The much-anticipated e-sports finals after the first global epidemic in China after three years

Go straight to the front and back of the League of Legends finals

　　On October 31, the 2020 League of Legends Global Finals championship battle officially started at the Shanghai SAIC Pudong Football Stadium in Shanghai, China.

This is the first top-level e-sports final held worldwide after the outbreak of the new crown pneumonia.

The SN team from the Chinese LPL division and the DWG team from the South Korean LCK division competed on the final stage. After 4 rounds of fierce confrontation, the DWG team finally defeated the SN team by a score of 3 to 1 and won the 2020 League of Legends World Finals. world champion.

　　As one of the world's largest and most influential international e-sports sports events, the 2020 League of Legends Global Finals is the tenth competition of its series.

In 2017, the League of Legends global finals were held in Wuhan, Guangzhou, Shanghai and Beijing. This year is the event three years later, returning to China with a brand new attitude. It is also the first time that a Chinese LPL team has won the finals in the country. Compete for the battle arena.

　　The finalists started on September 25. A total of 22 top teams from different regions from around the world gathered here. They went through the group stage, quarter-finals, semi-finals, and finally the championship finals on October 31. The event lasted more than a month. .

At the final site, a total of 6,312 free spectator places were opened, and qualifications were selected through lottery. A total of more than 3.2 million users registered for lottery, and the winning rate was about two in 1,000.

　　With the birth of the global finals champion, the 2020 League of Legends global finals ended successfully.

According to the news announced by Riot Games in August, the 2021 League of Legends Global Finals will continue to be held in China.

　　In the first two years, many people may not know what the League of Legends Finals is, but on October 31, the circle of friends even started to swipe the screen.

Although the 2020 League of Legends finals has come to an end, the night that made the players' blood boil will remain in memory forever.

　　Before the stage

　　SN team:

　　"If you play better, you might win."

　　At the press conference after the game, every member of the SN (Suning) team was like an eggplant that Shuang beats. Some people kept bowing their heads, some were crying silently, and some regretted the game.

When answering reporters’ questions, the word most frequently used by the players was "if", indicating that they had expected the championship. As a young team, it is a miracle to reach the final.

　　"I feel very sorry. If you play better, maybe you will win." Bin (Chen Zebin), the SN team member who created the wonderful moment of "Sword Fairy Five Kills", said, "Although we lost this game, we can still come back next year. champion."

　　Bin (Chen Zebin) came into contact with the League of Legends game. It was a visit to his cousin's house, and then he played games with his father.

In high school, Bin (Chen Zebin) embarked on a career path. The support of his parents made this young man less burdened. "If I can't beat him, I will call him over. This will always turn the tide of the battle." This is Bin (Chen Zebin) Of his father’s evaluation of his son’s early game skills.

In order to support his son's training, the mother specially replaced a better equipped computer at home so that he could practice at home at ease. Compared with other e-sports teenagers, Bin (Chen Zebin) is happier.

　　Like Bin (Chen Zebin), Huanfeng (Tang Huanfeng), a young man born in 2001, is also playing a game with an audience for the first time.

As a newcomer, the story of Huanfeng (Tang Huanfeng) is even more bitter: his father has another family, and his mother left without saying goodbye when he was 12 years old.

After that, he lived alone for three years. For a period of time, the only thing lit up at home was the computer screen. Playing games became his sustenance in life—getting up at 5 o'clock in the morning to play a qualifying session and go to class; finish at night After homework, I played a few qualifying games until I fell asleep at 23:00. Even so, Huanfeng (Tang Huanfeng)'s academic performance is still good. He once swore: "I want to go to a good university!"

　　But life is always cruel. Without the financial support of his parents, Huanfeng (Tang Huanfeng) has to rely on himself for everything. Playing games has become his only source of income, and professional players have become his choice.

He joined the SN (Suning) team at the beginning of 2020. In the quarter-finals and JDG, Huanfeng (Tang Huanfeng) used a certain hero to operate in the opponent's position, which made countless audiences exclaimed: super god.

Later, his story was also written by netizens as a post "Youth Coming to the Beach", which gained 10,000 rpm on Weibo, translated into English, and continued to spread on foreign social media.

　　At the pre-match press conference, Huanfeng (Tang Huanfeng) once said: “It’s really not easy to go all the way. I hope to seize the opportunity of this final.” His performance in the finals was not satisfactory. At the post-match press conference Facing the reporter’s question, Huanfeng's answer was a little choked: "The game has taught me a lot, and of course there are still many things worth learning, such as technology, team communication, etc." Why did the SN (Suning) team lose? After losing the game, the team members said that there was a communication problem. When summing up the experience, the coach said: "From the cooperation in the game to the communication outside the game, there is still room for improvement... The main problem of losing the game is that the hero is not well chosen and the opponent gives Our team did not have a good way to crack the lineup of heroes, and ultimately failed to win."

　　The DWG team entered the finals as the only lone seedling in the South Korean LCK Division, and it is responsible for bringing the South Korean LCK Division back to the top.

Compared with young opponents, each of the DWG team is a veteran who has experienced many battles. The players are very strong and experienced, but they have the bad problem of being nervous when facing the audience.

When asked before the game whether the presence of spectators would affect the game, the DWG team bluntly said: "The tension has been left to the past, and we are now very strong!"

　　Although the two teams are in a competitive relationship on stage, the players of the two teams are close friends.

At the pre-match press conference, SwordArt (Hu Shuojie) of the SN (Suning) team revealed: "Usually we will also help Korean players order some takeaways."

　　Behind the scenes

　　Fist game:

　　"Free tickets, the team agrees almost immediately"

　　Every year, the League of Legends Global Finals attracts the attention of hundreds of millions of e-sports enthusiasts around the world. The return to China this year has also attracted extensive attention from all walks of life.

The global finals received strong support from the Shanghai Municipal Government, and launched the first city-level e-sports cultural event in Shanghai-Urban Canyon Life Month.

Contains rich content such as the launch ceremony of the global finals, special theme competitions, canyon eggs, urban offline scenes, e-sports cultural shows, large-scale landmark events, and further enhance the urban e-sports cultural atmosphere.

　　Nicholas Laurent, the CEO of Riot Games, and John Needham, the global leader of Riot Games, said in an exclusive interview with reporters from Beijing Youth Daily before the game that they are the largest and most widely-received international telecoms throughout the year. The successful hosting of competitive sports events has benefited from China's outstanding anti-epidemic results. “There is no other city in the world that can successfully host the global finals like Shanghai at this time.” Nicolau said.

　　Beiqing Daily: Can you share the story behind this decision to let players enter the game free of charge this time?

　　Lin Song (Head of Riot Games China): First of all, I want to say that this is a very difficult decision, because not only for the League of Legends, all major tournament ticket issues are challenges that everyone needs to solve as soon as possible.

What we think of is whether there is a fair, open and just way to ensure that players who want to see the game have the opportunity to come to the scene.

So this may be a bit crazy idea-"free tickets" popped out.

Unexpectedly, all our teams agreed almost immediately.

This may be our best way in such a special situation this year.

　　In order to ensure the fairness of the donated tickets, we have specially developed an encrypted program, which will be drawn after notarization by the notary department.

At the same time, we adopt the method of swiping the face of the ID card to avoid the influence of other factors to the greatest extent possible to improve efficiency and ensure safety.

　　Beijing Youth Daily: E-sports is a sport of the future. Compared with traditional competitive sports, where are its opportunities?

　　John (Global Head of Riot Games E-sports): First of all, we have a very young audience, and these fans love us very much. At the same time, whether it is social media or other platforms, we can connect us with the audience, fans There are many ways to watch our games online, which is very different from our traditional sports events.

Our live broadcast platform, including some of our technology use, is the biggest reason why we are different from sports events. In addition, we are gradually integrating into the lives of young fans. We are part of their lives and can be driven in both directions.

　　Beijing Youth Daily: E-sports events have surpassed many traditional sports events in terms of the number of spectators and commercial value, but the vitality of e-sports events is highly tied to the game behind it. Are you optimistic about the League of Legends in the next 10 years or even Longer period of healthy development?

　　Nick Law (CEO of Riot Games): All e-sports events must be built on the basis of the game itself.

If a game cannot flourish, there is no way to see a very prosperous e-sports event, so we will try our best to ensure that our game itself is full of vitality and continuous progress.

　　In fact, many games have no way to stay alive for a long time.

Riot will do its best to ensure that our games can remain vigorous for 10 years or longer.

　　Beijing Youth Daily: The global finals have become an innovator in e-sports events. What do you think the global finals will look like 10 years from now?

　　Nick Law (CEO of Riot Games): On the whole, we will have more entertaining ways in the future.

One of the very good ways of performance may be the opening ceremony of our finals, through the integration of sports, games, music, etc., to become a very good and very excellent entertainment project.

　　Text/Reporter Wang Lei Coordinated/Liu Jianghua