FOG [e-sport]

Chapter 72

It was Saint’s home stadium but Free still had a lot of fans. In the huge stadium, the number of fans on both sides was evenly matched. When Free arrived at the venue, they headed for the lounge. On the way there, passing through the corridor that had access to the main stadium, Chen Huo pushed open the fire door and looked out. “Aren’t the fans being too enthusiastic for just a regular season game? The number of lights today is a lot more than usual.”

Puppy followed and also took a look around. He said sourly, “Damn, we’re already this far and that sign for Yu Sui’s still so big. Did his fans rent a truck to bring it in? For a regular season game?”

“Calm down. Yu Shen’s fans are just doing what’s normal.” Zhou Huo basked in secondhand glory. He explained in a very understanding manner, “They’re not doing it because it’s a regular season game. But Yu Sui’s fans must have been worried about Angel Sword’s popularity and their home court advantage. They must have been afraid that the number and scale of the opposing team’s banners would overwhelm Yu Sui, so they came prepared.”

Zhou Huo took a glance and was very satisfied, “Very good. Yu Sui has the most fans, Shi Luo and Angel Sword have about the same. As for the rest… if you look in the corners and squint real hard, you’ll be able to see fans for the other players. Pretty good.”

Puppy felt it wasn’t good at all. He headed to the lounge with a sigh.

As usual, Zhou Huo went to sign in, and Free’s players, trying to fish in troubled waters were socializing with the make-up artists, trying to avoid having to go through make-up.

After make-up, pre-game confirmations, after all the preparatory work was complete, everyone took their peripherals and went to wait at the backstage corridor. When the host called them up, they went on stage, bowed to the fans amidst their cheers and headed to their own glass room to test their peripherals.

“Angel Sword is very popular…” Puppy said enviously while plugging in his peripherals, “And almost all of them are female fans. Just listen to their cheer… Tsk tsk, so gentle.”

Chen Huo, the striker with a lot of tough guy fans, was also a little envious. “It can’t be helped. Most fans who play medic are female fans.”

“Really?” Yu Sui tapped the keyboard and said uncertainly, “My fan base is so big, I haven’t really counted. Maybe.”

Shi Luo was already used to his team mutually attacking each other’s mentality before each game and was no longer surprised by it. He put on his headphones and said, “Just as we agreed in the lounge just now, we’re going to play this how we usually play against Saint?”

In the shared voice channel, Yu Sui gave an “en”.

It was the only thing they could do. When the team was first established, they had a few practice matches with Saint, but it wasn’t long before Saint’s manager made it clear that they wouldn’t be playing against Free anymore.

They haven’t played against Saint for a long time. They didn’t know what the Angel Sword was hiding. They didn’t know if they were going to go all out now, or whether they were going to be conservative and wait for the playoffs before hitting Free with their unique skills. Right now, they could only rely on Saint’s latest games as basis for their analysis.

Saint’s recent games were really lackluster. They still played conservatively. They didn’t rush to the front in the early stages. Oftentimes, when they met three-on-three with the other team, they withdrew quickly, simply choosing not to fight.

They didn’t play three-on-three, but their three front line players liked to catch the lone wolf who was off to one side, clearing the fog. They’d play three-on-one, and kill off that lone player. Because they had a god-level nurse, Angel Sword, no matter how extreme that lone wolf fought, it was absolutely impossible for him to make off with any of their heads. After a few such fights, Saint’s front row players would have enough heads to upgraded their equipment. And the team they played guerilla warfare with, even if that team had cleared away more fog in the initial stages, still wouldn’t have any kills.