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Chapter 183 - 85: The Exciting Match Day! The First Round Champion is Decided!_1

Chapter 183: Chapter 85: The Exciting Match Day! The First Round Champion is Decided!_1

"What the hell? A prize competition?"

After hearing Little Grey’s description in the live broadcast, many viewers in the live room became excited.

Over the past twenty years, the development of games on Blue Star has been heavily skewed towards forcing players to spend money.

Therefore, there was no such thing as a professional gaming league.

Not to mention the major branch of loot drawing, which inherently lacked competitiveness.

You can’t exactly hold a competition to see who draws cards more luckily or whose cards shine in gold more frequently, right?

Even inherently competitive FPS and fighting games struggled due to a highly distorted charging system, making it tough for official competitions to thrive.

At best, you’d see competitions organized by tycoons among the top dogs on private servers.

Showcasing the power of walking RMB to everyone.

As for a fair competition that was equal for all players, let’s not even talk about the officials.

Even among the community, it would be hard to find one over several years.

So when Little Grey announced a Hollow competition in the live stream,

it immediately caught the attention of numerous viewers.

After a week of buzz, anyone in the gaming circle with even a slight interest in recent game releases knew about this hardcore action game that is free to play, where the difficulty increases with more spending.

But setting these aspects aside, it possesses a factor that other action games do not.

It is sufficiently balanced.

Only fairness can trigger everyone’s competitive desire.

Instantly, numerous viewers in the live room chose to sign up.

The viewers who had casually watched the game in Little Grey’s live room for a week not only enjoyed it as a form of immersive stress relief but also became attracted by the charm of Hollow and slowly started trying it out over time.

Soon, by the evening of the second day’s live broadcast,

Little Grey had received a list of over 350 viewers signing up for the Beginner level.

Over 100 for the Tycoon level.

for the Advanced level, and 8 for the Platinum level.

Honestly, this number of sign-ups delighted Little Grey.

He had thought that everyone would not have much interest in challenging a high-difficulty action game, but to his surprise, over 500 people accumulated in just one day.

And what was even more encouraging to him was that the officials from Thunderbolt’s gaming section had reached out to him.

To propose an additional 200,000 RMB as prize money for the challengers, and over the next few days, they would help promote the event a little.

The only requirement was that the broadcast platform for the participants’ competition had to be on Thunderbolt.

This was because the higher-ups at Thunderbolt live streaming noticed,

Players seemed to have an indescribable enthusiasm for the competition.

Perhaps it was due to the nature of enjoying the excitement, or maybe because there were so few gaming competitions that could be held on Blue Star.

But regardless of the reason, within a day of Little Grey proposing the competition, the topic of ’Hollow Speedrun’ instantly shot up the trending list on Thunderbolt.

Though it wasn’t ranked very high, it still proved to be a force that could not be ignored.

Thunderbolt live streaming, being at the bottom among the top three streaming platforms, naturally did not want to miss any opportunity that could help promote their platform.

Little Grey happily agreed.

If 300,000 RMB was to be used as prize money, then the prize pool for the Advanced level could be increased a bit, and the cash rewards could be more generous.

This would definitely attract more players to compete!

It would help pull in more popularity for the number one player!

The prize pool was redistributed.

For the Beginner level, players need to unlock the first tier gift pack to compete; the top 10 rewards were 1,000 RMB, with the top three receiving 2,000, 3,000, and 5,000 respectively.

The Tycoon level corresponded to the second tier difficulty, with the top 10 rewards being 2,000 RMB and the top three receiving 3,000, 6,000, and 10,000 respectively.

The Advanced level had third tier difficulty, top 10 rewards of 4,000 RMB, and the top three fetching 8,000, 12,000, and 20,000.

For the final difficulty, the Platinum level, just making it into the top 10 meant a reward of 8,000 RMB, and the top three could snag hefty prizes of 20,000, 30,000, and 50,000!

The prize pool was exactly 300,000 RMB!

When the grand prize of 50,000 RMB for the Platinum level first place was announced,

the whole live room was shaken with excitement.

"What the hell?? Can you actually make money by playing games??"

"OMG, 50,000?? An entry fee of 200, and you could gamble for a chance at 50,000? Even if you don’t win it, just getting into the top ten earns you 8,000 RMB!"

"And that 200 entry fee isn’t wasted either; once you unlock the fourth tier difficulty, you can challenge yourself anytime and the Hollow tier will always be there."

"Crap! I’m in, I’m in! I’ll lead the charge!"

"For someone with my clumsy hands, maybe I should just try the Beginner level..."

"The Beginner level has already closed," Little Grey said with a smile, seeing the fervor of the enthusiastic viewers as the comments flew swiftly: "The beginner competition is starting tomorrow, and each phase lasts three days. If you still want to compete now, you can try to challenge the Tycoon level, the Advanced level, and the ultimate Platinum level. There’s still time to sign up and get in some practice."

Suddenly, the number of sign-ups surged once again.

Even if they couldn’t win the top-level Platinum prize,

Making it to the top ten in the Tycoon level could net them 2,000 RMB.

2,000 RMB is quite a considerable amount of income for many students who are not financially independent yet or office workers who have just started their jobs.

Suddenly, everyone began training with great zeal.

Some even formed a discussion group.

A group of contestants exchanged strategies in the group chat, and some took the opportunity to practice their skills by dueling each other before the competition started.

Even among the non-competing spectators, there were players who really enjoyed playing Hollow, who offered some shortcuts they discovered while playing and shared unique strategies for beating bosses.