The friendly match was also divided into two stages of competition.
The first two rounds would winnow the field from 120 to 60, and then from 60 to 30. After thirty streamers were selected, the group ranking stage would begin.
The format would continue with direct PK matches, but a loss wouldn't mean immediate elimination. Instead, the 30 streamers would be ranked collectively based on their vote counts, with the bottom three being eliminated at the end of each round.
Then, around December 11th, after all the matches were over, the first-place winner would be decided. On December 15th, the Federal Company's annual gala would be held.
In the past, the ones eliminated in the first and second rounds were always the top streamers from lower-tier streaming categories. There was no helping it; their fanbases were just too small to win.
But this time—
