NIP Chapter 328 Fort William
Chapter 328 Fort William
Chapter 328 Fort William
As the game with the widest audience among the major fighting games, most of the activities of the International Medieval Fighting Federation will be open to the public, and some major games will even be held under the witness of tens of thousands of spectators.
For example, the World Championships that Liang En and the others are going to participate in is like this. Local clubs in various countries or regions select national teams to hold matches in appropriate historical venues.
These events imitate those medieval games, so there are often historical attractions and exhibits next to the competition points, as well as the sale of those historically themed souvenirs, merchandise or food.
Teams participating in the competition need to move in a medieval-style camp and wear clothing and equipment that are basically in line with the Middle Ages.
Of course, operators who participate in this event are also required to wear medieval clothing, while tourists are encouraged to wear clothing that is more in line with the surrounding style.
Because they like this kind of activity, and this kind of activity is really suitable for their own shop, so Fan Meng and Pierce naturally brought a bunch of guys this time to show off in the commercial area attached to the competition.
And this is indeed convenient for the Irish team, because it is enough for them to rent a small SUV. As for the luggage, it can be loaded into the truck of Pierce and Fan Meng.
"Dear Lawrence, you really should change your car." While driving, Pierce said to Liang En through the radio, "It's really inappropriate for you to drive this broken car."
The car Liang En is driving now is the half-new van that he drove when he was living in London after graduating from college. It is normal for a fresh graduate to drive a car, but it is obviously not suitable now.
"Actually, this car is just a means of transportation for me." Liang En replied. "Anyway, I don't stay at home for a long time all year round. Should I buy a good car and leave it at home?"
"More importantly, the people I usually deal with don't think badly about me because the car I drive is too bad, so there is no need for me to change the car."
Because of the need to take a mountain road in the middle, it took Liang En and the others half a day on the road to reach their destination: Fort William, a small coastal town in the southern part of the Scottish Highlands.
Despite its small size overall, Fort William is known as the UK's outdoor capital and the gateway to the high and low west of Scotland.The local railway and road system is well developed, which is suitable as a starting point for exploring the Scottish Highlands.
Backed by Ben Nevis, the highest peak in the UK, Fort William has become the base camp for various activities in the highlands, so they kept seeing vehicles with mountaineering equipment passing by their car along the way.
"I swear, I will never take this road next time." When the car drove into a parking lot around the town, Captain John rushed to the bathroom with several people after saying a few words.
Before everyone chose this road, they mainly thought about the scenery of the Scottish Highlands on both sides of the road, so take this opportunity to take a good tour.
As a result, I didn't expect that the mountain was accompanied by rough roads. The one-hour drive made several people in the car feel like they were tortured.
After everyone slowed down, they put the car in the parking lot, and then walked into the town with their luggage. Fortunately, the parking lot was not far from the town, so they entered the town after 15 minutes.
Although this town is very famous, it is even listed as a tourist town in Scotland second only to Edinburgh and Glasgow in the travel brochure, but in fact the town is small in size and not many people, and the resident population is even less than [-].
However, although this place is small in scale, several commercial streets are still very prosperous.There are all kinds of shops, especially selling tourist clothing and various equipment for mountaineering. Many restaurants and shops use the name of Ben Nevis to attract customers.
The venue for the competition was set in a campsite outside the town. It was a slightly undulating grassland. Looking from the town, one could see that a series of medieval-style temporary buildings had been built on it.
According to the rules and regulations, the participants in this kind of competition are all responsible for their own board and lodging expenses, so after standing on the street and taking a look at the competition venue, several people dragged heavy boxes and walked towards the previously booked hotel while facing the mobile phone map.
Although this is a famous tourist city, it is far less prosperous than those big cities. Many young people in the town will live in big cities like Glasgow or Edinburgh after finishing school.
In this way, those old people who stayed in the town would transform their homes into B&B hotels to entertain those guests and earn some money along the way to make their retirement life a little more comfortable.
B&B hotel is the abbreviation of Bed and breakfast, which is a kind of hotel similar to B&B.They mainly provide bed and breakfast, which is a little more than pure renting, but there are no other facilities, and meals other than breakfast are not included.
As for Liang En and the others, they rented a relatively large B&B hotel with a yard. Considering that they had to stay at the camp during the whole day during the competition, only one breakfast was just right for their itinerary.
Considering the reason for the upcoming competition, everyone did not arrange any intense training in the two days before the competition, at most there was only a little ordinary physical training, and the rest of the time was free time.
So after putting away their luggage, Fan Meng and Pierce went to the game site with their own things, preparing for the subsequent business activities.
Compared with Liang En and others who participated in the competition, Fan Meng and Pierce will be busier, because those antique booths will open one day earlier, that is, tomorrow.
So people like them who arrived this afternoon are already late, so they can only go to the site and start working immediately, trying to get everything done before dark at night.
As for Liang En and Joan of Arc, they went to the field with the team. After all, they will be competing on the field next, so it is always a thing to do to get familiar with the field in advance.
When they arrived at the venue, they unexpectedly found that there were not too many people on the venue. Apart from all kinds of tourists, there were also some contestants who came here to see the venue like them.
The whole site is just a piece of grass, surrounded by wood and ropes, it can be said that it completely imitates the style of the medieval site.
"Our biggest opponent is the group of Russians." Captain John pointed to a group of burly men, "The habit of this group of people on the field is very brutal, but in this small-scale field competition, this method has an advantage Some."
The modern full-armor combat sport was first initiated by the Russians in the early 20s, so this group of Eastern European Slavs had the right to speak in the game.
After mastering the right to speak, when the opponent formulates the rules of the game, he will naturally formulate those rules that suit him, so that he can use his physical strength and fighting style to the extreme in the game.
So under normal circumstances, this kind of competition is obviously not good for Asians like Liang En and small people like Joan of Arc, and this is why the group of Russians booed unfriendlyly after seeing Liang En and Joan of Arc.
"Don't get excited—" Seeing Liang En wanting to step forward, John held him back. "This guy is in a group with you personally, you can teach him a lesson when you can play, but don't get excited right now."
"Because the competition organizer is also nearby, if there is a conflict, it is very likely that they will be disqualified from the competition."
(End of this chapter)