One week passed in the blink of an eye after the incident at the market.
Today was April 30th. When the clock struck midnight, the preliminaries of the Tournament for the Best would officially begin.
After one week, the four members of Underworld Frontline had naturally leveled up. Feng Bujue was now the one with the highest level. He was level thirty-four and had more than half of his EXP. Passing Rain, Laughing Soul, and Xiao Tan were still level thirty-three.
Actually … if Brother Jue focused on leveling up, with his forty percent EXP advantage from clearing a scenario, it would be easy for him to reach first place on the leaderboard.
But he did not plan to do that.
First, he did not want to widen the level gap between himself and his friends in the guild because that would increase the difficulty of the team scenarios, and it would not be good for his mastery growth.
Secondly, after the leading groups in the game had basically crossed the level 30 threshold, the ranking on the level rankings had maintained a very stable trend. If someone on the Level Leaderboard advanced by leaps and bounds, surging all the way to the top, it was very easy to be exposed … Even if you were anonymous, as long as you were in a group dungeon, you would meet people, and as long as you met people, they would see your level. In the whole of Thriller Paradise, the number of people who had reached level thirty-six could be counted on one hand, and those who were around level thirty-five were mostly professional players from gaming studios. If Brother Jue did not control his level, he would not be far from being famous.
Of course, there was another reason why Feng Bujue had given up on the EXP reward — he wanted to draw excellent quality equipment.
The [Type 0 Magic Disintegrator] was definitely an abyss of evil. Other than the three pieces of equipment that were given to it on the morning of the 24th, in the past seven days, it had swallowed a total of 10 Excellent grade items. Of the ten items, eight of them were drawn from the extra reward, and the other two were cheap items that Feng Bujue had gotten from the auction house.
During Brother Jue's second attempt, he also put in three pieces of equipment, and he failed.
This time, the success rate of the machine had accumulated to 6.01 percent.
During his third attempt, the naïve man told himself that he would not do the same thing more than three times. Therefore, he gritted his teeth and put in four pieces of equipment, and … he still failed.
At this time, the manufacturing success rate of the machine had accumulated to 10.01% …
When it came to the fourth production, Feng Bujue's mentality was similar to that of gamblers who were still playing after losing hundreds of thousands of yuan.
Thus, three more failed attempts were made …
The manufacturing success rate was 13.01%, but Feng Bujue's patience was close to zero … However, he didn't go crazy.
Coincidentally, in the past seven days, Brother Jue's chances of drawing Excellent grade equipment had significantly increased. Although he would still occasionally draw things like stones and baseball bats, most of the time, as long as he chose to draw equipment, he would at least get something of Normal grade or above. This probably had something to do with his level. After all, he was already over level 30. The reward of [Randomly draw a piece of equipment that corresponds to your level] couldn't possibly be a pile of sh * t, and the remark that it was a pile of holy sh * t (holy sh * t, literally translated as holy sh * t), right?
Unfortunately … the quality of the items he drew had increased, but he didn't get any valuable items. They were basically useless, and even if he put them in the Auction House, he would have to pay the commission. Even if he didn't stuff them into the machine, he would probably sell them to the shop. Therefore, Brother Jue stuffed them into the machine.
It was obvious that Feng Bujue wasn't a pure gambler. At least he hadn't lost his mind, or else he would have taken off all his good equipment and stuffed them into the machine.
Compared to Brother Jue, the performance of the other players in the past ten days could be said to be truly "crazy."
As the date of the Tournament for the Best drew closer, all sorts of side effects swept over like a tidal wave.
Let's talk about the forum first …
During this period of time, the number of posts on the forum reached its second peak since the open beta started. Posts with titles like "How to quickly reach level 30 in XX (here, XX could be ten days, eight days, one week, or even five days if you're brave enough)" were everywhere, and all of them were very popular.
The replies in the posts were also very interesting. For example, a person went to all the similar posts to grab the second post and copied and pasted a sentence like "Everyone below, you've spent your leveling time reading this guide. You're probably regretting it already."
Other than that, posts with titles like "My opinion on the Tournament for the Best" and "It's not easy to meet professional players in the queue during May" also gained a lot of clicks. To be honest, reading these posts was a real waste of time. If one could advance by studying the tournament system, the national football team would have been a regular participant in the World Cup.
There were also posts that were purely strategy posts like "Weapon Selection and Skill Combination for Marksmanship Players" or "The Strength of Summoner's Mastery over Trivial Strategies". The quality of these posts varied, and it was related to the author's gaming skill and writing skills. Some people were good at the game, but they might not be able to come up with a good guide. Some people were good at writing, but due to their limited skill, their guide might not be accurate.
The key thing was … in a game like Thriller Paradise, where the players had their own unique traits, it was hard to tell whether learning from other people's growth pattern would be beneficial or misleading.
Back to the gaming aspect.
Players of all levels had an unprecedented passion for leveling up. Those who had not reached level thirty wanted to get the qualification as soon as possible, and those who had reached level thirty wanted to build up their level advantage and accumulate their strength.
Of all the game modes, the queuing rate for Killing Game had obviously increased recently. Many players who did not like PVP or were not good at PVP, like Xiao Tan, had thrown themselves into the 'PVP' wave before the Tournament for the Best, and they had gotten used to the atmosphere and rhythm of the battle.
The sales at the Auction House had never been so good before. In the twenty-six days since the server was released, the popularity, social influence, and player number of Thriller Paradise had been steadily increasing. On the eve of the Tournament for the Best, the number of players increased even more. The increase in the number of players, the number of online players, and the number of online time meant that more scenarios were generated and more items were taken out of the scenarios. In the end, these things would be reflected in the number of transactions at the Auction House.
The Tournament for the Best, as the first big event in the game, no doubt attracted the attention of many players. When they became 'old players', they could tell the new players, "Tsk … Back then, during the first Tournament for the Best, I …" That would be something to be proud of.
On the other hand, if you were already in Thriller Paradise when the event happened but had not reached level thirty, or if you entered the preliminaries but were eliminated before you finished all fifty matches, then there would be nothing left to talk about in the future. There would be a feeling of, "I was already in Jianghu, but there is no legend of me in Jianghu. If you want to get to the bottom of it, you'll only be able to find out about my shame."
Of course, situations like Passing Rain and Laughing Soul were exceptions. They were pure casual players, and they were rich. They did not care about winning or losing, and they did not want to make a name for themselves. If these people had no interest in the tournament, they would not have joined it.
After talking about the players, it was time to talk about the situation at the game company.
As the war approached, the Dream Company followed their usual style — to deal with the changes by sticking to the status quo. They put on the disgusting face of a monopolistic company, and it made the fans, who were in pain but happy at the same time, kneel before them.
Theoretically speaking, at a time like this, a normal game company would take advantage of the situation and come up with all kinds of scams.
For example, they could pack a bunch of special items and give them a name like 'Tournament for the Best Preparation Pack' and set the price at 998 RMB to lure some country bumpkins into the trap.
For example, they could increase the price of the Double EXP Card, which had recently doubled in sales, or give it a package promotion.
They could even come up with new items like Quintuple EXP Card, Difficulty Reduction Card, and so on. Even though they might break the balance of the game, as long as there was a so-called 'limited sale', they could justify the high price. They could even come up with a 'bundled sale'. For example, if you buy a gaming hub, I'll give you a virtual item.
These methods had been used by many scammers over the years, and they had never failed. With the current popularity of Thriller Paradise, they could do the same thing, and they would be able to make a killing.
But the Dream Company was that unique … and they were as stable as Mount Tai.
At this critical juncture, they did not do anything.
Even the exchange rate between RMB and Game Coins was stable, but it had dropped from 1: 2000 to 1: 1900. This fluctuation was not much different from the weekly fluctuation. Obviously, the Dream Company had no intention of raising the price of Game Coins. This kind of attitude stimulated the market and gave the players more confidence in the company. Many players who had never spent money in the game could not help but open their wallets.
However, the Dream Company had another unique characteristic — they were not famous, but they were famous when they did.
As expected, on the 30th of April, they announced a shocking piece of news on their official website.
At five o 'clock in the afternoon, the rules for the preliminaries, semi-finals, and finals were announced. They were named the Battle of the Bug, the Battle of the Cocoon, and the Battle of the Butterfly. The three battles would determine the top 3,000, the top 100, and the top 50.
After these three battles, the remaining fifty would be qualified to participate in the real Tournament for the Best.
Along with the announcement, there was a message. "The registration deadline will be midnight on the 1st of May. The system will select ten 'VIP players' from all registered players to enter the Battle of the Butterfly. "
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