When this news came out, everyone was a little surprised.
This was because Gourd was the one who initiated the challenge, unlike Starlight who only passively accepted the challenge after it was handed to him.
Although many people were worried for Gourd, most of them were excited and cheered for him on Weibo.
"Gourd guru is awesome! Come on, kill Origin! "
"Gourd guru is awesome, initiating the challenge is the spirit you need to have!"
"Us Chinese players are the last line of defense against the AI!"
"We Warcraft players are not afraid of a fight!"
"Previous poster, you must have read too many Xianxia novels …"
Regardless of whether he won or not, Gourd's initiative to challenge the AI was a huge boost to morale, and also attracted a lot of fans.
As for why Gourd was the first one to step up after so much research?
Everyone thought that Terrans had the highest chance of winning against Origin, and Gourd was the best Terran player in China, or even the world.
Although Gourd and Starlight both had wins and losses this year, it was normal that they were both top players. Moreover, Starlight and Origin were two different things. Even if Gourd didn't have a high chance of winning, there was still hope.
Moreover, he was the most suitable player out of the three in China.
Goph wanted to go too, but he knew that it would be harder for Orcs to fight Elves. As for Li Jingsi, she was about the same level as Starlight. Moreover, it wouldn't be easy for Elves to use their ultimate against Elves.
From the mechanics of Warcraft, Elves didn't have any natural enemies, but they had a love-hate relationship with Terrans.
Just like in Chen Mo's previous life, when he defeated Moon to become the WCG champion, he had a habit of playing Terran when he fought Elves, and Elves when he fought Terran.
Their hands and feet would be tied during a civil war, but it would be easier for them to fight with another race.
Moreover, after the research of a few top players, everyone came to a consensus. There was no way to win against Origin head-on, so they had to think of other ways.
Using trickery tactics to trick Origin was also an idea, but it had a lower chance of success. This was because the current mainstream strategies were the most optimal ones summarized by the pro players. If you played tricks, you would be at a disadvantage in the beginning, middle, and late stages. It was possible that you wouldn't even be able to drag it out until the trick took effect.
For example, if you wanted to recruit a Dark Ranger to abduct farmers and create mixed-race units to fight against Origin to confuse its judgment, the prerequisite was that you had to have a Level 6 Dark Ranger or an Undead player.
How is Origin going to let your Dark Ranger level up to Level 6?
Using the Undead was even more nonsensical. Putting aside the fact that the Undead were known to be difficult to mine and relatively weak, there were not many high-level Undead players in the country!
The worst part was that Origin was an Elven player. The prerequisite to playing Dark Vagabond was that the map had to be large enough to mine as many mines as possible. But even if you knew how to mine, wouldn't Origin be an Elven player?
Deceiving Origin wasn't going to work, because Origin's judgment of the situation was constantly changing every second. It didn't feel like it was being deceived at all.
Moreover, Origin also knew how to scout ahead and spy on the enemy. It wasn't going to be easy to deceive Origin from start to finish like it was deceiving other pro players.
The problem was that Origin wasn't a crazy computer with a natural IQ deficiency. It was an artificial intelligence that was smarter than human players. Whatever tricks people could think of, Origin might have already practiced with itself countless times.
So, after thinking about it, the most promising strategy to win against Origin was: TR! And it had to be a TR!
The so-called TR was to drag along the entire family in a single wave. When both sides were born close to each other, the TR would directly drag a large number of farmers and beginner soldiers to run to the other party's house to build towers, and then use the towers to shoot the other party to death.
In front of so many automatic attacks from the Arrow Towers, what was the point of controlling them?
Of course, Origin was an artificial intelligence, and it wasn't stupid. It definitely had a way to prevent TR, but having a way to prevent it was two different things. Which pro player didn't know that their opponent could TR? But there were still many pro players who died from TR.
That was why everyone thought about it again and again and pushed Gourd out. Humans were the easiest to TR, and they had the highest chance of succeeding.
The other Elves, Orcs, and Undead would not be able to do it.
Obviously, Gourd wasn't unprepared this time. He came prepared. After studying the recordings for a long time, he came up with a few strategies.
The pro players knew very well that even if they didn't accept the challenge, Origin would come to them sooner or later. The longer they dragged it out, the stronger Origin would become. They couldn't just hide in their shells forever, right?
It was better to fight early than to fight passively.
At least … they could die with a little more dignity.
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As Gourd accepted the challenge, the topic of the war between humans and machines once again rose!
Especially in China, everyone was paying more attention to this battle. This time, it was a Chinese player who had accepted the challenge of Origin, defending the dignity of humans in the video game industry!
"The top player of the Chinese server has finally made his move! God Gourd, go! "
"Tonight, we're all fans of Gourd!"
"Sure, if the Elves can't do it, there's still the humans. We'll fight as humans, no problem!"
"Yeah, he's taking the initiative to challenge us. Not to mention, even if God Gourd can't do it, we still have Goph. Don't worry! "
Many people were quite optimistic. After all, Goph did not participate. But in reality, the top Warcraft players knew that Goph's chances might not be as good as Goph's …
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After Gourd accepted the challenge, Origin's research and development team immediately rushed to China.
After all, Origin had nothing to rest for. The offline version did not even need anti-virus.
As for why they were in such a hurry, it was Gourd's own request.
Because … if they did not hurry, Origin might evolve again.
The current version of Origin was an offline version, which meant that it did not use the power of a supercomputer. All the calculations were done on this small cylinder.
Moreover, it did not automatically update the version. Although it had a certain amount of learning ability, it was very limited.
As for the complete version of Origin, it could directly use the supercomputer as the main body to perform the calculations. Obviously, that used too much resources. On one hand, it was a waste, and on the other hand, it seemed like a bully.
Therefore, Gourd decided to challenge the current version of Origin.
This was also a lesson learned from the previous Go war between humans and humans. Originally, the top human players had a chance to win against the artificial intelligence, but because they were afraid that they would not be prepared enough, the game was delayed for more than a month. In the end, after more than a month, the Go artificial intelligence's chess skills had increased by several levels …
Gourd did not want this to happen. He could have won, but because of the delay, the artificial intelligence continued to evolve, and he could not win. That would be too much of a pain in the ass.
In fact, everyone knew very well that even if they won this time, when the artificial intelligence made a comeback, they would most likely lose again.
This was because the artificial intelligence's speed of evolution was much faster than that of humans. It was like two straight lines with different slopes. The artificial intelligence may have a low starting point, but one day, it would catch up and even surpass humans.
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