On July 23, the first season of the League of Legends Mobile Asian League (WRL A1) came to an end.
In the finals, KBG, a Chinese team from the WRL CN region, defeated the Philippine team Pasay NGX from the WRL APAC region 4-0 in the finals, becoming the first team to lift the League of Legends mobile game Asian League trophy, once again defending the glory of Chinese esports.
At the end of the first season of the League of Legends Mobile Game Asian League, it is also the first anniversary of League of Legends mobile game, at this special point in time, as an emerging e-sports project, League of Legends mobile game handed over what kind of answer sheet is interesting.
At the press conference before the game, Feng Xiao, the head of League of Legends mobile game e-sports, said that he was happy to see the "war between China and foreign countries" in the finals, and Xia Dan, the distribution producer of the League of Legends mobile game, even described the progress of the Asian League with "you 'raised wolves' and raised a Tyrannosaurus rex".
To a certain extent, looking back at the development of League of Legends mobile games, it can be roughly divided into two stages - the first stage, different divisions competed separately, when the earlier and faster developing CN division quickly showed its dominance, occupying three of the four finals in the global competition and successfully winning the championship.
Feng Xiao, head of League of Legends mobile game e-sports.
With the release of the Asian League, overseas teams gradually changed their appearance, taking the final NGX, as an example, defeating JT team in the CN division 3-2 in the semifinals.
Feng Xiao revealed that it was this team that represented the Philippines in the Southeast Asian Games not long ago and won the championship of the League of Legends mobile game project.
It seems that the emergence of the Asian League has narrowed the gap between different divisions, and teams that can compete with the CN Division have been cultivated overseas, which is one of the original intentions of the Asian League.
It is worth mentioning that the Seoul KT.RY in South Korea and the Pasay NGX in the Philippines who advanced to the final stage came to China three weeks in advance, and the Pasay NGX lived with the team JDG in the WRL CN division, and the Seoul KT.RY shared a base with the KBG in the WRL CN division, the players lived and trained together every day, and the overseas team was able to play surprising results in a short time, and this kind of pre-match "plus" could not be avoided.
Some people may ask, helping overseas teams in this way, does not invisibly create trouble for the CN division? One of the visions of League of Legends mobile gaming events cannot fail to mention here - to create a new wave of mobile esports for Asia's new youth.
At the beginning of the establishment of the Asian League, it focused on long-term development planning and a higher demand:
On the one hand, through the Asian League, a brand-new format that connects different divisions, the project brings into the competition mechanism; At the same time, it is also hoped that the event can become a stage for cultural exchanges between young people from different countries and regions.
In terms of the presentation of the first season, the Asian league has achieved its purpose, not only to meet the needs of the competitive level, but also to promote cultural exchange in a way that has not been common in the field of esports in the past.
In the interview, Xia Dan revealed that the paper-cutting series of skins launched by the Spring Festival League of Legends mobile game and the China Paper Cutting Museum has achieved very good results, and has also set off a "China fever" overseas.
Recently, League of Legends mobile game and China Academy of Art have cooperated to launch the Mountain and Sea Painting Roll skin, hoping to use products and events as a carrier to better spread Chinese traditional culture to overseas regions.
For future development, Feng Xiao said that he will continue to follow the route of international leagues: "We do the Asian league not only hope that the clubs in the WRL CN division will roll up, but also hope to help the clubs in the WRL APAC division roll up together, so that the League of Legends Asian League will become a better looking international league." ”
"In the future, not only the Asian league, maybe the next competition, you will see other clubs from outside Asia have the opportunity to join the system."
"We hope to use the WRL CN region as an esports center to reach more players and fans in all regions."