Familiarising actually meant experiencing the environment before the actual competition.
The competition environment was not complicated at all. Standing from above, one would be able to see everything. Everyone stayed in the venue even after walking one round was so that they could catch up with their old friends.
After all, everyone was from the same ring of gamers. While they might be enemies in the game, they were still friends off-game. Teams in the world of electronic games were not fixed so who knows if they might become teammates in the future? It was always better to make some friends and remain on good terms with the rest of the players.
Even though the Quan Zhen Sect was not from their ring, there were still a few familiar faces around. For example, there were Sanguine Alliance, Heavenly Alliance and many other big guilds around.
In fact, the Quan Zhen Sect even met Nian Liuyun and Purity on their way out.