Team Happy was only mentioned in one sentence, and they were only there to serve as a foil. Drowned out by this new round of pro matches, there was so much information about them that they didn't stand out at all.
Team Everlasting was a professional team, but after being relegated for a year, they didn't receive much attention anymore. The amount of attention that Team Happy attracted was simply abnormal. Ninety percent of the players who came to watch Happy were hoping for Happy to lose. If Happy really lost badly, they would definitely make a big fuss about it. But since it was Happy's big victory, they naturally kept quiet. No one would jump out and make a fuss.
The vast majority of players didn't buy Esports Weekly to watch the Challenger League.
Last Saturday, the third round of the Pro Alliance had just ended, continuing the novelty of the new season. And the one who stole the most attention was Team Blue Rain's youth, Lu Hanwen, who had broken the record for the oldest pro player. On Saturday, in Blue Rain's home game against Team Royal Style, Lu Hanwen's skills shocked everyone. In the first round of the group arena, he had actually taken down two players from Team Royal Style. In the third round, he had faced Royal Style's ace player, Tian Sen, and Peaceful Hermit, a die-hard account in the Alliance. His drive hadn't faltered. Even though he lost to Tian Sen in the end, he still stole the limelight. Quite a few people even felt that if Lu Hanwen hadn't fought two players in a row and his character, Drifting Cloud, hadn't lost a lot of health, and only fought Tian Sen one on one, he might have already slain a God.
Practically no one cared about the final score of this round between Team Blue Rain and Team Royal Style. Everyone was talking about this group arena, as well as Team Blue Rain's strategy that had begun to take shape after three rounds.
Dual Blade Master.
Huang Shaotian's Troubling Rain and Lu Hanwen's Drifting Cloud both appeared on the roster for the team competition. And Blue Rain was actually so confident in entrusting Yu Feng's important role to this rookie.
Lu Hanwen's character was definitely not weak. If Blue Rain could equip a Troubling Rain, then as long as they had enough materials, they could equip a Drifting Cloud. However, pro players' characters would often be adjusted according to the player. It was very rare for two identical characters to be used by two different players.
Drifting Cloud's equipment was not the same as Troubling Rain's, but his 10 pieces of Silver equipment were on the same level as Troubling Rain's. Among them, there were four different items. The more eye-catching one was, of course, the weapon.
Troubling Rain's Silver weapon, the lightsaber Ice Rain, was wrapped in a faint blue light. Drifting Cloud's Silver weapon was a heavy sword, Flame Shadow.
Heavy swords and lightsabers were two extremes among swordsmen's weapons. The lightsaber was the fastest and lightest, while the heavy sword was the slowest and heaviest. However, the heavy sword's physical attack power was much better than the lightsaber's.
A Blade Master with a lightsaber and a Blade Master with a heavy sword could be said to be completely different. Currently, in the pro scene and even the entire Glory scene, most of the players were lightsaber Blade Masters or tachi Blade Masters. In short, they all relied on attack speed and liked to use continuous high speed attacks as a battle tactic. However, Lu Hanwen's Drifting Cloud was an anomaly in this trend. He gave up on the fast and light lightsaber in favor of the heavy and powerful heavy sword.
This question had been discussed since Lu Hanwen's first day of battle with Drifting Cloud. And now, after the third round, Lu Hanwen's strong performance silenced those who were making sarcastic remarks. However, quite a few experts pointed out that because he was a rookie, Lu Hanwen and his heavy sword Blade Master, Drifting Cloud, were somewhat unexpected. As the Glory League continued, every team thoroughly studied him and his character. Whether or not Lu Hanwen's strong performance would continue remained to be seen.
This question was very common in the Alliance. It was called the Rookie's Wall.
This referred to the talented and outstanding rookies who stood out the moment they entered the Alliance and stole everyone's attention. Then, as their opponents studied and familiarized themselves with them, their performance would deteriorate from match to match. This situation was known as the Rookie's Wall.
After this, the rookies' performances would be different. Some would be badly battered and unable to recover from this setback. They would disappear from the crowd and begin to adapt to the Alliance once again. Some would actively adjust and continue to perform steadily. However, their performance after this wouldn't be as eye-catching as it was at the start of the Alliance. As for those who didn't care about the Rookie's Wall and continued to stand out, apart from the first generation of rookies, there had only been two rookies in the history of the Alliance.
One was the current captain of Team Tiny Herb, Wang Jiexi, who had started playing in Season 3 of the Alliance. The other was currently not in the Alliance. He was struggling with Excellent Era in the Challenger League, the Best Rookie of Season 7, Sun Xiang.
Only these two completely didn't care about the Rookie's Wall. Apart from this, even if it was the Golden Generation, Zhou Zekai, Tang Hao, and even last season's Best Rookie, Zhao Yuzhe, they were all affected by the Rookie's Wall.
The Rookie's Wall existed objectively. As a result, every team was very careful about how their rookies overcome the Rookie's Wall. For example, Team Micrograss's talented player, Gao Yingjie, wasn't impatiently used after he was signed as an official player. He started as a substitute player and slowly adapted to the Alliance's competitive scene. Because his appearances were limited, it could be said that he gave up on the Best Rookie selection. However, this gradual method allowed Gao Yingjie to smoothly climb over the Rookie's Wall. In this season, Gao Yingjie already had a certain amount of experience and had adapted to the rhythm of the Alliance's competitive scene. If he encountered any problems, he wouldn't be as miserable as a rookie.
Different players had different ways of overcoming the Rookie's Wall.
Gao Yingjie's personality was soft, so the team helped him choose a balanced way to get over the Rookie's Wall. Even though it was a pity that he couldn't compete for the Best Rookie, from a long term perspective, it was more suitable for Gao Yingjie's development.
As for Team Blue Rain's Lu Hanwen? He was protected in the first round and didn't attend the press conference. However, after the second round, Team Blue Rain's captain, Yu Wenzhou, and ace player, Huang Shaotian, brought him to the interview stage.
The reporters naturally paid special attention to this rookie. However, after this face-to-face interaction, even the reporters felt that Team Blue Rain's protection of Lu Hanwen in the first round was completely unnecessary!
This youth was proactive, energetic, generous, and cheerful. He wasn't afraid of the reporters' cameras at all. He dared to say anything, dared to say anything. Of course, he wasn't tactful enough with his words. However, he was only a fourteen-year-old child. If he really learned how to be tactful, then that would be a killjoy. At Lu Hanwen's age, he didn't have stage fright at all. This was already commendable enough. In comparison, Micrograss's Gao Yingjie was a year older than Lu Hanwen. He also had a year of professional experience. However, he wasn't as nimble as Lu Hanwen when he attended the press conference.
It was only the third round of the competition. How could Lu Hanwen, whose performance had stolen the limelight, not appear for everyone to see?
This fledgling youth not only quickly attracted the adulation of his fans, but also became the darling of the media. At Team Blue Rain's press conference, even Huang Shaotian didn't answer any questions. Instead of listening to that guy spouting nonsense for half a day, it was better to listen to Lu Hanwen's silly slip of the tongue!
In this issue of Esports Weekly, Lu Hanwen directly squeezed into the headlines. He was undoubtedly the most dazzling person in this round of the competition. However, Esports Weekly was comprehensive. Their reports wouldn't be biased towards any one team. As a result, while praising Lu Hanwen's consecutive outstanding performances, they also brought up the issue of the Rookie's Wall.
As for the local media like Team Blue Rain, they didn't have this kind of integrity.
These media outlets didn't specialize in esports, but they did specialize in sports. Naturally, they couldn't miss out on the popular esports in recent years, especially Glory.
As for these local media outlets, their bias was especially obvious. Team Blue Rain's local media outlets described Lu Hanwen as unparalleled in the world. What Rookie's Wall? In their opinion, Lu Hanwen would become the second rookie after Wang Jiexi and Sun Xiang to directly crush the Rookie's Wall.
However, these media outlets didn't take this for granted. Their analysis was clear and logical.
Wang Jiexi's playstyle had reached the pinnacle of unpredictability. The Magician was unimaginable. There were no precedents for him to figure out. As for Wang Jiexi, it was the teams that had hit the Rookie's Wall. They had been battered and bruised for an entire season. By the time they figured it out, the season had ended. Wang Jiexi had been in the limelight from start to finish.
As for Sun Xiang, he was a God who had come from a small team. No matter how good he was, the structure of a small team limited his achievements. The goal of every team was to defeat a certain team, not a certain person. As a result, for Sun Xiang, who had come from a small team, no matter how good he was, there was a limit to how much effort he could put into research. This was because he wasn't a competitor at all! And Sun Xiang was strong. This sort of limited research obviously couldn't restrict his performance. As a result, Sun Xiang's Rookie Season was like walking on flat land.
There was a reason why these two rookies had crushed the Rookie's Wall. Team Blue Rain's local media outlets were now saying that Lu Hanwen would also be like this. Naturally, they couldn't just make empty promises. As a result, these media outlets finally found a somewhat convincing reason. This was Lu Hanwen's personality.
Although this youth was young, he was fearless. He was the perfect example of a newborn calf that wasn't afraid of a tiger. And these media outlets believed that with this personality of Lu Hanwen's, he wouldn't be wretched when encountering any difficulties. He would face them proactively. Wang Jiexi made it so that the other team couldn't erect the Rookie's Wall. Sun Xiang's Rookie's Wall wasn't strong enough for him. As for Lu Hanwen, many people believed that this was a rookie who could completely destroy the Rookie's Wall.
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