"This is also a record from four years ago. Looking at myself back then, does Mr. Edlie have anything you want to say?" McKellen said and handed the microphone to Edlie.
When asked this question, Adlie also scratched his head in embarrassment: "To be honest, from my perspective, my moves in the finals back then were full of flaws."
“But at that stage it was a pretty good performance, and the crowd said it wasn’t!”
"Yes!" Thousands of spectators shouted in unison.
"This..." Facing such an excited audience, Adlie could only rub the back of his head and laugh.
"Okay, no more joking, let's get straight to the point. There's still an hour until the second round starts, let's talk about the situation of this competition." McKellen changed the subject and asked Edlie : "I believe Mr. Edlie has also paid attention to this competition. Do you have any opinions about the dark horse players in this competition that you can share with everyone?"
"Then let me first talk about the players I predict will be able to win the quarterfinals!" As soon as Edlie said these words, he got a lot of gasps. It's only been one round of the competition, do we have to predict the candidates for the top eight? There are still 15,000 contestants. Can accuracy be guaranteed?
If this were said by an unknown guy, everyone would think it was a joke. But if the last champion said it, then it is necessary to listen to it. I believe that the other party must have his own unique reasons.
"Oh? Hearing what you said, I'm a little curious too." McKellen said.
"Perhaps the prediction will be biased. Here I will only talk about the contestants I am more optimistic about..."
Here, Artolis pricked up her ears and listened carefully, and heard the other party announcing the names of the contestants she was more optimistic about, including a few that she was familiar with.
Group 1: Mo Yi, Shi Ye Nai
Group 2: Seager, Baron Bokar
Group 3: Chi Lingtong, Wu Linchuan
Group 4: Huang Hao, Marfa
After making sure that she didn't hear her name, Artolis turned around and met Lilith's disdainful gaze.
"If I hadn't lost to you, my name should be on it." Lilith snorted as she spoke. After being speechless for a while, Artolis turned her attention to Adlie in the center of the field.
The other party's prediction was not groundless. The audience here was very qualified and did not question it immediately, but listened patiently to the other party's analysis.
"Huang Hao, Marfa, Fifth Linchuan and Baron Bokar are all players who won very easily in previous games and most of their abilities were not shown. This must be obvious to everyone here. I just Let’s talk about the other four first!”
Edlie explained to the audience in detail why he likes these people, which are nothing more than "hardcore strength", "combat skills", "well-equipped" and "retaining trump cards".
After Edlie explained it, everyone realized that they all had different concerns when watching the game. Judge the strength of a player's equipment from the flash of light when using stunt equipment; judge whether the opponent has reservations from the skills displayed and the player's expression when fighting; analyze whether the various opponents they face next can be judged from the player's unique combat skills response.
This is something that ordinary spectators would never have thought of. It can only be said that this is the difference between professionals and amateurs. Adlie's analysis was very clear, and Artolis nodded here. She knew that she did not enter the predicted list. The reason was largely due to the strength of the equipment, followed by level. When it comes to combat skills, she thinks she can't lose to anyone, but her level of early third-level and lower-grade equipment makes her attributes much lower than others.
The attributes of the armor are all lower than the opponent's, and just a fairy-level weapon cannot make up for it!
However, everything has exceptions. The other party also said that this is just a prediction. In reality, accidents will inevitably occur, so I still have a chance! At least, you need to have self-confidence!
"Speaking of the dark horse that appeared in the competition, what do you think about the player Artoris Grandep?" The topic suddenly came to him, causing Artoris who was watching to stagger. .
"I can only say that she is one of the unknowns. I have watched every game of Grandpup. No matter what kind of opponent she encounters, she can find a way to deal with it. But it is precisely because of this that I am not optimistic about her. !”
"Oh? How do you say this?" After listening to Adlie's words, McKellen also became interested.
"Because I found that she is very similar to me. She is too cautious in her thinking. Every time she meets an opponent, she has to first explore the opponent's fighting style. The beginning of the battle is passive. If you can't take the initiative at the beginning, Then when you encounter a strong enough opponent, you will have no chance to take the initiative!" Adlie said with a faint smile on his lips.
"Oh? You said that the other person is like you, but you also gave a reason why you don't like it, so what you mean is..."
"It points out the problem and also denies the past self. People need to grow, and growth requires facing one's own shortcomings correctly. It can be understood by saying this."
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But Artoris saw it in her eyes, and Artolis felt strange. Was the other party talking about her shortcomings? Indeed, to outsiders, it seemed that he was explaining why he was not optimistic about Artolis, but in fact, Artolis heard another meaning.
The other party is telling himself the importance of taking the initiative. In every game, you have to explore the opponent's strength, which in turn means that you have never analyzed and understood the opponent's fighting style before the game. The opponent wants Artoris to do her homework in advance so that she can take the initiative before the game starts!
"It's interesting." Gawain nodded with interest. "I don't know what the other party's purpose was for saying that."
"Gawain, you mean?"
"Perhaps he said that because he wanted to divert the public's attention away from you, thus diluting the impression of the person he really likes in the eyes of the public." Kaguya said and turned her head: "That's you!"
"But why did the other party do this?" Artolis was puzzled.
"Maybe it's like the other person said, you are very similar to him back then!"
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The second round of competition began, and with such a foreplay, the audience's enthusiasm was also aroused. Next, the competition team will invite the top 16 players from the previous session as special guests to live broadcast the event in the live broadcast room. But none of this has much to do with Artoris. Now she has already met her second round opponent.
——Livlin, a level 87 magician.
