Vol 1 Chapter 33 (2/2)

Solo felt helpless, too.  Who could stop the only one with the microphone from talking?

All kept his posture, challengingly took a look at Ai Qing, and put the microphone next to his mouth to continue.

“Certainly, I wouldn’t dare to say that directly so I pretended to ask her why.  She earnestly said to me:  It’s all because people play CS like to say thanks.  When they are looking for another soldier, they say ‘need a soldier with high quality, thanks’; when looking for a team, ‘a strong team, one which has played all 4 maps, thanks’; even when people suspect someone is cheating and are already steaming mad, still they say ‘the one on the other side, turn off the thing, thanks!’  Then, someone from the opposite side would yell ‘I’m not using any cheats.  If I did, my whole family will die! Thanks!’......”

TL: I have no idea what sort of CS game she’s playing...

These were familiar words to any player.

If you have played Counter Strike, be it a newbie or a veteran, everyone will always use the word thanks.  This is a CS tradition.  A lot of people smiled after hearing such light-hearted words from All.

“So, I’ve come back.  Back to this world where after you yell and curse, you still have to say thanks.”

With unanimous applause, All threw the microphone back to the commentator and switched back to his old self.

Ai Qing bit her straw and looked at all the reporters on the stage.  She turned to ask Baona,  “Do you have any plans to help support all these enthusiastic young CS players?”

“That’s what I came here to do.”  Baona said,  “We can’t just rely on Warcraft, like we rely on ping-pong and diving.  Solo’s also thinking this way; that’s why he uses himself as an example by switching to Starcraft II.”

At the moment, Solo in the distance was picking up his club’s black jacket, pulling it over his own white short sleeve.  As he was dressing, the lights on the podium gradually dimmed.

All the CS players slowly left and there were only two computers left, one each on either side.

Grunt, without anyone noticing, had already sat down on the right side of the podium.  Solo pulled up the zipper of his jacket, walked onto the stage, and sat down in front of the computer on the left side.

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