Zeng Zhuojun (曾卓君, born April 26, 1989 in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province) is a famous Chinese fighting gamer who focuses on the King of Fighters and Street Fighter series. He has won the Japanese Fighting Drama 07 King of Fighters 98 Project Champion, the American EVO2014 King of Fighters 13 Project Champion, the Canada Cup 2013 Super Street Fighter 4AE2012 Project Champion, the Australian Shadowoo Showdown2012 King of Fighters 13 Project Champion, the EVO2016 King of Fighters 14 Champion, the United States ESL2016 Street Fighter 5 Project Champion.
Origins: Accidental contact with an arcade
In the game
"I remember when I was about 6 years old, one day my father took me to the children's park to play, there was a game console hall, I walked in out of curiosity, and I played a lot of games in the game room that day, and I was a bit hooked." In the interview, Zeng Zhuojun told reporters.
According to Zeng Zhuojun, his father was a businessman and the family was relatively rich, so his father bought 100 game coins for him to play in the game hall at that time. Zhuo Jun used these 100 game coins to play most of the popular games in the game hall at that time, such as "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "Street Fighter". Since his first encounter with arcades, Zhuo Jun fell in love with arcades, he discovered "KOF96" in 1997, and then he fell in love with the fighting game "KOF", and went to a game hall the next day to "practice". Zhuo Jun's career in the game competition world began from here.
The Road to "Growing Up": From "Child" to "Giant"
For Zeng Zhuojun, whenever a new fighting game is launched, he will "take the lead" and practice to play earlier than other players, and later learned to make one-handed moves, and easily knock down the opponents with "complete" hands with one hand buttons. At each competition, the onlookers praised his talent.
Growing up, Zeng Zhuojun began to have a dream of dominating the game world, so in 2007, he participated in the "TGB (The Great Battle)" fighting game competition held in Shanghai, and won the championship of the King of Fighters series, and has since become famous. Zeng Zhuojun's brilliant achievements were reported by major game newspapers and periodicals, and later some students showed the newspaper with the photo of Zeng Zhuojun winning the championship to the homeroom teacher. Despite this, every time he participated in the competition, Zeng Zhuojun still did not dare to ask the teacher for leave in the name of "participating in the competition", and could only explain that he had other reasons. This situation lasted for a long time, until one day the news of Zeng Zhuojun's repeated victories in the competition was known to the prefect, who said to him: "I already know your every move!" In view of Zeng Zhuojun's good academic performance and his excellent record in the game competition industry, the school teachers approved his future "competition leave" applications according to the specific situation.
World fighting game extravaganza
Zeng Zhuojun participated in the international fighting game competition "Fighting Drama" held in Tokyo, Japan in August this year, and he finally achieved his wish to reach the top of the world. In fact, from the performance of the fight drama, Zhuo Jun, who is now a senior in high school, the nickname of "child" is far from commensurate with him, he is an "adult", or even a "giant". Zhuo Jun, who won the fighting game series championship for China's video game competition industry for the first time in history, became a "national hero", which is a small progress in China's video game competition industry, and it is also a big progress in China's "fighting game industry". Zhuo Jun has a large number of his own game fans and has become an idol in the minds of many young people.
Parents' reaction: If you have good grades, you can play games
In the process of Zeng Zhuojun's growth into a video game prodigy, there is a person who plays a very important role, and this person is his father. Zeng Zhuojun still clearly remembers his father's words, "If you give money to play a game, the game must also be played well, and if you want to play, you will become a world champion." "One time with a deep memory, Zhuo Jun lost 20 coins in a KOF fight with others, and his father gave him a slap on the spot, and he could feel the weight of the slap. After that, he had "pressure" to play more and more seriously, and wanted to practice KOF well and strive to win the game against others. In this way, the "talent" of almost winning every battle was slowly forced out.
The reporter learned when chatting with Zeng Zhuojun's father that unlike other parents, Zeng Zhuojun's father did not regard video games as a flood beast, he felt that if his children had excellent academic performance and played games well, what was so bad about them if they could get good results in both aspects? With good grades, he can play games, and the father has been paying attention to his son's academic performance. Zeng Zhuojun did not disappoint his father, and in junior high school, his academic performance has always been at the top of the class. Zeng Zhuojun said that he has played more recently, successively to Beijing, Shanghai and Japan, plus the time of the third year of high school is still relatively tense, and his study has been affected a little, not as good as before. But he believes that academic performance can be made up for quickly.
G League champion
All-out thing: the college entrance examination in June 2008
Like other children of the same age, Zeng Zhuojun has his own circle of friends, and one of the things he does most during the weekend holidays is to sing K and play games with friends, and he has also won the championship of the school table tennis competition.
In the interview, Zeng Zhuojun revealed to reporters that if the conditions are ripe, he may also consider immigrating to Canada, where he can work while approaching his dreams. But Zeng Zhuojun is also very soberly aware that it is still very difficult to develop in China by playing games alone. So for him, the important thing now is to study hard and strive to go to a good university in order to find an ideal job in the future.
The teachers at the school are also very protective of Zeng Zhuojun, and the teachers feel that it is very rare for this child not to be carried away by the victory and indulge in the game. At present, for Zeng Zhuojun, working hard to prepare for the college entrance examination in June next year is the most important thing to go all out.
From the interview, we can see that Zeng Zhuojun is a person who is very brave to challenge himself and is eager to stand on the "highest point". This can also be verified by his words after winning the championship in Japan: "I came here to get the championship." However, behind this self-confidence, Zeng Zhuojun also had his own worries. In his own words, anyone who, no matter how well he usually plays games, will still be afraid of losing when it comes to the game. There is also a popular saying in the circle: "If you want to become a 'god', you can't participate in any competition." It can be seen that Zeng Zhuojun is not facing ordinary pressure.
At the end of our interview, Zeng Zhuojun said that he would like to say to his loyal fans: "Without your support, I would not have the courage to participate in such a large competition, after all, I am still young, my psychological quality is not too good, and I am afraid of losing." Thank you for your support along the way. ——From a 2007 interview
I hope to inherit the fun of street tours
Guild Wars 07 Project DNA2 KOF98 China-Japan Match
Six years ago (2007) in August, the scene of the "Fighting Drama" Finals in Tokyo, Japan, was extremely noisy, and the "child", like SKY, another talented e-sports player who was 4 years older than him, overcame the challenge of street game masters from all over the world and finally ascended to the throne of the world champion, which was the first Chinese to reach the top of the world heavyweight fighting game e-sports competition, and the overseas media had made a long report on the deeds of "children". But unexpectedly, in 2008, he resolutely retired from the rapids of the game circle, took the college entrance examination and entered the university, in the eyes of Chinese, he was like an ancient legend of hidden market masters, in the eyes of foreigners, he was the emperor of Chinese arcades - "child".
"I rarely go out to play games now, and if I have the opportunity, I will occasionally interact with my college classmates." The words "child" are a bit like the martial arts masters who returned to the hidden mountains, and the classmates around him rarely know his identity as the "first person in Chinese arcade fighting", and the "child" himself did not take the initiative to mention it. For the rhetoric that was once released at the World Series in Japan, two years later, "Kid" explained for the first time in a juvenile tone, "The biggest way to defeat the opponent in the game is to hit the opponent's psychology, psychologically lose, everything will lose." ”
Speaking about the game, "Kid" said that until now his favorite game characters are Chris and Kula in KOF, "In the game you need to guess the opponent's next move, I can guess what they are thinking." The child explains the real reason for his strength: "In a fighting game, you must first know where the strengths and weaknesses of the character are. Advantages are multi-purpose, shortcomings are avoided, take Kura as an example, light foot containment, thanglong to the air, as long as it is stable, it is difficult for others to attack, like chris, very fast, positive and reverse strike comprehensive, more positive and reverse, the lower section, more than a few hits Others will have pressure, the opponent defense is afraid, it will be hit. ”
For the development of fighting games, "Kid" put forward his own insights, "In fact, the arcade online game, can promote everyone's exchanges, many good arcade games in the competitive, connotation are good, but now has not succeeded from the classic arcade game derived from the online game works, I am looking forward to the advent of "Street Fighter OL" and "King of Fighters World", I heard that "King of Fighters World" will be the first test in April this year, I hope it can inherit the classic. ”
For the development of the "child" today, he said that he is now studying in college, and for the people around him, he prefers to be a friend rather than a star. This idea also prompted him to choose a very different life path from SKY, and he seemed to tell us that every GAMEr has the right to choose his own game life path. ——From a 2010 interview
This article was edited by headline encyclopedia users Xian Wei, Wan Ding Xingchen Li Yu, and A Deyou Zhao Jiming.