18-Year-old man's dream of electric competition

In order to avoid interruption, doors and windows need to be closed, air humidity to be adjusted by humidifier

8:30, the small sea rubbed sleepy's sleepy eyes, reluctantly climbed up from the bed, with his room teammates are still asleep.

The 19-Year-old is a substitute in the e-sports club, getting up, playing, eating, playing, meeting and playing. In order to become a professional e-sports player, he has to pay more than other teammates to work harder.

Competitive electronic games based on the game, although has long been officially identified as sports items, can be in the minds of most people, or video games with an equal sign. In fact, like other sports, e-sports also have clubs, amateurs and pros, as well as a variety of competitions.

In order to become a top player, some good gamers join the club to pursue their "electric dream".

22-Year-old "older" manager

Sea is located in the club called "Dragon English", located in Changchun River Street and the World Wing Road intersection near a community, the house is rented, the team members of life, training are together.

Zhou is the club's manager, and only 22 years old, but according to his own opinion, in the electronic sports industry, is already older.

"I've been playing games since I was a kid. Zhou smiled and said that he was initially simply like, "online hot, not popular game, almost no play." ”

With the understanding of electronic athletics more and more, see some of the domestic outstanding teams in the world competition, Zhou had a dream-to become a professional player, the electric competition as a career.

2013 World Electronic Athletics Masters (WGT) National Top 8, 2014 National "League of Heroes" city competition Jilin Champion ... In the electric competition, Zhou's club has made a lot of achievements.

"Now the old, the ability to operate, the reaction speed is not as before, the transition to do behind the scenes." "Secondary school graduates Zhou continue to the cause of electric competition, with a number of teammates who have set up a game of Dragon Electronic Sports Club, specializing in the game of the League of Heroes."

In the words of Zhou, I have contact with the electronic games, in Changchun resources are also more suitable for him as a manager.

Pull Sponsorship

A professional "League of Heroes" Club, the basic staffing is: A manager, a data analyst, a coach, a leader, a full team of five members, a substitute member. In order to ensure the staff's living and eating, the club also hired an aunt, responsible for meals, cleaning the room.

As a data analyst, the 28-year-old Yin Ai is the oldest and most sober in the ranks. "The analyst's job is to sort out the competition data and analyze some meticulous tactics, including understanding the combat habits and styles of the opposing teams, making tactics for the strengths and weaknesses of the team, etc." "When the team is in training, he tends to watch and control the whole situation."

The first problem that managers have to face is economic support. What are the sources of income of the competition club? Sponsor's investment, the team's participation in the business promotion fee, the competition bonus, the advertisement endorsement and so on.

Zhou said that the establishment of a club to find sponsors at the end of 2014 encountered a lot of setbacks. "Maybe it is not understanding the electronic athletics, there is to see my younger, many businesses do not listen to you do too much introduction." Zhou said, "If there is a lot of game players, influence, especially the team with good results." Actually it's easier to invest now than before. After a time of a wall, the club has finally been sponsored by a food processing company in Changchun.

Afternoon Training Match

8:30 to get up and wash, 9 o ' clock morning run, followed by the morning, summed up the training of the players, the development of training programs.

After a simple breakfast, you start a single qualifying game and play against the players from all over the world and refresh your personal results.

After lunch break, start the training match two o'clock in the afternoon. By the team leader in advance on the internet and other clubs about the war, the time, the players to their positions, the beginning of the battle.

Coach Willmer, a master of the League of Heroes, has developed a rigorous training program for the players. Follow this every day and adjust the training of the players.

18th 3:30 P.M., after the training game, the team gathered in the living room to open the TV, through the game video playback experience. In this confrontation, the lads did not win the game, one of the players was not serious. Yin Ai and Willmer consulted, after the meeting to talk to him alone.

6 team members of the best results, had hit the server first, the other is the top players in the country. Interestingly, they do not have Changchun, the farthest from Fujian.

Yin Ai says the players are "digging" and "there are good players and other players in the club." "To the electronic athletics has the enthusiasm, has the professional ideal, is the club recruit the premise." After that, there will be a long period of observation. "Including combat performance, performance in the game and so on." "Yin Ai said.

Convince your family

The average age of these players is only 18 years old, they like online games but not indulge, game competition for them is a career, not to mention can provide a income.

Small sea home in Harbin, this lanky big boy, read to senior high school suspended. "Learn no talent, like playing games, I think only in the game itself is happy." ”

Join the club, become an electronic athlete, the first small sea parents do not agree, but also want him to go back to school. "I can not read the book, but also let me happy, and electronic sports is also a competitive sports, I will be a success." The parents were finally persuaded by him.

"Every player here is about the same. Zhou said that in between academic and electronic athletics, the team members chose the latter, the family naturally do not understand. "We will also communicate with the families of every Member to get their consent." ”

Come to Changchun alone, into the collective lives, small sea quite adapt. Every day he would call his parents for peace. "When I first came, I thought I was a bull, and then I found out that this was a silly idea." "Adapted for a period of time, the club found that the technical level of the small sea is not mature, can only as a substitute team to continue to learn."

Each training match, sea in the side to observe, although not on the field, but the heart and fingers are itching. "My dream is to be a professional electronic athlete, like Sky." Sea smiled shyly.

Keep going.

In the 2005, when China's e-sports professional athlete Sky won the World Electronic Competition (WCG) championship, we did not know the sport very well.

E-sports are not equal to video games. "Playing games is for entertainment, and electronic sports have antagonism, need the player quick reaction and teamwork, but also need to train day by day and the technical tactics of the opponents." Simply put, the electric competition is the person who controls the game, not the game control person. "Zhou said.

For an electric competitor, his sports life is only a few 3-5 years. "Playing games for almost 10 years, when those partners nearly married and have children." "Yin Ai deep feeling. He said that when children play games do not have to consider other, "grow up" is not the same, to consider all kinds of problems, "So, the electric competition as a cause to adhere to the people, in fact very difficult." ”

In recent years, the electric competition in China's development has been improved, but the overall environment is still less than Korea and other power competing powers. "It's all about bias, popularity and some policy support." "Zhou said.

March 21, in the Tencent Game competition platform held in the Eighth League of Heroes City Competition Jilin Division of the Week, the lads won the championship. Zhou says their goal is to fight all the way down and prove themselves in the game.