Chapter 521 - Where Dreams Start (1/2)

Chen Guo didn’t even want to eat after she heard what Ye Xiu had said. She quickly finished her dinner and went about learning the requirements for the qualification tournament.

On the official website of the Glory Alliance, Chen Guo soon found a complete introduction and advertis.e.m.e.nts for the qualification tournament. As soon as she opened the site, she saw the slogan for the qualification tournament: the place where dreams begin.

Cheesy! Chen Guo thought to herself and hastily went digging for information. As she learned more and more, she found that it was exactly as Ye Xiu had described to her. The only difference was that the official publication had a more of an advertis.e.m.e.nt tone to it. It said that every partic.i.p.ating team “had a chance to fulfill their dreams”. Teams with outstanding performances were said to be “living their dreams”. The pro teams that re-entered the Alliance were said to have their dreams “saved”.

But the most appealing ones were the players who were discovered through the qualification tournament and were selected by professional teams. For these people, the qualification tournament was truly what the slogan had promised, a place where dreams began.

After Chen Guo read through everything, she became so excited and so eager that she wished that the qualification tournament would start tomorrow. They would first “have a chance to fulfill their dreams” and then “live their dreams”. Finally, the qualification tournament would “save someone’s dream”, while the others would “begin their dreams”.

How do we sign up?

Chen Guo couldn’t wait to find out. Then she found out that that signing up was extremely simple. The sign-up page would open at the end of the season. All she needed to do was follow the instructions provided by the website.

Why weren’t the pro games over yet?

Chen Guo immediately became anxious. She went to check the regular season’s timetable. There were eight games left in the regular season, which meant that there were still about two more months until the end of the season.

“Don’t be so hasty! The later the compet.i.tion, the better it will be for us.” Ye Xiu was behind Chen Guo for a while. He saw she was checking this and that, and guessed her thoughts.

“True. We still need a lot of preparations. At least, you guys have to be max level first.” Chen Guo said.

“Obviously. The other equipment will come along later on in the process.” Ye Xiu said.

“Right now, you and Wei Chen are the only ones with silver weapons, so we are far behind on equipment! What if we meet G.o.d level character fully armed with silver equipment?” Chen Guo said. Ye Xiu’s Lord Grim had already fought against top players like w.a.n.g Jiexi, Han Wenqing, and Huang Shaotian in the game, but he hadn't met any G.o.d level character yet. The time when he had fought against Troubling Rain was in the Fixed Field.

Why were G.o.d level characters wors.h.i.+pped?  There were three main reasons. First, the player had excellent skills that gained them fame through battle. Secondly, their skill points were high. The higher the skill points, the better the skill levels. It would enhance both attack damage and crowd control effects. The third was equipment. Equipment directly enhanced the character’s stats. If characters like One Autumn Leaf, Troubling Rain, Vaccaria, and Desert Dust were stripped of their equipment, they would be no different from any other max-level character in the game.

Ye Xiu was trying to create a new team. From a player’s aspect, at least, they would have to have a top player like Ye Xiu. All the others could improve their level through practicing, but from the equipment aspect, they were far behind. Even though Ye Xiu and Wei Chen character had silver weapons, they couldn’t compare to a character fully armed with silver equipment. The gap between two full set of equipment was obviously not the same with the differences between two pieces of equipment. As for skill points, that was something one cannot ask for. If one was extremely out of luck, one might still only have four thousand points after playing for ten years. There was nothing one could do about it, so Chen Guo did not even mention it.

“Yes, equipment is a huge problem. As you can see, there is a lot that we need to do this year. Winning the qualification tournament is only a small part of it.” Ye Xiu said.

“We can work it out!” Chen Guo said to Ye Xiu, she was also saying it to herself.

“We have to!” Ye Xiu said. He returned to his seat and started working immediately.

The second day, Chen Guo started rearranging the work schedule in the internet cafe to free Tang Rou from the front desk. She then posted an advertis.e.m.e.nt for employment and headed back to the reserved room. Her main task was still leveling with Ye Xiu. She wished she could be a pro player, but her age wouldn’t allow her to. She was too late to be trained. She didn’t possess Wei Chen’s talent, nor his experience.

Experience needed time to acc.u.mulate, that was for sure, but it didn’t necessarily mean that with the acc.u.mulation of time one could definitely gain experience. The forming of experience needed studying, thinking, and processing.

One had to actively work their brain to acc.u.mulate experience.

That was the exact reason why many old gamers might be playing longer than new pro players, but were less experienced than pro players.

Was it because pro players went through more battles? Of course not. The att.i.tude was key. If the gamers played for fun, they were pa.s.sively acc.u.mulating experience. What about professional players? They actively acc.u.mulated experiences, one battle, one game, one recording…They were constantly reflecting on these things.

Therefore even though Chen Guo had played Glory for many years, and had a lot of experience, the experience was divided into levels as well, and her experience level was honestly quite low.

She had to help everyone else in her own way under her circ.u.mstances.

Ye Xiu was leveling in the game. Outside the game, he received a QQ message from Mo Qiang.

“I’m here, what’s up?” Ye Xiu replied to Mo Qiang.

“I have two bad news, which one would you like to hear first?” Mo Qiang asked.

“Just tell me…”

“All your money is spent, but I don’t have everything you want.” Mo Qiang said.

“What’s missing?”

“Aquamarine. It’s not because there isn’t enough money. I’ve asked everywhere, and there is no stock of it anywhere. If there were, I would definitely have bought it for you.” Mo Qiang said.

“Well, thanks! It looks like I’ll have to figure that one out on my own.” Ye Xiu said.

“I’ll keep on the lookout for it as well.” Mo Qiang said.