Volume 3: Taking Roots 2016 Chapter 584: A Gamble
Once a game can rise to the level of e-sports and be rooted and nurtured in the soil of e-sports, it means that it has an enduring audience base.
It doesn’t matter how niche this game is. As long as it rises to the level of bringing glory to the country, there will always be people willing to devote their youth, sweat and blood to this project.
After all, e-sports has long been one of the official sports recognized by the country, just like many sports that the public knew very little about before they entered the sports stage.
E-sports also has such unpopular events, such as Street Fighter, Dream Three Kingdoms and other competitive events, which have always been evergreens in e-sports events and have a long history.
But as long as we can win a gold medal for the country and play the national anthem on the international stage, the honor will be enough to push this game to unprecedented heights.
At this level, games are no longer just games, but true e-sport.
The difference is like the difference between the national basketball team and street basketball, except that when it comes to e-sports, many people deliberately blur the boundaries.
No one thinks that playing basketball casually on the street can lead to the professional basketball stage, but most people think that e-sports is just sitting in front of a computer and playing games, so I can do it.
Of course, gaining this kind of social recognition is still a long and arduous road. The development of any league or competitive event is never achieved overnight.
However, once you get help at the right time, the entire development process can often be shortened countless times, just like the current League of Legends.
The heights that e-sports has reached in the past few decades of development are not even as great as what League of Legends has achieved in just a few years. Perhaps this is the benefit of standing on the shoulders of giants.
As a veteran player, Zhou Dongsheng knows very well that the spring breeze of e-sports will not stop here, but will continue to burst forth upward.
Not only has it entered the stage of international sports games, it has also gradually evolved from an exhibition event into a formal sport, gradually appearing on the public stage and gaining recognition from more and more people.
If it can catch up with this era, then PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds will surely rise to the top, because compared to other e-sports projects...
The domestic game background of "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" may very well become its biggest advantage, so it is not impossible for it to receive attention and policy support from above.
Of course, this is just part of Zhou Dongsheng's immature guess, but obviously, a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, and everything must start with taking the first step.
And now, with Zhou Dongsheng's order, the influence that can be exerted has gradually begun to show its edge.
As the two gaming giants, Tencent and Tencent, are competing against each other, the heat is at its peak. It is natural that the news of holding the "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" Internet Cafe League is announced at this time.
It would be a waste not to take advantage of this popularity. PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds officially released an advertisement and will join forces with Netfish Internet Cafe, hosted by Banana Game Media, to hold a national Internet cafe league.
The winning team will not only receive a million-dollar cash prize, but will also be given a spot in the top domestic league of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, where they will compete with top domestic clubs and compete for the qualification to participate in the global invitational tournament, competing with the world's top teams for the honor of being the first world champion...
Driven by this enthusiasm, the news immediately exploded among the player community once it was announced, and countless players immediately started heated discussions with great excitement.
After all, with the example of professional League of Legends players, countless players have seen the money-making potential of professional gaming. Not only is there an opportunity to win glory for the country, but once they retire they can also make money through live streaming.
Several professional players who are currently doing well in the live streaming field are examples. Whether it is the curly-haired baboon, Liu the naughty pig, or the big-nosed wind team and other professional players, they have all reached the peak of their lives after retiring.
However, the game League of Legends has been developed for six years, and the requirements to become a professional player are becoming more and more stringent. The rank requirement alone is enough to keep 99% of the players out.
Not to mention the age restrictions, but all these restrictions do not exist when it comes to the newly created "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds".
This is undoubtedly a great opportunity for the majority of players to "fish in troubled waters", although the e-sports stage is undoubtedly a stage where strength is king...
However, in the game "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds", the proportion of luck always makes it easier for players to have the illusion that they are quite strong.
As for shooting skills, who can't pull the trigger? As long as you can hit the target, it's fine. How difficult is it to kill an old master with random shots?
Therefore, naturally, countless players were attracted by the official announcement of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds and began to call their friends, search for registration methods, and prepare to form their own teams to participate in the competition.
No matter whether it works or not, just join in first. What if you are the one in a million e-sports genius?
At the same time, the IM e-sports club also released an official Weibo post, announcing the official establishment of the PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds division, and recruiting strong and ambitious people from the entire network to join.
At almost the same time, IG and WE, two veteran e-sports giants, also issued the same announcement, recruiting players from the entire network.
Needless to say, the IG e-sports club was the work of a shareholder named Principal Wang. The boss behind the WE club, also a giant in e-sports, has a very good personal relationship with Principal Wang, so it was naturally a matter of a few words.
After the three major e-sports clubs announced their entry into the competitive event "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds", other e-sports clubs that make a living from e-sports have to carefully consider whether to follow suit.
After all, no e-sports club would put all its eggs in one e-sports project. Such a self-contained behavior is obviously not in the interests of the club.
A team that only focuses on one project can only be called a team, but a club must bet on multiple projects. Only when multiple projects are successful can the interests of the club be adequately protected.
Therefore, having one more e-sports option means one more opportunity for many e-sports clubs, an opportunity to overtake others.
After all, the reason why some veteran e-sports clubs are called giants is because they have accumulated a great reputation in previous e-sports events, and only with the accumulation of honors can they be ranked among the giants.
Therefore, it is obviously not an easy task to surpass them on these traditional tracks, but in a brand new e-sports event, in a sense, everyone is on the same starting line!
What's more, the potential of the new project "PUBG" is still an unknown so far...
Thinking of this, the bosses of many e-sports clubs immediately made a decision in their hearts. Setting up a PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds division might require more expenses, but judging from the current situation, this bet can be made!
After all, there are not many tracks left for them to overtake on the curves, and they must consider whether this is their only chance in this life.
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