. Pei, are you saying that with the game coming soon, you should post less of this kind of thing to avoid attracting hatred and affecting the mentality of the team members? I will tell them to stop posting on Weibo."
Pei Qian. Raising his hand: "No! That's not what I meant."
"I mean, this matter is done very well, we must increase our efforts!"
"Every day Posting on Weibo with high intensity must increase your presence in front of the players.”
“Not only that, but also stay active on Weibo, mocking other teams, and commenting on the game that just ended. , specifically picking out the faults of the winning team."
"Jokes, emoticons, fix them all! No matter how high the traffic is!"
Wu Yue was a little confused. : "Ah? Mr. Pei, this is causing hatred!"
He can imagine what the consequences will be as soon as these contents are released. They will definitely be sprayed by players, and they will also be screenshots by players. Wait for the grave to be dug!
FV Club is currently the No. 1 seed. Before the quarter-finals, they can sit back and watch the fight between the tigers. Of course, it is okay to praise the other teams, but this will definitely offend the fans of other teams and even attract passers-by. Fan's disgust.
At that time, it would be fine if the FV club won the game, but wouldn’t it be ruined if they lost?
Wu Yue hesitated: "Mr. Pei, this... doesn't seem good. Domestic players don't like such high-profile behavior."
Pei Qian thought for a while: "Hmm...you mean, domestic players don't like it, but foreign players like it? Well, that's right, what you said makes sense."
"Well then, your club will take advantage of foreign players Websites, such as Twitter, are all registered, synchronized with Weibo, and the English version!"
"We just happened to invest in some overseas clubs, and I asked them to do so! Let’s interact with you on the official account, so you don’t have to worry about no one watching.”
“Okay, that’s it.It’s decided, we’ll start fixing it after today’s game, I’ll check it tomorrow. Hang up first. "
Wu Yue: "Mr. Pei..."
Before he finished speaking, the video call had been hung up.
Wu Yue was a little helpless, but he also There is no other way but to do it.