/ Games / Controller of the Battlefield
Synopsis
Olivier Williams was someone who never got his time to shine in the limelight. Despite being recognized as the best technician and strategist of the famous E-Sports 'Echoes', he was someone who had long lived past his prime years.
When the time for the official E-Sport tournament for Echoes came around, Olivier had long given up on his dream to compete professionally. His importance had been reducing as a coach and the team aid. But despite his superb knowledge and experience, Olivier was never able to guide his team to victory in the past ten years.
Finally, after having his student prodigy lose the world championship for the tenth year in a row, Olivier broke down and decided to quit. But the world and a mysterious stranger gave Olivier a second chance to re-live his dream.
Somehow, when Olivier opened his eyes the next day, he was no longer a man in his 30s, but a young teen of barely 14 years old. It was his new start, his time to shine.
But the world is a cruel place for a 14 years old who has nothing but his previous knowledge. and instincts to take care of themselves. It will take everything Olivier has to not only survive the world but also thrive in the harsh world that is Esports.
With the glory comes the ugly. And the waters that govern the politics behind his beloved game is a dark and dangerous place.
Moreover, the mystery behind Olivier's death will also come to light in a slow but important manner. But will Olivier be able to overcome his obstacle and achieve his goal?
.........................
Don't expect a lot of romance from the MC. It's mainly there for the side characters. There are some dark themes in here.
First 40 chapters are cross-posted on RR under same Username
For those who are interested, my discord - ojasvi#3576
Tags
Fans
-
![Jan_Hauptstein]()
Jan_Hauptstein Contributed 2872 -
![SECT]()
SECT Contributed 2852 -
![GrayKitsune]()
GrayKitsune Contributed 2224
Gifts
-- Gift
received Weekly Power Status
-- Power
Ranking 
-- Power
stone You May Also Like
12Reviews
4.67
- Translation Quality
- Stability of Updates
- Story Development
- Character Design
- World Background
Share your thoughts with others
Write a review
This review is written after reading three chapters of the novel. I feel as though the Author's novel suffers from telling, and not showing. Although, I only spotted (14) spelling errors, and the structure of sentences sometimes left me confused. Sometimes it felt like sentences were missing entire words. The chapters were much longer than they needed to be due to redundant pieces of information, and many paragraphs almost repeated the previous paragraph without adding anything further to the story. Even with these drawbacks, the concept of the novel is great. If the author focuses on describing their characters, their actions, and their emotions, rather than sticking to 'glue' words like 'was', 'had', 'has', and others which filled the novel, it would become a much easier read. As a reader, I almost never see the Author's world around their characters, and can't firmly picture what is going around because of it. "Stadium", "park", "lockers", "central room", etc., aren't enough description for my imagination. I understand that the author isn't a native English speaker, but having a character call an elderly woman an old woman, or a grandma is pretty disrespectful, and it happens in the novel. There are unexpected shifts in point of view, and it took me out of the immersion of the novel as well. As a writer, I commend the author for their imagination, and their story, but I think they need to learn more when it comes to writing, which will come with time and practice. I think that at least 100 words could be removed from each chapter and not impact the story at all. Three chapters in, and the main game 'Echoes' is almost completely unexplained. The extra unnecessary words in each chapter could be used to describe the world around them, or explain some of the rules of the game a little better. I look forward to what this author will create in the future.
Let me say a few things : The lack of harem is fresh and encouraging for me. Characters are fun and have great dynamics. Plus, there is an established world for the most part I can get behind.
Hey there author! I think my comment here won't be much of help, since this book has been out here for awhile, but I've had a good time reading this book. The story's flow is smooth, and I'm pretty much invested already even I've only read a few chapters. Let's see if I won't get bored and finish til the end;)
Read upto Chapter 49 (All Free Chapters) and this was honestly a great story, proof is I’ve read all of that in only 2 sittings. Everything is unique about this story and that’s such a breath of fresh air, we consume cliches upon cliches every day and stories like this one are becoming even more enjoyable. I haven’t seen a lot of cliches yet, his family hates him, are they going to actively ruin his life? No they have a reputation to uphold so they can’t. They hate him but can still live with him compared to other novels where he’ll get thrown out or killed. This is just an exemple a lot of stuff that could’ve been cliche turned out pretty well.
Writing quality: although there are quite a few grammatical and spelling errors, it’s not to the point that reading this story is unbearable. 3/5 Updating stability: at 2 chapters a day, the stability of updates is rather good. 5/5 Story development: the pacing for the story is good, but on the faster side. There is little to no filler. 5/5 Character design/world background: the world building is where this story is lacking. We never learn more about the characters other than some basic info, nor do we learn about what the game is actually about. 3.5/5 Overall: a good story with an interesting premise. Give it a few chapters and see how you like it. 4/5
The story is great but not for me. I will leave a rating since I did it and enjoyed myself. But the lack of harem will not do for me
I am willing to hand out 5 stars on the basis of this not being a harem novel alone. I like the summary and the plot progression as well so it is well worth my time.
I did not expect my recs to lead me to a book without some 'specific' tags but I am so glad I am here. This book is in no way a masterpiece but it's a breath of fresh air for sure. Anyway, I want to see what our protagonist will do next in his current situation.
Did not think that the author will write a book without romance in general but I am enjoying this story so far. It's a far cry form all action-fantasies and shows fun things. So I will continue to read this
Pardon me. I'm just a based writer here. It's my first time writing a real-world story and especially one like this. But that being said, I hope I can deliver a nice story to you. I do play a lot and I am involved in a lot of background export community but I have never participated in a live match above locals. If I get some things wrong, please pardon me. This is based on a fictional story. Also, for all the grammatical mistakes, please point out. I'm a busy human and mistakes skip past me sometimes. That being said, if you are interested in proofreading future chapters early, do hit me up on Discord. My discord tag is in the story summary.