Speaking of games, WCG had to be mentioned. However, this year's WCG left Yuzhang City. Just like last year's agreement with the King of ST, the third WCG Global E-Sports Championship was held in the Kingdom of ST.
This was a significant WCG because this was the first WCG competition held abroad. This meant that WCG was truly beginning to go international.
Moreover, the Kingdom of ST was also very supportive, at least in terms of money.
All the players stayed in five-star hotels, and the opening ceremony was also held in the largest stadium in the country. The King of ST spent 50 million US dollars to create a grand opening performance.
Don't think that this amount of money was exaggerated. The King of ST was a tycoon who could spend 320 million US dollars on a wedding. Spending 50 million US dollars on an opening ceremony for a world-class international competition was a bit cheap!
Although people in later generations all agreed that the opening ceremony this time was the worst, there was almost nothing that could reflect the gaming and eSports. It was all performances by the world's number one tenor, soprano, Xiao Tiantian, and other so-called international famous singers, orchestras, and dance groups.
Right, all the female performers, whether unknown dancers or famous singers, all had to wear a veil, otherwise they were not allowed to go on stage.
It was too f * cking embarrassing.
The only thing that could be praised was that Michael Jackson was invited to compose the theme song "The Golden Age" for the third WCG.
This was a song that even Boss Jia was amazed by. It was a song that didn't exist in his previous life. It was a song that Michael Jackson created in this world.
It was said that the King of ST spent 6 million US dollars to let Michael Jackson create this song and perform it personally at the opening ceremony.
However, considering that the other party was Michael Jackson, this price was very appropriate.
Because this song was specially created for e-sports, whether it was the lyrics, the style, or the accompanying dance, it was more related to games.
Especially when Michael Jackson changed into Xiaozhi's clothes and danced on stage, it caused a huge cheer in the audience. It could almost be imagined that the entire capital of ST would cheer.
Of course, "The Golden Age" was the theme song of the third WCG, just like "You and I" was the theme song of the 2008 Olympic Games. As for the original "Gaming Age" (Boss Jia thought that the previous translated name was not good enough, so he decided to use the name "Gaming Age"), it was upgraded to the permanent theme song of the WCG.
Simply put, in the future, WCG would create its own theme song every year, but "Game Age" would become the unchanging theme song of WCG.
Other than that, there were two other major breakthroughs and changes in the third WCG.
The first breakthrough and change was that the organizing committee announced that starting from the fourth WCG, Heroes of Invincible would officially withdraw from the WCG stage, becoming the first WCG game to be disqualified.
The reason was simple. The eSports competition in Heroes of Might and Magic had not improved. At the same time, the number of registered professional players was decreasing. It did not meet the WCG's hard targets and rules for the competition.
Therefore, the third WCG was the last one for Heroes of Might and Magic. From then on, Heroes of Might and Magic would never appear in the WCG again.
Of course, if the sequel of Heroes of Might and Magic could be significantly reformed and the charm of eSports reappeared, then it was still possible for the game to return.
However, where there was a departure, there was a arrival. Today, there were two new games added to the WCG stage. According to the announcement made by the World eSports Federation, this would become the norm for the WCG for a period of time in the future.
New games would be added to the WCG every year, and there would also be new games that were removed because they did not meet the standards until the total number of games in the competition reached about 30.
The second change was that the WCG changed from being held once a year to being held once every two years.
The reason was simple. The announcement made by the International eSports Federation was also very clear. It was to increase the rarity of the WCG awards and to ensure the value of this supreme honor.
Simply put, there was no value in having a bunch of world champions every year.
Of course, eSports was not like the Olympics. A competition event could last for hundreds of years without change. The speed of change in eSports was still very fast. There would be new games every year, and the old games would fade out of the players' sight. Therefore, it was more appropriate to hold the WCG biennial.
At the same time, it was announced that the fourth WCG would be held in Korea in 2000.
The following matches made many spectators sigh with regret.
For example, Sky, who tried to challenge Red Alert for three consecutive championships, fell in the semifinals. The player who defeated him, Hattori, picked up the first Red Alert trophy in the history of Fusang.
But on the other hand, Kid successfully won the Sword and Saber Divine Realms 2 trophy. That's right, Sword and Saber Divine Realms 2 was also released, replacing the original Sword and Saber Divine Realms 1.
However, as the number of players in the Sword and Saber Divine Realms series decreased drastically, and King of Fighters became the second fighting game in the WCG, there were rumors that the Sword and Saber Divine Realms would be the first to be removed from the WCG.
As for the other highlights.
The Pokemon champion fell into the hands of a Korean for the first time, and the Koreans all cheered!
The Starcraft champion still belonged to the Starcraft League. It was becoming more and more popular as it became the number one national league in the world, creating the conditions for Korea to dominate the Starcraft League.
The Diablo champion was taken away by the United States. They had an expert who developed a set of fast farming strategies that no one could beat.
The Grand Theft Auto 2 champion fell into the hands of a Russian. This was the first time a Russian player had participated in this competition, and he won the award right away.
In the end, out of the twelve WCG competitions, Hua Xia won one championship, Korea won three, Fusang won two, the United States won two, Russia won one, and the other three belonged to three different countries.
This result made countless Hua Xia players unable to sleep. This meant that the eSports scene in Hua Xia had greatly regressed in the third WCG competition. Hua Xia had so many eSports clubs, but in the end, they had to rely on a twelve year old kid to hold the fort. This was something that many Hua Xia players couldn't accept.
According to incomplete statistics, after the competition, more than thirty internet cafes in Hua Xia had their computers smashed by angry players.
Fortunately, the competition was held in ST. If it was held in Yuzhang City, there would be a lot of unfortunate public facilities in Yuzhang City.
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