Chapter 51

Chapter 51. A Situation Different from Expectations.

However, users couldn’t immediately know how the event would end or how the rankings would be calculated.

The reason wasn’t anything particularly special.

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<Global Notice>

<To all Commanders who enjoyed the 'Pirate Invasion' event, we extend our heartfelt thanks.>

<All results for this event will be announced two weeks from now.>

<We kindly ask Commanders to avoid any misunderstandings.>

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Surprisingly, whether the event results weren’t calculated in real-time or there was no monitoring program in place is unclear.

But with a blatant notice stating that the event results would be announced two weeks later, it was as if they were saying, “Deal with it.”

Naturally, the users’ chat channels and forums turned into the fiery gates of hell.

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Title: Honestly, if the admins suck, just upvote 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Comments:

– [This is seriously triggering some middle school syndrome vibes.]

– [Yo, Pirate Slayer-kun!]

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Of course, like most users, only a very small number of people read the first notice and reacted. The rest didn’t care about what was happening in the gallery and just kept reading the notices.

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<Global Notice>

<Announcement regarding the settlement of the ‘Pirate Invasion’ event.>

<First, let me share the results of the event.>

<Commanders, you have permanently annihilated a total of 16,905,151 pirate groups and eliminated 125,309,057 pirate ships.>

<Next, the event rankings you’ve all been eagerly waiting for.>

<1st. Pandohaksaeng Lover: 10,550 points>

<2nd. Raksha: 10,149 points>

<3rd. Icarus: 10,054 points>

<4th. Arcadia: 10,002 points>

<5th. Tteokbokki: 9,515 points>

<6th. Martial Arts Drying: 9,489 points>

<7th. Betelgeuse: 9,153 points>

<8th. Arto: 8,710 points>

<9th. Mosquito Killer: 8,397 points>

<10th. Bosnia Ppera: 7,999 points>

<The scores for each rank were calculated based on PVE victory points and pirate elimination points, following internal discussions by the operations team.>

<And to all Commanders who participated and survived the event, we’d like to express our gratitude by providing a small reward.>

<Future updates will be announced as soon as the schedule is finalized, so please stay tuned.>

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Excluding the rest of the miscellaneous explanations, the users who saw the rankings…

Even before the event, Icarus wasn’t even in the top 100, let alone the top 10. So, the fact that Icarus suddenly took 3rd place left everyone utterly shocked.

Well, to be precise, it wasn’t just shock…

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Title: What’s with 3rd place?

Author: ㅇㅇ

Content: [Image of a selfie]

Seriously, someone who wasn’t even on the rankings suddenly skyrocketed to the top?

What the heck is this guy doing?

Comments:

– [Isn’t that the guy who made the Pirate Empress surrender?]

– [Wasn’t that a lie? Was it real?]

– [No, that’s why they’re ranked 3rd, right?]

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Title: The current 3rd place is kinda insane

Author: ㅇㅇ

Content: [Image of a crab]

Everyone knows this guy made the Pirate Empress surrender at the end, effectively landing the final blow.

But even so, the score is way too overwhelming, right?

So, I calculated based on my ranking score, and it turns out this guy’s score is because all the PVE victory points from the Pirate Empress’s consecutive wins against users were counted as PVP victories.

Comments:

– [What does that even mean?]

– [It’s like they soloed PVP and got a streak of dozens of wins.]

– [LMAOOOOOOOOO]

– [Is this game for real? LOLOLOLOL]

– [What kind of nonsense is this? LOL]

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The gallery was filled with chaotic complaints about the operations team’s bizarre scoring system.

Soon enough, the gallery was once again ablaze like a campfire over this issue…

But the person in question, Icarus themselves…

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“Who am I?”

“The glorious Commander shining in 3rd place!”

“…Huh, this is way more pressure than I thought.”

Without any serious thoughts, they were just pondering how to naturally flex their achievement.