Going back in time a little, let us focus on three days ago...
At 0:00 on August 30th, the "Team Personnel Change Application" function of Summit Contest S2 will be closed.
At the same time, the specific opening time and rules of the s2 "preliminary mode" were also published on the official website of Dream Company on time.
This night is destined to be a sleepless night...
As midnight approaches, a large number of players are already staying in front of their computers, opening forums and web pages, eagerly awaiting first-hand consultation.
And when the clock struck midnight and the relevant information was announced, the forum ushered in about three minutes of silence...and then there was an unprecedented outburst.
Even though a dedicated discussion area was prepared, and even though the optical brain was involved in filtering and managing posts, in the hour after midnight, the forum still fell into a state of being "exploded".
Publish it.
However, Brother Jue didn't pay attention to this aspect that night. He just calmly led his friends on the Hell Front to finish two scripts, and then went offline to sleep.
Because... he had already anticipated what would happen on the forum, so he simply chose to ignore it. Anyway, the announcement was on the official website, and there was no time to look at it tomorrow. It wouldn't be gone if he got there late, so why bother to join in the fun.
Therefore, it was not until the morning of the next day that Feng Bujue came back from his morning exercise and finished his breakfast, then he slowly turned on the computer and read the rules...
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The schedule of Peak Contest S2 is divided into three stages, namely "preliminaries", "rematches" and "finals". The preliminaries are officially called, and the competition format adopts a "completely random" team battle. The overall rules are similar to the practice mode——
Two teams of five fight in a 4v4 battle.
The preliminaries will adopt a points system, with thirty-six games played within fifty days. The points rules are similar to those of the football league, that is: 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss.
When you see this, some people will definitely ask, what is a "tie"? Let's first explain how a "tie" appears...
Generally speaking, there are three situations that can lead to a draw.
First, if the members of the two teams "died together" or "died at the same time" within a very short time difference (less than or equal to ten seconds), then no matter what the inducement was that led to this result, and no matter which member of the team contributed to this,
As a result, this match will be considered a "draw".
For example: In a certain game, there was only one person left in team A and three people in team B. At this time, the man from team A rushed into the middle of the three people in team B and blew himself up. As a result, four people died one after another in a short period of time.
This result can be regarded as a draw.
But if after the explosion, a member of a certain team... survives for more than ten seconds after all members of the enemy team are judged "dead", then, regardless of whether he is still alive at the eleventh second, his team's
All are considered the “winners”.
Secondly, the two teams stayed in the script for a very long time, but neither of them could kill all the enemies. They fell into a situation similar to the "three-step cycle" in Chinese chess, that is, "Who
A stalemate situation in which "whoever changes tactics first will suffer"...
Under the premise that the above conditions are met, the system will propose a "draw agreement" to the captains of the two teams. If the captains of both teams agree, the game will end in a draw. But if one party does not agree, then the one who does not agree will
That party must take the initiative to "change their tactics" to break the deadlock, otherwise it will be judged as a passive game. In the same way, if both parties disagree, then both parties must "change their tactics".
Third, although the probability is extremely low, there is still a possibility of a draw... which is a situation like an atomic bomb. That is, "both players are wiped out by a mass destruction attack by a third party in the script at the same time." That can also be considered a draw.
But to be honest, trying to play that kind of situation may be more difficult than winning...
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So... let’s stop talking about the draw here, let’s move on to the competition system.
As a game, if players are asked to do something on time every day for a period as long as fifty days... it will undoubtedly cause psychological pressure and a certain degree of resentment. Therefore, Dream Company adopted a similar strategy to the S1 preliminaries.
Using the rule of "playing n games in n days" allows players to allocate their time relatively freely.
In the preliminaries of S2, the "unfinished" teams can only play one game in a calendar day. The game that starts before zero o'clock and continues to the next day will be regarded as played "the day before".
For "finished" teams that have played thirty-six games, the above rule no longer applies. These teams can play as many games as they want in a day, but they will not get points regardless of winning or losing. However, if they
If you win, you will get the same clearance reward as the "Nightmare Difficulty Team Mode".
Dream Company will add this setting, mainly to prevent teams from being unable to finish the game due to "unable to find opponents" before the end of the preliminaries cycle. For example... some teams still have one game left on the last night, and
At this time, there are not many teams similar to them in the queuing system, and they can't get in after waiting for a long time... In order to avoid this situation, Dream Company uses reward rules to encourage those teams that have "already completed" to stay in the queue.
Here, serve as the opponent for those teams that have not yet finished the game.
For the former, this is a guaranteed profit. If you win... you will not only get generous rewards, but also prevent a team that may pose a threat to you in the future from getting points; if you lose... it will be nothing more than a loss.
Some game time should be spent on practice matches.
For the latter, regardless of whether the team they meet is a finishing team, they still have to fight for victory, so there is no difference.
Of course... Even so, it is inevitable that some teams will not be able to complete the competition within fifty days due to various reasons. In this regard, Dream Company has already thought of countermeasures. After the fifty-day cycle, they will
Choose a time to give those teams that have played 35 games a chance, and put these teams together for an extra round. If the number of these teams is an odd number, then send a gm team to replenish the number (later actual
The situation is an even number, so the gm team did not appear).
But if you don't even reach 35 games in fifty days, then I'm sorry. It seems that your team lacks the ability to finish the game, and you can't blame others for not entering the semi-finals.
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Next, let’s talk about the ranking method of the competition.
After all games in the preliminaries are completed, the system will select the 256 teams with the highest points among the "finishing teams" to enter the semi-finals.
If there are equal points, the system will look at the "small points", that is, who has more "wins"; if the number of consecutive wins is the same, the system will calculate the difference between the team and the enemy in the valid thirty-six games.
The number of deaths on each side is different; and if even this data is the same... the system will calculate the percentage of survival points lost in each place.
In short, the ranking must be well-founded. If you want to avoid being eliminated with the same score, the way is to play every game carefully and do every detail well. Maybe these details will accumulate... and your team will be able to win.
Push others out to advance.
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Next, let’s look at the prizes.
A total of 256 teams passed the preliminaries, but only the top 100 teams could receive prizes.
As for the contents of the prizes, they have been mentioned before, and they are:
Top 100 - Each member of the team will receive 1,000,000 game coins and a limited edition T-shirt.
Top 50 - Each member of the team will receive 2 random sophisticated equipment corresponding to their level, as well as a 48-hour limited-time opportunity to experience the new version of "Thriller Paradise" "Twilight of the Gods".
Top five - members of the team who are not at full level will be immediately promoted to full level, and each team member can obtain a piece of perfect level equipment.
It is worth mentioning that the announcement on August 30th specifically pointed out that... the prizes in this preliminary round can be "stacked".
In other words, in addition to the prizes in their own category, the top fifty teams can also get the prizes in the "top one hundred" category. And the top five teams can get all the prizes in the above three categories.
award.
This arrangement... will undoubtedly raise the competition in the preliminaries to a brutal level, and this... is exactly what Dream Company wants to see the most.
The game company hopes that players will give their best in every game. Even those teams that are re-ranking after completing the game will work hard to suppress the points of other teams that have not completed the game.
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The last thing to say...it's game time.
According to the news announced on August 30, the matching system will be opened at 0:00 on September 5 and closed at 0:00 on October 25. During this period of fifty natural days, players can play at any time
Join the queue.
Of course, in the first thirty-six days, all teams can only queue once a day. If you want to play two games in a row, you can consider queuing at a time close to midnight, so that the first game is basically completed.
It’s just the next day.
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Generally speaking, these rules are reasonable and basically within Feng Bujue's expectations.
In the short term, there isn't much to plan. According to Brother Jue's estimation, as long as their Hell Front follows the rhythm of practice mode, they are sure to make it to the semi-finals.
As for the rules of the semi-finals, Dream Company has not announced them yet, but judging from the number of teams that advanced in the preliminaries, it is not difficult to guess that the semi-finals will adopt a knockout system.
Feng Bujue speculated... If nothing unexpected happens, the rematch should be rounds four (to determine the top sixteen) to five (to determine the top eight). Three rounds are also possible, but 32 teams entered the finals, and the number of people seems to be about the same.
It's a bit much.
The key to how far Hell Front can go in S2 depends on this rematch... This is also the main stage for Feng Bujue to use his analysis and planning skills.
Under the points-based competition system, the teams that can stay in the semi-finals are by no means ordinary, so the possibility of strong encounters is very high. If the semi-finals are really a "one-knockout system" with no way out, then these few
This round of competition... may be more dangerous and difficult than the final... (To be continued...) r1071
