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| 3 | [[WMG:[[center: [-''Literature/TheKingsAvatar'' '''[[Characters/TheKingsAvatar Main Character Index]]'''\ |
| 4 | [[Characters/TheKingsAvatarHappyInternetCafe Happy Internet Cafe]] | Professional Teams ('''A to H''', [[Characters/TheKingsAvatarProfessionalTeamsIToZ I to Z]]) | [[Characters/TheKingsAvatarPrequelCharacters Prequel Characters]] | [[Characters/TheKingsAvatarChallengerLeagueTeams Challengers League Teams]] | [[Characters/TheKingsAvatarGuilds Guilds]] | [[Characters/TheKingsAvatarOthers Other Characters]]]]-]]] |
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| 6 | The following teams are those who are a part of the "Glory Professional Alliance", the official competitive organization for Glory. To prevent spoilers on mid-series player transfers, characters are grouped in their initial organizations during the start of Season 8. |
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| 8 | ---- |
| 9 | |
| 10 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 11 | |
| 12 | !301 Degrees | 三零一度 |
| 13 | [[quoteright:220:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/qzgs_301_degrees.png]] |
| 14 | ->'''Home City''': T City (Tianjin)\ |
| 15 | '''Guild''': 301\ |
| 16 | |
| 17 | Considered a mid-tier team in the league, "301 Degrees" [[note]]Pronounced as "three-oh-one"[[/note]] is known for their steady performances in competitions, joining the league at the start of Season 3, and occasionally entering the playoffs, but have never gone further than the quarter-finals. |
| 18 | ---- |
| 19 | [[folder:As A Team]] |
| 20 | * AdaptedOut: 301 Degrees is removed from the live-action drama; their match against Excellent Era, where Ye Xiu predicts to Chen Guo they will win, is given to Blue Rain instead. |
| 21 | * ILetYouWin: In a Season 8 regular match against Excellent Era, they deliberately throw the Group Challenge in such a way that it boosts Sun Xiang's ego, draining his stamina and disrupting his rhythm. In the subsequent Team Challenge, they sweep through Excellent Era after easily isolating Xiang's One Autumn Leaf from the rest of the team. |
| 22 | * QuantityVsQuality: Instead of focusing their resources into one god-level character, like Excellent Era does with One Autumn Leaf, the team invested equally in their six starting characters, all of whom are on par with All-Star level characters. |
| 23 | [[/folder]] |
| 24 | |
| 25 | [[folder:Yang Cong (杨聪)]] |
| 26 | |
| 27 | !!! '''Player ID''': Scene Killer | 风景杀\ |
| 28 | '''Class''': Assassin |
| 29 | |
| 30 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/yangcong.jpg]] |
| 31 | |
| 32 | Captain of 301 Degrees, Yang Cong is the best Assassin-class player in the league who started playing professionally during Season 3. |
| 33 | ---- |
| 34 | * TheChainsOfCommanding: The Assassin's ultimate skill "Life Risking Strike" reduces the character's HPToOne while simultaneously deals a OneHitKO on their opponent. Yang Cong doesn't use it because he still has to lead the team. [[spoiler:In Season 10, he decides to slowly let go of his leadership responsibilities and begins having fun using this DeathOrGloryAttack on enemy ace players]]. |
| 35 | [[/folder]] |
| 36 | |
| 37 | [[folder:Xu Bin (许斌)]] |
| 38 | |
| 39 | !!! '''Player ID''': Tide | 潮汐\ |
| 40 | '''Class''': Knight |
| 41 | |
| 42 | Making his debut in Season 6, Xu Bin is seen as an incredibly patient player. He centers his strategies around "grinding" his opponents mentally and physically, extending PlayerVersusPlayer fights via positioning and dodging attacks frequently. This often leads his opponents into frustrating, irritating bouts, exhausting them in the long run. [[spoiler:Before the start of Season 9, he transfers to Tiny Herb to replace the retired Deng Fusheng and is given the latter's character Angelica]]. |
| 43 | ---- |
| 44 | * DudeWheresMyRespect: |
| 45 | ** [[spoiler:Despite being snubbed for the 6th Glory All-Star Competition]], Ye Xiu states he's a better Knight player than All-Star Deng Fusheng. |
| 46 | ** Although Xu Bin is a modest, reliable teammate with generally good tactics, fans of 301 Degrees don't necessarily appreciate his presence on the team. [[spoiler:Following his transfer into Tiny Herb, fans realize exactly why he was an essential part of 301 Degrees]]. |
| 47 | * InSeriesNickname: He's nicknamed the "Grind King" due to his StoneWall play-style, maintaining his defenses in order to drag out duels, hence why every fight against him is seen as a "[[MeaningfulName slow grind]]". |
| 48 | [[/folder]] |
| 49 | |
| 50 | [[folder:Bai Shu (白庶)]] |
| 51 | |
| 52 | A professional player hailing from England, Bai Shu joins 301 Degrees in the midst of Season 10 [[spoiler:as the operator for Tide after Xu Bin's transfer to Tiny Herb]]. |
| 53 | ---- |
| 54 | %%* ArrogantKungFuGuy: After entering the Chinese Glory scene with a bang, [[spoiler:he becomes arrogant and is [[BreakTheHaughty brought down to earth]] by Ye Xiu in a one-on-one match during Season 10]]. |
| 55 | * ButNotTooForeign: Played with - Bai Shu is explicitly of Chinese descent; he simply comes from England to compete in the Alliance. |
| 56 | %%* SuperiorSuccessor: [[spoiler:He defeated Xu Bin in a one on one match. Granted, his character was superior for that specific matchup]]. |
| 57 | [[/folder]] |
| 58 | |
| 59 | !Blue Rain | 蓝雨 |
| 60 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/qzgs_blue_rain.png]] |
| 61 | ->'''Home City''': G City (Guangzhou)\ |
| 62 | '''Guild''': Blue Brook\ |
| 63 | |
| 64 | After debuting in the first season of the professional league, "Blue Rain" is considered one of the top teams, consisting of some of the best players with a strong training program. According to Ye Xiu, Blue Rain's environment is the best place to develop young talent. In Season 6, Blue Rain bested Tiny Herb to become league champions. |
| 65 | ---- |
| 66 | [[folder:As A Team]] |
| 67 | * {{Amazon Chaser}}s: Implied; as the only team from the beginning of the professional scene that has yet to have a female member on their roster, their reaction to [[spoiler:Tang Rou's "Soft Mist"]], upon seeing an article regarding Team Happy, amounts to bouts of "Hot girl!" and "She's pretty good!" |
| 68 | * {{Combat Pragmatist}}s: Blue Rain's primary strategy revolves around finding and creating opportunities to exploit - Yu Wenzhou baits opponents into making mistakes and gaps, while Huang Shaotian roams around and constantly goads them by vocally pointing out their shortcomings. The team's effectiveness, however, is reduced when the opponent doesn't make any significant errors. |
| 69 | * LogicalWeakness: [[spoiler:Wenzhou's hand speed, which was exploited by [[XanatosSpeedChess Thunderclap's tactics]] in prior seasons. Ironically, it was only possible because [[HoistByHisOwnPetard the Alliance higher ups began disabling voice chat]] due to [[TrashTalk Huang Shaotian's antics]]]]. |
| 70 | * RagtagBunchOfMisfits: Blue Rain's roster consists of a [[MotorMouth noisy]] [[TheAce master]] of {{Trash Talk}}ing, an [[TheStrategist analyst]] with slow hand speed, an [[TheApprentice inexperienced Blade Master-class player]] and a [[BrilliantButLazy skilled, but unmotivated Spitfire-class competitor]]. |
| 71 | * TheRival: To Tiny Herb, after they snatched the Season 6 championship title, which would have let the former be the second team after Ye Xiu's Excellent Era to have three consecutive championships. |
| 72 | [[/folder]] |
| 73 | |
| 74 | [[folder:Yu Wenzhou (喻文州)]] |
| 75 | |
| 76 | !!! '''Voiced by''': Xia Lei (animation, audio drama)\ |
| 77 | '''Played by''': Gao Hanyu (live-action) |
| 78 | !!! '''Player ID''': Swoksaar | 索克萨尔\ |
| 79 | '''Class''': Warlock |
| 80 | |
| 81 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/qzgs_ye_wenzhou_s1.png]] |
| 82 | [[caption-width-right:350:Click [[labelnote:here]]\ |
| 83 | https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/qzgs_swoksaar.png[[/labelnote]] to see Swoksaar]] |
| 84 | [[caption-width-right:350:Click [[labelnote:here]]\ |
| 85 | https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/qzgs_yu_wenzhou_live.png[[/labelnote]] to see Yu Wenzhou in the live-action]] |
| 86 | |
| 87 | Blue Rain's captain, Yu Wenzhou made his league debut in Season 4 of the professional league. Calm, patient and very easy-going, Wenzhou is part of the four "[[TheStrategist Master Tacticians]]" of Glory. Seen as a composed player, Yu Wenzhou never feels discouraged because of his weaknesses, nor does he ever need to prove his strength against competing Glory opponents. [[spoiler:When the debut "World Glory Championships" is organized, Wenzhou is selected to be captain of Team China]]. |
| 88 | ---- |
| 89 | * AwesomenessByAnalysis: As one of the [[TheStrategist Four Master Tacticians]]. |
| 90 | ** Wenzhou deduces Lord Grim's identity and the chain of events behind the Boneyard Dungeon records simply by reading them. |
| 91 | ** During Wang Jiexi's match against Gao Yingjie at the 6th Glory All-Star Competition, he surmises the former [[spoiler:held back on allocating his skill points to widen the damage difference between their avatars, giving Yingjie the edge and assured victory]]. |
| 92 | * BewareTheNiceOnes: Not so much in the novel and the ''donghua'', where some people find his analytical skills to be frightening but they don't see ''him'' as scary, per se. This is played up in the live-action, where Huang Shaotian's fear of getting on Yu Wenzhou's bad side is brought up a few times, with the latter's caller ID even reads "If you don't pick up, you're dead". |
| 93 | * CharacterTics: In the AnimatedAdaptation, he loves spinning mechanical pencils. |
| 94 | * InSeriesNickname: Because of his relatively slow hands and APM (actions-per-minute), he's nicknamed "[[FluffyTheTerrible The Cripple]]". |
| 95 | * LittleNo: He gives this when Huang Shaotian [[spoiler:openly invites Lord Grim to Guild Blue Brook]]. |
| 96 | %%* MeaningfulName: "Wenzhou" means "Province of Scholarly Arts" |
| 97 | * MightyGlacier: Wenzhou may be the captain of a championship winning team, but he's one of the slowest players in the league due to his low APM. |
| 98 | * NiceGuy: Not only is Wenzhou friendly, polite and maintains good relations with everyone in the pro circuit, he smiles often and rarely raises his voice. |
| 99 | * OvershadowedByAwesome: Wenzhou's a "cripple" only when compared to his peers on the professional level via hand speed, yet he's still within the top 5% of Glory players with an APM higher than 200. For comparison, Chen Guo can only reach 120 APM. Ye Xiu states that, were it not for this fact alone, he could easily dominate Glory. |
| 100 | * RedOniBlueOni: The blue to Huang Shaotian's red, given how the latter is hot-headed and rambunctious. |
| 101 | * SmartPeopleWearGlasses: He wears glasses in the live-action drama, where he's still one of the Four Master Tacticians of Glory. |
| 102 | * SuperiorSuccessor: [[spoiler:Even before his professional debut, Wenzhou defeated Blue Rain's ex-captain Wei Chen in practice duels repeatedly]]. |
| 103 | * WeakButSkilled: Wenzhou makes up for his slow APM with being TheSmartGuy, often out-predicting his opponents. Ye Xiu {{Lampshades}} if Wenzhou has faster typing hands, he'd be unbeatable. |
| 104 | [[/folder]] |
| 105 | |
| 106 | [[folder:Huang Shaotian (黄少天)]] |
| 107 | |
| 108 | !!! '''Voiced by''': Ye Qing (animation, audio drama, live-action)\ |
| 109 | '''Played by''': Jiang Long (live-action) |
| 110 | !!! '''Player ID''': Troubling Rain | 夜雨声烦 (current), Flowing Tree | 流木 (alternate)\ |
| 111 | '''Class''': Blade Master |
| 112 | |
| 113 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/qzgs_huang_shaotian_s1.png]] |
| 114 | [[caption-width-right:350:Click [[labelnote:here]]\ |
| 115 | https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/troubling_rain.jpg[[/labelnote]] to see Troubling Rain]] |
| 116 | [[caption-width-right:350:Click [[labelnote:here]]\ |
| 117 | https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/qzgs_huang_shaotian_live.png[[/labelnote]] to see Huang Shaotian in the live-action]] |
| 118 | |
| 119 | Vice-captain of Blue Rain, Huang Shaotian made his debut in Season 4. Because of his expertise with the sword, Shaotian is given the epitaph "[[RedBaron Sword Saint]]" among Glory players, though among professionals, Shaotian is best known for being an incredible, if not, redundant and unbearable {{Trash Talk}}er. |
| 120 | ---- |
| 121 | * TheAce: A rare example of a Glory professional player skilled at [=PvP=] who isn't a team captain. |
| 122 | * BerserkButton: Any mentioning of his past as a kill-stealer or that his gimmick-based play-style is "trash". |
| 123 | * CallingYourAttacks: Shaotian combines this with TrashTalk alongside MotorMouth; {{Justified|Trope}} due to his CombatPragmatist stance in Blue Rain. |
| 124 | * CuteLittleFangs: Seen in the animated version to denote his mischievous nature. |
| 125 | * ExactWords: In the animation, when Shaotian spams multiple messages at Ye Xiu for a chance at [=PvP=], but rival guilds are gunning for Lord Grim, Xiu responds he's busy - that they can duel tomorrow. Moments later, Shaotian does it again, as it's seconds past midnight into the next day. |
| 126 | * GoshDangItToHeck: Has to resort to this in professional matches due to league rules; outside of professional circles, he turns into SirSwearsALot. |
| 127 | * GuestStarPartyMember: {{Invoked}}; whenever he visits Ye Xiu in the tenth server, [[RunningGag he will get dragged into Ye Xiu's fights]]. |
| 128 | * HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:During the Season 10 playoffs, he is beaten by Mo Fan when the tree he's cutting falls on top of Troubling Rain, eliminating him from the match]]. |
| 129 | * IShallTauntYou: Arguably Glory's greatest {{Trash Talk}}er, Shaotian is so good at it, he can ''simultaneously type in the chat box while fighting''. |
| 130 | * LaserGuidedKarma: After annoying and taunting his fellow pros with his MotorMouth for years, even the more polite ones like Zhou Zekai have no problem heckling and mocking him when he's on the losing end. |
| 131 | %%* MeaningfulName: "Shaotian" means Young Sky. |
| 132 | * MotorMouth: {{Exaggerated}} in the animation where speech bubbles appear everywhere in the middle of a fight when he goes full-on taunting. Hilariously, this trait leads to him becoming MrExposition for a short while in the web novel. |
| 133 | * NiceGuy: He's genuinely eager for Ye Xiu's comeback and will even help him out for free on the tenth server. |
| 134 | * NobodyCallsMeChicken: During the Season 10 playoffs against Happy, Huang Shaotian gets riled up by Bao Rongxing from by mentioning that, aside from their tenth server antics, the Leo[[note]]Huang Shaotian's zodiac sign[[/note]] is too scared to fight him. |
| 135 | * ObviousRulePatch: His MotorMouth tendencies, especially when his character is eliminated in matches, resulted in the league making a new rule to prevent dead players from talking. |
| 136 | * OldShame: InUniverse, Shaotian was scouted by Blue Rain because he was an expert in stealing boss kills, something he never wants people to bring up ever again. |
| 137 | * OOCIsSeriousBusiness: There are a few things that can even make Huang Shaotian shut-up, usually when Ye Xiu makes groundbreaking maneuvers with his [[MasterOfAll Unspecialized Lord Grim]] |
| 138 | * RedOniBlueOni: The red to Yu Wenzhou's blue, the well-mannered and patient team captain of Blue Rain. |
| 139 | * RightBehindMe: Variation - when Ye Xiu is chatting with Huang Shaotian online and casually insults Yu Wenzhou's handicap, Shaotian quickly says the man is standing behind him. [[HilarityEnsues Ye Xiu continues to trash talk Wenzhou]]. |
| 140 | * RightInFrontOfMe: When going incognito as Flowing Tree, he gets flamed as a "Huang Shaotian ripoff" by his own fans when he starts using his MotorMouth. |
| 141 | * TalkingIsAFreeAction: InUniverse, he's so skilled at juggling a fight ''and'' typing away in the chatbox that he can taunt opponents in the middle of a scuffle, even when he's losing. |
| 142 | * TrashTalk: He ''weaponizes'' it in order to get his opponents riled up so it'll be easier for them to make mistakes, and for him to capitalize on them. Eventually, though, Shaotian's trash talking got more than a few people riled up to the point where officials had to disable the voice chat function from that point forward. [[LoopholeAbuse That didn't stop him in the slightest]] and moved his trash talking to the chat box instead, which is still just as effective. |
| 143 | [[/folder]] |
| 144 | |
| 145 | [[folder:Yu Feng (于锋)]] |
| 146 | |
| 147 | !!! '''Player ID''': Brilliant Edge | 锋芒慧剑\ |
| 148 | '''Class''': Berserker |
| 149 | |
| 150 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/qzgs_yu_feng.png]] |
| 151 | |
| 152 | The best Berserker-class player in the league, Yu Feng stepped into the league's spotlight with a bang during Season 6 and was crowned the "Best Rookie" of that season. [[spoiler:He transfers from Blue Rain to Hundred Blossoms at the end of Season 8, operating the character Blossoming Chaos]]. |
| 153 | ---- |
| 154 | * IJustWantToBeLoved: [[spoiler:Despite joining Hundred Blossoms as their new captain, bringing back one of their All-Star level characters and working to resurrect the combination that propelled the team to greatness, Yu Feng feels none of the team's fans pay any attention to him or his efforts unless it's to spite Zhang Jiale. As a result, Feng falls into a major slump during the first half of Season 9. Partially remedied when Zhang Jiale and Sun Zheping create a situation which forces the Hundred Blossoms fans to see it's Yu Feng who is protecting the team, not their former idols]]. |
| 155 | * InadequateInheritor: [[spoiler:The boots he has to fill in Hundred Blossoms is more than just personal skill. Under his predecessor Sun Zheping's leadership, Hundred Blossoms were regular members of the playoffs and a force to be reckoned with during the regular season. As the new captain, Yu Feng is able to make the playoffs, but only barely]]. |
| 156 | * NewcomerSavesTheDay: His outstanding rookie season played a huge role in Blue Rain's championship run in Season 6. |
| 157 | * OvershadowedByAwesome: He's the best Berserker-class user in the league during Season 8 with a solid fan base, but Yu Feng's not as important to Blue Rain compared to Shaotian and Wenzhou. [[spoiler:Seeing there's little-to-no opportunity for him to be a core player, Yu Feng leaves for Hundred Blossoms after Season 8]]. |
| 158 | [[/folder]] |
| 159 | |
| 160 | [[folder:Lu Hanwen (卢瀚文)]] |
| 161 | |
| 162 | !!! '''Player ID''': Flowing Cloud | 流云\ |
| 163 | '''Class''': Blade Master |
| 164 | |
| 165 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/qzgs_lu_hanwen.png]] |
| 166 | |
| 167 | A middle-school student who's being developed under Blue Rain's youth system, at 14 years-old, Lu Hanwen makes his debut in Season 9 as the youngest ever professional Glory player in the league, even winning the title of Best Rookie for the season. |
| 168 | ---- |
| 169 | * TheApprentice: Hanwen is being groomed to potentially succeed Huang Shaotian and his Troubling Rain account. |
| 170 | * AwesomeButImpractical: Equally as fast as Tiny Herb's Liu Xiaobie and can create eight Blade Master shadow clones, but his lack of control means opponents can see through half of them easily. Compare this to Huang Shaotian, who can make seven perfectly indistinguishable clones. |
| 171 | * CombatPragmatist: After getting [[ToxicFriendInfluence influenced by Ye Xiu]] for a few days, he becomes extremely opportunistic with a shamelessness on par with the game's veterans. |
| 172 | * ConservationOfNinjutsu: {{Subverted}}; when he attempts to take on the Four Guild Alliance single-handedly, Hanwen ends up getting himself trapped and kicked around like a ball. |
| 173 | * {{Determinator}}: After getting crushed by Ye Xiu twice, he still wants revenge, and will cut through an entire squad of opponents to get it. |
| 174 | * GenkiGuy: Nothing gets him down, not even after being continuously toyed with by Ye Xiu like a rag doll. |
| 175 | * ItOnlyWorksOnce: He has an immense capacity for learning and the mental strength to correct his weaknesses on the spot. After Ye Xiu sees through his many poorly managed clones and defeat him soundly, Hanwen recovers immediately and adjusts to focus on quality instead of quantity. |
| 176 | * NaiveNewcomer: In his first appearance, Ye Xiu easily manipulates him into sacrificing himself to gain the upper hand in a 3-way Wild Boss fight. |
| 177 | * OvershadowedByAwesome: After a few days of constantly being bullied in the off-season Wild Boss hunts, most players in Team Happy have a low opinion of Hanwen's skill - only veterans acknowledge him as a dangerous threat. {{Lampshaded}} by Ye Xiu, who points out Hanwen isn't by any means weak, even if he does get easily trounced by veterans. |
| 178 | * PopularityPower: He's not necessarily better than other Blade Master players, but his youth and upbeat personality makes him the second most popular in the league after Huang Shaotian. |
| 179 | [[/folder]] |
| 180 | |
| 181 | [[folder:Zheng Xuan (郑轩)]] |
| 182 | |
| 183 | !!! '''Player ID''': Bullet Rain | 枪淋弹雨\ |
| 184 | '''Class''': Spitfire |
| 185 | |
| 186 | Zheng Xuan made his debut in Season 4 alongside Yu Wenzhou and Huang Shaotian. |
| 187 | ---- |
| 188 | * BrilliantButLazy: Zheng Xuan is one of the most skilled Spitfire players in the league [[spoiler:and was the first option of inheriting Dazzling Hundred Blossoms when Zhang Jiale suddenly retired after the Season 7 finals, yet he's always unmotivated and lacks the ambition to become a core member of the team]]. |
| 189 | %%* CatchPhrase: "How stressful". |
| 190 | * {{Foil}}: |
| 191 | ** To Yu Feng: Zheng Xuan is a Spitfire-class player, who excels at ranged combat, while Yu Feng uses a Berserker, ideal for melee. Both players come from Blue Rain [[spoiler:and are recruited by Hundred Blossoms for their respective classes post-Season 8. While [[BrilliantButLazy Zheng Xuan declines the offer, citing it to be]] "[[CatchPhrase stressful]]", Yu Feng jumps at the chance to become the team's core player]]. |
| 192 | ** {{Lampshaded}} by Chen Guo: Xuan's [[BrilliantButLazy tendencies]] is the polar opposite of Tang Rou's personality - a BloodKnight CompetitionFreak. |
| 193 | * OvershadowedByAwesome: Zheng Xuan's skill as a Spitfire player is inferior to Zhang Jiale; similar to Yu Feng, he's not as important as the dual core of Yu Wenzhou and Huang Shaotian in Blue Rain. |
| 194 | [[/folder]] |
| 195 | |
| 196 | !Excellent Era | 嘉世 |
| 197 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/excellentera.png]] |
| 198 | ->'''Home City''': H City (Hangzhou)\ |
| 199 | '''Guild''': Excellent Dynasty\ |
| 200 | |
| 201 | One of the pioneering teams in the Glory league, at their peak, "Excellent Era" won the championship three consecutive times in the first three seasons. Since then, the team has been on an uneasy decline in the rankings, [[spoiler:leading to their relegation status after Season 8]]. For information about the prequel characters, click [[Characters/TheKingsAvatarPrequelCharacters here]]. |
| 202 | ---- |
| 203 | [[folder:As a Team]] |
| 204 | * DidntThinkThisThrough: Excellent Era successfully manages to force Ye Xiu to retire and gain new talent to replace him, believing this will be their meal ticket into rising back up from their poor rankings in the league. However, due to several circumstances, [[spoiler:and some indirect actions from Ye Xiu, Excellent Era slips further down the ranks]]. |
| 205 | * DiscOneFinalBoss: [[spoiler:They become Happy's biggest obstacle in their path to being promoted to the pro league during the Season 9 "Revival Tournament" of the Challengers League]]. |
| 206 | * DividedWeFall: In Season 8, the team hovers around the relegation zone [[spoiler:and is finally relegated at the end of the season]]. Individually, Excellent Era's starters are highly valued by playoff teams; even their substitutes are no-brainer starters in mid-card organizations. As of Season 10, [[spoiler:eight out of ten players from the disastrous Season 8 roster]] are still active and doing well in the league. |
| 207 | * DudeWheresMyRespect: Due to Ye Xiu and One Autumn Leaf's brilliance, the other players in the roster gets sidelined and is the other catalyst of [[FromBadToWorse Ye Xiu being kicked out of the team]]. |
| 208 | * {{Irony}}: [[spoiler:Ye Xiu's downfall was him not appearing for the media, which angered Excellent Era's management; Excellent Era's end is marked by Ye Xiu's media appearance after beating the former in the Season 9 Revival Tournament]]. |
| 209 | * NostalgiaFilter: [[spoiler:As Excellent Era's relegation struggles continue, vocal fans complain about how much better it was when Ye Xiu was still the team captain]]. |
| 210 | * ATragedyOfImpulsiveness: [[spoiler:Ye Xiu was getting old and would have retired in a few seasons. Excellent Era's downfall began because they didn't want to wait for him to leave]]. |
| 211 | * VestigialEmpire: At the height of their success, Excellent Era was the number one ranked team in the league with some of the best and strongest players, but with Ye Xiu's exit, [[spoiler:alongside losing multiple players through transfers to other teams (especially during Season 9 and beyond)]], the team is less than a shadow of their former selves. Emphasized when Excellent Era [[spoiler:loses in the Revival Tournament for Season 9 - the team essentially becomes ''bankrupt''. Ye Xiu has to ask Xia Zhongtian, a rich fan and sponsor of Excellent Era, to purchase the organization in order to save it from liquidation]]. |
| 212 | * VillainWithGoodPublicity: {{Zigzagged}}; once Ye Xiu makes his exit from Excellent Era, the latter makes a public announcement on Ye Xiu "choosing to retire" - that they're still in good relations with him. Later, the team claims they do not understand why he's causing "trouble" for their Excellent Dynasty guild in the tenth server, turning many fans against Ye Xiu. While Ye Xiu doesn't outwardly show his displeasure, those who know the truth about Excellent Dynasty guild members essentially harassing him are more openly upset. |
| 213 | [[/folder]] |
| 214 | |
| 215 | [[folder:Sun Xiang (孙翔)]] |
| 216 | |
| 217 | !!! '''Voiced by''': Liu Sanmu (animation, audio drama, live-action)\ |
| 218 | '''Played by''': Liang Yimu (live-action) |
| 219 | !!! '''Player ID''': One Autumn Leaf | 一叶之秋 (current), Cross Knife | 横刀 (former)\ |
| 220 | '''Class''': Battle Mage (current), Berserker (former) |
| 221 | |
| 222 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/qzgs_sun_xiang_s2.png]] |
| 223 | [[caption-width-right:350:Click [[labelnote:here]]\ |
| 224 | https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/qzgs_sun_xiang_live.png[[/labelnote]] to see Sun Xiang in the live-action]] |
| 225 | |
| 226 | Formerly of professional team "Conquering Clouds", Sun Xiang becomes Excellent Era's replacement team captain for Ye Xiu, having been bought for 7 million ''renminbi'', and is the current user of One Autumn Leaf in the midst of Season 8. [[spoiler:Before the start of Season 10, he and One Autumn Leaf transfer to Samsara]]. |
| 227 | ---- |
| 228 | * AdaptationalJerkass: In the live-action drama, Sun Xiang is arguably much worse than he was in the novel (at least prior to his CharacterDevelopment). [[spoiler:During the All-Star comeptition, he took over for one of his teammates when he was getting beaten by Tang Rou, clearly violating the rules in the process. Worse, it's a KickTheDog moment as he purposely drags the fight on and demoralizes Tang Rou by using low-level skills to slowly chip away at her health]]. |
| 229 | * AdaptationDyeJob: He has black hair in the {{Manhua}} and live-action, but is a blonde for the animation. |
| 230 | * ArrogantKungFuGuy: Sun Xiang has trouble co-operating with his teammates during competitive matches and stepping out of Ye Xiu's shadow (given the legacy of the character he's been handed to by management); this sets him at ends with Excellent Era when they start losing at regular season matches. {{Discussed}} when Ye Xiu states to Chen Guo that Sun Xiang sweeping 301 Degrees in the Group Challenge for a Season 8 regular match slowly turns him arrogant, thereby raising his APM, throwing off rhythm with the rest of his Excellent Era teammates for the subsequent Team Challenge. |
| 231 | * BreakTheHaughty: [[spoiler:After encountering Ye Xiu in-game and being defeated by Happy in the Season 9 Revival Tournament, Sun Xiang realizes that skill and possessing a god-level character alone won't help him win matches. With his transfer into Samsara for Season 10, [[CharacterDevelopment he turns into the one of Zhou Zekai's best teammates throughout the regular season]]]]. |
| 232 | * CantCatchUp: How he feels InUniverse towards Ye Xiu due to not being able to surpass the former's legacy even after inheriting the legendary One Autumn Leaf. [[spoiler:When Ye Xiu starts competing again professionally with Team Happy, Sun Xiang feels obliged to defeat One Autumn Leaf's former owner to prove he can avert this]]. |
| 233 | * DarkIsEvil: Played with; Sun Xiang certainly isn't evil, despite Excellent Era taking away One Autumn Leaf from Ye Xiu and handing it to Xiang as a result of business transactions, but given his ArrogantKungFuGuy attitude among his own Excellent Era teammates, alongside One Autumn Leaf's avatar having black hair, dark-colored armor and weapon, this trope still fits. |
| 234 | * GracefulLoser: [[spoiler:In the live-action drama at the end of the series, he takes his loss against Team Happy surprisingly well as a result of his CharacterDevelopment]]. |
| 235 | * InadequateInheritor: As much as Sun Xiang is one of the top players in the league, even he can't live up to the initial hype as One Autumn Leaf's successor. Emphasized at the 6th Glory All-Star Competition - when Sun Xiang selects Han Wenqing as his opponent in the rookie vs. pro event, the latter beats him, with Han Wenqing putting Sun Xiang in his place for trying to think he has what it takes to best the league's veterans. |
| 236 | * ItsAllAboutMe: He has this worse than Tang Rou, as Sun Xiang's {{Pride}} prevents him from co-operating effectively with his teammates. This causes their attempt to rise back up the league rankings becoming incredibly rocky, despite his individual talent. |
| 237 | * KickTheDog: During the All-Star competition, [[spoiler:where he took over for another player when he realized he was getting his ass kicked by Tang Rou, he quickly proves the difference between someone who's got good hand speed versus someone who has that and is naturally skilled. He could have just left it at a CurbStompBattle, but decided to purposely use low-level attacks to slowly chip away at her health, and break her confidence slowly. Even the commentators thought he was being too cruel]]. The other veteran players are even harsher with their opinions. |
| 238 | * MeaningfulName: "Xiang" means "to soar"; when he led Conquering Clouds, he took what was essentially a low-ranking, no-name team in the Alliance to within reach of the Season 7 playoffs. |
| 239 | * MyFriendsAndZoidberg: [[spoiler: During the Team Competition of the Game 3 playoff finals against Samsara, Ye Xiu [[TrashTalk tau]][[IShallTauntYou nts]] Samsara's positioning and Sun Xiang was singled out by Ye Xiu as "the guy using One Autumn Leaf".]] |
| 240 | * NoSocialSkills: He's bad at reading the atmosphere and taking social hints. During meetings, he usually needs someone to spell out what he needs to do. |
| 241 | * OnlyTheChosenMayWield: Played with; Sun Xiang's handling of One Autumn Leaf is heavily influenced by Ye Xiu's style of play rather than focusing more on his own. [[spoiler:Exacerbated when Excellent Era's upper management decide to change One Autumn Leaf's equipment as much as possible to throw off Ye Xiu in the Challengers League. While successful in that regard, it simultaneously creates disharmony with Sun Xiang due to him being unaware of what Xiu's Unspecialized build with Lord Grim is compared to his prior use of One Autumn Leaf]]. |
| 242 | * ThePeterPrinciple: He's one of the best players in the league, but as a team captain, his leadership abilities are non-existent - an AuthorityInNameOnly, as he has very little influence over Excellent Era. [[spoiler:After joining Samsara, he no longer needs to lead and becomes more dangerous than ever]]. |
| 243 | * TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Sun Xiang receives two from Ye Xiu in the series. |
| 244 | ** [[spoiler:During Excellent Era's hunt for Lord Grim's group in the Heavenly Domain, Ye Xiu berates Sun Xiang for [[ArrogantKungFuGuy his attitude]] [[TeamSpirit and lack of teamwork]] by wiping out their entire roster. It [[HeroicBSOD leads to Excellent Era's performance going into such a slump, they get relegated at the end of Season 8 into the Challengers League]]]]. |
| 245 | ** [[spoiler:Ye Xiu calls out Sun Xiang again in the Season 10 playoff tie-breaker match during the Group Competition against Happy: Sun Xiang attempts to control [[SuperMode a peak level One Autumn Leaf]][[note]]5 "Chaser" {{Status Buff}}s and having hit the eighth-level "Battle Spirit", the highest in the current meta[[/note]], but Xiu cites [[LogicalWeakness his inexperience with a Battle Mage entirely]][[note]]Sun Xiang started his professional career using a Berserker-class, not a Battle Mage like One Autumm Leaf[[/note]]. Fortunately, [[CharacterDevelopment Xiang listens to the advice and reverts One Autumn Leaf back to its normal, easy-to-control state]]]]. |
| 246 | * ScrewThisImOuttaHere: [[spoiler:During the Team Challenge of the Season 9 Revival Tournament finals, despite One Autumn Leaf having more {{Hit Point}}s, Sun Xiang purposely leaves the game when he's placed in a 1 vs. 2 situation against Ye Xiu's Lord Grim and An Wenyi's Little Cold Hands, giving Team Happy the win by default]]. |
| 247 | * TeenGenius: Rose to fame at 18-years old when he led a struggling Conquering Clouds just outside of a playoff appearance in Season 7. Before being transferred to Excellent Era in Season 8, Sun Xiang and the team dominated with an impressive 13-6 win-loss ratio; after his departure, Conquering Clouds become relegation strugglers again. |
| 248 | * TheUsurper: {{Enforced}} by Excellent Era's management, allowing Sun Xiang to take Ye Xiu's position away as team captain. |
| 249 | [[/folder]] |
| 250 | |
| 251 | [[folder:Su Mucheng (苏沐橙)]] |
| 252 | |
| 253 | !!! '''Voiced by''': Tong Xinzhu (animation - adult), Xi Zi (animation - child), Liu Xiaoyu (audio drama), Nie Yuying (live-action)\ |
| 254 | '''Played by''': Lai Yumeng (live-action) |
| 255 | !!! '''Player ID''': Dancing Rain | 沐雨橙风 (current), Cleansing Mist | 风梳烟沐 (alternate)\ |
| 256 | '''Class''': Launcher |
| 257 | |
| 258 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/qzgs_su_mucheng.png]] |
| 259 | [[caption-width-right:350:Click [[labelnote:here]]\ |
| 260 | https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/qzgs_dancing_rain_0.png[[/labelnote]] to see Dancing Rain]] |
| 261 | [[caption-width-right:350:Click [[labelnote:here]]\ |
| 262 | https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/qzgs_su_mucheng_live.png[[/labelnote]] to see Su Mucheng in the live-action]] |
| 263 | [[caption-width-right:350:Click [[labelnote:here]]\ |
| 264 | https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/qzgs_su_mucheng_prequel.jpg[[/labelnote]] to see Su Mucheng in the prequel]] |
| 265 | |
| 266 | A rare female professional player in Glory, Su Mucheng is touted as the best at the Launcher-class in the league. Mucheng was raised in an orphanage, but left some time later, becoming ChildhoodFriends with Ye Xiu when Glory started its beta. When he joined the professional league and signed on with Excellent Era, Mucheng followed suit and started playing for the same team in Season 4. [[spoiler:When her contract expires at the end of Season 9, she leaves to join Happy, along with Dancing Rain; post-Season 10, she succeeds Ye Xiu as its team captain]]. |
| 267 | ---- |
| 268 | * AffirmativeActionLegacy: [[spoiler: After Happy wins the Season 10 championships, Ye Xiu appoints Su Mucheng as Happy's captain before [[TenMinuteRetirement retiring]] from the pro scene.]] |
| 269 | * CaptainErsatz: An orange-haired female companion to the male protagonist who spends much of her time in a MassivelyMultiplayerOnlineRolePlayingGame - is this Su Mucheng or [[Literature/SwordArtOnline Asuna Yuuki]]? |
| 270 | * ColourfulThemeNaming: Mixed with MeaningfulName - "cheng" means "orange" in Chinese, matching the hair color of her and her avatars. |
| 271 | * CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: In Mo Fan's eyes, at least - after a week of watching her do nothing but eat, watch television dramas and play Flash games, [[spoiler:he duels her in [=PvP=] and gets curb-stomped within one minute]]. |
| 272 | * CulturedBadass: Character names such as Lord Grim, One Autumn Leaf, Cleansing Mist and Dancing Rain all came from Mucheng through poems. |
| 273 | * DefectorFromDecadence: Played with; she's displeased with Excellent Era's mistreatment of Ye Xiu - his forced retirement being the last straw for her. However, she cannot leave the team as Mucheng has roughly 18 months left on her contract when he left Excellent Era. [[spoiler:Once it expires, she refuses new offers and joins Team Happy at the end of Season 9]]. |
| 274 | * DullEyesOfUnhappiness: [[spoiler: In the prequel movie, [[TearJerker Mucheng sports one during Su Muqiu's burial alongside Ye Xiu and his team members.]]]] |
| 275 | * MaleGaze: In episode five of the animation's first season, when Mucheng joins Ye Xiu's raiding party, the camera deliberately goes for a close-up shot of Cleansing Mist's avatar, starting with ZettaiRyouiki. |
| 276 | * OnlyFriend: [[spoiler:Mucheng is the only person in Happy who can effectively communicate with [[TheQuietOne Mo Fan]]]]. |
| 277 | * PopularityPower: Although she isn't the best female player in Glory, she is considered the most popular woman, being deemed as the most beautiful and the one who holds the most commercial value from league sponsors. |
| 278 | * SatelliteCharacter: |
| 279 | ** {{Deconstructed}} InUniverse: when Ye Xiu was with Excellent Era, her play-style revolved around working with him, but due to his exit from the team, she's forced to adapt without him since Sun Xiang doesn't use One Autumn Leaf the way Ye Xiu does. In the live-action, he refuses to heed any advice or strategy from her, which leads to animosity between the two. Further exemplified when she and Ye Xiu won the league's "Best Partners" award for four consecutive seasons after she starts playing professionally. [[spoiler:This becomes another reason why she leaves Excellent Era to join Happy]]. |
| 280 | ** {{Discussed}} between Ye Xiu and Huang Shaotian: when the latter wonders why Ye Xiu didn't transfer to another team, but take Excellent Era's forced retirement, Xiu asks him what Mucheng would do if he did join another team. Shaotian {{Lampshades}} she would follow where Ye Xiu will go, implying Mucheng would have left Excellent Era along with him, but the latter cannot allow it as per her contract with Excellent Era. Taken to its logical conclusion in the live-action series when Mucheng is willing to drop everything to leave with him, but he insists she stays. |
| 281 | * SmallGirlBigGun: {{Downplayed}}; a Launcher's {{BFG}} is already large, but Mucheng's avatars are slightly taller than the gun. |
| 282 | * TheSmurfettePrinciple: The only female player in Excellent Era. [[spoiler: This becomes subverted when she joins Happy as Tang Rou is part of the roster]]. |
| 283 | * TagalongKid: [[spoiler: In the {{Prequel}}, due to her brother's influences, Su Mucheng usually tags along with Su Muqiu, Ye Xiu and the early members of Excellent Era. She's even the one who named Su Muqiu's Sharpshooter account Autumn Tree(秋沐蘇)[[note]]Su Muqiu's name(蘇沐秋) spelled backwards[[/note]] and Ye Xiu's One Autumn Leaf(一叶之秋)[[note]]a typo on Mucheng's part on which she intended to name Ye Xiu's account into One Falling Leaf(一叶知秋), but mistook the 3rd character which sounds the same.[[/note]] & Lord Grim(君莫笑).]] |
| 284 | * TakeThisJobAndShoveIt: [[spoiler:Mucheng becomes so fed up with Excellent Era's management that after beating Sun Zheping in the Group Competition of the Season 9 Revival Tournament finals, she openly declares this and sits among the seats with Happy's members, indicating she will join them no matter what]]. |
| 285 | [[/folder]] |
| 286 | |
| 287 | [[folder:Liu Hao (刘皓)]] |
| 288 | |
| 289 | !!! '''Voiced by''': Zhao Yi (animation, audio drama) |
| 290 | !!! '''Player ID''': Total Darkness | 暗无天日 (current), Hateful Sword | 离恨剑 (alternate)\ |
| 291 | '''Class''': Spellblade (Total Darkness), Berserker (Hateful Sword) |
| 292 | |
| 293 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tkaliuhao.jpg]] |
| 294 | |
| 295 | The vice-captain of Excellent Era. [[spoiler:At the beginning of Season 9, he is transferred to Thunderclap; by Season 10, he signs with Wind Howl]]. |
| 296 | ---- |
| 297 | * AdaptedOut: {{Zigzagged}} - Liu Hao doesn't exist in the live-action series; however, some of his characteristics are folded onto Chen Yehui instead. |
| 298 | * DudeWheresMyRespect: Ye Xiu and Su Mucheng's partnership in Excellent Era gets him sidelined, a source of his frustrations against Xiu. |
| 299 | * EvilMakesYouUgly: He's not very attractive in the animation; in the web novel, Wang Jiexi and Huang Shaotian describe him as having the face of a schemer who's up to no good. |
| 300 | * {{Foil}}: |
| 301 | ** To Jiang Botao: both use Spellblade-class characters and are vice captains to Excellent Era and Samsara, respectively, whose skills are second to their [[TheAce ever brilliant team captains]][[note]]Both of whom have been crowned the league's number one player (Ye Xiu and Zhou Zekai)[[/note]]. While Botao is content [[OvershadowedByAwesome at staying to the side for Zhou Zekai to shine]], Liu Hao is willing to usurp and eventually [[GlorySeeker kick out Ye Xiu for fame]]. |
| 302 | ** To Wu Xuefeng, whom Liu Hao replaces as vice captain of Excellent Era after the former's retirement: while [[DudeWheresMyRespect Xuefeng's public perception is quite low]], no professional team in the Alliance is willing to underestimate him[[note]]Sun Zheping actually seeks out a partner-in-arms before entering the league due to how he sees Wu Xuefeng as a threat, despite the public viewing the latter, and started the dual core era in the Alliance.[[/note]]. Liu Hao is the opposite, having high public opinion, while being dismissed by other pro players[[note]]Wang Jiexi sees him as a untrustworthy individual, Huang Shaotian {{Curb Stomp|Battle}}s him effortlessly in a Season 8 match that Liu Hao foolishly plays like a Berserker-class when he uses a Spellblade, and [[LaserGuidedKarma both Ye Xiu and Su Mucheng humiliates him into submission in their second match against Wind Howl during Season 10]][[/note]]. |
| 303 | * GlorySeeker: Liu Hao's ''modus operandi'' after entering the Glory Professional Alliance, to the point where he instigates Excellent Era management in kicking out Ye Xiu just to have his "brilliance" seen by all. |
| 304 | * GreenEyedMonster: Due to Ye Xiu's talent for Glory, Liu Hao targets his resentment to him and is one of the masterminds of Ye Xiu's ousting from Excellent Era. |
| 305 | * ItsPersonal: He feels that Ye Xiu had long been holding him back from stardom during his tenure as team captain, hence his continued efforts to humiliate Ye Xiu even after the latter has retired. |
| 306 | * KickThemWhileTheyAreDown: He delights in Ye Xiu's fall from grace by openly mocking him at his workplace as a lowly Internet cafe manager. |
| 307 | * KnowWhenToFoldEm: After suffering major losses to Huang Shaotian and Ye Xiu in the same day, he realizes pursuing {{Revenge}} on Ye Xiu at his current skill level isn't worth it, [[spoiler:but this trope is played with because Liu Hao will still try only when he thinks he can win]]. |
| 308 | * LaserGuidedKarma: Despite his role in forcing Ye Xiu out of Excellent Era, [[spoiler:Liu Hao gets off-loaded to a weakened Thunderclap post-Season 8]]. |
| 309 | * ThePeterPrinciple: [[CombatCompliment Ye Xiu acknowledges his gaming skill]], but he still affirms Liu Hao is hardly fit for the role of a vice-captain. {{Lampshaded}} when Xiu questions Liu Hao why he doesn't take over leadership duties during Excellent Era's Team Challenge against 301 Degrees during a Season 8 regular match after Sun Xiang starts slipping up, reasoning it's one of the vice-captain's responsibilities when the team leader is faltering. [[spoiler:In Season 10, when he no longer has to lead in Wind Howl, Liu Hao clinches a spot on the All-Star roster]]. |
| 310 | * RevengeBeforeReason: In his quest to beat Ye Xiu's Boneyard Dungeon speed record, he forgets about a regular season match against Blue Rain and gets defeated by Huang Shaotian easily, leading to a victory for Blue Rain. |
| 311 | * ScrewThisImOuttaHere: [[spoiler:Liu Hao hates being in Thunderclap so much he immediately leaves at the end of Season 9 following his contract expiration]]. |
| 312 | * YouAreInCommandNow: Due to the leadership vacuum caused by Ye Xiu's departure and Sun Xiang's lack of influence over the team, Liu Hao informally takes charge of Excellent Era. [[spoiler:After joining Thunderclap, he becomes captain to fill in its absence caused by Xiao Shiqin's departure]]. |
| 313 | [[/folder]] |
| 314 | |
| 315 | [[folder:Tao Xuan (陶轩)]] |
| 316 | |
| 317 | !!! '''Voiced by''': Wen Jingyuan (animation), Zhao Yi (live-action - adult), Qian Wenqing (live-action - teenager)\ |
| 318 | '''Played by''': Zhao Chulun (live-action) |
| 319 | |
| 320 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/qzgs_tao_xuan.png]] |
| 321 | |
| 322 | Chief executive officer and owner of Excellent Era, Tao Xuan is the one who forced Ye Xiu to retire at the beginning of the story. |
| 323 | ---- |
| 324 | * AdaptationalJerkass: Per CompositeCharacter, the live-action portrays him worse than the web novel as a petty man who does everything in his power to ensure that Ye Xiu is either thrust out of Glory for good or he can't interfere with Excellent Era anymore. |
| 325 | * CompositeCharacter: The live-action series plays up his AdaptationalJerkass traits by combining Tao Xuan with Excellent Era's manager Cui Li, who conspired to have Ye Xiu thrown out of the team in the web novel. |
| 326 | * FailureGambit: Played with - the method he used to force Ye Xiu into retirement runs far deeper than is initially shown. [[spoiler:He [[ManipulativeBastard deliberately set Excellent Era up to fail]] by weakening Ye Xiu's authority within the team, causing most members to [[TheMutiny question his status as team captain]], thus dampening their overall performance and leading to their gradual decline after the fourth championship season. This allowed him to bide his time finding a replacement for Ye Xiu without causing a gigantic public relations disaster; Sun Xiang appearing on the scene merely served as the final lynchpin for kicking Ye Xiu out]]. |
| 327 | * FatalFlaw: |
| 328 | ** {{Greed}}: [[spoiler:Had he not focused on weakening Ye Xiu's influence for being a recluse]], it wouldn't have led to the downfall of Excellent Era. Furthermore, his inability at pulling the team back together after purposefully hiring players with teamwork issues, while refusing to admit that giving up on Ye Xiu meant losing money (unlike Su Mucheng) brings into question if Tao Xuan was acting simply on emotions rather than on rationality. |
| 329 | ** [[GreenEyedMonster Envy]]: Tao Xuan wonders if the real reason for his actions and resentment are in fact [[spoiler:his own jealousy regarding Ye Xiu's skill and youth]]. |
| 330 | * {{Foil}}: To Chen Guo - [[spoiler:Tao Xuan was a former Internet cafe owner who creates championship winning team Excellent Era, but a pursuit centered on {{Greed}} ultimately destroys his organization. Chen Guo is an Internet cafe owner who creates grassroots team Happy, yet isn't motivated out of money or exploiting her idol Ye Xiu, but rather so he can recapture the glory of a championship, leading to Happy's victory in the Season 10 playoffs]]. |
| 331 | * GoneHorriblyWrong: See FailureGambit; Tao Xuan initially planned to bring Excellent Era back to its championship status again after forcing Ye Xiu to retire. [[spoiler:Instead, Ye Xiu becomes a thorn in their side, indirectly causing their relegation at the end of the eighth season. He doesn't account for his quiet attempt at creating a mutiny to [[ItsPersonal further feed the enmity of several players on Excellent Era's team against Ye Xiu]] and cause them to make rash decisions that has negative repercussions on their professional performance. As a result, the team plummets much faster than he had accounted for]]. |
| 332 | * LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler:With Excellent Era losing the Revival Tournament in Season 9 to Team Happy, which would have brought them out from relegation, Tao Xuan exits as team owner after scandals come pouring in due to their loss in the tournament, alongside the revelation of why Ye Xiu truly left Excellent Era. As the team is bought out by Xia Zhongtian, Xuan leaves for the United States]]. |
| 333 | * NeverMyFault: He never once acknowledges or stops to consider that he ''might'' be the one at fault for [[spoiler:Excellent Era's rapid decline by forcing Ye Xiu to retire; never mind the fact that Tao Xuan instigated a FailureGambit for some time just to kick Ye Xiu out. He would blame either Ye Xiu for choosing to return to the fold and getting in Excellent Era's way, the other teams for encouraging Ye Xiu's comeback, or Sun Xiang for not doing enough to overshadow Ye Xiu's legacy]]. He finally comes around after [[spoiler:Excellent Era gets relegated]]. |
| 334 | * NothingPersonal: On a personal level, Tao Xuan doesn't hate Ye Xiu, [[spoiler:but his reclusive nature renders him and the team unmarketable. Excellent Era lost out on many lucrative team endorsement contracts because Ye Xiu refuses to appear in public. However, the eventual reveal that kicking out Ye Xiu would cause their original money maker, Su Mucheng, to pack up and leave the team after Season 9 brings into question if it wasn't at least partially an emotionally motivated decision]]. |
| 335 | * PoorCommunicationKills: Tao Xuan never knew the reason why Ye Xiu refused to make public appearances, and was willing to compromise and work something out, but Ye Xiu refused to tell him. That was the beginning of the rift. |
| 336 | * ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: [[spoiler:Although Dancing Rain is an All-Star character worth millions of ''renmenbi'', [[PetTheDog Tao Xuan hands Su Mucheng her character to Team Happy for a token sum of 450,000, an incredibly cheap offer, because of his past friendship with Ye Xiu]]]]. |
| 337 | * SelfMadeMan: Before he became rich as the owner of Excellent Era, he was [[spoiler:an owner of an Internet cafe]]. |
| 338 | * SmugSnake: His live-action portrayal; the drama highlights this when he holds ''Ye Xiu's Retirement Celebration'', where everyone but him believes it's a good idea. |
| 339 | * TakingAdvantageOfGenerosity: Ye Xiu gave away his wealth to help unemployed retired pros go back to school and find jobs. Tao Xuan took advantage of it and forced Ye Xiu to retire since he was unable to pay the contract termination fees. |
| 340 | * TheTeamBenefactor: [[spoiler:Tao Xuan provided Su Muqiu and Ye Xiu resources for Excellent Era's operations until {{Greed}} got the best of him, [[HowTheMightyHaveFallen which doomed Excellent Era as a whole]]]]. |
| 341 | * WeUsedToBeFriends: As the league became richer, his {{Greed}} for commercial success and Ye Xiu's refusal to do celebrity endorsements broke their friendship apart. It's especially apparent in the live-action drama, where Xuan physically severs what's left of their friendship by throwing away the first computer he, Muqiu and Xiu ever used when they started Excellent Era over ten years ago. |
| 342 | [[/folder]] |
| 343 | |
| 344 | [[folder:Qiu Fei (邱非)]] |
| 345 | |
| 346 | !!! '''Voiced by''': Gu Jiangshan (live-action)\ |
| 347 | '''Played by''': Zhai Zilu (live-action) |
| 348 | !!! '''Player ID''': Combat Form | 战斗格式\ |
| 349 | '''Class''': Battle Mage |
| 350 | |
| 351 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/qzgs_qiu_fei.png]] |
| 352 | [[caption-width-right:350:Click [[labelnote:here]]\ |
| 353 | https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/qzgs_qiu_fei_live.png[[/labelnote]] to see Qiu Fei in the live-action]] |
| 354 | |
| 355 | A talented, young Battle Mage-class player raised in Excellent Era's youth camp, Qiu Fei makes his debut in Season 9. |
| 356 | ---- |
| 357 | * AllOfTheOtherReindeer: As the most outstanding player in Excellent Era's youth program, he's disliked by his peers and is a constant target for their gossip and slander. |
| 358 | * TheApprentice: Qiu Fei was personally trained by Ye Xiu before his forced retirement and was originally projected to inherit One Autumn Leaf before Sun Xiang came along. |
| 359 | * ArrogantKungFuGuy: In the live-action adaptation, both when he is first introduced and during a flashback when he joined Excellent Era, he shows himself as being quite knowledgeable and isn't afraid to let other people know and tries to get other people to use the skills he thinks are more effective. It's best highlighted when he openly challenges Chen Yehui for his position. He even shows arrogance towards Ye Xiu, as at that point he thinks he's just a good player at Glory but isn't with Excellent Era. [[OhCrap It isn't until he realizes that he had been criticizing and hounding]] ''[[OhCrap the Battle God of Glory]]'' [[OhCrap himself that he starts to realize he might have overstepped his bounds]]. |
| 360 | * GreenEyedMonster: Qiu Fei is on the receiving end of this. As Ye Xiu's favorite student, he attracts the jealousy of his peers, who are quick to mock him upon his mentor's forced retirement. |
| 361 | * IfIWantedYouDead: [[spoiler:When Ye Xiu plays against Qiu Fei in a match, he slowly points out the flaws in Fei's style, handing out many pointers on how to improve his game. Qiu Fei {{Lampshades}} that if Ye Xiu wanted to win, he would've easily curb-stomped him]]. |
| 362 | * LockedOutOfTheLoop: Other than the outsider [[spoiler:Xiao Shiqin]], he's the only player in Excellent Era who knows nothing about the true circumstances behind Ye Xiu's abrupt retirement. |
| 363 | * PunchClockVillain: Even as opponents, Qiu Fei still admires his former mentor, and is on good terms with him. |
| 364 | * TalkToTheFist: [[spoiler:After Chen Yehui starts badmouthing Ye Xiu, Qiu Fei punches Yehui]]. |
| 365 | * UndyingLoyalty: [[spoiler:He refuses to leave Excellent Era after its bankruptcy when it is defeated by Happy in the Season 9 Revival Tournament. With Ye Xiu's help ensuring Excellent Era stays afloat, Qiu Fei becomes the team captain, eventually winning the Revival Tournament in Season 10, allowing them back into the Alliance for Season 11]]. |
| 366 | [[/folder]] |
| 367 | |
| 368 | [[folder:Guan Rongfei (关榕飞)]] |
| 369 | |
| 370 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/qzgs_guan_rongfei.png]] |
| 371 | |
| 372 | The core member of Excellent Era's research department, [[spoiler:Guan Rongfei joins Happy after the end of Season 9]]. |
| 373 | ---- |
| 374 | * ForScience: [[spoiler:He joins Happy because he's interested in the Myriad Manifestation Umbrella as a research subject]]. |
| 375 | * ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: [[spoiler:When he leaves Excellent Era, the first thing he does is delete all research data covered under the confidentiality agreement he made with the team]]. |
| 376 | [[/folder]] |
| 377 | |
| 378 | !Happy | 兴欣 |
| 379 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/happy_57.png]] |
| 380 | ->'''Home City''': H City (Hangzhou)\ |
| 381 | '''Guild''': Happy\ |
| 382 | |
| 383 | A new professional team appearing during the Season 9 Challengers League, Happy is comprised of recent newcomers to Glory and veterans alike. [[spoiler:Their biggest claim to fame is not only obtaining promotion from the Challengers League to the Alliance, but winning the championship during Season 10 in their rookie debut, without the use of a god-level character (for example, One Autumn Leaf)]]. |
| 384 | ---- |
| 385 | [[folder:As a Team]] |
| 386 | * BrainsAndBrawn: Bao Rongxing's brawn to Luo Ji's brain; both are even roommates in Happy's residence with their interactions bordering VitriolicBestBuds. |
| 387 | * CherryTapping: Due to how weak their characters are [[spoiler:and Lord Grim's Unspecialized-class having access to low level skills (with one skill point on high level skills)]], the team functions as this. Played with, however, as Happy's teamwork makes up for their shortcomings. |
| 388 | * ConfusionFu: Happy has three unpredictable players/characters ([[spoiler:Ye Xiu, Bao Rongxing and Fang Rui]]) with unpredictable results in team matches. [[spoiler:Their initial success in Season 10 relies on this since their competitors can only afford to research so many opponents, and Happy is just one out of twenty teams in the Professional Alliance]]. |
| 389 | * CrazyEnoughToWork: [[spoiler:Happy is the only team in the Alliance that can run a strategy of using no heal-based CharacterClass like a Cleric or having it as the sixth member in Team Challenges for official matches. To be fair, thanks to Lord Grim's access to dozens of skills, Ye Xiu can provide a miniscule amount of healing if necessary]]. |
| 390 | * DarkHorseVictory: |
| 391 | ** [[spoiler:Their Season 10 playoff run is this, trouncing former championship teams Blue Rain and Tyranny in the quarter-finals and semi-finals, respectively, ultimately winning the championship against Samsara and ending their two-year reign. InUniverse, color commentators state this is nothing short of a miracle, as Happy is the first team to win the Challengers League and professional league back-to-back]]. |
| 392 | ** Prior to that, [[spoiler:there's their victory against Excellent Era, the heavy-favorites, in the Season 9 Challengers League tournament finals, winning their ticket into the primary league]]. |
| 393 | * DavidVsGoliath: While the team is by no means weak, their characters are comparatively weaker than a fully upgraded character with silver-tier equipment in the Alliance. They make up for it with each player's individual performance and nigh impeccable teamwork coordination. |
| 394 | * DefeatMeansFriendship: Quite a few people join Happy's guild and team because they were defeated by its captain, such as Wei Chen, [[spoiler:Tang Rou and Wu Chen]]. However, Mo Fan plays with this - when he initially refuses to join the team, the captain's solution is to hunt and kill his character Deception repeatedly until he finally relents. |
| 395 | * DwindlingParty: {{Video game}} example - [[spoiler:during Game 3 of the Season 10 playoff finals against Samsara, Happy's Team Competition roster[[note]]Ye Xiu, Su Mucheng, Bao Rongxing, Tang Rou, Qiao Yifan, An Wenyi[[/note]] are eliminated in the order of when Ye Xiu met them for the first time]]. |
| 396 | * FromNobodyToNightmare: What is essentially a grassroots organization [[spoiler:beats a three-time championship team in the relegation league, promoted to play in the Professional Alliance's regular season and nabs the top prize in the entire competitive Glory scene after their debut in the latter]]. |
| 397 | * GeoEffects: Happy is the team that pioneered using the environment to devastating effects against their opponents, such as [[spoiler:[[TreeCover Mo Fan using a tree]] to eliminate [[TheAce Huang]] [[MotorMouth Shao]][[TrashTalk tian]] and [[TeenGenius Luo]] [[DitzyGenius Ji]] wiping out the entire [[AttackAttackAttack Team]] [[RetiredBadassRoundup Tyranny]] [[HairTriggerAvalanche by creating an avalanche]]]]. |
| 398 | * InSeriesNickname: [[spoiler:"Ye Xiu's army", as most of its members are personally hand-picked by the man himself]]. |
| 399 | * MiracleRally: {{Invoked}} [[spoiler: in two occasions in Game 3 Season 10 playoff finals against Samsara.]] |
| 400 | ** [[spoiler: In the Group Competition, Zhou Zekai manages to defeat Ye Xiu, Su Mucheng and Mo Fan in a 1 vs 3 match-up, until Fang Rui manages to defeat Zhou Zekai and chips away Lu Boyuan's HitPoints enough for Tang Rou to reverse her 1 vs 3 match-up of Lu Boyuan, Du Ming and Jiang Botao.]] |
| 401 | ** [[spoiler: In the Team Competition, Samsara manages to eliminate all Happy's players sans Ye Xiu at the cost of Fang Minghua, Du Ming and Wu Qi. Until Ye Xiu reverses his 1 vs 3 match-up of Jiang Botao, Zhou Zekai and Sun Xiang with his record breaking performance of [[RapidFireTyping 764 APM]] and winning the championship for Happy.]] |
| 402 | * MundaneMadeAwesome: Happy's exceptional teamwork is honed by practicing in dungeon raids and hunting monsters. |
| 403 | * MythologyGag: In the live-action series, when the guild is first formed, the owner decides to call it "[[spoiler:Unrivaled Super Hottie]]" before changing it to Happy. The former is based on the name of an avatar [[spoiler:used by Ye Xiu as a PaperThinDisguise in the web novel to spy on the Tyrannical Ambition guild]]. |
| 404 | * NotWithThemForTheMoney: A big factor behind Happy's rapid development is their cheap payroll, [[spoiler:with only Fang Rui's salary being their biggest expense. Members like Ye Xiu, Su Mucheng, Chen Guo, Tang Rou and Wei Chen either didn't care for money, came from a rich background or already had plenty. Similarly, most of the rookies weren't concerned about money or were simply content with rookie-level pay]]. |
| 405 | * OvershadowedByAwesome: Played with - although Luo Ji and An Wenyi have the slowest hand speeds in Happy, their APM is still higher than 200, which only the top 5% of all Glory players have. |
| 406 | * RagtagBunchOfMisfits: What the initial roster of the team is (pre-player transfers) - its members include [[spoiler:an Internet cafe owner who doubles as an amateur team manager/owner (Chen Guo), two newcomers to Glory (Tang Rou and Bao Rongxing), a scrap picker of ill repute from the Heavenly Domain (Mo Fan), a mathematics university student (Luo Ji), a former member of the Tyrannical Ambition guild (An Wenyi) and two retired professional players (Wei Chen and Ye Xiu)]]. |
| 407 | * RecognitionFailure: During the earlier parts of the novel, Happy's rookies, mainly Bao Rongxing, Tang Rou and Mo Fan, usually tend to not recognize famous professional players in the Alliance. |
| 408 | * TheRival: [[spoiler:To the surprise of everyone, they become Samsara's, as blatantly seen during the 8th Glory All-Star Competition]]. |
| 409 | * SpecialPersonNormalName: Who would have thought [[spoiler:the championship team of the Challengers League and Glory Professional Alliance]] is aptly named "Happy". Even its loyal fans are disappointed about the team name being too ordinary. |
| 410 | * TookALevelInBadass: [[spoiler:The team struggles through Season 10 regular matches whenever they're against powerhouses like Blue Rain, Samsara, Tiny Herb and Tyranny, often losing to them. However, once they make it to the playoffs, Happy displays why exactly they're on par with their competitors - some of the highlights include Tang Rou, the remaining Happy member, wiping out Samsara in a 1 vs. 3 situation during the Season 10 Game 3 playoff finals in the Group Challenge, and Ye Xiu reaching an APM of 764, a record performance]]. |
| 411 | * TrashTalk: Happy is third in the Alliance according to public chat statistics, bested by Blue Rain (courtesy of [[TheAce Huang]] [[MotorMouth Shaotian]]) and some unnamed team. |
| 412 | * TwoGirlsToATeam: [[spoiler:Su Mucheng and Tang Rou]]; they are bested by Misty Rain's Chu Yunxiu and the [[TagTeamTwins Shu sisters]] for most number of females on a professional team's primary roster in the league. |
| 413 | * UnderdogsNeverLose: Played with - [[spoiler:nobody, aside from Chu Yunxiu and Happy's fans, expect them to win the Season 10 championship upon making it into the playoffs, especially when they're up against the top three teams in the Alliance (Blue Rain, Samsara and Tyranny) whom they lost horribly to throughout the regular season]]. |
| 414 | * UnlockingTheTalent: Happy's rookies ([[spoiler:including Qiao Yifan, despite not being a rookie]]) are so talented, along with Ye Xiu as TheMentor, [[spoiler:they become the league's darkhorse such that powerhouse organizations are actively trying to recruit them]]. |
| 415 | |
| 416 | [[/folder]] |
| 417 | |
| 418 | [[folder:Wei Chen (魏琛)]] |
| 419 | |
| 420 | !!! '''Voiced by''': Feng Sheng [[note]] Credited as Tute Hameng [[/note]] (animation, audio drama, live-action)\ |
| 421 | '''Played by''': Bai Xiang (live-action) |
| 422 | !!! '''Player ID''': Swoksaar | 索克萨尔 (former), Windward Formation | 迎风布阵 (current)\ |
| 423 | '''Class''': Warlock |
| 424 | |
| 425 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tkaweichen.jpg]] |
| 426 | [[caption-width-right:350:Click [[labelnote:here]]\ |
| 427 | https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/windwardformation.jpg[[/labelnote]] to see Windward Formation]] |
| 428 | [[caption-width-right:350:Click [[labelnote:here]]\ |
| 429 | https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/qzgs_wei_chen_live.png[[/labelnote]] to see Wei Chen in the live-action]] |
| 430 | |
| 431 | Ex-captain of Blue Rain and former user of Swoksaar. [[spoiler:Some time after Ye Xiu enters the Heavenly Domain with Lord Grim]], a run-in with Wei Chen leads the captain of Happy to recruit Chen into the team, with the intended goal of winning the championship. |
| 432 | ---- |
| 433 | * TheBully: He's so happy after [[spoiler:successfully upgrading his silver-tier weapon]] the first thing he did was head straight to the arena to bully weaker players. |
| 434 | * BullyingADragon: He, along with Ye Xiu, are the only existing Glory players who dare to talk trash against Tyranny's captain Han Wenqing. |
| 435 | * CantCatchUp: [[spoiler:By Season 10, in light of his declining stamina and the growth of Happy's rookies, he becomes a substitute player]]. |
| 436 | * CombatPragmatist: Wei Chen will do anything to survive and keep his silver-tier weapon, including but not limited to lying, gang-ups, flattery and throwing his teammates under the bus. |
| 437 | * CrutchCharacter: InUniverse, when he joins Happy, he's easily the second strongest player on the team - an expert who can fight evenly against Bao Rongxing [[spoiler: and Tang Rou]] is just a chew toy to Wei Chen. However, the team slowly weans off their dependency on him as the rookies grow stronger and are able to stand on their own feet. |
| 438 | %%* DirtyOldMan: Upon meeting Tang Rou for the first time, the first thing he does is gaze at her body. |
| 439 | * DudeWheresMyRespect: His character's face is a copy of his RealLife face; when the leader of Guild Blue Brook doesn't recognize him, he feels insulted. |
| 440 | %%* EvilLaugh: Does this when he's winning. |
| 441 | %%* FaceOfAThug: His face is described as thuggish and unshaved. |
| 442 | * FallenOnHardTimesJob: He flies to Hangzhou in a few days when the team captain invites him to Happy, implying Wei Chen's either unemployed or under-employed. |
| 443 | * FeelingTheirAge: Played with; at 33-years old, Wei Chen's skills in Glory [=PvP=] have already declined, but his experience at commanding a team is still impressive, thus it comes as no surprise when he's recruited into Happy for his leadership qualities. |
| 444 | * FishOutOfTemporalWater: When he retired, Glory pro players were closer with their fans and often played with them in the game. After unretiring, he maintains his standard practice from years ago because he hates the current climate of players distancing themselves from their fanbase. Other pro players are shocked when they see him being close with Happy's fans and {{Trash Talk}}ing one another. |
| 445 | * FounderOfTheKingdom: Before retiring, he set the foundations for Blue Rain's success - he created Swoksaar, scouted and recruited Huang Shaotian, mentored Yu Wenzhou as the future team captain, and developed Blue Rain's play-style having deep roots in his opportunistic philosophy. Many years later, only a few senior pro players remember him and no one else. |
| 446 | * GoodIsBoring: To Wei Chen, LevelGrinding for equipment is inefficient and beneath him. If he needs a specific piece of equipment, [[RobbingTheDead he'd rather kill unsuspecting players and loot them]]. |
| 447 | * HotBlooded: Despite his best efforts to restrain himself, he enjoys being this even at his age. |
| 448 | * {{Hypocrite}}: Cusses out Ye Xiu [[spoiler:for bringing in a helper to their fight...when he's bringing in reinforcements that sets Lord Grim going up against twenty other players]]. |
| 449 | * InSeriesNickname: "Old Wei", to denote his RealLife age as a professional player. |
| 450 | * IShallTauntYou: As Huang Shaotian's predecessor, he's one of the old masters at {{Trash Talk}}ing. [[spoiler:Upon meeting Sun Xiang, Chen leaves him almost speechless just from uttering a few words]]. |
| 451 | * TheLancer: Becomes the ''de facto'' second-in-command to the captain after joining Team Happy due to his wealth of in-game experience, despite [[spoiler:Fang Rui]] being the actual team vice-captain. |
| 452 | * LongRangeFighter: Windward Formation's weapon has an extremely high casting distance, even compared to pro-level characters, and can easily take out unaware players who underestimate the avatar's magic range. |
| 453 | %%* MeaningfulName: His name means treasure (Chen). |
| 454 | * MoleInCharge: {{Zigzagged}}; [[spoiler:{{Subverted}} when Wei Chen joins the Samsara guild as TheMole with a few helpers, but is promoted too quickly, and becomes in charge of the guild's second elite team. Due to being completely isolated from his fellow moles, his spy work is limited to mere information gathering. However, this is played straight months later when he slowly earns the trust of the guild and secretly sabotages their Wild Boss hunts in Guild Happy's favor from time-to-time]]. |
| 455 | * MrExposition: Ye Xiu and Han Wenqing do not talk much about themselves or the early days of Glory. Wei Chen is more out-going and reveals a lot about the early days during his nostalgic moments. |
| 456 | * MyGreatestFailure: [[spoiler:Losing to Yu Wenzhou when he was in Blue Rain played a key factor as to why he initially retires]]. |
| 457 | * ObsoleteMentor: Before his first retirement, he was this to Huang Shaotian and Yu Wenzhou, and had a lasting influence on their current play-styles. {{Downplayed}} during Season 10 - though he may be weaker than Happy's starting lineup, his breadth of knowledge and eye for detail are invaluable for the rookies during post-match analysis and discussions. |
| 458 | * OldMaster: Post-comeback onto the professional scene, he becomes the oldest professional player in Glory. |
| 459 | * ThePeteBest: InUniverse, as the first captain of Blue Rain, he retired before the team became popular. Post-retirement, Guild Blue Brook's leader doesn't recognize him. |
| 460 | * PetTheDog: Wei Chen might be a crude person to be begin with, yet he has nothing but sincere gratitude for Happy's manager, who arranges for living accommodations for the newly gathered team. |
| 461 | * RagsToRiches: [[spoiler:Becomes a millionaire overnight after selling his maximum skill point guide to Samsara]]. |
| 462 | * RedOniBlueOni: The brash, hot-tempered red to Ye Xiu's stoic, tranquil blue. |
| 463 | * ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: When Wei Chen was in Blue Rain, he was allowed to smoke in non-smoking areas because he was the captain. |
| 464 | * SirSwearsALot: It's hard for him not to cuss loudly every other time he speaks. He even tends to ''begin'' sentences with a curse word. |
| 465 | * SoProudOfYou: [[spoiler:How he feels upon seeing his newcomer teammates in Happy perform after their growth, especially during the Season 10 playoffs]]. |
| 466 | * TalkingYourWayOut: [[spoiler:Does this twice when cornered by Qiao Yifan, and might have gotten away with it if it weren't for a meddling Ye Xiu]]. |
| 467 | * VillainWithGoodPublicity: [[spoiler:He's this as the leader of Guild Samsara's second elite team by painting himself as a kindly figure who comforts the guild members after their failures in Wild Boss hunts, right after manipulating events to Ye Xiu's favor]]. |
| 468 | * VitriolicBestBuds: [[spoiler:With Ye Xiu in Happy, which team members are amused by their {{Trash Talk}}ing with each other]]. |
| 469 | * WartsAndAll: Wei Chen may be a legend in the Glory community, but his RealLife tendencies aren't appreciated by Happy's team manager. |
| 470 | * YankTheDogsChain: This is one of his bullying tactics - he plays to his opponent's level, and wins only by a slight margin [[HopeSpot to provide a glimmer of hope]] and encourage the opponent to try again. The process repeats until his opponent surrenders. |
| 471 | [[/folder]] |
| 472 | |
| 473 | [[folder:Bao Rongxing (包荣兴)]] |
| 474 | |
| 475 | !!! '''Voiced by''': Teng Xin (animation, audio drama, live-action)\ |
| 476 | '''Played by''': Lai Yi (live-action) |
| 477 | !!! '''Player ID''': Steamed Bun Invasion | 包子入侵\ |
| 478 | '''Class''': Brawler |
| 479 | |
| 480 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/baorongxing.jpg]] |
| 481 | [[caption-width-right:350:Click [[labelnote:here]]\ |
| 482 | https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/qzgs_steamed_bun_invasion.png[[/labelnote]] to see Steamed Bun Invasion]] |
| 483 | [[caption-width-right:350:Click [[labelnote:here]]\ |
| 484 | https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/qzgs_bao_rongxing_live.png[[/labelnote]] to see Bao Rongxing in the live-action]] |
| 485 | |
| 486 | A security guard who starts as a casual player, Bao Rongxing is recruited into Happy when his latent abilities and talent are showcased. |
| 487 | ---- |
| 488 | * AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: In the AnimatedAdaptation and drama series, he goes to the Happy Internet Cafe to find Ye Xiu in-person roughly 450 chapters earlier than in the web novel. |
| 489 | * AdaptationalJobChange: In the live-action drama, he works as a warehouse manager who balances his spare time in Glory. Unlike other adaptations, Bao dreams of joining a professional team. |
| 490 | * BewareTheSillyOnes: In the team, Bao Rongxing is the LifeOfTheParty, often providing ComicRelief and distractions with his unorthodox mindset. His [=PvP=] abilities are no different as he often makes unexplainable decisions for no apparent reason, [[LetsGetDangerous with said decisions being either moronic to the point of incredulousness or so terrifyingly brilliant that even the Alliance's best can't keep up]]. |
| 491 | * BornLucky: He's the luckiest member of Team Happy, much to his team members' chagrin. |
| 492 | ** When Ye Xiu offers to buy items for him and Tang Rou for a dungeon raid, he immediately finds an orange-tiered weapon specifically for Brawlers. Xiu is shocked since he had been trying to find such rarity for this weapon type after hours to no avail. |
| 493 | ** Bao manages to dodge a random-based AreaOfEffect attack from a Wild Boss, while Tang Rou's Soft Mist gets badly injured. |
| 494 | %%** He even wins a match in the Professional Alliance due to his absurd luck. |
| 495 | %%* CallingYourAttacks: Does this often times for fun. |
| 496 | * ChaoticStupid: Bao's play-style, as [[TheStrategist Yu Wenzhou]] puts it, is a ticking time bomb to Happy and their opponents alike (see {{Cloudcuckoolander}} and ConfusionFu). |
| 497 | * {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Outside of the game, he's a GenkiGuy, but he veers into this whenever he's using Steamed Bun Invasion. In fact, Bao is recruited into Happy because his thought processes are so odd - he can't read the mood in a room, is essentially immune to all types of TrashTalk since he misses the point and makes baffling decisions during matches. However, professional players are unable to read him, being so far outside of any established meta, nor can Bao be emotionally manipulated into getting angry or sloppy via traditional means. |
| 498 | * ConfusionFu: |
| 499 | ** His movements are unpredictable [[WhatTheFuAreYouDoing mainly because he doesn't know what he's doing most of the time]]. Wei Chen even proposes he should operate Lord Grim -- a character build which thrives on unpredictability -- [[spoiler:after Ye Xiu retires again post-Season 10]]; this thought gets shot down quickly due to the fact that Unspecialized builds rely on lots of game experience, something Bao still has very little of. |
| 500 | ** {{Lampshaded}} by pro players in the league, who describe Bao as "excessively random", with "fleeting decision-making", a "natural destructor of balance", and being a "less precise Wang Jiexi". |
| 501 | ** As he gets more experience and the ability to articulate minor portions of his decision-making process, Ye Xiu discovers that Bao isn't playing mindlessly, but he has a different and creative train of thought similar to Wang Jiexi. |
| 502 | * FaceOfAThug: {{Lampshaded}} by Chen Guo, who mentions he dresses like a gangster in his first physical meet up with Ye Xiu at the Internet cafe, except Bao is anything but mean. {{Downplayed}} in the live-action as he looks no different than any amateur player of the game. |
| 503 | * GenkiGuy: Friendly and upbeat, Bao Rongxing has zero qualms about the competitive nature of Glory, often becoming FunPersonified among Ye Xiu's party members when Bao starts casually playing Glory. |
| 504 | * HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: During Game 3 Season 10 playoff finals against Samsara, Bao [[TakingTheBullet took the Thunder Snipe skill Zhou Zekai cast against Ye Xiu]] which instantly killed his character.]] |
| 505 | * ImprobableWeaponUser: {{Averted}} in the case of Steamed Bun Invasion's claw gauntlet, but played straight when it comes to the Brawler's skills of throwing sand at the enemy and pelting them with a ''brick''. |
| 506 | * IncomingHam: Bao's habit everytime he plays in arena or even hunting players alongside Ye Xiu and the Happy players is to either type or [[SayMyName say his name]] and/or even announce his location[[note]]mostly "'''IM HERE'''"[[/note]] to their unwary victims. [[spoiler: This continues even when Happy became a professional team in the Alliance.]] |
| 507 | * InSeriesNickname: "Steamed Bun" (包子; ''baozi''), after his favourite food and surname. |
| 508 | * IShallTauntYou: Not quite on the levels of [[TheAce Huang Shaotian]], but he can rile up opponents with just a few words, [[HoistByTheirOwnPetard sometimes even by the opponents' own]] TrashTalk. He even gets Shaotian angry when Bao mentions the time when the former wanted to fight Ye Xiu in the tenth server and the latter interprets it as a challenge to him. |
| 509 | * ItsUpToYou: [[spoiler:Bao always say this CatchPhrase to Ye Xiu, even when he tanked and Steamed Bun Invasion is killed by Cloud Piercer's Thunder Snipe skill that's intended to kill Lord Grim, [[PowerOfTrust showing his immense trust in Ye Xiu]]]]. |
| 510 | * LiteralMinded: Is occasionally this in the web novel. |
| 511 | ** [[spoiler:During the Thousand Waves Dungeon massacre, Tang Rou mentions they don't need to chase players into the water since "the boss"[[note]]Lord Grim[[/note]] will take care of them. Bao mistakenly believes there is an actual boss and that Ye Xiu already took care of it]]. |
| 512 | ** [[spoiler:When Wei Chen and Ye Xiu review one of Excellent Era's matches, the former is so disgusted at their performance he wants to throw up. Bao proceeds to grab a bucket for him to puke in]]. |
| 513 | * MagikarpPower: His random play-style has the potential to turn him into the next Wang Jiexi, but his development also needs a lot of care because conventional training methods would just hinder his growth. |
| 514 | %%* MeaningfulName: Rongxing means "to prosper and to prosper". Yes. Double. |
| 515 | * MyFriendsAndZoidberg: [[spoiler:How he's introduced by Tang Rou when they meet her father]]. |
| 516 | * NoSocialSkills: He's a loose cannon who usually speaks before thinking, thus the rest of Happy end up having to either rein him in or handle the awkward social situations caused by him. |
| 517 | * PunnyName: The character used for his surname "Bao" is "bun" in Chinese, hence his TrademarkFavoriteFood are steamed meat buns. |
| 518 | * ToxicFriendInfluence: {{Subverted}}; he would've picked up smoking from Ye Xiu and Wei Chen had they been willing to share their cigarettes with him. |
| 519 | * TheUnHug: In the animation, Bao greets Ye Xiu in their first face-to-face meeting with an immediate [[TheGlomp glomp]], something the latter doesn't expect and is clearly embarassed or uncomfortable about it. |
| 520 | * UnskilledButStrong: A complete beginner at Glory who favors AttackAttackAttack, but Happy's captain and Wei Chen agree Bao only needs more experience with the game to become a viable opponent against seasoned veterans. |
| 521 | * UselessUsefulSpell: The Brawler skill "[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Sand Toss]]" can blind an opponent, but experts already know how to deal with this skill easily. |
| 522 | * WalkingShirtlessScene: Coupled with exposing his midriffs, Steamed Bun Invasion's appearance in the animation shows off a well-muscled abdomen and chest. |
| 523 | [[/folder]] |
| 524 | |
| 525 | [[folder:Luo Ji (罗辑)]] |
| 526 | |
| 527 | !!! '''Voiced by''': Zhang Boheng (animation, audio drama)\ |
| 528 | '''Played by''': Sun Ning (live-action) |
| 529 | !!! '''Player ID''': Concealed Light | 昧光\ |
| 530 | '''Class''': Summoner |
| 531 | |
| 532 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/concealedlight.jpg]] |
| 533 | [[caption-width-right:350:Click [[labelnote:here]]\ |
| 534 | https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/qzgs_luo_ji_live.png[[/labelnote]] to see Luo Ji in the live-action]] |
| 535 | |
| 536 | A mathematical TeenGenius, Luo Ji is a university freshman and the creator of the "Idiot Guides", a set of highly analytical, meticulous and restrictive [[GuideDangIt walkthrough guides]] on clearing dungeons in Glory. |
| 537 | ---- |
| 538 | * AwesomeButImpractical: {{Discussed}} by Ye Xiu; the initial Idiot Guides Luo Ji writes are completely accurate, right down to skills and weapons used. Unfortunately, these guides are a reflection of his idealized view of the game - it requires readers to pull off the same feats as Ji dictates without any mistakes. Newcomers to Glory will be unable to understand these guides, while experts who can comprehend them won't need it because they've already figured out other ways to tackle dungeons. |
| 539 | * DitzyGenius: Despite his high [=IQ=] and strategic prowess, his mechanical skills are downright abysmal to the point of being near-helpless when it comes to controlling Concealed Light, often botching his skills and clumsily moving about. Often, he'll randomly crash into obstacles and other players while simply trying to run around, and cannot properly command summoned creatures to fight for him. Happy's team captain finds it incredibly hard to train him due to his handicap, and Luo Ji is often relegated to having his summons become meat shields during a confrontation to even be of any use to the party. {{Downplayed}} in the live-action series - Ji is still a member of the team, but doesn't play in matches; instead, he's primarily TheStrategist consulting the captain. |
| 540 | * JokeCharacter: Due to the difficulty in controlling the summoned beasts with limited results, his Summoner is deemed a joke and shunned by parties going for dungeons and raids. |
| 541 | * MeaningfulName: He compiles and edits (Ji) [[spoiler:the raw data from Wei Chen's maximum skill point guide. Thanks to his efforts, the guide is worth ''20 million renminbi'']]. |
| 542 | * ThePerfectionist: {{Discussed}} and thoughtfully {{Deconstructed}} - the reason Luo Ji's mechanical skills are so bad isn't because he lacks the skill, but because he has a bad habit of over-thinking each and every move he makes, a RealLife condition known as [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analysis_paralysis analysis paralysis]]. Ye Xiu notes that the only way for him to overcome it is by changing the way he approaches the game - a difficult task for anyone with Luo Ji's tendencies. |
| 543 | * TheSmartGuy: Hired to be the brains for Happy's operations and strategies during competitive play in the league. |
| 544 | * SmartPeopleWearGlasses: He wears glasses, he's a TeenGenius who excels his math and he serves as TheStrategist and TheSmartGuy of Team Happy. |
| 545 | * TaughtByTelevision: {{Deconstructed}}; Luo Ji makes his Idiot Guides simply by watching game-play videos of Glory, but the problem with his guides lie not with his methodical reasoning, but rather his lack of experience playing Glory. Ji never considered variables such as actual player skill and alternate setups for armor, skills and weapons used over his suggestions from his guides. For example, Bao Rongxing has to tell him his character doesn't have orange-tiered equipment when they break the Boneyard Dungeon record because he can't afford to buy any. |
| 546 | * TeenGenius: Won many math competitions as a teenager, allowing him to enter a famous university with a math recommendation at 17-years old. [[spoiler:{{Lampshaded}} during and after the first match against Tyranny in the Season 10 playoffs where Luo Ji manages to trigger an avalanche that secures the win for Happy. It's noted the Master Tacticians would never be able to pull this off due to their lack of knowledge in math and science]]. |
| 547 | * UtilityPartyMember: He may be the weakest player in Happy, but his ability to process the game's complicated formulas in a mathematical approach prove invaluable to the team. |
| 548 | [[/folder]] |
| 549 | |
| 550 | [[folder:An Wenyi (安文逸)]] |
| 551 | |
| 552 | !!! '''Voiced by''': Chenzhang Taikang (live-action)\ |
| 553 | '''Played by''': Li Junchen (live-action) |
| 554 | !!! '''Player ID''': Little Cold Hands | 小手冰凉\ |
| 555 | '''Class''': Cleric |
| 556 | |
| 557 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/anwenyi.jpg]] |
| 558 | [[caption-width-right:350:Click [[labelnote:here]]\ |
| 559 | https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tkalittlecoldhands.jpg[[/labelnote]] to see Little Cold Hands]] |
| 560 | [[caption-width-right:350:Click [[labelnote:here]]\ |
| 561 | https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/qzgs_an_wenyi_live.png[[/labelnote]] to see An Wenyi in the live-action]] |
| 562 | |
| 563 | A third-year university student, An Wenyi was originally a member of the seventh branch guild for Tyranny's guild "Tyrannical Ambition", but is eventually scouted by Happy and offered a contract on the team. |
| 564 | ---- |
| 565 | %%ZCE* AdaptationalJerkass: In the live-action. |
| 566 | * AlwaysSomeoneBetter: When scouting him, Happy's captain warns Wenyi that while he has the potential to be a professional player, he's still significantly weaker than the top Clerics in Tyrannical Ambition and has a lot to work to do. |
| 567 | * BrutalHonesty: When Happy's captain and owner are scouting him, Wenyi immediately tries to counter their offer by showing just how familiar he is about the professional Glory scene and the requirements a team contract signing will entail, quickly exposing the owner as an amateur in the business. [[spoiler:Ye Xiu has to resort to [[HoistByHisOwnPetard doing the same thing]] in order to have Wenyi even consider joining Team Happy]]. |
| 568 | * CannonFodder: Is considered this in the Tyrannical Ambition guild, but he's slowly training to get better after joining Happy. |
| 569 | * CrossPlayer: After receiving a female Cleric avatar from a friend, Wenyi just went with it; {{Averted}} in the live-action as Little Cold Hands retains a male appearance. |
| 570 | * FanBoy: Like most Tyrannical Ambition Cleric players, his admiration for Zhang Xinjie is on the level of hero worship. A simple compliment from Xinjie is enough to send his morale skyrocketing. [[spoiler:This gives him the motivation to work hard to pull himself out of his temporary slump during the Glory pro-season]]. |
| 571 | * HeroicBSOD: Twice in the series |
| 572 | ** [[spoiler:During Happy's second match against Samsara in Season 10, despite being given a full set of silver-tiered equipment, his performance is the reason Happy loses during the Team Challenge, angering many fans and destroying his confidence until Ye Xiu stands up for him while confronting reporters in the post-match]]. |
| 573 | ** [[spoiler:In the Season 10 playoffs finals tiebreaker, Samsara's offensive players deliberately ignore him in favor of other more threatening members of Happy until [[WorldOfCarboardSpeech Ye Xiu talks him out of it]], [[YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre stating that he chose him for the team]], [[TookALevelOfBadass Wenyi snaps out of it and earns Samsara's respect during the match]]]]. |
| 574 | * TheLoad: He's the weakest link among Happy's rookies and Happy's tactics revolve around his limitations. |
| 575 | * ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: [[spoiler:His parents are strict with his education; to persuade them into letting him drop out of university, Wenyi shows them his paycheck earned as a professional player]]. |
| 576 | * ShootTheMedicFirst: Among Happy's starters, he's the weakest and easiest player to defeat; other teams devise their tactics around getting rid of him quickly while Happy's tactics revolve around keeping him alive. |
| 577 | * SkippingSchool: He skips school to practice for the Challengers League. When a reporter comes to interview the team, he immediately panics and goes into hiding to prevent the university from finding out. [[spoiler:Taken to its logical conclusion with Wenyi quitting university to become a full-time professional player]]. |
| 578 | * SmallNameBigEgo: His ego gets not-so-subtly displayed after he's scouted by Team Happy - Wenyi believes because he's being scouted, he must therefore be someone special. Happy's captain has to remind him he's not that good yet and requires training. [[spoiler:Completely crushed when he becomes nicknamed as "Glory's Worst Healer" after screwing up several important matches in a row, despite receiving high-level equipment that boosts Little Cold Hands into the strongest Cleric in the league]]. |
| 579 | * SquishyWizard: [[spoiler:By mid-Season 10, Wenyi pumps Little Cold Hands' skill points into its intelligence stats and CriticalHit rate, [[CripplingOverspecialization at the expense of everything else]], including {{Hit Point}}s]]. |
| 580 | * StrongButUnskilled: His natural talent at healing is limited by his weakness in performing other tasks - if he's required to do nothing more than stand in one spot and heal allies, Wenyi is one of the best Clerics around; however, if the unexpected occurs and he has to play by ear, Wenyi's lack of skills in other areas become evident. |
| 581 | * WiseBeyondTheirYears: Wenyi's just 20 years-old, but is easily [[TheStraightMan the most level-headed member in Happy]], [[spoiler:a boon for Ye Xiu, since as team captain, he can worry about him the least]]. |
| 582 | * YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: [[spoiler:After the devastating defeat of Happy against Samsara in their second match of Season 10, despite Ye Xiu's comforting words, Wenyi encounters a slump until Zhang Xinjie gives him a compliment and stating he understands why Happy chose him for their roster. [[HeroicSecondWind Wenyi proceeds to become the match's "Most Valuable Player" against Team Parade in Season 10]]]] . |
| 583 | [[/folder]] |
| 584 | |
| 585 | [[folder:Mo Fan (莫凡)]] |
| 586 | |
| 587 | !!! '''Voiced by''': Hu Lin (live-action)\ |
| 588 | '''Played by''': Yang Tingdong (live-action) |
| 589 | !!! '''Player ID''': Deception | 毁人不倦\ |
| 590 | '''Class''': Ninja |
| 591 | |
| 592 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/qzgs_mo_fan.png]] |
| 593 | [[caption-width-right:350:Click [[labelnote:here]]\ |
| 594 | https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tkadeception.jpg[[/labelnote]] to see Deception]] |
| 595 | [[caption-width-right:350:Click [[labelnote:here]]\ |
| 596 | https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/qzgs_mo_fan_live.png[[/labelnote]] to see Mo Fan in the live-action]] |
| 597 | |
| 598 | An infamous [[RobbingTheDead scrap picker]] in the Heavenly Domain. |
| 599 | ---- |
| 600 | * CombatPragmatist: His survival-based play-style requires him to be conservative by retreating quickly after a few strikes and hide if he can't find any openings. {{Deconstructed}} as professional players leave few openings for him to exploit, while hiding from combat is deemed unsportsmanlike conduct in the league, with repeat offenses as grounds for immediate ejection. |
| 601 | * EverybodyKnewAlready: He was on most teams' scouting radars long before he joined Happy. His pretty successful rookie season proved all of his scouts right. |
| 602 | * {{Foil}}: To Huang Shaotian - both are opportunistic in [=PvP=], but while Huang Shaotian is a chatterbox, Mo Fan prefers to be silent. |
| 603 | * {{Hypocrite}}: Mo Fan balks at the idea of attacking players at full {{Hit Point}}s and looting them, comparing it to outright robbery. However, he has no problem killing an almost dead player for more loot. |
| 604 | * IfIWantedYouDead: His notoriety comes from his ability to escape mobs of pursuers while scrap picking. He eventually learns that his survivability is only because the guilds think of him as an annoyance rather than a real threat. |
| 605 | * InSeriesNickname: He gains the moniker "[[RedBaron God Killer]]" after [[spoiler:managing to defeat Huang Shaotian and Sun Xiang in the Professional Alliance in his first year]]. |
| 606 | * IWorkAlone: Due to the dirty nature of his past-time, he starts out insisting on being a lone wolf. [[spoiler:Mo Fan doesn't appreciate it when he's forced to team up with Ye Xiu while escaping pursuit from no less than three angry guilds]]. |
| 607 | * LiteralMinded: [[spoiler:When Fang Rui jokingly tells him to "hurry up" in a Season 10 match, Mo Fan literally "hurries up" against his usual play-style and loses spectacularly]]. |
| 608 | * LonerTurnedFriend: [[spoiler: Mo Fan used to be a solitary character until Ye Xiu hunted him into recruitment of Team Happy and slowly learning to be a team player.]] |
| 609 | * NotSoStoic: In the live-action drama, he's still TheQuietOne among the members of Team Happy, but even he cheers as loudly and energetically as them when [[spoiler:the team wins against Excellent Era in the finale]]. |
| 610 | * RobbingTheDead: His ''modus operandi'' at the start is to steal precious equipment from players' corpses, often from victims of world [=PvP=] or Wild Bosses. What differentiates him from other scrap pickers is Mo Fan's skilled and brazen enough to kill weakened stragglers himself for the sake of more loot. |
| 611 | * TheStoic: Mixed with TheQuietOne, among Happy's rookies, Mo Fan doesn't really show outward emotions too much, nor does he prefer talking at all. |
| 612 | * TeamSpirit: As a lone wolf, he has a twisted concept of this. [[spoiler:To Mo Fan, it's nothing more than just maximizing damage-per-second by being aware of his teammates and adjusting his moves accordingly]]. |
| 613 | * TimeToUnlockMoreTruePotential: [[spoiler:Mo Fan's initial motive for staying in Happy - he loves their training regiment and enjoys watching his skills rapidly improve]]. |
| 614 | * TreeCover: [[spoiler:Used by Mo Fan to devastating effect by [[DefensiveFeintTrap letting Huang Shaotian cut the tree he's hiding in]]; the tree falls on Troubling Rain, eliminating Shaotian from the match]]. |
| 615 | [[/folder]] |
| 616 | |
| 617 | !Heavenly Sword | 义斩战队 |
| 618 | [[quoteright:183:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/heavenlysword.png]] |
| 619 | ->'''Home City''': B City (UsefulNotes/{{Beijing}})\ |
| 620 | '''Guild''': Heavenly Justice\ |
| 621 | |
| 622 | Founded by a group of rich friends, "Heavenly Sword" is a newcomer team in the Glory professional league, making their debut in Season 9. |
| 623 | ---- |
| 624 | [[folder:As A Team]] |
| 625 | * BreakTheHaughty: The team underestimates just how wide the gap between them and professional players are after they are trounced by [[spoiler:Ye Xiu]] in the arena. |
| 626 | * IdleRich: All of the regular members come from wealthy families, can afford the best equipment money can buy and have the free time to train their in-game skills. |
| 627 | * ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: They are wealthy enough to enter a restaurant and order whatever they like. If the latter isn't on the menu, they use their money and order it through delivery, anyway. Furthermore, it's implied they bought their way into the Alliance in Season 9 with money alone as they do not have to go through the Challengers League. |
| 628 | * TrueCompanions: The regular players in Heavenly Sword are {{Childhood Friend}}s and extremely close with one another. |
| 629 | * WakeUpCallBoss: {{Invoked}} InUniverse - in order to let the team experience what it's like to face the top pros, [[spoiler:Ye Xiu defeats them easily in a casual match; a few days later, he arranges a surprise outing with Huang Shaotian, who eagerly proceeds to turn Heavenly Sword into his personal punching bags; shortly thereafter, they spar with Wang Jiexi and are wiped out in an instant]]. Their early encounters wake them up, showing them how much they have to work on. |
| 630 | [[/folder]] |
| 631 | |
| 632 | [[folder:Lou Guanning (楼冠宁)]] |
| 633 | |
| 634 | !!! '''Player ID''': Loulan Slash | 斩楼兰\ |
| 635 | '''Class''': Berserker |
| 636 | |
| 637 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tkalouguanning.jpg]] |
| 638 | [[caption-width-right:350:Click [[labelnote:here]]\ |
| 639 | https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tkaloulanslash.jpg[[/labelnote]] to see Loulan Slash]] |
| 640 | |
| 641 | Captain/owner of the Heavenly Sword professional team and guild leader of "Heavenly Justice". He is also a fan of Yu Feng. |
| 642 | ---- |
| 643 | * BribingYourWayToVictory: Thanks to his accumulated wealth, Heavenly Justice's fame is on par with the major guilds in the Heavenly Domain. [[spoiler:{{Downplayed}} when One Autumn Leaf is put up for sale after Season 9, Guanning passes on the character, despite easily affording it, reasoning that it isn't efficient use of the team's money]]. |
| 644 | %%* GladHesOnOurSide: He's the first Heavenly Domain guild leader to establish an alliance with Lord Grim, and is definitely glad about it. |
| 645 | * IdleRich: {{Zigzagged}}; Guanning is filthy rich enough in RealLife to buy a professional team on the spot, although he leads said team's ranks as a moderately skilled Berserker, capable of impressing even Huang Shaotian with his play. Guanning is also humble enough to happily accept Ye Xiu's leadership and tutelage, [[spoiler:using it to great effect by ''winning a group battle'' against Liu Hao's team of {{Griefer}}s, comprised of Excellent Era's professional lineup, which includes Sun Xiang]]. |
| 646 | * LetNoCrisisGoToWaste: [[spoiler:When large club guilds are being flamed for being insensitive to players, Guanning stokes the fire further to promote Heavenly Justice as a guild that stands up for the little guy]]. |
| 647 | * MoneyIsNotPower: Thanks to his battles with professional players prior to Heavenly Sword' debut, Guanning realizes early into his career that he cannot win in the league with money alone. |
| 648 | * MundaneUtility: He can use his hand speed to operate a calculator really fast. |
| 649 | * NoOneGetsLeftBehind: {{Subverted}}; [[spoiler:when Guanning gets carried away during a Wild Boss fight and goes too deep BehindEnemyLines, the Four Guild Alliance decides to let him get killed]]. |
| 650 | * NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity: InUniverse, Guanning is such a master at generating hype, he's willing to anger the large club guilds if it means promoting his own guild and team. |
| 651 | * TheTeamBenefactor: He's this for Happy, and would willingly go out of his way to help them out with equipment, information gathering and man-power. In return, Happy's captain is also this for Heavenly Sword by giving them assistance with Wild Boss hunts and training them to survive in the Glory league. |
| 652 | * TheWorfEffect: [[RunningGag Every time a new expert appears in the Heavenly Domain]], [[spoiler:Guanning will lose to the player at least once]]. |
| 653 | [[/folder]] |
| 654 | |
| 655 | !Hundred Blossoms | 百花 |
| 656 | [[quoteright:210:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hundredblossom.png]] |
| 657 | ->'''Home City''': K City (Kunming)\ |
| 658 | '''Guild''': Blossom Valley\ |
| 659 | |
| 660 | One of the first expansion teams making its debut in Season 2, "Hundred Blossoms" aims at recovering their past accomplishments in the league. |
| 661 | ---- |
| 662 | [[folder:As A Team]] |
| 663 | * AlwaysSecondBest: They have entered the finals three times without a single championship to their name; Zhang Jiale was there for all three. |
| 664 | * BornUnlucky: As a team, Hundred Blossoms is given the worst of chances at the worst of times, such as losing three times in three championship finals. On two separate occasions, the team lost their star players with no one to replace them, while their latest star rookie plays the wrong position and they can only afford to give him an ordinary character. [[spoiler:By the end of Season 8, they are forced to sell both the rookie and star Spitfire-class character because they can't exploit their full potential]]. |
| 665 | * FanDisillusionment: [[spoiler:After selling Tang Hao and Dazzling Hundred Blossoms at the end of Season 8, fans of Hundred Blossoms start abandoning the team in favor of others]]. |
| 666 | * FloralThemeNaming: Their founding characters are all named around flowers. |
| 667 | * PutOnABus: Their star Berserker-class character "Falling Scattered Flowers" was shelved after Sun Zheping's retirement in Season 5 and forgotten afterwards because the team couldn't find anyone skilled enough to operate it. [[spoiler:It comes [[TheBusCameBack back into action]] for Season 9 after they bring Yu Feng aboard]]. |
| 668 | [[/folder]] |
| 669 | |
| 670 | [[folder:Tang Hao (唐昊)]] |
| 671 | |
| 672 | !!! '''Voiced by''': Gu Jiangshan (animation) |
| 673 | !!! '''Player ID''': Delilo | 德里罗\ |
| 674 | '''Class''': Brawler |
| 675 | |
| 676 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/qzgs_tang_hao.png]] |
| 677 | |
| 678 | Rising star of Hundred Blossoms after his debut in Season 7, Tang Hao is currently the best Brawler-class player in the league. [[spoiler:He transfers to Wind Howl at the end of Season 8 and receives new character Demon Subduer]]. |
| 679 | ---- |
| 680 | * ChallengingTheChief: He publicly challenges Lin Jingyan over the title of "Best Brawler player in the league" at the 6th Glory All-Star Competition in the rookie vs. veteran event [[spoiler:and wins]]. |
| 681 | * StrongButUnskilled: According to Lin Jingyan, Tang Hao's play-style has plenty of holes, but they're extremely difficult to exploit solely due to his high APM. |
| 682 | [[/folder]] |
| 683 | |
| 684 | [[folder:Zhang Jiale (张佳乐)]] |
| 685 | |
| 686 | !!! '''Player ID''': Dazzling Hundred Blossoms | 百花缭乱 (former), Dazzling Spring | 浅花迷人 (alternate)\ |
| 687 | '''Class''': Spitfire |
| 688 | |
| 689 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/zhangjiale.png]] |
| 690 | [[caption-width-right:350:Click [[labelnote:here]]\ |
| 691 | https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dazzlinghundredblossoms.jpg[[/labelnote]] to see Dazzling Hundred Blossoms]] |
| 692 | [[caption-width-right:350:Click [[labelnote:here]]\ |
| 693 | https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dazzlingspring.jpg[[/labelnote]] to see Dazzling Spring]] |
| 694 | |
| 695 | Ex-captain of Hundred Blossoms, until his retirement, Zhang Jiale was unanimously the best Spitfire-class player in the league. [[spoiler:He un-retires at the end of Season 8 and joins Tyranny together with his character]]. |
| 696 | ---- |
| 697 | * AwesomeButImpractical: Jiale loves using skills with flashy effects even though they're easy to read and dodge by opponents. [[spoiler:{{Subverted}} when the true purpose of his play-style is to obscure his opponent's vision before launching a surprise attack]]. |
| 698 | * BerserkButton: Never bring up his lack of championship trophies in front of him. |
| 699 | * TheBully: He admits he enjoys bullying weaker players, especially [[spoiler:Ye Xiu controlling a {{Nerf}}ed Unrivalled Super Hottie]]. |
| 700 | * DudeWheresMyRespect: His play-style is often dismissed as flashy without substance by non-expert pundits. |
| 701 | * TheEeyore: He laments over his trophy-less career a lot. [[spoiler:Upon losing the Season 9 finals, the team is concerned about him the most]]. [[IronicName Ironically, the character "le" in his name means "joy"]]. |
| 702 | * FeelingTheirAge: His reason for [[spoiler:declining Ye Xiu's offer to join Happy - Zhang Jiale wants to be part of an immediate title contender before his skills deteriorate too much]]. |
| 703 | * HateSink: InUniverse, [[spoiler:his decision to join Tyranny infuriates many of the original Hundred Blossoms fans, turning him into their public enemy number one]]. |
| 704 | * IFightForTheStrongestSide: [[spoiler:His reason for rejecting Ye Xiu's offer to join Happy as he feels Tyranny has the largest chance at winning the championship]]. |
| 705 | * KickThemWhileTheyAreDown: [[spoiler:After ending up as runner-up for the fourth time in Season 9, Ye Xiu's first question for him is "Did you cry?"]] |
| 706 | * LongHairedPrettyboy: Both him and Dazzling Hundred Blossoms have long hair tied into a ponytail, which further cements Dazzling Hundred Blossoms as the most flamboyant character in the league. |
| 707 | * NeverBringAKnifeToAGunFight: [[spoiler:When Ye Xiu fights him while using a Knight, he defeats Ye Xiu by relying purely on a Spitfire's range]]. |
| 708 | * NothingPersonal: [[spoiler:Jiale uses this as his answer when he joins Tyranny upon coming back from retirement; Hundred Blossoms fans don't take this well]]. |
| 709 | * OnlyTheChosenMayWield: Prior to retirement, he was the best Spitfire-class player in the league and the only one who could unlock the full potential of Dazzling Hundred Blossoms. Even after an entire season of searching, the team still has not found a suitable replacement to operate it. [[spoiler:The character ends up getting sold to Tyranny because Hundred Blossoms couldn't find anyone else capable of using it, but Jiale, since he joins Tyranny for a championship run]]. |
| 710 | %%* RetiredBadass |
| 711 | * SecondPlaceIsForLosers: After many seasons of being second place, he's plain sick of it. Taken to its logical conclusion [[spoiler:when Zhang Jiale joins a team with the best chances at winning a championship]]. |
| 712 | [[/folder]] |
| 713 | |
| 714 | [[folder:Sun Zheping (孙哲平)]] |
| 715 | |
| 716 | !!! '''Player ID''': Blossoming Chaos | 落花狼藉\ |
| 717 | '''Class''': Berserker |
| 718 | |
| 719 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sunzheping.png]] |
| 720 | [[caption-width-right:350:Click [[labelnote:here]]\ |
| 721 | https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/blossomingchaos.jpg[[/labelnote]] to see Blossoming Chaos]] |
| 722 | |
| 723 | The founding team captain of Hundred Blossoms, Sun Zheping partnered with Zhang Jiale, having reached the league finals twice with him and was the best Berserker-class player in the league until his retirement in Season 5. [[spoiler:He joins Happy in Season 9 for the Challengers League and signs with Heavenly Sword as a substitute player in Season 10]]. |
| 724 | ---- |
| 725 | * AttackAttackAttack: His very aggressive play-style is comparable to Han Wenqing and Tang Rou, though using such tactics contributed to his injury and early retirement. |
| 726 | * CareerEndingInjury: He had to retire early after suffering a hand injury in Season 5. |
| 727 | * DontYouDarePityMe: [[spoiler:When Lou Guanning tries to recruit him to Heavenly Sword, Sun Zheping assumes the offer is made out of pity, thus refuses. He eventually accepts the offer when he's convinced it's genuine]]. |
| 728 | * FallenOnHardTimesJob: [[spoiler:It's implied because he can travel to Hangzhou in a matter of days upon being invited to Happy by Ye Xiu, Zheping is either unemployed or he is employed, but isn't earning as much as he needs to; nevertheless, he accepts the offer]]. |
| 729 | * HandicappedBadass: The pain from his old CareerEndingInjury prevents him from playing more than one intense round at a time, but he can still defeat most players within that single round. |
| 730 | * HeroicRROD: Sun Zheping's play-style has placed an immense burden on him and it contributed to his hand injury and early retirement. |
| 731 | * TheMentor: [[spoiler:Post-Season 9, Heavenly Sword begin looking for a veteran who's skilled enough to provide leadership, yet also willing to sit back as a substitute player. Zheping's injury makes him a perfect fit to mentor the team]]. |
| 732 | %%* SecondPlaceIsForLosers: Zheping's still a little bitter over the loss in the Season 3 championship match. |
| 733 | * UnderestimatingBadassery: {{Subverted}}; in the {{Prequel}} novel, [[spoiler:Zheping is among the few people who knows that Excellent Era vice-captain Wu Xuefeng is pivotal in the team's championship run, whose performance was overshadowed by Ye Xiu's play with One Autumn Leaf]]. |
| 734 | * UninhibitedMusclePower: [[spoiler:The original Hundred Blossoms style is almost unstoppable, but it places an immense burden on the user, contributing to Zheping's early retirement in Season 5. Many years later, he still hasn't recovered fully]]. |
| 735 | * TheWorfEffect: [[spoiler:He first appeared as an unknown expert and defeated Ye Xiu in a fair [=PvP=] match, to the shock of the audience. Granted, he was the best Berserker player in the league at the time and [[WorfHadTheFlu Ye Xiu was using an unfamiliar Berserker character]] before switching to a Battle Mage]]. |
| 736 | |
| 737 | [[/folder]] |
| 738 | |
| 739 | [[folder:Zou Yuan (邹远)]] |
| 740 | |
| 741 | !!! '''Player ID''': Bright Blossoms | 花繁似锦\ |
| 742 | '''Class''': Spitfire |
| 743 | |
| 744 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/qzgs_zou_yuan.png]] |
| 745 | |
| 746 | A Spitfire-class player on Hundred Blossom's roster and current operator of Dazzling Hundred Blossoms, Zou Yuan made his debut in Season 7. |
| 747 | ---- |
| 748 | * BeYourself: [[spoiler:After failing to replace Zhang Jiale in Season 8, he receives a new character and slowly works towards shaping it to fit his own play-style]]. |
| 749 | * InadequateInheritor: He's unable to use Dazzling Hundred Blossoms to its full potential. [[spoiler:After Season 8, the team decides to sell the character instead]]. |
| 750 | %%* WeakButSkilled: [[spoiler:After a few awkward seasons, he slowly improves and becomes an important player for Hundred Blossoms in his own right]]. |
| 751 | [[/folder]] |
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