Chapter 53 The Drawing of Lots
When the list of the top eight was released, the whole world was boiling, but I didn't expect it to be completed in such a short time, and it would take less than three days.
"The quarterfinals will start in one day's time, please go back and rest and adjust your state during this time."
"The losers can choose to stay and continue to watch the battle, or they can choose to leave early, we will arrange for you to stay first, and then after all the games are over, we will take you to the headquarters of the Forbidden Land Alliance Army." Senior General Samir said.
"Yes!" The crowd answered.
Then, everyone thought that there was nothing to do, and they were about to disperse.
But at this time, General Yuntian stopped everyone: "Wait a minute, everyone, we have to explain to you about the top eight ranking battles." ”
Hearing this, everyone stopped and turned to look at General Yuntian.
"As you know, the quarter-finals ranking battle is to be held by lot, so before you rest, it's best to get the draw in order." Senior General Samir added.
"I see." Ye Yu nodded, indeed, instead of wasting time to draw lots at the beginning of the game the day after tomorrow, it is better to get rid of him while everyone is here now.
"Okay, since that's the case, then I'll talk about the relevant arrangements for the quarterfinals." Senior General Samir laughed.
"The draw for the quarterfinals, as you know, has three match-to-match draws." General Yuntian said.
"Three, this number doesn't seem right!"
"Yes, in the quarterfinals ranking battle, if you want to fight, don't you have to have four battle lots, right?" For a while, everyone questioned this grouping method.
"Haha, don't worry, everyone, I haven't finished talking yet." General Yuntian smiled and signaled everyone not to take it out of context.
"In the quarterfinals ranking battle, everyone will still be divided into three groups, and the entire battle process will be divided into intra-group battles and inter-group round-robin battles."
"There is only one battle in each group, and the winner directly advances, that is, there will be a total of four people in the promotion group." General Yuntian said.
"Impossible, there are only three battle lots, and there are four winners?" Silver Saint Seiya Ducas was puzzled.
"Of course, with three battle draws, it is absolutely impossible to compete for four winners, so in addition to the three battle draws, there is also a three-game draw and a bye draw!"
"In this way, in addition to the three pairs of opponents decided by the three battle draws, there are two more players who are free, and then the two who are free will choose one of them to continue the draw."
"The only remaining draws are a bye and a three-fight draw, and of course, the fate of the contestants they represent is different." When General Yuntian said this, he stopped and didn't say anything, leaving enough suspense to make everyone itchy and almost scold his mother.
"If the lottery winner wins the three-game draw for the first time, then the so-called 'seamless three-game battle' will be given priority over the other three groups of battle draws, which is a big bad news for those who draw the three-game draw, and the three-game battle is that there is no time to rest, and three battles in a row, you must know that your opponents are all the top eight contestants!"
"This kind of pressure is unbearable for those who have won a three-game draw, so there are very few people in history who have been able to successfully challenge for a three-game draw." General Yuntian said solemnly.
Hearing this, everyone's faces became solemn, and when they heard the danger of this three-in-a-row battle lot, they all expected in their hearts not to draw it
"Haha, don't be nervous, although the three-game draw sounds very inhumane, but along with it, his reward is also very attractive, as long as you get three consecutive wins, you can directly advance to the semi-finals, more than one step faster than the average person, of course, the premise is that you have enough strength."
"On the contrary, if you lose in the seamless three-game battle and don't get three consecutive wins, you will be judged a failure, and the loser will be punished very severely, of course, we will not say this punishment in advance, but please rest assured that the punishment for the loser is not elimination."
"And the other kind of lottery is called a bye lottery, and this kind of lottery is a blessing for every contestant." General Yuntian said with a smile.
When they heard the word gospel, many people's eyes lit up, lest they miss a word.
"The bye lottery will be left to the two people who did not draw the three-in-a-row draw, and the drawing conditions are the same as the three-in-a-row draw, once the bye is drawn, then the winner will immediately have two byes." General Yuntian explained.
Next, General Yuntian combined the schedule of the three groups of ordinary battle groups and explained the benefits of bye signing to everyone.
Generally speaking, there are three match-to-match draws during the draw process, and the three winners of the three match-to-head draws will be merged into the "winner's group".
In the winner's group, a total of four people can be accommodated, and the winner of this round of empty lottery can immediately enter the "winner's group" in advance.
This is the number one benefit of a bye, avoiding a fight.
Next, in the winner's group, the three victors who originally entered through the normal battle, each winner will have to face the challenge of the original three losers.
In other words, the general battle winners, even if they win, will face the three of the loser's group in turn, of course, this is not counting the battle between each winner in the winner's group.
However, the bye winner is blessed at this time, as he can skip the first upper bracket match, and he can still skip the battle during this loser challenge.
Those who have a bye can wait until all the loser challenges are over before participating in the next round of the upper bracket competition.
Conversely, when the three ordinary winners accept the combined challenge of the losers, they also have to consider whether they will be relegated to the losing group because the win rate is too low.
Therefore, it can be seen that byes do not have to deal with these many headaches, and can sit back and wait for the battle for the top four to begin.
Therefore, as long as whoever draws a bye is drawn, the probability of advancing to the semi-finals is almost more than 80%!
Just ask, who doesn't want to get such a great thing?
"Don't win the bye!" Ye Yu and the others roared in their hearts almost at the same time.
If you win the bye lottery, you will simply have the benefit of sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight, which is a great gift.
"Okay, if you hear it clearly, then the draw begins." Senior General Samir took over the conversation and stopped everyone's noise.
"Whew!"
A pitch-black box appeared, this box was covered by the laws of darkness, and no one could see what was inside.
"Okay, I'm ready to sign, let's draw it." Senior General Samir said.
Hearing this, everyone did not hesitate, and walked directly towards the black box, and everyone was sweating on their backs as they kept approaching the box.
They weren't afraid of drawing three regular battle lots, what they were worried about was winning the "Triple Battle Lottery"!
"Come on God, don't let me win the Triple Draw!" Ye Yu prayed secretly in his heart.
"God bless, please bless your child, let me not draw a three-in-a-row lottery, preferably a bye!"
"Actually, I don't even want the ordinary three battle tickets, God, let me just draw a bye."
Many people have asked God to worship the Buddha, and if they can, of course they hope that the number of bye tickets is eight!
Afterwards, everyone began the lottery ceremony.
"Silver Saint Seiya Ducasse, one of the three battle draws a lottery, and the opponent is Chenwu!" Senior General Samir announced in time.
Hearing this, Ye Yu reacted at this time, it turned out that after one of the three battle lots, as long as one of them was drawn, the competition system would immediately arrange an opponent for him to fight!
In other words, three ordinary battle draws seem to determine the fate of only one person who wins the lottery, but in fact, it also instantly determines the fate of another opponent.
"Heaven, earth, why Chenwu?" Who knew that as soon as he drew Zhongchen Wu's **, the Silver Saint Seiya Ducas began to cry and grab the ground.
The next two draws in a row, unfortunately, the King of Machines and the Nine Rings Arhat both won the battle lottery.
The opponent of the Machine King is the Red Path; And the opponent of the Nine Rings Arhat is Tang Qi.
For a while, among the eight people, there were only two people left who did not belong - Ye Yu and the evil god Qiao Sen.
"Mom, my luck won't be so bad, will it?" Ye Yu's palms began to sweat.
If you don't win three regular battle draws, the probability of winning a bye becomes 50%, but don't forget, the probability of winning a three-game draw is also as high as 50%!
"Don't win a three-in-a-row lottery!" Ye Yu's heart was roaring, but looking at the evil god Qiao Sen opposite, it seemed that he was relatively calm.
As if it didn't affect him any of the draws, he didn't care at all.
"Next, Qiao Sen started the draw, but sorry, we no longer read out the draw results in advance, and it is strictly forbidden for Qiao Sen to announce the draw results first, for the fairness of the game, the draw results of the three-game draw and the bye draw will not be announced until both of them have been drawn." Admiral Samir admonished.
Hearing this, the evil god Qiao Sen and Ye Yu both nodded, and then Qiao Sen walked towards the black box.
The evil god Qiao Sen's face was calm, and he didn't see the slightest abnormality, so he casually picked up a slip and looked at it before putting it back in his pocket.
"Hee-hee!" But when Qiao Sen walked past Ye Yu's side, this guy smiled at Ye Yu very cheaply.
Seeing this, Ye Yu's head was full of black lines, his Adam's apple moved, and cold sweat soaked slightly on his forehead.
It's not that he's afraid, it's that he doesn't want to go through continuous battles, which would be very troublesome.
Ye Yu realized that he was too nervous, so he took a deep breath to adjust his mentality, and waited for his heartbeat to slow down a little before he walked slowly.
"Snort."
He reached into the pitch-black box, there was only one sign in the box, Ye Yu swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and his heartbeat accelerated again!
"Don't be a three-game battle-draw, don't be a three-game battle-draw, otherwise it's troublesome, endless battles, or with so many birds of prey!" Ye Yu couldn't help but quip.
Eventually, he picked up the last pick and brought it out of the box.
He unfolded the lottery firmly and slowly, then looked over it, and quickly saw what was on it