Volume 3: Taking Roots 2016 Chapter 758 An unexpected episode
"Hello everyone at the event and all the viewers around the world who are watching the live broadcast online! Welcome to the 2016 PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds Global Invitational. Today, 25 top teams and 100 players from all over the world will compete in a three-day fierce battle..."
"In the end, the player with the highest accumulated points will be crowned the first PUBG World Champion. Their names will be engraved on the trophy and in the game, and they will be admired by players from all over the world!"
"Now, let us invite 25 teams from all over the world to come on stage! First up is the number one seed from the Chinese local division, IM!"
Amid the host's passionate words, the emotions of many spectators in the stadium were quickly aroused, especially the first team to appear, which was the IM team, which is currently the most popular and strongest team in the Chinese division.
The honor of opening the show naturally belonged to him, and as the ordinary fat man took the lead and stepped onto the stage, a smile full of emotion appeared on his acne-stained face.
In an instant, as if adding fuel to the fire of the atmosphere, the cheers suddenly became boiling, and an overwhelming wave of sound was set off in the venue, even from chaos to order, everyone was shouting his name in unison.
"Wei Shen! Wei Shen!"
As an e-sports player who already enjoyed great popularity in the League of Legends project, when he reached the peak of his career, he paid a heavy price for his youthful recklessness and fell into a trough.
From a highly acclaimed talented e-sports player, he has become a negative example with mixed reviews. The flowers and applause were as warm as they were then, while the insults and doubts are as harsh as they are now.
When he switched from the League of Legends project to the PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds project, which was in its infancy, outside doubts and ridicule reached a peak. Countless people interpreted it as an escape, and even the title of "deserter" was pinned on him.
Most people thought that this talented young man would most likely fall from grace, but unexpectedly, even if he changed to another e-sports project, his outstanding e-sports talent would still be evident.
He performed particularly well in the PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds event, quickly leading the IM team to become the strongest team in the Chinese division, and even won many honors in the division such as "King of Kills" on his own.
A year later, this talented young man tried another way and once again stood on the stage of the World Championship.
Such an ups and downs experience undoubtedly gave this player a legendary color and made him the most dazzling star in this world championship.
Everything was so familiar. Although it was a different stage, he was also pushed to the level of the favorite to win the championship before the game, attracting everyone's attention and becoming the focus of everyone's attention.
It seems as if everything is just a repeat of what happened a year ago, but this time, I, IM.GODV, will never let the same ending happen again!
Gao Dewei took a deep breath, his eyes behind his glasses became firm, he walked onto the stage in a relaxed manner, waved in all directions, and then walked towards his seat.
At the same time, the teammates behind her also came on stage one by one. As the only female contestant among the 100 contestants, when Mo Zi stepped onto the stage with a smile on her face, the cheers from all directions were no less than the previous ones.
After all, girls who are good at playing games are rare, and those who are good-looking are even rarer. Those who can stand on the stage of professional competitions are definitely rarer.
When Mo Zi stepped onto the stage of this world competition, this first "PUBG" Global Invitational had already made a successful start. I don't know how many viewers online and offline were amazed and refreshed by the sight.
Just as the game PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds brings a sense of freshness to the players, even this professional competition has given many players something to watch as soon as it starts, and the screen is even filled with "wife" barrages.
As the only female player among 100 players, she stands out from the crowd and this gimmick alone is enough to attract enough attention. What's more, Mo Zi is at the peak of her competitive form and her performance in the competition area is also remarkable.
As a veteran professional player, his rich professional experience combined with the e-sports genius Wei Shen, the two form a male and female duo that is enough to cover the performance of the entire team.
With two big brothers leading the team, the two newcomers will be free of burden and pressure and can fully display their talents on the field.
It was this wonderful chemical reaction within the team that allowed them to break through the siege step by step and stand here.
Afterwards, another three teams from the Chinese region came on stage and were also warmly welcomed. As for the unknown teams from other regions, they were only given a ceremonial welcome, because we are a country of etiquette.
This differential treatment is the so-called home advantage, and it is almost the same in all sports around the world.
Of course, as long as they perform well enough on the court, they will be able to completely conquer the home audience.
This is also the iron rule of any competitive event: the winner is the king.
As the team introduction session ended, many players went to their seats and began to adjust their equipment. The host also took this time to briefly and clearly introduce the competition system of this world championship to the audience.
As the first world event, the competition system is naturally not perfect yet. This is why the first event had to adopt an invitation system. Even though "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" has become popular all over the world, e-sports still cannot be achieved overnight.
Whether it is the establishment of the competition area, the selection and training of players, or the transition from players to event spectators, it all requires the accumulation of time.
Even football, which is now known as the world's number one sport, has gone through hundreds of years of continuous development and evolution before finally achieving its current heights.
So at this point, there is no rush for the "PUBG" professional competitions, and we can only build the e-sports system step by step.
As the first officially hosted world championship, this will naturally serve as a starting point for further developments. As long as it gets off to a good start and ends successfully, it will be considered as having achieved its goals.
At the very least, you have to raise your own flag on the e-sports stage first. What remains is a long period of accumulation, constantly converting players into spectators, and gradually building the basic foundation of the competition system.
Only in this way can the overall situation be gradually revitalized. Therefore, under the instruction of Zhou Dongsheng, no one was stingy in holding this first world event. Both the budget and the various expenses of the event were in line with the top world events.
After all, the game itself is profitable enough, so it doesn't matter if you lose a little in the competition. You can't catch a wolf without sacrificing a lamb. What's more, this expense is just a drop in the bucket for the "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" that makes a fortune every day.
In the future, whether it is expanding the prize pool, continuously optimizing the competition system, extending the time of the world competition, etc., we must continue to increase investment, so this is destined to be a continuous "loss-making" business.
But as long as we can open up the traffic entrance of e-sports events, everything is worth it. Only by binding with e-sports can a competitive game become prosperous.
For example, "Dream Three Kingdoms", a domestic MOBA game known only to veteran players, is not as popular as "Dota" and "League of Legends".
However, with the bonus of being the only remaining "domestic e-sports project", it can still be active on the e-sports stage and can even be shortlisted for the Asian Games as an e-sports event.
Such a unique seedling is like a fig leaf for Chinese e-sports. It can be small, but it cannot be absent.
However, Zhou Dongsheng used his own tactics to retaliate and successfully intercepted and stole the country's software. He changed the appearance of the phenomenal game "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" and turned it into a serious domestic game with the help of Zhuchang.
In this way, there may be a chance to change the development trajectory of Chinese e-sports. After all, once the dominoes fall, the chain reactions they cause are often unpredictable.
But before that, everything depends on the performance of this first domino. If the force is not strong enough, it may not necessarily trigger a chain reaction.
In a unique room reserved for insiders, Zhou Dongsheng was watching the game broadcast with great interest. In addition to Principal Wang, there were many other people gathered here.
Among them, Zhang Xiaoguang, head of the e-sports department of Dongsheng Group, also came to the scene, as well as Brandon Green, the "Father of Battle Royale", who naturally could not miss the moment of witnessing his own son's transformation.
Even Liu deliberately missed the live broadcast and came to the scene to support the players of his own team. After all, no matter what, he is one of the owners of the club.
Zhuchang Games, another organizer, also attached great importance to the event and sent a vice president to participate in it. The vice president is a familiar face, Wang Yi, an old acquaintance of Zhou Dongsheng.
He was the one who originally pushed Ding Sanshi to acquire this project. Now, with the passage of time, the explosive popularity of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds has proved his unique vision.
Wang Yi undoubtedly represents QQ Group's attitude towards e-sports. After all, QQ Group, which regards gaming as its core business, naturally cannot turn a blind eye to the e-sports industry.
It's just that due to the lack of a suitable project as an opportunity to join in before, the "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" that he participated in by accident has allowed Zhuchang to intervene and participate in it smoothly.
The group chatted and laughed in the room, and the topic mainly revolved around the game itself. Taking this opportunity, Zhou Dongsheng also got a more detailed understanding of the development of the current trend of eating chicken.
"After half a year of research and development, our company has experimentally developed a mobile chicken-eating game. We plan to use this as a touchstone for the mobile game market. At the same time, we can also accumulate certain development experience and pave the way for the subsequent development of the "PUBG" mobile game..."
Wang Yi chatted with Zhou Dongsheng with a smile and casually revealed this piece of news. Zhou Dongsheng couldn't help but realize that this was most likely the "Wild Action" game, right?
"PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" became popular all over the world ahead of schedule because of its own intervention. Naturally, this mobile game that followed the trend and took advantage of the popularity of "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" also made its debut ahead of schedule.
Strictly speaking, this mobile game is the game that introduced Zhou Dongsheng to the concept of "chicken eating".
After all, compared to free-to-play, low-threshold mobile games, Zhou Dongsheng's wallet honestly chose PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, which requires money to buy tickets and corresponding hardware configuration to play.
Especially when two or three good friends get together and take out their phones to have fun, the joy is truly incomparable.
It has to be said that the application scenarios and advantages of mobile games are indeed difficult to match with PC games. As for the issues of experience and comfort, they are obviously not considered by mobile game players.
After all, I have already fallen to playing mobile games, so what else do I need a bicycle for? As long as I can play it, that’s fine.
While players had no expectations, "Wild Action", which was of acceptable quality, once caused quite a stir in the mobile game market and was also the contributor to further promoting the concept of "chicken eating".
This has laid a solid foundation of mobile game players for the real "chicken-eating" craze.
Those "memories" flashed through Zhou Dongsheng's mind, and he didn't know whether this mobile game that was released in advance would still have the same flavor?
"Zhuchang Games's R&D capabilities in mobile games are unquestionable. I am very much looking forward to the launch of this PUBG mobile game, which will surely set off a phenomenal PUBG mobile game craze."
Although the revenue from this game has nothing to do with Zhou Dongsheng , he still offers his sincere blessings. After all, only in this way can the cake become bigger and bigger.
I just don't know how Tenda will react? Although the official authorization is gone in this life, the "h1z1" IP can still be used reluctantly, and it is obviously not difficult to develop a chicken-eating mobile game under the guise of it.
For Tenda, it will definitely not give up such a big piece of cake easily. Maybe the research and development work has already been carried out in secret.
"Thanks to Jay Chou, it can be considered a blessing for this project to be favored by him." Wang Yi joked humorously, and the others in the room couldn't help but understand what he meant and burst into laughter.
Zhou Dongsheng shrugged helplessly. As the game began, everyone gradually turned their attention to the live broadcast, and Zhou Dongsheng chatted with Brandon Green from time to time.
I gave Brandon Green feedback on some of the game content and improvements I thought of for the competition.
“This viewing system is well done, but in order to allow the audience to see the players’ wonderful operations more comprehensively, I think a function like kill replay is necessary…”
Zhou Dongsheng looked at the broadcast screen and realized that "PUBG" did not have this function at the moment, so he reminded them in time and continued speaking.
"Including in the game, many players don't even know how they died. We can also add this replay function to improve the player experience. At the same time... it can also better identify cheat users and facilitate reporting..."
Zhou Dongsheng couldn't help but say earnestly that plug-ins are a by-product of the game. Even when "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" adopted a buyout system, it couldn't eliminate the phenomenon. Now under the free-to-play strategy, it is naturally becoming more rampant.
Players who use plug-ins have no psychological burden. The account is worthless anyway, so just have fun.
The battle of wits and courage between game companies and plug-ins is the "incompatibility of good and evil" in the gaming industry. It is almost impossible to completely eliminate plug-ins.
Just as where there is sunshine there is shadow, game companies can only take a series of measures to curb it.
Fortunately, Zhuchang Games also has corresponding response experience. At the same time, because the account is free, account blocking is not a burden for the game company. It is enough to always implement vigorous and resolute anti-cheating measures.
As for players who have high-value virtual items in the game, they will not choose to take the risk to try it, otherwise they will lose both their money and their lives, which will not be worth it.
"Wow~ My dear BOSS, you are indeed a veteran player. Did God tell you this suggestion? It's simply brilliant..." Brandon Green praised.
At this time, the game was still going on. In the broadcast, there was a team that was killing all the enemies. Unfortunately, the team prefix was not IM, but a Southeast Asian team from a neighboring country.
Accompanied by the passionate commentary, a player with the ID "forsaken" is turning into the god of death on the field, with the number of kills far ahead.
"forsaken is still showing off! Ten kills in total. This player from the Southeast Asia region showed us what marksmanship is all about!"
"Hey, forsaken's team encountered IM team. Our Wei Shen just got four kills. Now the brave one wins when they meet on a narrow road!"
"Let's wait and see who will win in the end!"
"What?! Forsaken seemed to be assisted by God. He just met him and knocked down Wei Shen with amazing reaction!"
"Unbelievable, too unbelievable. We can see Wei Shen's stunned expression. He seems to be completely unable to accept this situation... "
At the same time, the director very professionally cut a split screen to compare the expressions of the two contestants.
I saw Wei Shen opening his mouth wide and saying something from time to time.
On the other hand, forsaken, a player with a typical Indian appearance, looked calm, as if he was just completing a trivial operation.
Zhou Dongsheng watched with interest. It turned out that the variables in e-sports were unpredictable.
Will Wei Shen fail again despite being placed with high hopes?
On the other hand, the player Forsaken is extremely talented and can even show overwhelming strength in the professional arena.
In FPS games, the difference in talent is often at the millisecond level, but the difference in performance during competition is huge.
There is only a fine line between a genius and a monster, but this Forsaken's performance makes him look like a monster.
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