FOG [e-sport]

Chapter 124

NSN smoothly managed to qualify and as it should be, Wawa won the MVP title for the last best of one match. He also easily created a new record for the lowest number of casualties and the highest amount of healing done in a single game since the start of this year’s World Championships.

Although they qualified as the second team in their group, NSN played extremely well in the last BO1 game against the South Korean team. The statistics were shocking. Before, Wawa appeared as the obvious weak link in the team. Now this weak link suddenly evolved into the MVP. The teams that were already sure to advance to the quarterfinals didn’t dare to underestimate NSN. The No. 1 team in Group B even sent a tweet saying that they didn’t want to be matched up against NSN during the draw.

With NSN managing to qualify, after two years, the Chinese division once again had two teams to reach the top eight within the same World Championships. After the NSN’s last game, Gu Gan went as their captain to the interview. When asked about which team he wanted to face, Gu Gan didn’t even hesitate to say that Sacred Sword was the team he wanted to face most in the quarterfinals.

Numerous teams have been fighting it out online for many days. Just the day before the qualifying match of Group C, the Sacred Sword had already been bidding NSN good-bye. The strong smell of gunpowder had already risen to the surface. The probability of being matched against Sacred Sword was too high and Gu Gan didn’t bother to pretend. He directly said that he wanted to compare skills against Sacred Sword in the quarterfinals. If his team loses, he will bless Sacred Sword as they enter the semifinals. If he wins, then he’ll be asking them to kindly take a hike.

“Look at how many people Luo Luo has turned rotten. Even Old Gu has started to dish out some fighting words.” Puppy sighed as he ate while watching the interview, “He’s already this old but he’s still not stoic enough.”

“What’s the f*cking use of being stoic? You just wind up ridiculed and they walk all over your face. It’s true; although this year’s World Championship is the most chaotic but it’s also the liveliest. This is quality entertainment. Everyone’s already created this ‘you die, I live’ kind of atmosphere.” Chen Huo was quite satisfied, “Not only are we going to f*ck you over, we’re also going to say it right to your face.”

Zhou Huo looked at Gu Gan’s interview and turned to ask Old Qiao, “If they really get matched up against Sacred Sword, how are their chances for winning?”

“There are so many factors that affect how one performs when they’re on the spot. How can anyone possibly give a precise win probability?” Old Qiao looked at the NSN’s happiness at qualifying. When they began to talk about this, the smile on his face faded a little. He said helplessly, “If I really have to say a win probability. ...then Sacred Sword definitely has a slightly higher probability of winning.”

“You also said that there’s factors when you’re actually playing on the spot.” Shi Luo ate a bit and said vaguely, “Wawa will definitely perform better and better.”

“That’s also true...Right now, Wawa is a mini-Angel Sword. Sigh, what’s the use of worrying about this? They might not even be matched up against them. We might wind up having a civil war.” Zhou Huo said to Yu Sui, “Don’t set any practice matches for tomorrow. They’ll be doing the draw directly after Group D’s qualifying matches. You’ll need to be there to do the draw for our team.”

After playing for so many years, Yu Sui was very clear on the process of the World Championships. Yu Sui gave an ‘en’ of assent. Shi Luo looked up at Zhou Huo and then at Yu Sui and said, “I’ll go with you.”

Zhou Huo looked at Shi Luo and shrugged. “It’s just a draw. According to the order of their group, the first team from each group will draw one by one a second seed team. It will be done in five minutes at most but you’ll be waiting up to two hours before then. After a half-hour’s drive, you’ll get to the stadium and you won’t do anything but wait. After a few minutes of actually doing the draw, you’ll come back here and that’ll be another half an hour... It’s a waste of a few hours, why would you want to go? Don’t you think it’s troublesome?”