Chapter 757: The First Global Invitational Tournament
Just when the short video industry is about to kick off the industry's "money-burning war", leading players and investment institutions in major industries are fighting for wits and intrigues.
Zhou Dongsheng, who could be regarded as half a stakeholder, leisurely arrived at a grand sports venue in Shanghai.
Prepare to take a break from your busy schedule, watch a game, relax, and witness the successful launch of the first global invitational tournament of "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds".
With the development of the PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds Professional League jointly organized by Banana Entertainment and Pig Factory Games under President Wang, the game "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" has taken a small and solid step towards the e-sports process.
At the same time, the successful holding of such a professional professional league has also allowed many e-sports practitioners around the world to see that a clear-cut flag has once again been erected on the e-sports stage.
Especially as "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" became popular all over the world, coupled with the strategic promotion of free play, its huge player base even once surpassed the "grand occasion of the same period" in Zhou Dongsheng's memory.
After just over a year of development, the proportion of chicken-playing enthusiasts in the global player base is already showing signs of being equal to League of Legends, and to some extent, even greater than that of League of Legends.
After all, in terms of game types alone, shooting games like FPS always have a wider audience.
For most players, enlightenment games such as "Half-Life" and "CS Counter-Strike" are not too unfamiliar, and the simple and crude feedback of shooting games, as well as teamwork and other elements, are still the most popular in the game field.
Core.
It can even be said that shooting games have never gone out of style and have always firmly occupied half of the gaming field. New and old players continue to follow them, and their unique charm has always attracted players.
In other words, from the birth of FPS games to the present, they have never fallen out of the mainstream games and have always been a popular option for players. For game manufacturers, this is undoubtedly a popular game category.
Countless FPS games are born every year, but most of them are just expanding on the original gameplay and foundation, adding more elements, and their main framework has never changed much.
The same is true for players. The content of the game is changed without changing the medicine, and it is almost not too difficult to get started.
However, the emergence of "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" has undoubtedly given many players an unprecedented sense of freshness. It has not only subverted the simple and crude oppositional relationship between red and blue in traditional shooting games.
Victory or defeat turns into survival, and the open map adds more uncertainties to the game. Among other things, there are many unexpected options for how to die.
Especially with the support of the "real" physics engine, in addition to being killed by a gun, there are countless possibilities of accidental death, such as being hit by a car or jumping out of a car too fast.
Not to mention the over-the-horizon scope, which allows players to truly experience the thrill of sniping an opponent with one shot from a thousand yards away. There are also silencers and other accessories to meet the diverse needs of players.
This kind of expansion and freshness in gameplay is enough to make players want to stop playing, not to mention that such a conscientious game is actually free!
Which player can't help but say it tastes great?
Therefore, when "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" swept the world and set off a chicken-eating craze, it created another phenomenal game IP, and at the same time, the long-standing records in the gaming field were also broken one by one.
Especially on Stim, the world's number one gaming platform, it has set six Guinness World Records in one breath, including breaking the record for the largest number of people online at the same time on the Stim platform, and the fastest to break through one million players.
And it is also the first non-V company to be produced, that is, the parent company behind the Stim platform. It has overturned many games representing V company in one fell swoop and reached the top.
This achievement is equivalent to Mihayo's massacre on Tenda's game platform, defeating all Tenda's own sons to reach the top of the platform, and the gold content is not low.
Not only that, according to incomplete statistics, the number of global players of "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" has already exceeded the 100 million mark, and even the daily active players are approaching the 10 million mark.
Such a large and stable basic base is enough to prove to a certain extent that this game has unlimited potential, especially in e-sports.
With the successful launch of China's local PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds professional league, a large number of large and small competitions have emerged around the world, contributing to the e-sports career of "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds". At the same time, some talented players have begun to emerge.
At the same time, established e-sports clubs around the world will naturally not give up such a big piece of cake, and have established their own PUBG branches, formed teams, and waited for opportunities to compete in professional competitions.
After all, China already has a local professional league, will other divisions be far behind?
If you don't form a team in advance and make preparations, when the competition area is established, you may not even be able to have a sip of soup, let alone eat meat.
Sure enough, as the world's largest e-sports event, the World Finals of League of Legends, came to an end, the first PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds Global Invitational Tournament officially kicked off.
As the first world event of "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds", given that the global competition area has not yet been officially established, naturally it can only adopt an invitation-only approach, inviting 25 chicken-fighting teams from major e-sports clubs around the world to gather together.
In order to fully ensure the fairness of the event, the competition system will adopt a points system. After three days of intense competition, the person with the highest points will become the first world champion of "PUBG"!
Not only will you receive a championship bonus worth millions of dollars, but you will also receive generous benefits such as exclusive in-game gun skins and championship stickers, as well as considerable income such as subsequent sales shares.
As a symbol of the championship, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds' world championship trophy still uses the soul melee weapon "Dongsheng Pan" in the game, so the trophy is naturally called the "Dongsheng Cup".
The reason why Zhou Dongsheng came here was naturally to be invited to witness the grand opening of this first world competition.
And after the proposal of Brandon Green, the "Father of Battle Royale", the process of awarding the championship trophy and honorary medals will also be led by Zhou Dongsheng.
After all, what could be better to highlight the gold content of a championship than Zhou Dongsheng himself awarding the "Dongsheng Cup"?
Regarding this proposal, Zhou Dongsheng naturally half-assed it and agreed "reluctantly".
Anyway, judging from Zhou Dongsheng's current popularity, Zhou Dongsheng has long been accustomed to the traffic blessing brought by this kind of publicity, and even enjoys it a little.
There is quite a bit of the calmness of "having too much debt does not weigh you down". In this case, it is naturally impossible for Zhou Dongsheng to refuse the opportunity to make his presence felt in front of players around the world.
When Zhou Dongsheng came outside the venue where the event was held, the inside and outside of the venue were now decorated with various elements of the chicken game, and a strong gaming atmosphere came over him.
At the same time, there are also a large number of players coming from all over. Through the previous development of local professional leagues, a stable audience group has been cultivated.
Therefore, for this more valuable and competitive world event, tickets are naturally easy to sell, not to mention that there are also some foreign spectators coming from afar.
At the same time, there were even many game enthusiasts inside and outside the venue, dressed up as in-game costumes, and there were even more than one hardcore gamer wearing a ghillie suit, which was an eye-opener and made people feel like they were in an exciting battle escape.
In the killing game.
Especially outside the venue, there is an iconic airdrop standing there smoking, which shows that the organizers have really put a lot of thought into creating a well-crafted atmosphere for the event.
"How's it going? The organizer didn't disappoint you, the major shareholder, did it?" Principal Wang took the initiative to take credit.
Zhou Dongsheng nodded with great satisfaction, "Not bad, not bad. At least it proves that my decision to bring you in as a shareholder was absolutely correct."
"You can't give up the opportunity to brag even if you compliment me emotionally, right?" Principal Wang said angrily.
However, Zhou Dongsheng was in a period of great success recently, and Principal Wang was unable to refute him for a while.
As a senior player who is deeply involved in the field of e-sports, it is naturally impossible for Principal Wang to miss such an e-sports feast, not to mention that he has a stake in this game, and even the organizer is a company owned by him.
Not only that, the team of his IG e-sports club PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is also one of the four teams representing the Chinese Division.
This quota is obtained openly and openly, through the points results in the competition area, rather than through the backdoor behavior of being both a player and a referee.
Of course, if we talk about privileges, being able to have four teams from the Chinese Division qualify for the World Championship may be the biggest privilege.
Who said that so far, the Chinese Division is the "First Division"?
After all, other competition regions have not been established, so this unique treatment is naturally the limit that a domestic game can achieve.
As the first world event, everyone is almost on the same starting line. However, if the four teams with divisions and local combat advantages cannot win the first world championship...
It would really be a shame to be thrown into grandma's house.
For this reason, both Principal Wang and Zhou Dongsheng have given their teams a lot of blood and promised generous bonuses, and the rest can only go to the competition field to see the real results.
After all, from football, the world's most popular sport, to e-sports and other sports competitions, they are suitable for all ages. Whether they are rich or ordinary people, they are all attracted by their unique charm.
The main reason is the uncertainty of competition itself. Whether it is factors of on-the-spot performance or various accidents that may occur, it will directly affect the outcome of a game.
Even if a rich man spends a lot of money to form a world-class team and gather heroes from all walks of life, he may not be able to create a victorious general. If an unknown boy with extraordinary talent appears halfway, he may still be able to overthrow him.
Flip to the ground.
This is the fascinating nature of any sports competition, and uncertainty is its biggest attraction.
Therefore, even if Zhou Dongsheng's chicken-fighting team achieves first place in the Chinese region, Zhou Dongsheng cannot guarantee that he will be able to win the championship.
In terms of popularity, there are Wei Shen, a talented e-sports geek, Mo Zi, the only female player in this world competition, and two equally talented newcomers, Fu Zuo.
Not only does IM team become the favorite to win this world championship, but it is also almost at the top of the list in terms of popularity.
However, this undoubtedly makes the IM team a loser. Before the competition even begins, it has already become a thorn in the eyes of many teams and a research object. It will inevitably be targeted during the competition.
How easy is it to win the world championship despite the pressure of being studied by all your opponents?
However, for Wei Shen, he has already experienced such a thing once, and now that he has finally had to do it all over again, he will never let such a good opportunity pass away from him again...
I definitely don’t want to make the same mistake again!
So in this aspect, Wei Shen is a well-deserved mainstay of the team in terms of mentality and strength. With him in charge, he can at least stabilize the mentality of his teammates.
And after a year, he once again got the opportunity to win the world championship. Although he had changed a project, for Wei Shen, this was his only chance to win this turnaround.
Just winning the first place in the Chinese Division is not enough, you must be the world champion!
Wei Shen has the determination and reasons to win the championship, but in terms of desire to win, other teams also have the determination and reasons not to give in too much.
For the rest, just go into the game and let the gun in your hand answer.
The two of them walked leisurely into the venue. From time to time, some players recognized these two "Internet celebrities", but on the Internet, they might be able to point at them at will...
But seeing these two people offline, and then thinking about the various labels on them, the resulting psychological pressure also makes most people dare to wait and see from a distance, and the more daring ones only dare to take out their mobile phones to take pictures.
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After all, in addition to these two people, there are also a large group of people accompanying them, including bodyguards.
The two of them were already used to this. They walked into the venue's staff passage and walked backstage while chatting and laughing.
As the League of Legends Global Finals, the grandest e-sports event, comes to an end, all major live broadcast platforms have undoubtedly tasted the traffic benefits brought by e-sports events.
Therefore, as a rising star competing with League of Legends on the game live broadcast platform, they naturally cannot give up the gimmicks and traffic brought by this world-wide event.
No matter how small a mosquito is, it's still meat, not to mention this is a big piece of cake?
Among them, whether it is Shark, Tiger Tooth, or Principal Wang’s Panda platform, they have all considered obtaining the exclusive broadcast rights of the event. The price offered for this is very attractive, even comparable to the League of Legends World Championship.
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But in order to expand the audience base of the event and expand the audience to the greatest extent, Zhou Dongsheng did not choose this short-term benefit of fishing for all the benefits.
After all, he has given up even the buyout system, so he is naturally prepared to take a long-term view to catch the big fish, and he is not likely to change his strategy just for this small profit.
Even if it is Principal Wang's face as a shareholder, it is not easy to use. After all, Principal Wang only occupies a corner of such a big pie.
Therefore, Zhou Dongsheng turned to charging a low and symbolic price, allowing several major platforms to have the broadcast rights, fully opening up the first event online.
It is an attempt to introduce the massive traffic of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds on the game live broadcast platform into the event, laying a solid foundation for the Chicken E-sports event.
With the support of e-sports, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, a phenomenon-level game, can continuously generate huge cash flow and provide power for Dongsheng Group.
