August 7th, 8: 00 AM.
It had been exactly 72 hours since Feng Bujue received the requirement of "max level in three days".
On this seemingly ordinary morning, a piece of explosive news appeared on the Dream Company's official website.
[The Tournament for the Best S2 Forum is online today.]
[The war has begun again, the gods have descended once again.]
[With one heart, we are invincible.]
As long as the players opened any page under the Dream Company's domain, a large pop-up window with this slogan would appear. It was impossible to ignore …
"Ah … what will come will come …" Feng Bujue, who was sitting in front of his computer eating breakfast, had a very calm reaction to this announcement.
Seeing this, some people must have guessed that … after the "Last Supper", Woody had told Brother Jue about this "matter".
After all, Brother Jue had "connections". This was something that normal players couldn't compare to. Of course, Woody had only told Brother Jue three days in advance that the tournament was about to begin. As for the other rules and details, he didn't reveal too much.
"At this moment, those people in the professional circle … are probably going crazy …" Feng Bujue said as he drank the last mouthful of soy milk. He had a gloating expression on his face.
His guess was right … all the major studios had assumed that the preliminaries of the Tournament for the Best S2 would be held in November (S1's announcement mentioned that the tournament was held every six months). Therefore, at the beginning of August, they were still in a relaxed state.
But they never thought that … the rules of S2 would be completely different from S1. Whether it was the registration requirements, the preliminaries, the format of the tournament, or the ranking rewards … everything was a complete change …
If one had to make an analogy, the S1 Tournament for the Best was like a small scale boxing tournament organized by a small scale boxing league. As for this S2 … it felt like one of the five major European leagues.
"Anyway … let's see what's written first …" Feng Bujue looked at the screen and muttered as he clicked on the link on the pop-up window.
Two seconds later, he was linked to S2's forum.
After learning from the various lessons learned during Tournament for the Best S1, the Dream Company made some targeted changes.
Let's take the "Tournament for the Best S2 Forum" as an example … They had prepared a separate server for this forum. Even if tens of millions of accounts flooded in at the same time, or even posted at the same time, it would definitely not collapse. Things like hacker attacks and software spam were also within the scope of prevention.
The Dream Company posted a pinned post on every channel of the forum. [Before and after the Tournament of the Best S2, all topics related to the tournament will be transferred to the relevant discussion area.]
It was obviously very difficult for the moderator to handle this operation alone … Reading, reviewing, and moving posts all required time. If there were a lot of posts in a short period of time, the moderator would not be able to handle it at all. Luckily … there were optical computers in this era. Most of the screening and categorization work could be done by optical computers. The moderators only needed to clean up the fish that escaped the net.
"Hmm … this should be it …" Feng Bujue opened the forum and glanced at it. He then entered the post [Official Summary of the Tournament Rules].
This post prohibited anyone other than the moderators from replying. There were a lot of content and it was more than ten stories long.
Naturally, Brother Jue, who was a reader, would not miss a single line.
First, there was the part about registration …
[This tournament uses a group registration system. Starting from midnight on the 8th of August, players can fill in the registration form on the main screen of any 'meeting room'.
Teams that meet any of the following criteria are eligible to register.
One, the team has one (or more) level 50 player and the rest of the team members are level 40 (inclusive) and above.
Two, the average level of the team members is level 44.
Three, the team members have reached level 45 and the remaining two members have reached level 40. They each have two A level (inclusive) and above mastery.]
"Hmm … these criteria are quite reasonable." Feng Bujue read the post. "The third criteria should be to take care of players who specialize in medicine or workmanship or players who rely on puzzles to gain a foothold … These people's leveling speed might be slower than the mainstream combat-type players."
He continued to read …
"Registration has to be done under the premise that five players are in the same party.
The name of the team and the name of the team will be filled in by the team leader.
After all the team members have confirmed this, the registration form will be submitted. "
"Five people, huh …" Feng Bujue thought to himself. "This is already more than the limit of 3v3 in the Killing Game … What should I do about the tactical practice?"
The content that followed answered his question …
"After the application is submitted, the system will complete the review of the registration form within five minutes.
The team that passes the review will be considered a 'successful registration', and all the members of the team will be unlocked 'Tournament for the Best S2 Practice Mode'. "
"Oh … so it's a practice mode." As he spoke, Feng Bujue had already moved the cursor to the fourth layer of the post.
"Tournament for the Best S2 Practice Mode.
This mode only supports 4v4 matches between the registered teams of Tournament for the Best S2.
This mode does not provide Terror Points or rewards, but the rule of 'forced disconnection when the Terror Points are too high' applies.
This mode has the possibility of triggering any world-building or mission. The size and layout of the map will be randomly generated based on the power of both players.
In this mode, players can only observe their teammates' IGN, level, and life status in the team tab. All information about their enemies will be blocked.
The EXP, Game Coins, and Skill Points provided by this mode are similar to Killing Mode, but the rate of obtaining items and skills will be lower than normal Survival Mode. It is similar to New Player Mode.
The rules of Team Survival Mode will still apply to this mode. If you are not familiar with these rules, please click the link below. "
"What's going on? 4v4? "Feng Bujue was startled." Isn't the registration requirement to be a five-man team? "He quickly returned to the top of the post and continued reading.
"This competition will be a 4v4 match. For each round, the registered teams can adjust their line-up and choose any four members from the five to fight."
"Huh?" When this rule entered Brother Jue's eyes, he noticed something. "This is interesting …" He mumbled to himself. "Different team members can come up with different combinations of tactics … This way … the analysis and planning before the competition will most likely be part of the outcome of the competition."
Instantly, a rather unfriendly smile appeared on his face. It was as if he could see the frustration of many people who had been tricked by him.
"At midnight on the 10th of August, 'Tournament for the Best S2 Practice Mode' will be officially opened. Then, teams who have unlocked the mode will be able to join the queue for matchmaking.
At midnight on the 30th of August, the mode will be closed again. The official 'Preliminary Mode' will be opened soon after that.
From midnight on the 8th of August to midnight on the 30th of August, all team leaders who have registered will have one chance to submit a 'Member Change Request'.
Other than team leaders, all team members will have one chance to submit a 'Member Change Request'.
After midnight on the 30th of August, all team names will be locked and cannot be changed. "
"I see …" Feng Bujue read the paragraph. "First, before midnight on the 10th, players will be given two days to form a team. Then, in the remaining twenty days, these teams will be given time to practice and familiarize themselves with each other. Every player will also be given a chance to choose a new team. This way … at least most teams will be able to form a line-up that they are satisfied with. "
"The 'Preliminary Mode' (tentative name) will be based on a point system. The specific starting time and rules will be announced at midnight on the 30th of August.
The total duration of the preliminary is estimated to be fifty days.
There are no VIP players in this competition.
The finalists will be based on the points accumulated and will be decided by the photon computer.
The competition process will be completely open, transparent, and fair. "
"Haha …" Feng Bujue laughed. "Fair my * ss … Last time, you invited me directly. This time, you gave me a spoiler in advance. Aren't you embarrassed …" When he said this, he intentionally raised his voice.
"Hah ~" The next second, Arthas, who was sleeping on the sofa, yawned and said, "I know what you're trying to do. Don't waste your energy meow."
"Huh? Are you talking to me? "Feng Bujue turned his head and pretended to be dumb.
"You pretended to be careless and said something that might affect Woody. Then, you deliberately let me hear it." Arthas exposed Brother Jue directly. "You want to use this to test whether … under similar circumstances, I will go to him and tell on him or not. If I do, you can use this as an opportunity to use me … to pass on some information that you want him to hear. If you don't, you can think of other ways to test him further … "
After Feng Bujue heard this, he shrugged. "Tsk … I've been seen through …"
"Continue to browse the forum meow …" Arthas said lazily. "Don't think that just because you've reached level 50 (Brother Jue reached the maximum level on the 5th of August), you can rest easy … This S2 competition will be much more difficult than S1. You'd better prepare in advance …" After that, she wagged her tail and turned her head to sleep again.
"Ah … I'll do my best …" Feng Bujue replied and turned his gaze back to the monitor.
The content listed in the post was what everyone was looking forward to — the prize.
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