Exactly seventy-two hours had passed since Feng Bujue received the request to "reach the full level within three days."
On such a seemingly unremarkable morning, a piece of breaking news appeared on the official website of Dream Company.
[Apex Contest S2 forum area is online today]
[The war begins again, and the gods return.]
【Working together, we are invincible.】
As long as players open any webpage under the Dream Company domain name, a large pop-up window with this slogan will appear, which is really impossible to ignore...
"Ah...what is supposed to come will always come..." Feng Bujue, who was sitting in front of the computer and eating breakfast, had a very dull reaction to this announcement.
Seeing this, someone must have guessed it, yes... after "The Last Supper", the "thing" Woody told Brother Jue was referring to this.
After all, Brother Jue has "someone above". In this regard, ordinary players cannot compare. Of course, Woody only informed Brother Jue that the competition was about to start three days in advance. Other rules and details were not disclosed too much. many.
"At this moment, those guys in the professional circle... are probably crazy..." Feng Bujue smiled with a gloating expression as he drank the last sip of soy milk.
He guessed right... All the major studios took it for granted that the preliminaries of Peak Contest S2 should start in November (the announcement of S1 mentioned that the competition is held once every six months), so in early August At the node, they are still in a relatively relaxed state.
But they never expected...the rules of s2 are completely different from those of s1. Regardless of the registration qualifications, preliminaries period, competition format, or ranking rewards...it's all a shotgun exchange...
To use a metaphor, Summit League s1 is like a knockout grand prix organized by a small boxing league, and this time s2... feels like the five major European leagues.
"Anyway... let's take a look at what's written first..." Feng Bujue looked at the screen. As he muttered, he clicked on the link on the pop-up window.
Two seconds later, he was linked to the s2 forum area.
After learning various experiences and lessons from the Summit Season 1 period, DreamCorp has made some targeted changes.
Let's just talk about this "Apex Contest S2 Forum Zone"... They have prepared a separate server for this forum channel. Even if tens of millions of accounts flood in at the same time, or even post at the same time, it will never crash. Like Hacker attacks and software screen swiping are all within the scope of prevention.
The moment this area was opened, Dream Company also posted a pinned post on each channel of the forum - [Before and after Summit Season 2, all game-related topics will be transferred to the relevant discussion areas.]
It is obviously very difficult for the administrator to be responsible for this operation alone... Reading, reviewing, and moving posts all take time. If there is a large volume of posts in a short period of time, the moderator simply cannot handle it. Fortunately... In this era, there are optical computers. Most of the screening and classification work can be completed by optical computers, and the moderators only need to be responsible for cleaning up some fish that have slipped through the net.
"Well...that's it..." Feng Bujue opened the special area and took a quick glance, then entered the post [Official Summary of Competition Rules].
This post is prohibited from being replied to by anyone other than the administrator. It contains a variety of contents, which add up to more than ten floors.
As a reading addict, Brother Jue will naturally not miss any line of words.
First is the part about registration...
[This competition adopts a group registration system. Starting from 0:00 on August 8, players can fill out the registration application on the main screen of any "conference room".
Teams that meet any of the following are eligible to register -
1. The team contains one (or more) level 50 players, and all other members are at level 40 (including level 40) or above.
2. The average level of team members reaches forty-four.
3. Three members of the team have reached level 45, and the remaining two members have reached level 40 and each has two specializations of A level (including A level) or above.]
"Well... this standard is quite reasonable." Feng Bujue read the post and read. "The third article should be to take care of players who practice medicine or equipment specialization, as well as players who rely on solving puzzles... This
The leveling speed of some people may be a little slower than that of mainstream combat players."
He then looked down...
[Registration must be carried out on the premise that five players remain in a team.
The team name used in the game, the list of team members and other information shall be filled in by the team leader.
The registration form can be submitted only after all members of the team have completed the confirmation operation.】
"Five people..." Feng Bujue thought when he saw this, "It's already more than the 3v3 upper limit of the 'Killing Game'... What should we do in terms of tactical drills..."
The following content answered his question...
[After submitting the application, the system will complete the review of the registration form within five minutes.
Teams that pass the review are deemed to have "successfully registered", and all members of the team will immediately unlock the "Apex Contest S2 Practice Mode [Please see the fourth floor for details]".]
"Oh...just open the mode where you can practice." As he spoke, Feng Bujue had already slid the mouse scroll wheel and scrolled directly to the fourth layer of the post.
[Apex Contest S2 Practice Mode——
This mode only supports 4v4 battles between teams registered in Peak Contest S2.
There is no fright value settlement or reward in this mode. However, the basic principle of "forced disconnection if the fright value is too high" still applies.
Any world view or mission may appear in this mode. The size and layout of the map will be randomly generated based on the abilities of both players.
In this mode, players can only observe the nicknames, levels and survival status of their teammates in the team column, and all enemy information will be blocked.
The experience, game currency and skill value rewards provided by this mode are similar to those of the killing mode, but the acquisition rate of items and skills will be lower than that of the general survival mode and similar to the novice practice mode.
This mode still applies to items a-e of the player interaction rules in the team survival mode. If you are unclear about these terms, please click the link below to watch.】
"What's the situation? 4v4?" Feng Bujue was stunned for a moment after reading it. "Don't registration require a team of five people?" He quickly returned to the top of the post and continued to read down the previous content.
[This competition will take the form of a 4v4 battle. In each round, the registered team can adjust the lineup and select four of the five people to fight. 】
"Huh?" When this rule came into Brother Jue's sight, he had a keen insight into something, "This is interesting..." He said to himself, "With different personnel allocation, different tactical combinations can be made...
...In this way...the analysis and planning before the game will most likely become a part of the outcome of the game."
He immediately showed an unfriendly smile... It seemed that the depression shown by countless people after being tricked by him appeared in front of his eyes.
[At 0:00 on August 10th, the "Apex Contest S2 Practice Mode" will be officially opened. At that time, teams that have unlocked this mode can join the queue for matching.
By 0:00 on August 30th, this mode will be closed again. The official "preliminary mode" will be opened shortly thereafter.
From 0:00 on August 8 to 0:00 on August 30, all captains of registered teams have one opportunity to submit a "personnel change application."
Except for the team leader, all members have one opportunity to submit an "application to withdraw from the team."
After midnight on August 30, all team rosters will be locked and cannot be changed.】
"So that's it..." Feng Bujue said after reading this paragraph, "First of all, before midnight on the 10th, give players two days to form a team. Then, in the remaining twenty days, provide these players with
Team practice, time to break in, and give each player a chance to make a new choice. In this way... at least most teams can form a lineup that satisfies them."
[The "preliminary mode" (tentative name) will adopt a points system, and the specific opening time and rules will be announced at 0:00 on August 30th.
The total period of the preliminaries is expected to be fifty days.
There are no specially invited players in this competition.
The finalists will be selected solely based on points and determined by the optical brain.
The competition process will be completely open, transparent and fair.]
"Haha..." Feng Bujue smiled, "You're not fair... Last time you invited me directly, and this time you spoiled it in advance, are you embarrassed..." When he said this, he was intentional or not.
Raise the voice a bit.
"Haha~" The next second, Assas, who was sleeping on the sofa, yawned and said, "I know your intention, don't waste your efforts, meow."
"Ah? Are you talking to me?" Feng Bujue turned around and pretended to be stupid.
"You pretended to be casual, said something casually that might have an impact on Woody, and deliberately let me hear it." Asas exposed Brother Jue simply, "You want to use this to test...
Under similar circumstances, would I go to him and make a report? If so, you can take this as an opportunity to use me... to convey some information you want him to hear. If not, you can
There are other ways to explore further..."
After hearing the words, Feng Bujue shrugged: "Have you... been seen through..."
"Keep browsing your forum, meow..." Asas lazily added, "Don't think that you can sit back and relax since you have reached level 50 (Brother Jue reached the full level on August 5th)...
...This time the competition in S2 will be much more difficult than that in S1. You'd better prepare more in advance..." After that, she flicked her tail and turned to sleep again.
"Ah... I'll do my best..." Feng Bujue responded and turned his gaze back to the monitor.
The next content listed in that post is the highly anticipated prize. (To be continued)
