Later, when the game was about to begin, Bai Xiaobai could even choose his seat.
This made the Adventurers from Cloud Sea Town grit their teeth in anger.
It was unbearable.
It truly was a bit unbearable.
This damn system.
It seized every opportunity to flaunt the superiority of the top-ranked player.
Every chance it got, it showed off.
In these few hundred years, no Dungeon had dared to do such a thing.
Didn't it know that differential treatment would only cause Adventurers to leave?
Wuwu...
This Adventurer from Cloud Sea Town suddenly remembered.
This Dungeon was free, so it really wasn't afraid of losing players.
Damn it!
He was completely manipulated by this lord.
Is it finally starting?
Just you wait, I'll torture him to death.
Let this damn system know that this is a game of skill and luck; no matter how flashy you make it, it's useless.
Game start.
First round.
“Current target card: A”
“This round, the esteemed Adventurer Mr. Bai Xiaobai from the strongest town will go first.”
As expected.
The other three seemed to already know this outcome and were somewhat numb.
Bai Xiaobai went first; without even thinking, he directly discarded three cards.
“Three A's!”
At the same time, the tavern immediately broadcast a voice message.
“So cool! Mr. Bai Xiaobai threw down three A's right at the start. This aura must have scared his opponents senseless.”
“......”
System, you're being too outrageous.
You just seize every opportunity to praise, don't you?
The Adventurer from Jinshan Town couldn't sit still; he was right after Bai Xiaobai.
He immediately called him out.
As it turned out, when the cards were revealed, they really were three A's.
“How astonishing! Mr. Bai Xiaobai easily won the first round. Is this the strength of an Adventurer from the strongest town? Let's cheer for him!”
At the same time, the horse-face mask Bai Xiaobai was wearing also let out a taunt.
“No wonder your Jinshan Town can't even get on the rankings; turns out you're just weak! Unlike the bigshots from our Tidal Town, with just one move, your Jinshan Town trembles.”
“You...”
The Adventurer from Jinshan Town's eyes widened, and he angrily picked up his revolver and shot himself in the head.
Bang!
“Oh my goodness! Mr. Bai Xiaobai's first shot sent his opponent to heaven! He is truly too strong, unbelievably strong, worthy of being an Adventurer from the strongest town...”
Similar voices still echoed in the ears of the deceased Adventurer from Jinshan Town.
“Settling.”
“Settlement complete: You have received a small handful of ordinary rice.”
“System prompt: Anger harms the body. Game failure doesn't matter; just try again.”
“Damn it!”
“Ahhh, this crude pay-to-win tactic!”
This Adventurer from Jinshan Town, who had exited, stomped his feet in anger.
How could he not know that this was actually the lord of the Liar Tavern using this method to induce them to participate in ranked mode?
Giving all sorts of preferential treatment to the top-ranked Adventurer town, blatantly telling people from other towns:
As long as you participate in the ranked matches.
And get first place.
You can receive such preferential treatment.
And possess various special permissions.
The top-ranked town is superior to all other towns.
If you don't participate in ranked matches.
In this game.
You are inferior.
If you don't get the title of the top town, even if you win in free mode, you will suffer all sorts of mockery.
But if your town is the top town, in free mode, even if you lose, the system will praise you and say nice things to you.
This is differential treatment.
Using differential treatment, combined with regional taunts, to force Adventurers from various towns to compete for that top-ranked position.
The Adventurer from Jinshan Town could only describe this method of earning soul crystals with two words:
Crude!
It truly was too crude.
Not hiding it at all, directly putting it out in the open and telling you:
Go to ranked.
Win.
Your town can also receive such treatment, and you can even knock the top-ranked one down, wiping away past shame.
Crude!
Do you think such crude tactics are useful against us...
It actually works, damn it.
Damn!
After jumping up and down for a while, this Adventurer from Jinshan Town simply couldn't swallow his anger.
He opened the system again.
And selected the ranked mode of the Liar Tavern.
“Who plays for money? Hehe...”
“I do!”
“Watch me knock them off the top spot.”
“You have entered matchmaking status.”
“Matchmaking successful.”
“Entering Dungeon.”
...
Chen Yu's pay-to-win tactics were indeed crude, directly and bluntly telling everyone:
Either go compete for first place.
Or.
Be a backdrop for the number one.
Unless you stop playing.
If it were a paid Dungeon with limited attempts, Adventurers would truly quit if they said so.
But a free Dungeon.
If you don't play, others will.
Who would turn down free food, free extra income?
As long as someone plays.
The momentum can be built up.
Humans are social animals.
These Adventurers, having received differential treatment in the Liar Tavern, would run to the forums to complain.
They wouldn't be able to swallow their anger.
Then they would tag local strategy groups and the Adventurer's Guild, asking them to organize a counterattack.
The Adventurer's Guild would then come and see.
What?
Our town is actually ranked below another town.
Who can stand this?
Especially Jinshan Town, Clear Water Town, and Cloud Sea Town, which had all received the title of Excellent Model Town this quarter.
Now being suppressed by Tidal Town and Deep Sea Town, this was simply a disgrace.
Soon.
Chen Yu, through this crude method, managed to draw out many Adventurers with a strong sense of town honor.
They rushed furiously to the Liar Tavern interface.
After learning the basic rules, they charged into ranked mode, competing against Adventurers from other towns, determined to vie for the title of the strongest town.
Soon.
A war without smoke began.
Current regional rankings:
Tidal Town 5000 points.
Deep Sea Town 4800 points.
Cloud Sea Town 2100 points.
Clear Water Town 1800 points.
Jinshan Town 1400 points.
Tidal Town and Deep Sea Town led the other three towns by a significant margin.
This wasn't because the Adventurers from these two towns were particularly strong; it was purely because they played enough, and their player base was larger.
The regional ranking selected the top 100 Adventurers in that region and ranked them based on the sum of their scores.
In the game's scoring system, the winning Adventurer received 300 points, the second-place Adventurer received 0 points, the third-place Adventurer lost 100 points, and the fourth-place Adventurer lost 200 points.
However.
Although the scoring method was zero-sum, Chen Yu set the minimum score to not go below zero.
Therefore.
As long as the base number of participating players was large enough, the total score would also increase.