Qin Rui was already Diamond, and Ye Shaoyang was currently Platinum IV.
In the ranked matches in the game, as long as one's teammate was Diamond, they would be in "BP mode," which meant that in the preparation stage, they would need to ban and pick (ban and select heroes).
Banned heroes were also known as "Top BAN position." Banned heroes could not be used by anyone in the match.
In the previous low-level matches, everyone was randomly picking heroes, and both sides could use the same heroes.
But starting from Diamond, the preparation stage needed to ban heroes first, and then select heroes. The order was: the blue team would pick one hero, the red team would pick two, the blue team would pick two, the red team would pick two, the blue team would pick two, and the red team would pick one last.
This had to consider the "hero pool." Once your hero pool was not deep enough, there would not be many heroes to play, and the opponent would pick or ban the hero you were good at, and you would be in an awkward position.
Ye Shaoyang only had two ranked mages: Lord of the Abyss and Frost Goddess. Once Lord of the Abyss was banned, and Frost Goddess was selected, he would have no heroes to play!
He couldn't play the top lane meat shield that the system gave him.
Ye Shaoyang temporarily turned off the live stream and left an announcement: "Go feed Kitty, come back in half an hour."
He really needed to feed Kitty, but he would send Qin Rui to do it.
There was a cupboard in the house that stored food for Little White. Qin Rui opened a pack of freeze-dried food and scooped a spoonful into Little White's plate. Kitty was at the side eating rice in big mouthfuls, and even meowing for more food after it finished eating. Qin Rui said helplessly: "Brother, your Little White's appetite is so big, won't it be too fat if it keeps eating like this?"
Ye Shaoyang said: "It's still young, so it's okay to eat more. We can control its weight when it grows up."
Qin Rui could only feed it another spoonful. Kitty was full, and returned to the sofa to continue playing with Furball.
Ye Shaoyang took advantage of this time to quickly grind a few machines, raising his [Illusionist] Hero's Proficiency to 100.
[Illusionist] was also a Spellcaster, and it was much easier to control compared to [Lord of the Abyss]. He had trained this hero mainly to deal with [Lord of the Abyss] and [Frost Goddess] being selected or banned.
After he was ready, Ye Shaoyang turned on his livestream.
When the netizens saw the cat's face appear again, they immediately sent a lot of kisses.
A golden bullet screen popped up in the live broadcast room.
The most handsome warrior sent a rocket to the streamer Xiao Bai. Message: Buy canned food for Kitty.
This was the first time Ye Shaoyang had received a gift from a netizen since his live broadcast. He froze for a moment, then said with a smile, "Thank you [The Most Handsome Warrior] for the rocket. There's no need to send gifts. My cat has a whole cabinet full of canned food. "
He did not come here to make money. Instead, he wanted to use this method to attract the attention of the major domestic teams as soon as possible so that he could find the coach who appreciated him and was willing to sign him.
However, the netizens did not listen to him. Soon after, someone sent a gift —
It will only assist and send a deep-sea fish to the streamer Xiao Bai. Message: The streamer's skills are not bad.
This is the most expensive gift on Whale Platform. It will be announced on the entire platform.
The announcement attracted a large number of onlookers. The people who had just entered the live broadcast room were dumbfounded —
Cats can play games? Has this cat become a spirit?
To explain to the newcomers, the streamer is using [Lord of the Abyss] to rush the domestic server. This is his ragdoll cat.
He said that the game where he died eight times in a row yesterday was played by his cat.
This streamer is really unique. I'm following him!
The number of followers in Xiao Bai's live broadcast room was getting higher and higher. In the blink of an eye, it had exceeded 50,000.
Ye Shaoyang minimized the bullet screen window and continued to play the game.
The ranking began. Both sides entered the BP stage. Fortunately, [Lord of the Abyss] was not banned. Ye Shaoyang was on the blue side again. When he chose a hero, he immediately locked onto [Lord of the Abyss].
In order to avoid his teammates' doubts, he directly posted the results. [Lord of the Abyss] has been used 16 times, and his win rate is 100%.
His teammates excitedly gave him a row of thumbs up. "Awesome! Awesome!"
"That scared me. I thought he was training a hero again. Look at his win rate!"
"Guru, I'm lying flat."
The game went very smoothly. Ye Shaoyang was getting more and more comfortable playing this hero.
More importantly, Qin Rui was gradually catching up with his thoughts. The two of them sat together in a double row. Ye Shaoyang could command Qin Rui to scout at any time to ensure that he would not be ambushed.
As long as he steadily developed to the middle and late stages, his [Lord of the Abyss] would be able to suppress the opponent.
The game ended in 15 minutes. [Lord of the Abyss] won the MVP title again with a 7-0-3 record.
Ye Shaoyang's rank rose by two stars because of the points awarded for winning streaks.
The game continued.
[Lord of the Abyss] won 18 games in a row. Combat power: 5,180!
[Lord of the Abyss] won 19 games in a row. Combat power: 5,530!
[Lord of the Abyss] won 20 games in a row. Combat power: 5,970!
The viewers in the live broadcast room were dumbfounded.
Those who had doubted him at the beginning also shut their mouths and began to hit 666 with the masses. The entire bullet screen was flooded with 666. Of course, there were also some who were not convinced.
He was even more awesome than Yu Shen. His 20-game winning streak was interrupted. His current win rate was 95%.
The Yu God had been playing in the Master and King divisions, but Streamer Xiaobai was in the Diamond division, right?
Diamond and Challenger were not on the same level.
Indeed, winning streaks depended on which division the winning streak was in.
Although Diamond players were more familiar with the game and could play some wonderful operations, their coordination with their teammates and their awareness of roaming to provide support was not enough, especially for support. Many players were not very professional when it came to setting up eye positions and scouting the enemy's movements. Therefore, Ye Shaoyang could squat in the bushes and assassinate the opponent's key heroes.
He had a strong sense of rhythm, and his ability to grasp timing and control the minions were all at the level of a professional player. In the early stages, as long as he established an advantage, it was easy to lead his teammates.
But in Challenger, if the opponent had a strong support, it would not be so easy to assassinate them.
In the morning, his account [Lil Bai] went from Platinum to Diamond. Ye Shaoyang paused his live broadcast and went to have lunch with Qin Rui.
The number of people in the live broadcast room did not decrease, but increased. Ye Shaoyang looked at the gifts he received backstage and said with a smile, "Our Lil Bai has the potential to be a star cat. A lot of people are giving it gifts and buying canned food."
At first, when he put the cat on the sofa, he did not expect Lil Bai's ability to attract fans would be so strong. He just wanted to keep the cat by his side to play games with him.
As a result, his Lil Bai was too awesome. The number of people watching the live broadcast room had exceeded 100,000. Some of them came to watch him play games, and some came to play with the cat.
In just half a day, he had gained 100,000 fans and directly soared to the top of the "new streamers" on the Whale Live Broadcast Platform!
***
In the afternoon, Ye Shaoyang rested enough to continue playing ranked games with Qin Rui.
Qin Rui always felt that it was unreal.
Yesterday, he was still excited about winning 15 games in a row. This morning, his winning streak had exceeded 30 games.
He was still winning.
He was numb from winning.
What was the experience of winning to the point of numbness?
His classmates had probably never experienced it before.
It's so cool to have an awesome brother!
At 8 pm, Qin Rui took the lead to play the "King" rank.
At 8: 30 pm, Ye Shaoyang's [Master I] was also full of stars.
Ye Shaoyang was about to play the promotion match.
The promotion of a Master to the King rank was a nightmare for many players.
In the game, the "King" rank masters were as common as clouds. In the promotion match, there would be several "King" players. If one's skill level was not high enough, it would be easy to fail.
There were many players stuck in the promotion match. The netizens could not help but worry —
Play well in the promotion match. Pay attention to the application for a card when you reach the King rank!
He had a winning streak today from 10 am until now. It was easy for him to be matched with opponents with a lot of winning streaks.
I used the God Battle Assistant to check the streamer's record. Including yesterday, his winning streak had reached 49 games. 39 games were with Abyss Dominator, and the remaining 10 games were with Frost Goddess. Does the streamer only know how to play these two heroes?
At this moment, a bold bullet screen suddenly appeared in the live broadcast room —
Damn, damn! The streamer was matched with Yu Shen in the promotion match!
I opened both channels and watched together. The opponent's midlaner was indeed Yu Shen. I saw Xiao Bai's cat avatar in Yu Shen's channel.
Before the match started, both sides were unable to see the opponent's ID.
But there would be 10 player avatars on the loading screen. Ye Shaoyang's cat avatar was very conspicuous. Therefore, the audience who were watching both channels at the same time to learn how to play the new hero noticed this coincidence —
The big streamer [A Yuge] was matched with Xiao Bai Mao's avatar.
Ye Shaoyang remembered this Yu Shen.
When he opened the live broadcast platform at 10 am this morning, the popularity of [A Yuge]'s channel was already 2 million.
During the live broadcast just now, fans of this streamer often appeared in the bullet screen. They said that he was playing the Diamond rank and that his record was not as good as the opponent's King rank.
Both streamers were playing [Lord of the Abyss], so it was normal for them to be compared.
Qin Rui saw the bullet screen. In order not to be heard by netizens, he whispered in his brother's ear, "Brother, this Yu Shen is a very popular streamer in the gaming channel. Last year, our professional players didn't win the World Championship trophy, right? He's still making sarcastic remarks, saying that the Chinese players are just a bunch of cowards in the World Championship and that they're better off letting him fight. He has a lot of fans and haters. He attracted a lot of traffic through the controversy. "
"Is that so?" Ye Shaoyang raised his eyebrows. "Why don't we let him fight?"
Who gave you the face to use your own amateur to challenge a professional esports player?
Ye Shaoyang narrowed his eyes and looked at the screen. "I'll meet this streamer and see how awesome he is."
At this moment, in A Yuge's channel.
The person with the cat avatar was a new streamer. He was also using [Lord of the Abyss] to break into the Chinese server!
Xiao Bai? His cat is very cute. I'm also watching.
Immediately, someone started to scold him.
A new Xiao Bai dares to break into the Chinese server? Brother Yu, teach him a lesson!
That's right. Our Yu Shen's [Lord of the Abyss] is the best.
Xiao Bai, the new streamer who's ranked first? How shameless. His skills are so bad that he can only rely on his cat to attract traffic.
Xie Yu smiled. He was quite disdainful.
A new streamer dares to say that he wants to break into the Chinese server?
He should take a look at himself first.
He quickly typed in the team channel.
[A Yuge]: I'll play mid lane. Leave [Lord of the Abyss] for me. Don't ban me.
[A Yuge]: Hero Record: [Lord of the Abyss] has been used 45 times. Win rate: 95%.
His teammates were all excited.
[Momo]: What the f * ck, is this Yu Shen? I always watch your streams!
[Assassin]: This game is in the bag. Yu Shen, please carry me!
The game starts. You're assigned to the red side.
The red side chose the hero later. Xie Yu frowned. He had a bad feeling.
Sure enough, the blue side chose [Lord of the Abyss]!
Ye Shaoyang snatched [Lord of the Abyss] and quickly typed in the team channel.
[Xiao Bai]: Mid support duo. Before level 6, don't leave the tower. After level 6, support and help the bottom lane.
[Xiao Bai]: It's best for the jungler to be blue.
His teammates saw him type these words. Someone was not convinced. "Why should we listen to you?"
[Xiao Bai]: Hero Record: [Lord of the Abyss] has been used 39 times. Win rate: 100%. Number one in Star City.
[Only Play Jungler]: … Awesome.
[Blockhead]: Okay okay okay! We'll listen to your commands!
[Stars Fall Every Day]: 666. Guru, I'll listen to you even if you ask me to hit a wall ~
Ye Shaoyang typed a smiley face and said angrily, "I'll probably be matched with a very strong opponent in this round. Brothers and sisters, AlphaBetaOmega, please don't play me in this round. Thank you very much!"
His teammates: "…"
The audience: "???"
The people you're thanking are quite comprehensive, huh?