I'm sitting in front of the match computer, and the match against Team Hearts is about to begin. I looked at the black and white mice in my hand, and I didn't make any pre-game jokes with my teammates to relieve my nerves as usual, and I didn't open my mouth, and others didn't seem to talk much. It seemed that only Zheng Mingchuan said something in the team's voice.

Since the resumption of the war after the second division of the league, our Longyuan team has won three more games, and counting the games last year, we have won seven consecutive games in the regular season. The situation of qualifying for the playoffs is very good, and many fans say that the strength of our team is a bit against the sky, from the players to the logistics team, there are almost no shortcomings. To operate there is operation, to have tactics to have tactics. Since it's a 15-team single round-robin format, many fans are even optimistic that we will win the championship and qualify for the top league.

Today is our eighth game, and the opponent is considered the top team in the league, with a record of 4 wins and 2 losses, and before the game, almost all the spectators were overwhelmingly optimistic about us.

But I could feel that I was out of shape, probably because I didn't get a good night's sleep last night, but also because of what happened the day before yesterday.

At this time, the two sides of the game entered the game screen, looking at the familiar picture, and the scene of the day before yesterday appeared in front of my eyes, which made me almost collapse again:

As you may recall, I met with Mo Jianping, Wang Jingliu's partner in the early years, who was asked by a strange person to hand me a letter with no content. After getting out of the car, because of the heavy gloves, I didn't hold the letter steady for a while, causing the letter to be blown away by the cold wind. Just as I was bending down to pick up the letter, I noticed that there was an advertising flyer next to the letter, which was an advertisement for a self-proclaimed "gaming headset". Considering that the boss said that the team was short of funds and everyone should pay attention to the sponsorship, I brought this advertising leaflet back to the base.

Later, after the negotiation between Zhang Guangyue and the headphone manufacturer, the two sides successfully reached a cooperation. It was agreed to hold an offline event the day before yesterday, and we, the contestants, would be present to help promote their products. Although "Book Title" is currently a niche game, considering its former glory and the influence of professional players, although our team only appeared in the minor league, after all, with the name of the moon god, there is still a good initial flow, not to mention that we have a wave of consecutive victories. And this headset is not a big brand, so the two sides hit it off and started the work of huddle for warmth. Of course, given our traffic, they also have a limited amount of money for sponsored advertising.

Coincidentally, the venue of this offline event is in G City, and it is near the museum that Lao Xu and I visited before. Surprisingly, after the news of the offline event was posted on Weibo, many fans actually came to participate in our event, and even many visitors to the museum were attracted by the excitement here, allowing us to earn a lot of face in front of the sponsors. Although all five members of the team went, because I have more fans in my live broadcast room and am the core of the team, I can be regarded as the "main coffee".

Since it is for publicity, it is natural to promote the sponsor's father's products, in order to highlight the characteristics of this headphone product, I performed the "Blind Sword" in public, and killed several elite monsters blindfolded. Everyone sees, alas, the stereo effect of this headset is so good, and it can even help players listen to the sound and distinguish the position, so its publicity effect is self-evident.

In fact, to be fair, to be able to do such an operation, mainly by their own practice, to really say that the sponsor Dad's headphones are better than other headphones on the market, but it is not at all to say. However, since I am a sponsor, I naturally have to boast about the product in person, and give all the credit for being able to fight the elite monsters blindfolded. In fact, the "Blind Sword" was specially practiced by me in order to combat the blinding effect. In order to be able to take advantage of the situation where both sides are blinded. In fact, everyone knows in their hearts that the level of the game will not be a qualitative leap because you change the peripherals, and the peripherals are just auxiliary, and it fundamentally depends on the player himself.

But fortunately, today's consumers are very generous, and the ambiguous words of the advertisement can also be listened to casually, and no one really thinks that if they buy this headset, they can also make a blind sword.

As I showed such an operation, the atmosphere was pushed to a climax at the instigation of the host. At this time, everyone entered the last part of the offline activity, that is, the water friend competition. Each audience at the event can get a number, which may not only be drawn to win a beautiful gift, but also to be drawn to the stage to fight against us.

Just like the last event of the Four Ambassadors' Clan, the Water Friends Tournament was conducted using virtual accounts, and everyone had similar equipment levels and dozens of the most commonly used skills. After the start of the game, the lucky audience who was drawn came to the stage one by one to fight against us, and my four teammates all defeated the water friends effortlessly, of course, for the effect of the show, except for Song Yi, the other three still released the water appropriately to ensure the fans' game experience. For fans, although they lost, it was a beautiful thing to be able to compete with their favorite players on the same stage and get a signed gift from the latter, so everyone seemed very happy in the final group photo session.

In order to establish the image of the team in the hearts of fans, everyone will give some guidance to lucky fans after the confrontation, such as where and where to improve in the game just now.

I was the last one to appear in the finale, and the lucky audience against me was a male, tall and thin. Wearing a hoodie and a mask, and even a pair of windproof glasses, I couldn't see my face at all. However, considering that it was still winter, the event was held outdoors, and the wind was a bit strong, I was not too surprised by the outfit.

After he took the stage, the host usually wanted him to introduce himself briefly, talk about his feelings and so on. The first few viewers probably said that they have been playing "Book Title" for a few years, what kind of weapon they usually use, they like Longyuan team/XX players very much, and they think that we have brought a new atmosphere and playing style to the game, and they are very excited to be selected on stage today. But when the host handed the microphone to the hooded man, he waved his hand and pointed to his neck.

The host's reaction was also very fast: "Ah, it seems that this lucky sailor doesn't have a very good voice, so let's skip this link and start the game directly." ”

Sitting in front of the computer, I hesitated a little, should I properly use the "blind sword" to confront this fan, so as to give the sponsor another wave of advertising? After thinking about it, I still gave up, because if I really did this, it was indeed a bit disrespectful. In fact, to be honest, I think that I have been in very good shape both in training and in games recently, and the current MVP of the minor league is also the highest, as long as the opponent does not have the strength of more than 2000 points, I am confident that I can beat him blindfolded.

However, five minutes later, the originally lively scene was silent, and I was directly in front of the computer, and the host didn't seem to know how to answer. The reason is simple - I lost to this sailor, and it was a fiasco. Didn't even knock out half of his HP!

Considering the respect for opponents and fans, I naturally didn't blindfold, this person is also a swordsman, and it is easiest to compare the gap with weapons, so at first I still felt that I should not fight too hard, so I kept my hands everywhere. But I think it's a little strange to play the role in my hand, and I don't seem to be so handy with the characters in my hands, and even make a lot of low-level mistakes that should never be made, but he has been suppressing me.

I suddenly realized that my opponent didn't seem to be easy, and hurriedly fought with a spirit of twelve points, but even so, all my moves seemed to be seen through by him, and his movements couldn't see how good they were, but he was always able to take the first step to restrain my routine. In the chaos of my mind, I lost the game inexplicably.

At this time, the host seemed to have finally reacted and began to play a round: "Ahem, our Chen chat contestants are very personable, and they gave each other a victory in the face of a sick sailor." Well, then please come to the center of our stage again. ”

I don't think my blood is flowing to my face right now, so to outsiders, I should be pale at the moment. Because I know that I didn't let go of the water, and from the first twenty seconds onwards, I was fighting it as best I could, no, I should say resist this man's attack. I can't believe that I was suppressed by an ordinary sailor in all directions, and today's game is not an exaggeration to say that it is even a hanging fight.

I looked at my hands in disbelief as I reached the center of the stage. I don't know what went wrong with me today, and it is said that even the moon god in his peak cannot beat me with this kind of difference, so there is only one answer - I played badly myself.

I got to the center of the stage, only to find that there was no one on the other side of the stage. The sailor took advantage of everyone's stunned moments to disappear without a trace.

And the subsequent signing and gift-giving session was naturally awkwardly canceled.

The audience who came to watch the event was not stupid, and they could probably understand that I was really defeated, not "let the water" as the host said.

Gradually, the audience changed from a silent whisper to a whisper, and I seemed to be able to hear:

"Heh, that's it, still a professional player?"

"This false advertising is too fake, and someone has finally pierced the diorama."

"The blindfold he used when he fought the elite monster just now must be transparent, and he is also blind to the sword, and he laughed to death."

……

I don't know how the host ended the event or how the event ended. In short, everyone returned to the base with an embarrassed face, no one asked me how I lost, even Song Yi was playing with her mobile phone playfully, and she didn't say anything sarcastic. Judging from the faces of the leaders of the sponsors, the event failed because of this accident, and the effect was certainly not satisfactory to them. Only Xie Liuying comforted a few words, "Don't go to your heart." "Victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers." I don't know if it's my delusion, but I always feel that she is not really comforting me, and there seems to be something else in her head.

It hit me so hard that I was in a mess for the rest of the day. The night before the game, I couldn't sleep as long as I closed my eyes and watched the game that day.

Lao Xu once said to me: "It is a great shame for a professional player to not guarantee an absolute advantage when facing a non-professional player." ”

And I experienced such a "greatest humiliation" without any surprise. Until the end, I didn't even know the identity of the hooded man, but judging by his style of play, it seems that he is not any famous player or streamer. And it was such a nobody, who suddenly appeared, beat me, and then suddenly disappeared.

And Lao Xu's words have long been deeply remembered by me, making me subconsciously feel that if I lose to a non-professional player one day, it will be an unforgivable thing, and the conversation at that time was like this:

Me: "Brother Xu, you can't say that, everyone has a bad time, how can this be considered a shame." And you see, in that super hot MOBA game, aren't the professional players in it often suppressed by high-scoring passers-by? It may be that the contestants did not play seriously during the live broadcast or ranking, or they deliberately performed for the live broadcast effect. And in the final analysis, a game cannot be won by one person, the lineup playing style and cooperation will have an impact, and the temporary victory or defeat does not mean anything. ”

At that time, I didn't have a professional career.

Lao Xu took a puff of cigarette and "snorted" from his nose: "So what? Their fans can go so washed, and then what? If you lose to an amateur professionally in the future, do you plan to comfort yourself like this? ”

I didn't speak.

Xu Zhiqiang: "If you don't say that the game is okay, I will be angry when you say it." ”

Me: "What's wrong?" ”

Xu Zhiqiang: "Didn't four professional players win another team with their amateur bosses last year? ”

Me: "yes, it's quite a hot topic, and everyone likes to watch it. ”

Xu Zhiqiang: "Hmph, if you want me to say, this is a complete joke." This made a joke for all the pros in the sport. ”

Me: "That's too absolute. ”

Xu Zhiqiang: "What's not a joke?" Why is a profession called a profession? It's because once you cross that threshold, you're fundamentally different from the people outside the threshold, and this difference is reflected in the game technology. What does it mean that four pros with one average player won five pros? Isn't it a joke to show that the gap between professions is greater than the gap between professions and amateurs? What do we fools train for every day? What is the difference between us and ordinary teenagers who are addicted to the Internet? ”

Me: "...... No, I'm sure the loser team should have trained as well. ”

Xu Zhiqiang: "If that's the case, it means that this game is a joke." It is an easy-to-play, highly entertaining, low-competitive game. ”

Me: "What does it mean to be low-competitive?" ”

Xu Zhiqiang: "It shows that the upper limit of this game is limited, and the gap between masters and ordinary players cannot be widened, no matter how talented you are, no matter how much training you have, you can't do a lot of things in the game." ”

Me: "So what do you think a competitive game looks like?" Is it as hard as "Book Title"? Heh, there's almost no one to play now. ”

Xu Zhiqiang: "It doesn't have to be like this, but when you look at that game, what is the topic that fans and players discuss the most?" Well? - Adaptation version. In other words, the game's highest arena is the version, not the player's. This kind of game is not a joke, what is a joke? ”

I never knew that Lao Xu actually had such a deep prejudice about the world's hottest game and the world's most successful e-sports event, and I: "It's not good to say it completely, strong players can still get results." ”

Xu Zhiqiang: "Then let me ask you, what does the hero who was 100% banned in the game's highest competition mean this time?" How many times has this been the case on the highest stage of the game? If you want to say that a version has strong and weak, a certain team is limited by its own strength and characteristics, and there are heroes that can't be handled, which is normal. But what does it mean to be 100% banned? That is, all the strongest teams in this world, they found themselves unable to cope with this hero, and this was the conclusion that was reached when they had more than a hundred other options. So do you say that this hero is a joke, and is the first forbidden position in the back hand also a joke? So in the end, the strongest player or the strongest hero will be decided in this competition? What I saw was that all the players and coaches gave in to this hero. ”

Although Lao Xu said it very extremely, it seems that there is a little bit of truth in it.

Xu Zhiqiang: "So, last year's boss on the field has already shown that this game is for playing tickets, what kind of e-sports dream?" Bullshit! Lao Tzu is not a great character, he is just an ordinary city contestant. But I would say that if I ever lose more than I win against an amateur player, I will never forget it in my life. Chen Liao, if you become an e-sports player one day, you have to remember that the stage is your own, and no one can take it away, and no one can take it away. ”

……

I put away my memories, but my heart became more and more embarrassed. I never thought that I would encounter such a thing after less than half a year in the industry.

Without further ado, the game has begun. I felt that I was out of shape and made a lot of mistakes in a row from the beginning. So I turned to my teammates to seek cooperation, but Xie Liuying also seemed to have something wrong, and there was a rare break in the change of force between me and her, resulting in the skill not being connected.

I looked at her in surprise, only to see that she seemed to be dodging my gaze. The game is still going on, so I can't ask too much, but with the disadvantage of the start, we gradually fell into passivity. At this time, Liu Chuanhao suddenly went up again, rushed into the enemy formation, and completely "gave a wave" in vain.

With his level, there shouldn't be such a mistake, what the hell is going on?

In less than an hour and a half, we actually lost the game cleanly from 0-2, and "won" the first defeat in the league. On the way back, the air on the bus was deadly silent, Zhou Zhenyu drank water again and again, he almost shouted when he commanded just now, but unfortunately it had little effect. Now, he can't say anything more. After drinking water, he closed his eyes and recuperated, as if he was thinking about how to explain to Zhang Guangyue.

It was a strange game and I think I was forgiven for not playing well, because I had that the day before yesterday. But what about the others? It is said that with our strength, the other four can win the game as long as they play normally. As a result, they didn't even play as well as me, why is that? Play me?