No Fatigue: 24-jikan Tatakaeru Otoko no Tenseitan

Michi Kasese, no, "Key Collector" was trying to decide the battle for the sixth time on the big stage.

In the deafening audience voice and loud acoustics, "Key Collector" Mike Kaise operates an arcade enclosure shaped controller placed over his thighs, remaining an unshakeable poker face as if it were the sea level of the day.

Miki Kaise turned 22 this year.

Seven years ago, in a passing incident on the street, Michi Michi was helped by a passing youth, Chiki Kagi, to say that she would be abandoned and killed by the passing. The well-intentioned youth suffer the tragedy of being shot dead by a policeman after being mistaken for a passerby. Interested in the young man who helped himself, Mi Min found out that he was a player in a game called Slam Fighter.

Slam Fighter - Yes, this is the game Mi Min is playing right now.

Since that time when she was a high school girl, Miho had a clear atmospheric appearance, but now that she's 22, even adult calm has been added there.

In Japan, he has become entertained like an idol, but at the same time, Michi is respected by the type of players who only pursue strength, recognizing the guttural gamers.

Because...

"It's settled. Ah! This year's REVOLVE was controlled by - The Key Collector!

Party venues at hotels in Las Vegas were engulfed with cheer.

Live people were screaming for a microphone in an online distribution booth for Japan set in the corner.

He is a man in his thirties wearing a flashy hoodie in rainbow colour and lame, with yellow cellular frame glasses. He himself participated in the tournament as a player, but fell off during the qualifying pool phase. Nevertheless, his true price is not in his arms as a player. Accurate and enthusiastic reality based on the information we got from hanging out with the players was the reason he was here.

"This makes her the sixth consecutive defensive champion since she was an active high school student!

"All I can say about this is that it's awesome! No matter how balanced the fighting game is, you can't win for sure without more isolated power differences than you have character compatibility!

Live person words are supplemented by commentators sitting next to each other.

The commentator is served by a professional (who signed a sponsorship agreement with the company) player who lost at all costs in the final tournament. He is a popular floral player with his popular personality and elaborate knowledge of his back. At his age, he was some younger than the commentator and in his late twenties.

Realists and commentators talk about the miraculous reversal drama they have just witnessed, looking excited by both sides. On the other side of the Internet, more than 10,000 viewers had bitten their emotions into each of them or were excited to write comments on live broadcasts.

"KEY GOD WIN AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! - Kee, I'm so sorry. - Yeah! I knew it. I thought I'd win." "I don't feel like losing anymore." "Who is it, the guy Kee said he'd lose?" "Anti's not breathing anymore."

of Japan and the United States - no, fighting game players from all over the world were excited.

Without a doubt, it was the biggest boost of the tournament right now.

After this, only leave the award ceremony. The excitement of the venue subsides as the waves draw.

On the live broadcast, I saw something good again this year, and some comments are about to come to a close.

but this was not the end of this year's REVOLVE.

The lighting on the stage suddenly darkened.

And at the next moment, the players of the slam fighter appeared with the familiar SE (sound effects) along with the absurd letters as they had drawn in spray on the main display of the venue.

A NEW CHALLENGER COMES HERE!!

The champion, who was modestly gut-posing on the stage - "Key Collector" Miki Kaise, looks around in confusion.

So the host of the tournament shows up and announces something in English.

The English speaking beauty looked at the moderator in surprise.

Shortly afterwards, a cheer sweeps through the venue.

"Ooh, what's wrong with this?

"I don't know."

Realists and commentators did not understand the English description, but some viewers seemed to understand it. Connect the comments on the live broadcast site and the two get an idea of the situation. Live people opened their mouths after two English-speaking Intelligent players stopped by nearby to give a supplementary explanation and make sure there were no mistakes.

"Here, it looks like a surprise on the side of the tournament! Oh, my God, in honor of the Key Collector, who achieved his sixth consecutive defensive championship, the Grimps company has prepared" The Strongest Assassin, ""

"The strongest assassin, who the hell is he? Needless to say, the strongest player in Slam Fighter is her - the Key Collector! I can't think of an assassin who could take her down, can I?

"Is it Judith Yeung, an American who retired from active duty last year?

"That's all I can think of, too, but it won't be. She's the only one who's decided to retire."

"That's right, come on, who the hell pops up? Whoops."

Live people clogged their words when they saw the "things" that appeared on the stage.

Instead, the commentator snapped.

"R-4N4?

It was a silver-plated people-shaped android that appeared in America's famous SF movie.

The silver Android moves smoothly up the stairs leading to the altar and closer to the opposing table.

Until just now, a Korean player who was showing desperate eating to his (key collector) opponent opened his seat like he was barometric.

Android sat down on an empty seat as he saluted Korean athletes as they appeared in the film.

Surprised by the sudden emergence of the Android, the audience that was solidifying realized, for the first time then, that the Android had an arcade enclosure type controller in its hands. Android connects Akekon to the console in a motion without precipitation.

So, finally, the audience perceived the situation.

The challenger who appeared before the sixth consecutive defensive champion, Keycollector Mike Kaise - is this Android!

"This is..."

"You surprised me! Is that Android opponent of the Key Collector!

"... it doesn't seem like there are people in there..."

"It's a thin body, so hey! They say I'm thin too, but they'll never make it in there."

"Oops, looks like the moderator has an introduction"

Live people and commentators interrupt excited chatter to keep an eye on the moderators on the stage.

The voltage of the venue keeps rising as the moderator explains.

But as always, I can only understand English in a stray way.

"- On behalf of"

A seemingly intelligent player took turns saying commentary.

"That's a real 'Android' developed by Grimps, the world's largest Internet search giant and REVOLVE sponsor as well! From now on, the moderator will ask" Key Collector "Mike Kaise if he will take this challenge!

On the stage, the moderator almost gave the microphone to the REVOLVE champion of the year.

Miho asked some questions in English before receiving and answering the microphone.

- I'll take it.

The answer was in Japanese, but the nuances were obvious if you look at Miao's face.

The venue showed the most excitement today.

Intelligent players tell live people.

"But this surprised you!

"Yeah, there was absolutely no prior information that Grimps had real androids available, etc! A complete surprise, so to speak, a deception, but the sixth consecutive defensive champion promised pleasure without the appearance of fear of this challenge!

Mi Min waved her hands small toward the venue and sat back down to the opposing table where she had been sitting until just now.

REVOLVE stands stand side by side with each other.

Miao glanced at the silver android sitting next to her.

Android noticed Miho's gaze and let him have a small Japanese-style meeting. Watching that natural behavior makes me want to suspect that there might be humans in this silver body, but I can tell from the lack of space that much.

"When it comes to games between computers and humans, you remind me of a computer match for chess, sponsored by a Japanese video posting site. Although it was only in the first few years of computer warfare that there was a human winning star, in the last few years the human side has been unable to achieve more results than a draw. There are rumors that the next meeting will be dropped off."

"But there's always been a fight game against COM, so hey. After all, the COM only works in programmed patterns, so it's possible to frame as many as you can read the patterns. But that's the Grimps of the world, and what kind of programs have we got?"

"When it comes to nasty COMs, human beings cite an absolutely impossible super-reaction, but I don't know if this time the opponent is fit for the phrase - biological - but it's a robot with a physical entity anyway. In terms of looking at it with your eyes and then reacting and operating Akekon with your hands, there's nothing different about it than human beings. The Key Collector is also an acclaimed player for his speed of reaction… What do you think, Mr. Crazy Dead Man?"

"Some stories say that human brain neurons are no match for electronic circuits in terms of speed of transmission. Besides, the other person is a computer. It doesn't mean you're tired and slow to react, so how can a key collector be undeniably unfavourable even to the owners of worm nerves?"

That's how intelligent players explained it by showing how intelligent it was.

Having a bug nerve is a mixed praise for players who react fast.

The intelligent player will then translate the moderator's description of English.

"Android's name seems to say, 'Intuition 3'. The name of the artificial intelligence piled on the android, to be exact."

"Intuition?"

"Intuition, that means."

"Is artificial intelligence intuitive?"

"Maybe you have characteristics that are not found in traditional artificial intelligence. Anyway, the Grimps company in the world came out full for today."

Button checks were carried out on the stage while the players explained.

When Android made sure he didn't have any problems connecting his Akekon, he let him snort really human and small toward Mei Min. Follow the rules to end the match once Meizu defeats the character of Android. Of course this won't be in the middle of the game.

"Oops, looks like the button check is done. The game will begin soon!

Come on, man's champion vs. Android's first historic match, how does it fall once again!

He cheered as he wore it to the voice of a live person, and the match began.

"The first round is a quiet rise"

"Both - No, it feels like Key Collector wants to know more."

Intelligent player Mad Dead Man hits the hammer.

"But here - ahhh! Intuition 3 knocks in the full combo from the counter hit confirmation while the key collector is in tow!

"Yes, the rigidity of K in Misty is one of the shortest of all characters! You can't even shake a tow move if you do this!

"There's no later (Key Collector), it's just a Riva Savalet strike - Intuition, I sent this! UA (Ultimate Arts) Xuanbu from Baxte roach leg pierces the" Key Collector "-"

Ooh... and the venue turned.

The first round ended in an Android victory, which turned out to be a twisted and long game in the second round, but this also ended up being won by Android.

As a result, Artificial Intelligence Intuition 3 won the first game by taking two rounds in a row and showing off one scale of its strength.

"But the color of agitation can't be turned back on the [key collector]. It's a small nod, key collector, and no character change."

"We will even set up advanced readings with mechanical reaction speed and combo accuracy, as if they were top human players. But isn't this hard?

This tournament is three games ahead of two rounds per game, and if you lose every game, it's a rule that allows you to change the character you use.

Nevertheless, that's not what I can do, such as use multiple characters evenly as an actual problem. As a result, the majority of participants participate in the Games by defining their main characters.

Only professional players who are greedy for very some wins sometimes come to finish their sub-characters to deal with disadvantaged characters in their main characters. This is a strategy that can only be made possible because you are a professional player who can focus on the game.

"The second game started...... whoa, [Key Collector], all of a sudden I jumped forward! But that's a computer, I'll drop it dangerously against the air!

"That was a detour right now. You won't be surprised just by the computer."

"But? [Key Collector] jumps into the cradle, spin knuckles in between, flying elbow...... what the hell is this?

"Is it a method of warfare that causes you to wave the middle moves and stand guard? Is this visible trap valid for intuition?

Where the health gauge cuts a quarter, Mei Jing roughly packs the distance to the intuition in the previous step. The intuition had been poked through the gap in the flying tool and allowed Meizu to approach.

And...

"Oops, I can't get through the intuition comma throw!

"Is it a comma throw after stiffening in the middle section and smelling the lower section..."

The middle moves have to be standing guards, but in standing guards they eat the lower moves.

Using this, you can effectively break the opponent's guard if you set up a lower move after swinging the middle moves continuously to raise awareness and point them at the guard.

... is only a basic tactic in the case of a very common opponent. If you are a player used to fighting games, you can naturally read your opponent's intentions and switch guards to crouching guards.

But Miho was taking this another step forward. If you catch the opponent in the range of the lower move after shaking the middle stage, the opponent tries to take a kneading guard reflexively. If you use a throw or command throw that you can't guard against a crouched opponent there, the opponent will eat you irresistibly.

It was an advanced way of making choices.

But...

"It's a tactic behind it, but if you're a top human player, you can read it in half."

Intelligent players crush.

Intuition 3 continued to eat the same choice afterwards and dropped the first round of the second game.

The venue springs to the first victory of the Key Collector.

"That's what she calls the" Key Seeker "style, isn't it? This style focuses primarily on setting up bold readings, unlike the usual elaborate and precise play. By using these two different styles, Key Collector has been defending the position of World Champ for six consecutive years."

"" Keyseeker "is the ring name of a qualified gay player who died seven years ago after being accidentally shot by a police officer in a passing case. She was in high school at the time, and Keyseeker Kagi saved her life in that case."

"Stepping into the world of fighting games in such a way as to inherit that Kagi's will, she became the champion of REVOLVE just two years later. Key Seeker and Key Collector. Can two heterogeneous talents come together to defeat this greatest enemy?"

"She was saved by the Keyseeker in the current battle."

"That's a choice from that series of mid-range attacks, isn't it? Does that mean they poked a gap in the program?

"It would be. I would have assumed that it would appear to be the middle section and the bottom section, to the point where it would appear to be the middle section and throw it as the bottom section, and the tactic didn't seem to read through.

But in the second half, he was starting to throw commas. It would mean that you have completed your studies. Intuition 3 is not just a program, but an artificial intelligence created by Grimps that touches on the possibility of advanced self-learning. You shouldn't think the same hand is going to get through. "

In the second round of the second game, the "Key Collector" further evolves tactics.

The flying tools and empty throws that made it look like the middle and the bottom and make it look like the throw penetrated relentlessly, quickly sharpening the health of Intuition 3.

Deepening tactics at speeds above intuition 3's ability to self-learn.

Mei Xiao was responding to the motion of Intuition 3, which attempted to accommodate Mei Xiao's motion.

In terms of its ability to cope, it was clear that Michi outperformed Intuition 3 by a single turn.

The second game was a victory for the human side with Mei Tao taking two rounds in jeopardy.

And we're finally going into the third game to be settled - it seemed to me.

"Whoa, Intuition Three, I'm changing characters!

The characters chosen by Intuition 3 for no-time were characters who did not like the use of "Key Collectors".

Big booming occurs at the venue.

"Intuition 3, what a character you've covered!

"Well, that's part of the strategy,"

Intelligent players crush calmly.

Character coverings are often seen as a way out of the way for fighting game play styles. There are some views these days that it's within strength, including that, but sometimes games tend to get boring, and from the audience, there are aspects that make Xing cool. The fact that subcharacters tend to be shallow compared to the main characters is also likely to account for this.

"But you should think that for Intuition 3 there is no such thing as a distinction between the main character and the subcharacter. If this is human, then yes, it doesn't switch well, and you don't have the time and energy to just do multiple characters in. But they're robots."

Even in the wake of the audience's worrying gaze, Miho was the same poker face.

And the third game began.

The first round was taken by Michi, while the second round was taken by Intuition 3, and the settlement was carried over to the third round.

Well, it was just after the third round started.

"Whoa, what is this? Huh! Are you broken, Key Collector?"

There's no point in the live screaming like that. The "Key Collector" repeatedly releases his Special Attack, completely ignoring the Stone, and waves his normal moves without context.

This is...

"but gacha play!?"

Intelligent players shouted stunned.

Yep. That was akin to "gacha play" where amateurs manipulate characters so fucked up.

Gacha Play is difficult for beginners to handle out-of-the-box, but as long as they become intermediate and above, they can handle it without problems as long as they remain calm.

In fact, Intuition 3 was firmly compatible with Meizu's gacha play.

But the behavior looked heavy somewhere.

And

"Whoa! What's wrong with this! Intuition 3, UA suddenly unleashed!

"This is... an outburst, isn't it? Looks like the UA (Ultimate Arts) that was planting the trick broke out. But is the computer rampant"

Intelligent players said so uncomfortably.

Of course, Michi couldn't have missed the gap, letting her tap into an ultra-high difficulty eye-pushing combo that boasted maximum firepower.

The attack on downed Intuition 3 was unexpectedly solidified from the lower part of the blur on Stone Street -

"Hey, what happened? Huh!" Key Collector ", that's a real combo mistake! But make sure you get caught in it, and Intuition 3 is a gutsy pose!

A gutspaw is an anti-aircraft upper cut that the character of Intuition 3 has put out. It's a move to intercept a jumping opponent, but Michi's character is on the ground now, and the stiffness caused by a combo mistake is quickly gone.

Intuition 3 had exposed Mi Xiao to too big a gap in front of her.

"There's no way the Key Collector misses this gap! Complete the maximum firepower combo without any agitation!

The battle was decided.

The venue was engulfed with cheers like an explosion.

In it, intelligent players snapped like they were annoyed.

"Well, using Android planting commands -"

Intuition 3 had UA (Ultimate Arts) and other commands planted on all moves.

Slam Fighter's Special Attack is established by a combination of command input and buttons by the lever, but only prior input is advantageous for commands. As long as the command is entered, if the opponent hits a move, hit the button to give a Special Attack, and if the opponent is guarding, see how it goes without pressing the button.

However, it is difficult to figure out if a move has hit the opponent before hitting the button. If you don't make the move, it's still fine, but it's a pain in the ass if you do. Because you're going to wave a special attack with a big gap against the person you're guarding.

In that regard, the computer, Intuition 3, does not have to worry about an outburst.

... should be.

"Did the Key Collector invite mistakes by forcing Intuition 3 to read each other?

For example, command planting while guarding an opponent's attack can be risky if the opponent comes rocking the guard direction on the sieve or hitting a throw. If Intuition 3 is planting a command after reading the other person's behavior and calculating the risk, more choices to read will likely make the command harder to plant or delay planting.

No, that's not all.

"That gacha play was meant to measure the accuracy of command planting...?

The REVOLVE stands in line with each other.

Android at hand goes into the corner of sight, so if you are planting a command, you can notice it.

Android manipulators had entered complex commands for UA (Ultimate Arts) with astonishing accuracy.

but there is a risk that if you try to plant commands in a row, you will go crazy at hand. Highly accurate command input means that there is no waste. So even if just one input on the way deviated, the command could be inactive.

On the other hand, there is the aspect that the human command input is useless but therefore stable. Also, fighting games that assume that humans play in the first place have become a system that tolerates such ambiguities associated with human input.

"Ha... eh"

A dry laugh spilled out of Mad Dead Man's mouth.

As a matter of fact, the Mad Dead Man was in danger of a sudden decision against the computer.

If this ever leads to the defeat of Humanity's most powerful player, the Key Collector.

Could it also be that the culture of fighting games, which has been growing up for more than twenty years, is once and for all obsolete?

That was so horrible for the mad bastard who had been in the game center since elementary school and grew up with fighting games.

However, the "Key Collector" has returned the indiscreet assassins sent in by Grimps.

As long as there is a "Key Collector," the Mad Dead Man can now assure me with certainty that the play of fighting games will never be obsolete.

On the surface, next to a madman trembling in emotion that attacked his whole body while still quiet, a live man turned his face bright red and shouted.

"Winner -" Key Collector. "Ah! I showed Grimps' latest AI the human will. Oh!

- The venue was now surrounded by the best cheers of the tournament.