Guo Fengsheng smiled slightly upon hearing this, and then responded with a smile as well.
"no problem."
"It's almost done."
"We'll have to wait until the day after tomorrow for the competition."
Lin Yifeng nodded in satisfaction.
Before leaving, Lin Yifeng entrusted Guo Fengsheng and Xu Qingyi with the promotion of the e-sports competition.
This can be considered the first e-sports event in China during this era. The scope was not very large, only covering the entire Central Plains and other regions.
The games offered are relatively simple. In addition to fighting games like Street Fighter and Fighting Tiger, there are also speedrunning games like Pac-Man, Super Mario Bros., Sunset Rider, and Alien Storm.
The projects are diverse and have formed a preliminary game scale.
Lin Yifeng has mainly designed two competition venues.
On one side is the main area of the arcade, and on the other side is the main console area.
To this end, Lin Yifeng even had a large color TV specially prepared from the main console room and hung outside the store to show the competition footage to everyone.
Lin Yifeng is now increasingly looking forward to the day of the competition.
The competition is initially planned to last three days.
Friday will be the preliminary rounds, Saturday will be the round of 32, and Sunday will be the round of 4 and the finals for each event.
In the days leading up to the start of the competition, Lin Yifeng also looked through the registration forms.
The level of excitement surrounding this competition clearly exceeded Lin Yifeng's expectations.
As a gaming competition, many gaming enthusiasts from almost the entire Central Continent region flocked to Makino City this week, along with numerous participants from other areas near Central Continent.
What surprised Lin Yifeng the most was that several foreign players also participated in this competition.
All the surrounding news media gathered in Makino City, waiting for the weekend to arrive.
Many game enthusiasts took time off work to come to Longteng Arcade to get a feel for the machines used in the competition.
During the second week of January 1993, Makino City experienced a surge in passenger traffic, which shocked the Makino City Railway Department. They had no idea what Makino City had that could attract so many tourists from other places.
In particular, almost all the guesthouses, big and small, around the Dragon Arcade were occupied by the contestants, who came to Makino City at their own expense for this first e-sports competition.
Outside the Longteng Arcade, the elderly men who used to play chess nearby were now sitting under the shade of the trees, observing the crowded arcade.
"I wonder what's so fun about it?"
An old man took a couple of puffs of his cigarette and complained to a few other old men around him.
Several elderly men around also began to complain indignantly.
"Video games are poisoning the next generation."
"Yeah, look at these guys, they're all sleazy and shady."
"Who cares about them? They're a bunch of good-for-nothings, they don't know what they're good for."
Inside the arcade.
Xu Qingyi stared blankly at the customers who had come to play, swallowing her saliva.
"Brother Feng, is this thing really that appealing?"
Lin Yifeng, sitting behind the bar, looked at the smoky arcade in front of him and nodded with a smile.
"This is nothing, wait until tomorrow's match to see."
"It's much more lively than this."
Xu Qingyi nodded blankly.
He didn't really doubt it.
Because Lin Yifeng organized this e-sports competition, not only was their arcade packed, but almost all the arcades in Makino City were overflowing with people.
Although Makino City currently has a considerable number of machines, there are certainly not enough for everyone to use.
This forced the other contestants to train at other arcades to warm up for tomorrow's competition.
This competition even attracted arcade owners from many cities in Zhongzhou Province to send their arcade's top players to participate at their own expense, all in an effort to boost their arcade's reputation.
While this level of popularity may not match the initial trial operation of Pang Donglai, the liquid nitrogen craze is not far off from that time.
"By the way, keep an eye on that side during tomorrow's match."
"Once Ye Wuzheng and his gang are eliminated, I'll go help out at that arcade."
Tomorrow should be our busiest day.
Lin Yifeng gave Xu Qingyi instructions about tomorrow's events.
Xu Qingyi asked with a wry smile.
"Brother Feng, do you really not have much faith in Young Master Ye and his team?"
What if they make it to the next round?
Lin Yifeng raised an eyebrow.
"The next round?"
"You probably don't know that there are many hidden masters among ordinary people!"
Lin Yifeng wasn't lacking in confidence in Ye Wuzheng and his group.
Within the Dragon Arcade, this group of people would be considered a group of skilled players, but in a wider arena, their skills would fall short.
Right now, Ye Wuzheng and his group are just reaping the benefits of being the first to play the game. Once others start practicing, their talent and reaction time will clearly be inferior to those of the real masters.
For the Street Fighter event alone, nearly 300 people registered for the preliminary rounds. Apart from some people who were just there for fun, there were at least 40 or 50 real gaming experts.
It seems quite difficult for Ye Wuzheng and his team to advance.
Sure enough, the competition began the next day.
The preliminary rounds, which started in the morning, consisted of BO1 matches. Ye Wuzheng and his team had only played two rounds in the morning, and were just one step away from entering the top 32, when they were swept out of the competition.
Ye Wu was scratching his head in frustration, complaining to Lin Yifeng, who had come to watch the game that day.
"No, this guy is playing incredibly dirty!"
"I just do a rising dragon kick, and he kicks me from the top!"
"Damn it, I killed him three times in one game. Is my Long really that weak?"
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