Master of Kaidan
Chapter 354: If Military Channel Can’t Commentate, Let the Game Channel Do It

Chapter 354: Chapter 354: If Military Channel Can’t Commentate, Let the Game Channel Do It

"Hello, everyone, this is Today’s Territory, and I’m your old pal Yelo List. With me is Mr. Victor Lovich, who once served as a squad leader for the Luo’er Mecha Army and became a well-known eSports player after retiring due to injury. It’s an honor to serve as this live broadcast’s commentator. Although that’s what we say, our specialty is first-person shooting games, this kind of live-ammunition combat... Well, I have to admit, Mr. George’s playstyle is more fancy than many star players..."

Noted first-person shooter game streamer Mr. Yelo spoke his opening remarks at a blistering pace and then immediately dove into his commentary work. There was no helping it; ever since Mr. George entered his focused driving state, he hadn’t uttered a word.

It’s not that the audience couldn’t understand the silence during such tense and stimulating moments, but those who could keep up with the rapidly changing combat scenes were in the minority. In order to prevent this hot video from cooling off due to the streamer’s silence, the streaming platform immediately activated a contingency plan—

Let’s just say when it comes to making money, the platform is professional.

But essentially, the comedy act was a means to keep the audience from getting distracted during dead air. With the combat intensifying, the two commentators quickly finished their brief introductions and turned their full attention to the holographic video.

"Oh, if I didn’t know this was a real fight happening in the city, I’d almost suspect new cheats popping up in Battlefield Mecha! Victor, what do you think?"

"What else can I think? Forget about real combat, I wouldn’t dare do this even in a game!" Victor took over the conversation, drawing a circle on the holographically projected legs of the twisting and leaping mecha with a tone of disbelief:

"Everyone, take a close look at the feet of the Shield of George. You’ll see two things like the heels of high-heeled shoes constantly contracting. These are technically called Armor Piercing Cones. In early mecha designs, they were used to break into the cockpit after knocking down an enemy’s mecha, colloquially called a ’can opener.’

"However, as mecha armor technology advanced and cockpit designs changed, this gadget actually lost its practical use in modern warfare. Nonetheless, it’s a classic component of the mecha skeleton structure, and modification would require changing the entire leg design of the mecha, so existing models still retain this feature.

"Although it’s basically unused in reality, in games, it’s often exploited by experts to stabilize jump maneuvers, quickly anchoring the mecha and avoiding a loss of balance..."

"Bro, you’re an eSports player, can you use gaming jargon? I bet the audience doesn’t get this..."

Yelo, the streamer, couldn’t help but interrupt the eSports player commentating due to his military background. Victor, upon hearing this, awkwardly smiled and nodded:

"That would be canceling the end lag of a jump in a game..."

"If you had just said ’double S maneuver,’ I would’ve understood right away!" Yelo rolled his eyes and then exclaimed loudly:

"As everyone knows, in mecha games, when a mecha jumps or executes high-speed maneuvers and then abruptly stops, there’s an inertia imbalance, what’s called post-acceleration end lag. Experts can use two alternating taps of the ’S’ key along with changing the view to negate this inertia.

"However, if the timing is off, it might cause the mecha to flip over. Speaking of which, Victor, you seem to be quite skilled at using this to dodge non-targeted skills. So, is this something that can be used in reality too?"

"Don’t flatter me to death; I can manage the double S maneuver only twice in succession, but he? He’s using it like ordinary movement..." Victor enabled the split-screen function, zooming in on the ground under the feet of the Shield of George:

"The basic principle of this maneuver is to shoot an anchoring stake into the ground with a Nail Gun located at the mecha’s feet the moment it lands, forcibly stabilizing the mecha.

"Just saying that might not make much sense, but to put it another way, every step he takes is like driving a car at fifty kilometers per hour into a telephone pole.

"Nowadays, macros are the most common type of legal cheat, but why don’t people use the double S macro? Because ordinary players, even with a machine’s help to perform the double S maneuver, can’t adapt to the feeling of speeding up and then stopping abruptly. And currently, the sense of immersion in ’Battlefield Mecha’ is only ten percent of the actual driving experience."

"Damn, does that mean every step Mr. George takes is like getting in a car accident? Oh, our bullet chat already has people cussing you out for talking nonsense!" Yelo glanced at the bullet chat with amusement, fanning the flames, while Victor responded unfazed,

"The double S maneuver cheat is just a jump hack; any operation can be programmed. The command is just seven buttons long, don’t believe me? Try it in the game yourself."

Having said that, he quickly wrote a string of macro code, placed it in the corner of his camera, and then shifted his focus back to the live stream.

Yet, with that brief delay, the Shield of George on the screen had already managed to navigate through a section of ruins, bypassing all anticipated aim-prediction. But as the suddenly darkened wide-angle shot brightened once again, a fully armed Shield of George had already blocked the path in front of the George Augustus mecha.

Distance, five meters.

The opponent’s weapons, fully deployed!

"Damn it! Mr. Augustus’s mecha only has basic equipment on; one hit and it’s done for!" Yelo exclaimed in alarm, but Victor shook his head,

"Not necessarily..."

"How could... Damn!" Before Yelo could finish his retort, the lean machine of George Augustus had already deftly plucked the head off the Shield of George in front of it, using nothing but a tactical dagger less than a meter long.

"The weight of the mecha is the issue. This Shield of George was too confident in its own armor, completely disregarding that the power of both parties was equivalent.

"The weight of a Shield of George with a full load is thirty-two tons, and even with some ammo already gone, it’s still over twenty tons, whereas the most stripped-down configuration is around ten tons. Nearly three times the weight difference, and with equivalent levels of power, over the short distance of five meters, ordinary kinetic rounds could only make three shots, and missiles wouldn’t even have time to ignite.

"If a Heavy Firepower Mecha plans to ambush a Light Mecha, it should be positioned at least twenty meters from cover and maintain wave-lock. That way, it can achieve a door-opening kill. You can check out my Tactical Dagger Combat Highlights for this."

Victor spoke with confidence, as if he saw something he too could pull off, but then, a burst of light in the top-left corner of the screen made his face change.

"Missiles! It’s a decoy!"

"It’s too late now!"

Victor and Yelo both shouted in alarm, but instantly after, the lean mecha performed another incredible maneuver.

It ripped off its own left arm and hurled it with force at the missiles.

"Boom!"

Smoke and fire covered the screen, and the next moment, the one-armed giant burst out of the fireworks and tumbled into cover.

"So, Mr. Victor... Can you do that?"