Zhang Xinjie, Xiao Shiqin and Yu Wenzhou were really racking their brains because at the same time, there was a huge quarrel within the US team over the roster for the second game.
——Of course, the so-called quarrel is not a democratic quarrel where everyone participates and one person has one vote, but the championship, runner-up, third runner-up, fourth place, and captains of the four teams of this league, quarreling behind closed doors.
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"So what you're saying is that you want to compete in both the arena competition and the team competition?"
The fourth place player in the 11th League, the captain of the Manhattan Starlight Team and Guardian Messenger Wilson Mueller held his chin in one hand, looking at John Thrall, the captain of the Silicon Valley Sunshine Team and the operator of the Shadow Jump, with the last note upwards.
Pick. That tone of voice was so surprising that it was actually a bit deliberate.
Beside him, Richard Toynbee, the captain of the third team, the New York Big Apple team, and the operator of Summoner Ghost, sneered without thinking:
"Otherwise? Why don't you lose to that guy again?"
"Dick!"
John Jones, the captain of the championship team, gave a low warning sound. Richard Toynbee shut up and shrugged to him, with an expression of "just to save your face". The African-American young man grinned and showed
A mouth of dazzling white teeth, and a head full of dense dreadlocks swaying from side to side.
John Thrall's face darkened. He had indeed lost the last game, but in such a mocking tone - he pressed the table and stood up:
"n——"
"John!"
The other two people shouted at the same time. Although it was a closed-door meeting and not in front of the public, some words were not easy to say casually - can the word "nigger" be said in person? Believe it or not, after saying it one second, the next
Start fighting in seconds!
It's no wonder that they are so quarrelsome. The dispute of temperament is only superficial. What's more important is the conflict of interests behind it.
Unlike the Chinese team, which selects players based on abilities and professional combinations, the American team does not have a person who can convince the crowd and has no distractions to take the lead in forming the national team. I didn’t mention it when they played in the America’s Cup before. The Canadian team had American players.
It's a joke in front of me. As for the Brazilian team, Argentina team, Chilean team, Uruguay team, etc., if it is football, it is worth taking seriously, and the glory game...
An American club manager who did not want to be named once said, "Our club can crush them if we bring them in."
One can imagine the team assembled like this.
That is to say, the World Invitational Tournament needs to be taken seriously. So the Americans really want to select the best players as much as possible, but when determining the list, it is the major clubs and the capital behind the clubs. For their own exposure, ratings and commercial value, each
Show off your magical powers? We had a round of quarrel first.
Fighting to the end? The decided composition method is to allocate spots according to the results of the playoffs.
The championship team will have four players? The runner-up team will have three players? The third and fourth place teams will each have two players, and the fifth, sixth and seventh place teams will each have one player. At a rough look? There is a kind of natural selection, the fittest.
The cruel fairness of survival.
When it comes to playing, will the champion team be paired with the third-place team? The runner-up team will be paired with the fourth-place team? Then one or two will be selected from the fifth, sixth, and seventh place, and they will take turns to be responsible for the group competition and the team competition. The champion and runner-up will be
The captain is responsible for forming the team, and the other two teams consult.
Players from the fifth, sixth, and seventh teams have no say in the lineup. So today? When deciding the lineup for the last game of the World Invitational Finals, which can be said to be the most important game, the bottom three
These three players from the famous team were simply excluded from the meeting.
This mechanism has been running smoothly before. From the beginning to now, there have been three group matches? Quarter-finals, semi-finals, plus the first round of the finals? A total of five games, exactly eight games. Starting from the draw? And then rotating back and forth.
Evenly distributed? No one suffers.
Moreover, relying on such a weird team formation method, the really strong player level, and the tacit understanding brought by the fixed combination, the American team actually crushed all the way to the finals.
However, when it comes to the last game of the finals, which is the game that determines the championship, this equal opportunity, 50-50 appearance method has a problem...
Who doesn’t know that the opportunity to play is important! Who doesn’t know that the exposure rate of the World Invitational Finals is high! Who doesn’t know that exposure means publicity, means resources, means advertising, endorsements, and salary and bonus increases after returning to China.
It means money!
Why should you leave something like a chance to play to others?
More importantly, the last game was won by two heads, and this game is the American team's home court, so the winning rate is high enough... If we don't seize the chance to play at this time, when will we seize it?
Therefore, the captains of the third and fourth place teams want to maintain the original plan so that they can have enough exposure; while the captains of the championship and runner-up teams want to work together to win the final game and even lead the ring competition.
In the team competition, everyone sends their own people to the battle.
The result is that the New York Big Apple and the Manhattan Stars, who have always been at each other's throats even in derby competitions and have never liked each other in the national team, have stood on the same front and resisted the rule of the two captains of the championship and runner-up.
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If you don't resist anymore, it won't work anymore!
The champion Los Angeles Universal Team has four people selected, including tactics, mad swords, ammunition, and priests; the runner-up Silicon Valley Sunshine Team has three people selected, including combat thieves, sharpshooters, and boxers. For melee and melee combat, for long-range and long-range, and for healing.
For treatment, each team also has a tactician master.
This kind of personnel composition is enough to occupy all the playing opportunities in the last game. The question is, if this is the case, what else can be left for others?
Therefore, when the two captains caught John Thrall in the defeat, they did not hesitate to ridicule him.
"Don't laugh, I should be the one to deal with it." The captain of the American team, battle mage William Jones, calmly took over for John Thrall. "Don't laugh, I'm used to playing the one position. When the time comes,
I'll just go up there."
"And we must consider the Chinese team's will to win." Infected by the tone of the national team captain, John Sarr's mood stabilized and he began to elaborate on the arguments in his favor:
"After losing two kills in the last game, the Chinese team will strive for victory at all costs. If they have their strongest players compete in the group stage and team competition like they did against the Swedish team in the group stage, William and I will lead the team respectively.
This is the way to deal with it that has the highest winning rate."
"Really?" Richard Toynbee crossed his arms and sneered: "William, John, you two don't talk anymore. William, your mad swordsman and ammunition expert, what is the winning rate against me? And what's the winning rate against me?
John, can your sharpshooter really beat Wilson's team's magic 100%?"
This is of course impossible. To be fair, the teams that can reach the semifinals of the playoffs are not much different in strength. A random decision result or a super-level performance can often determine the direction in which the balance of victory and defeat will tip.
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However, it is really unlikely that a team, even the second or third player on the championship team, can be better than the top three or four players - it's very simple, the entire team's salary package is just that big.
Can't afford it.
"Besides, if there's a team fight..."
Wilson Mueller, the captain of the Manhattan Starlight Team and Guardian Messenger, interrupted unhurriedly.
As a healer, especially a healer who tends to be defensive like the Guardian Messenger, Wilson Mueller has always had a stable character. Although he was debating at this moment, his tone was calm, revealing a feeling of sincerity and consideration for the entire team:
"Jones, Thrall, you two teams have never had a team fight in the past month or so. Now you suddenly have to join forces to play together. Is there really no problem with tactical coordination?"
"Also, no matter how small the consumption in the group battle is, it will affect the performance of the team battle. If the Chinese team wants to fight, let them fight. We have already won two kill points, so why should we choose such a risky method?
?”
His plan was questioned by many parties, and the captain of the American team was not angry. He held the pen in his right hand, lightly tapped the tip of the pen on the paper, and looked at the guardian messenger opposite with a calm expression:
"So, your plan is to continue the past appearance mode, and you and Thrall will compete in the team competition?"
"Isn't this great?"
The guardian messenger smiled and asked. However, to his surprise, the captain of the third team, summoner Richard Toynbee, who had already tasted victory in the team battle with William Jones in the last game, blurted out:
"——Why don't we continue to compete in the team competition?"
In an instant, the guardian messenger also had the urge to grab the summoner next door and strangle his neck.
Whose side are you on? Ah!
If you don't want the other party to throw some bait, just change your camp!