Registration for s3 ends on time at midnight on March 20th.
The vast majority of teams have submitted their registration applications n days ago, and the latest teams to register were all done during the day on the 19th; those who wait until after 11pm on the 19th to collect enough hidden points can
The registered team does not exist.
By 00:10, all participating players received system prompts, informing them of the number of teams and matching status of the first round.
This time, a total of 26,705 teams successfully passed the "hidden points" threshold and signed up to participate.
Therefore, in the first round, 26,704 teams will compete, of which 13,352 teams will be eliminated, and one team with a bye will be lucky enough to advance with the remaining 13,352 teams.
The start time of the competition is just one day later, that is, at midnight on the 21st. After the first round is completed, there will be a day off. At midnight on the 22nd, the official will announce the matching results of the next round, and then on the 23rd
Start the second round again.
Each subsequent round follows the same rules until the winner is determined.
Putting aside the bye factor, a rough calculation shows that if you want to win the championship...you need to win fifteen games in a row within a thirty-day period; on the contrary, if you lose any game before winning fifteen games, you will be eliminated directly.
In terms of the competition system, this kind of knockout round with random matching does not require any point calculation work, and there is no way to predict the promotion route in advance. This actually saves the data team of many studios trouble.
Of course, their intelligence analysis work cannot stop; even if the opponents in the next round are a team composed of unknown casual players, they cannot be careless. They have to investigate... In any case, the hidden score of the other team's team is always
The score is over 500, no matter how weak it is, it won't be much weaker.
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On the evening of the 20th, Xu Huaishang was in the conference room.
Hell's front line is ready to go.
[Please note that the first round of Peak Contest S3 will start in ten minutes (game time)]
At this moment, everyone received a dual prompt of voice and dialog box.
Because the time ratio in sleep mode is 1:10, players in the game world only receive this message when the time in the real world is already 11:59.
One minute after the game time, another system message was refreshed: [The player who serves as the captain is asked to submit the team's lineup for this round within the next nine minutes. If the relevant information is not submitted within the specified time, the team will be disqualified.
The lineup will be randomly sorted by the system]
"Well..." After hearing this, Feng Bujue groaned, glanced at the teammates present, and said, "Then, I will hand it over as agreed before."
He quickly received confirmation from his teammates, and then submitted his first-round roster.
Vanguard War: [Snow]
Backbone battle: [Sigh in vain] [Sorrowful spirit laughing at bones]
Participating in the battle: [Xu Huaishang]
Lieutenant General Battle: [Like Rain and Ruoli] [Between Flowers on the Stone]
General battle: [Crazy but not aware]
Because Hell Front faced a team composed of unknown casual players in the first round, and the strength and characteristics of each opponent's members were unknown, Brother Jue used a relatively safe regular lineup for this battle.
According to Feng Bujue's analysis, casual player teams usually only have two types of formations. The first is the "conventional balanced type", which means playing from weak to strong to ensure that each formation has stable combat power;
The other is "top-heavy", that is, sending the third, second, and strongest lineups in the first three games respectively, trying to end the game 3:0.
From a tactical point of view, the "top-heavy and light-footed" formation is obviously a bit more "stealing". If the opponent has a "conventional balanced" formation, it is very likely to be defeated by this "Tianji horse racing" type of suppression.
But this "stealing chicken" tactic naturally comes with corresponding risks; if there is a mistake in any of the first three games, then the "top-heavy" team is basically doomed, because they are scheduled to play in the last two games.
The person is the weakest and will definitely not be able to deal with the enemy's strong opponent who is responsible for holding down the formation.
In addition, it is very likely that two "top-heavy" teams will meet, in which case it will be no different from two "regular balanced" teams.
In the most extreme case... there may be a third formation method specifically for the "top-heavy and light" formation, which is to put your strongest team in the first game and eat up the "top-heavy and light" team in the third place.
Be strong for a while, then falter in the second and third games, and then use your second and third strongest formations to defeat the opponent's weakest two formations in the fourth and fifth games.
All in all, when both teams are close in strength, the gap in formation can indeed determine the outcome, and the game involved... is not only based on psychological warfare, but resourcefulness and luck are also important.
Feng Bujue is a cautious person. He put Xu Huaishang in the key position of "participating in the general battle" because he had thought it through... Even if there was a one in a billion chance, today they encountered an unknown force.
It's a well-known hidden team. The entire team is composed of top-heavy top-heavy players. It defeated Hell Front in the first and second games... That doesn't matter much.
Because, looking at the entire Thriller Paradise, the number of people who have a chance to defeat Xu Huaishang in a duel can be counted on one hand. Brother Jue knows all of those people, and they are not in today's opponent's team anyway.
Thinking about it this way...even in the worst case scenario, the chance of winning here is still greater than 50%.
In fact, for Hellfront opponents, when they see the first-round matching list, the "worst case scenario" has already arrived.
Where in the world are there so many hidden strong players? They are just a team with an average hidden score of about 75. A few friends came together to participate in a competition. The enthusiasm was quite high at first, but when they saw that their opponent had won the previous championship, their mood changed.
...That feeling... I really echoed the saying, "Death before leaving the battlefield will make a hero burst into tears." If it weren't for the opportunity to compete with the goddess Xu, these eight-achievement players would have simply abstained.
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Ten minutes passed quickly, and at zero o'clock, the system voice of "The game is about to start, please prepare to transmit" sounded.
Then there was a ten-second countdown. When the system finished reading the countdown, the players also disappeared from the conference room.
This can be said to be a major reform implemented in this competition.
In the past, if players wanted to teleport to any scenario space, they had to return to their own elevator room first, but this time, they can teleport collectively in the conference room.
Unfortunately...such a service is not supported when arranging books.
[Loading completed]
[Peak Contest S3, first round]
[Venue: Salu Game Venue]
Compared with the previous two competitions, the loading voice this time was much simpler. When the voice finished, Snow was already standing on a "ring".
This is a square arena with a side length of more than thirty meters. It is made up of many one-meter square bricks. It looks like a chessboard from above. There is a pillar at each of the four corners of the arena. The shape of the pillars is similar to that of the West.
A knight's gun, but it is many times thicker than a real knight's gun.
The area around the arena was basically a wasteland. As far as the eye could see, there were only rolling hills and some weeds. The sky was blue, white clouds, and the sun was shining brightly.
【You have entered the spectator mode】
A few seconds later, except for the two opponents in the first battle, everyone else heard this prompt.
At this time, the members of the two teams were teleported into two transparent rectangular containers. The two cubes were suspended in mid-air on both sides of the venue, allowing them to see the duel on the ring from an overlooking angle.
[Note that the spectator space and the battlefield are not in the same phase layer, and players in the battlefield cannot communicate in any form with teammates in the spectator space]
What this means is that the person who is beating cannot see, hear, or touch this transparent square, so everyone in the square does not need to try to yell or otherwise
Teammates help.
[The game will start in thirty seconds]
Immediately afterwards, the system gave the next prompt.
In the ring, Snow and his opponent [King Red] were also gearing up and ready to fight.
This "30 seconds preparation time" is naturally useful; during this time, the two players participating in the battle will be separated by a transparent barrier. Whether it is the player itself or any other object, it is definitely impossible to pass through the barrier.
Yes, but...it is okay to take advantage of this moment to release some "skills" in advance; especially for players like Snow who specialize in equipment and summoning, these thirty seconds are extremely precious.
Snow's brain was not slow and he immediately understood the meaning of the preparation time. As soon as the system voice finished, he took out a bunch of materials from his bag and used his [Sandbox Resident Hammer] and [JQ-308 Military Shovel]
Tinkering began.
Although his summoning skills are also good, his main focus is on equipment. The only passive skill he is equipped with is [Craftsman Spirit]. Its special effect is to "improve the various abilities of equipment specialization creations and speed up the production of such creations."
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In less than half a minute, Snow had combined a pile of metals, parts, adhesives and some strange materials to create something.
[Name: The King of Construction Skills Mountain Road]
[Skill card attributes: active skills, permanent mastery]
[Skill Category: Equipment]
[Effect: Create a high-performance land manned vehicle]
[Consumption: 5 physical energy points are lost every 10 seconds during the manufacturing process, no less than ten kilograms of metal, no less than five joint parts, other parts can be added as needed]
[Note: I have a friend who owns a car repair shop. Every time he repairs a car, there will be a small box of parts that he doesn’t know how to put back.
One day, I said to him, when you accumulate more parts, you can build a new car.
So, he really started to store those parts, until one day, he finally collected enough parts, and then... he was arrested.
So I often say that there are risks in vehicle modification.
A low-key veteran driver.]
Although this skill looks just average, it has a lot of room for operation and potential when used in practice.
As long as the skill consumption is met, the things Snow can do include smaller ones such as skateboards, unicycles, and bicycles; larger ones such as cars, sports cars, and trucks; and larger ones such as tanks and maglevs.
Train, mobile fortress...
There is no cooling time limit for this skill. Anyway, as long as he is physically capable and has enough materials, he can start making things at any time. He can make things as big as he wants, or he can finish the same thing several times.
Right now, Snow spent more than 20 seconds to build a motorcycle with an exquisite shape.
【Five...Four...Three...】
With five seconds left in the battle, the system voice began to count down, and at this time, Snow had already mounted the motorcycle, facing the opposite direction to his opponent... and started the bike.
Brother Lei, who had the ID [King Red] opposite, also looked confused, thinking: "Is this guy... preparing to escape?"
【Two...one...ight!】
With the sound of "ight", the barrier between the two disappeared, but two seconds before the barrier disappeared, Snow had already run away on his bicycle...
It can be said that he fully understood the meaning of the "30-second rule"; why did the system only set up a barrier between the two players, but did not restrict them from going to the area behind them? It is very simple, just to give those with the "stealth" ability
Players who prefer "ambush" or "long-range sniping" combat styles, as well as those who wish to use other roundabout tactics, will have a period of distance.
Of course, although the "battlefield" is large, it still has margins, and the judgment of "negative game" is also there. Without these two restrictions, the side with the upper hand in mobility will "run endlessly towards the sunset", and the game will never end.
Gone.
"This..." Looking at Snow's leaving figure, King Red thought in his heart, "I didn't expect that..."
He just stood there, waiting blankly. It wasn't that he didn't want to chase, but he really couldn't catch up.
King Red is a very traditional fighting player with good combat prowess, but he has one shortcoming...that is, his slow speed; if you ask him to chase someone, he may not be able to catch up, let alone a car.
"Well... he won't be judged as a passive game like this, right?" Looking at the stunned figures on the field, Xiao Tan couldn't help but think in the viewing space.
"If you want to judge, you should also judge the one who turned around and ran away, not the one who was waiting in place." Feng Bujue continued.
"That's right." Xiao Ling also said, "Chasing an opponent on foot is obviously at a disadvantage. Even if you can catch up, you will consume a lot of your physical energy; therefore, it is a very correct judgment and decision for the opponent to stay on standby.
In response, it would be unfair if this was counted as a negative game."
While they were having a conversation, King Red on the field had already sat down and muttered: "Huh... then I'll just wait here. Anyway, you were the one who ran away first, and you will eventually come back; what?"
If you don't do anything, you will be judged as a passive player first..."
His idea is correct, but... Snow, who plans to build missile silos, seems to have no need to come back...
