10 to 0. Everyone who had been hoping for Happy to fail was speechless. Esports Time's Ruan Chengcheng had also come to this match, but as soon as he saw the result, he left without going to the post-match press conference.
Happy's performance in this match was indisputable. In the team competition against Misty Rain, he had used the map's terrain to set up a beautiful strategy. No matter how much the reporters wanted to stir up trouble, they couldn't find any points to attack. After all, the reporters still had to be logical. There was no one who had such a huge grudge against Happy yet.
The press conference ended amidst a wave of praise. Happy used these ten points to jump up two places on the rankings. After twelve rounds, he was in ninth place, only one step away from the playoff zone. And this step couldn't be any smaller, only one point.
Happy was closely followed in eighth place by Void, with 71 points. In Round 11, after an outstanding 8-2 victory over Micrograss in their home game, they were beaten 9-1 by Wind Howl in their away game.
Quite a few people were already paying attention to the next round.
In Round 13, Happy would be challenging Conquering Clouds in their away game. He definitely wasn't an undefeatable opponent. Void, on the other hand, would have to defend their home game against Misty Rain, who had just been swept by Happy.
If they wanted to maintain their lead on the rankings, Void would have to make a strong attack like Happy did this round. And the battle between Happy and Misty Rain that had just ended provided a clear strategy guide for the battle against Misty Rain. BOX-1. If Li Hua was removed from the strategy, Misty Rain would suffer a lot of damage. However, everyone knew the theory of strategy. The specifics still depended on execution. Happy and Void had to face off against each other on paper. Most people thought that Happy would be able to surpass Void in the next round.
But it wasn't just Misty Rain that Happy was able to surpass the other teams in range.
After twelve rounds, Team Hundred Blossoms, which had been defeated by Happy, was only three points ahead of Happy. If the two teams had the same number of points, then Happy would have the advantage. In Round 13, Hundred Blossoms also had to face a strong opponent, Team Wind Howl. If they didn't defend their home field advantage well, it was very likely that Happy would kill two birds with one stone and surpass them along with Void. Team Happy was currently gaining points in a frightening manner.
After twelve rounds, Samsara defeated Team Radiant 10 to 0. At least Happy didn't have the privilege of four 10 to 0's. Samsara's rhythm was still as strong as ever.
Apart from this, Micrograss, Tyranny, and Wind Howl all won by a large margin. On the other hand, Team Blue Rain, in their home game against Team Thunder, won 5 points in the individual competition and group arena, but lost to Thunder in the team competition. In the battle between the two Master Tacticians, Xiao Shiqin took the lead this time.
In the post-match press conference, Blue Rain's Yu Wenzhou took all of the blame, but the reporters didn't blame him too much. This was because Yu Wenzhou hadn't made any mistakes. He … just didn't have enough hand speed, so he wasn't able to fully focus on commanding and individual battles. After all, against a Master Tactician like Xiao Shiqin, the changes in battle tactics were even more complicated. It was impossible to rely solely on the team's tacit understanding and tactical habits. A lot of commanding was needed to let the team members know what to do. Yu Wenzhou's hand speed wasn't enough in the pro scene, and this match required a high level of hand speed, so he was powerless.
And in the press conference, Yu Wenzhou helplessly said to his opponent, "My opponent is very smart. He accurately grasped my weakness."
In the post-match press conference, the losing team would go first, then the winning team. But in this round, both teams had five points, so the away team would go first, then the home team.
When Yu Wenzhou made this comment, Thunder was already preparing to leave, but afterwards, a reporter chased down Thunder's captain, Xiao Shiqin. Afterwards, Xiao Shiqin personally confirmed that Thunder's tactical design for this match had indeed been deliberately strengthened and changed. And the purpose of these changes was to force Blue Rain to adjust, but they didn't have time to adjust, or to reveal flaws in individual players when adjusting …
Using complex and changeable tactics to magnify Yu Wenzhou's hand speed weakness.
Xiao Shiqin's targeted design caused some controversy. Some people felt that this was a way to attack the opponent's weakness, and there was nothing wrong with that. But there were also people who felt that using tactics to create this kind of effect was too low-level and boring. Tactics were supposed to be flashing intelligence, but this kind of method was a bit different.
And so, after that, there were calls for opening up voice chat. As soon as this was said, there were immediately people who said that if this happened, then trash talk would be spewed out without restraint …
Immediately, everyone thought of another person from Blue Rain. He didn't seem to be very good at trash talking, but without restraint, this description was practically tailor-made for him.
As soon as this person who had forced the Alliance to change the rules was mentioned, the calls for opening up voice chat disappeared. But very quickly, there were people who suggested opening up voice chat.
Team voice chat could only be used to command, and couldn't be used to trash talk attacks.
But this kind of voice chat couldn't be shown directly through the broadcast. The two teams were speaking their own words, and their voices couldn't appear at the same time. One moment here, one moment there, it was intermittent and incomplete, and it wasn't fun to listen to. The Alliance had always used chat channels because they wanted to show team communication in front of the audience. This was also the reason why they didn't use voice chat in the beginning.
Not focusing on battle mechanics, and instead using the time to chat and type, in itself, weakened the intensity of the match.
At this time, this kind of voice also appeared. After all, the issue of voice chat had been around for a long time, and it had been debated for a long time. It was just that these matches between Blue Rain and Thunder made people see another problem caused by the lack of voice chat.
Yu Wenzhou used his unique method to survive in the Glory Alliance, and the Alliance also hoped to see all kinds of writers. But now, Yu Wenzhou's existence was being strangled.
With Thunder's victory, would all the teams in the future use complex and varied strategies against Blue Rain? After all, this wasn't something that only a Master Tactician could do. Even a battle of tactics had become a competition of hand speed. Was there any intelligence left in the pro scene?
The angle of doubt became higher and higher, and eventually, it went from Yu Wenzhou to all the players in command. Not being able to use voice chat meant that they had to do more keyboard work. This wasn't like trash talking, where you didn't have time to say it if you didn't want to. This was something that had to be done no matter what. Because of the ban on voice chat, they had no choice but to do more hand work. For these players, this was unfair.
Players in command of tactics needed intelligence. And now, hand speed, which didn't matter at all, was being forced onto them because of the competition's rules. It was completely unreasonable!
The voices of doubt became louder and louder, and the Alliance finally made an official response, saying that they would officially discuss the issue of voice chat.
Hearing the Alliance's serious statement, many people calmed down. After relaxing, it was time to complain. Soon, quite a few people expressed that if the Alliance changed the rules again, then Blue Rain would have two players who forced the Alliance to change the rules.
Blue Rain didn't respond to this interesting topic, but Team Blue Rain clearly supported the opening of voice chat.
The Alliance needed to do research, and they wouldn't be able to come up with any results in a short amount of time.
Soon, November 29th, Round 13 arrived.
Happy's away game against Conquering Clouds didn't disappoint their supporters.
9 to 1, Happy won. Ye Xiu's undefeated 1v1 record extended to 12 matches. The one point they lost was due to Su Mucheng's accidental mistake in the 1v1 match.
And after this round, Happy finally entered the playoffs. Team Void, who had been one place ahead of them, performed quite well this round. They defeated Team Misty Rain 8 to 2 in their home game. Moreover, they had clearly learned from Happy's strategy against Misty Rain, causing Misty Rain, who had been playing away games for two consecutive rounds, to suffer greatly.
Happy had 9 points, Void had 8 points, and the one point difference between the two teams was now even. Then, in the competition for alphabets, both teams happened to be X level, and then they competed for the final vowel of the first character. According to the dictionary, Happy took the lead in the end.
But at this time, some people had already noticed that the following round 14 would be a direct confrontation between Happy and Void.
Hundred Blossoms, who was also within Happy's reach, also performed quite well this round, defeating Wind Howl 7 to 3 in their home game, and currently led Team Happy by 1 point. Team Wind Howl continued their ups and downs, and some people had even concluded that their performance was a home game dragon, an away game bear.
From the looks of it, this conclusion was rather rash. What people cared more about was that Wind Howl had lost to 301 in their away game, but 301 wasn't some soft persimmon, so winning in their home game wasn't too surprising. They were currently in 10th place, with 76 points, only 3 points behind Happy and Void. In the next round, if Happy and Void fought, 301 might be the first to enter the top 8.
Wind Howl wasn't that bad, but their ranking was slipping. They had fallen to sixth place, completely overtaken by Tyranny.
Tyranny, Samsara, and Happy were the three 9 to 1 contributors this round. Blue Rain and Micrograss had both lost their away games 4 to 6.
Blue Rain had lost to Royal Style, and their loss in the team competition made people turn their attention back to whether or not there was voice chat. And in this round, Royal Style had indeed learned from Thunder and played more flexibly, but in reality, Blue Rain's loss wasn't due to Yu Wenzhou's hand speed. Team Blue Rain's players weren't puppets, and they didn't need to be reminded by their captain to react to any changes. A Master Tactician was a Master Tactician because even if they used the same strategy, their deployment would be more complete and effective.
Blue Rain had lost to Royal Style, while Micrograss had lost to Thunder.
After losing a lot of points in the individual competition, Thunder had once again completed a reversal in the team competition. Their team competition record was so strong that it could compete with Ye Xiu's individual competition record, currently at 12 wins and 1 loss. Compared to Ye Xiu's individual competition record, they just didn't have that winning streak.
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