The King's Avatar: Gun Soul

Chapter 195 Announcement of Merger
The playoff schedule has also been released. It will start on July 7th and will last until July 15th, which means 7 game days.

The playoff format is different from the regular season.

The singles competition is still divided into 3 games, totaling 3 points;
The ring match is 2.5 points;
The team competition is 4 points.

The two teams will play two games, and in the first eight days, the eight teams will decide the top four.

What if two teams are tied? Will there be a tiebreaker?

Can't add a bit!
In the event of a tie, the ranking will be used as the basis, and whoever ranks higher will advance.

The teams that enter the top four will then go to the official venues to compete.

The main reason is that the schedule is too short, making it inconvenient to travel back and forth.

The top four will then decide the two teams that will advance to the finals.

There will also be two games, one home and one away.

The home and away here is just a name, and the game is played according to the home and away procedure.

But if the two teams are still tied, they will enter the final overtime.

Linhai is ranked seventh, and the match with Lunhui is scheduled for July 7th.

There are still ten days left before the competition.

On this day, in the Linhai training room.

Zhao Yanggang and Xiao Ce had a one-on-one PK match and were almost completely defeated.

"Is this your true strength?" Zhao Yang couldn't believe that he would be completely defeated.

"It was just a sudden epiphany." Xiao Ce smiled faintly. He had made some progress in the counter-cutting technique he had been practicing recently.

This style of play is almost invincible in single-player matches, except for a few professions that can slightly restrain it.

These professions are: magic scholars, gun professions, and individual players.

Of course, the Sharpshooter also restrains the Mage Scholar.

Zhao Yang didn't know whether to laugh or cry when he heard Xiao Ce's words. Then he said solemnly: "You have managed to bring Linhai into the playoffs. According to the agreement, the captain position is yours."

Xiao Ce looked at him and said calmly, "You take charge."

He no longer feels much about the captain's position. As long as he is the one who makes the decisions for the entire team, it doesn't matter whether he is the captain or not.

Besides
Xiao Ce looked at Zhao Yang, who had also told him something. He was expected to retire after this season.

In this case, it would be best if he could retire honorably as a captain.

"Come on." Xiao Ce said to him solemnly.

"Of course." Zhao Yang knew more clearly what Xiao Ce meant by "come on".

Now that we have made it to the playoffs, of course we have to fight for the final championship.

Winning the championship may be difficult, but it is important to leave no regrets.

The eight teams in the playoffs are all making adequate preparations for the upcoming games.

The online games are even more turbulent. This happens every year.

Once the playoffs arrive, the guilds in the online game will start a big battle.

However, Xiao Ce no longer had time to enter the game and fight.

The entire Linhai team has begun a major equipment update.

The purpose of merging with Excellent Era was, of course, also partly due to Excellent Era's material reserves.

That day, Tao Xuan called suddenly.

"The publicity plan for the merger is almost ready. When do you think the news should be released?" Tao Xuan asked on the other end of the phone.

Strictly speaking, the merger of teams has little to do with the league. In a sense, the so-called merger is actually a transfer of professional players from one team to another, but it can only be applied for during the transfer period.

However, the information can be released in advance.

But why is it so complicated?
In fact, it is related to the reputation of the Excellent Era team.

We need to let everyone know that Excellent Era is still here, it just has a new name.

In this case, Linhai, as another team merged, also has to change its name, otherwise it will not be convincing enough.

At this time, listening to Tao Xuan's question, Xiao Ce thought about it and said: "Just let him go."

"If we release it directly, other teams will know about our cooperation and they will definitely guess that Linhai's equipment will definitely be brand new, and they will be more wary of you." Tao Xuan said with some concern.

But he was also quite conflicted.

If we wait until Linhai finishes all the games, we can get into the semi-finals, or be the runner-up, or even the champion.

If he spread the news of the merger, then Excellent Era would not seem to have such great weight. Instead, it would seem that Excellent Era was just trying to "stick to it".

If the news was released in advance, other teams would be on guard against Linhai, thus eliminating the need for surprise attack.

As a result, the game in Linhai will not be easy.

Xiao Ce knew what Tao Xuan was worried about, so he said calmly, "Let's release it. If we wait until after the game to release the information, then the merger will lose its meaning."

"That's true, but Linhai's goal is to win the championship, right? Will it have any impact?" Tao Xuan certainly also hoped that Linhai could win the championship, so that he would not regret the merger.

"There is definitely an impact, but it's not as big as you think." Xiao Ce remained calm and said, "Who doesn't aim to win the championship? When it comes to the playoffs, it's time to fight hard."

After hearing what Xiao Ce said, Tao Xuan did not act pretentiously.

"Then I will arrange things for the publicity department now." After saying that, Tao Xuan made a few simple polite remarks and hung up the phone in a hurry.

Standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling window in the office, Tao Xuan held his cell phone tightly.

He felt a long-lost emotion from Xiao Ce, which seemed like a kind of "loyalty" between friends.

This brought about some changes in the businessman qualities that Tao Xuan had gradually developed.

After a while, Tao Xuan smiled.

On this day, Team Jia Shi announced an important piece of information in a high-profile manner.

[Excellent Era and Linhai will merge in the next season].

The two teams are from the same province and are not too far away from each other.

Such a merger, however, makes countless people feel incredible.

Three days before the start of the playoffs, Jia Shi held another press conference, and Xiao Ce from Linhai also participated in the press conference.

"Excuse me, Mr. Tao, what is the reason for the cooperation between Excellent Era and Linhai? Is it because Excellent Era was demoted?"

Facing the reporter's question, Tao Xuan smiled and said to the camera: "It would be better to ask Deputy Captain Xiao next to me about this question. It was Deputy Captain Xiao who proposed the merger invitation."

Tao Xuan directly threw the question to Xiao Ce.

There were some things he said that were not convincing.

At this time, the reporters all looked towards Xiao Ce, and someone continued to ask: "There are only a few days left before the start of the playoffs, and Vice Captain Xiao still took time out of his busy schedule to attend the press conference. It seems that he attaches great importance to this merger?"

This person is definitely a shill!

Xiao Ce suddenly had this feeling. He looked at Tao Xuan next to him, and the latter just smiled slightly.

Then, Xiao Ce answered the reporter's question: "Of course I take it very seriously. In fact, at the beginning, I was planning to join the Excellent Era team, but now that we have merged, I can be considered to have joined."

In order to preserve the reputation of Excellent Era, Xiao Ce was not stingy in praising Excellent Era.

(End of this chapter)