196: Chapter 196 Updated Halfway Through the Match: Is This What You Call Professional?

This trending topic was clearly aimed at league of legends.

Immediately.

Indeed, the professionalism of the dota 2 tournament attracted quite a few player comments.

"There are clubs, coaches, and even top-tier brand sponsorships. After the first game just finished, there was even a backstage perspective of the coach reviewing the game with the players; it's certainly professional, but... why does this match look so boring?"

"The person above is a total hater. This match is so good, how can you say it's boring?"

"I don't understand it either. Where is it good? I've never played any games, but I can watch league of legends matches with great interest. But I really don't understand this match."

"If you don't understand, go download the game. Don't come here looking for attention."

"Who would watch this match if there were no rewards?"

Although only the first game had just taken place, arguments had already broken out between regular viewers and player viewers under the trending topics on major platforms.

However, most of the viewers who came for the rewards were still willing to give the dota 2 match another chance.

After all, they couldn't go do anything else, lest they miss the quiz questions.

They might as well keep watching carefully.

But soon.

The second game of the dota 2 Global Finals Opening Match ended hastily as well, without creating any waves; it was another one-sided stomp.

In fact, before the second game had even finished.

A brand-new trending topic had already appeared on Weibo.

"dota 2 match, boring."

These few short words expressed the thoughts at the bottom of countless viewers' hearts.

Without a foundation in the dota 2 game, almost no one could understand the dota 2 match.

It is professional, sure.

But the key is.

The match just isn't fun to watch!

However, even so, because of the generous viewing rewards, the number of viewers in the various official dota 2 broadcast rooms not only did not decrease during the match, but was actually increasing.

When the second game ended.

The number of concurrent viewers across the entire network had already exceeded sixty million!

This figure.

Had already broken the record for the highest number of viewers from the third stage of league of legends!

Before the third game began, the dota 2 tournament commentators in different languages also announced this exciting news in their broadcast rooms.

"We have just received news that the number of viewers for the dota 2 Opening Match has already exceeded sixty million."

"Thank you to all our viewers for your support; we will definitely bring you more and better matches."

But as the commentator's voice rang out.

The Great Xia broadcast room was filled with two words.

"Boring!"

But looking at this screen full of bullet comments, the commentator Cake was not panicked at all; instead, he even started to joke.

"Many viewers in the bullet comments are saying the match is boring right now, and I can understand that. After all, the first two games were one-sided stomps; the teams in this Opening Match didn't really bring us a very exciting game."

"But everyone need not worry, the watchability of dota 2 matches is definitely sufficient."

"Didn't the outside world also curse the first two games of the league of legends Opening Match as boring?"

"So."

"The fact that these two games were boring is due to the teams, not the watchability of the game itself."

Following Cake's explanation, many viewers indeed quickly realized this.

That's right.

The first two games of the league of legends Opening Match seemed to be in the same situation, and it was only after A Shui Team came back from 0-2 to win 3-2 that the match became interesting.

Maybe the dota 2 match isn't fun to watch now for the same reason.

And the commentator Cake's voice continued to ring out.

"Our tournament professionalism is in a league of its own. In such a professional esports tournament, there is no possibility of it not being fun to watch."

"Everyone can look forward to it."

"That's right, now let's give the screen to the hero ban/pick screen for the third game. I hope both sides can bring us an exciting match in this game."

"The previous picks were all about the same, and now Team NG is about to make their final hero selection; they are preparing..."

Just as the commentator was speaking.

In this third game of the dota 2 Opening Match, which was being watched by over sixty million viewers across the entire network.

Both teams were about to finish their hero bans/picks, and hadn't even entered the game yet.

At this very moment.

With a "beep".

A line of red text notification instantly popped up in several official broadcast rooms across the entire network!

"dota 2 has undergone a major version update; please update before re-entering the game!"

As soon as this message notification popped up.

Never mind the viewers, the commentators and players were instantly stunned in place, completely unable to react, even though previous dota 2 updates had been just as elusive.

But this is a match, and it's still like this?

The bullet comments across the entire network instantly exploded!

The four characters "Hahahaha" almost covered the entire broadcast room screen.

However, the commentator lived up to being professionally trained and immediately tried to make up for it.

"Everyone, don't be nervous; the internet speed at the venue is very fast. We will be able to complete the version update immediately; we just need to wait a few minutes."

"During this time, perhaps the players on the field need to take a look at the version update patch notes. This won't take too long. Let us go to the official website to see what has been updated this time."

Because of the game update, the match could not proceed, and the broadcast room screen was switched to the computer in front of the commentator.

The commentator Cake quickly logged into the official website and found the patch notes for this version update.

And he was dumbfounded the moment he clicked in.

Only because.

This version update had over 380 pages of content, totaling over 40,000 words!

Almost all hero skills were reworked, and at the same time, a large number of brand-new game mechanics appeared; the map, whether it was the jungle or the lane structures, had also undergone drastic reforms!

Apart from the game visuals remaining unchanged and the same few heroes, it was almost a completely new game!

How should one describe the magnitude of these changes?

It's like you're halfway through a math exam and discover that one times one equals two; all the original math formulas are eliminated, and new ones need to be memorized by rote.

However, in order not to affect the game's rhythm.

Both teams did indeed update the game quickly, re-performed the previous hero bans/picks, and entered the game.

But the moment they entered the game.

Both sides tacitly pressed pause and began to read the version update patch notes because the hero skills were all changed, the map was all changed, and the mechanics were all new; the players simply couldn't continue playing.

When the screen returned to the commentator's desk.

Several commentators even started testing the reworked hero skills live on the spot.

Watching this extremely bizarre scene.

The tens of millions of viewers watching the match at this moment almost all couldn't hold it in anymore.

Within just a few short minutes.

A brand-new trending topic surged to number one on the Weibo hot search list with an explosive trend!

"Updating halfway through a match, truly worthy of being a professional esports tournament!"

At the same time.

The same topic and discussion.

Almost swept through all global gaming communities and social media.

If one were to say that the previous third stage of league of legends tournament was a makeshift operation.

Then the situation that appeared in the dota 2 match.

Was a straw mat operation!