When it comes to games, we have to mention WCG, but this year's WCG left Yuzhang City, just like the agreement reached with ST King last year, and the third WCG Global Esports Championship was held in ST Kingdom.

This is a WCG that is very significant, because it is the first WCG competition to be held abroad, which means that WCG is really starting to go international.

And the ST kingdom is also very powerful, at least in terms of money.

All competitors were accommodated in five-star hotels, and the opening ceremony was held in the country's largest stadium, where King ST spent $50 million to create a grand opening performance.

Don't think this money is exaggerated, the ST king is a local tycoon who can spend 320 million US dollars on a wedding, and a world-class international competition only costs 50 million US dollars for the opening ceremony, which is a bit cheap!

Although later generations unanimously agreed that this opening ceremony performance was the worst, there were hardly many things that could reflect games and e-sports, all of which were performances by the world's number one tenor, soprano, Britney and other so-called international big-name singers, orchestras, and dance troupes.

By the way, all female performers, whether unknown dancers or famous singers, must wear a veil, otherwise they will not be allowed on stage.

It's so embarrassing.

The only thing that can be praised is about inviting Michael Jackson to compose the theme song "Golden Age" for the third WCG.

This is a song that Boss Jia feels very amazing when he listens to it, which is not in the previous life, a new song created by Michael Jackson in this world.

It is said that in order for Michael Jackson to create the song and perform it himself at the opening ceremony, King ST paid $6 million.

However, considering that the other party is Michael Jackson, the price is also very suitable.

Because this song was created specifically for e-sports, whether it is the lyrics, the music style, and the accompanying dance, it is still more compatible with the game.

Especially when Michael Jackson changed into Ash's clothes and danced on the stage at the end, it caused a huge cheer in the audience, and he was able to almost think of the entire ST capital.

Of course, "Golden Age" is the theme song that only belongs to the 3rd WCG, just like "Me and You", the theme song that only belongs to the 08 Olympic Games, as for the original "Game Era" (Boss Jia disliked the name of the previous translation was not good and not atmospheric enough, so he finally ordered the name of the game era), it was upgraded to the permanent song of WCG.

To put it simply, every year in the future, WCG will create its own special theme song, but "Game Age" will become a constant WCG song.

In addition, there are two great breakthroughs and changes in the third WCG.

The first breakthrough and change is that the organizing committee announced that starting from the 4th WCG, the game "Heroes of Invincible" will officially withdraw from the stage of WCG and become the first game in WCG to be disqualified from the competition.

The reason is simple, because the esports competition of "Heroes of Legends" has not improved, and the number of registered professional players is getting smaller and smaller, which does not meet the WCG's hard indicators and rules for the competition.

Therefore, the third WCG will become the last edition of "Heroes and Heroes", and from then on, WCG will never have the game "Heroes and Heroes" again.

Of course, if the sequel to Heroes of Might or Magic can be overhauled in the future and regain the charm of esports, then it is still possible to return.

But there are departures and arrivals, and today, two new games have joined the WCG scene. Judging from the announcement made outside the World Esports Federation, this will become the norm for WCG for some time to come.

Every year, new games will be added to the WCG, and new games will be eliminated because they are not up to standard, until the total size of the competition games reaches about 30.

The second change is that the WCG is held every two years instead of once a year.

The reason is very simple, and the announcement of the International Esports Federation is also very clear, that is, in order to increase the rarity of the WCG awards and ensure the gold content of this supreme honor.

The simple thing is that a lot of world champions come out every year, which is too goldless.

Of course, esports is not like the Olympics, where a sport can last for hundreds of years. Video games are still changing very quickly, new games appear every year, and old games fade out of the eyes of players, so it is more appropriate to change it to once every two years.

At the same time, it was announced that the 4th WCG would be held in South Korea in 2000.

The subsequent game made many viewers sigh.

For example, Sky, who tried to challenge the three consecutive championships of "Red Alert", fell in the semi-finals, and the Fuso player Hattori, who defeated him, lifted the first "Red Alert" trophy in Fuso history.

But on the other hand, the child successfully won the championship trophy of "Sword Art Online 2", and that's right, "Sword Art Online 2" also launched the second work, replacing the original "Sword Art Online 1"

However, because the number of players in the Sword Art Online series began to drop significantly, and King of Fighters became the second fighting game in the WCG, it was rumored that Sword Art Online could be the first competition to withdraw from the WCG.

As for the other highlights.

The champion of "Pokemon", for the first time, fell into the hands of Koreans, triggering collective cheers from Koreans!

The championship of "StarCraft" still belongs to the Star League, which has become more and more popular, and has become the world's No. 1 national league e-sports project, creating conditions for South Korea to dominate the interstellar league.

The championship of "Diablo" was taken away by the Mi people, and they had a master who developed a set of quick-brush tactics, which no one could beat.

The championship of "Grand Theft Auto 2" actually fell into the hands of the Russians, which was the first time that a Russian player participated in this competition, and then won the prize directly.

In the end, among the 12 competitions in the entire WCG, Huaxia won 1 championship, South Korea won 3 championships, Fuso won 2 championships, Mi won 2, Russia 1, and the other 3 belonged to 3 different countries.

This result has kept countless Huaxia players awake at night, which means that Huaxia's e-sports have a huge regression in the third competition, and so many e-sports clubs in Huaxia have finally fallen to the point where they have to rely on a 12-year-old child to support the scene, which makes countless Chinese players unbearable.

According to incomplete statistics, after the game, more than 30 Internet cafes in China were smashed by angry players.

Fortunately, this time the competition was held in ST, if it was still in Yuzhang City, I am afraid that if it is not Yuzhang City, there will be a lot more unlucky public facilities.