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Chapter 4183 Rating Controversy
Chapter 4183 Rating Controversy
As an observer, Maggie's first action upon appearing was not to congratulate the rabbit girl on passing the level, but rather to remain silent for a long time before speaking.
"I don't quite agree with your clear. You used too many overpowered items. You... you practically killed the game."
It's not about "winning" the game, it's about "killing" the game.
Maggie's choice of words reveals her thoughts.
Winning a game is a victory in the game of strategy; killing a game is a crushing defeat in terms of status.
It's like a superhuman participating in an ordinary person's sports meet; under such a devastating blow, the sporting spirit promoted by the victory will be infinitely diluted.
If I had to sum it up in one sentence, it would be: ...it killed the game.
And that's exactly what the bunny girl is like now.
With her "Outside the Horizon" level items, she completely ignored the game mechanics of the Golden City, rendering the battle meaningless.
Although Maggie's words were harsh, the bunny girl actually thought so too.
Lies don't hurt people; the truth is the sharpest knife that cuts to the heart.
Therefore, even though the rabbit girl ascended the golden throne, she was ultimately in low spirits.
While the rabbit girl remained silent, the others seemed to sense the tense atmosphere. Although they didn't know what she was thinking, they guessed that something must have happened during the game.
Just as everyone was pondering whether to inquire about the situation or offer words of comfort, Maggie, who had been observing from the sidelines, slowly spoke:
“I don’t like using overpowered items to kill the game; it goes against the original intention of Golden Country.”
He started off with the same "offensive" tone, but then changed his tone: "However, these are just some subjective thoughts from my perspective as an observer. But since the Sandbox Wonderland has accepted your way of passing the game, it means there's no objection to your passing, so you don't need to think about it too much."
The rabbit girl nodded silently, without replying.
On the other side, after listening to Maggie's words, everyone finally understood why the bunny girl had suddenly become depressed.
You feel guilty because you used overpowered items?
Angell and Laplace exchanged a glance.
Angell asked with his eyes: Should we say a few words? Offer some comfort, or help fight back?
Laplace returned the look: No need, this is part of her growth.
The reason Angell agreed to let the rabbit girl venture into the Golden Land alone was twofold: firstly, her ideas were indeed constructive, and secondly, it was what Laplace hoped for... inner growth and transformation.
At this point, one of them, as the "patriarch," and the other, as the "supplier" providing the props, didn't need to speak up.
To put it jokingly: it's hard to say because of conflicting interests.
Although they were not prepared to speak, the others present were not subject to this restriction.
To Angell’s surprise, he had expected Gray Porcelain or Gabriel to speak first, but it wasn’t them… While they were still stunned, it was Montedan who spoke first.
"So, that's why you gave her a low score in the observer rating?" Montedan turned his head to look at Maggie beside him.
Maggie didn't answer immediately, but instead asked, "You didn't give Rabbit Hole a very high score back then either?"
Clearly, Maggie already knew Montessori's identity.
Based on the leaderboard she had seen at the players' camp, she naturally knew the score Montedy had given Rabbit Hole.
Montessori: "It's different. I had planned the scoring beforehand, and I scored the performance of the normal version and the perfect version separately, which is why there was a difference in scores."
Ignoring Montedan's scoring philosophy, Maggie suddenly asked curiously, "When you were conquering Nereid through the Rabbit Hole, did you also use some super-powerful items?"
Montedan shook his head: "No, their success was due to excellent teamwork and their individual strength..."
As Montedan said this, he secretly glanced at Angel.
Maggie shrugged: "Okay, whatever your rating method is, this is how I rate it."
“You can rate it that way, that’s your prerogative…” Montedan paused, then said firmly, “But as an observer, I don’t agree with your rating.”
His words surprised Maggie, and everyone else, including the bunny girl, looked at Montecristo.
Under everyone's gaze, Montedan said calmly, "Even if you have your own scoring plan or scoring philosophy, you must respect objective facts."
Maggie raised an eyebrow: "Objective facts?"
Montedan nodded: "Just like the challenges in Nereid back then, I actually appreciate the bond of friendship among the Lord of All Travels' team more, but in the end, I still rate Rabbit Hole better because that's an objective fact!"
Montessard emphasized the key point of "objective facts" word by word.
At that time, in the Nereid level, he thought the Challenger team would have a hard time completing the perfect mode, so he put most of his score on the normal version.
He set the maximum score for the standard version to 30 points.
The perfect version is given a score of 20 out of 10.
He personally didn't like the Rabbit Hole challenge in the standard version, so he only gave it a score of 10. But in the perfect version, he gave it a perfect score of 20.
The reason is also very simple——
The perfect version of the Nereid level only has the "Rabbit Hole" challenge.
Even if he favors the Lord of Ten Thousand Games, he cannot rate a 'non-existent performance' if the Lord of Ten Thousand Games has not entered perfect mode.
As the only team to participate in the perfect challenge, Rabbit Hole deserves to get a perfect score.
This logic also applies to the "Golden Land" level.
"The third level, the Real Golden Land, can only accommodate one team at a time. Rabbit Hole got the only ticket to enter—which means that the Singer Team never even stepped into the third level from beginning to end."
"They've never seen the golden phantom on the third floor, never experienced the challenger team's projected sniping, and never even participated in any battles on the third floor, yet you give this 'unparticipated' team a score of 40, while giving the rabbit hole team, who actually fought their way into the palace and ascended the golden throne, only a score of 10?"
"This is completely unacceptable!"
Montedan wasn't against her giving the Singers' team a high score; every observer has their own preferences, just as he did with the Lord of the Wanderers. In the normal version of the Nereid challenge, the Lord of the Wanderers was actually far behind Rabbit Hole in progress, only having a slight advantage in teammate bonds, yet Montedan still gave him 20 points while only giving Rabbit Hole 10 points, and that was the reason.
In some ways, he and Maggie belong to the same category of people.
However, compared to Maggie, he was more objective.
If the Singer Team also makes it to the third level, even if they don't pass the level in the end, as long as they demonstrate enough strength, Maggie's high score will be recognized.
The problem now is that they don't even qualify for the third level challenge, so how can their scores surpass the actual completion record of Rabbit Hole?
In response to Montedan's questioning, Maggie retorted, "Isn't the Singers' performance in the palace enough for me to give them a high score?"
"Just because the singers' projection in the palace is strong, you give them a high score?" Montedan shook his head: "This logic is completely untenable. The manipulator of the projection is a great fairy power, which cannot be confused with the real person."
Maggie tilted her head: "But what if I told you that the real strength of the Singers' Team is no weaker than the projection in the palace?"
“Don’t disbelieve me. As an observer, I am absolutely qualified to make this judgment.” Maggie: “I personally witnessed the Singer Squad’s performance on the second floor. Their dominant combat power against the Golden Phantom was no weaker than that of the Royal Palace Projection, and they were even better at predicting the opponent’s attacks.”
"I witnessed the entire performance of the Singer Team. They only had one gold artifact, and the other members achieved their goal through individual strength. The Rabbit Hole, on the other hand, relied on an exceptionally powerful item to clear the level."
Comparing the two, Maggie naturally leans more towards the Singers' Team.
"If they are really that strong, why did the Rabbit Hole team get the ticket to the third level first? According to you, shouldn't they have reached the third level first?"
Maggie was silent for a few seconds. "The Singer Team's completion time was only a few minutes slower than Rabbit Hole's. That's what I regret. If they had been a few minutes faster, the Singer Team would definitely have been the team that completed the game perfectly."
It was precisely because of this regret that Maggie felt deep sympathy for the Singers team, and her subsequent scoring was actually somewhat biased by emotion.
“As for why they were a step slower, based on my observation, it’s because they spent too much time on the first floor.” Maggie: “That’s normal. There are too many gold items on the first floor. It takes a long time to find the right gold item from such a huge pile of gold items.”
The reason the bunny girl was slightly faster was simply because she skipped the process of selecting gold jewelry.
In Maggie's opinion, the reason why the bunny girl didn't choose the gold jewelry was most likely because she already had super-powerful items and didn't need the gold jewelry.
After going around in circles, we've come full circle back to "super-powerful props".
The bunny girl skipped the gold jewelry selection thanks to her "super-powerful props," which also saved her time.
With the help of the super-powered items, the bunny girl bypasses the original mechanics of the Golden Land, doesn't choose gold items, and doesn't engage in any strategic battles. Naturally, Maggie dislikes this behavior.
“But even with super-powerful items, isn’t that still Rabbit Hole’s strength?” Montedan disagreed.
“You’re right, the Superpower item is also a test of your strength, but as I just said, the way to clear the Golden Land is to win through strategic gameplay.” Maggie: “Using the Superpower item is tantamount to killing the game. The strategic gameplay becomes meaningless.”
Hearing this, Angell probably realized that Maggie and Montessori were actually the same type of person, but their personality traits were different.
Montessori is more rational; although he has preferences, he will respect the outcome.
Maggie, on the other hand, is more emotional, prefers to rely entirely on subjective opinions, and is completely indifferent to the outcome.
People with the same personality but different traits are actually more likely to have conflicts than people with different personalities, because they get along well, so they need to clarify things.
It's understandable that they started the argument.
Which of these two personality traits would Ingres support?
It depends on the specific situation. He doesn't have an absolute stance, but in this particular case, he would definitely support Montessori.
Despite his support, Angel remained silent, simply watching quietly from the sidelines.
“It’s that ‘kill the game’ argument again.” At this point, Gabriel chimed in, expressing his dislike for the argument: “The captain isn’t the only one who can kill the game.”
“But this time, among the Golden Country team, only Rabbit Hole won the game with a super item,” Maggie replied calmly.
Gabriel opened his mouth, unsure how to answer, and could only control the illusion puppet to let out a heavy sigh.
At this moment, Laplace, who had been silent until now, suddenly spoke.
"Miss Gossa's abilities are quite exceptional."
Laplace said only this one sentence and then fell silent.
After she started, Gabriel immediately chimed in: "That's right, Miss Gossa has superpowers too! She could totally win the match!"
Although Gabriel didn't know what extraordinary abilities Miss Gossa possessed, since even Miss Laplace said so, it must be true!
"If you don't like 'killing the game,' why did you give all your points to the Singers team?!"
Maggie frowned: "The Miss Cossa you're talking about, is she the one in the Magic Flute's chest? Does she have superhuman abilities?"
Gabriel didn't know the answer, but he solemnly manipulated the illusion puppet to nod emphatically: "Yes! Of course there is!"
This time, Maggie was silent.
She carefully recalled the battle of the Singer Squad, and some details were indeed questionable, such as their ability to clearly foresee the opponent's next move... Could this be the "super-power" ability that Gabriel mentioned?
Maggie remained silent, so Montessori took over the conversation.
“Look, the Singers also possess superpowers, which essentially means they're killing the game too.” Montedan: “Both the Singers and Rabbit Hole have ‘superpowers,’ but Rabbit Hole made it to the third level and even ascended the throne, while the Singers remained on the second level. Under these circumstances, why should they be given high scores?”
"Although the rating process is complete, I am sorry to say that I do not accept your score."
This time, Maggie did not refute it.
After speaking, Montedan looked at the rabbit girl. His tone was slow but solemn: "Although I value the process in small matters, I believe that the result is the most important thing in big matters."
"And winning ownership of the sand table is the most important thing right now."
"Rabbit Hole has gained the right to define the Golden Land, which brings us one step closer to becoming the master of the sand table."
"As long as we become the masters of the sand table, not only will we be the ultimate winners, but the right to define the process will also eventually come back to us."
"This is an inevitable historical trend."
At this point, Montedan softened his voice and comforted her, "So, don't worry about this observer rating."
At this moment, Gray Porcelain also raised his hand and said weakly, "That's right, that's right, the one who stays until the end is the winner."
Listening to Montessori's words of comfort and seeing everyone's support, the rabbit girl's somewhat melancholy mood slowly dissipated.
Also.
Their goal is to become the master of the sandbox of Rabbit Town.
As long as we ultimately secure first place and gain jurisdiction over Zone 1, everything else is trivial and doesn't need to be a concern.