Chapter 109 The Golden Age
Jiangning, Hilco Hotel.
Xu Xiaofei woke up very early. He didn't get a good rest last night because he was too excited and a little reluctant to sleep in bed.
The team leader criticized him.
The bearded team leader, who spoke like mutton, said that today's game was very important, and there were people at the US headquarters watching the broadcast. If Xu Xiaofei loses his job midway, he will lose his job with a monthly salary of 100,000 yuan.
These words scared Xu Xiaofei.
do not!
It's hard to find a job now, and it's a job with a basic salary of 100,000 yuan and extra bonuses for winning games. It's impossible to lose it no matter what.
After experiencing the life of a professional player, Xu Xiaofei didn't want to go back to a dark and cramped rental house and live a hard life relying on power training live broadcasts to make ends meet.
He quickly told the bearded man that he was in good condition and would definitely win today's game!
"It's best..."
Although the bearded team leader was very unhappy, he didn't say anything more. Instead, he called the technical experts and maintenance technicians on the side and held a pre-match seminar.
Xu Xiaofei also attended the meeting.
He was originally an unknown anchor for the game "Star Emperor".
Two months ago, staff from Intel's marketing department came to him and asked him if he was willing to become a registered professional player in the "Golden Age" league.
What is the Golden Age?
Xu Xiaofei, who worked in an electronics factory to make screws after graduating from junior high school, didn't understand what the other person was saying, but he had no reason to refuse a job with a monthly salary of 100,000 yuan and additional bonuses.
As a result, he joined Intel's official team and became a "Golden Age" professional e-sports player numbered 029.
For two months, he trained diligently every day and communicated with technical experts and engineers sent by Intel to discuss various tactics and DIY solutions.
Environment changes a person.
In the past, Xu Xiaofei couldn't even reinstall the system. But now, he can already tell the name of every accessory in the computer host, as well as the product specifications and grades.
Golden Age is the professional league of the game "Star Emperor"!
PC hardware manufacturers and suppliers from all over the world have formed teams to compete for the final championship honor.
This event is special!
The special thing is that in addition to testing the players' operations, it also tests the technical strength of each team.
Such as Intel...
Xu Xiaofei's Intel team specially sent two engineers from the United States with a box of highly confidential hardware to escort Xu Xiaofei for this Jiangning station.
In fact, the team has more than just Xu Xiaofei as a player. Intel has deep pockets and directly signed three players.
But the other two, whose overall strength is not as good as Xu Xiaofei's, are naturally not qualified to use "confidential level" hardware.
In terms of tactical positioning, the duty of those two teammates is to "send death".
Adopting Tian Ji's horse racing method, letting his teammates kill or cripple powerful opponents, Xu Xiaofei waited for work and easily won.
"How to kill or cripple your opponent?"
"It's easy!"
An engineer from the US headquarters explained: "In order to win the competition, everyone's drivers will be adjusted more aggressively, and the hardware will not be stable enough in the laboratory."
Everyone has studied the competition rules of the Golden Age.
8K resolution for ultimate picture quality!
The textures and special effects are all full...
In this harsh competition environment, in order to ensure nothing goes wrong, each team will use their best skills to win.
How radical is the drive?
As long as you can win, it doesn't matter if you change a set of accessories after a game. Winning is the most important thing. No one cares about hardware loss.
"The cruel fact is that without 24G video memory, you are not even qualified to participate in the competition."
The bearded team leader said with a wry smile: "The 8K resolution is too special. If it weren't for the technical support from the headquarters, I'm afraid we wouldn't be qualified to sign up for the competition."
Being able to support 8K resolution and starting with 24G of video memory is the threshold for the "Golden Age" league and the only criterion for registration.
In fact, the headquarters has no bottom either.
What Intel has prepared for this Jiangning competition can only barely meet the threshold, but compared with other teams, I'm afraid it's still a little behind.
Especially the driver...
The instructions given by the headquarters are to use the Jiangning Station to test the commercial feasibility of independent graphics technology and gain a reputation at the same time. There is no requirement for competition results, just don't be at the bottom.
Of course, the instructions given by the headquarters cannot be taken completely literally.
The bearded team leader also knows that winning the championship is very difficult. His minimum requirement for results is that he must enter the semi-finals.
To do this, they need tactics.
The so-called tactic is to use a low-grade horse to hit someone else's high-grade horse, and use this trick to kill both the stone and the stone. If you drag one down, you won't lose, and if you drag two or even three, you will gain blood...
"clear!"
After learning about their respective division of labor, Xu Xiaofei and his teammates nodded in unison.
After the tactical seminar, the bearded team leader took the players, software and hardware engineers, and maintenance technicians to the competition venue.
Today's game is very lively.
Not only was the venue full of spectators, there were also online broadcasts from domestic and foreign platforms such as Douyuhu, Pilibolili, and Mouse Channel, as well as UP owners, bloggers, and media representatives from various digital circles.
It was the first time for Xu Xiaofei to see so many people, which made him a little nervous.
However, his nervousness disappeared immediately after seeing the two engineers behind him who were debugging the host.
He is not fighting alone!
There is also a professional team behind him, with strong software and hardware synergy, unparalleled hardware performance, and the blessing of laboratory technology.
Just like that, how could he lose?
Xu Xiaofei, who was full of self-confidence, soon sat down with his teammates in front of the Herman Miller engineering chair and Sansan 8K monitor.
"Damn it, are you too rich?"
"A broken chair costs more than my computer. I really cried to death..."
"You only noticed that the chair is Herman Miller, but didn't you notice that the monitor is Sansan's most high-end 8K monitor?"
“I just saw it and the price is impressive!”
Netizens who watched the broadcast of this game were quickly shocked by the engineering chairs under the players’ buttocks and the Sansan 8K monitor.
What kind of game is this?
Don’t you mean that this is just a professional e-sports competition for an unpopular niche game? Why are you so rich?
“Sponsorship, it’s all sponsorship!”
If Chen Ba could see the comments from netizens, he would humbly say that he did not buy this, and he would not buy these unreal things!
Engineering chairs, monitors, and network services throughout the venue are all provided by sponsors...
That’s right!
Unseen by everyone, Huazi also sponsored this "Golden Age" league, ensuring network communication and event broadcasting services throughout the process.
Of course, expensive engineering chairs and 8K monitors are just appetizers.
When each team assembled and moved their "DIY" consoles to the center of the venue, the netizens in front of the screen were completely stunned.
Is this thing a computer host?
It's a big black thing, comparable in size to a double-door refrigerator. Are you telling me it's a computer host?
I believe this is the server!
What do those people who hang around the console, wearing protective gear and holding cans and jars, do? Why is there a warning slogan "Professional operation, do not imitate" in the live broadcast room?
The audience was extremely confused.
Don't you mean DIY host? Why is there a warning saying "Professional operation, do not imitate"?
They can't even see what's inside the host, let alone what these people are doing, so how can they imitate it?
Audiences watching the online live broadcast cannot see very clearly due to the compression of the live broadcast quality and the shooting distance. But the audience sitting in the venue, especially the front row, could see it clearly.
Liquid nitrogen! That's liquid nitrogen!
This thing won't explode, right?
The audience, who had originally bought front-row seats and was very excited about it, suddenly regretted not buying back-row tickets after watching the engineers violently adding liquid nitrogen.
We are so close to the host computer. If a fight breaks out later, what if the computer cannot hold it and explodes?
Probably not?
Just when everyone was comforting themselves and thinking that although liquid nitrogen heat dissipation was abstract, it was not that scary, several staff members came in carrying fire extinguishers.
Audiences:"……"
Okay, okay, this is how you play, right?
No matter how worried and frightened the audience in the front row was, the first game of the Golden Age Jiangning Station finally started.
Intel VS rejects Baojia!
Xu Xiaofei, as the trump card, cannot be used yet, so Big Beard arranged for another teammate to play.
The two sides chose the Winged Supreme and the Longhorn Supreme, and a shocking battle broke out under the ultimate 8K picture quality.
In the end, the contestant sent by Intel unfortunately lost. Smoke erupted from the computer, and engineers rushed to check and repair it.
0-1 start!
The bearded man's face was ugly, as if he didn't expect to be beaten like this in the first game.
It’s not too strong to refuse Baojia…
Xu Xiaofei glanced at the bearded man's gloomy face and felt the heavy pressure on his shoulders.
Although his teammates did not use the headquarters' laboratory technology, they only used the unreleased magic modified graphics memory version 4090Ti.
But this configuration is not bad either.
As a result, they didn't win Ju Baojia, so the rest of the game was very uncertain. You know, there are two powerful opponents behind, namely Renshuo and AMD!
It's okay to beat Renshuo...
According to the information they have, it should also be the 4090Ti Pro version with modified video memory and frequency.
AMD is different!
This team is known as the favorite to win the championship. Who knows what kind of laboratory technology is hidden, but it cannot be the 7900 series.
This is solid information.
Modified or enhanced versions of the 7900 series will at most be used by other teams, but AMD has its own "backup hidden energy" and will definitely use undisclosed new cards.
"There is no good fault!"
Xu Xiaofei watched two games in the audience. As expected, the host was smoking and the CPU or graphics card core was damaged.
The winner is no better.
It can be said that in these three games alone, the hardware loss converted into RMB would cost at least 100,000 yuan to start.
In other words, three games wiped out his entire month's salary... This is not a game, this is clearly a waste of money!
Soon, the Intel team ushered in the second round of competition, this time against AMD, which they least expected to encounter.
"come on!"
Teammates and bearded men cheered for Xu Xiaofei. This game must not be lost again.
If he loses again, Big Beard will receive a transoceanic call from the US headquarters. By then, not only Xu Xiaofei, but also his own job may not be able to be saved...
Can't lose this job!
Xu Xiaofei took a deep breath, nodded, put on his white noise headphones, and concentrated on the game.
The opponent chose the unpopular Black Turtle Supreme!
Too lazy to think about his conspiracy, Xu Xiaofei, who was extremely confident in himself, chose the Emperor Chang Ye who he was best at.
That’s right, a glass cannon!
Why is he favored by the Intel team? Why can he get a high salary of 100,000 yuan a month? Why can he squeeze out his teammates and become the core of the Intel team?
The answer lies here…
He is the player who is best at using the Long Night Emperor since the launch of the "Star Emperor" server, and is also known as the "Long Night Unique Skill".
When other people play Emperor of the Night, their winning rate is usually less than 40%, but for him it is 90%!
What happened to the glass cannon?
The more this kind of character dances on the tip of a knife, the more miracles it can create. Anyone who underestimated Emperor Chang Ye's ability to inflict damage would eventually die in his hands.
Among them are many immortal emperors who are on the road to becoming immortals!
At that time, he was the only player on the Road to Immortality who relied on 2060S to reach the Immortal King.
"You only have ten chances!"
Thinking of what Intel engineers said to him on the way here, Xu Xiaofei gained confidence.
Extremely sublime, ten moves are enough!
No matter what black technology or powerful hardware the opponent has, he will be killed within ten moves.
"3, 2, 1..."
As the countdown came to an end, both parties coincidentally started the ultimate sublimation.
The ultimate sublimation under the ultimate picture quality of 8K resolution, the effect is still too powerful. Xu Xiaofei knows that time is limited, he only has ten moves.
So he no longer hesitated, and started with a killing move that had the vision and secret technique of the imperial weapon.
The screen was filled with black smoke, and the Emperor of the Evernight was like an assassin in the shadows. With one palm shot, the Black Turtle Supreme's health instantly dropped by a notch.
"It hurts so much?"
The opponent probably rarely encounters the Evernight Emperor, and underestimates the damage of the Evernight Emperor at full state, thinking that the Black Turtle Supreme can withstand it with its shield.
As a result, the shield broke at a touch.
The damage is too high, and Xu Xiaofei's character proficiency is also very high. His combos are extremely smooth, and his movement skills to avoid skills are also very good.
Originally, I chose Black Turtle Supreme because I wanted to drag it back until the opponent's host started smoking and crashing. However, I didn't expect the damage of the Great Night Emperor to be so explosive, and he was immediately stunned.
Six moves!
It only took 40 seconds for Xu Xiaofei to deal with this opponent who only knew how to "shrink" and easily win his first victory.
This also made him relieved.
Fortunately, this guy is stupid, and he actually chose the Black Turtle Supreme, who moves the slowest, to fight him. If you choose a Winged Supreme, his skills are really difficult to hit, and it is impossible to win so quickly.
Hit it by accident!
The opponent probably wants to choose a character with high enough tankiness and a strong enough shield, and forcefully drag him back. Drag the enemy host until it can no longer hold it, and then the computer smokes and you automatically win.
But he didn't expect that the Intel team would have Xu Xiaofei, a brother with unique skills like the Emperor of the Night...
"Okay, okay, 1-1!"
The bearded man was very excited. He not only praised Xu Xiaofei for doing a good job, but also told the engineer to check the host quickly to see if there was any hardware loss.
There are still nine games to go!
They don't carry many replacement accessories. If they just change one set of accessories for each game, it will definitely not be enough.
Especially discrete graphics cards...
This thing is a secret among secrets. This baby has just been sent from the headquarters laboratory. If it breaks after a fight, there are not many replacements.
As for what model it is, no one in the team except the headquarters engineers knows.
Based on its performance, we can only guess that it is an independent graphics processor secretly developed by Intel and benchmarked against the flagship level of its competitors.
It's not just Intel.
The hardware platforms and models used by other teams in the competition are also kept confidential. It is either a new technology in the laboratory or an undisclosed new product, which is not available on the market anyway.
Take DaRenShuo’s participating host as an example.
Although the public information is 4090Ti, who knows how big the video memory is? What is the core frequency?
4090Ti is just a cover.
Anyone who believes it is really stupid. What has happened to this thing after it has been modified and overclocked? Can it still be called 4090Ti?
Maybe Lao Huang will release a new 50 series card in a while, and the top 5090 will not reach this level. After all, it is a "disposable" graphics card designed specifically for competitions, regardless of power consumption!