Chapter 384: The foundation of the compet.i.tion
It wasn’t just Xu Xiaojun and Yao Bo who were in charge of the gaming platform that was confused. Many video game designers were also confused. Why had there never been any esports game that could reach such a scale before League of Legends?
There had never been such a large-scale e-sports compet.i.tion before, so many industry insiders thought that it was impossible for e-sports to reach the scale of traditional sports.
The most fundamental reason was the audience. The reason why traditional sports were so popular was because there were many spectators. For example, there were so many football fans all over the world. Even if they did not play football, many people loved to watch football games.
It was precisely because of such a broad base of people that football matches could become more and more popular. Whether it was the World Cup, European Championship, or the Olympic Games, even if it was a Football League in a certain country or region, it could make a large number of fans ‘blood boil.
However, e-sports was different. The biggest problem that e-sports compet.i.tions couldn’t be popularized was that they didn’t have a sufficient audience base.
Even though the situation in the parallel world was different from Chen Mo’s previous world, there was one thing that was similar. Before League of Legends, there was no other game that was as popular as League of Legends.
Most games only had a lifespan of one to two years, but what about the history of football? It had been at least a few hundred years.
The special nature of the game industry meant that most games would be replaced by new games very quickly. A game that could be as popular as football for hundreds of years? It was nothing more than a fool’s dream.
In the parallel world, mobile, PC, and VR were all developed, but they all had their own flaws. Although there were many people playing mobile games, the compet.i.tion was poor, and there was no guarantee that the audience would be able to watch the compet.i.tion. Although there were some FPS games in VR that could guarantee compet.i.tive play, the number of players was small and the viewing rate was not good, so it could not achieve dominance.
For e-sports compet.i.tions, although the more compet.i.tive it was, the higher the viewing pleasure, the premise of all this was that the players must have played the game before.
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If the players had never played the game before, they would not even understand what was happening in the game, so how could they watch it with interest?
Therefore, League of Legends was a game made for compet.i.tions, and its features were very suitable for e-sports compet.i.tions.
League of Legends had a large audience base, and every player was a potential audience for the game.
The omniscient view was very suitable for watching the battle. Most players could understand what was happening on the battlefield, and it was also suitable for commentary.
It had a high degree of compet.i.tion and viewing. Although League of Legends was a relatively simple MOBA game, there were still many more profound routines and eye-catching operations in the professional league, which were enough to distinguish the level of different teams.
The numbers obtained in the S1 World Finals of League of Legends were the envy of all distributors and designers, because there was a huge potential behind this popularity.
However, they had no choice. Even if they wanted to make other games look like esports, it would be hard for them to reach the popularity of League of Legends.
This was because, at the moment, there was no domestic or foreign game that could achieve the qualities of League of Legends.
In the end, Xu Xiaojun and Yao Bo came up with an a.n.a.lysis report, a.n.a.lyzing the reason for the popularity of the League of Legends Grand Finals, but how to deal with it? He was helpless.
The reason why League of Legends could create such an e-sports atmosphere was entirely due to the game itself, and with the dominance of League of Legends on the PC side, there was no other PC game that could compare to it.
What Emperor dynasty entertainment and fantasy gaming platform had to admit was that this was a dead end, and League of Legends ‘World Finals was just the game’s last resort.
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After the first round of the group compet.i.tion ended, the teams welcomed a three-day rest period.
During this period of time, all the teams were free to do whatever they wanted. Some foreign teams chose to play in Shanghai and experience the local customs, while some teams still seized the time to train hard and prepare for the second round of the group stage.
“Sharpening the gun before the battle” could be said to be extremely important in e-sports compet.i.tions.
This was because before the compet.i.tion between the major divisions, no one could determine which tactics were the strongest, especially when there were differences in level and style between the divisions. For example, Europe and the United States liked to develop steadily in the early stages and wait for team battles in the later stages. This style of play was not a problem in the European and American Division. However, when playing against the Chinese and Korean teams, the other party would not give you any time to develop steadily. They would simply s...o...b..ll and kill you in the early stages.
Therefore, after the end of the first round of the group stage, many teams with consecutive wins were overtaken because of their slack, or some teams with consecutive losses came up with new tactics to counterattack after increasing the training volume. These were all very common things.
In the hotel, apart from the training rooms for the teams, Chen Mo also arranged a lounge for himself.
Su Jinyu and the others went out to have fun. After all, they had been working in the capital all this time. It was rare for them to come to Shanghai, so they had to visit some famous attractions, such as the Oriental Pearl Tower, the Bund, and so on.
After all, they weren’t like these teams who didn’t have any training tasks and were just here to play.
Chen Mo and Li jingsi had been playing games in the break room the entire time.
It had been a while since Chen Mo last played league of Legends. Even though he had lost a segment, his hidden points were still there. As such, he duo-ed with li jingsi and once again dominated the champion segment.
It was almost impossible to win every game since League of Legends was a five-player game. Chen Mo couldn’t guarantee that his teammates would always play at their normal level, either because it was normal for them to lose their game due to their mentality or luck.
However, Chen Mo and Li jingsi still maintained a high win rate.
After finishing an 8-to-0-to-3 brightmoon, Chen Mo received a call from Sun Xiao.
“h.e.l.lo?” Chen Mo picked up the phone.”What’s up?”
Sun Xiao said,”chief Chen, it’s like this.” A few club managers in Shanghai came to me and asked for your contact information. They probably want to get a spot in next year’s League of Legends professional league. ”
“Tell them that the spots are gone, but the spots for the First Division are still there. Submit the relevant qualifications and arrange for them to play in the First Division. ” Chen Zhao said.
Sun Xiao hesitated for a moment.”Er, but chief Chen, there are quite a few clubs in Shanghai. The bosses have already come personally. Why don’t you meet them and talk to them face to face?”
“Alright.” Chen Zhao thought about it. “That’s good.”
“Then, shall I arrange the dinner?”
“No, there’s no need for a dinner.” Chen Zhao said,”ask them to come over. I’m in the lounge right now.” There are a few long sofas here, so there should be enough s.p.a.ce. ”
“Alright,” he said. Sun Xiao said,”then I’ll have them go over directly.”