The Paper's reporter Chen Jun
"When I was playing the City Championship, there was basically no audience on the scene, that is, more than 100 computers, more than 20 teams were playing, and the environment and now (with a large stage, soundproof rooms, and auditoriums) cannot be compared..."
This past weekend, the national finals of the League of Legends City Competition in the Netfish Arena came to an end, and the Jiangxi HMG team and the Hangzhou IB team won the men's and women's championships. As a player who participated in the City Heroes Championship in 2014, Baolan's contrast is very strong.
And Ning, who competed in the City Heroes Championship a year later than him, also had similar feelings, "At that time, even if it was the final, no one watched, sometimes there were only 10 team members on the scene, counting the coaches, a total of 12 people." ”
During this event, the champions of the s-tournament such as Baolan and Ning also came to the scene, in their opinion, it is precisely with such a national mass event that they insist on holding it, which has supported China's professional e-sports and has walked out of many future professional players.
Provide upward passage for more young people
Obviously, as a public e-sports event, although the start is slightly "shabby", but from 2012 to today, it has become the cradle of many professional players, not only the current baolan and ning, the factory director, curly hair, yuzu, stateless, small umbrella and many other legendary professional players familiar to fans have also begun to chase the dream of e-sports from here.
LPL's official commentary on hallucinogen is very blunt, and for many young people who love e-sports, it is the City Heroes Tournament that gives them a platform.
"Take me, when I just graduated from college, esports wasn't mature enough to get in touch, but such a mass track gives us the feeling of experiencing real racing and allows us to walk in[the circle]."
To some extent, the City Heroes Championship is a witness and promoter of the development of the domestic League of Legends project, and the reason why it can be successful is that long-term persistence and continuous improvement are the key.
Dong Yinming, CEO of the organizer Netfish E-sports, said in an interview with the surging news reporter: "We began to hold the first event in 2012, when the industry lacked this form of water friends competition (competition for enthusiasts), we felt that there should be an event that allowed all fans to participate together. ”
The original intention of Netfish is to create a community of entertainment and communication for all e-sports users, and with the annual holding of the event, the feedback is very positive, which makes the organizer realize that under the premise of the scale and standard of the tournament closer to the professional event, the professional channel in the event can be strengthened.
"We've seen a lot of professional players, professional commentators and even coaches out of the race, and we want to try the professional route. But whether it's entertaining, semi-professional, and pursuing personal growth, our events should meet their needs. ”
To this end, Netfish E-sports and LPL Youth Training Camp and League of Legends Professional Events and Clubs have signed cooperation matters, hoping to provide a channel for growing teams and players in the event to promote their careers.
Ning also encouraged young people who are interested in this as a person on the spot, "Since you have reached the step of the City Championship (the final stage), in fact, you have certain qualifications to step into the profession, you can work hard to see if you can play a career, I think this is better (try). ”
Baolan is pleased with the current grandeur of the City Heroes Championship, and he also pointed out in the exchange that this event not only meets the needs of e-sports enthusiasts, but also helps the development of professional e-sports in League of Legends.
"Now the pace of life is very fast, everyone is busy, the end tour actually does not have so much time to play, like the City Heroes Tournament involving the city, the school event can allow more people to pay attention to this project, participate in this project, this is a very meaningful thing, in fact, for the League of Legends career system to absorb more fresh blood." 」
Expose young people to the formal esports industry
Like any sports competition, League of Legends esports is a pyramid structure.
With a wide range of participants, fertile player soil, in order to really support the top of the professional events and professional players, the City Heroes Tournament just played a good role in laying the foundation and connecting.
Looking back at the past few years, the lpl division can occupy an increasingly important position in the world map, and a large number of young players continue to emerge is a key.
The surging news reporter interviewed the European team vit and got a similar answer, "China can always emerge a lot of excellent young players." ”
In Dong Yinming's view, taking into account the different demands of entertainment and leisure and professional development of all enthusiasts is in line with the concept of "e-sports for all" advocated in the current industry, and is also the essence of the city hero championship.
Under such a positioning, the e-sports projects under the Netfish Arena cover many projects such as "League of Legends", "Forever Doomed", "cs:go", "Genting Game", and the number of participants continues to expand, reaching 260,000 in 2019, of which college participants are also very enthusiastic, and two teams from colleges and universities have broken into the top four teams in the country this year.
The well-known anchor Frog said: "The college student group is very passionate about e-sports, and I also played a college league the year before I became an anchor. I am Guangcai, I still remember that time to play Guangdong University of Technology, every time can not beat ... In fact, the level of college teams is very high now, and there are also special coaches, which is no longer the same as before. ”
At present, the rapid development of e-sports is obvious to all, has become one of the most beloved sports of contemporary young people, how to allow young people to access regular events, and have the opportunity to join the e-sports industry, the city heroes tournament such as the mass event has set an example, but also provides more possibilities for the future.
Editor-in-Charge: Ascendas
Proofreader: Shi Gong