Chapter 280 Muddled

Pei Qian's first reaction upon seeing this post was bewilderment.

Using GoG tactics in IoI?

Didn't seem feasible, did it?

Actually, there had been hints of this during the qualifiers, but at that time, this style of play had been a drag on the FV team!

These players were all star players who had been playing IoI for a long time. However, because they forcefully used GoG tactics, they had to fight ten games. If they had used their previous mainstream tactics, they might have been able to win two fewer games.

Pei Qian felt that this method of reverse-cultivating the Nine Yin Manual would definitely lower the FV team's strength, so he encouraged them to go all the way down this dead end.

As a result, they actually managed to master the reverse Nine Yin Manual?

Pei Qian hadn't paid much attention to the FV team's training, so his first reaction to seeing this post was that it was nonsense. But then he thought again, the FV team had already won two 3-0 victories, which was a serious deviation from his expectations!

So, what was the problem?

Pei Qian quickly checked the post carefully.

The poster was a high-scoring IoI player and former analyst for a professional team, with a deep understanding of IoI. However, due to the shrinking IoI market, he had switched to doing GoG review shows and was doing quite well recently.

This time, he had clearly seen the popularity of the IoI World Championship and happened to encounter a field he was familiar with, so he posted this.

"Let me give you a detailed analysis of the tactics used by the FV team in these matches. Several of these tactics have appeared in GoG matches, and the FV team actually used them in the domestic qualifiers!"

"It's just that the effect wasn't very good during the qualifiers, but they achieved a crushing effect in the World Championship, so many people instinctively didn't associate them together."

"I analyzed that there are two main reasons for this. First, the changes in the IoI World Championship version have made its gameplay more similar to GoG, giving these tactics more room to play. Second, the FV team is also constantly evolving. The details and execution of these tactics have been greatly improved, resulting in a completely different effect..."

The poster had clearly put a lot of effort into the analysis, conducting a comprehensive analysis from hero selection, lineup composition, in-game resource allocation, and tactical decisions.

The final conclusion was that the FV team's style of play had not changed from the qualifiers to the World Championship.

The reason why they were previously struggling against domestic teams but now crushing world-class teams was ultimately due to the changes in the IoI version and the FV team's greatly improved familiarity with these tactics!

Finally, the poster summarized their views.

"In short, we can draw three conclusions."

"First, the FV team has an extremely powerful tactical analysis and data analysis team, and the sparring team is also very strong. Otherwise, they couldn't have perfected the tactical details to such an extent in such a short period of time, and their combat power wouldn't have been able to make such a leap!"

"Second, the convergence of IoI's new version and GoG's design concept is an important reason for the change in the 'version answer'. This shows that the Finger Company's design team has, to some extent, recognized the view that 'IoI's design concept is behind GoG', so they made changes to the game."

"Third, the view that 'GoG matches are just for Chinese people to entertain themselves' should no longer be mentioned. It's a complete joke. Based on the current facts, GoG is superior to IoI in terms of both design concept and the tactical level of the teams. Otherwise, Zhou Pengyuan wouldn't have been able to use GoG training methods to transform FV into such an oppressive and dominant team in such a short period of time!"

"In fact, the other two domestic teams were eliminated in the group stage, not entirely due to their strength. Another important reason is that their ability to adapt to the version was not strong enough. They only knew how to imitate the tactics of foreign teams. You go to learn from others, but your understanding of the game is not as deep as theirs, and you don't have an advantage in operation. What are you relying on to win?"

"FV has proven with practical actions that it's not that foreign teams are strong, but that domestic IoI teams are too weak! GoG's tactics can be slightly modified and used to enter the finals and compete for the championship in the IoI Global Finals. Doesn't this just show that IoI teams are all trash and have no competitive level?"

"If the FV team can really win the championship, then everyone doesn't need to watch IoI matches anymore. Just watch the GPL, the competitive levels of the two sides are completely different!"

"Finally, there is a small question: Obviously, Zhou Pengyuan, as the head coach of the FV team, played a decisive role in the formulation of tactics. But Zhou Pengyuan went to serve as the head coach of the DGE club after retiring. Why did he follow the FV team to Los Angeles?"

"Everyone can think about who made this appointment."

This post became instantly popular shortly after it was posted, and players pushed it to hundreds of floors, with various reposts!

The poster was full of useful information, and it was well-reasoned and convincing. More importantly, it put forward a very controversial view: GoG's competitive level is actually far superior to IoI!

The logic of many trolls attacking GoG before was simple: GoG domestic teams are dominant, which means that foreign countries are not playing seriously, and your content has no gold content, the competitive level of foreign teams is higher.

But now, the FV team, under the guidance of a GoG coach, is cutting vegetables and melons all the way. The claim that foreign teams are stronger is of course self-defeating!

In other words, GoG's tactics are not only leading the world, but also leading the entire IoI esports scene!

This line of reasoning actually proved that the GPL is the e-sports event with the highest competitive level in the world.

For a time, those trolls who had been constantly spamming "self-entertainment" all shut up. Similar voices still occasionally appeared, but they were immediately attacked by the crowd.

GoG players were all elated, watching replays of the FV team's matches while battling with those who denigrated GoG online, outputting smoothly and firing on all cylinders!

Pei Qian was stunned.

It was one thing for Pan Ying to talk nonsense, but how did the audience start pinning the blame on me?

Many players were discussing under this post, but after analyzing it, they believed that the number one contributor was actually Boss Pei!

Zhou Pengyuan, as the head coach, was indeed indispensable, but he was the head coach of the DGE club and was not qualified to coach the FV team.

And Boss Pei, who made the decision to "let the GoG head coach coach", which seemed outrageous but was actually a stroke of genius, was clearly the number one contributor to the FV team's success!

Pei Qian silently read the entire post, and for a moment he didn't know what to say.

The finals haven't even started yet, and I've already been saddled with the blame?

...

At the same time, Los Angeles.

In one of the reception rooms at Finger Company's headquarters, both Kredditian and Zhao Xuming had grave expressions, each with a lot of worries.

To outsiders, the IoI Global Finals had been a great success so far.

It had popularity and topics, so wasn't the goal already achieved? What else was there to be dissatisfied with?

But the spectators only saw the superficial popularity. Kredditian and Zhao Xuming, who were involved, could feel the undercurrents hidden deep beneath the surface.

The IoI cooperation affairs department of Longyu Corporation was paying close attention to the domestic reaction to the IoI Global Finals, and this information would be reported to Zhao Xuming in Los Angeles as soon as possible.

The most headache-inducing thing for Zhao Xuming was that his previous attempt to step on GoG and praise IoI had completely failed!

In order to make IoI players feel superior, Zhao Xuming had trolls publicize that the GoG Global Invitational was just Tengda Corporation entertaining itself, and that the competitive level of the IoI World Championship was higher.

This argument had already spread and had the effect of confusing the public, but the FV team's victory shattered this argument!

All the hard work of hiring so many trolls and sparking so many discussions about the competitive level of GoG and IoI had been in vain.

Now, most people actually think that GoG's competitive level is higher and are more willing to watch GPL matches!

This created an even greater obstacle for Longyu Corporation to promote IoI in China, and it can be said that they completely shot themselves in the foot.

Kredditian's current situation was also very uncomfortable.

The "convergence of the IoI new version and GoG's design" that netizens were hotly discussing was a very fatal blow to him as a designer.

Actually, before the IoI World Championship and when the IoI new version had just been updated, there had been such voices online.

At that time, many old players felt that the changes in the IoI new version were not suitable and lost the original flavor of the game, and they protested online.

But Kredditian insisted on the new version changes, and these modifications did have an effect, and players quickly "smelled the roses."

Even if GoG players occasionally ran over and said that this was imitating GoG, it didn't cause too much reaction, because there was no argument.

You say that the IoI new version imitates GoG, but can you provide evidence?

Even if the IoI new version has a faster pace and more intense resource contention, it cannot be said that this is imitating GoG, after all, they are still two completely different games.

But now, the FV team has actually used GoG tactics to achieve good results in the IoI Global Finals, which is very intriguing.

When designing the IoI new version, did Finger Company learn from GoG's gameplay? Everyone has their own answer.

This is too heavy a blow to the confidence and pride of IoI players.

Before, many people felt that IoI was more difficult and was a foreign game, so they had a vague sense of superiority over GoG.

But now, they suddenly discovered that IoI has changed in the direction of GoG, which is tantamount to admitting that their gameplay design is not as good as GoG.

In this way, Kredditian, who is fully promoting the change of IoI's gameplay, is likely to bear the brunt and become the scapegoat within Finger Company!

Judging from the current situation, although the IoI Global Finals is very popular, there is a trend of focusing on the FV team. If the FV team really wins the championship, will the Finger Company or the FV team and Tengda Corporation make more money from this finals?

It's hard to say!

Finger Company can be said to have spared no expense in holding this Global Finals and has also withstood the pressure from Dayak Group. If it really does something for others, then no one can afford this failure.

Therefore, Zhao Xuming and Kredditian both had grave expressions and were deeply worried about their future.

Zhao Xuming didn't plan to sit still and wait for death. After thinking for a long time, he said: "We can't go on like this anymore."

"There is still a week left until the final. We have to do something! We must not let the FV team win the championship!"

Kredditian looked at him: "What can we do? We are the organizers."

It is impossible to engage in petty tricks. Once exposed, Finger Company and Dayak Group will definitely lose their reputation. Only fools would do such a high-risk, low-reward behavior.

Zhao Xuming said: "Of course, we can't affect the fairness of the game. But... it's okay to send one or two designers to guide the Fry team in private, right?"

"Boss Pei has already revealed his true intentions. We can't just sit still and wait for death!"