Feng Xiao, head of Valorant E-sports of Tengjing Sports: I hope VCTCN will become the best FPS e-sports project in China
Cover News Reporter Cai Shiqi
On February 22, the 2024 Valorant Champions Tour CN League Opening Point Tournament officially kicked off at the Shanghai Vivobook Arena, with ten long-term partner teams of the VCT CN League and one temporary seat team of the VCT CN League gathered for the first time to compete for the championship of the Opening Point Stage and two places in the VCT CN region that will advance to the Madrid Masters in March.
Team TE's opener got off to a flying start
In the opening match, Team TE beat TYLOO 2-0 to get off to a flying start, followed by FPX beating NOVA 2-0 in the second match of the first day.
On the opening day, Feng Xiao, the organizer of the tournament and the general director of Valorant E-sports of Tengjing Sports, said in an interview that he hoped that VCT CN would become the best FPS e-sports project in China.
In order to further enhance the competitiveness of Chinese teams in the global Valorant esports arena, Feng Xiao said that it is important to provide a more stable and competitive domestic competition environment for Chinese teams. "So I think through this selection of the league ecosystem, we have selected the 10 most important long-term partner teams, and DRG has also successfully selected from our promotion tournament last year as a temporary seat team. I think when players have a stable playing environment, they also have better jobs including career security, and in this case, people can spend more energy on improving everyone's esports skills. Feng Xiao said.
In 2024, the CN region will also have a stable number of international tournaments, and the three major international tournaments – the Madrid Masters, the Shanghai Masters, and the Seoul Global Championship – will all have qualified places for the VCT CN region.
In 2023, before the launch of the VCT CN League, the Chinese team EDG made a splash at the 2023 Valorant Tokyo Masters, and the player Kang Kang (ID: EDG.ZmjjKK) left a deep impression on the global audience with his highlight moments in the international arena and his actions full of personality, making him the most eye-catching new star, which is related to EDG's previous experience in participating in many international competitions. Feng Xiao said that for the VCT CN competition area, the core of overseas promotion is to first cultivate "internal skills", such as helping players cultivate self-confidence and on-the-spot performance, which have been integrated into the daily work of the event team. He also revealed that the English proficiency of VCT CN players is generally good, and they also prefer to communicate and interact with overseas fans.
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Talking about the perspective of the event, Feng Xiao bluntly said that the VCT CN League hopes to become the best FPS e-sports in China, "We will definitely become one of the best e-sports projects in China in the future, which is our goal for the next three years, and even this is our consistent and consistent goal from beginning to end." He said.
The VCT CN League kick-off tournament will be held on March 2, the winner of the kick-off stage will be the No. 1 seed, and the runner-up will be the No. 2 seed to represent the VCT CN region in the Madrid Masters in March.