"Go, go, go! China Team, charge!"
"It's only the Preliminary Rounds. Do we really need this many people watching?"
"Of course! This is the Olympics! I've been waiting to watch Ming Shen win the gold medal!"
"What do you all think about the League of Legends competition next door? Do we have a chance?"
"Hard to say. Although our server region has won two S-Series Championships, both times we had Korean players helping us."
"Yeah. UZI and Xiang Guo have both retired. The all-Chinese teams now are just a bunch of rookies. Who knows if they can hold up?"
"Who cares whether they can hold up? We PUBG fans definitely can, because we've always been an all-Chinese team!"
All the major platforms were buzzing with excitement, as lively as the New Year celebrations.
That made sense. This was the first time esports had entered a top-tier event like the Olympics. How could everyone not be happy?
Compared to the online excitement, the atmosphere at the venue was much the same.
Seventy-four national teams were competing, amounting to several hundred people.
There were players from every country. Besides the nations that often appeared on the competitive scene, many countries that had never participated in a PUBG tournament had joined as well.
There were even several small countries whose names Jiang Siming had never heard of. In short, the competition was a chaotic mix.
The first thing the seventy-four teams did after arriving at the venue was draw lots to determine their Preliminary Rounds groups.
The coach of each team went up to draw. China Team was placed in Group D, the final group, meaning they had to wait until the first three groups finished before it was their turn.
Although Jiang Siming did not want to wait, there was nothing he