Imagine a shonen sports story. But this time, it's not about baseball or soccer. Instead, it revolves around playing a MOBA video game!
And no, it’s neither League of Legends nor DotA. This is a BRAND NEW ORIGINAL MOBA, the ultimate MOBA - Classmancers!
The game has grown so much that schools now recognize it as a legitimate sport. They even have Classmancers clubs where students can compete against other schools! Who will rise to the nationals!?
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For Yuel, a team sport is akin to a living chessboard. There’s nothing more thrilling than deconstructing every opponent and predicting their next twenty moves.
Classmancers provides the perfect stage for such psychological battles, where game theory usually reigns supreme. However, there are exceptions like Lars, who despite having what seems like a very low IQ, boasts godlike mechanical skills that defy all odds. He’s like your typical overpowered main character with a cheat that doesn’t boost his intellect.
Yuel and Lars are like water and fire—100% compatible! That’s why they form an unlikely duo and aim to dominate the competitive scene of Classmancers!
However, to challenge their OPness, they encounter rivals who are equally formidable. Some make their teammates immune to Yuel’s psychological tactics, while others turn Lars’s immense strength against him.
In this tough environment, Yuel and Lars continue to struggle, pushing themselves to follow their promise of reaching the pro scene.
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RELEASE SCHEDULE: Monday. One chapter a week.
GAME WIKI: https://classmancers.wikia.com/
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This is a very experimental story, since nobody else seem to be interested in writing proper Esport stories. That's why I went "I'll do it myself then!" It's pretty challenging to pull this off without any reference to go by, but I'm doing what I can.
Any critique, both positive and negative, is more than welcome. I need as much feedback as possible to figure out how to best write this unusual novel. No way I'll be able to figure everything out on my own.
RELEASE SCHEDULE: A 3k~5k words chapter a week.
GAME WIKI: https://classmancers.wikia.com/
HOMEPAGE: https://darkclaymore.wordpress.com/classmancers/
The novel itself is great, I thoroughly enjoyed each of the chapters. Good writing along with good pacing makes the story an interesting read. It has decent enough characters and game backstory to make it enjoyable.
The story does seem unrealistic to a certain sense. I think a good MOBA story boils down to how much the author itself understands the genre of MOBA's. Although he does explain the basic nitty-gritty of game mechanics, he fails to mention any important or groundbreaking that players with more skill would notice, and that will have an effect on how far the novel can progress linearly.
It's fine since these guys are middle schoolers and are still learning about the game, but if he wants to bring this novel from a lighthearted read to an actual quality MOBA novel, it's going to take a lot of work.
Overall, still a good read. There's no other MOBA novel to compare this to, so I guess it is a staple. There are things that could be improved, but the things the author does writes, he does correctly.
I like the character types, but I feel they are too rigid in their archetype, I would have liked a little more gray and less black/white. Still that is fine and the archetype for the mc is particularly interesting. My real problem with the characters is their age vs how they behave/talk, they definitely behave/talk above their age.
I hope the author continues doing such a good job and we get to see a really good coming of age story.
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