Ye Chen led the team members to the competition venue.
The whole competition was held in a stadium that could accommodate more than three thousand people.
The entire venue had very simple equipment.
Esports does not receive as much attention worldwide as other sports.
Therefore, the audience coming to watch was not many.
Selling half the tickets in a three-thousand-person venue each year was already very good.
Ye Chen took the team members to the hotel.
First, he introduced the competition rules to the players.
When Hua Country players appeared in the conference room, they immediately sparked discussions among the players from other countries.
"Did Hua Country send a team this year?"
"Haha, does Hua Country have esports? I heard these teams are formed by college students."
"Such crappy teams can also participate in the world esports championship, it’s ridiculous."
Although these players were speaking different languages, their eyes showed disdain.
Hua Country players, upon seeing the contemptuous looks, felt angry inside.
Ye Chen noticed the expressions of the team members and said calmly, "Since they look down on you, hit them hard, and make them respect you."
After hearing Ye Chen’s words, the team members nodded one after another.
Yes, saying more now is useless; it’s only during the actual competition that they can erase the shame.
This competition included sixty-four teams in total, among them Hua Country had four. They were divided into eight groups, with eight teams in each group, and only the top two could enter the final knockout rounds.
These competing teams came from all over the world, with significant disparities in skill levels.
The strong ones were very strong, while the weak ones were very weak.
Since esports was also just starting worldwide, not many teams were formed.
Simply registering for this championship allowed participation, so Ye Chen could easily let four teams participate.
However, entering the final round did rely on formidable strength.
Only with strong skills can one have a chance to qualify.
The preliminaries began, each team had only one match-up opportunity.
Win a match to get one point, lose a match to get no points; the top two in scores enter the final rounds.
When they saw they had Hua Country teams in their group, players from other countries had mocking expressions in their eyes.
In their eyes, the Hua Country teams were just giving away points.
Facing these people’s contempt, Hua Country players all clamped down their anger.
They wanted to prove themselves on the battlefield, proving Hua Country esports.
The four Hua Country teams almost started the competition simultaneously.
Ye Chen, as the head coach of the four teams, stood before the screen.
The first-round opponents for the four teams were not very strong.
Moreover, their opponents, facing Hua Country teams, carried contemptuous expressions, thinking Hua Country teams were not qualified to compete with them.
As a result, when the matches began, the players from those countries were all stunned.
Faced with Hua Country teams’ fierce assault, they lost totally without even reacting.
In the first round, Hua Country teams won all matches.
Seeing the results, everyone was shocked.
No one expected that Hua Country teams participating for the first time in the world esports championship would explode with such formidable combat power.
Moreover, the way Hua Country teams won was almost crushing victories, very strong.
This competition was also entirely live-streamed on Hua Country’s Maoya platform.
Upon seeing the first-round situation, Hua Country esports fans were all excited.
"Hua Country teams are awesome."
"Haha, let these foreigners look down on Hua Country teams."
"Now those who said Hua Country people couldn’t play games should feel stupid."
After the first round was over, all players were very happy.
Ye Chen knew their mood; they just wanted to showcase their strength.
Actually, the competition required playing match by match; prematurely exposing their strength was not good.
However, Ye Chen did not stop them.
He wanted them to be this high-profile so they could establish confidence.
In esports, confidence is very important.
In the first round, Maoya’s online streaming audience reached three million.
This achievement was already very impressive.
Ye Chen believed that as long as Hua Country teams continued to win, this number would keep rising.
Indeed, with all Hua Country teams winning the first round, more and more esports fans flooded into the live stream for the second round.
The second round started, and netizens began discussing.
"Is it true that Hua Country teams all won in the first round?"
"Of course, it’s true; I watched the live stream. Our Hua Country teams won with crushing victories."
"Too amazing, I feel foreign esports teams are nothing special."
The second round of matches began.
In this round, Han University and Zhejiang University’s teams encountered tough opponents.
Han University and Zhejiang University respectively lost to the teams from M Country and Japan.
However, Star University Team defeated the strong Korea team, which had the advantage of being the host.
This caused a sensation.
Bear in mind, the Korea team was the third place in the last championship.
Kyoto University representative team fought fiercely and finally won in the last second.
With the second round ending, everyone saw the brutal nature of the world competition.
After a day of matches, the group stage ended.
All four Hua Country teams advanced.
Among them, Star University Team and Kyoto University Team made comebacks to win first place in their groups.
While Han University and Zhejiang University advanced as second in their groups.
All four teams advancing caused a stir in the entire esports world.
"Hua Country actually has such formidable esports players."
After the group stage ended, all teams made their appearances, and the data were continuously summarized.
These data were gathered by Lin Shiyin and Li Yan according to Ye Chen’s requirements.
When these data were handed to the four teams, the players were shocked.
"Principal Ye, you’re too professional."
Ye Chen laughed and said, "Since we are participating in the competition, we must take the most professional approach. Pre-match analysis and post-match review are indispensable."
With the data provided by Ye Chen, these teams became more confident for the future matches.
However, starting from the next round, it would enter the ruthless knockout stage.
Best of three matches.
The second day of knockout rounds began, and Hua Country players were shocked to find familiar national flags appearing in the venue.
Upon seeing the flags, players’ eyes were filled with excitement.
"Go Hua Country team."
At this, Korea’s international students, upon hearing Hua Country teams were competing, came to show support.
On Maoya Live Stream, the number of viewers reached a terrifying ten million.
This already set a record for Maoya Net’s live streaming.
The moment the matches began, the live stream was filled with encouraging voices from netizens for the players.
Ye Chen had to turn off the comments; otherwise, the subtitles would completely obscure the match.
Meanwhile, the parents of the team students were also seated in front of computers, watching Maoya Live Stream and following their children’s matches.