186 Chapter 186 - Points System (2/2)
Gu Fei was a little unwilling to accept his situation, so he bade Sakurazaka Moony a hasty goodbye and rushed toward the teleportation array by the Hall of Mercenaries. Unfortunately for Gu Fei, the system was very impartial. Not one player was able to enter the teleportation array past 7 P.M. Gu Fei tried all sorts of ways to enter but to no avail.
However, today's match did not seem to be an intensive one, as Gu Fei's absence was only met with a smatter of inquires that lacked anxiety from the others. Just as he was about to ask on the mercenary channel about the progress of the match, five familiar figures were teleported outside the Hall of Mercenaries. With how quick they were sent back out and how at ease they appeared, the result of this round became obvious.
The six headed to Ray's Bar, and Gu Fei peppered them with questions about the match along the way. Learning that the opposing mercenary group only had six members and that they were all subpar, Gu Fei felt somewhat relieved at sitting this round out.
After they got settled at Ray's Bar, Young Master Han started to speak, ”After this mercenary PvP tournament ends, there is no doubt that our mercenary business will be on the right track… And how we split the rewards for every request will definitely become an issue. Since constant talks about money have always been something that put a strain on relationships, there's a need for us to seriously go through this and come up with a proper system on how the rewards will be divided among ourselves. ”
”Couldn't we just split things evenly?” Gu Fei asked.
”Such method will definitely rub others the wrong way,” Young Master Han replied.
”Egalitarianism is a very primitive way of doing things!” The rest of the mercenaries were also against Gu Fei's suggestion.
”Fine. What do you guys suggest?” Gu Fei asked.
”Of course, we will employ something closer to our country's sentiment of 'to each according to his contribution',” the others answered in unison.
”Have you guys already discussed this?” Gu Fei questioned.
”The five exchanged glances and smiled, ”This is not our first rodeo on doing group missions in MMOs!”
”Okay... So how exactly are we doing this?” Gu Fei asked.
Young Master Han cleared his throat, ”I have decided for our group to follow a kind of point system for our future missions. As the leader, I'll do the hard work of recording everyone's contributions during each of our group missions. Our contribution will be converted to points, and whoever has the most points will get a bigger slice of the pie.”
Sword Demon and the rest were evidently used to such a method, as none of them voiced any objection to Young Master Han's proposal.
”The points will be shown to everyone to maintain transparency. Actually, I've taken it upon myself to begin scoring everyone for every match in this whole tournament. Take a look at my notes,” Young Master Han said.
”Oh?” This reveal caused the others to incline their heads toward Young Master Han's direction, wanting to see what he had written about them.
Young Master Han fished out a booklet from his dimensional pocket and tossed it on the table. Everyone gathered around it to have a look. While the rest were checking to see how impartial Young Master Han was, Gu Fei was trying to learn exactly how this method worked.
Casually flipping through the booklet, they saw the points for their match with Cloud Herder Guild. This page contained their names. Gu Fei drank in all that he saw and felt amazed at how the human brain could achieve what a computer could not.
If a system calculated their contributions, plenty of aspects would be overlooked. As for Young Master Han, his little booklet actually contained every little detail of their PvP performance. For example, Brother Assist earned himself 10 points for gathering the necessary information on their opponents. This was a contribution that the system would not be able to calculate.
Just that match alone, the members that had sacrificed themselves were appropriately awarded points according to the level of their contributions. Gu Fei, who was the last one standing against the huge army, had earned the high score of 50 points from his action alone.
No one noticed anything wrong with the breakdown of points, resulting in everyone commending Young Master Han's detailed and unbiased work. Casually flipping over to the next page, it showed Young Master Han's point breakdown for himself from the most recent battle. Everyone read the following:
YOUNG MASTER HAN
Tactics: 20 points
Overall strategy: 30 points
Command: 10 points
Talent and brilliance: 10 points
Handsomeness: 10 points
Leadership: 10 points
Tabulation of points: 10 points
Total score: 100 points
Everyone's expression changed. They hurriedly flipped through the pages and discovered that Young Master Han had earned over 100 points in every match of the mercenary PvP tournament thus far.
During the match with Amethyst mercenary group, Royal God Call and War Without Wounds''insubordination', 'disloyalty', 'irresponsibility', and other such issues collectively earned them -100 points each.
”Any negative points will be brought forward to the next assignment, so anyone won't earn any form of recompense until his points are back to positive!” Young Master Han warned them severely. He then took back the booklet. ”Alright. I'll write down today's score.” Getting a quill, Young Master Han earnestly wrote: Thousand Miles Drunk. Dereliction of duty: -200 points.
”F*ck!” Gu Fei slapped the table and stood up. Royal God Call and War Without Wounds followed suit, ”We strongly disagree with this points system.”
”Young Master Han. Shamelessness: -500 points!” Royal God Call cried out.