"Battle of the Century" officially started at the 50th minute.
In the Yanzhou region, the mutated beasts in the southern part of District 79 were decreasing at an alarming rate, and the people on the streets of District 79 only heard gunshots and the mutated beasts that fell in the wake of the gunshots. Not only were the beasts being stolen, what made people even more frantic was that they could not find the person who had fired the shots. They did not even know how many people there were!
Even if someone had seen it, it was just a flash of a shadow. There was simply no time to see the person's appearance or other characteristics, and there was no way of knowing who the other party was.
It was simply a clean sweep!
However, in the entire Yanzhou region, although the incident in the southern part of District 79 had attracted attention, compared to other matters, it was just a small ripple.
All the major entertainment media were scrambling to report on the situation of Yanzhou's e-sports clubs, guessing which clubs would appear at the top of the leaderboard.
On the globally renowned online gaming community, "Rising Dragon," online voting had already begun on all continents, guessing who would leave their name on the leaderboard in the first hour of this once-a-decade event. Fans of the various e-sports clubs were arguing merrily.
Fiery Bird's official website had an experience point ranking. It was a leaderboard for each continent's warzone. There were teams and individual players, and it was refreshed once an hour. This leaderboard was specially watched by e-sports clubs from every continent. It was publicly recognized as the most authoritative ranking of strength. The higher one's ranking was, the more attention it received, and in terms of commercial value, the higher their value.
Yanzhou's popular magazine, "Prairie Fire," had already invited a few retired e-sports stars to the live broadcast room, waiting for the leaderboard to come out and explain.
Countless people paid attention to Fiery Bird's official website.
Yanzhou's five big e-sports clubs dominated the top five all year round, and the other e-sports clubs were also eager to squeeze their way to the top.
Almost an hour had passed since the start of the game, and many pairs of eyes were glued to the leaderboard that was about to refresh for the first time.
Silver Wing gaming department.
Department manager Wayne looked at the five people in the gaming room and came out to pour a glass of water to ease the tension. As the head of the department, Wayne had not slept well the past few days. He had dark circles under his eyes, and his face was covered in stubble.
This time, he had signed five people. Three were actors and e-sports players with dual occupations. As for the other two, one was a university student who had just signed, and the other had been poached from another studio. Apart from that, to look better, he had also collaborated with a private studio and let the five signed people form a team with that studio's staff. The team's name was "Lurker", and they had yet to be announced to the public. Even the previous news had only given them a mysterious appearance.
If one boasted too fiercely before the competition, the slap in the face after the competition would hurt even more. Therefore, apart from the people in the department, no one else knew the name of Silver Wing's gaming department team, their battle prowess, or who their members were.
Silver Wing would also invest in games, but compared to Fiery Bird's games, it was just a small investment. Furthermore, most of the time, Silver Wing would choose to collaborate with other gaming companies instead of working alone. Silver Wing was the same as other entertainment companies in the New Era. They all had the same idea. Anything that was related to entertainment and could make money, they wanted to get involved.
Wayne's gaming department's position in the company could not be compared to the film and music departments, but it was more important than the other small projects. In the past, the virtual projects department was at the bottom of the company, but now that the virtual projects department was getting stronger, their gaming department was faintly being squeezed down. This time, Wayne planned to borrow the momentum of "Battle of the Century" to see if he could pull the department up again.
There was no hope for the individual rankings. After all, they were amateurs and could not compare to those professional, commercial e-sports clubs. In terms of creating stars, they could not compare. But for the team rankings, Wayne thought that if they could squeeze into the top 50, it would be enough to answer to the higher-ups and make the company look better. They were not a professional e-sports club, but they were still a famous entertainment company in Yanzhou. Since they had chosen to have a foot in this field, the results could not be too ugly.
Competition in gaming clubs was too intense. It was much more intense than competition in film and music. Silver Wing's focus was still on film and variety shows. As long as they could get by in the gaming department, it would be fine. The top 50 was the target that the higher-ups had set for him. If he could squeeze into the top 30, Wayne would be smiling even in his sleep.
However, Wayne did not have high hopes for a good result in the first hour. Everyone in professional e-sports clubs knew that the first hour was the best time to sweep up points. When many newcomers had not adapted and were still in a daze, it was the best opportunity to sweep up points! By the time those people had recovered, all sorts of strategies would have been released, and various private studios would have started selling equipment. Wanting to sweep up points so easily was basically impossible.
Therefore, professional e-sports clubs would seize the opportunity to sweep up points in the first hour. They would kill all the monsters that they could kill and earn as much experience as they could. After all, this was a commercial e-sports club, not a hobby team. Every step was carried out in the direction of maximizing profits. Many companies were waiting to use this wave to create stars.
Experience points could tell the strength of a person or a team. However, at the moment, a team could only have 20 people at most. If they wanted to expand, they could only increase the overall experience points first. But even if there was a limit to the number of people, there was still the concept of "cooperation." Many e-sports clubs had second and third teams, as well as substitutes, to assist the main team and allow them to obtain more points and rush up the leaderboards.
For example, on Silver Wing's side, apart from the five people who had signed a contract, there was also a private studio. This was to give these five people free points and increase the team's overall points. As long as these five people were promoted, Wayne's goal of creating stars would be achieved. All he had to do was wait for this opportunity to stir things up.
But at the same time, Wayne would not pass up the opportunity to recruit newcomers.
"Keep an eye on them. See if there are any seedlings with potential who have not signed a contract. Grab them first!" Wayne rubbed his tired eyes and instructed his subordinates.
It was not just Silver Wing. Silver Wing's old rivals, Neon Culture and Tongshan True Entertainment, had the same idea. Many professional e-sports clubs also had people keeping an eye on them. There was never too much talent. Regardless of whether they could be used, they would fish them up first. Even if they had their own mushrooms, they could not let other competitors have them.
And some gamers also harbored their own dreams of becoming a star. They planned to amaze the world with a single brilliant feat and soar to the top. So what if they were from a remote mountain range? So what if they had no family background or wealth? As long as they made it onto the leaderboards, there was no need to worry about no one looking for them. Getting rich overnight was not a dream. The road to fame was right in front of them.
"Battle of the Century" started at 55 points.
Transcendence, Big Dipper, HWR, BOOM, 2S, and other e-sports clubs were also waiting.
2S e-sports club.
"Are the announcements ready?"
"Yes."
The first, second, third, fourth, and fifth place on the leaderboards had already been written, so they could deal with whatever position they were in.
As for those outside the top five?
Was that possible?!
"I heard that the team's total points have long broken 10,000. Xie He's individual total has already broken 2,000!"
Hearing this news, everyone relaxed, but they quickly quieted down. They were nervous and filled with anticipation as the seconds ticked by and the leaderboards refreshed. Whether or not they could have a good start on both leaderboards would depend on the leaderboards that would refresh in a while.
"Battle of the Century" started at 59: 30.
Many people offline stopped whatever they were doing. Fans who had been arguing in full swing also temporarily stopped. They stared at the screen and counted the seconds.
0: 59: 58
0: 59: 59
1: 00: 00!
Fiery Bird's official website refreshed automatically.
Yanzhou district leaderboards, individual experience points ranking. The leaderboards were arranged in order. After every ID was experience points and team information.
1 AliveAfter500Years — 5267.3 — SilverWing50PolarLight
2 Xie He — 2683.1 — 2S
3 Bai Jiang — 2592.4 — BOOM
4 Yi Yuan — 2546.7 — Big Dipper
5 Jose — 2458.5 — HWR
6 Kong Tianhan — 2306.2 — Transcendence
...
Seeing the leaderboards refreshed for the first time, many e-sports club offices fell silent.
The cheeks of those staring at the screen twitched. Their lips moved twice, but no sound came out. It was as if a large hand was strangling their throats.
"This is impossible!" A 2S analyst's face was pale, and his fingers trembled as he pointed at the screen.
As an analyst, he naturally knew the composition of the experience points obtained by his team members. Regardless of whether it was Xie He or the top players of the other e-sports clubs, their points were basically swept in the last half an hour. At that time, many of the support teams had accumulated points, and the equipment they had exchanged for had been given to the main team members. There were also people in charge of luring the monsters. Especially in the last 10 minutes of the first hour, they were completely relying on equipment and bullets! This was a true money-making operation to sweep in points!
The other teams were in a similar situation, so everyone's points were relatively close. At most, there was a difference of 200 to 300 points. But what the hell was first place?!
5,000 points?!
Was this f * cking human?
Had the system made a mistake?!
Looking at the global leaderboards, there were not many in the top 10 who had exceeded 3,000 points. There were only eight. Two from Huangzhou, two from Rongzhou, and one each from Xizhou, Tongzhou, and Mazhou. Besides these seven, there was the number one Yanzhou team, AliveAfter500Years. This was the first time this unfamiliar ID had appeared before everyone's eyes. Furthermore, he had forcibly left the number two Mazhou gold-medal shooter by 1,700 points!
Looking at the team, SilverWing50PolarLight? Where had this popped out from? Never heard of it before!
But looking at the team rankings, SilverWing50PolarLight could not be found in the top 100 of the global leaderboards. It was only ranked 28th on the Yanzhou leaderboards, and its total points was actually only 5350.4!
That also meant that the weirdo in first place had swept 98% of the points alone!
Was it possible?
"Absolutely impossible!"
"It was done! One look and you can tell it was done by a business team! Paid people to smash it up! "
"SilverWing50PolarLight? A team from Silver Wing? F * ck, Silver Wing actually silently prepared a big move! "
"Treacherous! Truly treacherous to the extreme! "
"That's why, capital is shameless!"
"Are there any experts around? Tell me what methods they used to sweep so many points. "
"I'm not listening! In any case, they definitely used some shameful methods! "
At the same time, Silver Wing's gaming department was similarly at a loss.
Wayne looked at the refreshed leaderboards and stood there in a daze.
An employee beside him carefully leaned over and asked Wayne somewhat stutteringly, "Boss, this... is this our company's?"
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