Chapter 699: The Streamer Tournament
Qin An's video went viral in no time, with bullet comments and replies exploding everywhere.
"Is there really a recording? Full first-person perspective? A real 34-kill chicken dinner?"
"Seems a bit fake. Can any expert debunk this? Is he cheating?"
"Doesn't PUBG have no cheats?"
"Hard to say. Could be some high-tech stuff."
"Can't confirm if it's cheating, but this guy's reactions and game sense are impressive. Just not sure if that pinpoint aim is high-tech."
"How is iron-sight 98k steadier than using a scope?"
"This guy is playing on normal servers, not some god-tier server. Another clickbait title for views!"
"Playing like this on normal servers isn't shameful. Why does he have to claim it's a god-tier server to save face? I don't get it."
Qin An scratched his head as he read the comments. What did they mean? This was a god-tier server!
But scrolling further down, he understood why they thought it was a normal server.
He had been matched with two small streamers, and their stream recordings were still available!
Qin An checked. Those two streamers had definitely been playing on normal servers before. Combined with the difficulty of his last match today...
"I... I got kicked out of the god-tier server? I'm playing on a normal server now?"
Qin An was speechless. No one believed he had been on a god-tier server before, and now it was even harder to explain!
Especially that chicken dinner on the god-tier server. Now that his account was on a normal server, how could he make anyone believe he had won on a god-tier server??
What frustrated him even more was that he couldn't train his skills on the god-tier server anymore!
It was like a top-tier player being demoted to a bronze bracket. Stomping noobs felt good for a while, but he knew he would definitely regress! Maintaining high-intensity training was the only way to keep his skills sharp. Qin An had grown fond of the god-tier server and didn't want to leave!
"What should I do... Maybe buy another account?"
Qin An gritted his teeth and decided to buy another god-tier server account. Cheating to get back in was out of the question. Those cheats cost at least a few thousand a month, which he couldn't afford. If a god-tier server account was still a hundred or two hundred, he might consider biting the bullet and buying another.
But when he searched the account-selling websites, every god-tier server account was going for over a thousand!
Qin An was dumbfounded. Was this a scam?!
The official system was a scam!
"Ah, forget it. Can't afford it. I'll check again tomorrow. What if I never get back to the god-tier server..."
...
The next day, Qin An's stream viewer count skyrocketed!
Not long after he started streaming, the number had already surged past two hundred thousand and was still climbing.
"Is this the streamer who got a 34-kill chicken dinner? Followed!"
"Cheater. Today I'm going to expose your true colors!"
"I'm recording this. I'll debunk you later. Go ahead and keep using your high-tech if you dare!"
Qin An was a bit speechless. It seemed like many of the new viewers had hostile intentions...
But he ignored them. He didn't even bother having his moderators ban them. He had never cheated; everything was pure skill. The haters could hate all they wanted.
"Before we start today's stream, I want to say something. My account somehow got kicked out of the god-tier server for no reason... So today I can only play on normal servers. I'll change the title in a bit."
"Don't ask me why. I don't know either... Old viewers know I've always streamed on the god-tier server, but somehow I got kicked out yesterday. You have to believe me!"
Qin An's explanation only made the new viewers more skeptical...
But since they knew it was a normal server, everyone said they'd watch anyway, as long as the gameplay was good!
Qin An was helpless. He wanted to go back to the god-tier server too!
...
In Magic City, Chen Mo was discussing the PUBG tournament with the heads of several major clubs.
In Chen Mo's previous life, PUBG tournaments were decently organized, with some international events. But in terms of popularity, they never matched the game itself.
For a competitive game, high-level tournaments are an inseparable part of the ecosystem. This aspect couldn't be ignored.
As for why PUBG tournaments developed slowly in his previous life, one reason was that the spectator mode for this type of game had inherent flaws, affecting the viewing experience. Another was that the developer, Bluehole, wasn't as enthusiastic about promoting esports as Riot Games was with its long-term plans for the League of Legends system.
For Chen Mo, he wasn't planning to establish a league system like the LPL just yet, but promoting tournaments as early as possible was still important.
In competitive gaming, it was inherently unbalanced for streamers to be more popular than professional players, since pros should represent the game's highest skill level. But in PUBG, the line between streamers and pros was blurry. Many streamers were also skilled players, and the game's mechanics made it hard to distinguish pure skill from luck.
So Chen Mo decided to start with a streamer tournament.
The basic rules: participants were mainly streamers with some fame; they could team up with anyone; the number of teams was capped at 25 (100 players total); winning streamers and standout individuals would receive promotion plans from streaming platforms, along with rewards from clubs and the PUBG official team.
The tournament venue was set in Magic City, with Yan Huang handling the organization and venue arrangements.
The venue was special because it needed to fit 100 gaming pods, requiring a unique layout. Chen Mo gave a few instructions and then stopped worrying. Yan Huang had been running League of Legends tournaments for so long that they were the most professional esports team in the country. If they couldn't handle this small issue, they might as well disband.