Luther and Mai turned on the TV in the room, paid and switched to the Galar region channel.
After dinner, they did not leave the room, waiting for something silently. They even refused the invitations from Dawu and Adek to go to the arena to practice a few games.
"The Galar Alliance has something important to announce tonight, please stay tuned."
Kojiro's message in the afternoon made Luther suddenly nervous.
Today is the end of the annual vacation, and the alliance has started working again. As the first official announcement of the new year, what is said is usually very important.
After the irrelevant reports and advertisements, the TV screen turned to a press conference.
From the number of reporters under the stands and the various station logos passing by, it can be seen that the event is very large. Important media organizations from various regions should be present.
On the podium, the curtain opened, and a bright-looking middle-aged female speaker with short hair, wearing a light gray suit, slowly walked onto the stage. Just by looking at the speech she held in her hand, you could tell that there was a lot of content tonight.
The sound of shutters taking photos at the scene kept ringing. It was not until the spokesperson of the Galar Alliance coughed that the sound gradually became quieter.
"I am the spokesperson designated by Galar United for this press conference, Xintao."
"Presumably the major media outlets present today have already learned some news about the upcoming competition system reform in the Galar League region, so let's not be too petty and let's get straight to the point."
The screen behind the podium lit up, the slides jumped, and stopped on the page of the new competition format.
Journalists who attended the press conference received documents delivered to them by official staff. After opening them, the press conference was in an uproar.
Luther felt dizzy as he listened to the speaker on the podium.
What does this mean?
Was it his own arrival that led to the emergence of this competition system?
To put it simply, Galar’s new competition system is the ranked competition system.
The Galar League divides trainers into four ranking levels.
The general level is marked by the elf ball, so it can also be called the elf ball level.
Trainers at this level are those who participate in the rankings for the first time and are ranked below 1,000.
Super level, symbolized by the Super Ball, is one level higher than the Poke Ball.
The trainers in this stage are trainers ranked 999 to 100.
The next level up from the super level is the advanced level, which is a high-level ball.
Trainers ranked 9 to 99 will hold this title.
The master level is marked by the master ball. The top 8 trainers will receive this honor and be given the title of eight masters.
Is this the reform of the competition system? It is completely beyond Luther's imagination.
So far, no matter how the regional competition systems that Luther has been exposed to are changed, they have always been changed within the scope of restrictive rules and battle rules.
Galar's competition system reform has completely overturned the foundation of the regional conference competition system and created new competition rules.
According to Galar League spokesperson Xin Yu, future Galar League gym owners will also participate in the qualifying competition to determine their rankings.
The Lutherans were all dumbfounded. What does this mean?
You have abolished the original regional conference system. The influence of gyms and gym leaders is not as good as before, and they basically only have the role of guiding new people.
And this role of guiding newcomers is actually very ridiculous. If the gym leader himself is not strong enough, then people will inevitably doubt whether he has the ability to educate newcomers.
Most of the local gym owners in various regions are excellent local trainers, and they are deeply involved in the local area and have extremely high connections and popularity.
In addition, he has considerable strength, so he can provide good education to local areas and trainers, and plays a role in connecting local areas and alliances.
Since Galar has changed the system, let's simply change the gym system and give the position of gym leader to those with higher rankings.
But now it is said that the replacement will not be carried out for the time being, and the museum leaders will be established in the form of one army and two armies.
Sure enough, as soon as Xinyu announced the completion of this part of the competition system reform, the reporters' flashlights flashed one after another, and each of them reached out to indicate that they had questions to ask.
Faced with so many people's requests, Xinyu also paused the next stage of his speech and started the reporter's question session.
The person who got up was a reporter from the Fengyuan area. She took the microphone, looked at the information that was sent to her, frowned and asked: "According to the description in this document, this competition system will be implemented within this year. Is it necessary?"
real?"
"It's true. The Galar League has prepared all the hardware required for the new competition system and has started to arrange it in the past six months."
A reporter who reported that he was from the Johto area stood up.
"I read the information and found out that with the new competition system, why are the local gyms left in the Galar region but not the Four Heavenly Kings?"
"We believe that the title of the Four Heavenly Kings can be replaced by the Eighth Master, and the original Four Heavenly Kings can definitely strive for this honor."
"Local gyms still need to exist. They have an enlightening effect on trainers who are just starting to travel. They will not be withdrawn from the stage for a while."
"You mean, if the competition system continues to change, local gyms will also disappear?"
This question is quite pointed. It was asked by a group of reporters with a keen sense of smell in the Carlos area.
Regarding this question, which may be wrong no matter how you answer it, Xinyu just smiled and said: "Everything has its historical mission."
Carlos' reporter asked again.
"With the implementation of the new competition system, will the regional conference system be completely deactivated and Galar will no longer be held?"
This issue is also of concern to many people. As soon as he finished speaking, many people turned their attention to the stage.
Xinyu's lips parted slightly: "Yes."
Amid the incredulous uproar, she continued: "We have determined that the new tournament format can replace the regional conference format."
"At the same time, this competition system is the same as before, and trainers from all regions are welcome to participate."
Following the sharp question from reporter Carlos, the UPI reporter also stood up.
"Have you also given up the badge that serves as a souvenir of the regional conference?"
For trainers, defeating the gym and obtaining a badge that proves oneself and the elves' efforts has been the dream of countless trainers in the past.
Each badge embodies an unforgettable experience and is also a testimony of your own travels.
When visiting Xiaozhi's house, Hanako showed Luther the trophies and badges that Xiaozhi had won from his travels over the years.
Hanako said that compared to those trophies and medals, what Xiaozhi likes most is the badges.
The badge will remind Xiaozhi of the times when he and the elves worked hard, and it is a certificate engraved with memories.
Even a man like Duckdo, who doesn't care much about badges, said when he talked about badges that he treasured them very much and kept them well.
The significance of badges to trainers is self-evident.
"We have medals issued corresponding to each trainer's ranking registration, which are similar to badges."
Seeing that the reporters present had almost asked questions, Xin Yu controlled the slide to jump to the next few pages.
"What I'm going to say next is also related to this reform of the competition system."
On the screen, the logo of the Elf World Championship came into view.
Xinyu faced the camera and solemnly announced.
"The Galar Alliance hopes to unite various regional alliances to build a regional ranking competition system."
You can hear a pin drop at the scene.
Luther felt like there was thunder exploding in his ears, making him a little dizzy.