Pei Qian turned off the alarm clock and struggled to get up.
I have made up my mind to review in the past two days and finally achieved some results. At least I have read dozens of pages of notes, which is a good start.
It's the same today. Get up in the morning and review more while your mind is clear in the morning, so as not to think about salted fish in the afternoon and evening.
While brushing your teeth, you look at your phone.
"Huh? The ioi global finals started early yesterday morning? Oh, yes, it seems like it is indeed today."
"The game seems to be still in progress."
The game started at 11 a.m. yesterday morning in Los Angeles time, which is 3 a.m. today in Jingzhou time. There were six games in one day, and it is now in its fifth game.
If domestic audiences want to watch the game, they have to be perfect and watch from early morning until morning.
Pei Qian is not that interested in the ioi game. After all, he has never played it, can’t understand it well, the time is not suitable, and the fv club does not need to play in the group stage.
So he didn't pay much attention to this matter. He just clicked on the live broadcast platform and took a look after seeing the relevant news push today.
Obviously, with the vigorous promotion of Longyu Group, the popularity of the ioi Global Finals is still relatively high in China. All major news clients are pushing news, and various live broadcast platforms have also given a lot of recommended resources. It seems to be very popular.
high.
In addition, the GPL pre-season just ended a few days ago and the spring split has not yet started. During this gap period, many players who have nothing to do will choose to watch the ioi global finals.
Pei Qian clicked into the live broadcast room and found that they were playing against two foreign teams that he didn't know at all. They were currently in a state of balance, and they were playing quite anxiously.
The scene looked tense, but the barrage did not discuss the game itself at all. Instead, fans on both sides of ioi and gog were furiously arguing.
"Trash! I was pushed flat in the opening game. Don't play in the following games. Just swim back!"
"My performance is ridiculously outstanding. Why don't I use the unique hero anymore? I don't use the original tactics anymore. I learned them from foreign teams? It's not like I learned them!"
"It's just like Handan learning to walk, and he has learned nothing of his own! The fight is so ugly!"
"Such a nice venue, such a handsome opening ceremony, this game is so well-organized, but as a result, the domestic team was beaten violently. Isn't this disgusting?"
"Everyone, please be tolerant. This is just the first game. And it's okay if you don't learn. The version has changed. If you continue to play according to the previous version, you will only lose worse."
"Damn it, you stayed up all night, and then you just watched this? If the GPL Spring Split hadn't started, I wouldn't have come to watch this crappy game and be upset!"
"Then go back and look at your GPL! It's a rubbish game that only Chinese people are playing."
"Oh, let me tell you something. The foreign market share of ioi and gog has long been equal. Gog is not only played by Chinese people. It's just that gog's domestic team beats foreign teams."
"I wonder if you have seen the gog logo on the uniforms of foreign clubs? Could it be that you are blind and can't see it?"
"It's outrageous to compete in the ioi finals against gog's standards. The company is probably going to be furious."
"There's nothing you can do about it. The club has already accepted sponsorship. You can't just force someone to pay liquidated damages and break the contract, right? I can only point to the company. I didn't think of this before. There is no ban on clubs accepting sponsorship from gog."
"Stop arguing, gog's results are indeed good, but that's just because Tenda is in trouble! If the e-sports environment of ioi hadn't been so squeezed, how could it be so weak?"
"Jiang Jian's failure to live up to expectations is due to the environment. Didn't Long Yu Group say that they would take the team to Los Angeles in advance to play a training match? And then they practiced like this?"
No one on the barrage was discussing the game itself, it was all about bickering.
Pei Qian looked at the results of the previous games and found that the two domestic teams each played a game today and both lost.
One was the opening game, and was pushed evenly after 30 minutes; the other was the fourth game, but it lasted for more than 40 minutes, and the opponent took the opportunity to end the game with a team fight without holding on for the last breath.
Losing both games can be called a devastating start.
Because the schedule of this competition is quite special, there are three teams in each group and only one will qualify. Although it is a double round-robin BO1, every small score is extremely important.
Losing one game first will already make the qualifying situation very serious.
And more importantly, the two losing teams are not the strongest European and American teams, because the first seeds in Europe and the United States, like the fv club, do not have to play in the group stage at all and are waiting in the quarterfinals.
If you can't even beat the non-number one seeded teams in Europe and the United States, wouldn't it be even more of a waste if you encounter a truly strong team?
Many viewers stayed up until three o'clock to watch the game, but after waiting for such a long time, they finally watched two such frustrating games. They must have been so angry that they couldn't sleep and wanted to rant in the live broadcast room.
And not only in the live broadcast room, but also in major forums and video websites, players have obviously already sprayed it.
"Is there such a big gap between domestic teams and European and American teams?"
"Well, good thing, good thing."
"The fv team is similar in strength to these two teams. Since these two teams have been abused, the fv team is probably at the level of a first-rounder in the quarterfinals and will not have much popularity."
Pei Qian couldn't help but become optimistic, and used his mobile phone to cast the screen on the big TV, intending to quickly watch the highlights of the previous games.
On Ellie Island, ioi's official account has updated the opening ceremony of the ioi Global Finals, as well as the highlight moment videos of the previous games.
For the opening ceremony, a certain European and American singer was invited to sing the theme song, and there was also a dance troupe doing cosplay. The overall feeling was pretty good, and it had a good reputation.
The venue is large and there are many people, so it looks more impressive. Compared with GoG's original global invitational tournament, it is obviously an improvement, so the response to the barrage is also relatively enthusiastic.
But when it came to the main game, the overall situation took a turn for the worse.
Pei Qian jumped and looked at the two games that the domestic teams lost, and found that the two teams were not unjust at all when they were criticized. If he stayed up late to watch these two games, he would definitely be criticized as well.
In the first game, we were pushed evenly against the wind. In the second game, we saw each other for a long time. After missing many opportunities, we were taken away by the opponent. It’s really hard to say which one is more annoying.
The key is, I don't know whether it's because of nervousness or some other reasons, but the two teams seem to have failed to show their strength. They are hesitant in making decisions and constrained in their operations.
And in terms of lineup selection, none of the heroes Pei Qian had seen appeared on the scene.
Pei Qian had watched ioi's domestic qualifying competition in Modu before, and he was quite familiar with several traditional lineups. Although he didn't know what the hero skills were, he was barely familiar with them.
But it was not selected for this competition, which was completely inconsistent with Pei Qian's previous impression of watching the competition.
Pei Qian suddenly wanted to know about the situation at the fv club.
Since the fv club arrived in Los Angeles, Pei Qian hasn't paid much attention to them. After all, there is a time difference of more than ten hours between the two places, so it is not very convenient to contact them.
But the time was right now, so Pei Qian made a video call to Wu Yue.
Pei Qian was a little worried because the signal inside most stadiums was not good. If Wu Yue and the others were still at the game, the video call might not be able to go through.
But after waiting for a while, the video call was connected.
"Mr. Pei!"
Wu Yue was obviously not at the competition venue, but in the hotel, using the hotel's wireless network to make this video call, so the signal stability was pretty good.
Pei Qian nodded: "How is the situation over there?"
Wu Yue immediately understood: "Mr. Pei, are you worried about our status because you saw the other two domestic teams losing miserably?"
"Don't worry, our team members have been training hard. I can't say that we will definitely win, but we will definitely show our own style."
Wu Yue didn't dare to brag too much. After all, the fv club had always competed with SUG and had never played against European and American teams. He didn't know what would happen if they actually fought.
If you brag too much in front of President Pei and end up in the first round of the quarterfinals, it would be too embarrassing.
Pei Qian nodded. Wu Yue looked like he didn't have much confidence, so it shouldn't be a big problem.
However, Pei Qian didn't think that the fv club would really make it past the quarterfinals. After all, he was very unlucky and what he expected never happened.
If we really stand up, we can still reach the semi-finals.
If the top four are eliminated again, they will be fine in terms of face.
At that time, all the firepower of netizens will definitely be focused on the other two clubs, and the fv club will still be the strongest club in the ioi national server...
This won't work!
Pei Qian suddenly felt that the current situation was still not very stable, mainly because the performance of the other two clubs was too low, which suddenly set off fv.
Even if fv club doesn't win the championship and reaches the semi-finals, it will still be the best-performing domestic team.
Thinking of this, Pei Qian said: "I saw that our club's official Weibo has been posting some daily photos and videos recently."
Wu Yue immediately understood: "I understand, Mr. Pei, you are saying that with the game coming soon, this kind of thing should be posted sparingly, so as not to attract hatred and affect the mentality of the team members? I will tell them to stop posting on Weibo."
Pei Qian raised his hand: "No! That's not what I meant."
"I mean, this thing is done very well, we must increase our efforts!"
"I have to post on Weibo with high intensity every day, and my presence in front of players must be maximized."
"Not only that, but I also have to spend time on Weibo, mocking other teams, commenting on the games that just ended, and specifically finding fault with the winning team."
"Jokes, emoticons, whatever can be edited will be added to it! The traffic will be as high as possible!"
Wu Yue was a little confused: "Ah? Mr. Pei, this is causing hatred!"
He can imagine what the consequences will be once these contents are released. They will definitely be sprayed by players, and they will also be screenshotted and dug up by players!
Currently, fv club is the No. 1 seed. Before the quarter-finals, they can sit back and watch the fight. Of course, there is no problem in talking about the other teams, but this will definitely offend the fans of other teams and even cause resentment among passerby fans.
At that time, it would be fine if fv club won the game, but wouldn't it be ruined if they lost?
Wu Yue hesitated: "Mr. Pei, this... doesn't seem right. Domestic players don't like such high-profile behavior."
Pei Qian thought for a moment: "Well...you mean, domestic players don't like it, but foreign players like it? Well, that's right. What you said makes sense."
"Then let's do this. Your club will register all foreign websites, such as Twitter, and synchronize with Weibo to make them available in English!"
"It just so happens that we have invested in some overseas clubs. I'll let their official accounts interact with you, so I don't have to worry about no one watching."
"Okay, it's settled. We'll start repairing it after today's game. I'll check it tomorrow. I'll hang up now."
Wu Yue: "Mr. Pei..."
Before he could finish speaking, the video call had been hung up.
Wu Yue was a little helpless, but he had no other choice but to do it.