The viewers in the livestream room were clearly as intrigued as Qiao Liang, their interest completely stirred up.
This was obviously thanks to Chen Yufeng’s promotional strategy.
Initially, Rabbit Tail Streaming hadn’t directly announced the specific rules of the competition, only vaguely mentioning it was a “special mode.” So those willing to idle for an hour to watch the match were either loyal viewers of Rabbit Tail Streaming or devoted fans of the DGE players.
Those casual viewers who had prejudices against Rabbit Tail Streaming were basically kept outside.
And these loyal viewers and devoted fans hadn’t held high expectations for this match at first, thinking it would probably just be an entertainment match.
But after the specific rules were announced, viewers suddenly discovered this wasn’t an ordinary entertainment match, but rather a very novel “BP Proof Match,” something that had never existed before!
The viewers’ expectations were doubly satisfied, and naturally, the livestream room was filled with laughter and joy, with everyone feeling that idling for an hour was totally worth it!
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Amidst a screen full of “666” comments, the match officially began.
Team One, who had chosen the “cursed composition,” didn’t rashly invade the opponent’s jungle. Instead, they carefully avoided confrontation while ensuring good vision control. Team Two tried to force engagements several times but failed to succeed.
After Team One had stabilized their development and acquired certain equipment support, they began to frequently apply pressure on Team Two through long-range harass abilities, creating enormous defensive pressure for their opponents.
Although Team Two’s members were also trying hard to dodge skills, when minion waves entered the defensive towers, Team One’s various harass abilities would fly in from blind spots, making them impossible to defend against.
While Team One’s composition basically had no team fight initiation skills, they could lower the health of Team Two’s key damage dealers through various harass abilities, forcing them to give up defending towers and map resources.
Every time Team Two tried to catch Team One for a team fight, Team One would quickly create distance, leaving Team Two empty-handed. In the chase, another round of harass would occur, forcing Team Two to retreat in disarray.
Over time, although not many kills had occurred, the economic gap between the two sides had gradually widened. Even if Team Two wanted to force a decisive team fight with Team One, they couldn’t win anymore.
Finally, Team One steadily pushed and destroyed Team Two. Although both sides didn’t have many kills, the final economic gap was extremely large, and Team Two lost the match in a very frustrating manner.
After this game, the two sides switched compositions to prepare for the second match, while the two commentators conducted a detailed analysis of this game.
“Compared to the team that lost last week, DGE Team One’s approach with this ‘cursed composition’ was clearly wiser. At level one, they set up vision to protect their own jungle, safely navigated the early game through avoidance and resource management, quickly gathered during their composition’s power spike, established advantages through precise long-range harass, and steadily secured victory…”
Unknowingly, the attitude of the livestream comments toward this so-called “cursed composition” had clearly undergone a 180-degree change!
“So this is the correct way to play this composition?”
“Misunderstanding cleared!”
“We wronged the coach. It turns out it wasn’t the composition that was bad, but the players who played poorly.”
“You can’t say we wronged the coach, can you? DGE was prepared at level one and had appropriate tactical arrangements. Did that foolish coach? Besides, correctly assessing player skill and choosing heroes that players are good at is also the coach’s responsibility, right? Forcibly choosing heroes that players can’t play well and then not taking responsibility?”
“Don’t change the subject. What people criticized before wasn’t about whether players were proficient or not, but about the composition being cursed. Now at least the composition has been cleared, right?”
“Indeed, looking at it this way, this composition is quite strong. Team Two couldn’t find opportunities and had a hard time, unable to organize effective resistance.”
“Apologize to the coach! There’s nothing wrong with the composition or the game understanding! The coach has something to say too: what kind of skill level do you players have? I gave you a powerful composition, but you couldn’t play it well. Is that my fault?”
“Are the comment section coaches still going to teach others how to draft? The professional coach plays dozens of scrims every month, isn’t their game understanding higher than yours? If you’re so amazing, why don’t you go become an assistant coach and earn that money?”
After the first game, the composition was completely vindicated.
Those who had previously criticized the composition had to change their tune, saying the coach’s problem was not correctly assessing player skill and giving them a set of heroes they weren’t good at.
This argument obviously didn’t hold up well, so it was quickly drowned out.
But the competition wasn’t over yet. The two sides still had to switch heroes and play a second game.
This time, Team Two took the “cursed composition,” while Team One took the opponent’s standard composition as practice.
Unlike last time, Team Two didn’t avoid confrontation but actively engaged in a level one team fight with Team One!
But this fight wasn’t mindlessly engaged. Team Two called their top laner over, creating a five versus four situation in the jungle level one fight, and secured first blood through their numerical advantage.
Afterward, the top laner teleported back to lane. Although he lost a teleport, he helped the team secure a huge advantage.
Next, Team Two with the “cursed composition” completely replicated Team One’s script. They entered their power spike faster, pushed lanes and pressured towers earlier, and their snowball rolled even faster than in the previous game.
But just when viewers thought the match had no suspense left, Team One’s support player successfully caught Team Two’s core damage dealer through an extremely clever vision maneuver, resulting in a zero-for-four trade that instantly significantly reduced the economic gap between the two sides!
After that, both sides went back and forth, neither yielding. One side focused on controlling vision, constantly looking for opportunities for long-range harass, and plundering map resources to widen the economic gap. The other side tried every means to circumvent vision and initiate team fights, looking for comeback opportunities.
In the final team fight, Team Two with the “cursed composition” still managed to win the fight difficultly based on the advantages accumulated earlier, securing victory in the match.
The comments in this game were even more exciting than in the previous game, perfectly demonstrating what could be called a “face-changing Sichuan opera.”
When Team Two was economically ahead, comments indicated the composition had absolutely no problems, and poor play was only due to players’ lack of skill. Both Team One and Team Two being able to gain early economic advantages with this composition was enough to prove the point.
When Team One found an opportunity to score a zero-for-four against Team Two, comments again indicated the composition was still problematic, crumbling in team fights despite such a large economic lead, with too low margin for error.
When Team Two finally won the match, comments once again indicated the composition had no problems. Although team fighting ability was poor, as long as enough economic advantage was secured in the early game, there was still capital to fight until the late game.
These two matches, along with the preparation time in between, took a total of an hour and a half, during which the livestream comments never stopped. The viewers’ level of discussion was absolutely off the charts!
Those viewers who believed there was no problem with the BP and those who believed there was a problem argued incessantly. A team fight won or lost directly determined which group of viewers had the upper hand in the comments.
Finally, the two commentators summarized today’s two matches.
“Alright, today’s two BP Proof Matches have been completed, and through the match results, we’ve roughly tested the actual strength of this so-called ‘cursed composition.'”
“In both games, the side that chose the ‘cursed composition’ won, but the ways they won were not the same.”
“Obviously, this so-called ‘cursed composition’ has its power spike between the ten to twenty-five minute mark, so there mustn’t be too large an economic disadvantage in the early game. Otherwise, it would be difficult to snowball during the composition’s power spike, and the entire game would have no chance of winning.”
“But when strong teams face off, the side with this composition can basically secure an advantage, indicating that this composition is not easily countered in the early game. The occurrence of a level one fight going disastrously wrong can only be attributed to tactical application problems.”
“Being able to consistently secure advantages is enough to prove that this composition is not as ‘cursed’ as many viewers imagined.”
“But in the mid to late game, whether this composition can win the match still depends on how much economic advantage can be secured in the mid-game, and whether abilities in vision control, push timing, and resource contention are up to standard. Once there is an oversight and the opponent catches an opportunity for a good team fight, the situation between the two sides might instantly reverse.”
“And the weaker the team, the lower the chance of winning with this composition, because weaker teams are not effective in vision control, push timing, and resource contention, making it difficult to leverage this composition’s advantages.”
“So, the verification result of this BP Proof Match is as follows: between two strong teams, the matchup with these compositions is about 60-40, while between two weak teams, it might be exactly the opposite, 40-60.”
“This BP requires excellent level one fight arrangements and the ability to quickly snowball. Once the rhythm breaks in the middle, it’s easy for the opponent to make a comeback. The margin for error is very low, and teams with poor discipline should not try it. Teams that haven’t practiced enough or aren’t proficient enough should also not attempt it.”
“As for how to allocate blame for last week’s GPL league match where this composition was chosen and suffered a crushing defeat, I believe everyone now has an answer in their hearts.”
“Alright, so this BP Proof Match ends here. We’ve provided options for ‘cursed BP compositions’ for the next program on the livestream page. Which ‘cursed BP’ would you like to see the two teams verify next? We welcome everyone to vote enthusiastically!”
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The BP Proof Match had finished, but players’ arguments weren’t pacified—they had become even more intense!
After the first game, those viewers who blamed the coach basically fell silent, but after the second game, these viewers revived again.
However, the focus of the debate had changed.
“It’s been proven that there’s no problem with the BP. Those who criticized the coach, shouldn’t you apologize?”
“Apologize my ass. Didn’t the final summary say? This BP has too low a margin for error. Once the rhythm breaks, it’s easy to be turned around, and it heavily depends on proficiency. When the coach still chose this knowing the players’ proficiency wasn’t enough, doesn’t he still deserve blame?”
“In the hands of strong teams it’s 60-40, in the hands of weak teams it’s 40-60. In the previous match, the blue side was clearly stronger in raw strength. Was there a problem with the coach choosing this composition? You can’t blame the coach if the players didn’t perform.”
“Not being prepared at all for the level one fight and suffering heavy losses, isn’t that the coach’s fault? Look at how the two DGE teams did it—either they defended or all five counter-ambushed. That’s the difference!”
“If there’s a difference, it’s a difference in players!”