China News Service, Beijing, March 21 (Reporter Wang Hao) Returning from the Asian Games with great honors, Paraboy’s performance this spring was amazing.
The pain of adapting to the version and the difficulty of technical adjustment were not able to prevent him from regaining his high spirits in the professional arena.
Paraboy (right).
Image source: Shanghai NOVA Club official blog
Although he is already the player with the most honors in the Peace Elite project, he is obviously not satisfied with this.
Paraboy stood on the top of the mountain, still looking up to higher places.
return
On National Day in 2023, the Chinese team won the Peace Elite Asian Games version of the Hangzhou Asian Games.
Zhu Bocheng is the captain of this championship team. Months of hard training in the Asian Games version made the players' dream of winning gold medals for the country come true, but it also made them separated from the regular version of the Peace Elite for a long time.
Can you quickly adapt to the professional game?
Zhu Bocheng could not help but secretly worry like this.
In the PEL Peace Elite Professional League, his game ID is Paraboy, and the audience is also used to calling him Paratrooper.
"When I just returned to the game after playing in the Asian Games, I was changing from four fingers to five fingers, so I may have been a little confused at that period. I didn't know how well I would play in the game, and I didn't expect to be able to adapt again so quickly. Contest."
The word "adapt" is actually a bit of an understatement. Paraboy performed very well in this year's PEL Spring Split.
In the second week of the regular season, he won the MVP of the weekly finals. In one game, he scored an astonishing 10 eliminations by himself.
After the game ended, Paraboy took off his headphones and threw them aside. He stood up and opened his arms to welcome the cheers of the audience - just like he had done countless times in the past.
His Shanghai NOVA team is a veteran PEL club, but its results in the first two years were not outstanding.
Shanghai NOVA was reorganized during the last transfer period. Before the spring split, not many people were optimistic that this team would return to its peak.
Paraboy (far right) and his teammates.
Image source: Shanghai NOVA Club official blog
Paraboy also laughed at himself: "We actually nicknamed ourselves Zijin Tractor at the beginning of the season. We thought it would be fine if we could drive it." According to his description, the team "never beat anyone else" in training matches.
Despite everything, the four players still upheld the concept of absolute trust in their teammates during the game.
"The four of us unconditionally believe in the commander's command idea. Even if it is wrong, we will grit our teeth and fight this battle through."
The trust has gradually paid off. In the Peace Elite Global Open (PMGO) qualifying competition held a few days ago, Shanghai NOVA had the last laugh.
Change
Paraboy, who returned to the professional arena, not only added an Asian Games championship to his honor book, but also completed another upgrade in his personal skills, from four-finger operation to five-finger operation.
Although there is only a one-finger difference, top professional players need to start practicing many basic operations again, which means putting in 100% more effort.
"My previous operation method would make my far point infinitely stronger, but now with five fingers, the stability of my far point is not that high. I have actually been practicing far point recently, hoping that I can also strengthen the close combat. , long-distance combat can also return to the dominance of two fingers." He said.
Paraboy.
Image source: Shanghai NOVA Club official blog
Looking back on Paraboy's career, from winning with two fingers to practicing with five fingers, his pace has never stopped.
Because in the e-sports field, players need to face a steady stream of challenges, and he considers himself a very competitive person, so these challenges become his motivation to keep improving.
After the Hangzhou Asian Games, Paraboy returned to the club to resume regular training. At that time, his condition was very sluggish.
In 10 training matches a day, he sometimes couldn't even get a single elimination.
"I have never eliminated so few people in a training match. Normally, I feel a little uncomfortable if I don't eliminate anyone in a training match. After coming back from the Asian Games, I found that I couldn't keep up with this version, so I made up my mind to change something. ." This is the direct reason why he decided to practice five-finger operation. If you only look at the performance in the spring game, it is difficult to imagine that he was in such a predicament not long ago.
As the most decorated player in the Peace Elite program, Paraboy has been in the spotlight for many years.
He is a rational and funny expresser who prefers to talk about his "motivations" and will not describe too much about the "process".
Others can naturally imagine how difficult the "process" behind those honors is, but Paraboy seems to be used to it.
unlimited
Not long after the start of this year's PEL Spring Split, Paraboy achieved 2,000 eliminations.
He said that the one that impressed him most was the 2,000th elimination, because "it is a milestone."
Paraboy.
Image source: Shanghai NOVA Club official blog
"When I first started playing professionally, I never thought that I would be eliminated 2,000 times. It felt like a very meaningful thing. It can commemorate every kill you make in the professional arena, and then you can break through yourself over and over again. "
Paraboy has not set himself a goal of total eliminations in his career. In his opinion, the most important thing is not the number in the future, but every step towards the future, and what supports each step is the desire to win.
"Although I have won many championships before, I still want to continue to participate in competitions and continue to compete with professional players."
He has been involved in the professional arena since 2018. Now he has just turned 22 and can be considered a veteran with rich experience in the arena, but a fresh enthusiasm can still be clearly felt from him.
He said: "The game Peace Elite has a lot of uncertainties. Every game or every league feels different. It has different circle types, different play styles, different teams and different players." opponent."
In the coming April, Shanghai NOVA will compete in PMGO.
In recent years, the PEL division has performed poorly in world competitions.
Paraboy said that he is looking forward to leading the PEL division back to the top.
"I always expected to lead last year, but I didn't succeed. This year there is an opportunity for PMGO, and I hope I can seize this opportunity."
The game will be held in Brazil. He has never been to Brazil before, and his impression of Brazil is similar to others. The first thing that comes out of his mouth is football.
In this South American country, everything he and his teammates are about to face is unknown.
And unknown is a neutral word. For people like Paraboy, it often means infinite possibilities.
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