There are always pairs of rivals in the gaming world, such as Call of Duty vs Battlefield. In the world of soccer simulation games www.biquge.info players of Arthur's soccer games SER, Pro Evolution Soccer and FIFA are all trying to prove who is the dominant player in the "soccer world".

Terfino, SER's global brand manager, is very confident about this year's new title, and he expressed his excitement for the early release of SER2017 in an interview with MCVUK, as they will be two weeks ahead of their rival FIFA17.

"SER2017 was launched almost two weeks earlier than Pro Evolution Soccer 2017 and FIFA, and the potential is huge, especially in the 'territorial' battle, with the three of us selling almost the same in Italy and Spain, but in China, the UK and the US, they are no match for us at all," said Telfino. As a developer, we have a new engine, so there's a learning curve. What we want to do is release the game when it's ready. A few years ago, we switched to the FOX engine. I feel like you're watching an F1 race and then someone gets into the gas station early. And then they came out of the gas station and they were so far ahead because they got that opportunity. I think we've done it. ”

Talfino sees SER2017 as the third good game in a row. "Pro Evolution Soccer was terrible from 2007 to 2013. I think SER2017 is our third really good game in a row. Two weeks in advance can change players' mindsets and give players a chance and a reason to try SER2017. We also hope that players will give us a chance to show off what we can do. I'm a firm believer that we have the best games out there. If I'm right, more players will play it and buy it. ”

SER2017 will first be released in the Americas on September 13, and then globally on September 15, with support for Chinese and Cantonese in China.

A month after the release of "SER2017", an astonishing news appeared, with analysts revealing that "SER2017" sold 1.1 million copies in the UK in the first week, and "Pro Evolution Soccer 2017" and "FIFA17" combined were only ...... Less than 100,000 copies is a fraction of "SER2017".

Moreover, "SER2017" also broke its own best record, with "SER2013" setting a record of 15 million copies of the world's first release. In contrast, Pro Evolution Soccer and FIFA are declining year by year, and they are almost unaffordable to license.

And "SER2017" also defeated the old enemy, and the extremely popular is another sports game NBA2K17 under Arthur.

The basketball game NBA2K17 sold 1.64 million copies in its first week, up more than 60,000 copies from its predecessor, NBA2K16, which sold 1.58 million copies.

And the popularity of NBA2K17 also means that the NBA is about to rekindle the fire in the new season!

In the 2015-16 NBA, the ending was different from Arthur's previous life, and the biggest difference was naturally that the Golden State Warriors of Biyombo and Yi Jianlian beat the Cavaliers 4:1 and won two consecutive championships.

And as the championship for two consecutive years, the Golden State Warriors are undoubtedly the most attractive team this summer offseason, both for fans and players.

In the two seasons since Steve Kerr took over, the performances of Stephen Curry and the Warriors have been absolutely phenomenal. In the 14-15 season, Curry won the MVP and the Warriors won the championship; In the 15-16 season, the Warriors had the best record in the history of 73-9 in the regular season, Curry won the MVP for a second time, staged a 1-3 comeback in the Western Conference Finals, and defeated the Cavaliers led by James 4-1 in the finals.

And getting this championship led to even bigger news in the offseason: Durant is here!

Joining: Kevin Durant, Zaza Pachuria, David West, Javier McGee, Damian Jones, Glenn Robinson, Brogdon (draft)

Departures: Andrew Bogut, Harrison Barnes, Speights, Ezeli, Barbossa, Yi Jianlian

Even after 3 months, the shock and unreality of hearing the news of Durant's joining the Warriors has not yet dissipated. It is too surreal for a former MVP to join a championship team led by MVP.

In a simple addition and subtraction, the Warriors' core lineup took out Bogut and Barnes and replaced them with Durant.

How to prevent this configuration?

Over the past two seasons, we've seen the ability of any of the Splash Brothers to take the game away from any one of them. Curry, Thompson, and Durant's all-round control, passing, prolayment, and shooting capabilities bring a comprehensive offensive threat and continuous firepower intensity, and the space on the court is maximized. Add Green, Iguodala, Livingston's all-round defense, and Biyombo's defense, and that's the Warriors' lineup.

Barnes's departure Arthur is not a pity at all, his previous slightly embarrassing place in the team is that he is a defensive, single-player terminal, the role is relatively single, the ball in his hands is basically to end the offense, once the hand is not good, his role will be weakened.

After upgrading to Durant, it is an upgrade in terms of personal ability, and it is also a greater threat, in addition, the organizational attribute of this point has also been activated, and the height has gone up, but the mobility has not decreased.

If there are no problems in the distribution and integration of the ball, the upgrade will bring more firepower and integrity under the regular starters or the five-man lineup. And Durant, Green, and Thompson have apparently already conducted such experiments on the Dream Team.

How can you expect these few to be inaccurate?

Even if they don't have a feel, no coach dares to let go of such a shooting threat easily, not to mention that they can still find shooting opportunities through cover and passing, and they are quite sure of singles, which is incomprehensible when you think about it.

As for those who say that Durant's arrival has weakened the Warriors' reserves in other positions, it is complete nonsense, because from the perspective of the new water, Barnes is a player who can only be won close to the maximum salary, Durant's salary = Barnes + Barbosa, but in terms of ability, Durant is definitely not comparable to the two combined.

If the Warriors could easily let go of Barnes because of Durant's arrival, Warriors fans may miss Bogut at some point.

However, because Arthur introduced Biyombo in advance, the loss of Bogut was supposed to be lighter than in the previous life.

Pachulia is a very good addition, the 32-year-old Georgian has maintained good form, averaging a career-high 9.4 rebounds per game last season, and also has a lot of work, but compared to Bogut, his rim protection ability, positioning ability, defensive area, and deterrence are weaker, and the offensive end is not as "cunning" as Bogut.

What's more, with Bogut here, the Warriors are psychologically not afraid of teams with heavy interior lines, but now Cousins, Drummond, and Randolph are hard not to have some ideas when facing the Warriors interior.

Ezeli, Spotts and Barbosa are not irreplaceable, McGee, Biyombo and West can fill the time of the interior rotation, and the core team can stagger the rotation and smoothly pass the rotation period. There's also injury and chemistry issues, which are unpredictable, but the atmosphere is good at the moment and the trio going to Rio is a good start.

In the preseason game with the Dragons, Iguodala passed Curry outside the court, but it was Durant who should have run the ball, but he subconsciously stopped on the wing, and similar details need time to run in, including the distribution of the ball.

Durant has a player option for the second year of his two-year contract, and after the 16-17 season, the Warriors will only have Thompson, Green, Biyombo and one or two rookie contracts on the salary scale. The team's performance this season will determine the future direction of the Warriors.

There are not many player transfers that Arthur has personally promoted this summer, only two, one of which is to send Yi Jianlian to the Pacers in exchange for "puppy" Glenn Robinson III.

Sending away Yi Jianlian, who has an annual salary of $4.4 million this season, is obviously to reduce the salary pressure on the team, and the introduction of Glenn Robinson III is partly to make up for the void of Barbossa's departure, and partly because Arthur sees his potential in some areas.

Glenn Robinson III, born in 1994, officially signed with the Pacers last season on a three-year contract worth $3.24 million, which is a standard role player.

However, in Arthur's previous life, in the final of this season's slam dunk contest, Glenn Robinson III defeated Derrick Jones Jr. with 94 points and was crowned the dunk king.

The physical Glenn Robinson III will not only serve as a qualified backup for Thompson, but will also make the Warriors' game even better.

The second player trade that Arthur pushed for came from this summer's draft, when Arthur instructed the team to use the No. 30 and No. 43 picks to select Brogdon and Chinese teenager Zhou Qi, respectively.

This year's rookie is the worst of the 21st century in Arthur's opinion, but although this year's rookie is collectively rotten, there is also a little light in the darkness, and that is Brogdon.

Rogdon was arguably the biggest surprise among the rookies of the class of 2016, as Arthur had made a name for himself by dunking Irving and James against the Cavaliers in his previous game, becoming the first player in the class of 2016 to record a triple-double with 15 points, 11 rebounds and 12 assists against the Bulls, and that was only the second starting game of his career.

As an older rookie, Brogdon has a calm style of play and an excellent view of the overall situation, although he was praised as a floor stream guard when he debuted, and his physical fitness was lacking, but Brogdon's solid fundamentals and hard defense still made him the highlight of this rookie.

As for the selection of Zhou Qi, there is no doubt that it is a commercial factor. After Yi Jianlian left Indiana, Arthur hopes that the Warriors can continue to be the "parent team" of Chinese fans, and the signing of Zhou Qi can continue this tradition.

Although Zhou Qi obviously does not have the strength to compete in the NBA, and he cannot land in the NBA this season because of his contract with the Xinjiang team, the Warriors can wait. Anyway, he is also a water cooler manager, and it doesn't matter if he is a basketball player, as long as he dances well and can attract the Chinese market, who cares if he can contribute to the Warriors' championship?

Moreover, Arthur, who controls the Chinese complex, still has a glimmer of hope, maybe after joining the Warriors, under the words and deeds of Durant, Green and others, Zhou Qi can have a completely different ability from the previous life?

All in all, the Warriors' offseason operation, undoubtedly A+, pursued the ultimate while weakening the competition.

There are always many people in the outside world who slander Durant for joining the Warriors, but in Arthur's opinion, it is all jealousy.

Durant's joining the Warriors is in line with the operation process, we have also seen four All-Star teams, and there are also Celtics dynasty, Chamberlain + Jerry West + Goodrich, Bird + McHale + Parish, Magic + Sky Hook, Jordan + Pippen and other combinations, and there are also Lakers three highs + Kobe, Celtics Big Three such combinations, and the team of excellent players is a necessary condition for competing for the championship.

The only thing that can compare with the effect of this transfer is that James and Bosh have landed in Miami in 10 years. But what is even more special this time is that the Thunder and the Warriors have just gone through a round of 7 Western Conference finals, and it is inevitably unacceptable to choose to "join if you can't beat" in the year of play.

Durant doesn't owe the Thunder anything, but doing so really hurts the feelings of Thunder fans.

In the football world that Arthur is more familiar with, Campbell leaving Tottenham to join Arsenal is known as Judas, and Figo leaving Barcelona to join Real Madrid is also hated by Barcelona fans, but who will remember these in the end? Fans are paying more attention to Campbell's unbeaten title with Arsenal and Figo's shining years at the Galacticos.

And the addition of Durant did not cost Arthur much more dollars.

In the 2016-17 season, the NBA salary cap is 10,000, the luxury tax threshold is 10,000, and the Warriors have existing contracts: Durant 26.54 million, Thompson 16.66 million, Green 15.12 million, Curry 12.11 million, Iguodala 11.13 million, Livingston 5.78 million, Biyombo 4.8 million, Pachulia 2.9 million, Glenn Robinson 1.08 million, McAdoo 980,000, Clark 980,000, West 980,000, McGee 980,000, Brogdon 850,000, a total of 100.89 million.

Space is running out, space is out of the middle class exception (Pachuria), and the Warriors' total salary this season is less than 10,000 luxury tax.

The Warriors are undoubtedly the team with the best salary situation in the entire league, such a terrifying squad does not pay taxes, they did catch up with an excellent time node, the two core Thompson and Green both expired their contracts last year, and then this year to catch up with the salary cap skyrocketing to win Durant without him taking a salary cut, and also avoided being forced to match Barnes's risky contract, it can be said that this is a perfect operation and luck together, although the loss of some important role players, However, Pachuria's acceptance of the space middle class has also made up for Bogut's departure to the greatest extent, and Yi Jianlian, Ezeli and Speights are not irreplaceable.

At the same time, the Warriors' super-roster managed to avoid the luxury tax, and also avoided the potential super luxury tax next season, and the acquisition of Durant was a multi-faceted victory.

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2016-17 Warriors lineup (14):

Centre-forwards: Biyombo, Javier McGee, Zaza Pachuria

Power forwards: Draymond Green, David West, McAdoo

Small forwards: Kevin Durant, Andre Iguodala

Shooting guards: Klay Thompson, Glenn Robinson, Clark

Point guards: Stephen Curry, Sean Livingston, Brogdon (to be continued.) )