Chapter 535 Reviewing

Baozi had more issues in the second half, so his replay took a long time before ending amidst the clamor. After that, it was Su Mucheng and Zou Yuan’s match.

Although it was a victory, and although Su Mucheng was already a high-level player, this match wasn’t skipped either. Even the most skilled players would have flaws and openings in their matches. Reviewing wasn’t just to help the players in the replay improve, but also to allow everyone to learn from it and take it as a warning. At the same time, there was also the study of the opponent, so whether it was a victory or a defeat, a replay had value.

Reviewing Su Mucheng’s match was much easier than reviewing Baozi’s. Su Mucheng herself was able to find many things during the replay, and then discuss them with everyone.

After the individual competition was the team arena. The first match was between Fang Rui and Zhou Guangyi. Wei Chen rolled up his sleeves, and no one knew what he was planning to do.

The screen opened.

Zhou Guangyi’s Ji Leng found the center of the map, but Fang Rui’s Boundless Sea wasn’t there. So he started searching, until the two sides returned to the center of the map and started fighting.

"Too much foreplay," Wei Chen said coldly at this time.

"I'm too familiar with him. I need to give him some time to think," Fang Rui said.

"If he wasn't hesitant, your CD style might not have succeeded," Wei Chen said.

"Yes," Fang Rui nodded in agreement.

At this time, there was also the moment when Fang Rui controlled Boundless Sea to use the CD style, hitting Ji Leng.

"Not decisive enough!" Wei Chen sighed.

"Are you talking about me or him?" Fang Rui asked.

"Him," Wei Chen said.

"Of course. That's the value of my foreplay," Fang Rui said.

"It's not easy to succeed once, but you actually succeeded twice," Wei Chen said.

"You don't understand the connotations of this match," Fang Rui said.

Wei Chen showed a look of disdain, but didn't refute him. Because Fang Rui was telling the truth, this duel was between two good friends who knew each other very well. The psychological battle was far greater than the competition of skill and tactics. Based on this point, even the most skilled experts couldn't learn it. Without that kind of friendship, you couldn't play such psychological traps. Afterwards, the technical competition was based on the psychological battle. All kinds of situations couldn't follow normal logic. In the end, this duel found a few non-psychological factors, and everyone analyzed them before moving on.

Afterwards, it was still Fang Rui's match, the one against Yu Feng. This match between Happy and Hundred Blossoms was considered to have three major highlights in the eyes of professionals. The first was Fang Rui’s final Qigong Explosion, the second was Tang Rou’s ace one versus two, and the last was the concentrated fire in the team competition that took away Yu Feng’s Dazzling Hundred Blossoms.

Hundred Blossom’s captain, Yu Feng, was pitifully rated as the most tragic character in the match. The three most eye-catching highlights were all supported by him. Boundless Sea's Qigong Explosion was used on his Dazzling Hundred Blossoms. Tang Rou’s ace one versus two started by defeating him. The one taken away by the concentrated fire in the team competition was also him…

Some mischievous players specially selected these three scenes, attached some connecting materials, and made a video with the music "Why Am I Always the One Who Gets Hurt," which was currently going viral online.

What Ye Xiu was playing, of course, wasn't this prank video. He clicked on the replay file, pressed play, and the match screen started.

"Slow!" Before the screen was even fully unfolded, Wei Chen suddenly shouted, startling everyone in the room, even Luo Ji in the notebook screen trembled a little.

"Too slow," Wei Chen began to ramble, "Every second after the start is extremely valuable. If you don't seize the time to get into the state, any small waste could bury the cause of defeat."

In the match replay, Fang Rui's Boundless Sea hesitated for about three seconds after the start before starting to move.

Everyone stared blankly at Wei Chen. The seemingly reasonable principles about the start were something even a fool could hear as nitpicking. But what no one expected was that Fang Rui actually nodded and said, "Indeed, if I hadn't delayed those three seconds at the start, my first confrontation with Yu Feng would have been slightly different, and it might have allowed me to seize the initiative."

Everyone stared blankly again. Did the three-second hesitation at the start actually affect the entire course of the match? Wei Chen wasn't being limitlessly nitpicky, he was actually getting to the point?

As a result, the next second Fang Rui had already turned to look at Wei Chen, "Wasn't that what I told you after the match that day?"

"Yes, I was afraid you'd forget, so I'm pointing it out for you," Wei Chen nodded and said.

Coughing sounds immediately rang out in the room. Everyone felt embarrassed just listening to it, but Wei Chen could still be so calm.

Only Ye Xiu wasn't affected. He kept looking at the movements on the screen, zoomed the view out a lot, and after both sides entered the picture, he started to zoom in again, finally pausing the playback at a certain scene.

"Yes, right here," Fang Rui said, gesturing with his hand. "If there hadn't been that three-second hesitation, I should be able to reach the fork at two o'clock. If I introduce Dazzling Hundred Blossoms there, the situation could be much better than the actual match."

"Here?" Ye Xiu circled the position on the map with the cursor.

"Yes," Fang Rui nodded.

"Well, in that case..." Ye Xiu immediately switched to an electronic map of Survival Gulch and started analyzing and discussing.

"What if Yu Feng goes around from ten o'clock?" Su Mucheng asked.

"He can't catch up at that speed, I... oh!" Fang Rui slapped his forehead, "I'm using Boundless Sea now, not Misty Forest."

"So he can still intercept you," Su Mucheng said.

"Hmm..." Fang Rui nodded, but was still seriously looking at the map, thinking about other ways out.

"What about here!" Ye Xiu circled a position on the map again.

"If you go this way, if Yu Feng cuts to the right, they'll have a head-on confrontation for one round. With precautions, they can maintain a distance of three character spaces, but that's still within the Berserker's attack range. Whether or not you can break through depends on the specific situation," Wei Chen also began to analyze in a serious manner.

"Even if you break through here, the distance to the next fork isn't enough to shake him off, right?" Su Mucheng said.

"Using Wind Rolling Clouds should be about right," Fang Rui didn't mess up the character this time.

"What if Yu Feng uses Triple Slash?" Su Mucheng said.

"Then he has to have that awareness first," Fang Rui said.

The rookies listened quietly. They would sometimes speak up in such discussions, but most of the time their views and insights were still difficult to put on the table. After each of these replay studies, everyone would realize many things. It was a confrontation between Fang Rui and Yu Feng, but through substitution thinking, putting themselves in Fang Rui's or Yu Feng's position, and then substituting in their own characters, they could learn how to deal with such a situation from the analysis. Boundless Sea could use Wind Rolling Clouds, and the Berserker could use Triple Slash. The same principle applied to each class using their respective movement acceleration methods.

Just a three-second hesitation at the start was analyzed into many changes. But everyone was also clear that this had to be treated on a case-by-case basis. In fact, being three seconds early or three seconds late wasn't the point. The point was these changes. That was the meaning of the replay.

After all, there wasn't much content in Fang Rui and Yu Feng's match, and it ended pretty quickly.

Then, Mo Fan versus Yu Feng. Everyone knew what the result of this match was. In theory, there shouldn't be any meaning to replaying it, but Ye Xiu actually played the replay of this match. Everyone couldn't help but look at Mo Fan, but this guy still didn't have any expression. Only Qiao Yifan, who was sitting next to him, noticed that Mo Fan's hand under the table was clenched into a fist.

Qiao Yifan was immediately a little worried. He didn't know what Ye Xiu's intention was in doing this. Was he intentionally trying to humiliate and stimulate Mo Fan? This... wasn't good... Qiao Yifan thought in his heart.

No one spoke. The match replay was played quietly. The screen was split in half, showing the camera angles of the two characters. Soon, Yu Feng's Berserker, Dazzling Hundred Blossoms, arrived at the center of the map, and Mo Fan's Deception quietly arrived, ambushing nearby.

"Good positioning," Ye Xiu said at this time.

Everyone nodded. Mo Fan, who had struggled out of scavenging, had a special knack for this kind of positioning. His vision was no less than that of a professional player.

"But, sometimes, the best thing can be not so good," Ye Xiu said.

Everyone was stunned. Confusion appeared in Mo Fan's eyes.

"Because the best players don't just know what you know," Ye Xiu said, switching the screen's perspective to Yu Feng, "Dazzling Hundred Blossoms's position looks casual, but in fact, the distance to several ambush points is perfectly controlled. No matter which position the opponent launches a surprise attack from, he has enough space to respond."

Saying that, Ye Xiu picked up the Esports Weekly newspaper on the table and shook it. "Zuo Chenrui said that Yu Feng's stance is heroic and worth 5 points? This isn't all sarcasm. This stance is indeed very brilliant."

"Let's look at his control of the view." Ye Xiu said, switching out of Yu Feng's first-person perspective from the replay. The screen turned with Yu Feng's control of the perspective in this stage.

"See it!" Ye Xiu pointed to a certain position on the screen, which was where Deception was hiding at this time.

"The best position you chose is also the place he's most heavily guarded against. It's difficult to have a good opportunity to leave you in this position," Ye Xiu said.

So that's how it was, as expected of a senior! Qiao Yifan sincerely felt happy at this time. Before that, he was really worried. He was afraid that Ye Xiu's purpose was just to humiliate and stimulate Mo Fan. If that was the case, he would inevitably feel a little disappointed. But now, he saw that Ye Xiu was commenting on Mo Fan's pitiful performance in this match based on the facts.

It was just a selection of positions, but Ye Xiu used this to make Mo Fan more aware of the difference in professional matches.

In this field, anyone is likely to have the same qualities as you. The best choice might be the worst, because it means everyone knows about it. As a player who likes to sneak and ambush, it's too important to grasp this.