Xie Mingzhe invited us to lunch, but dinner was a hotel buffet arranged by the alliance and started at five o'clock.
Because the All-Star Game officially starts at 7pm, everyone ate faster. In addition, they had eaten very full at noon, so most people only ate a few vegetables and fruits for dinner.
At six o'clock, everyone returned to their rooms to change clothes, and then got on the bus arranged by the league to go to the All-Star venue.
This venue is larger than the regular season venue, and can accommodate 100,000 spectators. It is said to be the largest venue for many celebrities to hold concerts. In order to welcome the All-Star Game, the venue has also made special arrangements. Huge posters of the 16 celebrity players are hung on the handrails on the second floor, plus various banners brought by fans. Looking up from the big stage, it is really spectacular.
Wu Yue and Liu Chen are the official commentators and will also be on site tonight to serve as hosts.
At seven o'clock in the evening, the lights in the venue were dimmed, spotlights were projected onto the big stage, and the host appeared in a dress.
Wu Yue said excitedly: "The 11th All-Star Game has officially begun. Next, let us welcome the star players with warm applause! First, Nie Yuandao and Shan Lan from the Referee Club!"
Under the spotlight, the master and the disciple walked onto the stage side by side, and warm applause broke out from the audience. As their faces were magnified closely on the live screen, deafening screams came from the audience again!
The popularity of Judgment is quite stable. Nie Yuandao, the founder of the Fire Beast deck, has become more stable after a full decade of hard work. Shan Lan followed him obediently, and this scene made many fans excited to the point of tears.
Ten years! Nie Shen is now over 30 years old, and he still insists on staying in the arena. It's really not easy.
There is a rumor among fans that Nie Shen may retire after playing eleven seasons. Perhaps this is his last time to participate in the All-Star Game. Thinking of this, the fans applauded even more enthusiastically, almost clapping their hands to pieces.
It is equally difficult for Lao Zheng, who is also a veteran player who debuted in the first season and the founder of the Earth system. Today, he brought his apprentice Gui Sirui to the All-Star arena and was warmly welcomed by fans.
The next to appear are Ling Jingtang and Xu Xingtu. The gold cards of the Temple of the Gods have distinct characteristics and countless die-hard fans. Both Ling Jingtang's weapon cards and Xu Xingtu's god cards have a large number of supporters.
Pei Jingshan and Ye Zhu from Dark Night City cannot compare to the old players in popularity, but among the younger generation of players, these two have undoubtedly stood at the top of the pyramid. Pei Jingshan's Insect cards and Ye Zhu's Butterfly cards have created a whole new style of play. Although they are very niche decks, they are also distinctive and have been recognized by netizens.
Only one player, Fang Yu, was selected from Liushuang City this time. The main reason was that the four players from Liushuang City were all ultimate otakus who rarely went out and rarely communicated with other clubs. The four of them entertained themselves and had a harmonious relationship with their fellow apprentices. Therefore, Liushuang City had a lot of fans, and the votes were inevitably dispersed during the voting.
As the founder of the Water Deathrattle style, Fang Yu was more popular than his three junior brothers and was selected as an All-Star. The other three had similar votes, ranking 17-19, just a little short of being selected as All-Stars. This shows that Liu Shuang City also has a considerable number of fans, and the votes were dispersed, which led to the other three not being selected. If the most popular club voted, with each person limited to one vote, Liu Shuang City would definitely be in the top three.
Shadow's captain Shao Mengchen also came to the All-Stars this time. This was her first time to participate in the All-Stars. The only female conductor in the league had a strong personality, and Xie Mingzhe also had a good impression of her. She was wearing a simple and elegant white dress today, with her hair tied up in a ponytail, looking very neat and tidy.
Bai Xu's selection for the All-Star Game surprised many people. After all, Bai Xu is a newcomer who debuted this season, and the Star Team did not enter the playoffs. But in fact, he has more than four million fans on his personal Weibo. Someone dug out that he is the son of the owner of an airline company. He was very smart when he was a child and often skipped grades. His major in college was astrophysics, and he graduated early. He was a super academic master. But he was very confused in life. For example, he secretly stole Nirvana's peripheral pillow, but he accidentally forwarded the message and was laughed at by others. Fans thought Bai Xu was silly and cute, so they "fell in maternal love" and sent him to the All-Star Game.
Bai Xu felt particularly guilty when he went on stage, but the friendly applause from the audience still made him blush with excitement. He clenched his fists tightly and thought to himself that he must come to the All-Star Game next season based on his real ability, and the Star Team will definitely be able to enter the playoffs and strive to win a trophy.
The next player to appear after Bai Xu was the player from Nirvana.
As soon as Xie Mingzhe and Chen Xiao arrived at the stage, the screams from the audience immediately rose by one decibel!
As newcomers who debuted this season, Xie Mingzhe's popularity is much higher than Bai Xu's, and the contrast is very clear. Bai Xu only felt jealous when he heard the fans' screams, and he knew in his heart that Xie Mingzhe had the qualifications to gain such high popularity.
Xie Mingzhe smiled and waved to the audience in a very graceful manner. The audience seats closer to him burst into screams again, and some of the fans were screaming so hard that their throats almost broke.
There were still three contestants left to appear, and the host said, "Next, please welcome Tang Muzhou, Zhen Man, and Shen An from Fenghua Club!"
Fenghua is the winner. The fact that three of them were selected shows how huge the fan base of this club is.
Wood-type plant cards have always been very popular. As the current representative player of the wood type, Tang Muzhou's Weibo followers have recently exceeded 100 million. In this All-Star voting, Tang Muzhou topped the list, which fully proves his super high popularity.
Zhen Man has big curly hair and looks very sexy. With the snake brand, fans call her the Snake Queen. In addition to the fans of the Fenghua team, many male fans also voted for her. Shen An's fruit tree bombing style attracted many children. He is the player with the most fans around 10 years old in the league, and the fighting power of children's votes is also very strong.
The screams of fans at the scene were deafening, and sixteen contestants stood side by side on the big stage. This scene was really rare to see!
The host Wu Yue couldn't help but sigh: "Seeing so many great players standing together, I feel like I'm about to be blinded! I believe that for fans of the Star Card Alliance, tonight's All-Star Game will definitely become everyone's most unforgettable memory!"
Liu Chen quickly got back to the topic: "I think everyone has been looking forward to it for a long time. What are the specific rules of this year's All-Star Game? Now I will announce the competition items for today and tomorrow!"
The specific rules of the All-Star event were displayed on the big screen.
"The first one is a wild survival game. All players are dropped onto a deserted island. There are many scattered treasure chests on the island. Random cards are stored inside. Players can open the treasure chests to get cards. At the same time, there will be a large number of wild bosses attacking everyone on the deserted island. Players must rush to the designated location within a limited time, otherwise they will be eliminated."
"Since the sixteen players are in their own camps, they are all red names that attack each other indiscriminately. Players can choose to kill others to obtain the opponent's cards, or they can temporarily form an alliance with others and kill wild monsters together to obtain various buff effects!"
Xie Mingzhe quickly understood, isn't this a card version of the PUBG game?
However, this game has added a wild boss setting. Players not only have to face attacks from other players, but also have to struggle to survive from the attacks of the wild boss. It is indeed a thrilling survival game.
What’s even more interesting is that since the cards are stored in scattered treasure chests, no one knows which players’ cards the event planners brought into Huangdao, and what specific cards they will pick up.
Everything is unknown, so it will be more interesting for the audience to watch.
Then, Wu Yue announced the rules of other events: "The second event is a traditional event, the fan challenge. Twenty lucky fans will be drawn on site and will be selected to challenge a player. The card library will be fully open, and fans and challenged players can freely choose any card in the card library!"
Fans' duel is not an innovative activity, but the surprise is that the deck is fully open. Xie Mingzhe can use Nie Shen's beast cards, Ling Jingtang's weapons, or control his senior's plants. He can randomly select cards from the deck to control. This opportunity is really rare.
These two items alone were enough for Xie Mingzhe to look forward to. However, the third way of playing that Liu Chen mentioned left him dumbfounded.
Liu Chen said with a smile: "The third game mode is a new game mode created for the first time this year, called group challenge. All players draw lots and are divided into two large groups to fight each other. This is not unusual. What is more interesting is that this time the two sides need to use character cards. Players can pick a designated object to make a card for him. There are strict restrictions on the cards made. The character card must be made in the same image as the player himself. The skills can be set at will, and the data must be controlled within a reasonable range. All-star entertainment items are not restricted by database review rules."
The official has clearly stipulated that real-life images are not allowed to be made into cards. This is to prevent some players from giving all kinds of strange skills to people they dislike in the real world to vilify them in the game. Star cards can generate illusions, and if they are made into real people, it will definitely be confusing.
However, the All-Stars is only a two-day entertainment event, and the server used is also independent. The cards used in the All-Stars will not be brought into the online client, so the production of cards is not subject to database review restrictions.
This year's All-Stars added card-making gameplay, which attracted special interest from many fans on site.
In fact, as early as a month ago, when the planning department staff were thinking hard about the All-Star project, they suddenly received an anonymous email: "I like Azhe's character cards very much. What if the players were also made into character cards? I think it is very interesting to make real-life cards. I hope to add this kind of interesting rules to the All-Star Game."
Every year, the league opens an email box to collect netizens' opinions on the All-Star Game and the professional league. After careful discussion, the planning department found the suggestions mentioned in the email by this anonymous netizen to be very interesting and worthy of adoption.
The players participating in the All-Stars are all top figures in the professional league and have the ability to create original cards, allowing them to use their imagination to make cards for other players. The character cards they make will definitely be fun.
After discussion, the planning department made a decision - this year's All-Stars will include the fun of making real-life cards!
Xie Mingzhe never expected that the All-Star Game would have such a weird moment.
It seems he made a character card for his senior brother?
At that time, he just casually drew a picture of Tang Muzhou on the computer and gave his senior some skills, just as a joke. Tang Muzhou liked it very much after seeing it, and asked him to draw a real picture, framed it and hung it in the bedroom. Due to the rules of the game, this card is destined to be drawn only for fun in private and cannot really appear in the game.
Unexpectedly, the All-Stars asked the players to make character cards, and Tang Muzhou's card could also be released to the public.
Xie Mingzhe looked at Tang Muzhou, who happened to be looking at him as well. The two smiled at each other, and Tang Muzhou whispered in his ear, "When it comes to card making, you can just choose me. The card you designed for me before just happened to be useful."
Xie Mingzhe said excitedly, "Okay, I never thought this card would be able to appear in the All-Stars. I will draw you to be more handsome then."
Tang Muzhou smiled slightly and said nothing more.
He had thought of it a long time ago because he was the one who sent the anonymous email.
Xie Mingzhe made a Tang Muzhou card and he wanted everyone to see it.
He felt inexplicably sweet when he thought about Xie Mingzhe personally drawing a realistic Tang Muzhou in front of the whole audience. Of course, he would also choose Xie Mingzhe in the card making process and tailor a super powerful real-life card for his junior brother!