Chapter 668: Chapter 635: The Big List of Peak War!
Super Tomato couldn’t help but be skeptical!
Previously, their drawings were way more outrageous, and Cloud Dream never interfered to insist on modifications for violation.
It was not until they, for no apparent reason, went to report themselves to Cloud Dream, that the latter showed a sense of presence by erasing some of the too outrageous drawings and asking them to be a bit moderate.
But even after that incident, the group friends continued to draw outrageous stuff, and there was no occurrence of Cloud Dream interjecting for them to modify.
So, did Cloud Dream actually not review anything??
Or perhaps, did Cloud Dream simply approve everything by default since the staff had knocked off for the day and would only start real scrutiny in the morning or even on Monday?
At this thought, Super Tomato grew uneasy immediately: “Could it be that when the number of voters increases after the registration ends, they would then find fault with us, alleging that we don’t meet the competition standards and directly disqualify us?”
“That would be utterly bullshit!”
But they had already submitted their works. There was no point in worrying now.
They couldn’t possibly go asking Lincoln again, could they?
As Super Tomato perceived it, a personality like Lincoln would surely have endless matters to attend to every day and they did not even know what he was presently occupied with.
Unless absolutely necessary, it was better to bother him less.
Just as he was being indecisive, a flurry of comments suddenly burst out in the live broadcast room. Their speed was so rapid that it was impossible to catch!
Super Tomato immediately realized that something of importance happened, but he could hardly make out the comments. All he could do was strive to control the chat box, and after much effort, managed to pick up some keywords—
[Roster], [Peak War], [you’re on it], [Battlefield].
Super Tomato tried to connect the dots, “Do you mean that I made it to the Battlefield’s ‘Peak War’ roster?”
The moment the words slipped out, he laughed: “Try and come up with a more believable ruse if you want to trick me. This is something that is obviously impossible, how am I supposed to believe it, even if I want to…”
“In the past week, either I was battling in Terraria or supervising the construction of houses in ‘My World’. I only played Battlefield not more than 20 times and still, my winning rate didn’t even reach half. Moreover, I didn’t log in today, hence I wasn’t in the range of random selection. If I were to be selected still, Cloud Dream must be blind.”
But the flurry of comments was still surging rapidly, appearing quite persistent.
“Cut it out guys, stop this prank. No one will fall for it.”
Super Tomato tried to calm the comments down.
But the comments just wouldn’t calm down.
Seeing the audience’s reactions, Super Tomato finally wavered: could it be true?
He silently searched using the keyword [Peak War roster] and easily found the official Battlefield account. The first page of the roster listed a total of one thousand… and ten Daxian players.
“1010? Why are there 10 extra players?”
Upon a careful look, he quickly discovered: His ID really did appear on the list!
The most absurd thing was, he was neither in the [Top 300 by Winning Rate] nor in the [Top 300 by Number of Victories], and not even in the [Random 400]. But he was in—
The [War Reporter] category!
“Goddamn War Reporter!” Super Tomato was shocked, “I can compete like this??”
He checked the roster for other countries, realizing that the list of players had all been changed to 1010, with the “War Reporter” as a fixed item.
Upon seeing the description provided by Cloud Dream, all 10 “War reporters” positions were filled with not a single reporter…
Every position was taken by either a streamer or a game commentator.
And these “War Reporters” were treated the same as regular players. They were allowed to participate in the competition and could also be killed.
Then, it dawned on Super Tomato, “They are trying to get a free ride!”
Take advantage of the influence of streamers and commentators to further magnify the impact of [Peak War]
Of course, in such a global-scale event, the influence of individual streamers and commentators was merely the icing on the cake, possibly barely worth a mention. For Cloud Dream, it was probably just something they could handle in passing.
A clear demonstration of this was how Cloud dream didn’t communicate with anyone beforehand, but just straightly published this preliminary roster.
Yes, the list was only preliminary.
If someone could not make it because of other commitments the next evening or simply didn’t wish to participate for no reason, they could opt to forfeit the opportunity in advance.
The [War Reporters] could also choose to do so.
Even though Super Tomato couldn’t figure out who would want to give up such an opportunity.
Especially the streamers who always chased after popular trends, it was hard to imagine anyone willing to give up such an opportunity.
In any case, he was definitely not going to give up!
However, as he saw the comments in the live broadcasting room unite into the phrase—”Unless Cloud Dream is blind”, a headache sprouted…
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In fact, there was one thing that Super Tomato had guessed wrong.
Indeed, some streamers planned to give up on this opportunity.
And it wasn’t just one or two–
Out of the top 10 candidates in America for [war reporters], seven people decided to give up on the spot, and the remaining three were extremely worried, hovering on the edge of giving up.
All of this was because the situation in the American war zone was too unique.
Not all overseas countries participated in the Peak War.
Many small countries with smaller populations couldn’t even form a thousand-person team, and basically chose to join the warzones of neighboring countries with good relations.
Some countries have large populations, but Cloud Dream had just expanded there, and sometimes hadn’t even successfully entered the local market yet. These countries had very few consoles, and also chose to join other warzones to participate in the war.
At first, Lincoln and the employees of Cloud Dream thought that America would be the latter.
But American players said no!
Perhaps their strong sense of national pride inspired them to resolutely choose to fight for America.
——Even though simply owning a Mirage console in the current America is considered as having legal risks…
After seeing the voting results, Lincoln hesitated and eventually agreed.
This is a very risky move because the competition itself will definitely be broadcasted live.
If the American players are recognized, they are taking legal risks.
This is why the American game streamers and game commentators have been giving up on attending—because they are more famous, easily recognized, and hence more likely to be investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Even so, players from America were unwilling to mingle with players from other countries, preferring to risk breaking the law to fight as a group for America.
What a sentiment!
Lincoln was deeply touched.
Taking into consideration the current constraints in America, the main crackdown is at the customs, cutting off the entry of goods from external channels. For those consoles that have entered the country, there is not much effort in confiscating them.
In the end, Lincoln agreed to this gamble.
Of course, after agreeing, Lincoln immediately urged the person in charge of the [Freedom and Democracy Action Foundation] in New York to prepare for legal assistance in advance, ready to bail out people at any time.
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By the way, Turner, as the distinguished pro gamer, definitely won’t go back to battle with a team that has a tremendous delay and questionable abilities.
No, no, no, he will represent France in the battle!
The super-sized battlefield map of the [Peak War] has been released, and a very detailed panoramic map can be seen in the virtual world.
The choices for the positions have also begun.
Turner, as a member of the French war zone, will join the voting for the first batch of battlefield positions proudly as a T1 war zone—this is a special privilege that T1 war zone has over others!
The selection of battlefield positions begins tonight. This is a special privilege just for the T1 Warzone!
If he goes back to America, he will have to roll back to the T3 warzone. The selection will only start after the T2 warzone finishes choosing their battlefield positions tomorrow afternoon.
By that time, all that would probably be left are garbage battlefield positions!
So Turner is unwilling to go back no matter what.
Right now, he is busy studying this super-large battlefield map!
The terrain of this map is extremely complex–high-altitude mountains, dense cities, basins, seaports, deserts, jungles, underground fortifications…
All sorts of terrains are included.
The terrain advantage or disadvantage isn’t strongly correlated with the abundance of supplies. Sometimes it’s completely opposite–the better the terrain, the easier it is to defend and harder to attack, and the wartime supplies tend to be scarcer.
There are only four exceptions: places with both good terrain and abundant resources.
Without a doubt, three out of these four battlefield positions will 100% belong to the three T1 war zone countries–which are Daxia, Russia, and France.
The other one will probably belong to the top T2 warzone, Germany.
But this isn’t certain, since being ranked high already makes a team easily targeted. Choosing such a good battlefield only heightens the risk.
How to decide depends on the voting results of all the players.
There must be players unsatisfied with this battlefield arrangement. T1 warzones are already the strongest, and providing them with advantageous terrain and abundant resources is bullying, isn’t it?
But this arrangement is actually a reward for the warzones that have achieved excellent war records, and Cloud Dream is not going to change it.
If not, why should the players fight every day?
Aren’t they satisfied by just staying in the weakest T3 war zone and playing against each other every day?
As for the fact that there are only three countries in T1 warzones, why are there four areas with advantages with both terrain and resources?
Of course, it’s for the sake of seeing a river of blood!