Number One Game Designer

The World Championship is of course different from the league.

The league runs through the spring, summer and autumn of the year. Teams in each division have enough time to slowly play round-robin rounds, but the World Championship is different.

Hongyi will invite 24 qualified teams to the venue for the World Championship, and these 24 teams, a group of more than 300 people, will be responsible for their food, drink, food, housing and transportation.

"We are rich, but we are not stupid."

This is the spirit that Mr. Fang conveyed at the meeting very early, so the World Cup is relatively simple and rough, because these events must be completed within a certain period of time, and the top seeds in the three major regions will directly Airborne to become the quarterfinals, the remaining teams have to play a round robin play-in match to fight for their places.

Having said that, we need to talk about the fairness of the competition.

What is the fairest competition system in the Cup?

Answer: Double-elimination playoffs.

So what is the format that seems to be the most boring game?

Answer: Double-elimination playoffs.

What is the format of the competition that is so bloated that it tortures both players and spectators?

A: It's still a double-elimination playoff.

A double-elimination tournament, as the name suggests, means that a team loses twice in a game and is eliminated until the final champion is determined.

The game is generally divided into two groups, the winner group and the loser group. After the first round, the winners will be placed in the winner's group, and the losers will continue in the loser's group. In each round after that, the losers in the loser bracket will be eliminated; the situation in the winner bracket is similar, except that the losers are only eliminated from the winner bracket and relegated to the loser bracket, only to lose again in the loser bracket (i.e. a total of two losses) before being eliminated from the entire competition.

Sound very fair? Because during the competition, players may often perform poorly due to various unexpected situations, such as acclimatization/eating beef noodles/the lawn is too slippery/straining the akimbo muscles, etc.

But this is also the longest competition system. In fact, it simply doubles the schedule of the traditional cup competition. The three-hour final is a surprise, but the six-hour final... sorry, this is to directly Did the audience starve to death in the auditorium?

So in the end, Fang Xi and Lin Rongchang studied together and made a decision: it is still a single-elimination elimination. Mr. Fang's idea is very simple, and luck is also a part of strength.

And the single elimination itself is already very dependent on the luck and state of the players, so the play-in match is even more tragic, because there is not so much time here to prepare such a lengthy match for these groups, so here is a simple BO1 cycle, This place is like a dark jungle, because 2/3 of the teams fighting against each other are teams from other divisions, and everything is in an unknown state.

Therefore, many fans of the Luanmian team are worried: If the Luanmian team is still in this state in the qualifying round, then whether it can enter the quarterfinals is a problem! Last year's champion, is this year going to end like this?

Yu Luocheng looked at the barrage of black fans on the live broadcast, resisted the urge to shake his head, and controlled the character on the screen to drop the opposite in seconds, but this time no one cared about him on the screen What kind of operation did you make.

"This is the end of today's live broadcast. Thank you for your company. According to the contract, I will start preparing for the World Championship tomorrow, so the live broadcast will come to an end. When will the live broadcast after the World Championship be announced on my Weibo.

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Ignoring the thunder and fire on the bullet screen, Yu Luocheng let out a long breath after confirming that the camera was turned off, and threw the earphones on the table.

Although the loss in the playoffs is a big problem, Yu Luocheng himself has a little premonition. Their Luanmian team continued to be invincible in the World Championships in the Spring Split, but in the Summer Split it was a bit like "going all in one effort." , Decline again, and exhaust three", the second and third drums in "Invincible mentality need to be cultivated, and people who love games need other adjustments.

At the beginning of the summer split, the atmosphere in the team was slightly different, but at that time he felt that as long as he kept winning, that was indeed the case. Although the summer split was stumbling, he basically maintained the first place in the standings. As the captain, Luo Sheng originally thought that everyone would still have momentum in the playoffs, so he planned to save the problem for the gap between the end of the playoffs and the start of the World Championship, but unexpectedly...

And now that the live broadcast is over, according to the usual time, he should go out of this door now, then call his teammates to have dinner together, communicate in the middle, and then prepare for the training game in the afternoon.

but now……

He was a little hesitant to open the door.

Yu Luocheng's computer desktop is very clean, one is because of obsessive-compulsive disorder, and the other is because he wants to avoid suspicion during the live broadcast.

At this time, a small icon in the lower right corner flickers, which means that someone chatted with him privately on the Honghu platform.

After clicking on it, Yu Luocheng was quite surprised, because he had the other party's friend, but the other party's id was quite familiar: Team Yu fell down (crying voice)

"Can you win a game against me today?"

Yu Luocheng almost instantly remembered this cheap style, and tentatively replied:

"A world champion is nothing more than that?"

"Tsk tsk tsk, I didn't expect that you finally admitted this matter?"

"I'm not... Forget it, you haven't looked for me for a long time, why did you suddenly look for me today?"

"I heard that you were defeated?"

"Don't you watch the game?"

"Didn't I want to be tactful?"

Yu Luocheng hesitated to bring it up, and could only tell himself in his heart that talking to this person was a process of self-cultivation.

"Yes, I lost!" Yu Luocheng didn't want to be so harsh, but the other party made it clear that his scars were exposed, and Yu Luocheng actually cared about the failure in his heart.

"Then let's come to solo, anyway, you are used to me here, maybe you lose the game badly, and you finally beat me here?"

"You wait!" Yu Luocheng realized that he was becoming more and more proficient at opening rooms.

Five minutes later, Yu Luocheng stared blankly at his gray screen, but there was basically no surprise in the result.

But this time, for the first time, the opposite party said without sarcasm: "I sincerely hope that you can win."

Instead, he said, "That's right, it's really much stronger."

The other party didn't mean to show off, and quickly continued:

"When I played solo with you in the spring split, although you were very good at that time, your operation was not spiritual. I discovered it at that time. You are very, very afraid of failure."

"Of course it's not a bad thing. Professional players must have a strong sense of victory, but at the same time they must also have the ability to accept failure. Looking at it now, it is still somewhat useful."

"For example, now you can use some operations that you would never have used half a year ago. I am pleasantly surprised, you are really much stronger."

"I..." Yu Luocheng hesitated to speak.

There was a quick reply:

"Okay, I know what you want to ask."

"Call me Red Scarf."