Last weekend, the first domestic e-sports training variety show "Battle to the Peak" was broadcast on Tencent Video. The cultural and sports stars assembled into 30 new e-sports players, and they formed teams to train on the e-sports team for the fierce competition against the knockout round. I am working hard, and I am also transforming to become a real e-sports player.
Through the panoramic reality show, the program allows the audience to see the real e-sports ecology and the unknown hard work of e-sports players.
Recently, a reporter from Beijing Youth Daily interviewed Jiu Zhe, the founder and head coach of Nanjing Hero Jiujing, who participated in the program. He talked about whether the program can truly restore the life of a professional e-sports player. Jiu Zhe said: "New e-sports players come to the club. The later schedule is strictly implemented according to the standards of e-sports players. However, some training content and training methods will be processed by the program team.”
E-sports IP opens new variety show again
Panoramic display of "competitive" life
In the past two years, in the mainland entertainment industry, e-sports IP has become a hot spot, from hit dramas to variety shows, e-sports are everywhere.
There are also many stars in the entertainment industry who like e-sports, such as Yang Mi, Huang Minghao, Gong Jun, etc. invited in the show. How much do they love e-sports?
Yang Mi said frankly in an interview with "Flowers and Teenagers" before: "Let me arrange a holiday itinerary, why not swim in the 'canyon'!" The "canyon" she said is the king's canyon in the glory of the king.
This time, Tencent Video invited 30 cultural and sports guests to become new e-sports players in "Battle to the Peak", so that they can deeply experience the mental journey of being an e-sports player in the show.
In the second episode of the program, e-sports newcomers experienced life in the club for the first time. Each club recruited youth training team members to practice with e-sports newcomers, and gave Huang Minghao, He Hongshan and others who thought they played well, a dismay.
In addition, the program team also asked e-sports newcomers to do post-match review regardless of whether they win or lose. Even the youth training players who won the game must make a profound summary.
At the same time, the program team also invited e-sports coaches and players to participate in it. After the first episode of the program was broadcast, the most popular topic was the public's discussion of e-sports players. The meticulous attention to detail from dress to training made the audience feel the panorama. "The life of e-sports people" also makes professional e-sports players "out of the circle".
As Wei Jizhong, vice chairman of the Global E-Sports Federation, said in the program: "E-sports is entering the public eye with a new look, from games to everyone's favorite e-sports, and e-sports is now also known as a cultural and creative connotation. sporting events."
"Staff" training for newcomers
Restore the real e-sports ecology
After the e-sports newcomers directly "stay in the team", the first lesson is to learn the history of the team. Come to the honor room of each team, and experience the success of e-sports for the first time through trophies, team uniforms and video materials.
After the first class of e-sports, the new e-sports players who were stationed in the team started the real test. Netizens called the training of Nanjing Hero Jiujing team "military training". Coach Jiuzhe likes to use deep squats. Remind e-sports newcomers, if you don't pay attention to listening to the lecture, please remind me of the five squats.
Regarding "military training", Jiuzhe said bluntly: "Squatting is just a form, which makes players realize why they are doing squats. When they are in competition or training, they will be deeply impressed by such problems again. ." Some netizens commented that Jiu Zhe was unsmiling. When talking about when he could see his gentle side, Jiu Zhe said with a smile: "I am quite relaxed in life."
Whether the program can truly restore the life of a professional e-sports player, Jiu Zhe said frankly: "The schedule of new e-sports players after coming to the club is strictly implemented according to the standards of e-sports players. However, some training content and training methods will have programs. Some processing of the group." A professional e-sports player will have a morning reading session after getting up at ten o'clock, and deepen his memory by reviewing the situation of yesterday's training game.
After lunch, take an hour break and start the afternoon scrims and replays.
After dinner, the evening training game will begin. After the training game, the players will be arranged for five rows, which will not end until eleven or twelve o'clock every day.
The high standards and strict requirements that the audience saw in the show are true, and the cruelty of e-sports is also true. To restore a real e-sports ecology, "Battle to the Peak" did it.
"Conflict" is inevitable
To distinguish between e-sports and games
E-sports is loved by young people, but e-sports is by no means different from playing games.
With the deepening of the experience, there will also be some "conflicts" between the coach and the players, and the camera in the program truly records everything.
Xu Weizhou, who just came to Nanjing Hero Jiujing, was severely criticized for his training attitude; he won the friendly match, but was fined dozens of squats for being complacent.
Why do you have to be punished for winning a friendly?
In this regard, Jiuzhe said bluntly: "Actually, winning or losing the training game between our clubs is not very important. We pay attention to what we have learned in this kind of training game? How has the team improved? Because it is not a real game, and it is not worth winning. Happy and celebrating like a finals."
For new e-sports players, this is a new learning of the game.
In the program, Jiuzhe once said to the new e-sports people: "The map that each of us sees is a small part, and only by relying on teammates to communicate can we put together a complete map of the canyon in our minds. "It is true that the position is different, and the thinking is also different. For an e-sports rookie like Xu Weizhou, victory is very important. For e-sports coaches, how to review and summarize the process is more important than victory.
Due to the problem of training progress, Xu Weizhou angrily left the training room. This "conflict" was hotly discussed by netizens during the broadcast of the program.
Talking about why this "conflict" occurred, Jiu Zhe said frankly: "I think this conflict may be what everyone saw on the show. At that time, Xu Weizhou had just joined the e-sports club for training, and he was still in an amateur game. The state, e-sports is completely different from playing games, they have no way to understand why e-sports needs to do this, so he had some doubts at the time." After the conflict, whether the two sides can reconcile, Jiu Zhe said: "Xu Weizhou will calm down later. After we came down, we also communicated, and everyone was able to understand each other." What was behind the conflict?
The party Jiuzhe concluded: "It is the new e-sports player who has changed from a player mentality to an e-sports player. During this period, they need to be clearly recognized."
Journalist's Notes
The popularity of a variety show has brought e-sports into public life again. Its audience is not limited to variety show fans and e-sports enthusiasts. This is a two-way rush between e-sports and popular culture.
"Battle to the Peak" allows the audience to see the "reality show" of e-sports players in addition to fighting on the field, and also gives the public an opportunity to fully understand e-sports.
Just like the "E-sports is really weird" set up by the program team in the event, it is their mission to popularize e-sports.
It is hoped that after the training, the new e-sports people will forget the entertainment heart and better understand the sports competition spirit of "higher, faster and stronger".
Reporter Wang Lei