Bluntgre 2 (Continues at Ch 154)

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{teaming = more or less called grieving in English gamer terms}

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A note:

It has been a long time since I posted.

It has been the busiest summer of my life.

I really apologize for keeping you waiting.

Today is the day of the comic update.

And the second volume of the comics will be released on 10/15.

Please kindly take a look at it.

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"I don't think it's necessary for Nana to have such detailed information about shooting game terms, so I'll explain it briefly."

Said Suu-chan as she started explaining about [teaming].

[Teaming], as the word literally means, is the act of forming a team.

However, it does not refer to a team formed by the game system but rather to a pseudo-team formed by colluding with players who were originally supposed to be enemies.

For example, in a Battle Royale-style solo queue, it is common knowledge that everyone is an enemy except you, but because you are using the same characters and weapons, you may feel a sense of familiarity and end up playing together even though you are enemies.

Especially if it was an unpopular character, such an act could create a sense of solidarity, which can be fun.

Even though I'm not a dedicated 'Battle Royale' player, but I too, felt happy if I saw someone using a blunt weapon in WLO, so I kind of understand their feeling.

This kind of thing is basically called 'familiarity', and it is a trivial thing that no one would hate. If anything, it is one of the most enjoyable aspects of competitive gaming, and some people even actively aim for it.

The problem is that when teaming is not just for the fun of it, but if it was planned and done deliberately for a certain purpose, that's when you crossed the line, from there it will be viewed as [cheating].

In the first place, it is not limited to Zero Wars, but most competitive games have ranked matches where players compete for rankings.

If you win a match or achieve a certain level of success, you receive points, and the higher the points, the higher your ranking. And the aim of the players competing for the highest rank is to prove their strength in the game.

Suu-chan once maintained the 1st rank in Zero Wars VR for 12 consecutive seasons, meaning she has proven herself as the most powerful person in the ranking match for a very long time.

And here is how [Teaming] usually works.

First, you need two players who are close to each other in ranking or many more.

One of them is the person who wants to improve their ranking. The rest are the [booster].

The [booster] players will share information such as starting positions, character information, strategies, and sign and start matching up for the match at exactly the same time.

This type of game is usually designed to throw people who start matching at about the same time into a match together, so there is a good chance that they will join the same match.

Next, they will join together as per the initial strategy and continue to take advantage of their number against other players that are not in their pseudo-teams to increase the winning percentage of those who want to climb their rank.