Reborn multinational giant

Back in August, when Zhang Yong started the intensive negotiations with Huizhong on behalf of Alibaba, Fang Zhe had already set his sights on the Bird's Nest, which represented the image of the 2008 Olympic Games in China.

Here, the finals of the Dota2 International Invitational Tournament will be held soon.

Since the official public beta of Dota2 in February this year, a series of global competitions of Dota2 have officially kicked off. After half a year of fierce competition, the IG team from China and the NaVi team from Ukraine have overcome difficulties and entered the finals.

Half a year of competitions all over the world and various bonuses have made Dota2 this game and e-sports popular all over the world.

In the past six months, the total number of registered users of Dota2 in the world has exceeded 40 million. Among them, the number of registered users in China alone has exceeded 20 million. Therefore, many Dota2 netizens joked that Chinese players have supported it. Dota2 is half of the game.

Also because of the large number of Chinese players, three of the top four in this competition were taken by teams from China. Among them, the LGD and DK teams from China won the third and fourth places in the competition. The three teams are the IG teams that entered the finals.

The IG team is the Chinese team, and the venue of the final is still China's most prestigious bird's nest, which represents the flourishing age of China. The final has received much attention before it even started.

From traditional Internet media such as Sina, Sohu, Netease, Baidu, Yahoo, Google, etc., to new self-media such as Weibo, WeChat official account, twitter, etc., to 17173, video game bus, IGN and other game media, Douyu, Huya , YouTube and other emerging live broadcast platforms and many game channels at home and abroad, as well as the Dota2 game client and Steam platform, all plan to broadcast the game in real-time with graphics or video.

What makes many Chinese e-sports fans look forward to and excited even more, just a few days before the start of the final, CCTV-5, the Central Sports Channel, also announced and announced that the final will be broadcast live.

For a time, countless Chinese Dota 2 players and e-sports fans are all excited. If the Dota 2 finals can be held in the Bird's Nest, which represents the image of China, it is not only a glorious glory, but also the official acquiescence of the booming domestic e-sports industry, then CCTV Channel 5’s live broadcast of the finals represents the official support for the e-sports industry.

More than half a month ago, the four-year Olympic Games ended in London. Today, August 24, the same day the Yanjing Olympics ended four years ago, the Bird’s Nest, at 20:00 this evening, the Dota 2 finals will be held here. The final champion!

Beginning in the afternoon, outside the twelve entrances in all directions of the Bird’s Nest, there were long queues waiting for admission. All admission tickets to watch this game were sold out within two hours after the official release.

Although most of the spectators who came to watch the game are Chinese fans, there are not a few fans and players from all over the world. Especially, the prize money of the champion of this competition is as high as 10 million US dollars, which has attracted countless people around the world crazy. And attention.

The prize of 10 million US dollars is enough to rank in the top 5 in various top sports events in the world!

It’s no wonder that many people around the world are concerned about this. In the past many years, games and e-sports have been regarded as a hobby, a kind of children's gadgets that are not in the elegant hall.

Even the World E-sports competition WCG, known as the e-sports industry Olympics, has been so desolate in recent years that almost no one pays attention to it. Compared with the next door, which has attracted the attention and participation of almost all countries in the world, many countries have hosted the Olympic Games with national strength. It's a thousand miles away!

Although the global game industry has been developing rapidly and vigorously, the sluggishness of the e-sports industry is an indisputable fact. In China and the world, many older people regard professional players engaged in the e-sports business as not doing business properly. .

Therefore, many industry experts and professionals regard the success of this Dota 2 International Invitational as the key to the recovery and glory of the global e-sports industry, and it also allows many general public who do not understand the e-sports industry. , Has a new understanding and impression of e-sports.

At 19:00 in the evening, the entire Bird's Nest was brightly lit and full of voices. With the introduction of four male and female Chinese and foreign hosts, Ukrainian female star Oja Kurylenko, who represented Ukrainian players, and Chinese who represented Chinese players. The king of singing, Jay Chou, stepped onto the stage to perform, and the atmosphere in the bird's nest was instantly ignited.

After a song "yesterdayoncemore" and a song "nunchaku", the two protagonists of this final, the 5 contestants of the Chinese IG team and the 5 contestants of the Ukrainian NaVi team appeared on the stage at the same time. The atmosphere in the whole bird's nest Reached the climax!

After half a year of competition, it has stood out from tens of thousands of participating teams around the world. Today, the name of each of the two teams has become an idol worshipped by countless Dota2 and e-sports fans.

"IG come on, Chen Xiao come on!"

"YYF come on!"

"Faith I love you!"

....

There were many cheers and shouts of spectators in the arena. Because they were fighting at home in China, there were more spectators supporting the IG team than those supporting the NaVi team. Fortunately, the NaVi players did not understand Chinese, so they fell. There was no pressure, everyone looked at the auditorium and the camera with a smile.

Especially one of them is beautiful and sexy, and is the only female player in the team, Eva. When she saw the camera close-up her, she also specially made a charming blow kiss, which attracted all the male viewers watching the live broadcast. The heart was rippling, and the blood was boiling, and many male audiences on the scene were howling wolves, and the whistles of molesting came one after another.

"Don't be afraid of Eva, there is a brother covering you in China!"

"Beauty, even if you lose the game, you will win my heart!"

"I want a beautiful Ukrainian wife to be a wife!"

"The beauty will let you feel the power of our Chinese men tonight!"

After the hot events, the time gradually approached 20 o'clock. The contestants from both sides have all been seated, debugging their usual mouse, keyboard and other equipment, and waiting for them one by one.

On the big screens on both sides of the arena, the screen has been switched to the Dota 2 game interface. An ultimate final, which is concerned by Dota 2 fans and e-sports fans all over the world, is about to begin!