Fantasy Westward Journey: Return to 2005

Chapter 1418 The restless forum, 'heavyweight' conjecture!
While thinking about these random things, Fang Yun closed the announcement and moved the mouse to enter the forum again.

The All-Star group matches over the past two days were so intense, and the final list of the top eight was so exciting and unexpected.

Coupled with today's official announcement which is full of useful information, you can imagine how lively the major fantasy forums are right now.

As expected, as soon as he entered the forum, he saw a large number of red hot posts on the forum homepage -

"The All-Stars Group Stage has concluded. Did your team make it to the quarterfinals?"

"The legend continues? Defending champion Bianliang City once again advances to the offline finals as the number one seed!"

"On the true strength of the 2008 team."

"The King of Inspiration, Forbidden City VS the King of Bargains, Wangfujing, who can go further in the offline competition?"

"Shame of the Martial God Arena! Such a huge loophole in the competition system, should the official give everyone an explanation?"

"All four giants advanced, and this is the most luxurious offline tournament in history!"

"..."

Looking at the large number of hot posts that came into view, Fang Yun scratched his head, but he didn't look too surprised.

Bianliang City's journey through the 2008 group stage was indeed smooth, and it could even be said that there was no obstacle at all, as it was a piece of cake the entire time.

But apart from them, the overall competition in this All-Star group stage is still very fierce.

Not to mention the four major clubs, their overall performance was steady and fierce, fully demonstrating the strength that a major club server should have.

As for the Forbidden City and Wangfujing, Fang Yun knew the forum would explode the moment the official announcement of their advancement.

After thinking about it, he randomly clicked on a post and wanted to see what the players thought about this matter.

"Outrageous! If a place like Wangfujing can make it to the offline competition, then I think I can do it too!"

"You may not succeed if you do it. Do you have their luck?"

"The total number of wins of our opponents in the first four rounds is less than 1. This is not just luck, this is pure cheating!"

"There must be something fishy going on! What's the difference between Wangfujing and having four byes? The players of Forbidden City are dissatisfied!"

"I don't agree +1! Why is it that we, the Forbidden City, can only barely qualify for the offline competition after using all our trump cards, while Wangfujing can eat hot pot and sing songs and make it all the way to the offline competition? The official matching mechanism is simply a piece of XX!"

"That's enough. After all, you guys from the Forbidden City have made it to the offline competition. Our Huang Yao has no place to cry, okay..."

"From now on, I declare that I have become a fan of Wangfujing. I want to see if they can continue this luck in offline competitions!"

As Fang Yun had expected, as soon as he entered the post, he was overwhelmed by information criticizing Wangfujing.

Wangfujing's road to promotion is so "legendary". This outrageous way of promotion is unheard of for most of the audience.

Normally speaking, let alone a national competition like the All-Star Game.

Even in the regular Martial God Arena group stage, it is rare to encounter such a situation of encountering weak teams continuously and entering the knockout stage.

But Wangfujing did it.

Audiences at this time tended to believe that hard work pays off. In their view, luck was only temporary and only strength was king.

So for Wangfujing, which did not show any strength and won the first four games purely by luck.

It is normal for the audience to think that they do not deserve to advance.

Not to mention, after winning four games in a row, they just encountered a slightly stronger team, Santan Yingyue, in the last game.

Wangfujing's true colors were revealed in an instant. Although it tried to resist, it was still defeated in the end.

Despite such a poor performance, his luck was extremely good.

Not to mention the audience, even the other players in the quarterfinals would probably feel a little unbalanced.

Faced with such overwhelming public opinion, I wonder how the Wangfujing contestants feel at this moment.

But in Fang Yun's view, public opinion is only temporary.

If Wangfujing wants to whitewash itself, the method is actually very simple, that is, after the offline round-robin tournament starts, it should find a tough bone and try its best to chew it!
In this way, the ridicule of the so-called "Son of Fortune" will naturally disappear.

Of course, it is not so easy to bite off a tough bone in the offline quarterfinals.

Although Fang Yun is personally optimistic about Wangfujing's potential, he also considers their poor performance in the final group match.

If Wangfujing cannot work hard to adjust during this one and a half week offseason, then once they enter the offline competition, their public opinion environment will definitely be worse, and those with a bad mentality will most likely be criticized and become autistic.

As for the Forbidden City, it can be seen from the replies of those Forbidden City players in the post.

They were also very dissatisfied with the fact that Wangfujing was forced to participate in the offline competition, but at the same time they were more proud of their own team.

The Forbidden City has not had a presence in the Martial God Arena for a long time, and now it has finally seized a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Both the players and spectators from the Forbidden City need this offline competition to prove themselves.

After taking a few more glances and seeing that the entire post was becoming more and more violent, Fang Yun sighed and could only quietly close the post.

Every year during the All-Star break, the major fantasy forums are the most popular and also the most chaotic.

After all, the outcome is still uncertain at this time, and you and I are both dark horses.

In this situation, even the players in Bianliang City would not take the initiative to provoke other teams, otherwise they would definitely lead to crazy counterattacks and countless verbal battles.

No longer paying attention to the discussion about the quarterfinals list, Fang Yun flipped back and checked the discussion about today's official announcement.

《Official announcement! All-Star Guessing Carnival is officially online! 》

"Official benefits? I've bet on Bianliang City, you can do whatever you want!"

"Be careful when placing bets. This is a kind advice from a senior reader!"

《Analysis of the specific gameplay of the guessing carnival...》

Who will be the mysterious guest?

"Guess the Candidate, will the mysterious guest be the one you think of?"

Compared to the hostile discussion about the top eight roster, the discussion about the newly launched guessing carnival and the mysterious guests was much more harmonious overall.

As usual, he randomly picked a post and looked at the replies from various players below. Fang Yun nodded from time to time, with a look of deep agreement on his face.

"The rules of this guessing carnival seem so complicated..."

"It's not complicated, actually. To put it simply, the less other people bet on your team, the higher your profit will be if your team wins the championship, and vice versa."

"I roughly calculated that according to the official calculation method, those who bet on the upset will probably become rich overnight!"

"That's what they say, but the reality is that most people bet on Bianliang City. Although the returns are low, it's safer."

"Who gave you the illusion that there is a team in this All-Star Game that can threaten Bianliang City to continue to win the championship?"

"What you said means that you are the ones who are optimistic about Bianliang City, and others are not optimistic about other teams?"

"That's right! Anyway, I've made up my mind. I'm going all in for 2008. Once I win the championship, I'll take off straight away!"

"I'm betting on 2008 too! Just based on the performance of the Billion Family, they deserve an All-Star title!"

"Are our four great families so shameless that no one is optimistic about them?"

"Brother, this is real money, can you please stop making trouble..."

Just as he expected, with the launch of the guessing carnival.

In addition to the players from the eight servers who advanced to the offline competition, they were also fighting and spraying each other crazily in various forums.

Players on other servers who missed out on the All-Stars or offline competitions are now focusing their attention on this new gameplay.

To be honest, the rules of the guessing carnival are actually a bit complicated, but the complexity lies mainly in the way the rewards are calculated.

Apart from the calculation method, the overall gameplay of the guessing carnival is actually very easy to understand. It all depends on whether you want to have a stable income or get rich overnight!
If you want a stable income regardless of drought or flood, then don’t think about it, just go all in on Bianliang City.

Judging from Bianliang City’s performance in the previous two All-Star Games, as long as there are no major surprises, they can definitely be said to be the biggest favorite to win this year’s All-Star Game.

Those who want to get rich overnight are just pinning their hopes on an illusory "accident".

You know, the official has said it themselves that the total prize money for this guessing carnival is as high as tens of billions of Fantasy Coins!
If an accident really happens in this offline competition, and you happen to bet on that accident.

Then congratulations, while your favorite team wins the championship, you can also make a fortune!
The "surprise" that everyone is most optimistic about is the crazy dark horse that emerged in 2008.

As for the fact that most players bet on Bianliang City, a small number of players bet on 2008, and very few players bet on the other six teams.

Fang Yun said it was still very reasonable.

2008's performance in this year's All-Star group stage was indeed explosive, but Bianliang City was not bad either.

At the same time, people generally believe in the concept of "background".

But if it comes to a competition of foundation, who in the entire Martial God Arena is qualified to compete with Bianliang City?
Therefore, Bianliang City is favored by the vast majority of players to win the championship and is the popular choice!
This is also why many people suspected that official employees collectively drank fake alcohol after the official online guessing carnival event.

This activity is completely proactive in giving benefits to everyone...

Because it is closely related to one's own interests, there are many discussions about the guessing carnival in the forum.

Compared to the guessing carnival, the mysterious guest announced at the end did not cause much splash.

Just as Fang Yun said before, fantasy players generally don’t like celebrities very much.

Not to mention that the authorities are deliberately concealing the news, as if they are afraid that it will cause a big shock if it is announced.

Regarding the official behavior, no one gave them the middle finger, which was very restrained.

But even so, because the size of the fantasy player base is too huge, in addition to the top eight list and the guessing carnival, there are actually some discussions about the mysterious guest.

"The mysterious guest... should be a celebrity, right?"

"Of course. It's an all-star event. The biggest stars in Fantasy are all here. Do you think the officials will let an amateur on the show?"

"So what do you think? Which celebrity will the government invite this time?"

“That has to be my Juneday!”

"Forget it, the guy who can't even sing the song clearly, I guess it's Han Hong!"

"The one upstairs is even more important..."

"Why are you guessing a singer? I think it might be a famous actor, like my brother Hua!"

"Brother Hua is unlikely, but Brother Zeng has a chance."

"Brother Zeng? He's not as good as Brother Chun..."

Looking at the various discussions in this post surrounding which celebrity the official would invite to perform, Fang Yun, who was sitting in front of his computer chair, laughed so hard that he fell backwards.

All I can say is that talented netizens will always exist, whether in the past life or this life.

Zeng Ge and Chun Ge were indeed very popular during this period, just like Ji Ge in the previous life, sweeping the entire Internet like electronic chicken plague.

Fang Yun still remembers the endless stream of emoticon packs created by netizens, and he collected many of them himself.

Unfortunately, with the passage of time, those classic emoticons, like our youth, are gone forever.

Of course, although these two guys are very popular, he believes that the official is unlikely to invite them.

The reason is simple, it doesn't match the tone of the game Fantasy.

The same goes for Brother Han Honghua, but his speculation about Juneday is somewhat reliable.

But who knew that youth could also collapse...

Seeing that this post had gone completely awry with the appearance of Zeng Chun's two brothers, Fang Yun realized one thing while he was laughing.

There were so many popular stars during this period, and the key was that most of them had real talent, which could be described as a fight between gods.

This results in their fans being not only large but also very loyal.

Therefore, asking netizens to guess the mysterious guest of this All-Star Game from among countless celebrities is almost like finding a needle in a haystack.

Realizing this, he didn't stay on the post for long and quickly closed the webpage.

He already has a reliable guess about the candidate of the mysterious guest. All he needs to do next is to participate in the offline competition step by step, and everything will be revealed.

I spent some time in the forum, but it seemed I didn't gain anything.

He simply closed the webpage and logged into a Bianliang city and a 2008 account.

As soon as he came online, the friend icons of Qiancheng in Bianliang City flashed wildly. As expected, they all came to congratulate him.

He had experienced this kind of situation twice before, so he was able to handle it with ease.

After a moment, he finished replying to all the congratulatory messages, took a sip of water, and then switched back to the 2008 Tiangong.

As soon as I arrived at the Tiangong, I saw that the empty place where the fairy was originally standing was now surrounded by people!

"Brother Fairy, it's a living Brother Fairy!"

“Photo, check in, keep a souvenir, click——!”

"Come on, Brother Fairy, you are the Nanbowan in my heart!"

"Celebrate together when we win, bear together when we lose, let go of everything and charge forward!"

"Destroy Bianliang City and aim for the championship!"

"Who the hell is putting pressure on me? Drag him out and behead him!"

"Brother Fairy, can you wish me to win a ticket to the offline competition? I really want to go there..."

"Fuck, who the hell doesn't want to go? I'm telling you, whoever wins the ticket, I'll charge a high price!"

"..."

Looking at the 2008 players who were surrounding him and constantly cheering him on, Fang Yun was stunned for a moment, and then he was moved.

Being able to qualify for the 2008 All-Star offline tournament was a great encouragement to the players in the region.

But at the same time, everyone did not become arrogant because of this. Although everyone wanted the Billion Family to win the championship, they did not want to put pressure on them.

With such performance, even though Fang Yun claimed to be as strong as a rock, he couldn't help but silently give everyone a "cute" evaluation in his heart.

(End of this chapter)