Time passed quickly, and at midnight on the 16th of May, the preliminaries for the Tournament for the Best officially ended.
The Battle of the Bug had ended.
The 16th of May was the resting day for the competition, and the players were given a day to rest.
On the morning of the 17th, the Battle of the Cocoon would begin. Starting from the semi-finals, the competition would be conducted in the server in sleeping mode from 1 am to 2 am. When the competition started, the players who were not waiting in the log-in lobby would be considered to have forfeited.
Every match in the Battle of the Cocoon would be broadcasted live. Players could watch any match through the screen in the log-in lobby or the conference room. Players who liked to watch the competition could go to the big screen in the market. The main screen would choose a relatively popular match to broadcast, and there would be two commentators from the gaming company to provide commentary and commentary.
Xiao Tan's result in the preliminaries was not bad, but he did not manage to win all fifty matches.
Even though he had won nine consecutive matches and defeated professional players like Bu Tiange, as Brother Jue had analyzed, it was inevitable that he would run into players who could counter him …
In the end, Xiao Tan's result was forty-two wins and eight losses. In any case, based on Feng Bujue's theory, this result was enough to qualify for the Tournament.
Since Xiao Tan had to work overtime for a week starting from the 8th of May, he finished all the preliminaries on the 7th. During that week of overtime, he only played one or two scenarios in sleeping mode and did not log in during the day.
In these seven days, Brother Jue, Passing Rain, and Laughing Soul would often queue together for team missions. If they had friends online, they would call them to reduce the chance of running into strangers. After all, Brother Jue was now a celebrity, and strangers would ask him all sorts of questions.
It was worth mentioning that while the Tournament for the Best was in full swing, the Dream Company had silently released their second game — Crazy Thoughts.
Of course, this was just a trial version. Currently, the players could only play Practice Mode with opponents simulated by the photon computer.
This was a card battle game. The player played the role of a "commander" with a "duel plate" on his arm. He led his "deck commander" and commanded the monsters, traps, magic, and so on transformed from cards to battle.
The game could be entered directly from the log-in lobby. After lying down in the gaming hub and completing the nerve connection, one only needed to select 'Welcome to the game log-in lobby. The following are all the games provided by the Dream Company. Please select the log-in option.' For this step, one only needed to select 'Crazy Thoughts'.
When Feng Bujue said that the Dream Company was ambitious, he was right. The gaming hub and gaming helmet that Dream Inc. came up with were unique, and the games that they came up with were exclusive to their own hardware. Imagine … if one day, the Dream Company's gaming hub and the Dream Company, the Dream Company's Dream Company, and the Dream Company, the Dream Company's hardware to compete..
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May 16th, 5: 00 PM.
The three thousand people who successfully entered the Battle of the Cocoon were officially announced on the official website.
In fact, as early as an hour ago, every finalist had already received an email in their mailbox informing them of their advancement, and it had even been marked in red. The system voice would also give a detailed notification when they last logged in.
In short, after the news was announced, some were happy and some were sad.
The forum, which had been gradually stabilizing, was once again filled with posts.
Posts like 'Sigh … I didn't advance after thirty-five victories', 'First, I won ten consecutive victories, then I lost four consecutive battles', and 'Are you rich people going to let me live?' Such posts … Some were showing off, some were indignant, and some were looking for excuses … Anyway, everyone who participated in the Battle of the Bugs but failed to advance seemed to have a deep grudge. It was as if they were not treated unfairly, occasionally performed poorly, and had bad luck.
However, as the devil, Mr. Simon, once said, 'Victory is victory.' Losers were nothing more than that. Winners were strong.
The rules of the preliminaries were quite reasonable. Most of the truly strong players had advanced. If they did not advance, they could only blame themselves for not being strong enough. Looking for excuses would not change anything.
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At 8 PM that night, the rules of the Battle of the Cocoon were listed out in detail.
The Battle of the Cocoon was split into five rounds. There were also two additional rounds.
May 17th, 1 AM, the first round of the Battle of the Cocoon began. Three thousand players would be randomly matched to determine the winner and loser groups, with each group consisting of 1,500 players.
In the loser group, the 1,380 players with the worst results in the preliminaries would be eliminated directly. The remaining 120 players would enter the additional rounds.
May 18th, 1 AM, the first round of the additional rounds. The 120 players with the best results in the preliminaries in the loser group and the 120 players with the worst results in the winners group … would be randomly matched. The loser would be eliminated directly.
May 19th, 1 AM, the second round of the additional rounds. The remaining 120 players from the first round of the additional rounds would fight again. The 60 players who survived the two additional rounds could join the winner's group.
May 20th, 1 AM, the second round of the Battle of the Cocoon. There were 1,380 players in the winner's group, plus the 60 players who had made it through the play-offs, totaling up to 1,440 players. They were randomly matched against each other. The loser would be eliminated directly.
May 21st, 1 AM, the third round of the Battle of the Cocoon. From 720 to 360.
May 22nd, 1 AM, the fourth round of the Battle of the Cocoon. From 360 to 180.
May 23rd, 1 AM, the fifth round of the Battle of the Cocoon. From 180 to 90.
At this point, the Battle of the Cocoon phase was over. The remaining 90 players would be combined with the 10 VIP players to form the top 100 and enter the Battle of the Butterfly.
Basically … at this stage of the semi-finals, to improve further, one could not afford to lose even one round …
These three thousand people were the best players that had survived the elimination process. They understood that every round was crucial. If you made a mistake, you would have to pay for it yourself.
Of course, the competition system left some leeway for the players.
Considering the possibility that the top players would meet early in the first round, there were two additional rounds. This gave them a chance to make a comeback. At the same time, the additional rounds could test the weaker players in the winner group.
Other than that … the concept of 'result' was the most controversial topic. Currently, there was a discussion on the forum … Some players advanced after winning thirty-seven rounds, but there were others who won thirty-seven rounds but did not advance.
On this point, the Dream Company provided convincing data. The system would give a comprehensive evaluation based on the total Life Points, Stamina Points, battle time, and Skill Points that each player exhausted in the preliminary round. This evaluation would be used to decide the name list for the additional rounds. This was the basis for judging which player had the better result when they had the same number of wins.
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May 17th, 1 AM.
Xiao Tan logged into the game in sleeping mode. With a nervous heart, he prepared for his first Battle of the Cocoon.
If the preliminary round gave off the same feeling as a normal 1v1 Killing Game, then this semi-final … would be different.
This would be broadcasted live. If the opponent was a famous player, then this battle might even be shown on the main screen of the market. Then, with the commentary of the commentator, it would be watched by hundreds of thousands of people.
Xiao Tan had been keeping a low profile since he was young. He had not shown himself in public, so it was natural for him to be nervous.
However, these psychological stage fright reactions would be quickly ignored when the real fight began. After all, the players would not be able to see the audience or hear the commentary inside the scenario. Even if they were picked and shown on the main screen, they would not know.
For the players, they only needed to focus on the battle itself.
"Important reminder: The first round of the Battle of the Cocoon is about to begin. Please be prepared in the game time — ten minutes — because once the countdown ends, you will be teleported out." The system announcement announced at 12: 50 am.
After the announcement ended, Xiao Tan opened the game menu, and he could see the countdown at the top right corner.
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