Hangzhou, May 5 (Reporter Wang Hao) With the cheers of the audience, the Chongqing Wolves pushed off the crystal of Beijing WB. In the 14 KPL King Glory Pro League Spring Final, Chongqing Wolves won 2023:4. The venue where this competition is held, the Hangzhou E-sports Center, is the venue for the e-sports events of the Hangzhou Asian Games.
2023 KPL Spring Final. Photo courtesy of the organizer
This KPL spring final is somewhat special compared to the past, and its keywords are not only "competition" and "champion", but also important content that cannot be ignored. The Honor of Kings Asian Games version will be unveiled at the Hangzhou Asian Games as an official competition this year, and it is foreseeable that this will bring many positive impacts to Honor of Kings.
Three days before the opening of the spring final, the list of national training teams for the Glory of Kings Asian Games version was officially announced. On the final day, Li Tuo, the proposed head coach of the training team, and three other members of the proposed coaching staff made a collective appearance and chatted freely about the Asian Games.
Li Tuo has great expectations for the performance of the athletes in the Hangzhou Asian Games, "definitely hoping to win the gold medal". He said that he hopes that the athletes of the King Glory Asian Games version can pass on the spirit of positivity, sunshine and unity to the youth.
List of national training teams for the Glory of Kings Asian Games version.
The Hangzhou Asian Games is the second time that China has hosted this event after the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou. Judging from the history of various large-scale comprehensive events, local audiences usually pay more attention to the competition. E-sports debuted as an official sport at the Asian Games for the first time, and the freshness brought by it cannot be ignored.
At the Hangzhou Asian Games, the gesture of the athletes competing in the Glory of the King Asian Games will likely be seen by sports audiences in a more general sense. And if the players can show a "positive, sunny and united" appearance as Li Tuo wishes, these will be written by the audience into their own cognition of "e-sports players".
E-sports "breaking the circle" has been an enduring topic in the industry in recent years, and now the Asian Games has become an important outlet for "breaking the circle".
2023 KPL Spring Tournament Final Venue - Hangzhou E-sports Center. Photo courtesy of the organizer
Huang Cheng, executive chairman of the KPL League Tournament Committee, said frankly that e-sports has been gradually recognized by comprehensive large-scale events, which has been the common wish of e-sports practitioners for many years. "For KPL, we definitely hope to take the opportunity of the Asian Games to tell all users and viewers who like esports that our development potential, ceiling and development goals are actually more long-term."
In fact, the appearance of the King of Glory Asian Games version at the Hangzhou Asian Games is not only an impact from the perspective of the audience, but also has a motivating effect on the athletes.
2023 KPL Spring Final. Photo courtesy of the organizer
After the list of national training teams for the Glory of the Asian Games was announced, many of them expressed their willingness to train hard and strive to participate in the Asian Games. Not only the King of Glory Asian Games version of the event, some other esports players have also said that they can get the opportunity to participate in the Asian Games in their careers, which was not expected before.
Huang admits that players and coaches show corresponding strength in the league, and then have the opportunity to be selected for the national team to win glory for the country, which will have a positive impact on the KPL league. (End)