July 22nd, Friday …
The members of the H4 Esports Club stepped onto Jingzhou's soil for the first time.
Team Leader Su and Team Leader Guan each led the H4 Esports Club's GOG and IOI teams to participate in this weekend's competition in Jingzhou.
The competition schedule was very simple. The finals would be a best-of-five, and the others would be best-of-three. A total of eight teams would use a single-elimination system. There would be a total of seven matches played on Saturday and Sunday.
This schedule was a little tight, but it was reasonable. After all, it was easier to maintain popularity in the short term if the competition was more concentrated. The audience would not lose patience.
What Team Leader Su found more ridiculous was that GOG and IOI's competition would be held at the same time on Saturday and Sunday!
Did they have to be squeezed together and let the audience choose between the two?
What's more, these were both Tengda's games. Were they trying to steal their own popularity? Internal strife?
Wouldn't it be better to split the two competitions into two weekends?
It was a little puzzling.
However, what everyone did not know was that GOG and IOI were really fighting each other now.
There was a reason for this timing.
Preparing for the competition required contacting teams, preparing the venue, formulating the competition schedule, and so on. The preparation time for both sides was about the same.
And whoever's match was the first to go on would receive the most attention!
If GOG's players knew that there was an IOI competition this week and GOG's competition would only start next week, they would probably take a look at IOI's competition this week.
It was the same for IOI's players.
However, IOI's players might not necessarily watch GOG's competition the next week.
The first to be held would always gain more popularity, just like how many cell phone manufacturers wanted to be the first to be released.
Thus, Tengda Games and Shang Yang Games did not give in to each other in this regard. Both wanted to be ahead of each other.
However, the preparation time for the competition could not be shortened. The competition had to be held on Saturday and Sunday, when there were more people. No one wanted to fall behind. Thus, there was no way to compress the preparation time. In the end, it was squeezed on the same weekend.
It was too late to change the time after deciding on it. They could only fight to the death!
There was no doubt that GOG had the upper hand in terms of player base.
However, IOI had also spent a lot of money on publicity this time. Apart from inviting a few famous first-tier clubs in the country, they had also invited a few foreign clubs to play the 'international competition'.
This was very attractive to many viewers. After all, the most interesting and exciting battles were always the foreign battles.
Both sides had already released a large number of advertisements to warm up. Whether IOI could make a comeback in the local server depended on this.
If it was still suppressed by GOG, it would be even more difficult to promote it in the future.
"Team Leader Su, we'll head to the hotel first. Let's do our best and bring back the trophy. Let's have a victorious reunion!" After Team Leader Guan finished speaking, he left with his team members in a taxi.
The competition venues on both sides were different stadiums in Jingzhou, and they were quite far from each other. It was obvious that the audience could not be easily swayed and could only choose one side to watch.
Therefore, the two teams of the H4 Club were staying in different hotels. It was more convenient for them to get to the competition venue.
Of course, the expenses related to the hotel and food were also covered by the organizers.
Team Leader Su was about to hail a taxi and head to the hotel.
At this moment, Captain Pang Ling suggested, "Captain Su, it's still early. We can skip the hotel first. Wouldn't it be better to go to the DGE Club and find Huang Wang and Jiang Huan for a mock competition? "
Team Leader Su was stunned for a moment and then nodded. "That's right! We can also test the results of our recent training. "
After the DGE Club left Shanghai, the H4 Club had been training hard. They repeatedly watched the DGE Team's videos while arranging mock competitions with other clubs.
They were improving very quickly!
There were many reasons why the two teams of the DGE Club could beat the H4 Club with four against six, including strong individual abilities, good teamwork, and many unexpected tactical routines.
Apart from that, there was also a very important point: understanding of the game.
What to do at each time, what everyone's responsibilities were, how to execute the tactical system … all of these content benefited the people of the H4 Club a lot.
Using this set of tactics against other clubs, the effect was surprisingly good.
Therefore, everyone was a little inflated. They really wanted to find the people of the DGE Club to fight again to see how much they had improved.
Team Leader Su sent a message to Zhang Yuan. Zhang Yuan readily agreed and sent his location.
The GOG team of the H4 Club headed directly to Ming Yun Villas.
"When the time comes, we can just find an internet cafe to play mock competitions, right?"
"I heard that there is a very famous internet cafe in Jingzhou called Fish-Catching Internet Cafe? I heard that the configuration is good, and the environment is good. I wonder if they will go there to play mock competitions. "
"Is the configuration really good? How good can it be? "
"Who knows? I think the hype online is a little too much. Anyway, it's definitely better than the internet cafe we often go to, but it can't be that much better, right? Anyway, let's see when we get there … "
There were a total of six members of the H4 Club. They took two taxis and arrived at Ming Yun Villas about half an hour later.
Along the way, everyone had nothing to do and also looked at the scenery outside.
The biggest feeling was: Indeed, it was still far from Shanghai!
After all, Jingzhou was only a second-tier city. It did not have high-rise buildings like Shanghai, nor did it have special buildings like the Oriental Pearl Tower. Along the way, they looked around and saw ordinary city scenery. There was nothing special about it.
This made everyone's mentality more balanced, and they even felt a little superior.
That was because they had always heard that Jingzhou was very livable. Internet cafes, take-out, express delivery, and so on were very convenient. Some people even boasted that Jingzhou was better than Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou. That made the H4 Club members feel quite indignant.
Now, it seemed that Shanghai had arranged for Jingzhou to be the best in terms of high-rise buildings.
The two taxis stopped at Ming Yun Villas one after another. Looking at the spacious villas, a little envious expression appeared on the team members' faces for the first time.
It was much more magnificent than the villa they lived in in the suburbs of Shanghai!
However, considering that it was mainly because of the land price, the villas in Shanghai were worth two villas here. Everyone felt a little more balanced.
Pang Ling, the captain of the H4 Club, also looked at these villas and suddenly realized that he seemed to have an inexplicable competitive mentality ever since he arrived in Jingzhou.
When he realized this, Pang Ling was a little surprised himself.
However, on further thought, it was not strange at all for such a competitive mentality to appear.
That was because everyone from the H4 Club was already indignant after being beaten by the DGE Club!
Everyone was a passerby with high scores and had only joined the H4 Club after a trial.
The H4 Club was a veteran club in the country. Many internet-addicted teenagers joined this club and became proud to become a professional player.
Pang Ling and the others were very proud to be able to become a member of the H4 Club's GOG team.
However, the members of the DGE Club had ruthlessly attacked their pride. Whether it was in terms of personal image or team strength, they had crushed them.
How could the members of the H4 Club accept this?
It was just like a lot of Wuxia novels where the Heaven's Chosen One would go through untold hardships to enter a reputable and righteous sect. In the end, a small sect that popped out of nowhere came to challenge them and beat them up.
They were definitely psychologically unbalanced!
Therefore, everyone in the H4 Club naturally had this kind of unbalanced mentality, and they subconsciously competed with each other.
Pang Ling, who thought of this, instantly became vigilant and warned himself to maintain a normal state of mind.
As a competitive athlete, maintaining one's mentality was a very important lesson.
Pang Ling took a deep breath and told himself not to think so much. Instead, he focused on the upcoming mock competition with the DGE Club.
Zhang Yuan had already come out in advance to welcome them.
"Team Leader Su! Please come in, please come in. "
Zhang Yuan was very enthusiastic. After all, the DGE Club would inevitably have a good relationship with other clubs in the country in the future. It would not be wrong to cultivate more connections.
"Our training base is relatively simple. Everyone, please take a seat. It's going to be noon soon, and I've ordered takeout for everyone. We'll go to Fish-Catching Internet Cafe for the mock competition after lunch."
Team Leader Su nodded. "Alright, the guest will do as the host pleases. Brother Zhang, you can arrange it as you see fit."
The members of the H4 Club looked around with interest as they walked in. This villa had a courtyard, and the plants in the courtyard were trimmed very well. Obviously, someone was in charge of it.
However, everyone from the H4 Club was silent when they arrived at the training hall.
Pang Ling did not know how to express his feelings at that moment.
This was what you meant by 'the training base is relatively simple'?
This villa belonged to Boss Li. After he bought it, he basically maintained the original renovation. There was no fanfare for luxurious decorations.
However, the original renovation was already exquisite!
Zhang Yuan specially bought all kinds of furniture, computers, and so the entire training hall looked very harmonious and formal. It did not look like a homestay.
Pang Ling immediately saw the obvious difference when he compared it to the H4 Club's training base!
The H4 Club's villa was rented. Some of the landlord's furniture and sundries could not be thrown away. Thus, they could only make do with it.
Thus, it looked neither fish nor fowl.
Some of the houses had their original landlords, while others had to purchase new ones. The style of their houses was not uniform, and they were not good-looking either. The living conditions were even worse. Some people slept on bunk beds, while others had single bedding on top of their double beds. Many of the team members did not even have a wardrobe, so they could only buy a simple wardrobe to hang their clothes.
However, the DGE Club was completely different!
All the furniture, including computer desks, wardrobes, sofas for resting, beds for the members, and so on, were obviously purchased in the same way. The style was uniform, and the size was suitable. There might be more than ten computer desks in this training hall, but it did not feel crowded at all. Instead, it felt like it should be like this.
These computers were flashing with cool RGB lights. They were very high-tech and felt like they were at least ten years ahead of the computers at the H4 Club.
In short, the environment here was similar to that of many TV dramas. It seemed to be a deliberately set, and there was no 'make-do' place at all!
Pang Ling could not help but think. If this was' relatively simple ', then what was the H4 Club's training base called?
A slum or a garbage station?
Manager Su felt even more uncomfortable. He felt like this was a large-scale corpse whipping scene.
When the DGE Club went to visit the H4 Club, he was very proud to introduce it to everyone.
Now that he thought about the content of his bragging, he felt more and more embarrassed. He did not know how Zhang Yuan and the others endured it at that time …
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