Chapter 812 New League Rules
Longcheng University, Esports Club.
In the president's office, Guan Rui sat in her office chair, her face serious as she flipped through the documents in her hands.
Across from them sat the captains of the two school teams from Longcheng University.
Team captain Guan Zhe led his team into the top 32 of the playoffs this spring season.
Guo Yu, the captain of the second team, led his team to a first-round exit in the preliminary rounds of this year's Spring Split.
The two looked at Guan Rui, then exchanged a glance, unsure of the current situation.
"President, you called us here but haven't said anything. What's the matter?" Guo Yu asked, frowning, his tone showing some impatience.
Guan Rui paused, pulled open a drawer, stuffed the documents in her hand inside, then looked up at the two people in front of her. Her lips moved as she was about to speak when there was a knock on the office door.
Interrupted, Guan Rui said first, "Please come in."
The door opened, and Guo Yu and Guan Zhe both subconsciously turned their heads to look. They saw Shen Xing push the door open and enter. Their eyes met, and Shen Xing was also stunned.
"Are you talking about something? Should I come in later?" Shen Xing asked Guan Rui instinctively.
Guan Rui raised an eyebrow: "Shen Xing, is there something you need?"
Shen Xing glanced at Guo Yu and Guan Zhe, nodded slightly, and after entering the room and closing the door, he said seriously, "I came to tell you, senior, that my team is complete and we can register for the summer competition."
Upon hearing this, the expressions of the people present changed simultaneously.
Guo Yu, in particular, instantly turned cold.
Guan Zhe rubbed his hands together without saying a word.
Only Guan Rui's eyes lit up, and she excitedly said, "Great! Shen Xing, you've found everyone?"
Shen Xing nodded with a smile, filled with emotion: "We found them all. It was so difficult."
It was truly a long-awaited event, and although the process was somewhat difficult, thankfully it was a success in the end.
Shen Xing handed the list to Guan Rui, who took it and looked at it carefully.
The more you look at him, the deeper the smile on his face becomes.
"Three women and two men?" Guan Rui looked at Shen Xing: "Did you arrange it this way on purpose?"
"Of course not, but everything is going smoothly, and I am very satisfied with the current lineup."
Bai Lianghe, who was in the lineup, was recommended to Shen Xing by Guan Rui, but Guan Rui did not know or recognize the other two female contestants.
However, she still had great faith in Shen Xing. If he hadn't adhered to the principle of "better to have none than a bad one" when forming a team, his team wouldn't have taken so long to be assembled.
Therefore, the team members must have been carefully selected by him.
A soft sneer suddenly rang out, full of disdain.
Guo Yu raised an eyebrow: "Three girls? You might as well just form an all-female team and participate in the women's competition."
The college league does not have separate male and female groups, so Guo Yu's statement was a blatant disrespect to Shen Xing and his team.
Shen Xing looked at him coldly and continued to dredge up his embarrassing past without any mercy: "Didn't a team of five boys also get eliminated in the first round?"
Guo Yu's face darkened, and he clenched his fist tightly: "Girls are naturally weaker than boys in terms of reaction and adaptability, you have to admit that. Look at those high-level professional teams, which one has female players?"
Shen Xing sneered and calmly replied, "To have preconceived contempt for others is the greatest rudeness and arrogance. Let's judge strength and weakness by results; empty talk is useless."
Guo Yu was about to speak when Guan Rui interrupted him, saying, "Alright, you two stop arguing."
Guo Yu's words just now displeased Guan Rui, who was also a girl. She looked at him and said in a slightly cold tone, "There are no gender restrictions for team members in the competition. Since this team is the final form of Shen Xing's team, it is qualified to register."
Before the others could speak again, Guan Rui gestured for Shen Xing to pull up a chair and sit down. Then, with a serious expression, she said, "There's an unexpected situation I need to discuss. Originally, it only involved two teams from our school, but now Shen Xing's third team has also been formed, which means it's related to all of your teams."
Guan Rui sighed and continued, "The league organizing committee has just issued a new notice that, starting from this summer season, each university can only send one team to participate in the university league."
"What?" Guan Zhe was startled upon hearing this. "What do you mean? Only one team can participate?"
Guan Rui nodded: "That's right. As more and more universities join the league, and some universities have multiple teams participating, the university league has grown from dozens of teams to nearly a hundred teams. This has put a lot of pressure on the organization and schedule of the competition. Therefore, in order to ensure the quality and quantity of the competition, the organizing committee unanimously passed a new rule that each university can only send one team, and we are no exception."
Guo Yu and Guan Zhe were stunned.
Only Shen Xing remained calm. He felt that there was nothing wrong with the rule. The college league had four rounds a year, which was already very tight. If the game time was lengthened every season because there were too many teams, it might eat up the rest time in between.
Moreover, survival of the fittest is the norm in competitive sports.
"That must be our team!"
Guan Zhe snapped out of his daze and preemptively spoke up: "We are Longda's first school team, representing Longda in more than a dozen competitions of all sizes. We are the best representatives of Longda!"
As he spoke, Guan Zhe kept his eyes fixed on Guan Rui. Guan Rui was the president of the e-sports club and had absolute say in this matter. Moreover, he was Guan Rui's brother, so Guan Rui should side with him both personally and emotionally.
But Guo Yu wasn't about to sit idly by. He immediately retorted, "Senior, you're wrong. This kind of thing isn't about seniority. In esports, it's about skill and ability. The most capable will win."
"Your team was eliminated in the first round of the preliminary rounds, you don't really think your team is stronger than ours, do you?" Guan Zhe looked at Guo Yu with disdain, deliberately reminding him, "My team has made it to the top eight in the league before!"
"We were just unlucky to be drawn against Longcheng Jiaotong University in the preliminary round. That team was one of the top four in the Spring Season. If you had been drawn by the senior, you would have been eliminated in the first round!" Guo Yu sneered. "Besides, don't you know why you made it to the quarterfinals? Shen Xing is sitting right here!"
Although Guo Yu was unwilling to admit it, it was a fact that everyone knew and acknowledged.
Reaching the quarterfinals is the best result the Longda school team has achieved in recent years, thanks to Shen Xing leading the team all the way to the top.
"Alright." Guan Rui had a headache from listening to this. It was really tasteless for two boys to be making fun of each other.
"The rules were set by the league, so no matter how dissatisfied we are, it's useless. This isn't a discussion, it's a notification."
"Shen Xing," Guan Rui looked at Shen Xing, who had remained silent, and asked, "What do you think?"
I thought Shen Xing would be more polite, or perhaps seek fairness by proposing that the three teams compete in an internal battle, with the winning team qualifying for the tournament.
Unexpectedly, Shen Xing calmly replied, "Of course, my team will represent the school in the competition!"
(End of this chapter)
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