Chapter 311: Back to the light and back to the light
In mid-to-late August, the 2015 LPL summer playoffs are in full swing, adding a strong e-sports flavor to this international metropolis.
Among them, IM, as a new dark horse in the top domestic league, has achieved good results in advancing to the playoffs when it entered the LPL for the first time. Its daring and hard-working competitive style has successfully attracted a small group of fans.
cluster.
Of course, the most important thing is Liu, one of the owners of the IM team. He is very popular in today's era where live streaming is king. After joining the Panda platform with a rumored sky-high contract, he has made further progress.
Today, Liu is not just a panda brother. With the crazy expansion of the live broadcast field, many new viewers feel that Liu is the hottest brother in the current live broadcast industry.
As for "ancient" anchors like Dazhi, they can't even find a live broadcast room where they live. For new viewers who just want to watch the live broadcast, they naturally won't know the importance of Dazhi.
This principle is just like the fans who poured into the field of e-sports after the so-called "first year of e-sports". They know very little about professional players in the early days and can only base their efforts on the new star players they knew when they entered the industry.
The "chain of contempt" formed by the different cognitions of new and old audiences is just like the food chain in the ecological field, and is an indispensable part of their respective fields.
After all, in any competitive field, discussions between old and new fans and the justice of related topics are one of the most important indicators to ensure the popularity of the project.
And since IM has a big anchor boss like Liu, it naturally has its own popularity and attention. In addition, Liu will secretly poke everyone at the Amway team from time to time during the live broadcast, so it will naturally be effective under a subtle influence.
Of course, in e-sports, strength is king. If there is only popularity but no results, it is just putting the cart before the horse and going in reverse direction.
And Liu can only bring popularity to IM, unlike in games, where e-sports celebrities can provide potential strength bonuses to the team such as BUFF.
It is worth mentioning that in the 2015 LPL Summer Season Playoffs, the competition model of previous LPL season playoffs based on ranking order will no longer be used, but the new competition rules of "bubble competition" will be adopted.
The 2015 LPL Summer Season playoffs will be divided into three stages: bubbling knockout, bubbling positioning, and semifinals.
The ranked teams will be awarded points, and the points will be the key to determining each team's participation in the S5 World Finals.
Among them, the EDG team and QG team, which are ranked first and second in the regular season, will directly advance to the semi-finals and wait for their seats.
Previously, IM, a new dark horse, grabbed the last playoff ticket from M3 and entered the playoffs.
Unfortunately, IM's opponent in the first round was OMG, a dark force that had returned to its glory days. As the "light of resistance against Korea" and the team that created the "50-blood comeback miracle", it can be said that it has made great achievements.
In addition, after being dormant for most of the season, after the top laner returned to his position in the last week of the regular season, the dark forces returned to their glory and happily sent IM and the young guys away cleanly.
Facts have proved that it is impossible to recreate the miracle of the legendary "IM triple jump" just by relying on the name.
At this point, IM, a group of young and energetic boys, has drawn a relatively perfect end to their 2015 season journey after delivering the final results of entering the playoffs for the first time.
Zhou Dongsheng, who is in Shanghai, as the boss behind IM, will naturally not miss IM's first playoff journey. At the invitation of Liu, the two bosses were present to witness IM's elimination.
"Ya'er, it's such a pity. OMG is so powerful even though Gao Ping is in charge, and with Uzi replacing Xiao Uzum's crazy output under the big brother's crotch, this dark force is too powerful." Liu said with great pity.
Although there was a big problem with the physical examination results, because Liu's condition is rare, the treatment plan is still open to discussion. In addition, Liu has no symptoms yet and is very lively. Neither his actions nor live broadcasts have been greatly affected.
In addition, as the live broadcasting career is on the rise, the news of this illness is still being kept secret. It will be widely publicized when the time is right.
As for the result of IM being eliminated, Zhou Dongsheng was naturally not surprised. Although IM has star Nosuke and two champion Jigsaw on the bench, as we all know...
The chess piece on the bench cannot activate the bond! Except for the Ronin bond (funny).
"What a pity. Our IM players are still young. We will hire Principal IG's mid laner during the transfer period. Now that we have a veteran in charge, we can only use four words to evaluate this team..."
“The future is promising!”
Zhou Dongsheng said with great satisfaction that the first year of the "Three-Year Plan" has already exceeded the task and collected tridents and halberd handles in advance.
In the next two years, it is natural to polish this trident and let these young men run into each other. When the age seal is over and the gods return to their places, won't it be done?
So Zhou Dongsheng was naturally not in a hurry.
After the IM team was eliminated, the on-site director also secretly turned the camera to Sao Zhu's side. Wanting to see the boss's expression, Zhou Dongsheng, who was sitting next to him, naturally couldn't avoid being in the shot.
As Sao Zhu appeared, the barrage in the official live broadcast room also exploded instantly, which shows that Sao Zhu's current popularity is indeed not in vain.
"Sao Zhu doesn't broadcast live, so why not watch the game here?"
"IM fell into trouble and was directly carried away by the dark forces."
"It's uncomfortable, Liu!"
"Who is that handsome guy next to you? He looks familiar..."
"I met him last time. Sao Zhu said on live broadcast before that he is also the team boss..."
Because of the reputation of being a slut, many viewers in the live broadcast room are talking about Zhou Dongsheng. However, compared to the star players, the vast majority of the viewers are not very enthusiastic about the team boss.
In addition, the director's shots were fleeting, so Zhou Dongsheng's handsome face did not cause much waves in the live broadcast room.
Although the team was eliminated miserably, since they had achieved their set goals, the boss Zhou Dongsheng was not too harsh and took the young men out for a good meal as usual to encourage them and let them continue their efforts in the coming year.
During the banquet, Yu Wenbo and Jiang Chenglu, who had been keeping up with the club's live broadcast and training, were naturally not absent. One was 15 years old and the other was 16 years old. Because of their age, they could only sit next to the water dispenser, looking at their "brothers" eagerly.
Play a game.
"It makes me anxious to think that I still have two years before I can play in a game!" 15-year-old Yu Wenbo said, scratching his big head.
"But boss, I have successfully reached the top of the national server." Yu Wenbo turned around and said to take credit.
"Jie Kuo, that's awesome." Jiang Chenglu, who was working hard to learn Chinese, smiled shyly and said stumblingly.
"Not bad, not bad. When the prostitute teacher organizes the second team, you can also go to the A-League to practice first and maintain your competitive state..."
"I'm very optimistic about you two young people. You two will definitely have a place in IM's team in the future." Zhou Dongsheng casually gave the two young people a Chicken Soup for the Soul buff.
"Don't worry, boss, when I have the opportunity to appear on the stage, I will definitely win a world championship for you!" The young and frivolous Yu Wenbo promised, patting his chest.
"Okay, it's a deal. I'll remember this. You owe me a world championship." Zhou Dongsheng joked.