Produced | People's Esports
The author | Wang Huizhi
Edited | Kevin
In 2021, as the e-sports sub-trend swept in, the number of users paying attention to e-sports is increasing. At the same time, the refined development of the event has also brought more users to e-sports, and the concept of "e-sports for all" has begun to appear in more and more occasions. The participation of the whole people in e-sports represents different meanings in the eyes of every e-sports user.
The acquaintance with Wang Li was an offline game of king glory, which was a very simple little game. A makeshift stage was set up in the open space of the mall, and the contestants sat behind the long tables on both sides of the stage to compete. Several rows of folding chairs in front of the stage formed the auditorium, and the audience without chairs to sit in stood behind the auditorium, pressing down on one piece.
At that time, Wang Li, who had dyed a pink hair, was very conspicuous in the crowd, and as a substitute, he did not play, and the backpacks of his teammates were piled up next to the seat. He raises his head to keep an eye on the game on the big screen, and his expression changes as his teammates play.
That was the first time he participated in the competition, playing from online to offline, and finally won the fifth place in Shaanxi Province. Although he did not qualify for the regional competition, Wang Li was still very happy. Whether it is in communication with teammates or in the WeChat group built by the event host, he is the most active one, giving people a very sunny and cheerful feeling.
But as the chat slowly deepens, you will find the inferiority and vulnerability of this big boy.
In 2021, after the 22-year-old Wang Li had just graduated from college and chose to live in Xi'an, he found that entering the society was more difficult than he thought. Parents in the countryside of southern Shaanxi can not give him much help, can only work a little hard, he is in a human resources company to do HR, the basic salary is only 1800 yuan, want to high salary all rely on recruiting people to get commissions.
But when he first entered society, he was not good at talking. Renting a cramped urban village, he comes back from work every day to face a hut with only one bed, and he doesn't even know who to communicate with except for friends he met in mobile games. When a friend in the game invited him to join him in the game, he hesitated and agreed.
The process of the game is pleasant, everyone's attention is on how to win the game, and no one will care about how much money Wang Li does. Wang Li's restraint slowly disappeared, becoming more and more active, after the first team he participated in was eliminated, he took the initiative to contact the team that joined other friends as a substitute, and the ordinary life became colorful because of the addition of e-sports.
Because Wang Li is not the only one whose life in e-sports has changed.
Li Jing, 30, has been working in Shanghai for six years and is currently working in a foreign company. The difficulty of working alone in Shanghai by a single woman from abroad can guess one or two from her situation, if not to say it.
The neighborhood she rents is about a kilometer from the subway station and has a convenient transportation environment, but the three-bedroom, two-bedroom house is divided into four bedrooms by the landlord, and there are many people, and there are occasional conflicts between the residents. Fortunately, Li Jing's room has a private balcony, so that she can have more places to relax.
Speaking of why she came to Shanghai that year, Li Jing was still a little embarrassed. When she first graduated, she worked in Guangzhou for a few years, because she liked the LPL, she did not use the time of business trips or vacations to watch games in Shanghai, and slowly attracted by the "magic capital" of Shanghai, and simply changed her job to Shanghai.
In the early years, like every fanatical fan, she held up light signs, did reinforcements, and collected players around, but as she grew older, she began to look at the players and the game with a more stable mentality, and even sometimes used her age to complain about her age, using the perspective of the elders to evaluate the players: "I now feel like children." ”
Li Jing's early collection of autographed photos of players is also her favorite lineup
Perhaps it is the fighting spirit of the young players that gives her a different feeling, making her feel that she is equally energetic and has not become rigid and rigid because of her age.
After working for many years, she could have moved to a better living environment, but she put up with it in order to save money to buy a house. Shanghai house prices are too high, she wants to buy herself a house in Kunshan, not too big, enough for her to live alone.
"Cooking is the original sin", this sentence in Li Jing's view not only applies to the e-sports field, but also life and work. There is no reason to rush to find someone to marry because you are old, and you can't force yourself to be with someone else because you need to share the responsibilities of life. Even at the age of "hating marriage", the topics of people around her are all around getting married and having children, she still does not feel that there is anything wrong with being alone.
She has never stopped studying, and in recent years she has been exposed to more Spanish clients at work, and she has begun to teach herself Spanish, planning the opportunity to study in Spain in the future.
In 2021, Li Jing's leisure time is full of arrangements, and making money and learning have become the main themes of her life. If you ask her if she understands what "esports for all" is, she will shake her head and say she is not clear; but if you ask her what esports brings, she will reply "Work hard to improve, and the change of dishes will be eliminated." ”
When the same question was handed over to Wang Li, his answer was in another form: "E-sports bring friends and happiness." After the initial discomfort and embarrassment, Wang Li's life slowly began to develop in a good direction in 2021. The victory of the competition made him more confident in his work and interpersonal relationships, and when he talked to him again in the new year, the tension in his voice disappeared, the words were full of joy and ease, and the mental state was fuller.
According to statistics, in 2021, the scale of China's e-sports users is as high as 500 million, in such a huge user group, there are many e-sports users like Wang Li and Li Jing, who have different understandings of the spirit of e-sports, but it does not prevent them from participating in e-sports and becoming e-sports enthusiasts.
In addition to driving the sinking of e-sports events, the development of the national e-sports system is more reflected in the transmission of the spirit of e-sports, which can help users point out the direction and bring forward the momentum no matter when and where. Perhaps, this is the core meaning of national e-sports.