Former Asian Games champion just 25 years old without a match
On June 1, the League of Legends professional club BLG announced on social media that former Asian Games champion Jane proudly terminated her contract with the club.
The 25-year-old Jane proudly announced his retirement in 2020. After returning to the game this year, his performance was mediocre. At present, he is facing a situation of no matches.
Experts point out that Jane's pride is not an isolated case, and that the professional lifespan of e-sports pros is much shorter than you and I realize.
Yangzi Evening News/Ziniu News reporter
Jiang Tiansheng
Retirement comeback and retired again, now the Asian Games champion can't overcome age
Jane was proud to be born in 1997. In 2012, he entered the League of Legends professional arena at the age of 15. During his 8-year campaign, he has won numerous honors, including the gold medal in the 2018 Jakarta Asian Games in the League of Legends project.
In 2020, 23-year-old Jane proudly posted on her personal social media announcing her retirement.
At the end of 2021, Jane proudly announced her comeback to join the BLG eSports club.
On February 17 this year, Jane returned to the professional arena after an absence of 895 days. However, his state was mediocre. In the 9 small games he played, the team only achieved 4 wins and 5 losses.
In BLG's 15 games this season, Jane has only played 2 times.
In March of this year, the BLG club announced that due to the unsatisfactory running-in problem with the team, Jane was proud to rest for a period of time. In the end, he did not appear in the professional arena again until the club official announced the termination of the contract on June 1.
Some netizens commented, "He still wants to play games, but unfortunately no team wants it." "You shouldn't come back, leave a memory." "The Asian Games champion can't beat his age"...
The average age is 21, the golden age is only three years
Jane's situation is not an isolated case. According to public information, the six Chinese players who participated in the 2018 Jakarta Asian Games King of Glory project have all faded out. Among the six Chinese players in the League of Legends project, two announced their retirement at the age of 23. , and now there are only two active in the front line.
According to public data, a total of 182 Chinese and Korean players participated in the League of Legends professional league in the first half of this year. Among them, the oldest was born in May 1996 and the youngest was born in February 2004. The main age groups of the players are distributed in 00. to 01.
The oldest of the 27 participating teams is 22.5 years old and the youngest is 20 years old.
"Compared to the past, this age is already quite old." Chen Yanlin, vice chairman of the National E-Sports Association Federation, told reporters that at present, minors are prohibited from participating in e-sports events, and some veterans have been given the opportunity.
Chen Yanlin pointed out that the golden age of professional e-sports players is 18-21 years old. Although the current policy prohibits minors from participating in the competition, if they want to enter the professional stage at the age of 18, it means that players have reached a level before the age of 18. relatively high game level.
"Therefore, in mainstream e-sports leagues, the vast majority of players do not have a bachelor's degree."
Chen Yanlin told reporters that according to data released by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security in 2019, there are about 100,000 professional e-sports players in China.
"But there may be only a few hundred people who can really stand on the stage of top-level competitions. If they can live well after retirement, there are even fewer."
"Traditional sports players are generally able to work until the age of 30, and it is not uncommon for them to work until the age of 35 or even 40. On the contrary, the career life of e-sports players is very short, as short as 22 or 3 years old, the age when the college students just graduated. I'm about to retire." Chen Yanlin also expressed concern about the life of the players after retirement, "So far, apart from the e-sports industry itself, almost no industry will recognize the experience of professional e-sports players, and it is difficult for players to stay outside the circle after retirement. Find a place to stand." Chen Yanlin pointed out that although many parties are calling for attention to the life of professional players after retirement, most of them have not paid attention to actual actions.