As soon as the opening match of the Glory World Cup ended, that night the Internet was frantically attacking the format and rules of this World Cup.
Even the consuls from foreign teams came to the Glory headquarters to protest.
The first protest is that the Chinese team did not give them time to familiarize themselves with the rules of the new competition system. This is unfair to them.
Then the protest was that the last World Invitational tournament banned individual players from appearing on the stage of the World Invitational Tournament.
But this time there is no ban on the Chinese team.
In response to these protests, Honor’s official response was also very domineering.
First, the Chinese team gave all foreign teams almost a week to familiarize themselves with the new competition system. However, most of the foreign teams did not assemble and go to Beishi as soon as possible, but delayed it until the last day or two. Time has come in a hurry. This is your own fault. It is your own fault and has nothing to do with me.
And speaking of fairness, in the last World Invitational Tournament, you all went to Zurich for training. Among the 16 teams, only the Chinese team was not invited to participate.
This is truly unfair.
Secondly, the last World Invitational Tournament banned the individual gameplay, and the individual gameplay is not allowed to appear on the stage of the World Invitational Tournament again.
That happened in the last World Invitational Tournament, and it has nothing to do with this World Invitational Tournament.
Moreover, it was the Glory World Invitational Tournament at that time, and now it is the Glory World Cup.
It can be said that this Glory event is the first time in the history of Glory that a World Cup is held.
The World Cup is not a World Invitational Tournament, but a World Invitational Tournament.
The rules of the World Championship cannot affect the rules of the World Cup.
The official reply from the Chinese team left these protestors speechless.
In the last World Invitational, you targeted the Chinese team. Now it’s the Chinese team’s turn at their home court. What else do you have to say.
Don’t blame the Chinese team for being so tough in their response this time, as if to say, here, my rules are the rules!
Now the China Glory Alliance has become the center of the world's glory. The world's glory gods are watching China Glory for a meal, and they have the capital to make bold statements.
However, they made such a rule change for the Chinese team because they believed that the Chinese team was weak enough in this World Cup and they were no longer that strong team.
In the last World Invitational, the Chinese team produced many strong players, but these players have already retired.
The remaining ones who have not retired are already old.
After these veterans retired, there was a gap among the professional players of the Chinese team. They believed that the Chinese team had no successors.
This time the Chinese team is a team of old, weak, sick and disabled. They are no longer the beasts they once were.
In fact, it is not just foreign media who are making such speculations.
In China itself, there are also many media outlets that are badmouthing the Chinese team.
After all, the strength of the Chinese team this season is indeed much weaker than that of the last World Invitational Tournament.
There are many members who are not even truly top players and can only wander on the fringes of first-class players.
But they ignored it.
The reason why we see those average players is not because the strength of the Chinese team has declined.
Moreover, the number of participants in this Glory World Cup has increased.
In the last World Invitational Tournament, there were only 13 people in the team.
This time it was a team of 24 people.
The number of people is 11 more.
If there were 24 people participating in the last World Invitational Tournament, this would also be the case.
After all, not every profession has a super master.
However, the foreign media definitely don’t know these details. They just think that the Chinese team this season is not terrible.
So after the protest failed, teams from various countries had no other choice but to quickly adapt to the new competition system. Fortunately, World Cup games take a long time. If you are lucky, it will take four days before the game can be played.
If you are unlucky, even if the first game is over, the second game will be played two days later. There is still time to adapt to the rules.
The group stage is completed in seven days, with eight games broadcast live in one day.
Nowadays, the number of players in the competition has increased, and the competition time is very long. In the 6V6 competition system, a game lasted almost an hour. Now it is a 20V20 competition system, and a game takes about 3 hours.
So, eight live broadcasts a day can almost fill up the whole day.
The Chinese team is in Group C, and their opponent in the first round is the Finnish team.
This newly joined national team is also a glorious team that has risen rapidly after the last World Invitational Tournament.
Before the last World Invitational Tournament, although their country had the Glory game, it did not establish a professional league. There were only Internet cafe leagues organized in various places.
But the last World Invitational Tournament stimulated the glory market in their country. They also established the Glory Alliance, and then signed up to participate in the Glory World Cup this time.
However, as a newly established Glory team, their Glory foundation is too shallow.
The equipment is not top-notch, and the players are not top-notch either.
Coming to the World Cup at such a level is just for show.
What's even more miserable is that in their first game of the World Cup, they fought against the former world glory king, the Chinese team, and directly kicked the toughest steel plate.
Facing the Finnish team, the Chinese team showed its prestige at home.
In the heads-up competition, the Chinese team scored 8 points in a total of ten games.
10V10 in the arena is 6 points.
The Chinese team also won easily.
At the end of the first half of the individual competition, the Chinese team scored a total of 14 points, while the Finnish team only scored a pitiful 2 points.
The team competition is a 12-point system.
If the Finnish team can win the team competition, it will be tied with the Chinese team, with the two teams scoring 14 points respectively.
However, winning or losing is not counted in the group stage, only points are scored.
So even if the two teams are tied, there is no need to play overtime.
If it is a promotion match after the quarter-finals, then a tie will require overtime.
The winner must be determined.
So, can the Finnish team win the team competition?
Obviously impossible.
First of all, regardless of the strength gap between the two teams, let’s talk about the familiarity of the players on both sides with the rules of the new competition system.
The Finnish team is one of those teams that pressed the deadline and just arrived yesterday.
They don't respect the Chinese team at all and this is the World Cup, so they haven't had time to get familiar with the 20V20 team game.
Their arrogance will eventually pay the price.
In the team competition, they were completely manipulated by the Chinese team.
A 20V20 team match, I thought it would take more than half an hour, but it ended in less than ten minutes.
The 20 players of the Finnish team were like a piece of loose sand on the field. They had no tactics, organization, or coordination at all. They were manipulated by the Chinese team.
After a huge melee of 40 people, the Finnish team was completely wiped out, but the Chinese team only sacrificed two people.
The two of them were still killed by their assassins with a single blow, and then one of them was beaten by the Finnish team's counterattack before he died.
With a sacrifice ratio of 20:2, such a failure can be said to be quite miserable. (End of this chapter)