A few days later, "Happy Landlords" officially launched the first TX Cup National Happy Landlords Tournament in conjunction with the QQ live streaming platform, with the champion receiving a direct cash prize of 100,000 yuan!
Keep in mind that in 2011, 100,000 was no small sum of money.
Moreover, all nine of them will receive a reward, and even the ninth place will receive a cash reward of 1,000 yuan.
This competition is organized by Tencent itself, so it is highly credible. You don't need to take time off work to travel to another city to participate; all you need is a mobile phone to register.
TX has scheduled the matches for the evening, which is convenient for most people, making it a very thoughtful arrangement.
At the same time, this is also the most active time for live streaming users. After a tiring day, and having just finished eating and drinking, if they don't plan to go out for a foot massage, it's still quite nice to take out their phones to browse Douyin or watch a live stream.
As a game with such high popularity, Dou Dizhu is easy for people of all ages and genders to understand. Watching a live stream, having some tea, and snacking on some melon seeds is a great way to pass the time.
The first round is the preliminary round, which all players can sign up to participate in. Three players are randomly assigned to a room to play ten games.
The winner gets one point, and the loser gets no points. After ten rounds, the player with the highest score advances to the next round.
If players have the same score, the winner will be determined by the number of times they called for the landlord position and their contribution to winning games.
This is also a way to encourage everyone to actively call for the landlord position, preventing professional players who simply lie in and win from advancing smoothly.
After the preliminary rounds, the elimination rounds will be held.
The knockout stage is simpler and more straightforward. Three players are randomly assigned to a game room and a game begins. Whether they are the landlord or the peasant, the winner advances and the loser is eliminated.
Because there were so many preliminary and elimination rounds, QQ Live set up a special official live streaming room where the director randomly selected the most watchable matches to show to the audience.
The host in the live stream was also a former host of a Dou Dizhu (a popular Chinese card game) program on a certain TV station, and is very well-known in this type of card game competition.
The knockout stage lasts a very long time, continuing until only 81 players remain.
After the top 81 teams nationwide are determined, a group stage with points-based competition will follow.
The 81 finalists were randomly divided into 9 groups of 9 people each, and a round-robin tournament was held within each group.
Starting from the round of 81, the QQ Live platform has nine dedicated live streaming rooms to broadcast each match, aiming to cultivate fans for each player.
Even though it's a Dou Dizhu (a popular Chinese card game) competition, it still needs fans to watch.
After a round-robin tournament within each group, the top three players in each group advance to the national top 27.
The 27 teams will now compete in a group elimination tournament.
For example, groups A, B, and C are regrouped for a competition: A1B2C3, A2B3C1, and A3B1C2, forming three teams. The winners of these three teams advance, while the losers are eliminated.
After the group elimination rounds, the top nine teams nationwide were determined.
At this point, each of them is considered to have reached the pinnacle of Dou Dizhu (a popular Chinese card game), and "Happy Dou Dizhu" will even award these nine players with exclusive titles.
The top nine players will be randomly assigned to rooms by the system again to play Dou Dizhu (a popular Chinese card game).
However, this time it won't be decided in one round, since luck plays a significant role in card games.
Therefore, the first nine matches are played in a best-of-three format.
The score is calculated, and the person with the higher score advances. If the scores are the same, a fourth round is played, and so on, until one person's score is higher than the other two, at which point they advance.
The top three teams in the country will be determined by the competition among the nine teams.
Finally, the grand final will be held.
Before the finals, Xiao Ma Ge kept a close eye on all the data of this Happy Landlords Tournament.
From initially not taking it seriously to later being utterly shocked.
Little Ma truly embodies the meaning of the phrase, "Little friend, do you have many questions?"
No, it's just a Dou Dizhu (a popular Chinese card game) competition, why are so many people watching?
According to data statistics from the QQ Live platform, the total number of viewers increased from tens of thousands at the beginning to more than 80 million by the time of the final round of the nine-to-three competition. It is expected that the total number of viewers will exceed 100 million in the final round!
This number of participants has set a new record since the QQ Live platform began operating!
Moreover, especially after the top 27, there were even wealthy people giving gifts in the live stream, and not just a dollar or two, but a hundred or two or even a thousand dollars.
It's simply incomprehensible.
Little Ma couldn't help but fall into deep thought. Could Lin Chen really be that amazing?
Is his mouth blessed? Is that why he charges so much? Do you need to put offerings into his mouth? Like a turtle making a wish in a temple?
Lin Chen: Why are you resorting to personal attacks? I even gave you advice, don't you have any manners as a businessman?
Moreover, due to the recent Happy Landlords tournament, many other streamers, including those on the Panda TV platform, have been playing a couple of rounds of Happy Landlords on their live streams whenever they have a spare moment.
This is equivalent to giving Happy Landlords a free advertisement, and the number of downloads surged again.
On the night of the finals, Xiao Ma led all the company's senior and middle-level managers to watch the TX Cup National Happy Landlords Tournament in the conference room.
Although the scene was rather eerie, everyone watched it intently.
After all, as Tencent employees, they honestly hope that the QQ Live platform can be run well, because only if it's run well can they make money and their bonuses will be higher.
Before the competition even started, the number of viewers in the live stream had already exceeded 100 million.
This relieved Pony Ma; things were settled now, and he could start writing the press release. As for the final number of attendees, he could simply change the figures in the press release.
The competition began, and the top three teams from across the country entered the competition room one after another.
Tencent had already made prior arrangements to ensure that the three individuals could enter the live stream on time, given that over 100 million viewers were waiting for the match.
If this live stream fails to happen due to someone's absence, Tencent will truly lose face in front of the entire nation.
Therefore, Tencent has prepared a backup plan. Even if none of the three people show up, Tencent's backend staff will log into their accounts to finish the Dou Dizhu finals.
All of this had been discussed with the three people beforehand and their consent had been obtained.
After all, the prizes for the top three are very generous: 100,000 yuan in cash for the first place, 50,000 yuan in cash for the second place, and 10,000 yuan in cash for the third place.
Unless there are special circumstances, these three people are unwilling to miss such an opportunity; it's just the time it takes to play cards.
Fortunately, no special circumstances occurred, and all three entered the live broadcast room on time and were ready.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
