After the final match ended, the audience's applause sounded somewhat mechanical. They clearly weren't feeling any genuine excitement and were only giving them a courtesy clap.
Samsara's ace player, Zhou Zekai, didn't seem to mind. Once he finished the match, he waved his hands to the audience and gave a "thank you" before swiftly exiting the stage.
From the start of the opening show, he was supposed to be tonight's brightest star. But in the end, it looked as if he was a part of some trash program played after midnight. All of Samsara sighed. Although this year's Rookie Challenge was undoubtedly the most spectacular and successful show in Glory's history, the competition hadn't given any spotlight to their pro players. It had only made them even more depressed when they thought about it.
Once the Rookie Challenge ended, the All-Star Weekend's first day was basically over. All of the matches were 1v1s, but even though each match wasn't long, the intermission, talking and opening had made the event take almost two hours.
After this was another projection show and some raffle events. If this was in the past, by this time, most of the audience would have already left the stadium. But with the new projection technology, a large part of the audience weren't satisfied just yet and stayed to continue admiring it.
The ending show continued for almost half an hour before the hosts officially announced that the first day of the All-Star Weekend was over. During this half hour, the security personnel, in charge of maintaining order as people left, had gotten to their positions. The stadium lights gradually brightened until the whole stadium was lit. The audience got up and began to exit the stadium. Several of the crazier fans were still looking left and right. While they were at the scene, they hoped to find a chance to see or meet one of their idols.
However, the host had obviously prepared for this. The pro players had their own passageway and wouldn't mix together with the normal audience. When the lights turned on and the audience turned to look at the pro players' seats, they discovered that they had already dispersed.
The crowd of people slowly moved outside. After they were outside, they immediately felt more freedom. Many of the audience members were local people, so they already had plenty of experience with the stadium. After exiting, they didn't stop to rest and immediately scrambled over to the roadside. Even though several, more business-minded taxis had come knowing that there would be business here, there weren't enough, making the roadsides unbelievably noisy.
These three weren't unfamiliar with this type of scene. Ye Xiu, of course, obviously didn't need to be mentioned. As for Chen Guo and Tang Rou, the Internet Cafe was right next to Excellent Era's stadium. Whenever Excellent Era had a match in their stadium, the scene looked the same. How could they not have experienced this before? In the end, the three loitered around for another half an hour before finally getting a taxi.
When they returned to the hotel, the three were both tired and hungry. They had eaten their dinner on the plane. Once they arrived at City S, they ran straight to the hotel and then hurried over to the stadium without any time to rest. While they were focused on watching the matches, waiting in line and waiting for the taxi, they didn't feel tired or hungry. But once they arrived at their final destination, they immediately felt as if their hearts were stuck to their backs and rushed straight for the dining hall.
After picking a few items, the three of their gazes fell onto the large TV screen in the dining hall.
Nowadays, the eSports business was vigorously developing and the Glory Alliance was among those that stood out. Adding in the extremely large Glory player base, the foundation for it was extremely solid. The hosting of Glory's All-Star Weekend was naturally a grand occasion for City S. At this moment, the TV screen was showing a few highlights from the first day of the All-Star Weekend's Rookie Challenge.
