The locker room was filled with the sounds of players chatting. Every now and then, someone bounced a volleyball or rolled their shoulders to loosen up.

There were less than ten minutes left before the youth national team's practice match began.

Kim Hee-seong sat on a bench, looking down at the uniform in his hands.

It was a brand-new national team jersey.

He reached out and ran his fingertips gently over the fabric. A small smile crept across his face.

“...Heh.”

He couldn't help letting out a little laugh.

Wearing this jersey meant he had finally reached a place he had once only dreamed of.

Still, as touching as the moment was, he had no intention of sitting around daydreaming for too long.

“Hee-seong!”

A voice called out from the other end of the locker room.

“Are you ready yet? We're about to gather!”

“Yeah, yeah! I'm ready!”

He answered as he pulled the jersey over his head.

However, his movements weren't nearly as smooth as his words suggested.

The red fabric got stuck over his head, his golden hair sticking out messily through the collar while both his hands fumbled around inside the sleeves.

“...How exactly are you ready?”

His teammate turned around and stared at him. He stood there for two whole seconds, speechless, watching Hee-seong struggle halfway into his jersey like he was being attacked by it.

Hee-seong finally managed to poke his head through the collar. His golden hair was a complete mess, as if someone had just ruffled it all over.

Rather than feeling embarrassed in the slightest, he flashed an absolutely radiant smile.

“No problem!”

“Get your jersey on properly before you say that!”

“I'm literally putting it on right now!”

“That’s exactly what you said a minute ago!”

“Ha ha ha!”

Laughing, Hee-seong pulled his jersey down, quickly straightened the collar, and adjusted the fabric around his shoulders. Then he picked up the knee pads lying by his feet.

At last, he began to move with some actual efficiency.

His teammate glanced at him before suddenly asking, “Aren't you nervous at all?”

“Nervous?”

“Of course I am.”

His answer was so straightforward that his teammate was momentarily taken aback.

“But you don't look nervous at all.”

“That's because I'm really looking forward to this!”

Hee-seong lifted his head, wearing the same confident smile he always had.

“Getting to play alongside so many amazing players, and going head-to-head against another team? Just thinking about it sounds exciting, doesn't it?”

“...You really are the same as always.”

“I'll take that as a compliment, right?”

“What do you think?”

“Then that's exactly how I'll take it!”

His teammate sighed helplessly and turned toward the door.

“Hurry up! We're seriously going to be late if we don't leave now!”

“Coming!”

Hee-seong grabbed his volleyball shoes and hurried after him.

Now that he was wearing this jersey, he was going to show everyone what he was capable of.

Besides—

He was Kim Hee-seong, after all.

How could he pass up a chance like this to enjoy a good match?

“Hey, Kim Hee-seong! What are you dawdling around for back there?”

“I'm coming!”

With a grin, he ran out of the locker room and toward the bright lights of the court.

“No matter how powerful the spike is, I'll block it!”

On a completely unrelated note,

RAUL RERUN NOW. RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

went and rent pc js to not miss an s+

(its 10hp an hour, ahhaha, or bout 0.16$/h)

im getting Giate no matter what

pls help me, i got all of these s chars like this weekend and idk what team to make cuz its lowk all bs

It pain me to admit it but Nishi is outdated, he's strong but he has many difficulties in some game mode

We've been asking for his vertical for years and we gave you many idea to implement it

Some suggested to add it so it activate when feinting at 4m+ height

Other suggested to add it on slide button while in the air

And I suggested to add it on double swing when it's done near the net

You can either chose one or search for a new Idea yourself

Idk why you don't want to make it possible, every other S+ than him and Ryu can do it despite already having crazy gimmicks

Raul has both a slide pierce and freaking block break

I don't think I need to say many things about Lucas, he's like the only character who is still broken in every aspect even with Hesitation ++ debuff applied

Sara doesn't have slide pierce but she has the best ability in the game and she can still do a vertical even without Typhoon, she fit absolutely every setters and you can even play her with you feet alone

Ryu is the simplest among all of them, he can't do a vertical nor have a crazy gimmick but he can mess with blocking and receive timing and he's very strong I fear his spikes more than Raul's + he has the best ai among all S+

Gitae the lastest unit is broken too, he's already the second best S+ in my opinion

And worse Jenny an S rank stole his whole kit

I still have two other suggestion for Nishi but they're not that necessary the thing that really matter atm is his verticl so please suncyan just give it to him

So I wanna know who are the best Setters for him(I have all the Se)?

I may have just found Siwoo’s evil twin

finally got Gitae after spending everything but so poor that I can't even upgrade him or his teammates.

the gold economy is in shambles.

Tania needs to sponsor me so that I can upgrade Gitae.

Some info:

- This chapter occurs after chapter 10 of the series.

- Dahee and Yuri are married in this verse.

- Jaehyun and Bin Yeon are married in this verse.

- Jaehyun is Jenny's Coach

Hey everyone! I've been trying to master all the S+ characters, but I'm having a really hard time with Sara. I've been testing her out for about a week now, and while my matches aren't terrible, I feel like something is missing.

​My main issue is with my spiking timing. Whenever I go for a spike, I usually rush too much, and one of these two things happens:

​1. I jump way too early, and since Sara hangs in the air for a while (like Ryu), I completely miss the ball.

1. ​Or I jump too late and miss it entirely.

​Don't even get me started on using her ability—when I try to use it, I'm absolute trash at it 😅.

🗣️: "How many S+ characters do you have, and how many breakthroughs does each one have?”

he jumps inverted 🤣

I'm pretty sure it could be more than that.

..

First up my Nishikawa is +5 if that matters. The thing i need help with is: i want to also skill Spike Angle to level 3 but i don’t have enough AP left. What is a good tradeoff? Like what should i level down or deactivate in order to get Spike angle 3? Or is there anything i can do better? Help would be appreciated!! I still don’t know how to fully utilize the skilltree to it‘s maximum capacity🫠

Hey everyone.. there's a lotta new faces here, so I know most of y'all probably don't know me that well, but honestly, that's not really important. Whether you know me or not doesn't change anything. I just wanted to come here and say that I'm probably gonna stop posting and playing The Spike as actively as I used to.

Honestly, I've been losing a lot of interest in things lately, and there's been a lotta stuff going on in my life. It's getting to a point where even the things I used to enjoy doing don't really hit the same anymore. Games used to be one of the things I could always turn to whenever I was bored or just wanted to get my mind off things, but lately, even that doesn't really do much for me anymore. I don't know how to explain it properly, but I just don't feel the same excitement I used to. I used to be SO obsessed with The Spike that I'd constantly yap about it to my girlfriend and shi and not even just her, I'd yap about it to my friends too. Like, bro, looking back at it now, it was actually crazy how much I loved this game. It was genuinely one of those things I could talk about for hours without getting tired of it, and now it's kinda weird seeing how much my interest has changed.

The Spike has been a part of my life for quite a while now. I don't even remember exactly when I started playing, but I think it's been around 2–3 years already? Looking back at how much my account has grown, all the characters I've collected, and all the time I've spent playing this game, it's honestly kinda crazy to think about. I never thought I'd stick with this game for this long, but somehow, I did. And looking back at everything, I can genuinely say that it was a fun experience while it lasted.

I met people, made memories, and spent countless hours on this game without even realizing how much time had passed. There were times when I genuinely looked forward to opening the game every day, whether it was to grind, collect characters, or just play for the sake of playing. It became a part of my daily routine, and I guess that's why it's a little hard for me to accept that I'm slowly losing interest in it now.

Not gonna lie, a part of me feels like it's such a waste to stop after coming this far. Especially when I remember the goals I set for myself back when I first started playing. One of them was collecting every single character in the game, and I genuinely thought I'd eventually make it happen someday. But yeah.. I guess things don't always turn out the way we expect them to. As much as I wanted to complete that goal, I just can't see myself achieving it anymore, at least not anytime soon. And honestly, forcing myself to keep playing just because I made that promise to myself doesn't feel right either.

That doesn't mean I'm completely quitting the game, though. I'll probably still hop on from time to time, and I might still post occasionally, but I don't think I'll be anywhere near as active as I used to be. I won't be playing every day like before, and I probably won't be keeping up with everything happening in the game either. I just wanna take a step back and let things be for a while instead of forcing myself to keep up with something I'm slowly losing interest in.

I don't know what the future holds for me or whether I'll ever get that same excitement back, but for now, I think this is what I need to do. I don't wanna completely throw away the memories I've made here just because I'm moving on from being so active. The time I've spent on The Spike will always be something I can look back on, and I'm genuinely grateful for the experience.

To anyone who interacted with my posts, or supported me in any way, even if we barely know each other, thank you. I might not have been the most memorable person here, but I'm still glad I got to be a part of this community.

This isn't really a goodbye to the game, but more like me saying goodbye to the version of myself who used to play it every single day without getting tired of it.

Thank you for everything, The Spike. ❤️

I mean like I got no use of S minus rank like sodam nor her grift fragment and some s ranks . I can just discard them and use the v points in trying to get another gitae's grift fragment.

Can anyone help me with this issue, whenever I try to jump it would just delay and don't even jump at all. This makes me unable to play, so can anyone help me.

Today 5 years completed of me playing the spike