DOTA's Madness Chapter 2

From this chapter onward, I'll use WP and AP for short.

Chapter 2: A Confusing Beginning

“Welcome to the Beyond G.o.dlike Battle Platform!”

After Zhao Dingguo double-clicked the icon, a line of subt.i.tles popped up. Then, a platform that was so exquisite and even with a 3D effect appeared in front of him. Then, as if playing animations, DOTA's more than one hundred heroic stereo images flashed in front of his eyes, and the speed was getting faster and faster.

Awesome dragon knight who holding a golden shield and a waisted sword – Davion, the Dragon Knight!

A girl in a dark blue cloak, holding a mysterious wand, and a white skin under the robe – Rylai the Crystal Maiden!

The body is covered with layers of rotten meat, a terror war monster who was specially created for killing – Pudge, the Butcher!

Many incomparably realistic hero images appeared in front of him one after another, and finally turned into a light and shadow dissipated, revealing the true face of the Beyond G.o.dlike battle platform. It is dominated by blue and white, and looks bright and atmospheric. The interface was also clean and simple, it is easy to make people feel good!

“This technology is good!”

Zhao Dingguo's face was full of surprises.

He thought that this platform was just a product of a small company. He didn't expect to come in and see that people are really a bit of a skill. Not mentioned anything else, the light that enters the platform and pops up like a real 3D hero image, was enough to make people surprised!

This discovery made Zhao Dingguo value the platform again.

It's hard to be done. Which Internet megacorp has invested into a lot of money to make this battle platform?

With this in mind, he started to create his own account. It is a pity that, despite the fact that this super-G.o.d battle platform was awesome, it's still not perfect. Zhao Dingguo couldn't set a nickname, and could only pa.s.sively accept a digital ID issued by the server: 037205!

Along with the determination of the digital ID, a virtual character avatar that looks very similar to Zhao Dingguo popped up, along with many stats:

ID: 037205

Number of Regular Match played: 0

Number of Death Match played: (This feature has not yet opened)

Bloodline: Ordinary human

Hero Medal: N/A

Winning Points (WP): 100 (default initial reward)

Acc.u.mulate Points (AP): (The evaluation is obtained after at least one regular match)

Additional Reinforcement: none

………

A strange feature makes Zhao Dingguo look confused. He certainly understands the Regular Match, it meant an ordinary game. The Acc.u.mulate Points can also be roughly guessed, it is likely to refer to the evaluation of the player's strength, similar to the chess's Elo points. However, what was the Death Match? Also, what is the use of the Bloodline, the Hero Medal, the Winning Points and so on?

However, these are not the most surprising to him. The picture on the screen is like his own virtual image was the strangest thing for Zhao Dingguo.

The camera on his laptop has broken down. How did this Beyond G.o.dlike platform get his looks?

Or was it just a coincidence?

With many questions in his heart, Zhao Dingguo continued to browse the platform. Perhaps it is really the Beyond G.o.dlike platform was still in developing and be released to survey player's experience, it is not excluded that this platform only focused on DOTA, in short, on the entire platform, Zhao Dingguo only saw the option to conduct DOTA compet.i.tion.

What makes him depressed is that there are many areas in it, he can't get in!

"The nameplate rank is not enough!"

Zhao Dingguo was blocked out! He tried it three times in a row and it was all this hint.

In desperation, Zhao Dingguo could only enter the only area that was enterable: Regular Match (no nameplate rank)!

This is a hall-like interface. With his entry, the platform automatically pops up a prompt: “Do you join the battle and complete this week's Regular Match?”

There were two more options below: Yes / No.

“If you choose Yes, the Regular Match will start immediately. If you choose No, you must pay a certain amount of Winning Points.”

As what would happen if the WP wasn't enought, it did not say.

Zhao Dingguo looked at his initial 100 WP, then decided to choose Yes. Anyway, the original purpose of his coming to this platform is to play a few games of DOTA, preferably the one that can abuse the rookie. Although this strange platform just surprised him, the original purpose has not changed.

With the click of the mouse, the automatic matching of the game begins!

Zhao Dingguo sitting in front of the computer only felt that something was wrong in the dark, but he couldn't tell what was going on. Many years later when recalling this moment, Zhao Dingguo understood that his fate had already embarked on a different route at this moment!

“The system detected that the Beyond G.o.dlike user with ID 037205 has not experienced any Regular Match and automatically entered the novice game!”

"Beyond G.o.dlike platform matching system is open, evaluating AP…"

“The automatic match has been completed. The new game E03526 in the Regular Match mode is about to begin!”

“Game mode: All Random, Random Side!”

“Because it is a novice battle, there is no penalty after the defeat. The victory players will get 25% extra of the base amout of awarded WP and will receive the initial AP.”

After a series of prompts quickly skipped, the game was loaded.

Zhao Dingguo officially entered the first game on the Beyond G.o.dlike platform!

The DOTA here was no different from the maps on other platforms, but it was more or less different. Because it was a random shuffle, Zhao Dingguo and four teammates were randomly a.s.signed to the Scourge. He himself went directly got a hero belong to this side – Lion, the Demon Witch!

He has played this hero twice before, it's a powerful mage hero with a high burst output and excellent control.

For this hero, Zhao Dingguo still liked it. He tapped the mouse and controlled the hero on the screen to walk back and forth a few times in front of the Fountain. Seeing that the battle still takes more than a minute to formally start, Zhao Dingguo began to buy the initial items for the hero, while watching the heroes of teammates and opponents.

In DOTA, at the beginning of each game, there would be an initial fund of 600 to 800 gold coins depending on the mode of the game. This time, because it is a randomly selected hero, Zhao Dingguo has a fund of 800G. However, just as he was just about to buy something, the voice of a young man who suddenly sounded shocked him!

“WTF! Lina , Lion , Silencer , Furion… are all Intelligence heroes, which is too easy to die!”

Listening to the tone, this person was talking to himself.

Accompanied by his words, the voices of other people rang: “Hey, this platform has built-in voice chat, good!”

“Sure enough, can you hear it?”

“Look at the faint avatars on the left side of the game interface. This platform is amazing!”

For a time, the sounds of the rest of the four people sounded. Curiously, Zhao Dingguo refused to give the hero a costume, and moved the mouse pointer to the five faint avatars on the left side. At the moment the pointer fell, a virtual character that was also 3D popped up. From the avatar, this man was about twenty years old, his eyebrows were very thick, and a scar could be seen on his left cheek.

It's hard to be true. Was this the real appearance of that player?

With such a surprise, Zhao Dingguo looked down in turn, and surely saw the virtual character that was very similar to himself in the fourth avatar. Discovering this, Zhao Dingguo suddenly felt that the virtual character established before was very similar to his own appearance, maybe it was not a mere coincidence!

But what the h.e.l.l was going on, he still can't understand it for a while.

“It's much easier to have a voice chat. Listen to me, the game is starting soon. Be hurry to buy equipment to start!"

The young man who spoke first spoke again, and the hero he controled was Lina. This hero is very similar to Lion which was controlled by Zhao Dingguo – a mage hero with CC skills, high burst output, but had a very fragile body! It's easy to kill an enemy, but it's also easy to be killed if the player was not careful!

Under his reminder, Zhao Dingguo noticed that it was less than thirty seconds from the official start of the game.

The other three people also noticed this, they quickly bought their own heroes initial items, and then went to the high ground, ready to follow the soldiers of the Scourge to embark on the expedition. Zhao Dingguo also quickly bought his equipment and then came to the bottom lane.

Because it was a mage hero, Lion's demand for intelligence and mana was very high. Therefore, Zhao Dingguo bought a Null Talisman costed 500 G for his demon wizard, which could increase 3 points of all attributes, 3 points of attack power and 3 points of extra intelligence. The rest of the money, he used to buy a Healing Salve and two Ironwood Branch which could increase 1 points of all attributes!

In his opinion, these initial items were enough to lead him to the victory in this battle!