Shanghai, Expo Center, Golden Hall.

In the huge and empty luxurious hall, a group of staff wearing penguin uniforms are nervously busy.

A computer host, an LCD screen, carried and debugged by them, a competition computer desk with a soundproof board, a podium and LCD screen of appropriate height, thick or short lines...... The table in the center of the hall looks a little cluttered.

Next to the platform, separated by an aisle and a fence, there were circles of seats, four or five hundred, but since the hall was not yet open to the public, these seats were now empty.

At this time, the staff also erected the background board behind the table, and a huge picture was painted on it, which was two groups of people wearing ancient armor and holding various weapons, roaring and rushing towards each other.

And on the border between the two gangs, there is a line of big words:

"Mountain and Sea Battle Pro League, Pioneer Invitational Tournament"

Below the big characters are sixteen large and small team names:

"Jiashi", "Batu", "Micro Exercise", "White Flower", "Blue Rain", "Thunder Quake", ......

These are currently the top e-sports professional clubs in China.

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Not far from the Expo Center, in the suite of a three-star hotel, Ye Chun, the captain of the Shanhai Battle Branch of the Jiashi E-sports Club, was lying on the bed with his eyes closed.

This time, there were not many people sent by Jiashi to Shanghai to participate in the "Pioneer Invitational Competition", except for a part-time team leader, only Ye Chun and the other two branch players.

This "Pioneer Invitational Tournament" is the prelude to the Shanhai Battle Professional League, simply put, it is to invite various famous clubs and invite them to send players to participate in the competition, so as to warm up for next year's official professional league and make the game famous.

Unlike the main competition, this kind of Pioneer Invitational Tournament does not have a selection or qualifier, and does not allow other miscellaneous teams to participate, only their sixteen top clubs participate, even if there is no Mountain and Sea War Division in the club, they are still invited.

In fact, not all games are suitable for esports and are suitable for hosting esports competitions.

In addition to having a certain degree of popularity, a certain number of players, and a crowd, the game itself must also have a high degree of competitiveness and high viewing ability.

Why is esports popular? Why do esports players make money? It's not just because there are enough people playing the game, it's not just because the game winnings are rising year by year, it's not just because the official tournament is held regularly.

The most direct reason is that players like to watch the games of this game and understand the games of this game.

Take the most popular "League of Legends" as an example, it is a very competitive game, there is no money to spend is the uncle, the local tyrant hangs all the bad problems, even if you are a big tyrant with all heroes and all skins, you don't have any bonuses in the game, and you have to rely on your own ability to find ways to win the game.

There is also ornamentality, compared to the previous "Warcraft Battle", "Star Battle" and other games, the "League of Legends" game is easier to understand, even if you haven't played this game, you can basically understand what this game is all about after watching two games.

The vast majority of players do not have the same subtlety as professional players, and they are often manipulated by others with a higher level of skill, and awareness when playing the game...... defeated. At this time, when they saw the competition of those professional players and operators, it was easy for them to bring it in, fantasizing that they could also have such an operation and such a hearty victory.

Gradually, the number of viewers increased, the number of people in the game began to increase, and the official also saw a bright future, and began to invest heavily in publicity, hold competitions, and then the prize money of the competition also rose.

Under the promotion of each other, the game will be popular, and the e-sports competition of this game will also be popular.

E-sports players have gradually become famous, receiving endorsements and endorsements, receiving advertisements and advertising, retiring and selling cakes, and engaging in live broadcasts...... An individual, an industry comes alive.

This is actually the same as a sports competition, a simple and fair rule, and a large enough number of viewers, naturally this sports project will become popular.

Of course, "Mountain and Sea Battle" can't be compared with "League of Legends", but it also has a high level of fairness and enjoyment.

The highest level of each card is ten, and the card attributes of each level are the same, and the players use the same level of cards during the game, which can naturally ensure fairness.

Then there is the ornamentality, which is where "Mountain and Sea Battle" is not as good as "League of Heroes", after all, there are many units in "Mountain and Sea Battle", and the scene will be very chaotic when fighting. And even if "League of Legends" is at most, it is only ten heroes on the same screen, plus a few minions, and the complexity is not the same.

But compared with "Warcraft: Battle", "Interstellar Battle" and even "Overwatch: Vanguard", "Mountain and Sea Battle" is still more enjoyable.

There is no other reason, because its painting style, and the cold-toned American painting style is different, "Mountain and Sea Battle" is a warm-toned Chinese-style cartoon grid, similar to "Royal War", whether it is the terrain, architecture, or unit characters, all are very distinct, even if there are hundreds of units appear on the same screen, each unit is clear, clear, and easy to distinguish.

And all the unit characters themselves are also very recognizable, most of the units are humanoid, guns with guns, swords with swords, bows with bows, horses on horseback, distinctive characteristics, at a glance you know what it does.

In addition, it is a pure 2D game, which is very friendly to halo 3D people, the battle scenes are clear enough, and the winning conditions are also clear. As long as you see the audience at the beginning of the game, it is not difficult to understand what is going on, and then be attracted by the tense and exciting battles inside, and become a regular spectator.

Therefore, now the game "Mountain and Sea Battle" is very popular on major live broadcast platforms, although it is far less than "League of Legends", but it can also be compared with "DO· TA2" competes for the short and long, and many street anchors have also successfully transformed and supported themselves through the game "Mountain and Sea Battle".

Penguin also saw this trend, and began to prepare in advance to hold the Mountain and Sea Battle Professional League, using this invitational tournament to warm up for the professional league that will be officially held next year.

After all, games like Crossfire can hold competitions, so why not Mountain and Sea Battles, which is significantly more competitive?

Ye Chun was lying on the bed, thinking about tomorrow's invitational tournament.