sbdcsierra Chapter 116: E-sports still has great opportunities, and I will play ranked games even after retirem
Chapter 116: E-sports still has great opportunities, and I will play ranked games even after retirem
When Lin Qinglan first started running e-sports classes at the senior citizens' university, she encountered a lot of doubts and misunderstandings.
Some people think that the physical fitness and reaction ability of uncles and aunts cannot keep up with the requirements of the game.
Some people also think that they are not doing their job properly and wasting time.
More people think that she is just making a gimmick and "exploiting" the uncles and aunts.
Uncles and aunts were given nicknames such as "Happy Life", "Happy Life", "A Happy Moon Over Flowers", and "Old Man Who Loves Lemon Chicken Feet". They were questioned and received malicious comments based on various stereotypes:
[You don’t have Parkinson’s disease, do you? Don’t shake your hands. I’m unlucky to have teammates like you in the promotion match. Please return your phone to your grandson. I’d rather fight with elementary school students.]
[Are they really old men and women? They look very good in disguise. I don’t have my blood pressure medication with me. If I kill you, don’t try to blackmail me.]
[This is a game for young people, why are you old guys joining in the fun? Go back and take care of your children.]
Uncles and aunts will refute these brainless and unfriendly remarks, so as not to cause internal friction and affect their mentality.
After the game, he wore reading glasses and wrote the report carefully word by word.
Sometimes when he meets someone who is too angry, Ye Feng, who has always reminded uncles and aunts not to curse and play quality games, will take the initiative to fight with the opponent to vent the anger for the uncles and aunts.
This time, the "Sunset Red" team was competing against the "Community God" team, and Ye Feng was very worried that the uncles and aunts would hear questioning remarks again in public.
The "Community God" team was formed by Grandpa Qian's grandson Dabao, who originally wanted to form a "primary school student" team.
However, many of his classmates’ cell phones were controlled by their parents, and he only found two classmates who lived in the same community as him.
So he used his father Xiao Qian’s mobile phone to recruit “heroes” in the community group.
Everyone was laughing at this being a farce, except for the brothers Xiao Yang and Xiao Fan who lived upstairs from them, who joined them after seeing Qian Dabao's "Hero Order" in pinyin and pictures.
Because the five of them lived in the same community, they named their team "Community God".
Xiao Yang is a small gaming anchor and the best in the team, and he takes on the position of captain.
It is difficult to form a team and it is not easy to train it.
Xiao Yang and Xiao Fan are not much older than Qian Dabao and the others. They are only about seventeen or eighteen years old and have dropped out of school and are at home.
Xiaofan looks down on "primary school students" in his heart and always calls them "rookies". Xiaoyang and Ni try to smooth things over to protect their younger brother.
Xiao Yang and Xiao Fan, as "unemployed vagrants", asked the elementary school students for money to buy food, and even said it was "team funds."
The three primary school students were angry but dared not speak out. They held back their tears and cheered each other up.
I obediently handed over the one or five dollars I had saved for a long time, but the other party still thought it was not enough.
Dabao and the others didn't know that this was a disguised form of "bullying". The reason why the two brothers agreed to Qian Dabao was because Xiaoyang needed popularity for the live broadcast, and they wanted to use the gimmick of elderly people playing e-sports to attract people.
The two brothers were sure they would win.
Qian Dabao didn't understand the twists and turns, but he could feel that he was not happy playing games and did not experience the "unity and cooperation" that his grandfather talked about.
Their team did not treat the three of them, elementary school students, as equals.
On the day of the game, as soon as Qian Dabao saw Uncle Qian, he hugged him aggrievedly.
"What's wrong, my eldest grandson? Why are you so unhappy about competing with grandpa?" Grandpa Qian picked up the chubby little Dabao and almost sprained his waist.
"Grandpa, I want to play with you again after the game today." Qian Dabao likes to play games with his grandfather.
"Listen to my eldest grandson. I'll beat him up. The grandparents won't show mercy."
"Grandpa, you guys should be careful too. Our team is still very strong. Don't cry if you lose."
Qian Dabao burst into laughter. The game was still fun, but his teammates were really unfriendly.
As soon as Xiao Yang and Xiao Fan arrived, they called Dabao to bring them water and a stool. The box of water was placed a little high, so Qian Dabao had to stand on tiptoe to just touch it.
Qian Dabao couldn't move it, but he didn't want to upset his teammates without playing the game, so he looked to Uncle Qian for help.
His other two friends were also sweating in panic, standing there at a loss as to what to do.
As an adult, Mr. Qian understood that they were bullying people, so he put the three children behind him.
"If you want to drink water, just get it yourself. Why are you making things difficult for the children?"
"You old fool, leave me alone, or I'll embarrass you." Xiao Fan looked at Uncle Qian fiercely.
Xiao Yang kept his head down and fiddled with the live broadcast equipment the whole time, tacitly approving of his brother's behavior.
This further encouraged Xiaofan's arrogance, and he even waved his fist to warn: "You'd better cooperate with my brother's live broadcast, otherwise the old and the young will be beaten together."
"If it weren't for the popularity, who would want to play games with a slow-witted old man and a screaming elementary school student?"
Uncle Liao held down Uncle Qian who was about to curse, stood in front of him, and held Xiaofan's fist.
Xiaofan went from being disdainful at first to being shocked because he found that his hand was clamped tightly and could not move at all.
Uncle Liao was very strong, and Xiaofan was pulled back and forth like a little chicken.
There was also a look of fear and dread in his eyes.
"Watch your mouth. You can learn from playing games, but if your heart is rotten, it's completely useless."
Liao Shuping was a serious person, and his fierce aura frightened Xiaofan so much that he took two steps back.
Bluffing: "So what? None of your business."
"I'm telling you, my brother is a big anchor. If you dare to touch me, let's see what happens!"
Uncle Liao has seen many such paper tigers that can only roar and is not afraid of them at all.
Behind him, Uncle Sun, the "Pickled Pepper Chicken Feet", and Uncle Guan, the "All-Around Substitute", were also standing next to Uncle Liao.
"It's...nothing big." Xiao Fan lost his momentum and ran back to discuss with his brother Xiao Yang.
Ye Feng did not stop the uncles and aunts. He felt that he had to be more forceful to deal with such bad guys. If anyone dared to bully their Dabao, he and his uncles and aunts would never let him go.
During the official competition, Xiao Yang and Xiao Fan continued to do their own thing, not hiding their malice and contempt for the Sunset Red Team.
In the first game, I just randomly chose heroes without caring about team composition.
Qian Dabao couldn't help but retort: "This lineup is really hard to play in the late game, and I've never seen you play Sun Ce."
"Little brat, stop minding your own business and just watch me operate. There's no point in talking about lineup when fighting a bunch of old guys and ladies. I can win even if I just use my feet." Xiaofan had just lost face in front of Mr. Qian before the game and now he couldn't wait to regain his confidence from the game.
Xiao Yang also started live streaming. Teacher Ye wanted to stop him at first because he didn’t want the uncles and aunts to be exposed to public opinion too early.
But the uncles and aunts felt that the audience in the live broadcast room should see Xiao Yang and his friends' ugly faces.
Get ready to feel the power of "Sunset Red"!