Vol 1 Chapter 15 (1/2)

G.o.d's Left Hand - Book 1: Chapter 15

One could tell how famous a player was on the field of compet.i.tion.

One indicator was the number of fans.  The other indicator was the introductions given by the commentators.  From the beginning of the compet.i.tion, the two commentators on stage, in order to excite the audience, kept chattering about the partic.i.p.ating players.

“In the past two years, Grunt has been closely gaining on Solo.  Frankly these two players have quite a lot in common.”  One of the commentators spoke with a more teasing tone.  “For example, they’ve both doubled up on Warcraft III and Starcraft II.  From talent to performance, they both are the best players in the country.”

Double up…...such a nice phrase.

“The Warcraft rankings in the past few years have been quite stable in compet.i.tions in both China and internationally.  Can’t say if there will be any surprises this time.”  The other commentator was obviously trying to raise another topic.

“There certainly will be, especially at this stop at Guangzhou.”

“Tell us about it?”

“Let’s not spoil the suspense just yet.  I bet he’ll be the one to give Grunt quite the headache this round.”

The two looked at each other and laughed after they finished talking.

The audience, also esports fans, immediately exploded into cheers.

The elimination rounds were going on for all the players.

Nearly a hundred players were chosen from the pre-selection process.  This morning was the elimination round which would determine the sixteen top players.  The champions.h.i.+p round would be in the afternoon.  Naturally, there was no live broadcast of the initial pre-selection and the elimination rounds on the big screen.  Everyone was just overlooking the compet.i.tion area and kept their attention on the list of winners that were being constantly posted on the big screen.

After half an hour, the list was quickly refres.h.i.+ng.

Ai Qing stared at the new list, Dt’s name showed up quickly and after a few minutes she saw 97.

However, Grunt’s name never showed up on the list.

Clamours of comments could be heard surrounding them.

Soon the commentator received a note.  He glanced over it and seemed somewhat helpless.  “Grunt is missing from the compet.i.tion.  I never thought that we wouldn’t see him again in Guangzhou.”  The other commentator smiled somewhat unnaturally.  “It can’t be that he gave up the compet.i.tion again?”

Ai Qing couldn’t understand the meaning of “gave up compet.i.tion again”, her sister also looked at her nervously.  “Why again?”

She shook her head.  “Don’t know.”

As the two were wondering, the boy sat behind them kindly came closer and said, “Last year, at the ESWC Chinese final, Grunt forfeited on the spot after protesting about the lack of order in the arena.”