The Mech Touch novel Chapter 3450

Chapter 3450: Tournament Nuances

Ketis initially had other plans in mind.

"What did you plan to do instead?" Ves asked over the comm.

"Well, other than going on romantic dates with Joshua, I wanted to enter a couple of personal combat tournaments." She answered. "Mech pilots and mech designers aren't the only people in the Red Ocean who want to compare themselves against each other. There are warriors who have mastered powerful combat arts back in the old galaxy. I don't know if you are aware about it, but bloodsports are really popular in Chance Bay. The prize pools aren't any less compared to the other kinds of competitions."

She was right. Tournaments involving mech design or mech combat were both fantastic in their own ways, but their content could be a little too technical or far removed from the daily lives of ordinary people.

Compared to the intricacies of designing a mech, it was a lot easier for a normal person to appreciate a punch!

It was also a lot easier for humans to aspire to become their heroes when they didn't need to possess genetic aptitude or a degree in mech design. Anyone with a sound body could perform a kick or swing a sword!

While it was a lot more difficult to get good at doing so, at the very least the barrier to entry was a lot lower!

As a result, these biggest bloodsport tournaments tended to draw some of the biggest crowds of laymen. The volume of ticket sales were absolutely massive, especially when famous fighters signed up for them. The legends among them were even household names across hundreds of star sectors!

A genuine swordmaster would definitely perform marvelously in these tournaments, though he didn't understand the other contestants. Perhaps they didn't inherit a fantastic swordsmanship tradition like Ketis, but humanity definitely developed other supreme fighting methods!

"Well, no matter how well you think you can perform in these personal combat tournaments, don't forget your other profession. You should at least test your mettle against other mech designers while we are still in the Vulit Central Star Node. This is a valuable experience that you can't easily find anywhere else. In my early days, I learned a lot from what I've done and what I've witnessed during these kinds of events. You're a bit further ahead than me back then, but that doesn't mean it's too late."

"I don't know, Ves." She furrowed her brows. "I'm confident in my ability to win in a sword fighting tournament, but I'm not so sure about design tournaments. I can't compare myself to you on most fronts. If I can't even beat you, how will I be able to beat others?"

This was why she hadn't signed up to any design tournaments. She had taken a good look at them, but even if she only considered those that set the lowest age limits for Journeymen, she still didn't rate her chances highly.

"Hey, perhaps you have a point, but this is a team competition, not a solo one. You will have me by your side at all times. I can cover all of the areas that you are worried about. All you need to do is focus on the few areas you do excel at. If it makes you more comfortable, then just treat this as a design project where I'll be the lead designer and you will be the contributing designer."

"I…"

"Besides, the Wild Brawl Bowl is a good opportunity for you to preview and experiment with some of the ideas that you intend to apply to your upcoming Monster Slayer design. Whatever theories and assumptions that you have built up in your mind might not work out in practice. This melee mech tournament will allow you to test them against other comparatively powerful mechs!"

That finally won her over.

"Okay, Ves. If you truly think that I can be of use to you in this tournament, I'll work with you. We will design the best damn swordsman mech in this Wild Brawl Bowl, mark my words!"

"That's the spirit!" He grinned.

The two quickly registered to participate in this interesting team tournament. They agreed to meet up at a later date in order to discuss and plan their approach for their upcoming collaboration.

Almost every tournament tended to randomize specific conditions such as material availability, component design availability and other random requirements such as height limits in order to keep them fresh and prevent pre-designing.

It would be no fun if many contestants immediately whipped out a complete and functional mech design right at the start! It was even worse if those prior designs were prepared by other, better mech designers!

While that meant that he and Ketis couldn't prepare anything too specific, they could settle a couple of overall design choices. This would save them valuable time on discussions and allow them to settle on a given direction right away.

Now that Ves signed up for two different tournaments, he did not continue to look at any subsequent ones. He could sign up for the later ones after he had a better idea of what it was like and what he needed to pay attention to in order to maximize his chances of winning.

"The design tournaments that take place here are a lot different from the ones back in my home region."

Better tech, more wealth, greater ticket sales, much more formidable competition and the implicit support from the MTA all elevated these design tournaments to a much higher level.

Ves needed to work hard and make use of all of his advantages in order to at least achieve a decent result. He also needed an element of luck as the different tournament formats could give some contestants greater advantages than others.

For example, Ves might have poor luck in the drawing of opponents in the fighting stages and get matched up against a tournament favorite.

The allocation of mech pilots was also unequal most of the time.

It was impossible for the tournament organizers to gather mech pilots that all performed exactly the same. Some were better and some were worse. A few might specialize in ranged combat while others had a preference for defensive combat.

"A good mech pilot can propel a contestant to first place while a poorer one can sink a chance to win a combat carrier!"

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