Chapter 340 How to Save CNCS
The anchor invitational tournament that Valentine had high hopes for ultimately failed due to various problems.

I won’t talk about the East Asian region, where cheating, unplugging network cables, screen peeking, cheating, illegal team formation, basically all the malicious incidents you can think of have happened.

The stupidest thing about the anchor invitational tournament is that, knowing that their own ability to control the game and handle emergencies is seriously insufficient,
In order to speed up the process, we have to find a group of anchors who have no experience in professional competitions and cannot guarantee their professional ethics to organize the competition.

Their perspective on the game is far less pure than that of real professional players, and they are basically there just to take advantage of the popularity.

They will do whatever it takes to make themselves famous.

If it were just that, it would be fine. At most, the competition would be turned into a semi-entertainment event with lower value, but the overall problem would not be that big.

But in order to save trouble, these young geniuses put China, Japan and South Korea, three East Asian enemies with a lot of grudges against each other, into one competition arena.

Basically, it is equivalent to telling these anchors who are always thinking about making trouble that there is the heat of national sentiment that they can take advantage of.

In this way, the entire East Asia branch venue is basically like raising Gu.

If Liu Hao and Zhao Yuzhe hadn't done a good job of hanging the gauze hook in front of everyone, diverting most of the attention and covering up the shortcoming that the EC official didn't even have the ability to detect cheats,
I'm afraid that the turmoil caused at this time will continue to rage for a while before it can gradually calm down.

The other regions are not much better than East Asia.

Especially after the gambling companies took action, the whole scene became even more chaotic.

This happened more than once during the game: when an airdrop appeared on the map, more than a dozen teams, some of which were thousands of miles away from the airdrop point, still tried their best to rush to the airdrop point.

It is also not uncommon to see situations where one can obviously deal with a team, but instead insists on arranging a kill order and letting someone else come to finish off the team, only to end up being killed instead.

This is especially frequent in economically less developed regions such as Southeast Asia and South America.

At first, the audience was wondering why these people were always thinking about that damn airdrop. Are the guns in it so important? Why would they run over several hills to grab them?

Until a gambler exposed the guessing items given by a certain gambling platform. In addition to the simplest win or loss, there are also the number of kills of a certain team, the ownership of a certain airdrop, etc.

This was considered a solved case, and there was another commotion.

Although the outside world does not take such a strict view of such a basically entertaining anchor competition, the betting companies that have not been able to profit from the e-sports field for a long time have gone too far this time.

EC Studio was once again under fire.

Valentine, who was kept in the dark by Cotick from the beginning to the end and had no idea where these gambling companies came from, had thought about investigating them thoroughly, but the difficulty was indeed extremely great.

The anchors are not professional players and are not under the official jurisdiction of the league. Even if they are really found out, with the current influence of the EC officials, they will have to take into account the number of their fans even when banning the other party’s live broadcast room.

The sense of powerlessness caused by the official's inadequate capabilities was fully demonstrated at this moment.

The contrast between the above-mentioned chaos and disorder and the peaceful life in leagues such as LOL, CSGO, etc. is too obvious.

The publicity effect that Valentine wanted was not achieved, but it was actually a practical action to do a wave of reverse publicity for the Tenghai Group.

No cheating, no gambling, pure environment, positive atmosphere, you deserve it.

In the end, the anchor invitational tournament, this brand, met with sudden demise before it became popular.

After this ordeal, he finally understood one thing:

Organizing an e-sports competition is not something you can do just because you want to.

Without a professional team and adequate preparation, even if the competition is forced to go ahead, it will eventually fall apart due to various loopholes.

The competition was a mess, so the penalty clauses in the gambling agreement signed with Han Yong naturally came into effect one by one.

But for some reason, when Han Yong came to him happily with the contract in hand, Valentine still had a vague sense of anticipation in his heart.

He had suffered a lot from the torture of various bugs, games, and plug-ins.

Among Han Yong's punishment clauses, there is one that requires that the gaming environment of Jedi Gun God be protected by the Sky Eye anti-cheating system produced by Tencent.

Will the situation be better by then?

When EC tried its best to organize a cup competition, but it still caused chaos,
On the other hand, the CSGO league, at least in the Chinese division, was also thrown into chaos by one person.

Yes, that's right, it's the league, not the cup or the grand prix.

In fact, as early as when Pei Yunteng made up his mind to develop CSGO, he had been struggling with the question of whether he should stick to the old ways and organize a bunch of cup and grand prix tournaments, or learn from his neighbor Wa and start directly with a league.

He was a little confused at first, until Tongzi suddenly told him one day that EDG won the championship.

Pei Yunteng was still wondering how the group of little geniuses, with the help of Jiejie and the gift from the God of Fish, had created miracles along the way and won the championship, and then he realized that it was Wadian.

What are you afraid of? Just hold the league boldly and everything will be fine. If anything goes wrong, Mr. Wa will be there to take responsibility.

Could it be that he was worried that someone would use jewelry to buy his life?
Of course, even if Kang Shen is not so competitive, Pei Yunteng will most likely choose to make CSGO a league in the end.

At least the league in the Chinese region must be established.

The reason is very simple. Under certain conditions, at least in the rising period of development, the superiority of the league is almost catching up with the cup competition.

In terms of income, the league has a stable competition system and guaranteed dividends for clubs. As long as the game itself does not crash, it can attract capital to invest steadily.

Only with a stable income can the club have the motivation to carry out youth training, competition training, player training, or other activities.

For the players, especially those who have only been in the professional e-sports industry for a few years,

Only with a guaranteed and overall good income can they feel at ease and boldly devote their youth to e-sports.

Only in this way can the club continuously attract new talents.

As for the cup competitions, the prize money is so small, and it is almost winner-takes-all, so the income of the middle and lower-level players is seriously insufficient.

Moreover, without a league, those teams with limited power may not have many games to play in a year, and even the most basic training may not be guaranteed.

For regions that have traditionally excelled in a particular area, these problems can be overcome.

But if it is a region with a weak foundation, the consequences will be catastrophic.

Isn’t this how CNCS ended in its previous life?
It started late, and the competitiveness of the cup competition was not strong from the beginning. It couldn't make money, and couldn't attract players and capital, and then it got worse and worse.

If this vicious cycle continues, it would be strange if CNCS is not abolished.

If Valve could be half as good as Riot, they could just about get the CS CN League off the ground.

Even if CN still can't win the championship in a short time, it will definitely not be the current situation where the game is thriving but e-sports is half dead. Not to mention CS which doesn't even have an official cup, even the neighboring Knife region has an official cup like TI, and CN region has the glory of its ancestors, but hasn't it also been declining year by year?
After all, the contestants are also human beings. They also need to live and earn money.

If they are not given the hope of making money, why would they bet their youth on e-sports?

Moreover, in the past, CS also had its own league in Europe and other regions, but the five agents in the CN region were unable to set it up.

When it comes to the situation of Full-Time World, there is even less reason to just hold cup competitions.

Let’s not talk about anything else, just look at the lineup of Samsara, which is close to the level of the Four Glory All-Stars. How much does it cost in a year just on salaries?

Asking them to live frugally and compete with the whole world for that little prize money will not be acceptable even if the players are willing to return to the club and the financial backers behind them.

So the question is, why didn't Pei Yunteng organize a league in the neighboring StarCraft, but instead chose to organize official tours and grand prix?
The reason is very simple, because the interstellar circle is not that big and has existed for quite some time.

Although the gameplay of Interstellar before being recruited by Pei Yunteng is a world away from the current Interstellar, it is still Interstellar.

And they even have their own league.

However, due to the constraints of the previous gameplay, and the fact that the league has not developed smoothly under the pressure of Glory in recent years, it has become half-dead.

After receiving investment and support from Tenghai, both the studio and the game have experienced a rebirth.
However, the gameplay and threshold of RTS have determined the audience of this game. It is impossible for this game to become phenomenally popular when there are other phenomenal blockbusters such as League of Legends and Naraka.

That’s basically the limit of this circle.

Under such circumstances, it is necessary to discuss whether or not to hold a league.

On the one hand, because there is already a Star League, if it continues, then in order to fill the facade, those old guys who have lost their spirits will definitely occupy a lot of positions, thus hindering the development of newcomers.

On the other hand, because the circle is not big enough, even if the league is established, it is still unknown whether it can make money like the LOL league.

In the final analysis, although they have achieved a revival, StarCraft and RTS have become a game mode that is gradually flattening or even declining.

Rather than positive motivation, it may require more reverse encouragement and elimination to ensure opportunities for newcomers.

Moreover, the biggest difference between StarCraft and other games such as LOL and CSGO is that StarCraft games are single-player games.

The effect of playing against experts in the ladder is not much different from that of special training matches.

For example, Lei Ting has only one player, Xiao Shiqin. If he feeds the whole family, he will not be hungry. In addition, he is strong and earns some bonuses. He also makes some extra money from live broadcasts and endorsements. His life is quite enjoyable.

Obviously, the same approach cannot be used for CSGO, which has a larger plate and a nascent environment.

Taking all factors into consideration, Pei Yunteng now has sufficient manpower, material resources and experience to run a successful league, so why not do it?

Do you think making money is too easy?
Thus, the CSGO league was successfully established.

Since the Tencent-Hai competition system had been basically established in the early days of LPL, everything will go smoothly this time.

The foundation of the club is already there, and it seems unrealistic to hold a few months of qualifying matches for the major clubs and Internet cafe teams to compete for places from scratch.
However, if the top league seats are sold directly, given the current financial situation of those clubs that have not been able to benefit from the LPL dividends, there are not many teams that can afford this money.

Not to mention those Internet cafe teams that emerged from the grassroots.

So after much thought, the model used by the neighboring VCTCN is the most feasible.

Tencent Esports will hold a seven-day offline interview meeting to interview clubs interested in the CSGO League from multiple perspectives, including business prospects and competition and training systems.

We will select those with relatively greater potential and give them places in the top leagues, and we will no longer charge seat fees.

When this news first came out, I don’t know how many clubs that had never dreamed of a place in the top league became immediately upset after hearing it.

They are just like college students who are about to graduate. They work overtime and count their own advantages on their resumes, just to grab a seat.

Many wild teams that are like Internet cafe teams also dressed themselves up in decent clothes overnight, and urged their players to get higher ranking points to see if there is any chance of getting away with it.

Don't count on a place in the top league, but if you can survive in the secondary league, that would be considered a great deal!

After all, the secondary league of CSGO also has promotion matches.

Just when a group of people were racking their brains and wanted to plate their own bowls with gold and submit them as trophies, the management of Samsara was uncharacteristically calm.

He neither boasted too much about himself in his resume nor dug deep into the ground to look for pots and pans.

They didn't even bring the slightly controversial but still valuable championship golden keyboard and mouse that they won in the eighth season of Glory.

Only during that seven-day interview period did management bring in two people.

One is called Zhou Zekai and the other is called Sun Xiang.

When these two guys appeared at the venue with the general manager of Samsara, amid the envious and jealous gazes of all the participants, the ownership of the first seat in CSGO became a mystery.

One is a super anchor who has T0-level traffic in CSGO and even the entire live broadcast industry, and who brought money into the team. His own strength is also top-notch in the world.

The other one is even more heavyweight. He was once the number one player in Glory and is now most likely the number one player in CSGO. He is the man with the strongest gun in China and a tough guy who can make a highlight of a game.

And they are all handsome guys.

Coupled with Jiang Botao, Lu Boyuan and other top hunks...

When Samsara was first established in CSGO, it put together a Galaxy Battleship-level lineup.

At the beginning, the person in charge of CS for Tencent Esports was still laughing secretly when he saw other clubs were dumbfounded by Samsara.

But soon, they couldn't laugh anymore.

The league system is good in every way, but there is one problem:
It is based on region.

As an overwhelmingly strong team in CN, T0 crushed everyone in various unofficial small competitions.

Without the constraints of the European tough guys with glorious traditions,

CNCS, it seems like the finale is coming before the game even starts...

　I will only update once today. On the one hand, I am dying of stuttering and writing is giving me a splitting headache.

　　On the other hand, the school has some emergency work, and the deadline is tomorrow, so I will probably have to stay up late tonight to sort out things over there.

　　So I can only return to the form of a beast.

　　Red bean paste private Marseille!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)