For Love of the Game

Captain Green of the British team came out of the backstage. Their first opponent was Turkey. Pablo shouted 2:0 when he heard the result.

Turkey's e-sports level is relatively poor, and it is obviously not the opponent of the British team. Tao Lele said enviously, "That's great, I hope we can draw a weaker opponent in the first game."

Xiao Zhang snorted, "Is there any strong opponent here?"

Everyone: "..."

Although this statement is not so nice, it is not completely unreasonable.

Over the years, only the South Korean team has stabilized on the Chinese team, and South Korea is eligible for the wild card exemption, so other countries may not really be the opponents of the Chinese team.

"It's not right to say that." Liang Minghui glanced lightly over the US team, and said in a voice a few people could hear, "Look over there, the members of the US team are all players from the PD and D2 teams. PD and D2 They are the two most outstanding teams in the United States, and both have reached the quarterfinals of the world finals."

After he said this, everyone noticed, didn't they, all the members of the US team were familiar faces.

Luo Lie asked puzzledly, "Why is this? Isn't the purpose of reorganizing the Wild Card Tournament so that players who are not qualified to participate in the World Championship can participate in the Wild Card Tournament and get a world ranking?"

Song Xueyang narrowed his eyes slightly, "That's the meaning of the international competition committee, not the country's meaning. It seems that the United States is not willing to take the second place, and sent the two strongest teams when the players from various countries have not yet gotten along well. No.1 in the wild card game."

Luo Lie frowned, "I suddenly felt that although Chairman Hua is fierce, he is still very kind to us."

At least it gave them a chance to participate in the World Championship and get a world ranking, while members of other American teams were not so lucky.

Song Xueyang laughed, "So, your dean is also very kind to you."

Luo Lie nodded repeatedly.

At this time, Captain Green led the British team past them. Captain Green is a handsome man who looks very dignified. His style on the field is also the same. No matter how difficult the enemy is, he is always calm and composed. , one-handed freezing superimposition is handy, is currently one of the best ice methods in the world, fans call him the "Prince of Ice".

He smiled and nodded at the Chinese team, "I wish you good luck."

Louis nodded towards Luo Lie. Luo Lie wanted to nod too, but felt that it was not polite to nod to the senior. He couldn't think of how to express respect for a while, so he hastily pulled out a somewhat silly smile.

Pablo walked in the middle of the line dejectedly, "He has such a cute smile, and he has little tiger teeth."

Louis said speechlessly, "I don't understand what you're trying to express."

"If only I were a fan."

Louis: "..."

The British and American teams left one after another, and Shen Huai and Guan He finally came out.

Si Qianjin quickly asked, "How did it turn out? Who did you draw?"

Tao Lele smiled and said, "What are you in a hurry for, Captain? Both the US team and the British team have drawn lots, and the opponent is not us, so there should be no pressure on the rest."

Shen Huai nodded under the expectant eyes of everyone, "It's really no pressure, bye."

Everyone: "..."

It's a bye!What kind of European spirit is this!

Si Qianjin never expected to get a bye, "Yu Shen won the jackpot! This is called good luck, it's hard not to win!"

Liang Minghui also smiled and said, "Yu Shen is so lucky, I think we have won the game before it even started."

Shen Huai smiled, "It's good that you don't blame me. After all, one less game can be used as a reference for the world ranking."

Sunny said sincerely, "I'm already very happy to be able to participate in the wild card game, this one is not bad."

Tao Lele also nodded repeatedly, "That's right, Yushen, you are too polite. During the training period, you arranged for us after busy schedules. It's a good thing to have a bye. How can we be so stingy."

Shen Huai smiled slightly, "Well, the first round of the competition will end tomorrow, so we only have one day's rest. Those who want to watch the competition can come to the scene, but the organizer did not reserve a seat for us, so everyone can only stand Watch from behind. Those who don’t want to watch the game can also rest in the hotel to prepare for the game the day after tomorrow.”

"it is good!"

Everyone had just gone through two weeks of special training and rushed to the United States non-stop. For the next day and a half, Shen Huai arranged for everyone to move around freely in order to allow them enough time to rest, but he himself went to the hotel as soon as he returned. Study the player profile.

He has done his homework on well-known players from various countries, and plans to study the rest after reporting today. However, it would be a waste of time to check so many players one by one. He intends to only check a few stronger countries.

Shen Huai was watching the game video of the Nordic player Bill, and Song Xueyang suddenly sat down beside him, "Bill is good at forcing the team, and his style of play is more aggressive. His talent is the same as yours, and he chooses to choose redemption. With passive blood recovery, the less blood he has. The harder it is to be killed. He also likes to cooperate with his teammates to attack east and west, and he will basically not stay with the head of state during the battle of the head of state."

Shen Huai listened intently, and immediately clicked on the next video, "Where's William? No one in China plays Dream Stealer, and I haven't had much contact with players of this profession."

Song Xueyang seemed to have thought of some interesting scene, and laughed, "Lucky William, a rookie who just participated in the World Series last year, it's normal for you not to know about it. This guy's awareness is absolutely top-notch, and his operation is not bad. The more famous one is his big He can draw useful skills almost every time, domestic players generally call him the Chosen Son."

He summed up a player in just a few words, and Shen Huai couldn't help asking, "When did you study this?"

Fengyue failed to qualify for the World Championships last year. Firstly, Song Xueyang didn't need to study the players in the World Finals so carefully. Secondly, William is a newcomer. Even if he was interested in studying it at the time, he couldn't remember it so clearly.

Song Xueyang said, "During the training period, I knew that even if I told you not to work too hard, you would not listen, so I can only help you share a little, so that you can have more time to rest."

Shen Huai didn't expect Song Xueyang to study the information of those players just to help him. He remembered that during the training period, when he went back to the room every night, he had to summarize the training situation of the day and come up with suggestions for improvement. With a notebook, she stayed with him on the sofa without saying a word.

Only now did he know that Song Xueyang was helping him sort out the information of players from various countries at that time. In order to save himself from doing a little work, he would rather spend a lot of time researching and sorting out. How could he not be moved?In addition to being moved, he was even more grateful to Song Xueyang for understanding him and supporting him. When he was working hard, he didn't say a word to stop him, but extended a helping hand to him with actions.

Shen Huai couldn't help stretching out his hand to give Song Xueyang a hug, "Thank you, we will definitely get No.1."

Song Xueyang patted him on the back lightly, "With you here, there is no reason not to take the first place."

"Wrong, we are here."

Song Xueyang smiled, "Okay, do you want to continue listening?"

"Listen!" Shen Huai immediately got into the mood, "This year's US team is full of old players from the PD and D2 teams. Their strength should not be underestimated, but we are all familiar with them. The rest of the British, Nordic, and Australian teams all have newcomers. , tell me about it."

This time, the two of them chatted until the evening, and even ate dinner in the room. Shen Huai finally had a general understanding of the players who participated in the wild card competition this year, and he planned to go to the scene to watch the rest tomorrow. .

The next day he asked Guan He to go to the scene together, and Zhou Ning also followed. Recently, the relationship between the two of them is very harmonious, which can be seen at a glance.

As soon as they went out, they ran into Si Qianjin, Tao Lele, and Luo Lie. Tao Lele asked, "Yu Shen, are you also going to watch the game? It just so happens that we are going too, together?"

When I arrived at the competition site, I met Sunny, Jin An and Jia Yunge, and they arrived one step earlier.

Shen Huai asked, "Where's Fire Guy?"

Jin An said, "We went to find him, and he said he wanted to rest in his room."

Shen Huai nodded. Liang Minghui is not in good health. He has been training very hard these days, so he should rest more to prepare for tomorrow's game.

Guan He said, "I looked at the schedule, the British team and the US team started at the same time, the UK is in hall A, and the United States is in hall B, which one do you want to watch?"

Luo Lie had already made up his mind, "Team Tao, Brother Si, and I are very interested in the American PD and D2 teams, and want to go and see them live."

Jin An said, "Senior Yunshen, Sunny and I want to watch the British team, how about you, captain?"

Guan He turned his head and asked Zhou Ning, "Which one do you want to see?"

After this period of training, everyone has already asked Zhou Ning about everything, except that they are still a little curious about when the relationship between the two of them was so good.

Zhou Ning smiled, "America, I really like D2's Wave, I want to see it."

Everyone was keenly aware that the aura around Guan He was a little bit colder, but Zhou Ning was unaware.

Shen Huai and Song Xueyang decided to watch the British team, so they parted ways.

Because the organizer only gave them a pass to enter and exit the game site, and did not arrange audience seats for them, so everyone was ready to stand and watch the game, but when they entered the door, they found that the audience seats were empty. To half of the people, especially in the VIP area near the stage, there was no one at all.

Sunny asked in surprise, "Why are there only so few people?"

Shen Huai didn't understand either. He heard that the tickets for this year's Wild Card Tournament were sold very well. All 100 tickets in the VIP area were sold out within the first hour of the sale. He thought there would be a lot of people at the scene.

Jin An has participated in wild card competitions with the Xiaowolf team many times, and is quite experienced. "Because the wild card competition is not sure about the opponent, so the pass is sold in advance. One pass can choose to watch five games. The night before the competition, the organizer The results of the lottery and the time of each game will be displayed, and the audience can redeem the seat card with the ticket. Generally, those who bought the pass would want to keep it for the semi-finals and finals. There are relatively few spectators who started to watch the game from the first round. The first match was between Brazil and Spain, and they had relatively few fans. With the British team next, there should be more people. We can find a place to sit first, and almost every audience seat in the first round of matches is not full."

Sure enough, not long after, spectators entered the arena one after another, but only half of them were seated until the start of the game. What surprised them most was that there was still no VIP seat in the front row. Several spectators wanted to go to the VIP area to watch, but they were all rejected. Security stopped.

Sunny was a little helpless, "I didn't expect that no one came to the VIP area."

Jin An took a closer look, and there was indeed no one there. "It's a bit strange. Usually, even if you are absent, you don't miss so many. It's better if there are fewer people. This place is too small, and it's very noisy when there are more people."

It didn't take long for the game to start. The first game was the duo of Pablo and Louis, who were also well-known. The combination of Holy Light and Berserker had both frankness and output.

Berserkers on the European server are generally better than other servers. Pablo's style of play is very aggressive. In comparison, it is rare to see a father with a delicate style of play like Louis, especially after Pablo's duel. He easily survived the enemy's fierce attack for ten seconds by himself. His positioning was exquisite and his reaction was fast enough, which was really good.

It's just that Shen Huai feels that compared with Jia Yunge, he is still far behind. The two cooperate with each other tacitly, but their overall strength has not yet reached the world-class level.

Song Xueyang reminded after hearing his comments, "We fought him before, do you remember?"

Shen Huai was at a loss, why didn't he remember when he played against a British professional player?

"That European server live broadcast..."

Shen Huai suddenly remembered that it was the "brotherhood" at that time. Forgive him for only being impressed by this, but he really didn't think there was anything special about them at the time.If you compare with their performance at that time, it is really a big improvement.

英国对战土耳其实在没什么悬念，整场比赛都很顺利，只打了2V2和6V6，还没等打1V1擂台比赛就结束了。

Shen Huai and the others went to Hall B again. The US team's game hadn't ended yet, but it could be seen that they had a big advantage, and it was only a matter of time before they won.

Seeing him, Luo Lie happily patted the chair next to him, "Feather God! Here! I didn't expect that there were not many spectators. We just had a seat, and no one came over after the game was almost over."

Shen Huai took a look, there were very few audiences here, and there was no one in the VIP area, which made him feel that something was wrong, "The same is true in Hall A."

Si Qianjin complained, "These rich people don't even come to the VIP area after buying it. Doesn't this make those who didn't buy the front row jealous?"

Shen Huai had nothing to say.

The US team's opponent is the French team, which is stronger than the British team's opponent Turkey, but there is no chance of winning against the US team.

This was the last match of the day, and Shen Huai did not go back after the match, staying at the scene and waiting for the draw.

Seven teams were eliminated in the first round, and the remaining eight captains were all familiar faces in the World Championship. They were a little surprised when they saw Shen Huai. No one expected an actor with looks, resources, and background like him. He actually came to play e-sports with them.

More people think that Shen Huai is an e-sports ambassador sent by China, just to support the scene. Anyway, there is a substitute, which is just right for him, and they don't regard him as an opponent. He wanted an autograph and asked about making a movie.

Before it was Shen Huai's turn to draw lots in the second round, the staff told him that there was no need to draw, the British team had already drawn them.

Captain Green stretched out his hand towards him in a gentlemanly manner, "It is my honor to be able to play against a beautiful person like you. I really hope to see you on the field."

Shen Huai could hear him teasing himself, but still shook hands with him politely, "Thank you, it's also my honor."

Green was taken aback for a moment, and couldn't help but praise, "You are the most elegant Chinese with a British pronunciation I have ever seen."

Shen Huai learned spoken English at the beginning, and his authentic pronunciation was always praised even when he came to England. Green was not the first person to say that.

He thanked him again and returned to the auditorium to tell his teammates the news.

Britain is a country that can often reach the semi-finals in the world championships. Naturally, its strength is different from the teams eliminated today. Without the South Korean team, the strength of the British team is already the best. This game will definitely not be so easy .

However, Shen Huai was not too worried. The Chinese team has several top masters in charge, and their training results are also very good. There is great hope of winning this battle.

That night, the organizer opened the channel to exchange seat cards. In ten minutes or so, more than [-] seats showed that they had been reserved. Everyone was very proud. Si Jin was stunned for a long time, "Look, it must be our Chinese team that has appeal. Right? Let them see what a full seat is like tomorrow!"

Shen Huai didn't expect everyone's enthusiasm to be so high, but it's a good thing that there are many audiences, which proves that more and more people have become fans of Chinese e-sports teams.

On the second day, Shen Huai led everyone to enter the arena early. Because the stage was relatively small, the contestants from both sides waited in the same waiting room. After the commentator invited them to enter the arena, they went to the stage and bowed together, and entered their respective soundproof rooms.

Shen Huai said "Come on" at the end, looked at the round door slowly opened in front of him, took a breath slowly, strode onto the stage, the team members followed him one by one, the dazzling lights on the stage gave him a moment Unable to open his eyes, he could only hear the neat applause from the audience.

When the stage lights moved away, his sight became clearer. Just as he was about to bow to the audience, he saw a row of bodyguards dressed in black sitting in the last row of the VIP area, surrounded by a man in the most conspicuous position. The man was five points like himself, clapping his hands seriously.

Pablo screamed and almost jumped, "Mr. Shen!"

Shen Huai was even more shocked, that man was his father, Shen Nuo.