Create a great era of e-sports

Chapter 323 The idea of ​​forming a league

One bridge flies from north to south, and the moat becomes a thoroughfare.

Jiangcheng.

The group stage has reached the second stage.

Sixteen teams gathered at the Jiangcheng Cultural and Sports Center. The 9000 seats were overcrowded, and everyone was waiting for the next group stage.

At this stage of the competition, four teams will be eliminated.

First, there is a battle between the winner group. The four winning teams continue to advance, and the four losing teams fall into the loser group.

at the same time.

The eight teams in the loser group will also compete in a round of BO3. The winning team and the four teams in the winner group will form a new loser group, and the losers will bid farewell to S1.

12 month 5 day.

The game continues.

Because it is a BO3 game, the game lasts longer, so there will be two games every day for a total of four days.

The first is the four games in the upper bracket.

OMG plays against TSM, FW plays against SKT, LGD plays against IG, and Royal Family plays against FNC.

Then there are four games in the loser's bracket.

NaJin Sword played against TPA, EG played against C9, Emperor Star played against KTB, and AHQ played against WE.

Each of the eight games attracts the attention of tens of millions of e-sports fans.

The major live broadcast rooms have long been filled with netizens waiting for the game to start. Everyone is quietly waiting for the event to start.

nine in the morning.

The live broadcast screen lights up on time.

The explanation comes into view.

"Welcome everyone to the second stage of the S1 group stage. The next two teams we will face are OMG and TSM. The game is about to begin!"

off the field.

Shang Xingyue is recording again.

Mo Yu glanced sideways. The notebook had very detailed records. She wrote down the participating teams, the flow of people at the scene, and the competition situation in detail. There were also many interviews with the audience outside the venue.

"What, you want to see?" Shang Xingyue looked slightly sideways.

Mo Yu nodded and said with a smile: "I have to know what you, the investigator, are writing about and whether there are any bad words."

"Of course there are bad words, but there are also a lot of good ones." Shang Xingyue handed over the notebook: "Here, let's take a look."

"Forget it." Mo Yu waved his hand: "I'd better not touch this thing, so as not to cause misunderstanding." "It's up to you." Shang Xingyue put it away after hearing the words, then looked around and sighed: "I didn't expect that Jiang Cheng The audience is no less than that in Chengdu, and the 9000 seats in the cultural and sports center are actually full."

"Actually, the company has internal player regional statistics. The number of players in Beihu Province ranks among the top in the country. Coupled with the audiences coming from all over the country, it is not surprising that this is the case." Mo Yu said.

Among the millions of "Gods and Gods" players in the national server, Handong, where Jingzhou is located, is undisputedly number one, Beihu is also ranked in the top ten, with at least 30 to [-] users, and Xichuan Province, where Rongcheng is located, is in the top ten. A further back position.

"The number of players in coastal provinces such as central and southeastern China is larger, while that in the north and southwest is relatively smaller. This is also related to the population base and economic development."

"I see." Shang Xingyue nodded: "If the current situation continues, the project "Gods and Gods" will probably become the most dazzling one in e-sports. I don't know how many viewers will be in S2 next year. .”

"It's normal for it to double several times more." Mo Yu said: "The spread of games is much faster. As long as it is fun, it can grow rapidly at an exponential rate. Next year, S2 will probably have more than [-] million players in China alone. "

"That's right, now that S1 is so popular, e-sports has become an event with considerable influence. As long as it can continue, sooner or later it will become popular around the world." Shang Xingyue said: "But I have noticed recently that a few After this tournament, the fishing companies are unable to make ends meet? Is it true?”

"Yeah." Mo Yu said: "The influence of the event is not big enough. Many outside companies do not have a deep understanding of the e-sports industry, do not realize the huge energy contained in it, lack confidence, and are unwilling to invest heavily. Therefore, the current events held The events are all funded by making money from games, but some companies have joined in, such as the companies that sponsored S1 this time, so I didn’t lose too much.”

"It's just that in general, expenditures are still greater than inputs."

"Then have you ever thought about how to solve it?" Shang Xingyue asked: "Blindly investing but not seeing enough output should not be conducive to the development of your company, and it will probably put a lot of financial pressure on the fishing company. .”

"It is indeed disadvantageous, but it is not very serious." Mo Yu waved his hand and said: "The company has been developing new games. Currently, there is "Race Conflict" on the market, and there is also a gun game in production, and there are many plans in the future. .”

Shang Xingyue said: "Games are games and e-sports are e-sports. Although they are both industries under your banner, from the perspective of the e-sports industry alone, this state of investment being greater than output is probably because the outside world is unwilling to increase investment. One of the reasons, right? How do you plan to turn the situation around?"

Not everyone has a long-term vision. E-sports events have been operating at a loss, which has also led to a lack of confidence among many people. Shang Xingyue’s analysis was very correct, but Mo Yu was already prepared for this.

"Although e-sports is based on games, it itself is not without profit points. The huge audience group behind the events is the best profit direction." Mo Yu said: "There is a classic saying in the Internet industry, whoever controls the traffic Whoever controls everything is the reason why a lot of capital is invested in many software before they make any money."

"The tens of millions of viewers of e-sports are huge traffic, but many people haven't realized it yet. What I have to do is actually very simple. It's enough to let more people realize the huge traffic behind e-sports."

"With so many viewers there, it is the greatest wealth."

"What's the specifics?" Shang Xingyue asked curiously.

"The specific thing is to hold more and more intensive events and strive to cover the whole year." Mo Yu said.

"Oh?" Shang Xingyue said with interest after hearing this: "I have seen the competition plan on the official website. The current cup system has at least a dozen games every year. From small to large, there is a complete system and so many games. not enough?"

"Not enough!" Mo Yu shook his head: "More than a dozen games are still too few. It is impossible to play every day even once a month. And with the development of e-sports, powerful teams will gradually look down on low-level competitions. By then There isn’t enough attention on low-level events.”

"So I have a new idea."

"next year!"

"I will form internal leagues in the five major regions at the same time, arranging at least hundreds of events every year, covering four seasons, and there are more detailed plans. At the same time, we will cooperate with the release of new games and establish events together."

“In this way, the audience can always watch the game at any time, all year round, if they want to watch it. In that case, e-sports will surely be known to more people, and what will follow will be its promotion and global expansion. ”

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