"What? How was the match? "Ye Xiu's reply revealed that he hadn't watched Heavenly Swords' match yet. The current match had just ended. If you watched the broadcast, it would be the match with the most attention. Heavenly Swords' match wasn't included in that list.
"Perfect victory!!!!" Lou Guanning's four exclamation marks expressed his uncontrollable excitement.
"Oh, that's amazing!" Ye Xiu's praise was heartfelt. A perfect victory wasn't that easy to achieve, even if it was between two teams with a large disparity in strength. There were too many factors that could affect a match's outcome. If a God's condition wasn't good, it was possible for him to fail miserably.
Being able to achieve a perfect victory didn't necessarily mean that the team's strength was tyrannical, but the players in this match were definitely on fire. There was no need to doubt this point.
"Hahaha, this is too awesome." Lou Guanning was becoming more and more professional. A perfect victory wouldn't make him think that his team had turned over a new leaf, but the boost in morale made him happy.
"Continue to work hard. If you keep this up, you'll definitely make people look at you in a new light." Ye Xiu said.
Speaking of which, because Heavenly Swords' previous promotions had been too strong, people had high expectations for them. Before the season, they had been ranked tenth, which was the best proof of this. In the end, Heavenly Swords' actual performance could be said to have started high and ended low. They had been pacing back and forth in the relegation zone. They were no different from the new teams that joined the Alliance every season. For weak teams like them who found it hard to gain points and easy to lose points, this was a great victory that was like sending charcoal in snowy weather. Such a strong victory was in line with how people had originally viewed Heavenly Swords.
"Yes yes, definitely. There's one more thing, God!" Lou Guanning continued.
"Oh, what is it?" Ye Xiu asked.
"Next week is All-Star Weekend." Lou Guanning said.
"I know." Ye Xiu said.
The first week of every year was Glory's All-Star Weekend. This was a tradition.
"This year's All-Star Weekend is being held by Micrograss. What a coincidence, we're also in City B like Micrograss." Lou Guanning said.
"Yeah, I know that too."
"Guru, are you interested in taking a look around?" Lou Guanning finally brought up the topic.
"Oh?" Ye Xiu didn't understand. As for the All Star Weekend, even though the 24 All Stars were the most eye-catching, in reality, it was a weekend carnival for all the pro players. As a result, even though Heavenly Swords' players definitely wouldn't make it into the All Stars, they would definitely attend the All Star Weekend.
"Hahaha, let's all talk and have fun! After that, if you have time, you can come visit our Heavenly Swords and give us some pointers. "Lou Guanning said.
"Oh, I see. Let me ask our boss!" Ye Xiu said.
"Your entire team, come and receive them!" Lou Guanning said boldly.
"Okay, okay, okay, thank you!" Ye Xiu wasn't too polite, because he knew that this was a small matter for Lou Guanning. If he was too polite, it would make him seem like an outsider.
Then he turned around and told the Happy Ones what had happened.
"All-Star Weekend? Boring. " Wei Chen snorted. It was mainly to show that he had once been a glorious figure. He didn't care for this kind of event that many people longed to participate in.
Mo Fan didn't even need to be mentioned. When he heard Ye Xiu say this, he didn't even raise his head.
Even though Wu Chen hadn't made it into the All Stars, he was still a pro player. He had participated in the All Star Weekend before, so he naturally wasn't too interested in being a spectator. If he wanted to watch, it would be the same on TV.
Even though Qiao Yifan was invisible, he had been with Micrograss for a year and had seen his fair share of big events. He had even participated in the All Star Weekend's Rookie Challenge. The current him was steadfast in his pursuit of improvement. He wasn't too interested in the All Star Weekend.
As for Tang Rou, she had already been there last year. She had even gone on stage, so she had a deep impression of that stage. However, it was just a deep impression. With Tang Rou's personality, how could she be interested in an event where performances were more important than actual battles?
Then there were Chen Guo and Baozi.
Chen Guo was the standard Glory fan. If she had the time, she would buy a ticket to join in the fun. How could she refuse an opportunity like this?
As for Baozi? No one knew if he understood what was going on. They just rubbed their chins and mumbled, "All Star Weekend? Sounds like it's going to be very exciting. "
Like this, it was very clear who was going and who wasn't.
However, because Chen Guo wanted to go, they dragged Tang Rou along. They even wanted to invite Su Mucheng.
Even though the All Stars of Excellent Era hadn't been completely forgotten by the fans, they were still a relegated team. Under normal circumstances, they wouldn't even have the qualifications to participate in the All Star Weekend, let alone be chosen as an All Star.
Not having the qualifications to participate in the All Star Weekend made the entire Excellent Era feel extremely humiliated. But even if they were invited, Excellent Era wouldn't be willing to do so. It would be like emphasizing their special status as a relegated team. What was the difference between that and sticking their faces out for others to slap?
As a result, what the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't grieve over. During the All Star Weekend, Excellent Era decided to completely seal themselves off from the world. Su Mucheng was still a member of Team Excellent Era, so of course she couldn't just leave.
In the end, Ye Xiu, Baozi, Chen Guo, and Tang Rou formed a team of four and set off for City B. Luo Ji's City T was quite close to City B. If he had the chance, he would go as well.
In addition, An Wenyi really wanted to go as well, but for university students, January meant that the harsh final exams were approaching. An Wenyi wasn't a super excellent student like Luo Ji. He had sacrificed a lot of time to practice Glory, so he had to make a breakthrough before the final exams. Before his professional career had even begun, how could the calm and rational An Wenyi so easily give up on his studies? As for whether he could actually walk down the path of a pro player, he probably didn't need to worry about what to do.
Happy, everyone's schedule for the next week was set like this at the last minute. As for the pro scene, they were also preparing for this season's All Star Weekend.
The voting for the 24 All Stars was available online, as well as in-game Glory. Voting required a Glory account card, and each card was limited to one vote. After the opening match of each season, the voting channel would open. However, the players who used their votes didn't use the opening match as a reference, but rather the performances of the players in the second half of last season and the playoffs. As a result, the All Star rankings could somewhat reflect the players' impressions of the players in the past year.
As a result, when the year ended and the first day of the new year arrived, the voting channel would close. The 24 All Stars didn't need to be officially announced. Players could easily count them by looking at the rankings.
However, under normal circumstances, the officials would do a promotional video for the 24 All Stars as soon as possible. This year was no exception. January 1st, the first day of the new year, the official video for the 24 All Stars was quietly uploaded onto the internet. Players fought to see it.
Zhou Zekai was, without a doubt, number one on the rankings. After winning the championship in the summer, everyone could almost predict this. Samsara's Jiang Botao's popularity had clearly increased because of winning the championship. He was ranked fifth in the voting, surpassing many other Gods.
Ranked second, third, and fourth were Huang Shaotian, Wang Jiexi, and Han Wenqing, the three powerhouse Gods. With their fame and reputation, it was almost guaranteed that they would be voted into the All Stars by their fans before they retired.
Ranked sixth was Team Wind Howl's ace player: Tang Hao.
Tang Hao's votes weren't too far off from the others, but he wasn't like Jiang Botao, who had won the championship, nor was he like Huang Shaotian, Wang Jiexi, and Han Wenqing, who already had a stable fan base. As a player who had just transferred over in the summer, while Tang Hao gained the support of his new team's fans, he also lost the votes of his old team's fans. Even so, he relied on his superior performance in the first half of the season to win over more and more fans, officially entering the ranks of the top Gods.
After Tang Hao, there were two Master Tacticians in the Alliance, Blue Rain's Yu Wenzhou and Tyranny's Zhang Xinjie. Even though the two of them played important roles in their teams, because they weren't the type of characters who could attack cities and destroy strongholds, their popularity was slightly lower. It was like how in the world of soccer, a striker was always more popular than a defender.
And these two just happened to be the dividing line. There was a big gap between the votes of the two contestants after them and the votes of the two contestants before them. To be able to become 24 All Stars, they were all worthy of being called Gods, but there were differences in popularity between Gods. Among the remaining players, there were many All-Stars who were regulars, but they were still missing something from the top of the God ranks.
And among these players, the most talked about one was still Zhang Jiale.
After retiring for a year and returning to the Alliance, this God was still affected by the one-year gap. Moreover, joining Team Tyranny was an extremely controversial decision. Even now, there were still posts on the Glory forums that disdained him. Zhang Jiale's popularity was greatly affected because of this. Even though he still used the famous Spitfire Dazzling Hundred Blossoms, his popularity was no longer the same as before, and he retired from the ranks of the top Gods. However, this was only his popularity. His decision to join Tyranny was proven to be correct through actual battle. Zhang Jiale, who had been affected by the one-year gap, encountered a group of incomparably experienced teammates, and his condition was constantly recovering in a comfortable environment. No one could see any difference between the current Zhang Jiale and the Zhang Jiale who had retired. This made his decision to retire once again receive a torrent of abuse, but unfortunately, this didn't affect him in the slightest.
Amidst the praise and curses, Zhang Jiale steadily advanced. Tyranny, who had undergone a series of major changes over the summer, was as steady and efficient as a team that had worked together for many years. They were currently leading the Alliance and were working hard to create the most beautiful regular season record in the history of Glory. This All Stars Weekend, they had already created history. As many as four of their players had been chosen for the 24 All Stars. This had never happened before in the history of Glory.
However, these four players were all regulars of All Stars. Apart from Zhang Jiale, the other three didn't bring up any new topics. What everyone paid more attention to were the new faces in this All Stars.
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The last All Stars was written in August of last year. This time, it was written in August of this year. The plot time was synchronized with real time. It was so real that it made one's hair stand on end! (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to qidian.com to vote for me. Your support is my biggest motivation.)
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