Chapter 373 – 373. Special Training (1)

“Are you really crazy?!”

Refreshing morning.
I heard a scream that wasn’t refreshing at all, so I looked to the side.

Then a woman on the veranda of the house next door saw me and ran wild.

Hmm… Who was the coach of Play the Game?

“That… Who?”

When I asked, she shouted in broken Korean.

“This is Mesa’s coach at Play the Game. You haven’t forgotten, have you?”

I’m sorry, but I totally forgot.
But as if she hadn’t forgotten me for a day, she glared at me terribly with eyes full of anger.

“Really! I asked you to be so quiet! How many people did that with!”

Her shouts resonated in the dawn sky just as the sun was just rising.
I raised a finger and held it in front of my lips.

“Please be quiet.”
“…What are you saying?!”

Coach Mesa, who is still fuming.

I felt sorry because I knew how stressed I was.
But since I had already hugged all the girls last night, I couldn’t promise to be quiet now.
Instead, I decided to channel her anger in a different direction.

“So, did the round of 16 go up?”
“We haven’t played yet.”
“Hmm… Then can I help you a little?”
“…Huh?”

Her wrinkled expression only then brightened a little.
Last night I suffered from the moaning of our girls, but it will change if they step up and help.

Until just now, they were girls clinging to a cock and not knowing what to do, but in the game, they were Battle Angels players who were mentioned as candidates for winning the World Championship.

“…Well, good. You mean a scrim match? Then I will be ready.”
“Scream matches are good, but since you live in the next room, you can improve your skills faster if you watch and give feedback.”
“…”

After thinking for a moment, she slowly nodded her head.

“If you do that, we will be grateful.”

It was a bit unfair contract for us, but considering her pain the day before, we decided to concede for a day or so.

Time passed, around lunchtime.
We ate lunch and headed to the play the game practice room.

“It’s my first time going to another team’s camp.”
“There will be nothing. All camps are the same, well.”

The players and their coach, Hwang Ji-yeon, opened the door to the practice room while chatting.
And the unfolding starry sky.

The hotel that Play the Game chose as a practice room was more colorful and cleaner than ours, and it was full of the latest electronic devices.

“Come on. You kept your promise.”

When we entered the practice room, coach Mesa greeted us with a bright face.
Although he was obviously talking to me, his eyes were on the players behind me.

It was a relationship with nothing to be sad about, but I couldn’t erase the feeling of being alienated.

Her voice continued.

“Then shall we introduce each other? These are our players.”

As Coach Mesa stepped aside, the players from Play the Game, who had been sitting on their couches, got up and approached us.

“Nice to meet you.”

As an American team with various nationalities, English immediately jumped out.
Top’s BeCom, Jungle’s Jackson, Mid’s Bellock, AD’s Chill, and Support’s Roar stood in order.

Play the game is a very popular team in the United States, so there were many famous people in the players.
Especially in the case of Midfielder Bellock, he was the main player in Play the Game even when I was active.

Other than that, if there was a famous player, it was Chill, a one-hander.
He was none other than a Korean, and he was a newcomer who was recently recruited and was evaluated for raising PL the game to the World Championship.

“There is no need for a long conversation. Shall we play a scrim first?”

Coach Mesa said excitedly.
During the World Championship, you probably never ran a scrim against a strong team like us.

That would also be true, as Tintin Chimera and Crystal Snake, who are considered strong candidates for the championship, announced their complete absence from the scrim, so there was no team to scrim at the level below Plethegem.

There was no particular contact with us, because we didn’t have a chance to meet the American team in each group stage and the Korean team in Plethegem, so we were pushed out of the scrim rankings.

“Good. Let’s compare each other’s levels and talk.”

I said confidently and headed to the capsule room prepared on one side.
Surprisingly, there were dozens of capsules laid out there, so all 10 players, including the manager and coaches, could participate in the game.

‘America definitely has a different class.’

While admiring the class of Cheonjoguk, I lay down in the capsule.
I had fun all night last night, so it was time to start practicing again from today.

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One-on-one scrim against Play the Game.
From the conclusion, it was an easy victory for our team.

The American League was divided into East and West and had a lot of clubs, and thanks to that, they used a lot of different strategies and tactics, but it wasn’t too difficult to deal with just running a dehydrator, which is often used in Korea.

When the game was over, the PLD players came out of the capsule with sullen expressions.
On the other hand, our players kept their poker face as much as possible, but they kept smiling as if they couldn’t hide their pleasant feelings.

‘I even won the play the game that seemed big. It’s difficult.’

It was Play the Game, a professional gaming team, that existed around the time Arena became a global popular game in earnest.
As much as that, PLD THE GAM was a fundamental team in the arena, and in the case of our players who first debuted in Battle Angels, they grew up watching PL THE GAM matches.

That we defeated such a team.
Of course, it was not an official match, it was only a scrim, but it is true that the meaning was extraordinary.

“Great job. Any help?”

I asked her in her spirited manner.
Coach Mesa looked a bit resentful, but nodded as if it was definitely helpful.

“…But I don’t know how to compensate for my weakness. To be honest, our team’s weakness overlaps with our lack of physical skills.”

Coach Mesa came to a conclusion that might seem a little sobering for her players.
It could be said that the talent, which is the precursor of the players, is lacking.

And in fact, in the progamer scene, where talent is a very big part, that’s not wrong.

‘But if you win unconditionally by gathering only talented players, that’s not the case either.’

It was one of the mistakes many clubs make in Stove League.
Wouldn’t it win unconditionally if we made a ‘dream team’ by bringing in the so-called boy heads of different teams who carry the team?

Illusion to do.

Indeed, there have been several All-Star teams called the Dream Team throughout history, but not all of them have been able to win.
If you look at each player individually, they look very strong, but how did you not win with this member? It is also possible that there is a game that is curious enough to want to.

If you think about it, AOS games come to the conclusion that not all players should try to shine.

And so was the talent of the players.
Even if there are players with excellent physical and good sense, there are frequent cases where they cannot keep up with the flow when the meta changes and the character performance changes.

On the other hand, even though he was a mediocre player who didn’t even know he existed until last year, there were cases where he received a patch and flew like a sail on a ship.

In the end, for a team to be successful, they need to follow the right players for the meta, the right sum for each other, plus the right luck.

“It’s still too early to judge that.”

I said sternly and looked at the players at PLD.

It was not easy for a bad team to suddenly do well from the middle of the season without a major incident.
However, it was not that there was no such history at all.

PL THE GAM was also a team that had enough potential to move up.

“If you find the right combination for your team, you can definitely go up.”

And finding that possibility is the job of coaches and managers!

“Let’s slowly fix them one by one and match the combinations.”

When he said that, Coach Mesa nodded with a surprised face.

“Good. So where do we start?”

My eyes were on the mid laner, Belloc.
Coach Mesa’s expression hardened slightly.

Because of its regional characteristics, the United States prefers attractive superstars more than players who are good at games.

It was the reason why a midfielder like Belloc could still be active.

The first player I looked into was the mid laner.
Bellrock, now an old gamer, honestly didn’t fit the Carrie type character at all.

“Let’s slowly build a combination from here.”

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Chill, a one-dealer who has just entered his first year as an arena pro gamer, is honestly dissatisfied these days.

‘I liked it because I joined Play the Game… ‘

As a Korean, his dream was to win the ACK League, just like any other Korean professional gamer.
However, the needle hole called winning was too narrow.

Among talented players, only a few lucky ones have been able to achieve that feat.

That’s why the next best thing he chose was to win even overseas!

When I made up my mind to go there, I thought that the offer from Play the Game, a famous American club, was a great opportunity.
However, when the season started, that expectation was completely shattered.

‘It’s a team with clear limits.’

First of all, I didn’t like the team composition itself.
It was full of remnants who remained in the team even though the form had fallen all the way, and thieves who were hardly able to use their power even though they had paid a lot of money to bring them.

If he hadn’t racked up victories by putting on all sorts of shit shows, he would have had the worst finish in history, let alone advance to the World Championships.

‘Anyway, I’m glad I somehow advanced to the World Championship this time. I won’t be able to go up any further, so I’ll have to prepare for the transfer.’

Unsurprisingly, as we met various teams abroad, the limitations became more evident.

Currently, they were recording decent results with 2 wins and 1 loss in the group stage, but it was clear that they would collapse helplessly when they met monsters like Tenten Chimera and Crystal Snake.
This team was never meant to win.

It was only yesterday that I lost my passion for such conviction.

And around lunch today.
The Battle Angels, who are emerging as champions, came directly to the practice room.

Chill was honestly a bit dumbfounded.

‘What’s the point of a manager from another team coming to me to train my team?’

Battle Angels?
To be honest, when I watched the match between Tintin Chimera and Crystal Snake, their match seemed a little superior.

While the previous two teams really felt like they were hitting the opponent with overwhelming physicality even when they were playing while playing, the Battle Angels felt like they were winning by shaking the opponent with all sorts of bizarre tactics.

Of course, I lost the scrim match against Battle Angels.
Strangely, it is true that I got caught up in the opponent’s movements and got beaten up, so the gap widened in the blink of an eye and I was pushed all the way.

‘Still… But it’s not as good as the two monstrous teams!’

Let’s say that Battle Angels are good at games after making a hundred concessions.
However, the coach of that team raised his face and tried to teach us what he did well.

Chill looked at Coach Battle standing in front of him with cold eyes.

And soon the manager of Battle, who was looking at them, opened his mouth.

“You guys are trash.”

Chill, the only Korean who understood that, opened his mouth.