Chapter 425: E-Sports The First Person: Li Xiaofeng
"Zou Tao, it's not bad, one pick two."
In the game department of Huanyu Technology, Chen Yu looked at Zou Tao with a smile and said.
The most profitable business of Universal Technology is online games.
Input methods, browsers, 360 security guards... A series of businesses currently require online game blood transfusion.
Therefore, after giving Zhou Hongyi a call, Chen Yu came to the game department to check the situation.
"Mr. Chen, are you here?"
Hearing Chen Yu's voice, Zou Tao felt a little embarrassed and took off the headset: "Haha, I've been addicted to dota recently."
Yes.
That's right.
After the continuous development of Huanyu Technology, dota was officially launched.
"How is the dota situation now?"
"The performance is very good, and there are many hardcore players. However, the growth of registered users of dota is a little slow. However, as long as players who enter the game, they can quickly become loyal users."
"Um."
Chen Yu nodded.
Dota is different from traditional online games, and it is a little difficult to get started.
In the initial promotion, it will indeed be slower.
But never mind.
Dota can't be popular all over the world as soon as it is launched, he has a process of accumulation.
"However, there is a chance now that our dota has been included in the wcg competition project."
"wcg."
Wcg is the world eSports competition.
Founded by Samsung in 2000, it is the largest video game cultural festival in the world.
The initial competition items are Quake, Fifa, Age of Empires, StarCraft, Half-Life, Unreal Tournament.
In 2003, Warcraft 3, Halo, and Dota of Universal Technology were added.
"When does wcg start?"
"next month."
"How are we preparing?"
"At present, we have more than a dozen domestic teams holding a wcg qualifying match, and the top two represent our country in Korea to participate in the wcg finals."
"Are more than a dozen teams all organized freely?"
"No, they are all professional teams."
Zou Tao said with some excitement: "There are many companies in China that are very interested in professional teams. They have invested some money and supported many teams. And from this situation, there will be more professional teams in the future. There is a tendency to run and run karts beyond bubble halls."
"It's a good sign."
Chen Yu also nodded.
In terms of competitiveness, Dota is undoubtedly much better than Bubble Hall and Running Kart.
In addition, in Bubble Hall, although running karts are also competitive, they are more for leisure and entertainment.
But Dota has brought this kind of competitiveness to a very high level.
I believe that with the development of dota, his popularity will even surpass that of Warcraft in the future.
"Our 5173, the game section of the portal, reports more on these teams."
Chen Yu ordered.
But after thinking about it, he said, "In addition to these, Zou Tao, you should also organize more activities. After all, it is a professional team. If it has always been a hobby, the major companies will only invest money and produce no results, and eventually they will quit."
Zou Tao also took this into consideration and said: "The biggest problem now is the lack of exposure, and website exposure alone is not enough. In addition, the profit model for professional teams has not yet been found.
At present, it can only rely on fame and cooperation with some large Internet cafes, and the model is somewhat single. "
"Have you considered working with a TV station?"
"I have considered it, but the TV station is very hesitant."
Although eSports is a competition, it is still a game.
And it's a video game.
As the major TV stations of the mainstream media, they are very cautious about games.
Even the previous Bubble Hall competition used a method of competition activities.
But if you purely engage in game shows, you will encounter a lot of trouble.
"It's normal to hesitate, but we can invite them to report on this wcg match. By the way, where are they playing?"
"It's at the Zhanmeng Internet Cafe in Shencheng."
"Come on, show me."
"it is good."
Zou Tao drove and took Chen Yu all the way to an Internet cafe called Zhanmeng Internet Cafe in Shencheng.
Zhanmeng Internet Cafe is the largest Internet cafe in Shencheng, with more than 1,000 computers.
Internet cafes not only provide customers with Internet access, but also provide drinks, refreshments, snacks and other services.
They even launched a beauty service, where you can ask a beauty to sit next to you to play games and chat with you for only 20 yuan per hour... It is said that the service is very popular.
However, the most popular thing about Zhanmeng Internet cafes today is not beauties playing with them, but dota games.
After a few days of competition, the current Dota domestic competition will determine the top two in the country.
The winner will represent the country to participate in the wcg finals.
"Mr. Chen, let me introduce, this is icefrog, whose Chinese name is Ice Frog, one of our dota map managers."
As soon as he arrived at the venue, Zou Tao introduced it to Chen Yu.
This icefrog was an American Dota player before.
At that time, after Universal Technology released the new map of Dota, icefrog raised a lot of opinions.
Zou Tao thought the player was very talented, so he invited icefrog to China.
So far, icefrog has become one of the main leaders of the dota map.
In this competition, icefrog, on behalf of the game department of Universal Technology, will present awards to the winners.
"Hello, icefrog."
Chen Yu shook hands with icefrog.
Chen Yu has admired icefrog for a long time.
There are many settings in his dota map, which are inherited from icefrog.
Yes.
This icefrog is the vane of the previous life dota.
It can be said that without icefrog, although there is no dota, but without icefrog, it can be said that dota is absolutely impossible to be as popular as the previous life.
But unexpectedly, icefrog joined Universal Technology in this life.
"Looks very lively."
"Currently, the we team is competing with the gl team for the championship."
The Zhanmeng Internet Cafe has a large area, and dozens of squares are specially vacated in the middle for the two teams to compete.
In addition, there are several projection screens in the entire Internet cafe.
At this time, there were countless people around.
They shouted loudly for the team they supported.
"We must win."
"gl wins."
"Come on, Li Xiaofeng."
"Li Xiaofeng is the most handsome."
Listening to the voice, Chen Yu saw a hero in the e-sports circle.
Li Xiaofeng.
The first person in e-sports in the previous life actually played Dota.
By the way, doesn't he play World of Warcraft?
However, this looks like a good sign.
Compared to Warcraft, isn't Dota more attractive?
A little change in history is acceptable.
"That Li Xiaofeng is very well-known in Dota. The videos of his games often have hundreds of thousands of downloads."
Zou Tao introduced to Chen Yu: "Many netizens often try to defend Li Xiaofeng's style of play, and often the hero used by Li Xiaofeng is one of the most popular heroes at the time."
"Really great."
Staring at the big screen in front, Chen Yu kept nodding his head.
Although it didn't take long for Dota to come out, Li Xiaofeng's game talent is really amazing.
This talent is not only reflected in Li Xiaofeng's amazing hand speed, but also in Li Xiaofeng's unusual calmness.
Just like this game.
Obviously, the we team represented by Li Xiaofeng was at a disadvantage, but Li Xiaofeng still did not have any rush. He continued to develop according to his usual style, withstood the pressure of the opponent, and finally completely controlled the situation. Although the game is not over yet, it can basically be said that the we team won.
If YY's live broadcast can be smoother now, Li Xiaofeng will definitely become an e-sports star.
However, Chen Yu was in no hurry. .
Sooner or later, the speed of the Internet will continue to increase, and in a few years, live game streaming will become another highlight of the Internet industry.
At that time, the real professional league will also be formed.