While the machines were still being tested, Chen Mo and Zhang Yang continued chatting.
“To be honest, this is my first ti eting Mr Chen Mo. I’ve heard so much about you.”
“Geez, I’m flattered. I’ve also heard plenty about Mr Zhang Yang, in particular in Chinese comntary community. If you claid first, nobody would claim second!” said Chen Mo.
Zhang Yang was shocked, “Huh?”
The chat was filled with laughter, he must’ve said it backwards!
Chen Mo continued, “I actually really look up to Mr Zhang Yang. If I had to rate you, I’d give you ten!”
Zhang Yang waved his hands, “Geez, that’s too much! I’m not worthy of that!”
Chen Mo continued, “As for the remaining nine hundred and ninety nine...”
Zhang Yang was caught off guard, “Huh? Out of a thousand?”
The viewers didn’t expect Chen Mo would be so funny! How did a comntary team turn into a comic pair!
Chen Mo looked at Zhang Yang and said, “I can tell that you learn maths from your PE teacher.”
“Huh?”
“Ten plus nine hundred and ninety-nine is one thousand and nine no?” corrected Chen Mo.
Zhang Yang was speechless, “Geez, you set up!”
The viewers were all laughing, this Chen Mo guy is such a troublemaker!
Zhang Yang was converted into a fan after being surprised at how entertaining Chen Mo was! How could he have been soone who had never done any comntary, he could beco a codian with this amount of talent!
Chen Mo continued, “To be honest, I wanted to join this competition as a competitor.”
“Really? Why did you choose to join as a comntator then?” asked Zhang Yang.
“Well, when I asked the officials, they asked to play ranked to see where I placed,” explained Chen Mo.
“Well, then show them what you’ve got!”
“But in the end, the officials were really emotional and told that I was too good, much better than Goph! Even that S-god from before wouldn’t be able to beat you! You’re nine million tis better than him!”
“Huh, how did they get that number with all that zeroes following.”
“But the officials told that there were two things preventing my developnt in ga.”
“Which two things?”
“My left hand and my right hand.”
Zhang Yang was speechless, “That ans you’re garbage at the ga and not made to play these kinds of gas! The hand-speed requirent of this ga is really high!
The viewers hadn’t stopped laughing. It had only been ten minutes and Chen Mo had made five or so gags which had been non-stop. Who knows how he ca up with these!
“Hahaha, Chen Mo’s a codian!”
“I’ve never seen a videoga designer who had such good speaking skills!”
“Woah, who could tell this was the guy who made Warcraft!”
“On the basis of Chen Mo’s jokes today, I won’t be mailing him any razor blades anymore.”
“This is a codian who accidentally beca a videoga designer!”
The preparations were eventually complete.
“Alright, our players are done preparing, hold on to your seats as the gas are about to start!”
The chat didn’t want that to happen.
“Don’t start it yet! I want to watch Chen Mo’s cody show!”
“Five more minutes of this please!”
“My goodness, it’s the first ti I wished there were more testing!”
It didn’t take long before the competition started.
Undead vs Orcs, poth players had fairly high ranks as it was an invitational afterall. All the players that were picked by the tournant officials were high ranked players.
Zhang Yang introduced the players, the locations and the setup of the map.
Zhang Yang also played Warcraft which was why he had a good understanding of the basics, he wouldn’t be able to cast the tournant otherwise. His main objective was to control the flow or to guide the conversations, give overviews of the match, and all the analysis would be left for Chen Mo.
After the introductions, Zhang Yang asked, “Mr Chen Mo, what do you think of the strategies the players are going for?”
“The players are going by the book so far, the Death Knight harassed the Blademaster for a bit, slowing down his progression to level two. But the Blademaster can farm the 331 camp now, which would give him better experience.
As Chen Mo finished, the Blademaster ran towards the 331[1] camp.
“Death Knight secured this 533 camp. At the top of the ladder, the most common strategy is to secure as much as possible early. It doesn’t matter how good or bad the items are as the players can sell bad ones. The key part was denying it for your opponent.”
“Blademaster has two circles, so he wasn’t too lucky. It would be perfect for the first ten minutes if he got Gloves of Haste or Blades of Attack. But if the Orcs get 6 Agility on Blademaster, the ga would heavily favour the Orcs.[2]
“The fights right now are pretty intense. This Crypt Fiend with Frost Armor should probably back off now, yep, it’s running away now. Run around the trees then cast death coil to heal it up. Yep, this should an that the Undead won the exchange.
Chen Mo continued to explain the situation as the match went on. Zhang Yang was shocked to discover that he couldn’t interject!
Chen Mo wasn’t speaking too fast or too slow, having a good control over the tempo of his words. His analysis was also incredibly in depth, in particular he knew the strategies of the players really well. Anyti Chen Mo said there was sothing the players would do, the players would do exactly as he said!
And sotis he even found ti to crack jokes.
The viewers were shocked as Chen Mo’s comntary far exceeded their expectations.
“Oh man, spoiler comntary? It feels like he sees the match two minutes into the future.”
“Why does it feel like the players are listening to Chen Mo’s order? They’d do everything Chen Mo says!”
“The thought process is very clear and full of reason, he can even tell the players’ intent!”
“This is amazing! Who knew there were so many considerations behind one decision!”
The audience discovered that the comntary was more enjoyable than the competition!
The players played as best as they could, but in the end, the Orcs’ Blademaster was killed instantly followed by a GG. The match was taken by the Undead.
Chen Mo concluded, “I think it was entirely even from the early to mid ga. It was down to the Orcs being unable to kill the Undead, and when they failed to take over mines in the mid-ga, losing two towers in the process. Of course, the Orc player also had a few chanical mistakes...
“And I think that the Orc player is lacking a bit afraid of fighting, as the Blademaster is one of the best early ga heroes, but never killed too many Undead units when it was at its strongest.
When Chen Mo finished his conclusion, there were so unhappy viewers in chat.
“He said it wasn’t bad at the start, but what did he say afterwards? The Orcs made chanical mistakes? This is an RTS ga, and all the players are top ten in the ladder. It’s alright to say that they ssed up strategically, but how can he say so sternly that they didn’t execute well?”
“Yeah, I wanna ask what rank Chen Mo is, how dare he say that they made chanical mistakes!”
“This doesn’t feel right, there should be an upper limit for the executing in an RTS ga. How could soone watch over dozens of units? I don’t think its a chanical mistake.”
“Of course Chen Mo could tell from the perspective of an observer, but what would happen if he was the one playing? I’d want to see him prove it!”
“He’s calling the Orcs bad? These are all top tier players, do you think it’s played by noobs?”
Evidently there were playing viewers that are fans of the ORc player. They would’ve felt nice after watching their player lose, but it was salt on wounds to see Chen Mo criticise the player they were supporting.
TL note: [1] I think this refers to the level of the units in the camp
[2] Various items in Warcraft that give the Heroes bonuses, Agility basically makes the Blademaster stronger
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