After the match, the news about this WCG once again dominated the media, especially on the Internet, and the attention was especially high.

This tournament has set many records in the esports industry.

The most participatory contest!

In all previous competitions, even the previous WCG, although it was a global event in terms of publicity, it was actually the participation of players from several countries in Europe, the United States and South Korea, because there were no so-called professional players in other countries.

But this year, starting from the qualifiers, basically all countries have players participating, and finally the players who came to the magic capital, the three events add up to more than 500 people.

The most prized tournament!

Needless to say, more than $40 million, this is an unprecedented amount of money in the history of esports!

The final championship prize is as high as 10 million, I don't know how many other game players are crazy with jealousy! Since the start of WCG in 2003, basically no one has played other competitive games, and all of them have been transferred to CS, Warcraft, and StarCraft, because there are only three projects in WCG.

The most impactful, most watched race!

The WCG finals were licensed for free to all TV media around the world, and they were broadcast live on Dragon TV in China. On the Internet, Facebook videos also have post-match videos uploaded. According to incomplete statistics, there are a total of 350 million viewers around the world who watched this competition!

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That night, the Internet took the lead, and the news about the game was overwhelming.

"One Hour, Winning Ten Million Dollars, E-sports Players Are Treated with Enviability"

"SK Sweeps All Opponents and Wins WCG Championship!"

"Legend Team Justifies the Name of Chinese CS Players!"

"A new industry is rising, and the future of esports is worth looking forward to!"

"Tears on the field, a sixteen-year-old genius boy is moving. 》

"What is the origin of the legendary team, which defeated many strong teams and won the runner-up?"

It can be said that in addition to those European and American geniuses who have long been famous, Xiao Wu is the most eye-catching one among the domestic CS professional players.

The clip of his sniper killing the old sniper god several times in the game is crazy spread on the Internet, and after this battle, Xiao Wu was officially named a new generation of sniper god by Chinese and foreign CS players!

And the old sniper god fell off the altar......

After the game, it was said that the sniper god was sprayed by European and American players to autism, and directly announced his retirement.

E-sports is so cruel, absolutely speaking with strength.

When you're not strong enough, it's wrong to even breathe!

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The e-sports and game industries have never had such popularity in China.

Although all this is the influence of the prize money of more than 40 million US dollars, no one can criticize anything, after all, half of the total income of the WCG commemorative edition skin sold by Facebook Games this time was taken out and done for charity.

At the closing ceremony, Effie has officially donated more than $40 million to the head of Project Hope on behalf of players around the world.

And promised global players that half of the income from the WCG commemorative edition skin every year in the future will be used for charity, and the donation goal is global and will not be limited to China.

also benefited from this move of Facebook Games, which was praised in the domestic mainstream media.

It has also made the image of the game industry have a great reversal, and it is no longer like before, when it comes to games, everyone is full of contempt.

At least now, everyone can look at the game correctly and realize that this is also an industry with great potential, in this industry, there is a responsible enterprise, it also has a great social influence, and it can make many young people work hard for their dreams!

Taking advantage of the popularity of WCG just past, Facebook Games struck while the iron was hot and announced that World of Warcraft will officially open the national server open beta on January 18th!

And on the website, the official promotional video of World of Warcraft was released.

As it is known as the "movie studio delayed by the game", this trailer for World of Warcraft continues Blizzard's consistent tradition, beautifully crafted and grandiose.

Of course, the production budget is also staggering, and it is said that this trailer alone cost more than 10 million US dollars.

It made Effie feel a lot of pain......

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"Stone, come and cut the legend, I just bought a point card, or a monthly card, this thing is not easy to buy, and I bought it for ten yuan at a higher price. ”

In an Internet café next to a university town, two college student-looking people are talking.

"Don't panic yet, I just saw on the Internet that World of Warcraft is going to be launched, and it's an online game of Blizzard! The student named Stone said without looking back.

"What? World of Warcraft is going online?!, no, how did I not know?" asked the classmate in surprise.

"The official website of Facebook Games has been notified, and there is a trailer, let's take a look. Stone said as he clicked on the official website of the World of Warcraft national server.

This is a new website that has just been launched, and Facebook Games is built specifically for World of Warcraft.

On the homepage of the official website of World of Warcraft, the most conspicuous place is a video playback box, with a few eye-catching big words on it, "World of Warcraft National Service Trailer!"

Click on the play button, the Internet café is still very fast, and after a few seconds of buffering, the video starts to play.

A magnificent piece of music sounded, and a griffin flew through the sky towards a huge castle.

On the ground, countless Horde and Alliance warriors can be seen fighting bravely, and all kinds of gorgeous magic shine through the crowd.

All kinds of weapons, armor, and mounts dazzled the two of them.

Seamless large maps, vast wilderness, grand cities, towering mountains, all of this shocked them so much that they couldn't close their mouths.

It's not like a 2003 game!

In comparison, the saga of crudely modeled and mapped is nothing short of a shoddy product.

And the legend's self-proclaimed gorgeous graphics can't be compared to World of Warcraft at all.

Not to mention the vast and boundless map, there had never been a game on the market at the time that had such a large map, and it was seamless, there were no countless walls of air, and there was no need to wait long to read it when crossing areas!

The Chinese narration sounded.

"In the land of the great kingdom

A new crisis is coming

The ancient alliance is re-emerging

An unknown world awaits

at swords' points

unity is strength

Who is competing with each other

Facebook Games invites you warmly

Experience the majestic World of Warcraft

Write a magnificent epic

Create another brilliant miracle

January 18th

Warcraft, shake the world!"

The trailer is not long, that is, about three minutes, and after watching it, Shi and his classmates were stunned for a while.

They were also immersed in the magnificent scenery of the game, because this game was beyond their imagination, and they never dared to imagine that there was a game that could do this!

"This ...... Blizzard's animations have always been very good, but he ...... Well, the game is really well done. Stone said hesitantly.

"No, I'll sell this legendary monthly card! I decided, just wait for World of Warcraft, I have to play this game! If it was another game manufacturer, maybe I would wait and see, but this is a Blizzard game, produced by Blizzard, it must be a high-quality product!"

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This time, World of Warcraft opened the open beta, and Facebook Games has invested a lot of publicity money, and its own channels have been fully utilized.

It just so happens that Facebook is testing their "precision advertising" model on a small scale, opening up some positions on the homepage hot list and feed recommendations for advertising.

So what else to say, Effie waved his hand and directly wrapped it up, which can be regarded as helping the brother company to do the test.

Of course, the cost still has to be calculated, and Facebook Games has a lot of money, so it doesn't care about this advertising cost.

As a result, on the day the official website of the World of Warcraft national server was launched, many Facebook users saw several hot news about World of Warcraft on the hot list.

"A New World Arrives!"

The Greatest Game of All Time, Must Be Played!

"Blizzard has been grinding for ten years, what kind of boutique has it brought!"

"As you can see from the trailer, this game is unbeatable!"

"I swear, World of Warcraft is the perfect game in my mind!"

A variety of gimmicky titles, hidden in various current affairs hot spots.

In the information flow recommendation, those users who often pay attention to the content of the game, or often post game-related content, are not refreshing the news about World of Warcraft.

"Mr. Ai, the number of visits to the official website of World of Warcraft has grown rapidly in the past two days, and as of today, more than 10 million unique IPs have visited our website. In particular, the video on the homepage has more than 30 million views!

What's more, the average user stays for more than ten minutes!

This means that there is a lot of interest in the content of the site, and our physical game discs are ready to be shipped, and the assets are available for download in the game store. This can be diverted, otherwise if you are crowded on the eighteenth, I am afraid that the server will crash by then. ”

The person in charge of the national server World of Warcraft reported.

Effie nodded, "Let's open download resources in different regions, this game installation package is a bit big, and it is estimated that it will take a lot of time to download." CDs should also be distributed as soon as possible, so that they can be purchased in all cities above the prefecture-level city as much as possible.

In addition, I feel that the number of servers is still not enough, and I need to purchase another batch of spare servers.

We must provide the best quality gaming experience to all players, and there can be no crowding and lag!"

This is also Facebook Games, which has a lot of money and is willing to buy a large number of servers in advance.

Otherwise, with the appeal of World of Warcraft, it will not be so easy for players to log in to the server and play.

In reality, when Jiuyou launched the server, I don't know how many players had to queue for more than ten hours just on the login page......