"Alright, let's move on to the post-match interview," Memories said. "Our guest this time is the MVP player Black, who just got off to a good start for NRG. Let's turn the camera to the interviewer."
The audience was shocked. There was a post-match interview?
They had never seen this in other esports competitions before, but the thought of seeing their idol immediately made the audience cheer.
The camera changed, and a tall and beautiful girl was already preparing to interview the MVP, Little Black.
"Alright, welcome to the post-match interview. I'm the host, Nana. We've also invited NRG's jungler, Black, for this post-match interview. Come and greet everyone."
Nana handed the microphone to Black.
Black looked a little shy, and he said into the microphone, "Hello everyone, I'm Black, Jiang Hao, the jungler of NRG."
The audience burst into cheers again, and the chants of "Black God" and "Dollar God" were endless.
"First question," Nana said. "Was it a planned tactic to grab the blue buff after the first level team's invasion, or was it an impromptu idea?"
Black thought for a moment. "Hmm, actually, invading and stealing the blue buff was a planned tactic, but I didn't expect Lady Knife to be so close to the line, so I grabbed him along the way and killed him."
"So you just grabbed him 'along the way' …" Nana was a little speechless. "Alright, second question, comment on your opponents this time, and your own performance."
Black paused for a moment. "Uh … the opponent played pretty well, and he's very strong. Then, maybe our teamwork was better. "
Nana: "Okay, then the third question. There are many fans supporting you at the venue this time. Do you have anything to say to them?"
Black looked at the camera. "Hmm, thank you very much for your support. Also, my parents are here, and I really want to perform well in front of them. "
Nana nodded. "That's right. This time, our organizer has also invited the families of all the professional players here. Have you found the location of Black's parents?"
The camera changed to the audience, and Jiang Hao's parents were sitting there. Jiang Hao's mother's eyes were filled with tears, and she kept giving the big screen a thumbs up.
"Alright, thank you very much for accepting our interview, Black. Everyone can take a short break and look forward to the next match!"
…
Chen Mo specifically told the organizer to invite the parents of the Chinese players to the scene. For parents who came from other places, they would even pay for their flights and accommodation.
This wasn't just to encourage the players to work harder, it was also to establish an impression to the national audience and the parents of the professional players: eSports wasn't about internet addiction.
Although this world was more open than the previous one, the development of the esports industry was still lagging. Many traditional families wouldn't accept the concept of 'eSports'.
Among the current pro players, many of them had intense arguments with their families before they started playing professionally. There were even a few players who kicked down the door and ran away from home to play matches.
If Chen Mo wanted to build a complete eSports ecosystem, the first step was to change the misconceptions people had about eSports, and the best way to do that was through international tournaments.
A huge investment, a huge prize pool, a huge venue, a cool opening ceremony, and teams from all over the world …
All of these could make these more traditional parents realize that eSports was a new thing, and it had very good prospects.
The process of these parents not recognizing them would also affect more people, including the audience watching the live broadcast. This was equivalent to a role model, allowing more and more people to realize that eSports was also a competitive sport.
…
The schedule of the tournament was basically the same as the S Finals in his previous life. The sixteen teams would compete for a month to determine the champion.
October 5th to 8th would be the first round of the group stage, the 12th to 15th would be the second round, the 19th to 22nd would be the quarter-finals, the 28th and 29th would be the semi-finals, and the 5th would be the finals.
The competition was basically arranged on the weekend afternoons to make it convenient for the audience to watch the competition and for the audience from other countries and regions to watch the live broadcast.
After NRG's first victory, the popularity of the stadium was already very high, and the popularity of the major live-streaming websites was also constantly rising.
The Fish-Catching Streaming Platform's official League of Legends S1 World Finals had reached more than 2.3 million viewers. All sorts of comments were 'Congratulations to NRG' and 'NRG is awesome'.
After NRG took the first victory, the "League of Legends" official forums, various forums, Tieba, and Weibo were all discussing the finals. This clean victory excited all the players, and more players began to watch the live stream of the competition.
The players' reactions could be described as' spreading the news'.
"Did you guys watch the League of Legends finals? NRG has already won one round! "
"Nope, who's their opponent?"
"I forgot what it's called, a European team!"
"European team? Teams from other countries are here too? "
"They're all here, European, American, and Korean teams. There are also four domestic teams!"
"Where? Where? I want to see them beat up the foreign teams!"
Obviously, this kind of foreign battle was always the most honorable battle. Teams that performed well in foreign battles were easy to gain fans, and it was also the easiest to resonate with the players.
NRG's clean first round caused more and more domestic players to pay attention to the competition. Some players who didn't watch the competition or pay attention to domestic teams also began to understand these teams and celebrity players.
…
In the audience, Chen Mo was scrolling through his phone.
The competition authorities were counting the number of people watching the finals through various channels. So far, the number had reached 6.5 million!
Most of the viewers were from within the country. There were also some from overseas, but they were a very small portion. After all, the competition wasn't that important to overseas players, and there was a time difference to watch.
The main channel for players to watch the competition was the major live-streaming platforms, but there were also many people watching on the client or the official website.
This number was enough to make the organizer, Yanhuang Technology, very excited. This was 6.5 million people, enough to crush any live streamer on any live-streaming platform, and even more than any previous esports competition!
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