The Crazy Rankings
Less than twenty-four hours remained until the first round of Proxy War instances officially ended.
The players' appetite for gossip had reached unprecedented heights. Some people had nothing better to do and refreshed the official website every two minutes to see whether the rankings had changed, then posted screenshots on the forums to stir up discussion.
However, with the deadline drawing near, the rankings—especially the higher positions—had gradually stabilized. First place was still Guanghu's president, February Siege, with 2,892 points, far ahead of everyone else. But second place had been overtaken by a Second Front player named Tchaikovsky. He was only sixty-five points behind February Siege, and his appearance had broken Guanghu's monopoly over the top three.
Other than Tchaikovsky's sudden arrival, there were no other changes in the top ten. Tenma, the president of Silver Wings, who had originally ranked tenth, had been pushed out of the top ten and was now in eleventh place with 2,240 points. Although the rewards for the top fifty were the same, failing to enter the top ten was itself a defeat for a major guild like Silver Wings, one that would bring a series of negative consequences.
For example, people had already begun making gloating posts on the forums, analyzing how Silver Wings had fallen completely behind Guanghu and Second Front ever since its former president died, dropping into the second tier. They suggested kicking Silver Wings out of The Three Great Guilds. Silver Wings members quickly replied below to refute them, and the two sides soon began exchanging verbal blows. The discussion became increasingly lively, gradually going off the rails and turning into boring questions like how many February Sieges one Tenma could beat.
Then, one of the refresh addicts suddenly discovered that the top ten rankings had