NOVEL WEB Chapter 740
A week before the Magic Duel, I hadn’t been able to exercise properly, and my body was itching with energy.
Of course, using Aura through weight training or light jogging wasn’t a problem.
But the sudden boredom that hit me turned my insides upside down.
Blink blink—
“I want to do something…”
Yawn—
With that yawn, my mind cleared up.
I had tried to take a forced nap, but only an hour had passed.
“Grrraaaah… Phew… Mmm.”
The current time was 2 PM, and back in Korea, it was 4 AM.
Saetbyeol, who was failing to adjust to the time difference, was deep asleep, scratching her tummy.
I carefully closed the door and stepped into the living room.
“…!”
Whoosh—!
A gigantic flame was beautifully engulfing the living room of the accommodation.
However, I didn’t feel any heat from it.
“Whoa, that scared me! Staring too closely will ruin your eyesight.”
Luri was enjoying a fun 4D hologram movie.
I joined her and started watching “The Fallen Dragon” from the middle.
“Is this a movie or a documentary? No way, it can’t be a documentary.”
“It’s a movie in a documentary format. I heard it unfolds like this in the early parts.”
“Wow, they have everything! Wait, did they win an academy award for visual effects?”
As I watched, I realized it was a more serious movie than I expected.
It wasn’t a story where a fallen dragon suddenly turns into a maid and parasites on an ordinary office worker.
Instead, it portrayed a brutal struggle for survival where a dragon, beaten in a mob fight, faced the wild alone.
“It’s not exactly fun…”
The dragon made chirping sounds to lure animals into a cave and burned them with its breath.
It was just bearable enough to kill some time.
In the second part, some balding uncles appeared, and the story shifted to them trying to capture the dragon, which quickly drained my interest.
Tick tick tick—
“What are you doing, sis?”
“Uh, I heard there’s a forum for the National Exchange Tournament, so I thought I’d take a look.”
I learned about the site from randomly watching a video by Mahabam, a streamer with 1.8 million subscribers.
[AllMana64.com]
Back in January, when I demonstrated PMAAS technology, players naturally became interested in the magic duel athletes too.
As a result, they started comparing the athletes based on stats, and conflicts among fandoms seemed to have increased.
That’s when Mahabam made a discussion forum regarding the players in the National Exchange Tournament.
Now, it had evolved into a platform rich with various spectacles.
“I didn’t know, but it seems foreign fans are tuning in quite a bit. Should I start with this?”
What caught my eye first was the rankings.
[2054 Texas National Exchange Tournament Power Ranking]
[Sort ↑↓]
[#1. NoName – KR]
[#2. Caleb R. Bennett – US]
[#3. John L. Marshall – US]
[#4. Yannick T. Rosenberg – DE]
[#5. Jung Isaac – KR]
“Hmm. I don’t really need to look further.”
It didn’t matter how others evaluated me.
As long as I was ranked first, that was enough.
Since I had made it to first place anyway, I decided to take a look at the opinions of experts and the public.
[#1. NoName – KR]
[Age: 11 years 2 months]
[AllMana Score: 96]
The score given by the magic duel officials was 96 points.
“Wow, there’s a lot.”
In the attack stats were hit accuracy, hit frequency, hit strength, hit speed, and finishing ability.
In the defense stats were hit evasion rate, barrier technique defense rate, durability, and defense conversion ability.
Along with that, there were casting stats including casting speed and power, as well as strategy, mental strength, technical diversity, and physical specs thoroughly evaluated.
It felt somewhat like being a game character.
After going through the long list of stats, I found a general evaluation from the public at the end.
[Comment | 1809]
– Who dares evaluate a god?
– Da Na-me… Is that you again?
– I think strategic and mental skills should get 100 points, they’re not enough.
– GOAT 🐐🐐
– Finishing ability at 100 points? Are you for real? hahaha
– If Na-me wants to eliminate the physical spec category, I’d upvote that! {👍}
“Interesting, but it seems a bit lacking in substance.”
I left a recommendation for one person’s extremely personal opinion and clicked back.
I couldn’t tell if an expert directly analyzed the video and assigned values, or if they just left it to an AI.
But I wasn’t looking for this site just for the rankings.
[Discussion and Analysis]
The background behind the creation of ‘AllMana64.’
And there lay the Abyss Arena.
[(Player Analysis) ‘Yannick Rosenberg’ I don’t know why this coward is rated so highly]
[Why the current coaching staff in Korea are frustrated.araboja]
[(Player Analysis) Off-Southeast Asia level specs, Na-me’s other plush doll ‘Kain Eli’]
Hundreds of posts causing dopamine to surge.
It felt like my agenda for the day was set.
“But how am I supposed to write an article…?”
* * *
[(new!) Hey, you can analyze players with PMAAS too!] [Author: Merengi]
Hello~~ It’s Mabung~~ 💫✨
I’m here once again to share sweet tips and handy information with you all!!
(Bouncy high-five emoticon)
The weather is hot lately, so I hope everyone is taking good breaks~~
(Sparkling happy emoticon)
With less than a week left until the National Exchange Tournament! Beautiful summer flowers have bloomed in Texas~~
(Texas scenery.jpg)
I also came to watch the players’ matches, but boy, the prices in the US are so high…!
On days when we go out for dinner, the meal costs a ridiculous amount…
(Sighing frustration emoticon)
I really want to see the matches soon, but we still have 6 days until the opening ceremony…!
I’ve read almost all the player analysis articles…! Now, what should I do!!!
(Boiling over with anger emoticon)
For all of you in that situation, I’ve prepared something~~
Let’s learn how to analyze magic duel players with PMAAS together!
(Fail to hold back laughter emoticon)
📂 First, download the magic duel videos from the official IEC homepage like this~~
You all know, right? The foundation of player analysis is data collection!
(Screenshot attachment 1~5: [Download path explanation image].jpg)
🛠 Next, run a program that supports the Personal Combat Simulation (PCS) feature~~
Lately, even the World of Arseria Training Center supports this feature, making it much more convenient!!!
(Screenshot attachment 6~10: [PCS settings explanation image])
🤖 Through PMAAS settings, directly apply the player’s data into the simulation.
Here’s a usage tip!
– When experiencing a continuous motion of a specific stance, use the “Highlight Playback” feature.
– For moves with a low success probability, PMAAS may suggest improvement plans on its own!
(Screenshot attachment 11~20: [PMAAS options explanation image])
🔥 PMAAS simulates muscle movements and timing of skills based on the player’s technical data!!!
– You can feel the difference in muscle use when a skill succeeds versus when it fails.
– PMAAS analyzes in real-time why a specific action failed during skill execution.
– For instance, you might instantly receive feedback like “The hit angle was too high.”
(Screenshot attachment 21~23: [PCS training images])
🏆 By linking PMAAS and PCS, you can simulate duels between players by importing NPC data of similar types.
– When a specific player meets another player of a different style, compatibility analysis is possible.
– During the match, PMAAS analyzes the action data of the two players and suggests optimal counter strategies. (e.g., “Player X’s defense pattern is vulnerable to Player Y’s three-tier strikes.”)
– Finally, create your own player data using the analysis tools provided by PMAAS. (Combat style evaluation sheets, skill efficiency graphs, stamina consumption over time)
(Screenshot attachment 24~25: [PCS training images])
That wraps up how to analyze magic duel players using the PMAAS avatar feature!
(Strict, serious, thumbs up emoticon)
[Recommendations 581] [Dislikes 106]
[Comments]
– What? Why is this so useful?
– Why are you sharing this?
– Seriously, why tell us this?!
– I didn’t expect much, but this is super helpful, hahaha.
– Who are you really? hahaha.
– This is someone who’s at least a current coach, right? hahaha.
– I was totally taken aback by how real this info is…
– Shouldn’t you keep this to yourself? hahaha.
– The readability is insane.
– I saved down Merengi’s account, so hurry up and post your analysis article!
– This has been overwhelmingly useful among the recent articles I’ve read.
* * *
[Overseas Magic Forum]
[A user ‘Merengi’ who knows so much about Magic Duel they deserve an award][285]
(Hey, you can analyze players with PMAAS! – link)
Merengi ← This person just received 5,000 upvotes and reclaimed the number one spot on allmana64.com.
(PMAAS options explanation image.jpg)
I’ve created a lot of herbivorous characters in the World of Arseria, but I’ve never seen a feature like this before in my life.
They probably updated it recently, but it seems no one knew about it since it was tucked away in a corner.
But the articles posted later are even more fascinating.
(The Trap of Pre-Opening: Why RPM Isn’t Everything – link) – Recommendations 2601
(Ten Ways to Overcome the Length Difference of the Sword – link) – Recommendations 1591
(Sensory Gating: Center of Gravity Adjustment and Casting Always at the Same Time – link) – Recommendations 3986
The last article left me in awe, like, what the heck hahaha.
People are calling it the ‘Magic Theory,’ saying that unless we consciously focus, our brains can’t process casting information and aura information simultaneously.
So even if we have direct sensory perception through sight and touch, our brains end up not processing it, resulting in a state where it’s like we didn’t even see it.
What on earth did I just watch?
[Comments]
– Why is it always mostly Na-me in the examples?
└ Because Na-me is the strongest!
– Looking at it this way, Na-me’s details were insane.
– Isn’t that a bit of an over-interpretation?
└ That could be… or not.
– What the players of Magic Duel do instinctively is being put into words. It’s nothing special.
└ Don’t talk nonsense. How can that be instinct?
└ Performing casting and manipulating aura simultaneously? People’s brains would fry, seriously. hahaha.
└ Just the difficulty of that alone is comparable to double casting.
– The Pre-Opening Theory is awesome too.
– No wonder Na-me kept winning in speed last year but always had the opening advantage.
└ Seriously, outside of Cecilia and Emika, no one made use of the early advantage at all.
└ Opener GOAT, Cecilia, I miss you.
The user ‘Merengi’ who wrote four articles in two days.
As the opening ceremony of the National Exchange Tournament approached,
his articles were cited by many streamers.
“Magic Theory? I saw that. It was enlightening, right? It means to let your left hand do what your right hand doesn’t know. Isn’t that the meaning behind it?”
– No way, that’s not it. hahaha.
– Does this guy even understand it? hahaha.
– Merengi is getting rave reviews.
Simply reading the articles of Merengi, or Merengi-kun, piqued the interest of the viewers.
Moreover, some pros even surfaced who intended to apply this in practice.
“Do you think this would work in battle? After casting, if I adjust the weight of the aura… Wait, this doesn’t seem to support the assist feature?”
– Are you serious about this? hahaha.
– Let’s just consider having a brain substitute while we’re at it!
– VaRia is controlling my head!
– There are so many hermits in this world.
And then at that moment,
the magic duel specialist streamer Mahabam brought shocking news.
Viewers who had come upon seeing his emergency announcement began banging on the broadcasting station’s door.
[Mahabam]
[Just Chatting – Mahabam ★Merengi★ Special Guest! Magic Duel is totally pro!!!]
[Broadcasting Time – 0:30:01]
[Number of Viewers – 31,068]
– Wow, it hasn’t even started yet, and there are already 30,000 people hahaha.
– Are they really bringing Merengi?
– If this is a lie, I’m dead, Mahabam.
– It’s not even game day, yet so many people are here hahaha.
– If this is actually pulled off, I’ll recognize it.
“Phew, hello everyone, I’m Mahabam. Oh, you want me to skip the greeting? But I still gotta greet, you know?”
Last year, thanks to NoName’s ripple effect, Mahabam received a viewer boost.
However, this year, as Na-me was participating in only three matches, the viewership had dipped.
“If I can’t do a collaboration with Na-me, I’ll just have to milk his videos.”
His viewers loved Na-me immensely.
In that sense, getting a follower of Na-me like Merengi was a huge stroke of luck.
“I’ll bring him out right away. Merengi, please come out! Just come out…!”
Even Mahabam was incredibly curious about his voice.
Judging by his ability to appear on the broadcast, he wasn’t an active coach.
“Ahh.”
– ?
– A girl?
– Their voice sounds a bit young?
– Remove the voice modulation.
“Hello. This is Merengi.”
An all too familiar voice.
“This, this isn’t modulated…! Yes, Merengi’s voice is not modulated, everyone! It’s true, really!”
“That’s right, this is my voice, heehee.”
[NoName has joined the broadcasting station.]
Merengi’s true identity was neither an amateur nor a coach but the player itself.
The number one ranked player in the Magic Duel power rankings for the National Exchange Tournament was NoName.