The sudden news of the war disrupted all plans within the CSGO circle.
Including vacation clubs, professional teams, industry practitioners, and even players.
Resort companies are lazy dogs. They will never change their plans if it is not necessary. This can be seen from the fact that resort companies have never been listed on the market.
The Kiev Major was forced to be cancelled, and the resort employees were forced to cancel their vacations and start trying to negotiate a new location for the Major and communicate with the new organizer.
These require a lot of time and energy, which is very distressing for employees.
For professional teams, the impact is also somewhat different.
For club teams like VC, the postponement or even cancellation of the Major will have an impact, but it is definitely not a big one. As one of the top teams in the world, VC is now well-known and does not rely on such small bonuses.
Participating in the Major is more about the championship and the honor.
But for some small teams and some Internet cafe teams with certain strength, the news of canceling the competition is like a bolt from the blue. After all, such teams do not have many sources of income. Participating in the competition is not only a dream come true, but also a way to earn future profits for the team.
salary.
The postponement or even cancellation of the Major meant that their possible wages would be reduced or even cancelled. After receiving the news, they immediately became anxious.
As for industry practitioners, their plans need to be changed. Some older players were originally preparing to rejuvenate at this Major. Seeing the possible cancellation of the Major, it will definitely be difficult to accept.
"It's been so many days and there's still no news from the resort. I feel like this Major is really going to be cancelled." Broky was a little confused for a moment. Although he was usually laughing and joking, as the team's results improved again, he became silent.
Jiu's desire to win has gradually emerged, and he now also wants to achieve good results with the team.
"Isn't that right? After preparing for so long, I have even put down other events. Now I can only train at home every day. If I had known the result earlier, I would have been able to play in a dozen A-level events." DD took over the conversation,
"The A-level events are not as intense as the Majors. At least there are still games to play. It would be great if the resort club could find a sponsor early. Then maybe there would be a chance to play the Majors this year."
New sponsor?
Meng De had an idea in his mind, looked at DD, and said: "I know a sponsor with this kind of ability, but you said that if we recommend people from the past, will the resort society agree to negotiate?"
"Even if I don't agree, I will definitely refer to your ideas. Coach, don't underestimate your status in the GO circle." gla1ve thought for a moment and expressed his thoughts.
Because of his outstanding contributions to domestic CSGO, Meng De is considered a big-shot figure in the circle and has met many capable bosses.
Hosting this Major is not something that ordinary people can do, at least their VCs don’t have the ability.
But he also knows many bosses who have the ability to take over this qualification!
For example, the owner of the Youxia platform, as the most popular e-sports platform in China, has held many CSGO events. Although there are no S-level events, it also held two A-level events last year, and the overall response was very good.
Moreover, because of the VAC alliance plan, Meng De had the honor of knowing the upcoming YX platform, and they have also made a lot of money in the past two years.
Now the Youxia platform has the capital to sponsor and is trying to bring the Major host to China.
If this highest-level event can be held in China, it will definitely promote the rapid development of the entire industry.
Meng De has no reason to reject this idea. In addition to contributing to the team's performance, he has also been committed to creating a better CSGO ecological environment in China.
Now that he had this opportunity, he didn't want to let it go.
I took out my mobile phone and found Mr. Liu, the owner of Youxia Platform. I was just about to send it to ask.
"Meng Jiao, Mr. Liu is looking for you outside."
Meng De:???
Does this mean that Cao Cao and Cao Cao have arrived?
Pooh!
What Cao Cao.
Meng De was thinking wildly in his mind, but he immediately walked out of the conference room and followed Wu Qiang.
After a while, they met Mr. Liu from the Ranger Platform in the living room of the base.
"Mr. Liu, it's been a long time no see."
With a smile on his face, Meng De shook hands with Mr. Liu across from him, "I just had the team members chatting about you, and you came to see me. Isn't it a coincidence?"
"We're divided!" Mr. Liu pretended to be angry, "Are we still saying these polite words now?"
Meng De waved his hand and explained: "Mr. Liu, this is really not polite. We were discussing the holding of the Major just now, and I immediately thought of you. I was just about to send you a message and find a time to chat with you.
Just a moment."
After saying that, he raised his phone, but the message on WeChat had not been sent yet.
Mr. Liu felt better when he saw this scene. After all, it showed that he was a person in the eyes of the other party.
Although there seems to be a huge difference in status between the two of them, the Ranger platform was about to go bankrupt, but it was the VAC alliance led by Meng De that helped him overcome this difficulty, which can be regarded as a timely help.
Now that his benefactor was still thinking of him, he felt a little excited at the moment.
"I came here just to talk about this matter. The Major has never been decided and the popularity is still high. I was wondering if we could take the initiative to take the lead in getting the venue to us." Mr. Liu said.
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"I think so too." Meng De led Mr. Liu upstairs, "Let's go to the office to talk in detail. Brother Qiang will make two pots of tea."
The two entered the office and spent the entire afternoon discussing the feasibility of this matter, reviewing previous information, and considering whether the current strength of the Ranger Platform was sufficient.
Finally, with expectations and anxiety in his heart, Mr. Liu left the VC base.
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The resort has been slow to announce subsequent postponements or cancellations, which has made the entire circle feel a little depressed.
But just when other event organizers wanted to create some small events to take advantage of the wave of traffic during this vacuum period, a piece of heavy news suddenly appeared on the Internet:
“Grapevine: Someone revealed to HLTV that this year’s second Major will be moved from Kiev to the Magic City of China!
This game will be co-organized by CSGO's cooperative platform in China, Ranger, and IEM. It is reported that VC Club Manager MD took the lead in organizing this event. This will also be the first Major held in Asia.
The RMR qualifiers are scheduled to start on September 18th, and the official Major competition will be held two weeks later..."
This big news instantly triggered a huge discussion in the entire CSGO circle.
【I’ll go!! Real or fake!!】
[Awesome, even the time has been booked, you call this gossip??]
【It’s just one and a half months later, it feels so fast!】
[Thai pants are hot! The Major at your doorstep is coming!!]
[Don’t think about it, I didn’t even get tickets for the previous IEMBJ, let alone this Major]
[I just noticed it. Is Thief Cao in the news? 】
…
Domestic CSGO players have expressed their excitement in the forum. After all, holding a CSGO competition in their own country is an honor and an honor for the development of CSGO in the entire region.
Just like League of Legends and Dota next door, they have moved the top events to China. This is something CSGO players are quite envious of and look forward to one day in the future.
But now they are suddenly told that the next Major will be held in China!
Why isn't this exciting?
The popularity of domestic CSGO forums has reached an all-time high!
Many anchors and professional players have posted their opinions on the news.
However, this news caused a lot of controversy on the Internet.
[It’s really great that it wasn’t canceled!]
【Why not hold it in Spain??】
[China has a huge CSGO community. After the Kiev Major was forced to be cancelled, the IEM Imperial City Station, which has just been widely praised in China, is easily favored by resort clubs, so it is very normal to hold it in China]
[By the way, does anyone really watch the Major competition held in that place in China? 】
[You are really a cloud player, you haven’t watched IEM before, right, and VC and both are Chinese teams]
[Going to college in China is really hot! It only takes me an hour to take the high-speed train to Shanghai to watch the game, but the enthusiasm of the Chinese people is unimaginable. I first have to grab a ticket (crying)]
Netizens on the Internet are constantly controversial, and they have mixed opinions about the result of the Major being settled in China.
But for the major teams and players, they even have the urge to cry, after all, this Major has been delayed for long enough!
Although the final start will take a month, at least we have a specific date and an idea.
And I am even happier for domestic and even Asian teams.
After all, the Major is held in Asia, so there is naturally an extra RMR quota, and one more team from Asia can participate in the Challenger Group.
VC won the championship last time and is a member of the championship group. There is no need to compete with them for this spot.
Team A was also in the semi-finals last time. Although its current strength may be a little worse, it is still a team that has qualified for the Major.
In other words, if they work hard this time, there will be at most 5 domestic teams that can enter the Major!
This is why a strong division will become stronger and stronger. The joint effect caused by the strength of the top brother in the division is too exaggerated. Not to mention the training matches that are equivalent to being fed into the mouth on weekdays, this kind of Major level event, the entire
The competition area naturally has more competition qualifications.
Moreover, the changes brought by Meng Dejia and VC to domestic CSGO have led to more and more event organizers planning to hold competitions in China. As hosts, they have a natural advantage.
What was the reason for the gap between the previous level and Europe? Isn't it because there were no high-quality games to play, and there were no strong teams to conduct more training matches to improve the level.
Now as the foundation of the competition area continues to increase, the lower limit of the team level in the entire Chinese competition area will continue to increase.
Several well-known CSGO teams in China, after learning that the Major will be held in Magic City, their enthusiasm has become unprecedentedly high! They put all their enthusiasm into training.
But there is still more than a month before the Major RMR starts. After they finished in IEM Imperial City, they have actually started a lot of training. Now there is no feedback from the game when they practice back and forth. It has always been the same thing.
Meng De also discovered this problem a few days after the Magic City Major was announced. After thinking about it, he took the initiative to contact Mr. Liu.
"Manager Meng, why did you call me suddenly? What's the matter?" Mr. Liu's tone was gentle. He admired Meng De very much.
Meng De got straight to the point: "I'm just asking if you are free. I want you to start an offline small league on the platform."
"Small league?" Mr. Liu was stunned, "What is it for?"
"Isn't it still more than a month before the Major? If our domestic strength is in place this time, four teams can enter the Major. But after so many days, playing training matches is just like that. I want to take the lead in organizing a
It's a small online league." Meng De added, "It doesn't take much effort. I will practice Coke and the others' commentary later, and you only need to push it out on the platform."
"Actually, I can make an appointment with them privately for this thing, but with commentary and netizens watching, it can not only increase the popularity, but also make them pay more attention to it." Meng De also suddenly remembered a live broadcast of a team a long time ago.
The training match with the second team was watched with great interest by the audience.
Although the level of this league is very low, if Meng De allows his two teams to enter, the level of the entire game will be completely different.
If these domestic teams do not show real skills and are ranked at the bottom, it will be a big loss.
"That's no problem!" Mr. Liu said cheerfully, "I can do this kind of thing for free, which is beneficial to the development of domestic CS, and it's not a big deal. You don't need to hire the commentator, we will arrange it here.
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"It's better to arrange for those big commentators, they themselves bring a lot of traffic." Meng De reminded that it is not that there have been no competitions in China before, but sometimes the commentators hired are not in place, and many people watch two
I immediately ran away to speak English, which was very embarrassing.
But it’s good that he doesn’t need to notify. After all, if he does, the VC will either pay for it himself or use his favor to buy face.
Now that the ranger is looking for Coke and the others, he definitely doesn't need to take care of their wages.
"I hope our China team can enter four teams this time." Mr. Liu said with a smile, "That way China CSGO will really take off."
Liu always has feelings. It should be said that in the dark era of domestic CS in the past few years, he still insisted on this path. Who doesn't have feelings?
The past two years have been even better. When VC had not made a name for itself, CSGO was purely a money-losing project.
Otherwise, his former boss would not have thought of cutting his losses in time and selling the club to Xu Qingru.
However, Meng De also thought that if this were not the case, they might not have achieved this result now.
Under Meng De's organization, a small league called "Preparing for the Major" officially started on the Ranger platform.
There are a total of 16 domestic teams, 4 BO1 games every day, taking turns to play, and ranking based on winning or losing points.
Let the audience finally have a game to watch during this game window.
In the beginning, these teams played relatively restrained and did not want to expose their tactics too much. However, as they were crushed by teams such as VC, Team A, and AO, they began to practice ruthlessly, and various explosive and new tactics emerged one after another.
The audience originally came here for VC's reputation, but after watching it, they discovered that the team's strength seemed to be quite good.
In the game of real swords and guns, it can be clearly seen that these teams are constantly getting stronger. Even Team A was upset and won a game, causing an uproar.
In such busy days, the Chinese CSGO team finally ushered in their long-awaited RMR qualifiers!
After paving the way for the competition area environment, the next chapter will begin to officially enter the Major.