Chapter 255: Capture the flag (1/2)

The second day of team event selections and the last day for Japan selections was today. Many guild members including Karna , SMG , Jhonny had their respective events today.

SMG was taking part in 5v5 dodgeball , while Karna , Jhonny and the rest were taking part in capture the flag.

Karna was very nervous before the event , he wondered if the others would accept his leadership , wether his leadership would actually allow the team to win. Or will the all stars team loose before even going to the world stage.

Capture the flag had the team's spawn at their respective bases equidistant from the central white flag.

Each team spawned with their own team color flag , red team spawned with red flag , blue team with blue and soo on .

The rules of the event were such that the central flag was worth 5 points , there were two flag holes at every base , one where the team flag was placed and one for the central flag.

For everytime a team retrieved a central flag and it was successfully placed in the team's flag area , the team would get 5 points. After which the flag would respawn at the central location.

For every enemy team flag stolen and brought back to base and placed in the flag area , for 10 seconds , the team would get one point , while the team whose flag was stolen would get -2 points.

Hence the battle though named capture the flag , was much more than just capturing the flag. One needed to do both offense and defense and display excellent strategy to win the event.

Which team to pick on , which flag to go after , the forever mounting pressure to either get the top spot or hanging onto the top spot. It was a challenge of nerves.

After every death a player would not respawn , hence dwindling numbers could potentially destroy a teams winning chances. A loss of 3 players would essentially cripple a teams offensive capabilities , while a loss of 6 members would force a team into dire defense.

It was not far fetched to say that this was the hardest event of all the events in VR Olympics , probably only equal to winning the one v one battle.

The pressure could render a pefectly capable general useless , and this is where the true mental fortitude was tested.

Karna was feeling it in his nerves , the pressure to perform , his hands trembling as he waited for the event to be started , however his eyes were full of vigour , as he looked forward to the challenge.

This was his strength of character , with his back against a wall , he was the person who would fight back the hardest and never resign till the last moment.

The invite did come for the event and Karna accepted it. Inside the lobby the preformed team banded together.

Karna stood with Jhonny English , Medivh and Cola , the Elites banded together , and the duo Patch and Jin Mori stood together , while the Akatsuki Pain and Itachi stood together , KingSpy and MadTitan stood solo in the group.

With a short discussion it was decided that Karna would be the leader of the event , he was a top 10 player and overall the Elites had the maximum representation in the event , hence it was only natural that Karna was appointed.