For Love of the Game

After that, Shen Huai selected the best team in the game.

The core of the evaluation of the Changjia team is the "e-sports spirit", which specifically includes the team's teamwork, field discipline, and perseverance and perseverance. It is also a key award that everyone pays attention to every year.

Last year, Song Xueyang led the team to the semi-finals for the first time. The group stage, the loser's match, and the playoffs went through hardships and ups and downs, especially at that time. They are weak chickens, but it is such a group of players. When they played 6V6, they burst out with the strength to compete with the giants. Their hard-working and enterprising team fighting spirit won them the best player in the S5 season "City of Despair" The name of the team.

This year, the host just mentioned the words "Jian Jia Team", and the fans in the audience shouted the name of their own team, as if they were about to fight in the next second.

The lights on the stage dimmed, and Juzi read out the praise with great emotion, "This is the most difficult year for them. The unfavorable draw made them meet their opponents in the group stage. They didn't complain, nor were they unwilling. In the first game, they played a fierce game like the finals. In the playoffs, they fought tenaciously, and they extended a helping hand outside the game. When the captain had an accident, they regained their strength and turned grief into strength. They perfectly interpreted The e-sports spirit of 'persistence and unity', they are the members of the WG team!"

The audience at the scene applauded enthusiastically, everyone in WG stood up one after another, and Zhang Jiayan took the stage with the support of his teammates.

He took the microphone, "It's really not easy for WG to go this year. However, no professional team can go smoothly. Continuous training, replaying, and practicing all night for a week in order to correct a small positioning habit are all e-sports. The normality of the hand."

"This year, the most gratifying thing for me was the semi-final against Maple Moon. I was unable to attend due to injury, but every member of WG was able to put their minds right and not be afraid of strong enemies. They let me see a bright team. The living team is not the WG led by me, but us gathered together because of WG! Seeing their performance, I believe that we can play better in the future. We will always be united as one, and never give up when we lose. WG!"

He stretched out his hand, and the WG players put their hands over immediately, "Long live WG!"

This cry seemed to penetrate the body and reach the depths of the soul. Zhang Jiayan's unwavering gaze caused waves of waves in everyone's hearts. The best team in the audience, WG deserved it!

Afterwards, the top 6 highlight scenes of the S10 season selected by the competition committee were played on the big screen. This is also a very favorite part of everyone, especially those who have watched the finals and watched the highlights. emotion.

Among them, in the 6V6 mode of Fengyue VSWG, Zhou Jing sent the newly revived teammate directly to the enemy barracks with a trick of God Summoning to overthrow the handsome flag and win TOP9. The machine's high instantaneous explosion damage won the TOP1. In the offensive and defensive battle between Fengyue and Supper, Song Xueyang defended the arrow tower alone and killed four enemies with a smoke bomb, which was listed as the TOP3.

In the end, Shen Huai's heroic scene of beheading six opponents with one man in the hostage rescue mode against God of War in the group stage was selected as the top 6 highlight scene of the professional league in the S1 season without any suspense!

Today's awards ceremony left everyone unsatisfied. After the selection, they were still discussing with each other. When they were leaving, the competition committee members quietly came over and told them not to leave. There will be a meeting later.

Everyone hadn't heard of this before, and they were all a little surprised. Hai Xing asked curiously, "Everyone?"

The man said, "That's right, everyone must participate."

So everyone went to the meeting room upstairs, and the staff asked them to wait for a while, saying that Chairman Hua would come over soon.

Now everyone is even more surprised, Chairman Hua is not an official member of the "City of Despair" game, nor is he a member of the competition committee, but the chairman of the China E-sports Association!What kind of event is this that he can ask him to come and make a special trip?

Si Qianjin hooked Song Xueyang's neck, and asked in a low voice, "Hey, do you know what's going on? Why did you send all of us there?"

Song Xueyang narrowed his eyes, "Ask Team Guan, how do I know?"

"Hey, you big pig's hooves!" He pulled Song Xueyang in front of him with his eyes wide open, and said into his ear, "Sooner or later, Yushen will run away with someone else!"

An Lu asked, "Captain, do you know what's going on?"

Guan He gave a "hmm" without looking up, and didn't continue.

An Lu kept his mouth shut. He understood his captain's temper. Since he didn't explain it, he didn't intend to say it, so he didn't ask further.

Si Qianjin scratched his head and wanted to know, he and Chairman Hua would only meet each other at the opening ceremony of the national competition every year, so it was really unreasonable for him to call all of them here this time.

When he turned his head and saw Zhou Ning, he remembered that Guan He stood there and let Zhou Ning kill him, and urged him, "Hey, Vice Team Zhou, just ask!"

Zhou Ning glanced at him and said with a smile, "No need, I'll find out later."

Guan He glanced at the two of them, and said quietly, "I heard that there are new changes in this year's wild card competition. Chairman Hua just came back from a meeting in the United States yesterday. I don't know the specifics. Wait for his notice. .”

The room was quiet, and everyone's eyes fell on Zhou Ning at the same time, all of them had question marks in capital letters on their heads.

Zhou Ning smiled awkwardly, and sent Guan He a WeChat message under the table, "Don't talk to me in public, we don't know each other well, do you understand?"

Less than two seconds after this message was sent, Guan He's cell phone buzzed and vibrated.

His mobile phone was just placed on the table, and the vibrating sound was almost twice as loud as usual. The eyes of those sitting nearby were all attracted to it. The large letters of the WeChat message on the screen reminded "Ning Ning sent a message".

Zhou Ning was so ashamed and angry that he couldn't even lift his head.

Seeing this scene, everyone in Xiaolang looked away—no, we didn't see anything!

Everyone waited for about half an hour before Chairman Hua arrived late, and Chairman Pi, the official head of the competition committee, came in with him.

Chairman Hua put the documents on the table, "Sit down, everyone. I have brought everyone here today because I have something important to announce, because it involves the vital interests of each of you, so I asked everyone to come here."

"Chairman Pi." He gave Manager Pi a look, "Time is running out, let's get straight to the point!"

Chairman Pi took over, "It's like this. Chairman Hua and I went to the United States for a meeting yesterday. The content of the meeting was this year's wild card game. Everyone knows that the wild card game is an important factor for how many teams in China can participate in the World Championship. Competition. The country of the winner of the Wild Card Tournament will get two additional places, and the second and No.3 will each get one more place."

"In previous years, the wild card competition was dominated by domestic champion teams. Judging from the results of this year's competition, the Xiaowolf team represented China, but this also led to a high degree of repetition in the annual wild card competition lineup, and relatively weak countries have to deal with it , causing the wild card competition to be less and less valued. For this reason, they decided to include this year's wild card competition in the consideration of the players' world rankings, and at the same time adjusted the upper limit of the number of teams participating in the wild card competition to 12 people."

The contestants present were all stunned, with their mouths open in disbelief.

Seeing their appearance, Chairman Pi nodded and smiled, "That's right, this means that those players who did not have the chance to participate in the World Championship due to poor performance in the domestic competition in previous years can obtain the official world ranking by participating in the wild card competition!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone in the room exploded.

You must know that there are only three teams in each country that can participate in the World Championship. Since the start of the professional league, they have basically been occupied by Xiaolang, WG, and God of War. Other teams can't even step into the threshold.Without the opportunity to participate in the World Championship, naturally there will be no official world ranking.

But in fact, China is a big country in e-sports, and the intensity of competition in the national finals is not even higher than that of the world finals. The level of players of teams that cannot win the trophy in China is no worse than those who can participate in the world championship, but they suffer from no chance. No matter how famous the reputation is, you can't go abroad, you can only rely on playing American and Korean clothes to get acquainted.

This change in the mechanism of the wild card game means that they all have the opportunity to go abroad. Even if it is just a wild card game that will not be announced immediately, it has ignited a ray of hope for their careers!

Fan Hao was the first to raise his hand, "How will a team of 12 players play in the wild card game? Are the rules of the game still the same as before?"

Chairman Pi nodded, "It's almost the same. The wild card competition still adopts the BO3 competition system, with 1V1, 2V2, and 6V6 competitions. The rules are the same as the domestic group competitions. The only difference is that this year's contestants are only allowed to choose one in each round. Sub-court play. For example, if Captain Fan played the first round in the 1V1 arena, he will not be able to play in the subsequent 2V2 and 6V6."

Everyone understood as soon as they heard it. In this case, 11 people are needed to play three games, and the extra one is obviously a substitute.

Si Qianjin asked, "Chairman Pi, how are the players selected for the wild card competition?"

This is the point of his question. The rules of this year's Wild Card Tournament are obviously intended to give players who are not qualified to participate in the World Championship a chance. The number of places in the competition is not worth the loss.

"It's up to you to choose!" Chairman Pi said affirmatively.

Luo Lie raised his hand, "Everyone present?"

"That's right, you guys from the top eight teams present!"

This remark made the members of the Dream Team very excited. They just joined the professional league this year. Whether it is luck or strength, they got No.8. If the players of the wild card team also consider them, it means they In the first year of debut, I have the opportunity to participate in the World Championship!

Seeing them beaming, Si Jin felt envious in his heart. Thinking about how he played professional games for so many years, he only waited for the opportunity to participate in the World Championship until now, and the newcomers of the Dream Team had such a shortcut in their first year.

"Then what are the specific requirements?"

Chairman Pi and Chairman Hua looked at each other, "The Wild Card Tournament is a benefit for players who have never participated in the World Championship, but the results of the Wild Card Tournament are related to our country's team quota for the World Championship, which is very important to us. Therefore, after discussing with Chairman Hua, I decided to first select a team leader. Besides the team leader, the top three teams in this year's national competition, that is, Xiaolang, Fengyue, and WG, will each have two players. Each team has one person, adding up to exactly 12 people."

The teams outside the top three have one player per team!Although there are not many people, they are chosen from each team, which ensures that each team can have at least one player to participate in the World Championship!

Chairman Hua said solemnly, "Who will participate in the wild card competition for each team is determined by each team internally, but I still have some additional requirements."

Everyone immediately quieted down and listened attentively.

Chairman Hua's sharp eyes swept over everyone present one by one, "The Chinese team must get No.1 in the wild card competition. For this reason, you three teams, Xiaolang, God of War, and WG, have participated in the World Championship for many years in a row. The team members all have world rankings. Although the Maple Moon team won the runner-up for the first time, according to the results of wild card competitions in previous years, your team can 100% participate in the world championship this year, and all players will also get the world ranking. So I ask the above four teams The teams will send out the strongest and most capable players of your team, and the remaining four teams can arrange flexibly according to the actual situation of the players."

Chairman Pi explained, "For example, if a player from another team is about to retire or has made outstanding contributions to the team, the captain can also let him participate without too much consideration of the player's personal level. The rules of the wild card competition will be the same in the future. You don’t have to worry about not having a chance. Chairman Hua and I hope that this change in the wild card competition will become a good policy that truly benefits the players of the top eight teams, rather than a tool for everyone to fight for power in the world ranking.”

Chairman Pi's words made everyone calm down, thinking that even though each team selects a player, it is still a big problem who to choose.

"One last thing," Chairman Pi smiled. "We will elect the captain of the wild card game at today's meeting and vote on the spot. The captain of the wild card game is not limited by the number of teams just mentioned. If he can be selected as the captain of the wild card game, it is equivalent to fighting for an extra spot for the team."

Everyone was eager to try, and Chairman Hua sternly said, "However, the captain of the wild card competition must be capable and convincing. If he can't lead the team to win the championship, he must take full responsibility!"

One sentence made many people's eyes go dark again.

Chairman Pi said gently, "Everyone don't have to worry too much. Last year's champion South Korean team has the qualification to be exempted from the Wild Card Tournament. Most of the remaining teams are not threatening to us. This is the first time after the restructuring of the Wild Card Tournament In [-], various media will pay attention, and those with ideas can take the initiative to stand up."

As soon as he finished speaking, Shen Huai stood up, "Chairman Pi, Chairman Hua, I want to be the captain."

Everyone was stunned. Although Shen Huai's strength is obvious to all, in their impression, Shen Huai is not a person who loves to stand out.

This person is very low-key. No one knew that he was Cang Yu until the first game of the group stage. He was obviously strong, but he was always humble and polite to others. It is not the type that will take the initiative to grab it.

But this time, he was the first to stand up to be the captain?

Xiao Zhang snorted disdainfully, "There are so many captains present who didn't speak, so why do you need a rookie who just entered the circle to show off?"

The atmosphere was a little tense for a moment, Fengyue people were not very popular, Song Xueyang said slowly, "Chairman Pi didn't say that only the captain can run for the election, if Xiao Shen thinks he can lead the team, then let's run for it together."

"Heh, I'm running for the election, and I want to be the captain too!" He stood up as he spoke, and looked at Shen Huai competitively.

Chairman Pi doesn’t say anything, but instead asks, “Anyone else want to run for captain?”

No one said anything, but Si Jinjin really wanted to be the captain, and he could win an extra spot for the team, but after thinking about it, he really couldn't be dispatched by so many great masters, and besides, the captains of the top four teams didn't run for it, so he couldn't play. He dismissed this idea.

Seeing that everyone was silent, Chairman Pi glanced at Song Xueyang, "Captain Song?"

Song Xueyang shook his head, pointed at Shen Huai beside him with a smile, "I vote for him."

"Speaking team?"

Zhang Jiayan said loudly, "I'm sorry, Chairman Pi, my leg injury is not healed, it's inconvenient to go abroad, and the doctor told me to rest well, I don't plan to participate in this year's wild card game."

Chairman Hua frowned, and Zhang Jiayan said again, "WG has many excellent players, no worse than me, and I believe that with Feather God here, we will definitely win this year's Wild Card Tournament!"

What he said was a disguised support for Shen Huai as the captain.

Chairman Pi nodded to express his understanding, and his eyes fell on Guan He, "Team Guan?"

Guan He said calmly, "I have led the team to participate in the wild card competition for two consecutive years. I will participate in this year's wild card competition, but the task of leading the team is left to Yushen!"

Chairman Pi has always admired Guan He. He nodded, his eyes full of approval, "Captain Hu? There is only one spot for God of War this year. Do you want to run for the captain?"

Hu Nana is a little confused, she wants to be the captain, maybe her leadership ability is not as good as Guan He, and her commanding ability is not as good as Song Xueyang, but this happens to be an excellent learning opportunity, and more importantly, God of War has only one spot, she almost It is conceivable that this position will definitely be reserved for Xiao Zhang.

But when she looked at Shen Huai, she smiled in relief, "I think Yu Shen is more suitable for this position."

Xiao Zhang stared at Hu Nana with staring eyes, and laughed half aloud, but no one paid any attention to him.

Chairman Pi looked at Shen Huai, "Hmm... Yushen."

Shen Huai bowed slightly, "You can just call me Shen Huai."

Chairman Pi was surprised, and Chairman Hua also looked up.

This is Chairman Pi's first contact with Shen Huai. Before that, he only knew that Shen Huai was very popular. In his first year of debut, he went smoothly and won this year's best MVP award. He is handsome and has good skills. Such a player It's hard not to fire.

It's just that he didn't expect that Shen Huai didn't have any rebellious and strange temper, nor was he as enthusiastic and unrestrained as many players in the circle. He was very calm, strictly restrained his words and deeds, and was also very modest and indifferent. It could be seen that Xiao Zhang He didn't take the provocation to heart at all. He didn't talk much, but he was very popular. The captains of the top four had full trust in him.

You must know that the more skilled the master is, the more his eyes are higher than the top. If you want them to look up to you, you must not only have extraordinary skills, but also have an admirable character.

Such a person, even if he had never been the captain, he would be assured that the team would be handed over to him.

Chairman Pi thought about this in just a few seconds, his attitude changed slightly, and he asked with a smile, "Shen Huai, you just debuted this year and have no experience in leading a team. Why do you want to be the captain?"

Shen Huai's gaze stayed on Zhang Jiayan for a moment, "Because I want to do my best to win the Wild Card Championship."

In just one sentence, people can easily feel the determination in it. Chairman Pi has met too many people, and he can see what Shen Huai is thinking with just one glance.

Zhang Jiayan was unable to participate in the semi-finals due to his injury, and also missed the wild card competition. He must never miss the world championship again. He wanted to do his best to win the wild card competition and do it himself to get WG the ticket to participate in the world championship!

Chairman Pi was very moved. The e-sports circle in his heart should be like this. Everyone is both an enemy and a friend, forging ahead for the same ideal.But in recent years, e-sports has become more and more popular, and the players are no longer dedicated to the competition. Live broadcasts, endorsements, sparring, and more and more fans have made this circle more and more complicated. The original purity is gone. .

It would be great if newcomers in the e-sports circle in the future could have Shen Huai's attitude.

"Very well, what about Xiao Zhang, what do you want to say?"

Xiao Zhang laughed, "I don't think I'm worse than Shen Huai, and I can do what he can do. There are so many masters in the Chinese e-sports circle. If a newcomer who just debuted leads the team in the wild card competition, it's still a big deal. Don’t let teams from other countries make jokes? What’s more, Shen Huai has never even participated in the wild card game, and he doesn’t understand the game process. I guess he will be too busy to take care of himself when he arrives in the United States. How can he have time to manage the team?”

Si Qianjin didn't expect Xiao Zhang to be so venomous. Didn't it make it clear that Shen Huai didn't have enough qualifications and hadn't played in the wild card game?It's a good thing he didn't stand up, otherwise he really couldn't beat Xiao Zhang.

He can't say no to Xiao Zhang, but there are ways to make him lose face.

Before Chairman Pi could speak, he shouted, "Then let's start voting! Those who support Yushen as captain raise their hands!"

He was the first to raise his hand, and Thunderclap's team members were naturally the same as their own captain. Team Maple Moon strongly supported Shen Huai, and members of the Dream Team led by Luo Lie all raised their hands in approval. All members of the WG team have no objection. Guan He has expressed his position a long time ago. The team members raised their hands when they saw him raise their hands. Chen Xi and the Supper team had the same attitude of choosing anyone. Stronger than Xiao Zhang, Shen Huai is the natural choice.

In the end was Hu Nana, she raised her hand without even looking at Xiao Zhang.The team members looked at her, then at Xiao Zhang, but did not raise their hands.

Si Jin asked again with joy, "Those who support Xiao Shen as the captain raise their hands!"

Everyone put down their hands in unison, and what was even more interesting was that several members of God of War didn't raise their hands either.

Si Jin asked, "Eh? Why don't you raise your hand? Is this abstention?"

Flower God gave him an embarrassed look, and nodded slightly.

Others chimed in, "We abstain."

Si Jinjin snickered inwardly, and looked serious and responsible, counting with his fingers, "How much is this compared to? How many people are we here?"

Xiao Zhang was so angry that his liver hurt, he sat down with a bang.

Chairman Pi smiled, "Then leave it to Captain Shen. Everyone go back tonight and think about it. The day after tomorrow, each team will report to me the list of players participating in the wild card competition. Is there anything else Chairman Hua wants to say?"

Chairman Hua glanced at everyone one by one, "The wild card game is very important to us. This year is the first year after the reorganization of the wild card game. When the video of the game is released, it will definitely cause a worldwide sensation. I hope you will be careful. Consider, go all out, be cautious in your words and deeds, and I will wait for your good news!"