Half an hour later, Ji Siyue fetched six top - notch game accounts from her live - streaming company and distributed one to each person, including herself.
"Now, get familiar with the accounts assigned to you. Adjust the key bindings, skills, and attack speed thresholds to your most comfortable settings. Then you can start training."
"Why do you need an account too?"
"Just in case. Maybe this half - useless me can still be of some use during the competition. I really hope I won't have to step in."
"Then go find some random players to practice your skills," Qin Chengyao said.
"Okay."
They trained until evening.
Ji Siyue called a Chinese restaurant to order takeout. When they were having dinner on the second floor, their expressions were not very good. Apparently, after changing the lineup this afternoon, the training results were not satisfactory.
"Xingxing, you need to pay attention to the timing of flanking the back - line enemies. Don't be timid. When you think the timing is right, just go for it. If you hesitate, there's really no way. Once the opponents see your intention, they'll be on guard. If you go in then, you're just throwing your life away," Nangong Qi was sharing his experience of playing assassins with Xingxing.
"I know, but I'm really not very confident at the beginning," Xingxing said. Originally a support player, he was the most timid one in the team. Now suddenly being asked to play as an aggressive assassin, it was hard for him to make the psychological adjustment. Moreover, his hand - speed and skills were not very good. It was understandable that he had only managed to take out a few enemies this afternoon.
Bai Yu said on the side, "When Nangong first started playing assassins, he wasn't timid at all. He'd charge at anyone he saw. After dying many times, he gradually learned the best timing to attack. It's normal that you can't adjust at the beginning. Don't be nervous. We'll just practice hard. Although time is limited, we four will help you."
Ji Siyue couldn't stand it anymore. They were even putting pressure on this kid during dinner.
Just as he was about to speak up to stop them, Qin Chengyao said, "From now on, no discussing game - related things during dinner. Just focus on eating. After that, we'll work together to overcome those difficulties. Now that we've suddenly changed the lineup, it's okay for the two of you to switch positions since you've played with us a lot. But Xingxing has only played support since we got him and has no experience in other positions. So don't put pressure on him. Just teach him well. Look at how scared you've made the kid."
The others all looked at Xingxing's face. The kid was stuffing food into his mouth desperately, his lips white. On closer inspection, one could even notice that his fingers were trembling slightly.
Nangong Qi immediately apologized, "Sorry. I was just afraid you didn't know how to play and wanted to teach you a bit. I won't talk about it during dinner from now on. I'll teach you well during training later."
"Okay!" Xingxing was still shoveling food into his mouth, but this time his hands were shaking less obviously.
When Ji Siyue had almost finished his meal, he looked at Qin Chengyao and said, "Lao Qin, can you come over for a moment? I have something to talk to you about."
Hearing this, the others all stared at the two of them, their eyes even glinting with curiosity. Only Zhu Zhiyao was eating with his head down, looking bitter.
Qin Chengyao nodded, stood up, led Ji Siyue to a meeting room beside them, and closed the door.
"What do you want to talk to me about?"
"I think we should find some substitutes. If only you five keep training every day, I'm afraid you'll eventually show signs of fatigue."
"But there's not enough time."
"Last time when we found Xingxing, there wasn't enough time either, but we still trained him well. This time our opponents are all tough. I just hope our lineup can be more comprehensive and perfect so that we can adjust it according to each opponent in the game, instead of letting one person bear the pressure of multiple positions."
Qin Chengyao fell silent.
He had actually thought about this problem a long time ago, but there was a mental hurdle he couldn't get over.
"Do you know? When we first started competing, we had no substitutes and no team leader. I had to take care of those kids like a parent while playing the game. After the game, we'd go back to school. Later, when we participated in the league again, although the old teammates were gone, we had Xingxing and you. I'm used to competing with a fixed group of people. If two more people suddenly join at this time, I'm afraid it'll be hard for me to adjust my mentality."
"Are you afraid of rejection?"
"I'm afraid I don't have the ability to integrate the team better. Instead, it might make the other team members feel disappointed, as if they're no longer needed..."
The imposing team captain in front of others was actually very careful in maintaining the team members' mental states behind the scenes.
Ji Siyue was well aware that there might be situations where the team members would be dissatisfied.
However, after this afternoon's training, Ji Siyue felt that no matter how long they trained, they couldn't perform better than the original lineup. And with such limited time, the best solution was to quickly recruit some substitutes with good skills who could get along well with the current teammates, and then adjust the lineup according to the opponents during the game.
"In terms of the competition, being well - prepared is always the best. Isn't that what substitutes are for? There are more than a dozen classes in the game. You're good at everything, but not everyone else is. Let's take an example. If the opponents have an artilleryman, the best class to counter them may not be an assassin, but a magician or a spell - caster assassin. But we don't have such characters in our team. Then we'll have to send in an assassin. If the opponents counter with a hero like a fire - mage, and Xingxing and Nangong Qi only know how to play physical assassins, what can we do? We may not even be able to get close to them."
This time, Qin Chengyao had no way to refute, because this was really a very realistic problem.
While the two were talking, they didn't know that there were already a few guys outside the door, eavesdropping on their conversation.
The people outside the door had mixed feelings.
It had to be said that the problems the two inside were talking about were exactly the biggest problems the team was currently facing.