The eliminated teams have been ranked according to the time of elimination and the ranking in the qualifying round.
Some beat their chests and stamped their feet, others couldn't accept it. The elite strategy team was especially silent.
No matter how great they were on normal days, now they haven’t even made it to the quarterfinals. Everyone’s faces look a little unhappy.
When the peripheral members heard about the results of their own strategy group, they were also uneasy and asked for specific details in private.
Even though Hei Shan on the other side advanced, there was not much joy on his face. Rhine also had a blank expression. It had always been the several strategy groups that dominated the limelight, but now that they were practicing on the field, they discovered how complicated the waters of this world were.
Normally, no one would pay attention to how good your guides were, and even if your fans praised you, no one would argue with you. But now, when the competition starts, you suddenly encounter a bunch of masters that you have never heard of.
Who could have imagined the victory of two independent player teams? Luo Bo saw that many teams had no joy in advancing. Only the Kalan and Peak groups were happy. His favor for these strategy teams was waning.
The few people at the top were relatively okay, but the rest were more or less utilitarian organizations. These circles were never founded on profit, but on passion.
The current strategy group really makes Robo lose interest in cooperating. No wonder Hawkfoot wants to form the Terra Explorers Association next year. There may be some selfish motives, but it is more about maintaining the purity of this gaming circle.
Seeing the various attitudes of these teams, Luo Bo turned off his computer and immediately ended the live broadcast. He had heard some rumors before, but now it seems that there is no smoke without fire.
The finals are tomorrow. Since this circle has lost its purity, let's let strength speak for itself.
I called Brother Long and started to remind him about the ban rules for tomorrow. To prevent leaks, I would only inform him about this after he finished his broadcast.
"What? Mule Bo, are you crazy? How can we possibly win?" Brother Long's terrified voice came.
"Brother Long, what are you afraid of? You should trust your teammates' abilities. Besides, with the points system, isn't the difficulty the same for every team?"
After listening to Mule Bo's persuasion, Brother Long didn't know how to hang up the phone.
The rules were out, but Brother Long was not thinking about how many points his teammates could get, but whether they could finish the game.
Tomorrow's final will actually ban a profession. There are a total of eight professions in Arknights, and tomorrow's final will ban one profession and then randomly divide the team and then ban the operators.
The difficulty factor has increased many times. After the six-star was banned, there were still five-star ones available. Now that the professional branches are banned, it can be said that nothing can be caught.
Furthermore, all five of them had to be six-stars each. Long couldn't imagine how difficult this would be. He went to the refrigerator, grabbed a beer, and drank half of it in one gulp before he felt his mood calm down. He smiled wryly and shook his head. He could only wish his old friends good luck tomorrow.
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The teams that entered the finals were still thinking about tomorrow's rules and arrangements, and some teams were watching the game replays.
Black Mino advanced 3-2, and the captain's face hadn't improved since the match. At ten o'clock that evening, the team's internal channel was still busy correcting errors.
"At this point, you shouldn't have captured this Operator. Save it for the chance to catch the Charmander your teammates left for you! Even though she's harder to use than the others, you can clear her with an E1 summon in the third ending. Why would you want to capture an E2 Sniper?!"
The team member silently listened to his own mistakes, his face flushing and whitening: "Two blue gates, I have to defend the bottom lane, and I have to deal damage in the top lane. I always have to leave some weak operators for me. Am I weaker than them?"
“There’s something wrong with this person’s thinking…”
The team leader looked at the people who were reviewing the game there, and his face didn't look very good. In the end, he could only helplessly comfort the few team members who participated in the competition.
I didn’t know about the shortcomings of the group before, so it’s a good thing that I have discovered the problems now.
The atmosphere on the Rhine side was not so tense. They lost to the peak team by a narrow margin. With the ranking in the qualifying round, theoretically they have a 50-50 chance against anyone. Just don't face the peak team directly.
The Kalan team was a pleasant surprise. They were lucky and the atmosphere among the team members was relaxed. They were extremely lucky to make it into the top eight.
After playing for a while at the peak, the snakes went to bed early, and no one was worried about any problems at all.
There was a lot of activity in the Excellent Strategy Group last night, with major internal personnel adjustments. As for the details, no one is paying attention to them for the time being.
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The livestream of the early morning matches was packed with people, and many teams had truly shined. The sniper-medic game was a visually stunning and maneuverable affair, and the impressive sniper positioning of many teams was a real treat for even the average player.
Today's game will probably be even more exciting, and many people are looking forward to the performance of each team.
At ten o'clock, Brother Long appeared on time. Brother Han and N∩ followed him into the live broadcast room. After the opening advertisement, they got straight to the point.
The eight teams also entered the same channel. Today, the number of people was half as small, so they could observe everyone's operations in detail.
"Welcome everyone to the quarter-finals of the first Salted Fish Cup. I'm the host, Brother Long."
"I'm Brother Han (N∩)."
Brother Long continued to speak calmly as he watched the team gather. After a few days of getting used to it, he has become much more stable now.
The camera continued to focus on the referees and technical staff. There hadn't been any instances of cheating in recent days, but this process was still in place, mostly for deterrence.
"Since today is the final, the rules must be different from before."
"Oh? Could there be another expert?" Brother Han heard about the new rules and passed on the message curiously.
Luo Bo looked at Han Ge and N∩'s confused faces on the screen and nodded. As long as Brother Long didn't make any mistakes on the big issues, nothing else mattered.
"Yes, today's new rules can be said to have greatly increased the test for each team."
After saying that, Brother Long took out a turntable from under the table, with eight profession names written on it.
The people on the barrage had guessed the truth and were shocked:
"Huh? No, buddy. Are you going to ban professional branches?"
"Holy crap, awesome! Let's get some intensity out of the big guys, huh?"
"I'm so stupid! What if the banned class is a guard? Isn't that the end of it?"
"The guards are fine, but if..."
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The barrage was boiling, and the contestants were also panicking.
Brother Long, his professionalism at its peak, said with a smile, "It seems many people have already guessed it. That's right, for today's first match of the finals, professional branches will be banned!"
"Another change to the quarterfinals is the best-of-three format. This is to prevent players from dying suddenly and ending up with very low scores. This gives them a chance to redeem themselves and advance to the next round by winning two games first."
"The time interval between three rounds has also been shortened to ten minutes, so players should pay attention."
Many teams felt their scalps tingling after hearing this, and the rare top players also put down other games and sat together to start discussing.
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