Ch.240″The reason you are in third place is because you are in third place.”
by fnovelpia
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<This is a notification message delivered only to Icarus.>
<Icarus’s ranking position is 3rd, and the reasons for this ranking are as follows:>
<Positive Factors>
˪<9 consecutive wins>
˪<Number of ships destroyed: Average over 50 per match (top tier)>
˪<Number of superhuman kills: Average over 20 per match (top tier)>
˪<Number of assists: Average over 500 per match (top tier)>
˪<Command score bonus>
˪<Strategic fleet operation score bonus>
˪<Reconnaissance score in top tier>
<Negative Factors>
˪<1 defeat>
˪<Fleet annihilation judgment>
˪<3 instances of team kills>
Final Result: 3rd Place
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After seeing the evaluation method contained in that message, Jessica and I couldn’t help but lament from the bottom of our hearts.
“Ah, well.”
“That’s too bad. If things had gone better, Commander, you could have ranked 1st or at least 2nd.”
As Jessica said, it was certainly a disappointing result.
Realistically, the reason I ranked 3rd was clearly because of that “1 defeat” prominently displayed there, unlike the other rankers.
While trying to console myself over this disappointment, I had to feel quite strange about placing 3rd for the third time in a row.
“By the way, Jessica, isn’t it weird that I’m in 3rd place again?”
“Yeah, Commander, it seems like you have some mysterious connection to that 3rd place position.”
Anyway, now that I roughly understood why I was ranked 3rd in E-U, I decided to open both the gallery and chat window to see how others were reacting.
Of course, the first thing I checked was naturally the “solo rankers’ room.”
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-[LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL]
-[LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL](Laura)
-[What’s going on? Why are they like that?](Icarus)
-[She’s freaking out because she’s the only one whose ranking dropped](Menaldu)
-[Sigh](Indefatigable)
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As soon as I opened it, I saw Laura, the only existing ranker who recorded a ranking drop(!), having a mental breakdown.
I naturally pushed that chat window aside and decided to check the gallery situation.
And as always, the gallery was prioritizing trash talk through the event results.
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Title: From now on, I’ve decided not to talk to anyone below the top 10%
Author: Anonymous
Content: [Image of a pink-haired toad looking at toads with multi-colored hair], [Top 10% verification screenshot]
T-t-those below 10% are all t-trash…
I-I think g-game n-noobs should all d-die…
Comments:
-[What on earth are you saying, anon?]
-[You talk like a loser but every word is attempted murder]
-[The anonymous comments are always spot on lol]
-[Ultimate Newbie-cide: ON]
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Title: Look at them already dividing people by scores and starting class warfare smh
Author: Anonymous
Content: [Top 1% verification screenshot], [Image of a toad wearing a curly wig with a rotten expression]
Isn’t 10% or below all the same anyway?
The level of these lower-class people smh
Comments:
-[Making me want to start a revolution]
-˪[But could you win if you tried?]
-˪[Don’t you know a bamboo spear is one hit for you, one hit for them?]
-˪[Can you win with a bamboo spear when the opponent has a gatling gun?]
-˪[Good point]
-[Bourgeois bastard lol]
-[Just cut off the lower class and go straight to heaven mode~]
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Well, to be precise, it wasn’t just trash talk, but rather…
Class warfare was suddenly emerging, and true to their Hell Peninsula origins, people were immediately taking sides.
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Title: Why top 10% and 1% are all laughable.txt
Author: Anonymous
Content: [Top 0.1% verification]
Because there are people ranked even higher
From now on, those below 0.1% shouldn’t post anything
Comments:
-[The madness never ends]
-[When the 10% acted up, the 1% stepped in, then the 0.1% suppressed them. This is insane]
-[Damn, the 0.1% oppressing 99.9% of users]
-[Don’t use an anonymous nickname, proudly reveal your real nickname!]
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Now it seemed they were about to go completely mad, so I shook my head.
In place of Antares, who was too busy managing the clan to be active in the gallery, and Raksha, who was silent probably because she lost 1st place so miserably.
As their representative, I decided to post something in the gallery to end this endless madness.
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Title: I’ve come to end this war.
Author: Icarus
Content: [Ranking 3rd, top 0.001% verification screenshot]
I have arrived
One more instance of madness and I’ll block everyone ranked below me
Comments:
-[W-what!]
-[?!]
-[Cool, confirmed.]
-[LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL]
-[B-but there are still 1st and 2nd place…]
-˪[But 1st and 2nd aren’t here right now]
-˪[Oh, right]
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Anyway, after stomping on those idiots who were starting class warfare over nothing.
“Commander, there’s an Earth Federation cruiser squadron approaching to invade our base.”
“Send out the Kraken and make them its food. Just to be safe, also send escort ships and the monster fleet to protect its soft, tender belly.”
“Yes, sir.”
As I was arranging for the randomly appearing enemies to be provided as feed for the Kraken as usual, I could see the gallery’s topics shifting in another direction.
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Title: By the way, who are these two new people in the top 10?
Author: Anonymous
Content: [‘Ancient Empire Legacy’ event ranking table.jpg]
Ranks 1-8 are all familiar people, but 9 and 10 are new
Does anyone know them?
Comments:
-[Dunno]
-[No idea]
-[I know Koenig, that person who got the nickname ‘Political Officer’ in this event]
-˪[What’s a Political Officer?](Author)
-˪[Go read through the gallery pages thoroughly]
-˪[Ugh, I don’t want to flip through pages]
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Title: Koenig aside, who the hell is Mona Lisa?
Author: Anonymous
Content: I’ve never seen them before
Well, they were on the All-Star team when 3rd place fought them, so they must be skilled
Does anyone know what kind of player they are?
Comments:
-[There was talk about Koenig, but nothing much about Mona Lisa]
-˪[Maybe they’re just a decently skilled player without any standout playstyle?]
-˪[I see]
-[That’s the guy who once tried to provoke the 2nd place ranker about faction loyalty and got targeted]
-˪[Oh, so that’s who that guy was]
-˪[LOLOLOL]
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And since these topics were about explaining(?) the new ranker users.
I decided to calmly look through the information posts about these two new names, taking the opportunity to gather information about rankers I hadn’t seen before.
Of course, in the midst of all this…
“Umm, Commander?”
“What is it?”
“Pirates have appeared this time, dragging along monster ships they’ve stuffed with all sorts of things and enslaved.”
“Oh…”
As pirates randomly approaching our base included those who had supposedly enslaved(?) monster ships.
I decided to beat them up and also improve our trust with the monster faction.
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