These two gaming companies were also receiving the attention of companies all over the world. Once they successfully entered WCG and reaped huge commercial benefits, it was believed that later generations would join WCG one after another, expanding the entire esports industry once again.
It was precisely because of this that the International E-Sports Federation was extremely open to other gaming companies joining them.
Boss Jia even publicly stated that even if Nintendo wanted to join the WCG, as long as all the procedures and data met the requirements, they could join the WCG without any other restrictions.
It's a pity that Nintendo doesn't want to lose face. They didn't even submit any applications to the International E-Sports Federation. Even the e-sports competitions that were held last year were all suspended. It is said that Nintendo is focusing on research and development. They want to create a new generation of gaming handhelds.
In addition to the breakthroughs in gaming companies and projects, the second WCG also had a breakthrough in the number of contestants.
First of all, compared to the first WCG last year, the number of contestants in the second WCG exceeded 3,000. However, the number of contestants in the second WCG decreased to about 300.
At the same time, the number of contestants in Hua Xia's team also increased to about 300. They became the two countries with the most contestants.
In addition, there were a total of 78 countries participating in the WCG, which was double the number of countries last year. From this point of view, the WCG had indeed become more international.
And the most unbelievable thing was that in the second WCG, there was actually a king who appeared, and that was King Ibrahim of ST.
When the king was still a prince, he was very obsessed with gaming. After he succeeded the throne, he didn't give up his hobby of gaming.
He especially liked fighting games and was an expert in the Sword and Saber Divine Realm. This time, he represented ST and participated in the Sword and Saber Divine Realm competition. He actually became a professional eSports player.
Well, only the king of ST could do such a thing. The kings of other countries didn't have such freedom!
Of course, the appearance of the king of ST shocked the ignorant people of Yuzhang.
For example, a motorcade of 20 gold Rolls-Royces, three private jets, and a private team of more than 300 people were all serving the King of ST in all aspects.
Along with the private jet, there were also dozens of various livestock and ingredients from all over the world. These were all specially brought by the King of ST because he was worried that he wouldn't be able to eat delicious food and ingredients in Hua Xia.
In the end, the King of ST booked a newly built five-star hotel in Yu Zhang as his lodging place. The extravagance and extravagance made Boss Jia, the richest man in Hua Xia, click his tongue in amazement. He had never been so extravagant in his life!
Finally, during the opening ceremony, the King of ST was the flag bearer of his country's representative team, leading 24 contestants onto the stage.
Logically speaking, if it was based on individual ability, including the King of ST, these 24 contestants were not qualified to participate in the competition.
However, he was the King of ST. After the International E-Sports Federation heard the news, they immediately asked for instructions from Boss Jia.
Therefore, Boss Jia said, "We need to support the development of the E-Sports industry in the underdeveloped areas. Then, he specially approved 24 contestants for ST. There were 12 competitions, and two contestants for each competition."
Then, the King of ST funded a national-level competition and selected 24 champions and runners-up of each competition to participate in the competition! Only then did ST manage to put together a team with a decent number of contestants.
The contestants of ST who participated in the competition all said that it was the greatest dream of their lives to be able to board the King's private jet, enjoy the treatment of the King, and chat with the King and become friends with him.
Of course, the King of ST didn't do very well in the following competitions. Except for the King of ST, who made it to the semifinals, the other contestants were all eliminated in the preliminaries.
As for why the King of ST was able to make it to the semifinals, it was a matter of opinion. Anyway, the contestants who lost to the King of ST were all very happy. Some bought cars, some bought houses, some got married, and all of them walked to the peak of their lives.
The influence of the King of ST's participation in the WCG was also unparalleled. This made WCG and E-Sports appear in the eyes of the world's top people for the first time, and then left a deep impression …
Especially for the few countries and Kings near ST. These Kings' ability to rule the country was not good, but they were not inferior to others. After seeing the King of ST get the fourth place, they all expressed their envy and jealousy. Then, in next year's WCG, they also organized their own country's team to participate in the competition.
Well, these are all things for later. Let's talk about it later.
Like the first WCG, the second WCG had a grand opening ceremony.
First of all, it was the unshakeable symphony performance. This time, the symphony was even more exquisite and magnificent. The orchestra performing the symphony had changed from the National Orchestra of Huaxia to the Philharmonic Orchestra of Ying Country, the world's top music orchestra.
As for why this orchestra was willing to appear at the opening ceremony of an E-Sports competition, it could only be said that Boss Jia gave them too much.
Last year, after the symphony performance, the athletes directly entered the venue.
But the second WCG was more ordered. This time, there was a cosplay performance that attracted the cheers of the audience.
The first performance was the Sword and Saber Divine Realm's performance.
In fact, for the appearance of cosplay performances on the stage of E-Sports, many audiences in the other world ridiculed it. The reason was very simple, these performances were too embarrassing.
These cosplay characters all had the ability to summon the wind and summon the rain in the game, but when they were performing, they became performers who twisted their hips and put on all kinds of awkward poses.
This was also a common problem of cosplay performances, and that was that the stage and dancing feeling were too strong. It did not feel like a classic scene at all, and it felt like they were dancing awkwardly in cosplay clothes.
Later, some people even said that cosplay was only suitable for photos, and not for performances.
Because of this, many E-Sports competitions simply gave up on cosplay performances to save themselves from being scolded and embarrassed.
Boss Jia naturally understood this, so he very cleverly chose the Sword and Saber Divine Realm as the opening performance. The reason was very simple, because the Sword and Saber Divine Realm could be used to fight.
At the beginning of the performance, there was no nonsense. One black and one white sword shadow attacked directly. Then, the black-clothed swordsman and the white-clothed goddess directly engaged in a fierce battle in the center of the stage, where the magnesium lights were concentrated.
This wasn't some elegant performance on a stage, nor was it some elegant slow-motion battle. It was a real battle of weapons.
The fighting speed of both sides was extremely fast. It was so fast that the audience could only see the shadows of the swords. In a short second, three or four sounds of weapons clashing could be heard, followed by the crisp and melodious sounds of swords. This was a real battle.
Moreover, the movements of the two sides were also very exaggerated. Something like turning back and doing a split could be considered normal. Among them, the black-clothed swordsman directly leaped into the air, flew to a height of more than ten meters, and then plunged down from the sky with a stab.
At this time, the audience watching the live broadcast all over the world exclaimed. This battle was too cool!!
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