It's not just Xu Xiaojun and Yao Bo who are in charge of the game platform who are wondering, many game designers are also wondering why before "League of Legends", there has never been any e-sports game that can achieve the current scale
There has never been such a large-scale e-sports event before, so many people in the industry believe that it is impossible for e-sports competitions to reach the scale of traditional sports.
The most fundamental reason is the audience. The reason why traditional sports are popular is because there are so many spectators. Just like football, there are so many football fans all over the world. Even if they don’t play football, there are still many people who love to watch football games.
It is precisely because of such a broad mass base that football games can become more and more popular. Whether it is the World Cup, European Cup or the Olympics, even a football league in a certain country or region can make a large number of fans excited.
But e-sports is different. The biggest problem with the inability to popularize e-sports competitions is that it does not have enough audience base.
Although the situation in the parallel world is different from Chen Mo's previous life, there is one thing that is similar. Before the appearance of "League of Legends", no game could reach the popularity of "League of Legends".
Most games have a lifespan of 1 to 2 years, but what about the history of football? At least a few hundred years.
The special nature of the game industry determines that most games will soon be replaced by new game projects. A game that can be as popular as football for hundreds of years? It's like a fool's dream.
In the parallel world, the three platforms of mobile phone, PC, and VR have all developed, but these three platforms also have their own defects. Although mobile games are played by a lot of people, they are poorly competitive and cannot guarantee the viewing experience of the event; although there are some FPS games in VR games that can guarantee competitive performance, but the number of players is small and the viewing quality is not very good, so it cannot achieve dominance status.
For e-sports competitions, although the higher the competition, the higher the enjoyment, but the premise of all this must be based on the fact that players have played this game.
If the players have never played it, then they don't even understand what is happening in the game, so how can they watch it with relish
Therefore, "League of Legends" is a game born for competitions, and its various features are very suitable for the needs of e-sports competitions.
The audience base is large. The game "League of Legends" itself has a huge player base, and every player is a potential audience for the game.
God's perspective is very suitable for watching the battle. Most players can understand what is happening on the battlefield, and it is also suitable for commentary.
It has high competition and appreciation. Although "League of Legends" is a relatively simple moba game, there are still many advanced routines and eye-catching operations in the professional game, which are enough to distinguish the level of different teams.
The data obtained by the "League of Legends" s1 World Finals made all the distributors and designers feel envious, because behind this enthusiasm lies a very broad prospect.
But they have no choice. Even if they want to put other games on the skin of e-sports, it will be difficult to achieve the enthusiasm of "League of Legends".
Because from the current point of view, there is no domestic or foreign game that can achieve the characteristics of "League of Legends".
In the end, Xu Xiaojun and Yao Bo gave an analysis report, analyzing the reason why the popularity of the "League of Legends" finals is so high, but how to deal with it? helpless.
Because "League of Legends" can create such an e-sports atmosphere depends entirely on the game itself, and with the dominance of "League of Legends" on the PC side, there is currently no PC game that can match it.
What Emperor Huyu and Shenhuan Game Platform have to admit is that this is an unsolvable dead end, and the World Finals of "League of Legends" is just the backhand of this game.
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After the first round of the group stage, the teams ushered in a three-day rest period.
During this period of time, all teams are free to move about. Some foreign teams choose to play in Shanghai to experience the local customs, while some teams still hurry up and practice hard to prepare for the second round of the group stage.
Things like "grinding your guns before the battle" can be said to be very important in e-sports competitions.
Because no one can say which tactic is the strongest before the major competition areas play against each other, especially because there are differences in level and style between the competition areas. For example, Europe and the United States like stable development in the early stage and other late-stage team battles. This style of play is no problem in the European and American competition areas, but when you play against Chinese and Korean teams, the opponent will not give you time to develop steadily. up.
Therefore, after the first round of the group stage, many winning streak teams were overtaken due to slack, or some losing streak teams came up with new routines to achieve Jedi counterattack after increasing the amount of training. This is very common. matter.
In the hotel, apart from the training rooms for the major teams, Chen Mo also arranged a separate lounge for his own use.
Su Jinyu and his group have all gone out to play. After all, they have always been working in the imperial capital. After finally coming to Shanghai, they still have to see some famous scenic spots, such as the Oriental Pearl Tower, the Bund, and so on.
After all, unlike these teams, they don't have any training missions, they just come here for fun.
Chen Mo and Li Jingsi have been playing games in the lounge for a while.
Chen Mo hadn't played "League of Legends" for a while. Although the tier was lost, the hidden tier was still there, so he and Li Jingsi doubled up and once again wreaked havoc on the king tier of the national server.
It is basically impossible to maintain a complete victory now, because "League of Legends" is a game for five players, and it is impossible for Chen Mo to guarantee that his teammates will always perform at a normal level, because it is normal for mentality or luck to be pitted. matter.
However, Chen Mo and Li Jingsi still maintained a high winning rate.
After finishing an 8-0-3 bright moon, Chen Mo received a call from Sun Xiao.
Chen Mo picked up the phone: "Hello, what's the matter?"
Sun Xiao: "Mr. Chen, that's right. Several club managers in Shanghai came to me and wanted to ask me for your contact information. They probably want to get a place in the "League of Legends" professional league next year."
"Tell them that the quota is gone, but the quota for the First Division is still there. Submit relevant qualification certificates, and they will be arranged to play in the First Division." Chen Mo said.
Sun Xiao hesitated for a moment: "Uh, but Mr. Chen, there are several clubs in Shanghai, and the bosses have already found them in person. Why don't you meet them and talk to them face to face?"
Chen Mo thought for a while: "Alright."
Sun Xiao: "Then, shall I arrange the dinner?"
"No, there's no need for the dinner." Chen Mo said, "Just ask them to come over directly. I'm in the lounge right now. There are a few couches here, so there should be enough space."
"Okay." Sun Xiao said, "Then I'll let them go directly."