MMORPG: Martial Gamer

Chapter 1817 1817: Taking Shamelessness to the Extreme

After a ten-minute halftime break, the second match resumed.

Before the match began, the battlefield was selected.

At Fearless's signal, Wang Yu chose the Ancient Forest.

"What the hell..."

Upon seeing Wang Yu's choice, the audience erupted into a commotion.

The Ancient Forest, known as the premier map of the Rebirth World, is so vast that no one has ever fully explored it; even the official data is minimal. Ordinary players would get lost within a short time after entering.

As the venue's map transformed into an endless, dark forest, the audience seemed to already anticipate what the shameless Crowd of Misfits team intended to do next.

Meanwhile, the opposing team, Arirang, nearly cried upon seeing Wang Yu's chosen map.

They couldn't understand what sin they had committed to face such a shameless group. The tactics employed in the first match were at least somewhat acceptable, but in this second match, the Crowd of Misfits team clearly aimed to take shamelessness to the extreme.

"What… what is the Crowd of Misfits team thinking?" On the commentary stand, Jing Lei was already sweating profusely, looking at the venue's transformation in shock, his eyes filled with fear. "Could it be... are they planning to play hide and seek here?"

"Who says they're not..."

Feng Shuang wiped cold sweat from his brow and sincerely sighed, "I've been in professional gaming for so many years, and this is the first time I've seen a team like this."

Once inside this terrible map, running blindly with eyes closed would lead to them not even finding themselves. If they were to play hide and seek, the outcome was obvious.

The eSports industry has been around for a while; which team doesn't fight to the bitter end in the arena? This kind of shameless gameplay was simply unheard of.

Even the organizers were driven to the brink of collapse by the Crowd of Misfits team's shameless spirit.

The shameless style of the Crowd of Misfits team had already been experienced by the organizers during domestic professional leagues. To prevent this group of rascals from ruining the competition, the organizers had specifically modified some rules, but when the Crowd of Misfits team took the stage, they realized that their rule changes had little impact on these scoundrels, who instead became even more outrageous.

"You can change the rules as you like; if you can restrain my shamelessness, then I lose…"

At this moment, the organizers wished they could directly ban the Crowd of Misfits team from the venue. However, these scoundrels were cunning to an outrageous degree; the organizers had reviewed the rules over ten times but found no grounds to disqualify them.

So infuriating…

The staff present at the venue could hardly contain their anger, wishing they could twist the heads off these guys and kick them like balls.

Holding a world-class competition incurs significant costs, and the organizers hoped to attract global attention through this event. Yet, with the Crowd of Misfits team's gameplay, it was bound to ruin the entire match.

Already, some audience members were asking for refunds and leaving; if it weren't for the excellent security measures in place, the competition room would probably have been vandalized by now.

Meanwhile, players watching the live broadcast in the arena were extremely angry with the Crowd of Misfits team's actions. After watching matches for so many years, they had never seen such a boring team. What was even more infuriating was that this lousy team managed to make it into the S-level world professional league. What the hell was this? There must be some foul play involved!

"Crowd of Misfits team is shameless!"

"Shameless!"

"Shameless!"

In the competition venue, someone started a chant, and soon all the audience members joined in, shouting in unison, their voices in various languages blending together into a deafening roar.

Faced with such a barrage of insults, the members of the Crowd of Misfits team felt a sense of pride, each of them bowing to the crowd with a smug expression, saying, "You flatter us, you flatter us!"

Their shameless behavior instantly ignited worldwide outrage.

…

Insults aside, the match had to continue.

With the system's random selection, players from both teams entered the arena one after the other.

As everyone expected, upon entering the venue, the players of the Crowd of Misfits team immediately ran deep into the forest without engaging their opponents, and without a second thought, they kept running until they completely lost track of their location. Then they found a spot to squat down and stall for thirty minutes.

The members of the Quan Zhen Sect had long been chased like street rats, seasoned in escape; they had no special skills other than being more proficient in evasion than all the first-tier professional players present.

In the boring two and a half hours of the second match, the only takeaway for everyone was witnessing what professional hide-and-seek looks like, certainly giving them plenty of ideas for playing with their kids at home in the future.

Under the disdain and scorn of everyone, the second match ended with a score of 0-0. Such a deranged record and gameplay style would undoubtedly go down in history, marking one of the most disgraceful moments in eSports.

…

After the second match concluded, both teams returned to their respective lounges.

Although the two and a half hours of gameplay did not involve any fighting, the Quan Zhen Sect had certainly put in a lot of effort playing hide-and-seek in the forest.

Exiting the game pod, Wang Yu could even sense the staff's murderous intent directed at them, causing him to be on high alert and keep the Quan Zhen Sect members behind him.

Fearless even specifically reminded everyone, "Be careful when you go to the bathroom; watch your backs so you don't get hit with a brick; otherwise, we won't even be able to find the surveillance video."

…

In the Arirang team's lounge, after being repeatedly bullied by the Crowd of Misfits team, this group of players seemed to be on the verge of a mental breakdown.

It was one thing to play against a weak team, but to have such a long match end in a draw was a tremendous blow to the morale of the Arirang team.

After all, they were aiming for the world championship, yet they encountered such a despicable team the moment they stepped out; it left them utterly speechless.

"Everyone, pull yourselves together!"

Seeing his team members dispirited, March Wind felt quite helpless, but as the captain, he couldn't show weakness; otherwise, there would be no point in competing in the upcoming matches.

"We can't muster any energy!" June Snow said gloomily, "The third match is a team match; it's all about strategy, and we don't know how those guys will play with us!"

After two matches, the unfortunate members of the Arirang team clearly seemed resigned to their fate…

"Don't worry!"

March Wind quickly reassured them, "Their individual skills are actually quite average; each of us is stronger than them."

"So what?" everyone scoffed, "With their shameless tactics, how can we compete with them on strategy?"

"Why do we have to play by their tactics?" March Wind smiled and said, "Since strategy is our weak point, let's not attack their strengths with our weaknesses."

"But it's a team match; how can we play without strategy?" the others were puzzled.

"It's simple; we just need to choose a map that doesn't require strategy", March Wind replied casually.