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As the wNv club led the team into the arena, almost 30 meters away, the second club also debuted, it is Fnatic from Europe. When each club debuts, the host will be aware of the club’s history and achievements. Make a brief overview.

When the third club appeared, the cheers in the venue were obviously higher than before.

This club is impressively WE, and it has five competitions, of which Warcraft, StarCraft, and CS are firmly in the top three, and the Warcraft project is the undisputed representative project of WE.

But it is a great pity that Sky, known as the "Human King" of Warcraft and one of the creators of the WE club, was brutally defeated by Waterloo in this year's WRPO division. At the same time, the WCG held in Cologne, Germany this summer also failed. Going out, finally ranked fifth in the WRPO standings in the China Division, and missed the first WRPO World Number One Player Championship.

I shed tears several times when losing the game in the sub-division.

This is also a great regret for Sky himself and countless fans. Many people feel that it is a shame that the WCG double crown king Sky failed to appear in the first WRPO World of Warcraft competition. He himself is very unwilling, but he cannot change it. What, this is the cruelty of e-sports, and e-sports does not believe in tears.

It is worth mentioning that the top three of the World Warcraft WRPO standings in the China Division are young and new faces, namely Like, Sai and Infi.

This summer, Grubby, the champion of the WCG World of Warcraft project, directly recommended the WRPO to the top 16 of WRPO. The gold content of the WCG championship is recognized by WRPO. Winning the championship can directly advance to the top 16 to compete for the WRPO trophy.

The next four consecutive teams are all from South Korea, namely KT Club, SKT Club and CJ Club.

The fight in the Korean sub-region can be said to be the most tragic one, and the interstellar project is the most among them. You must know that the interstellar SPL team league in South Korea includes 12 rich clubs, and its players are in order to get a WRPO The admission ticket, the blood is almost coming out.

The Korean club’s competitions are undoubtedly the interstellar events. In the first sixteen of the WRPO interstellar events, in addition to the top three players in the Korean division, there are 7 players who have chosen to be selected. Traded and joined clubs in other regions, and reached the top 16 of WRPO as a player in other regions.

In other words, ten of the top 16 interstellar players are Koreans.

They are: Flash, Bisu, Jaedong, Stork, jangBi, BeSt, sea, Jila, ForGG, Luxury

Among them, the top four players in the standings are called "Ze Bing Li Shuang" by the domestic interstellar circle players. They are Bisu Jin Zelong, Stork Song Binggu, Flash Li Yonghao, and Jaedong Li Jidong.

In the interstellar gaming circle, these four major professional players are the most dazzling existence nowadays, and their existence eclipses other players.

The most important of them is Flash Li Yonghao, who is currently the world’s number one in the WRPO standings. The scary thing is that he is only 16 years old this year. What’s more, he made his debut last year and swept star player Stork Song Binggu this year. Become the first OSL champion with high gold content and become the youngest OSL champion.

In the first WRPO interstellar event, "Ze Bing Li Shuang" was a favorite to win the championship.

There are a total of 43 e-sports clubs for twelve events, and each club must operate at least two events.

Finally, it was the final club's turn to play.

Surprisingly, it was the "BTG Club" operated by the e-sports division of Bluestar Technology Group. When the battle flag of "BTG" was flying into the stadium, the atmosphere of the audience immediately entered a new high dynasty.

This club is hailed as the "pro son" of WRPO by the e-sports circle. Although the club was only established last year, it has also been questioned by the circle that WRPO is both a player and a referee when returning to China.

The best way to respond to doubts is the results of this year’s competition. The "BTG Club" was born with a special mission. It is a hematopoietic factory in the e-sports ecosystem. It trains a talented player and then kicks it out. Other e-sports clubs are not. May accept such a mission, because it is a loss-making business.

But there is no doubt that the BTG club does not talk about the strength of the players in the team, but the reputation is no weaker than that of the first-line Korean e-sports clubs that have existed for ten years, such as KT, SKT, Samsung, and CJ.

Is the richest of the richest.

However, the mission of the BTG club is different from that of other clubs. BTG positions itself as the "Huangpu Military Academy" in the e-sports circle. Therefore, the famous star players and champion players do not sign, and they sign the new generation. Talented player.

Of course, the BTG club also has its own honor. The best expectation is that the newly trained players will win a championship under the BTG club, and then they will not sign again next year and sell the players to other clubs.

For example, this time, when the BTG club was established, the players in the e-sports circle thought that BTG would form a bank battleship, and they all thought that Sky would be bought by BTG, which was not bad money.

The result was beyond everyone's expectation. There was no well-known player under the BTG club.

The current BTG club operates six competitions, of which the main is the Warcraft team. This e-sports project has four players, including two young new faces Like and Infi, who have entered the top 16 of the WRPO Warcraft project this year. The second is the interstellar project and the CS project.

Time passed by every minute, and as the BTG club cruised around the stadium for a week, it also entered the designated area of ​​the big stage. Each club has an area.

At this moment, the battle flag is flying, the background music just reaches the stage of the high court, the scenes in the six super-large screens in the midfield area after a glimpse of the DJ girl Hatsune Miku, become an animated version of the scene , And surprisingly mirror the scene pattern.

Accompanied by the sound of music and cheers from the scene, the long-prepared firework ceremony was broadcast as scheduled, and the splendid scenes were presented in the night sky, pushing the atmosphere of the scene to a new high.

All the e-sports players who participated in the admission ceremony were not at peace. This is the highlight moment, which has attracted much attention.

Especially the domestic e-sports players, at this moment they deeply realized a sense of ritual and honor, and silently said to themselves that they were an e-sports player.

This opening ceremony is higher than any traditional sports event.

The audience at the scene was as excited as the audience before the video, and their hearts were equally uneasy.

"I slipped over, there is absolutely nothing to be surprised, awesome EB ah Woyan."

"Exceeded expectations too much, it's worth the fare!"

"I don't know why, this scene is inexplicably enthusiasm. Perhaps the rendering of the music and the atmosphere of the scene are too in place, just like watching a bloody comic."

"Yes, it feels a lot."

"On the activities of the big scene, the atmosphere of the big scene is rendered, it depends on the operation of my Chinese people."

"It is necessary. Lao Mouzi was invited to direct this. The Olympic Games have already witnessed his skill."

"Before this, I couldn't believe it. E-sports games can also achieve such a grand occasion?"

"I thought I was just playing, but I didn't expect to be so showy..."

"Just kidding, the ultimate big boss of Bluestar Technology has all come to the scene. How can it be a play house?"

"Cheats (broken sound)!!!"

"I thought that the WRPO event would be great as long as it was not weaker than the WCG. I didn't expect that I was very wrong."

"Just looking at today's opening ceremony, WRPO will not have any suspense as the world's largest e-sports event."

"As an e-sports fan, it’s so happy to be able to witness this moment. Bluestar Technology’s "Family Bucket" isn’t it? I can’t support it. By the way, I bought a blue mobile phone. The wallet is really annoying. No, you take it. Take it away..."

...

Countless domestic e-sports people want to shout to the sky at this moment, this is the carnival feast of the e-sports circle!

There is no harm if there is no comparison. Before Bluestar Technology reshapes the entire e-sports industry, this is a road with little hope for those engaged in the domestic e-sports industry.

But all this is because of Bluestar Technology's entry into the arena, which has undergone earth-shaking changes between the rounds.

The current e-sports carnival moment is the highest expectation in the minds of countless e-sports people. Before, they could only fantasize, but now it has become a reality.

As time passed, the admission ceremony was over, and clubs returned to the background.

At the same time, the time came around 19:10, and the lights in the middle of the stadium stage went out for a while. When it lights up again, LinkinPark, a rock band, has already appeared on the stage, and the accompaniment of music also spread throughout the audience.

At this moment, the song sung by LinkinPark is called "Numb". This song is one of the representative works of this rock band and one of the most famous English songs in China.

In the last part of the opening ceremony, the audience was surprised and surprised. They didn't expect LinkinPark to sing again on stage, and it will be a triple sing.

Well, properly buy e-sports tickets to send the rhythm of the concert.

The last single that LinkinPark sang was "InTheEnd", and the name literally translated means "last, finally".

At around 19:35, the opening ceremony of the first WRPO World Number One Player Championship in 2008 ended in 95 minutes. There was no peeing point in the whole process, and everyone was still unsure.

It ended successfully with LinkinPark singing "InTheEnd".

In the early hours of the morning, keywords such as WRPO, LinkinPark and other keywords appeared on Weibo, cloud song search and other hot searches, and all major online forums, especially the player circles, were hotly discussing.

Sports-related media and entertainment media, including several mainstream media, are covering this carnival feast in the field of e-sports.

Luo Sheng once again rectified the name of the e-sports platform, which also triggered great social discussions.

When the European and American media made relevant comments, most of them were positive, and once again praised Luo Sheng for being good at catching young people.

E-sports has thus gained greater exposure and publicity.

After the opening ceremony, the game officially started the next day. The rules of the three major e-sports events are basically the same, but the BO game is almost different for different events.

The top 16 matches were divided into four groups A, B, C, and D for a draw to qualify.

The 16-in-8 competition was launched on the secondary stage. Because the top 16 competitions also had the situation of pecking each other, the strength of the major divisions has not been balanced until now, especially for the interstellar events. The Korean divisions basically can Sling non-Korean players from other regions.

But after entering the quarterfinals, none of them are weak, and they are not weak.

Therefore, the quarter-finals will be contested on the main stage at the beginning, the eight-in and four-elimination rounds will be played on Saturday, and the semi-finals and finals will begin on the weekend.

Saturdays and weekends are also days off, and the audience is also the most popular time.

The time is clearly arranged.

Luo Sheng has been in Shencheng these days. He will not leave until all the matches are over. When the current three major e-sports events of StarCraft, Warcraft and CS compete for the championship, he will show up again to come to the scene. The first champion will be awarded a certificate of honor.

This is the first event of WRPO and it has extraordinary significance. Luo Sheng will basically not need to be there in the future competitions, and it will be done by other executives.

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Friday, the second day of the WRPO event.

Nowadays, the round of 16 is in full swing, and Luo Sheng appeared in the conference room of the WRPO event operations department this afternoon.

"Mr. Luo, this is the e-sports development plan that we will formulate in the next five years or so." Wang Qiwei sitting in the conference room passed a document in his hand to Luo Sheng, who is in the chief position.

When he handed over the information, Luo Sheng stopped and said: "I won't read the plan carefully, you can tell me roughly."

Wang Qiwei put the materials back to him, nodded, reorganized and said: "We have already started planning for the second WRPO next year, and we have decided to adopt an urban bidding plan."

The popularity of e-sports has undoubtedly exceeded the expectations of the industry, especially the first WRPO event being held at the moment, its grand scene far exceeds WCG by more than one level, of course, the massive investment of Bluestar Technology and the efforts of the event organizer are also Contributed.

However, more and more data are showing the potential of e-sports, a new industry, and its future is very imaginative. A typical example is Cherry, the only mechanical keyboard manufacturer in Germany.

Beginning in 2008, or pushing it forward, from the beginning of the establishment of the WRPO event brand, Cherry has ushered in the opportunity to regain a new life. E-sports almost saved the mechanical keyboard business.

E-sports has driven players' enthusiasm for mechanical keyboard consumption, making Cherry's mechanical keyboard sales have shown a skyrocketing trend this year.

This also makes it difficult for manufacturers who have given up the mechanical keyboard business a long time ago. Now they are all meeting to discuss the issue of re-entering this field, but Cherry, which has always insisted until now and even became the only seedling, has undoubtedly become the leader in the mechanical keyboard business.

The emergence and continued growth of e-sports has given mechanical keyboards the opportunity to rebirth.

The growth of Cherry's business also indirectly shows the potential of the e-sports industry, and there are more other data that all show that the growth rate of the e-sports industry is very exaggerated.

Wang Qiwei continued: "The host city for the second WRPO event in 2009 has been finalized. Seattle in North America will be held. The end of this event will be announced to the public. The third event in 2010 is also under bidding. In Cologne, Germany and Seoul, South Korea."

Luo Sheng nodded.

Wang Qiwei added: “Another more important task is the future vision of the WRPO league. We are studying the plan for binding clubs and cities under the WRPO tournament league system. The vision of the operation department is that the entire plate will be bigger in the future. Each club should have its own main e-sports stadium, and each club should have its own home stadium in a certain city."

Luo Sheng was quite surprised. It seems that the WRPO organizing committee and operation department are doing a good job. The thinking is so advanced. The key is that the plan is correct.

Wang Qiwei didn’t know what he was thinking, and immediately smiled: “Of course, Mr. Luo, this is just a kind of imagination within us. There is definitely no basis to do this now. Aside from foreign e-sports clubs, especially Korean clubs, our mainland E-sports started late and it was very bumpy. The club that can be found now is BTG. Other clubs have limited financial resources and it is impossible."

Compared with more than a year ago, the domestic e-sports environment has undergone drastic changes, but it has also moved from chaos and disorder to order. In fact, the overall investment scale of e-sports clubs is still very limited. It can't be compared, especially it can't be compared with Korea.

Bluestar Technology has helped many domestic clubs to sponsor sponsorships. In fact, most of them are secretly paying for the bill. However, Bluestar Technology’s money is not a strong wind. This behavior of using love to generate electricity is absolutely essential for the development of the entire industry. Is unhealthy.

At present, there are seventeen e-sports clubs that have entered the WRPO alliance systemization in China, including BTG, all of which have been recognized by the organizing committee. The most down-to-earth ones are regular and professional, while various private teams have There are too many hairs, and the names are different.

"Well, this plan is very imaginative. The market scale will increase in the future. If the market allows you to do this, you can try it out. If it works, it will be fully promoted." Luo Sheng said plainly Once it gave the operation department and others great confidence, a simple sentence was the recognition of their work by the ultimate boss.

I'm afraid the boss is not satisfied.

Luo Sheng did not stay in the operation department of WRPO for too long. After the meeting, he left and did not go to watch the game. Instead, he returned to the hotel to rest.

I also looked at the international news, what happened in the industry, some news about the company, and then sent someone to arrange some young ladies to play.

Although he is regarded by many e-sports people as the number one player in their hearts, he really doesn't like playing video games.

Ms. Sister is still fun.

This time Qin Weimu and Irene weren't by his side. Luo Sheng was of course turned into a wild horse. He had no scruples and galloped freely. There are not many opportunities for this kind of exciting waves.

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(There should be a chapter left at 11 o'clock tonight, and the e-sports hole can be filled.)