Chapter 387 Random Race?

At the end of the dinner, Linko thought of something and suddenly asked: "Chen Dongqing, don't you still want to play in the StarCraft competition? Can't you make it in time for the awards ceremony?"

"Don't worry, StarCraft is an individual competition. The competition is very fast and can be completed in one week." Chen Dongqing smiled and said, "I can catch up."

"Okay, come on, try your best to compete with the club again!"

"Yeah, definitely."

After dinner, the QG Club LOL branch also officially entered the holiday.

Everyone in QG had already bought their tickets to go home and went back to their respective homes the next day.

Chen Dongqing also returned home with his luggage and enjoyed a few days of vacation.

On November 9, Chen Dongqing packed up her bags and left home again.

My mother walked Chen Dongqing to the community. She was still complaining on the way: "You said that you have to play games during this rare holiday. Isn't this tormenting yourself?"

Chen Dongqing said happily: "Fortunately, this competition is different from the previous few days. I am not rushing to win the championship, and there is no pressure. I just treat it as a trip."

Anaheim is a beautiful place in California, USA.

Just as he was talking, Lin Xianhua also came over dragging the box.

The two of them went to Anaheim together this time, and Lin Qianhua worked part-time as a travel companion and translator. It was purely a honeymoon trip.

"Pay attention to safety on the road. The security situation abroad is not as good as ours. Remember to put on more clothes when it gets cold."

"Harm, I know, go back."

With a few final instructions, my mother watched the two of them get into the car, then shook her head helplessly and walked towards home.

Back at the base, Chen Dongqing met Coach Park and his wife, who were also carrying luggage.

The four of them are the members of this trip to California, USA. They are simple and plain, incomparable to the 20 or 30 people in their LOL branch.

"Let's go, the club has a car to take us to the airport." Pu Yunlong smiled and said, "Have you been practicing at home these days?"

Chen Dongqing scratched his head: "I haven't practiced at all."

"Um, when was the last time you played StarCraft?"

"Well, it's probably about a week before the World Championships."

Park Yunlong: "."

Chen Dongqing raised an eyebrow: "What's wrong?"

"Nothing, let's go and have fun." Pu Yunlong shook his head helplessly.

But there's nothing wrong with it. When did ilex need to rely on ranking to maintain his feel?

"I've always thought so." Chen Dongqing responded cheerfully.

This interstellar journey has been full of unreliability and comedy from the beginning.

Although there were only four people traveling, the club provided sufficient funds, and the four of them still chose to travel first class.

Everyone will fly all the way to Los Angeles, and then drive 52 kilometers to the competition venue, the Anaheim Convention Center. They will first verify the player's identity and register, and then wait for the game to start the day after tomorrow.

It was another long flight, even in first class, which was quite difficult.

After Chen Dongqing waited for the plane to take off, he called Lin Xianhua over and lay on the bed to watch two movies, and then fell asleep again before the plane finally landed reluctantly.

Everyone set out on the morning of November 9th, Shanghai time, and landed at 12:00 on November 9th, Los Angeles time.

After landing in Los Angeles, everyone took the bus non-stop and rushed directly to Anaheim next door.

This city is the 10th largest city in California and the 55th largest city in the United States. Its main industry is tourism. It is famous for its Disney theme park, multiple sports competitions and a conference center that often holds large-scale events. The annual Blizzard Carnival is held here. Hosted at the Convention Center.

After the four people got off the car, they first checked in at the Hilton Hotel, which is just across the street from the conference center.

After putting their luggage away, the four of them walked slowly into the venue.

This was not the first time that Park Yunlong came here. He took Chen Dongqing to the conference center with ease and made a phone call. Soon, staff came out to receive them and led them to the competition hall.

Today's venue is still entering the final stage of layout, with countless staff busy running back and forth.

Several people came to a conference hall. According to the rules, the staff had to confirm Chen Dongqing's information one last time.

After listening to what the staff said, Lin Xianhua turned to Chen Dongqing and translated: "Well, ilex from QG Club, the champion of the 2017 Global Tour Shanghai Station, is one of the non-Korean players, and his race is human. Is this information true?"

Chen Dongqing was about to nod in agreement, but he seemed to think of something and suddenly said: "Wait a moment."

Immediately afterwards, he called Park Yunlong aside.

"What's wrong? Is there a problem?" Pu Yunlong asked.

Chen Dongqing thought for a while and said, "This time, I want to change my race."

In StarCraft competitions, the race information of the players must be registered from the beginning, and then the entire series cannot be changed.

But this rule is of little significance. The players who can reach the finals stage are all single-race unique players, and no one will change their race at will.

Pu Yunlong frowned slightly when he heard this, "Why do you have such an idea? What do you think?"

In Park Yunlong's perception, Chen Dongqing is a super human race brother who is more scientific than those professional players. He has never played other races since he came into contact with this game. Is it possible to switch races casually? ?

Chen Dongqing is considered to be at the peak of his career since his debut. He has won domestic championships and tour championships one after another, and he has also been ranked first in the Korean server for nearly half a year!

In a 1V1 competition like StarCraft, regardless of psychological factors, ranking results basically represent personal strength. This proves that Chen Dongqing is really strong and has the possibility of winning the championship.

There is obviously a chance to win the championship, so why bother?

Pu Yunlong stared at Chen Dongqing for a long time, and finally asked: "Then which race are you going to change? The Zerg? The Zerg is indeed relatively strong recently."

"No." Chen Dongqing shook his head, "I want to play random."

"???" Countless questions floated in Pu Yunlong's mind, "Are you serious?"

In addition to the regular God-Man Bugs, StarCraft also has a random fourth race. As the name suggests, one of the three races is randomly selected for each game.

As we all know, StarCraft has always had different starts, including fast break, anti-fast break, growth, and chicken stealing.

All players will make different starts based on the opponent's race and play style to create an advantage for themselves.

The advantage of random races in the game is that your opponent has no idea what race you are in this game, let alone your style, so they can only choose a regular start. This results in random races having a natural starting advantage.

But the shortcomings of this race are also quite obvious - they need training.

Countless interstellar geniuses have practiced one race alone, and they can't even master a single race until their hands are broken. You practice three races at the same time, and you still want to compete head-on with other champions? This is impossible!

Not even if you are ilex! Isn't this nonsense?

"This is impossible." Park Yunlong immediately shook his head and said, "Once this thing is chosen, it cannot be changed, you know? I am the coach, and I have to be responsible for you!"

Chen Dongqing smiled helplessly: "Believe me, Coach Park, when have I ever made a reckless decision? I have really considered it."

In fact, Chen Dongqing had this idea when he played in the Shanghai sub-station, but he himself felt that it was not stable at the time, so he didn't mention it.

And in the second half of this year, he has occupied the first place in the Korean server for such a long time, and has killed all the major players of the three tribes for countless rounds. He has a fairly in-depth understanding of the other two tribes, and he is also confident enough. Make this decision.

At this time, Park Yunlong's wife asked from the side: "What's wrong? Did something happen?"

"He wants to fight a random race!" Park Yunlong said directly: "Do you know how difficult it is to fight a random race? This is simply impossible!"

"How is this impossible?" Coach Park's wife said: "When Xiao Chen said he wanted to transform into an interstellar, didn't you also say it was impossible?

Park Yunlong was speechless for a moment.

"Impossible, this matter is non-negotiable. In my opinion, as long as you choose the human race and show your due strength, the probability of winning is very high. I can't let you take such a risk." Pu Yunlong refused. He said decisively, "Unless you prove yourself."

Chen Dongqing spread his hands, "Where can I prove this? I can't find anyone to train with me."

Just then, the door of the conference room opened and someone else walked in.

This time the person who came in was a European with blond curly hair.

Chen Dongqing's eyes lit up.

Serral!

This person was his final opponent in the Shanghai station. He accumulated points through four stations and successfully advanced to the finals.

Chen Dongqing pulled the confused Serral over and said in simple English: "Brother, do you need some training?"

Serral was a little confused, but he quickly nodded and said: "Okay, no problem! Wait a moment, I will register."

Practicing with ilex was actually what Serral wanted, because he lost so miserably in Shanghai a few months ago, and he wanted to explore more about the reasons for his defeat.

The competition started only the day after tomorrow, and the registration time was still a day and a half. Chen Dongqing paused the registration first. He waited for Serral to complete the registration, and then the two of them quickly returned to the hotel next door.

Blizzard's management was very professional this time, because their Blizzard Carnival is a competition for the entire Blizzard family, so there are many players.

This time they booked the entire hotel for all players to use.

In addition to two rooms for four people, Chen Dongqing also has a dedicated computer room for training this time.

This time Serral first came to Chen Dongqing's training room, where each person had a computer, and then listened to Chen Dongqing's explanation of the reason for the sparring.

"What?" Serral was also shocked after hearing this, "You want to fight randomly?"

"Yes." Chen Dongqing smiled and said, "But my coach is still worried, so I asked you for help."

"Brother, this is indeed impossible." Serral was speechless after hearing this, "You don't think you can beat me with random races, do you?"

As a StarCraft player, Serral certainly understands the difficulty of randomness, and he also knows that this is something that only exists in theory.

No one can play through three races at the same time!

Chen Dongqing smiled and said, "You'll know after you try it."

Not long after, the two logged into the US server StarCraft and started a custom match with two new accounts.

Chen Dongqing thought for a while, then chose random and started the first game.

But it's a pity that the first game was the human race

Serral had absolutely no experience against random race masters. He was still ignorant at the beginning, but was attacked by Chen Dongqing's two fleets of soldiers. The poisonous banelings that he rushed out in a hurry were also directly hit by Chen Dongqing's picturesque wave of riflemen. Dry and chopped.

Serral: "."

Isn't this still the human race? You B is so disgusting at random, right?

Chen Dongqing was a little speechless when he saw it, and he said cheerfully: "There's nothing I can do about it, what's next!"

The second game started soon.

This time, Chen Dongqing randomly arrived at the Zerg. He took a look at the size of the map and learned that this time it was a small map, and he quickly had an idea.

On the other side, Serral is still unaware of this and can only choose to drive normally and try to develop steadily.

But soon, six dogs rushed to his second mine.

Serral was shocked.

It's over, 12D!

12D is the Zerg's ultimate fast-break tactic. All the initial 12 farmers are used to build troops faster, catching the opponent off guard.

This style of play highlights that only one of you and I can survive. If you hit it with 12D, you will have a huge advantage.

It didn't go in, it was just laughter and GG.

A game lasts five minutes, and you can win or lose quickly.

Serral faced random enemies, how could he think of guarding against this move? He hadn't finished building the second mine yet, let alone invested in defensive troops. He was completely eaten up in just one encounter, putting him at a huge disadvantage!

With few mines at the beginning, Serral tried to struggle, but he fell behind in resources. Zerg troops followed him one after another, suppressing him until he could not breathe.

In the end, he could only choose GG.

"Oh, no" Serral shook his head helplessly.

He never expected that he would actually lose in the Zerg Civil War.

He knew where he lost, but because of this, he was speechless.

He did not expect that after ilex turned random, its shortcomings were not exposed yet, but its advantages were first displayed.

You see the opponent is a random race, how can you expect to defend against 12D?

After Chen Dongqing won the game, he turned back to look at his coach.

Pu Yunlong crossed his arms, his expression unchanged, "Take another look."

Both of these games rely on the advantages of random races to play fast breaks. The main focus is on surprise, so the reference is of little significance.

Chen Dongqing turned around and asked, "One more?"

"Come!" Serral nodded immediately in response!

In the third game, Chen Dongqing randomly selected the Protoss. He thought about it and quickly made a plan.

This time, he had no plans for a quick attack. The Protoss was not strong in this aspect.

However, Serral, who has been beaten by fast breaks for two games, has been afraid of strings for ten years. He honestly sent troops to defend against fast breaks at the beginning, which affected his development speed.

And when he discovered that the Protoss on the opposite side had not launched an attack and quickly organized his troops to counterattack, he found that the Protoss on the opposite side had already set up a complex of batteries and bunkers to protect the mining area airtight.

Serral's wave of attacks did not have any effect, but suffered a lot of losses. In the end, he had to withdraw and recuperate.

But during the time to recuperate, the Protoss' bunker is still being laid out, rapidly expanding the area!

This style of play is familiar, right?

This set of tactics is popularized by domestic sed teachers and is called cesspit flow.

It is to use building units to continuously expand the map, focusing on defense and development tactics. It is similar to the urbanization tactics of the human race. A game is guaranteed to last for half an hour, while torturing the opponent and yourself at the same time, protruding a bladder.

When Serral saw this scene later, he fainted and recalled some bad memories.

During the Shanghai competition in the middle of the year, ilex took away the championship from him with a single-handed human urbanization, which made him sick.

But now, even if this B plays the Protoss, he is still disgusting!

Serral originally thought that the level of the ilex protoss might not be high, and that he might be able to find a flaw, so he went back to gather his troops and charge again!

But this time the charge still failed to open any gap. A wave of troops rolled in and barely made any waves before being wiped out easily.

Serral was a little surprised now.

Even he had to say that the micro management shown by ilex in this battle was really good!

The third game lasted for twenty minutes. Serral played until he ran out of resources and failed to get any chance from the Protoss. In the end, he could only choose GG.

Chen Dongqing saw this scene and turned to look at the coach again.

It can be said that the first two games took advantage of the fast break bonus, but this game focused on defense. Facing Serral's offensive and defensive performance, there must be nothing to say, right?

At this time, Pu Yunlong's expression softened a lot, but he still said: "Two more, and let's see again."

Chen Dongqing turned around and asked, "Come again?"

Serral was on top and immediately replied: "Come again!"

The training match continues.

The two quickly beat him down one after another.

Serral is not worthy of the title of genius. In the fourth game, he has gradually found a way to deal with random races, choosing a balanced offensive and defensive start, making the game more suspenseful.

But he still didn't win.

It wasn't until the fifth game that Serral finally won another game thanks to the Zerg Civil War.

The two played ten games together. Later, Serral seemed to have found experience and tips. He barely won two more games, and he was sweating profusely in each game!

In ten games, Chen Dongqing enjoyed a record of 7-3. This winning rate is absolutely sufficient.

Until this time, Serral finally couldn't stand it any longer and ended today's training match.

"Are you going to fight again tomorrow?" Chen Dongqing asked cheerfully.

"Hit!" Serral was still unconvinced and chose to come back tomorrow. He had just gotten off the plane today and was in a bad state.

"OK." Chen Dongqing nodded happily and sent Serral out of the room.

After coming back, Chen Dongqing looked at the coach again and asked, "Do you think random races are okay?"

At this time, the stubborn Coach Park finally had nothing to say and said helplessly: "It's up to you. I can only hope that you won't regret it then."

Chen Dongqing grinned: "Don't worry, it won't happen."

Walking on the way to the competition venue, Park Yunlong shook his head helplessly.

I never expected that players of random races would appear on the WCS finals stage.

If this news spreads to the Internet, how much trouble will it cause?

Let me tell you something in advance.

I planned the details of this interstellar dungeon today and noticed some problems.

As a branch ending that has paved the way for the entire season, if I wrote it directly in one or two chapters, it would be somewhat anticlimactic, so I had to write it longer.

My plan is to finish this copy in roughly a week.

But the problem is that if you write it long, you will inevitably need to write the content of the game in more detail, which may be a little difficult for viewers who have never played StarCraft.

For viewers who have played StarCraft, detailed content may lead to more loopholes.

In other words, it's double torture.

For this interstellar copy, I prepared very detailed information for reference, minimizing flaws and using easy-to-understand language.

Anyway, stay tuned, brothers~

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Thank you three bosses.