My Players Are So Fierce – Handsome dog Frank-Chapter 2163 - 722: Spring Event Is Here, Get to Grinding, You Lazy Bones!
The selection of the third Hall of Fame quickly sparked heated discussions among the player community.
The biggest point of discussion was that the 200-player free recruitment slots available from the first two Hall of Fame guilds were replaced by NPC recruitment, which made the much-anticipated Lord Qin very disappointed.
He thought that his small movements were noticed by the development team, so they changed this benefit to prevent "professionals" from bypassing approval and quickly entering the game exploiting bugs.
But the actual situation was not as complicated as he thought.
It was purely because Murphy had no spare slots left to offer players for free recruitment, and this benefit would be replenished once resources allow in the future.
The second discussion point among the players was relatively odd.
Although it was not surprising that the third Hall of Fame selection was mostly seasoned players, only such players could survive until the end of the intense Blackflame Mountain Pass battle, the appearance of "Old soldier of Qing dynasty," who in every sense is a newbie, was quite surprising. 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮
As a result, rumors like "conspiracy theories and achievement boosting" quickly emerged, and some even suggested that Lord Qin had given his deputy special treatment. Some even discussed in forums about how impressive Lord Qin’s real-life identity is.
However, those discussions and doubts were quickly shattered by a statistical chart posted on the forum by Stick Brother.
It was a very special chart, recording not the number of enemies killed but battlefield honors acquired and the situation of casualties and loot in each battle. Over a dozen players who were included in the chart were specializing in command types and were interested in pursuing a "military command" career path in Transylvania.
Lord Qin and Happy Stick, these two veteran commanders, were also among them.
This chart provided a score and a rating based on metrics like number of participants, enemies killed, personal casualties, honor acquired, and loot collected, as well as combat efficiency.
It was very straightforward as well as professional.
And in this chart, which could provide a preliminary assessment of players’ command level, only two command-type players received a total score above 85 with an A-level rating.
These were Lord Qin and his deputy, Old soldier of Qing dynasty.
Lord Qin commanded large-scale troops, which provided significant extra points, but Old soldier of Qing dynasty led most of his 37 battles during the Blackflame Mountain Pass battle with fewer than 50 participants.
Not just the number of battles, but his success rate and personal casualties were nearly perfect scores.
His rate of honor acquisition was the most astonishing.
Old soldier of Qing dynasty joined the game only before the Black Disaster and is a true newbie, yet after the first phase of combat, his military rank skyrocketed to Major.
He didn’t personally kill many Wolf People and Gnolls, but his exceptional command resulted in many kills by teammates and fewer deaths, which granted him "commander bonus points" during honor calculations, roughly double that of regular players.
This chart’s data was enough to address players’ doubts about Old soldier of Qing dynasty’s Hall of Fame qualification, and many newbies who fought in skirmishes with him came forward with their stories.
Most importantly, this Hall of Fame selection was primarily based on the major counteroffensive performance at Blackflame Mountain Pass’s desperate moment, and the old company commander at Fortress of Courage shined by following Lord Qin during the reception of two "treasure-hunting squads," relying on spontaneous command to repel the Wolf People’s seven counterattacks in a short time.
It was essentially Lord Qin leading the assault while he independently completed the reception work; without his contribution, it would have been difficult to safely deliver two crucial Boundary Crystals to Fortress of Courage, crucial for the counteroffensive.
Once this was revealed and with player footage from that night’s positions released, even the most stubborn skeptics had to accept this outcome.
The logic was simple.
If every ordinary player could casually pull off such an operation, the battle at Blackflame Mountain Pass wouldn’t have been so brutal.
Ultimately, it boiled down to the old company commander being too low-key; he didn’t get that in gaming, one should be a bit more flamboyant.
Since entering the game, he had been serving as Lord Qin’s deputy, with essentially no independent standout performances. Yet, those in the know recognized, being a "commander’s" deputy was no ordinary feat.
Moreover, these forum discussions didn’t affect him personally.
Old soldier of Qing dynasty is a very traditional player; unless necessary, he seldom surfs the forums, and he entered the game with a "mission," approaching it differently from regular players.
Of course, some fascinating emotions are universal among humans.
For example, when he received his Chainsaw Sword at the Maginot Line, he was ecstatic, eager to test it out on some Wolf People on the spot, having been envious when he watched Lord Qin wielding this weapon against the Wolf People, and even had some fun with it himself when Lord Qin was taken down.
Now he finally has his own "big toy," delighted like a fifty-something-year-old kid.
The storm on the forum quickly subsided.
The players are now busy settling rewards and heading to the supply depot in Shadow Valley to open boxes. The development team divided the war chests into four tiers based on the overall player performance, with the top performers receiving four keys. According to Brother Cat, who just opened his boxes, these four keys could unlock items corresponding to the four equipment tiers: Veteran, Commander, Dominator, and Artisan Dominator.
