"Zou Tao, that's good, one to two. ”

Huanyu Technology Game Department, Chen Yu looked at Zou Tao with a smile and said.

Huanyu Technology's most profitable business is still online games.

Input Method, Browser, 360 Security Guard...... And a series of other businesses currently require blood transfusion from online games.

So, after giving Zhou Hongyi a call, Chen Yu came to the game department to see the situation.

"Mr. Chen, are you here?"

Hearing Chen Yu's voice, Zou Tao was a little embarrassed and took down the headset: "Hehe, I've been obsessed with Dota recently." ”

Yes.

That's right.

After continuous development by Huanyu Technology, Dota was officially launched.

"How's Dota doing right now?"

"The performance was fantastic, there were a lot of hardcores, but the growth of Dota registered users was a bit slow. However, as long as you enter the game, you will soon become loyal users. ”

"Hmm. ”

Chen Yu nodded.

Dota is not the same as traditional online games, and it is slightly difficult to get started.

In the initial promotion, it will indeed be slower.

But it doesn't matter.

Dota can't become a global hit as soon as it is launched, he has a process of accumulation.

"However, at the moment, there is an opportunity for our Dota to be included in the WCG competition. ”

“wcg。 ”

WCG is the World Esports Series.

Founded in 2000 by Samsung, it is the world's largest video game culture festival.

The initial tournaments are Quake, FIFA, Age of Empires, StarCraft, Half-Life, and Unreal Tournament.

In 2003, it added Warcraft 3, Halo, and Dota of Universal Technology.

"When does the WCG start?"

"Next month. ”

"How's our preparation?"

"At present, we have more than a dozen teams in China who are holding a WCG qualifying tournament, and the top two represent our country to South Korea to participate in the WCG finals. ”

"More than a dozen teams, are they all freely organized?"

"No, it's all professional. ”

Zou Tao said with some excitement: "There are many companies in China that are very interested in professional teams, and they have invested some money and supported many teams. And judging from this situation, there will be more professional teams in the future, surpassing the trend of bubbles and go-karts. ”

"That's a good sign. ”

Chen Yu also nodded.

In terms of competitiveness, Dota is undoubtedly much better than Bubble Hall and go-kart.

In addition, although there are competitions in go-karts, it is more about leisure and entertainment.

Dota, on the other hand, has taken this competitiveness to a very high level.

I believe that with the development of DOTA, his popularity will even surpass that of Warcraft in the future.

"Our 5173, the game section of the portal, reports more about these teams. ”

Chen Yu commanded.

But after thinking about it, he said: "In addition to these, Zou Tao, you also organize more activities." After all, it is a professional team, and if it has always been a hobby, major companies will eventually quit if they only invest money and have no output. ”

Zou Tao also took this into account and said: "The biggest problem now is the lack of exposure, and it is not enough to rely on website exposure." In addition, the profit model of the professional team has not yet been found. At present, it can only rely on fame and cooperation with some large Internet cafes, and the model is somewhat simple. ”

"Have you ever considered working with a TV station?"

"I thought about it, but the TV station was very hesitant. ”

Although esports is a kind of competition, it is still a game.

And it's also a video game.

As the main media, the major TV stations are very cautious about games.

Even if it was the previous Bubble Hall Contest, it was a kind of competition activity.

But if it's purely a game show, you'll run into a lot of trouble.

"It's normal to hesitate, but this time in the WCG, we can invite them to report on it. By the way, where are they playing?"

"It's in the Deep City Battle Alliance Internet Café. ”

"Let's go, take me to see it. ”

"Good. ”

Zou Tao drove and took Chen Yu all the way to an Internet café called Zhanmeng Internet Café in Shencheng.

Zhanmeng Internet Café is the largest Internet café in Shenzhen, with a total of more than 1,000 computers.

The Internet café not only provides customers with Internet access, but also provides services, such as drinks, refreshments, snacks, etc.

Even, they have launched a beauty companion service, which only costs 20 yuan per hour to invite a beautiful woman to sit next to you to play games and chat with you...... The service is said to be very popular.

However, the most popular thing in today's Battle Alliance Internet Cafe is not the beautiful woman to play, but the Dota game.

After a few days of competition, the top two national players in the Dota domestic competition will now be decided.

The winner will represent the country in the WCG Finals.

"Mr. Chen, to introduce, this is icefrog, the Chinese name ice frog, one of our Dota map leaders. ”

As soon as he arrived at the venue, Zou Tao introduced him to Chen Yu.

This icefrog was previously an American Dota player.

At that time, after Huanyu Technology released a new map in Dota, Icefrog made a lot of comments.

Zou Tao felt that the player was very talented, so he invited icefrog to China.

At this point, IceFrog became one of the main leaders of Dota Maps.

This time, icefrog, on behalf of Universal Technology Games, will present awards to the winners.

"Hello, icefrog. ”

Chen Yu shakes hands with icefrog.

For icefrog, Chen Yu has admired it for a long time.

His Dota map has a lot of settings that he inherited from IceFrog.

Yes.

This icefrog is the weather vane of Dota in the previous life.

It can be said that without IceFrog, although it would not be without Dota, but without IceFrog, it can be said that Dota will never be as popular as in the previous life.

But I didn't expect that in this life, icefrog actually joined Huanyu Technology.

"It looks hilarious. ”

"At the moment, Team WE is competing with Team GL for the championship. ”

The area of the Zhanmeng Internet café is very large, and dozens of squares are specially vacated in the middle for the two teams to compete.

In addition, there are several projections in the entire Internet café.

At this time, there were countless crowds of people around.

They shouted loudly about their clans.

"We win. ”

"GL wins. ”

"Li Xiaofeng, come on. ”

"Li Xiaofeng is the most handsome. ”

Listening to the voice, Chen Yu saw a hero in the e-sports circle.

Li Xiaofeng.

The first person in e-sports in his previous life actually played DOTA.

By the way, isn't he playing Warcraft?

Still, it looks like a good sign.

Isn't Dota more attractive than Warcraft?

It's acceptable for history to change a little.

"That Li Xiaofeng is very well-known in Dota, and his videos of the game often have hundreds of thousands of downloads. ”

Zou Tao introduced to Chen Yu: "Many netizens often imitate Li Xiaofeng's style of play, and often the heroes used by Li Xiaofeng are one of the most popular heroes in the current period. ”

"It's amazing. ”

Staring at the big screen in front of him, Chen Yu kept nodding.

Although it hasn't been long since Dota came out, Li Xiaofeng's talent for games is really amazing.

This talent is not only reflected in Li Xiaofeng's amazing hand speed, but also in Li Xiaofeng's unusually calm.

Just like this one.

Obviously, the WE team represented by Li Xiaofeng was at a disadvantage, but Li Xiaofeng still did not have any hurry, and continued to develop according to his usual style, withstood the pressure of the other party, and finally completely controlled the situation. Although the game is not over yet, it can basically be said that Team WE has won.

If YY's live broadcast can be smoother now, Li Xiaofeng will definitely become an e-sports star.

However, Chen Yu is not in a hurry.

Sooner or later, the speed of the Internet will continue to improve, and in a few years, live game streaming will become another major attraction in the Internet industry.

And then, a real professional league will also be formed.