When a player has been guiding the contestants to become better and more responsible people, he meets a group of people with common goals.
Author: Zhang Yinan
On October 22, the second League of Legends Mobile Game Professional League officially set off. Looking back on the past year, from the Dawn Cup to WRL1 to the Global Champions Cup and the League of Legends Mobile Game Ai Cup, the League of Legends Mobile Game events have left us with many deep impressions.
To be honest, mobile games, as a new generation of e-sports projects born with a "golden spoon", have been attracting attention since the beginning of the project, but we cannot think that mobile games have not experienced difficulties and struggles.
In the e-sports dimension, LPL is the first, which is both a halo and a shackle of pressure for League of Legends mobile game events. So a year has passed, and I think everyone will be curious about what achievements the tournament has achieved?
At this node, we decided to do a special interview about League of Legends mobile game events. The interviewees will include representative figures in different links in the entire mobile game event system, trying to unravel the thread and find the changes and changes of mobile game events in a comprehensive and multi-dimensional manner. The first issue of the
special topic was finalized for interviewing players, commentators and club training managers, and I and two other colleagues respectively wrote them. It's a coincidence that I randomly chose to follow up on the club competition. Later I learned that the interviewee was Cloudy, the manager of the FPX League of Legends mobile game branch.
Originally, this should be an article that started completely from the League of Legends mobile game events, but for a special reason, I chose to start with Cloudy's story. This branch manager who came from another system may more truly illustrate the development trend of mobile game events in today's industry environment.
01 "The e-sports environment is much better now."
At 4 pm, after Cloudy was connected to the interview, I immediately said hello to him: "Hello, Maoshen."
At that time, I was sitting in a coffee shop. The sudden noise from the coffee machine made me not hear the sound in my headphones very clearly at the first time, but I still vaguely heard Cloudy ask in surprise: " Alas, do you know me? "
Cloudy's surprise probably comes from the mobile game field, and few people would call him Maoshen, but if you are a friend who is following "StarCraft 2" (hereinafter referred to as "StarCraft 2), you should know who this "Maoshen" is.
Before going to the FPX mobile game branch as manager, Cloudy was a top professional player in the Star 2 Gods in China. He has represented the Chinese competition area overseas to participate in competitions many times.
In 2017, Cloudy, as the only Chinese Star 2 player to go to WCS Valencia Station, achieved results that excited domestic fans without being favored. This story of "taking the whole village hopes to go out and find water" has been passed down among interstellar players.
It is no exaggeration to say that Cloudy is also one of the most fans in China. Star players usually like to call him "Mao Shen".
After recognizing as a player of the gods, the entire interview atmosphere became less serious. Cloudy also talked to me about the changes in his own mobile game events over the past year.
As we all know, Star 2 is a single-player project, and League of Legends mobile game is a team project. FPX is one of the largest e-sports clubs in China. Although Cloudy had previous experience as a club manager, everything in FPX is much more complicated than he imagined.
Usually, Cloudy is responsible for the specific things of the club, from managing the players' daily diet and daily life to connecting with people such as business, finance, operations, alliances, etc. In terms of competition and training, Cloudy mainly controls the overall rhythm and also holds meetings with the coaching staff every day to formulate competition and training plans. When a player has been guiding the contestants to become better and more responsible people, he meets a group of people with common goals. Author: Zhang Yinan On October 22, the second League of Legends Mobile Game Professional League officially set off. Looking back on the past year, from the Dawn Cup to WRL1 to the Global Champions Cup and the League of Legends Mobile Game Ai Cup, the League of Legends Mobile Game events have left us with many deep impressions. To be honest, mobile games, as a new generation of e-sports projects born with a "golden spoon", have been attracting attention since the beginning of the project, but we cannot think that mobile games have not experienced difficulties and struggles. In the e-sports dimension, LPL is the first, which is both a halo and a shackle of pressure for League of Legends mobile game events. So a year has passed, and I think everyone will be curious about what achievements the tournament has achieved? At this node, we decided to do a special interview about League of Legends mobile game events. The interviewees will include representative figures in different links in the entire mobile game event system, trying to unravel the thread and find the changes and changes of mobile game events in a comprehensive and multi-dimensional manner. The first issue of the special topic was finalized for interviewing players, commentators and club training managers, and I and two other colleagues respectively wrote them. It's a coincidence that I randomly chose to follow up on the club competition. Later I learned that the interviewee was Cloudy, the manager of the FPX League of Legends mobile game branch. Originally, this should be an article that started completely from the League of Legends mobile game events, but for a special reason, I chose to start with Cloudy's story. This branch manager who came from another system may more truly illustrate the development trend of mobile game events in today's industry environment. 01 "The e-sports environment is much better now." At that time, I was sitting in a coffee shop. The sudden noise from the coffee machine made me not hear the sound in my headphones very clearly at the first time, but I still vaguely heard Cloudy ask in surprise: " Alas, do you know me? " Cloudy's surprise probably comes from the mobile game field, and few people would call him Maoshen, but if you are a friend who is following "StarCraft 2" (hereinafter referred to as "StarCraft 2), you should know who this "Maoshen" is. Before going to the FPX mobile game branch as manager, Cloudy was a top professional player in the Star 2 Gods in China. He has represented the Chinese competition area overseas to participate in competitions many times. In 2017, Cloudy, as the only Chinese Star 2 player to go to WCS Valencia Station, achieved results that excited domestic fans without being favored. This story of "taking the whole village hopes to go out and find water" has been passed down among interstellar players. It is no exaggeration to say that Cloudy is also one of the most fans in China. Star players usually like to call him "Mao Shen". After recognizing as a player of the gods, the entire interview atmosphere became less serious. Cloudy also talked to me about the changes in his own mobile game events over the past year. As we all know, Star 2 is a single-player project, and League of Legends mobile game is a team project. FPX is one of the largest e-sports clubs in China. Although Cloudy had previous experience as a club manager, everything in FPX is much more complicated than he imagined. Usually, Cloudy is responsible for the specific things of the club, from managing the players' daily diet and daily life to connecting with people such as business, finance, operations, alliances, etc. In terms of competition and training, Cloudy mainly controls the overall rhythm and also holds meetings with the coaching staff every day to formulate competition and training plans. Objectively speaking, the overall environment and ecology of Star 2 in China are not very good. Now in such a larger and more stable club and league, Cloudy also bluntly stated that it now has many excellent colleagues as helpers, and everyone can do better mobile game projects together. "In the past, when Cloudy was in Star 2, the club was disbanded) and had to be a player, a team leader, manager and coach. He already had multiple positions, and sometimes he had to give a commentary. The biggest feeling after FPX is that there will be many helpers, unlike before, and there will be no shortage of manpower. Here you can work more in your real important training work, lead the team well, and don't worry too much about other things." When was a player, Cloudy was always alone in playing overseas games, without even a translation. Among Star 2 players, Cloudy's English is better, and sometimes he even translator himself. And this summer, when players from the FPX mobile game branch participated in the Singapore World Champions League, Cloudy felt the superiority of team combat. Not only are there translators and followers throughout the whole process, but the club staff also take care of their daily life, and even order takeaways are reimbursed, so the players only need to perform well in the competition. "It is definitely a very happy thing for players. They just need to focus on the competition and show their strength. Other things will be solved by clubs, with clubs and league support. This is the biggest difference. Compared with some personal projects in the early days of e-sports, the current e-sports environment is much better." 02 Steadily advance I originally thought that as the mobile game event system matures and grows, more and more players will be attracted to participate in the trial training in order to join the mobile game club. But here in Cloudy, the author got the exact opposite answer: "When I first joined FPX, I took over the second mobile game team. At that time, there were quite a few players in the trial training, and they basically had some professional experience." The promotion and relegation system of the mobile game events that have been retained to this day has given many clubs hope to enter the first-level event. In order to find the most promising players at the first time, a large number of clubs will also explore passers-by in the ladder ranking, find friends to recommend or actively add friends. Many powerful players have transformed from the "League of Legends" PC game or other MOBA mobile games. For example, FPX's 0711 and Yezi have both transformed from the PC game profession. In terms of recruiting players, Cloudy also said: "Although we still value the players' game level and game understanding the most, we will also observe the players' attitude and effort towards their profession. No matter how talented players have no attitude and effort, they will not be able to play. This is how e-sports is." Now, the FPX mobile game branch starts training from 1:00 pm every day until 2:00 pm. In this process, how to make good use of every training competition is the most important goal of the competition team. WRL region shines in the Global Champions League and undoubtedly becomes the most powerful region. There are many overseas regions who want to make appointments for training competitions. This reminds me of the situation in Star 2 in the past few years, and almost every Chinese player wants to train with Korean players. Many contestants have also gone directly to the offline base in South Korea to train, just to have more contact and exchange with Korean players. Cloudy was also one of them, and such cases have abounded in the past. After coming to the mobile game, the two polar reversals of the contestant's "status in the world" left a deep impression on Cloudy: "In overseas competition areas, we can basically make an appointment when we want to make an appointment for training matches," Cloudy said proudly. Cloudy also mentioned an interesting phenomenon: "The training schedule has not changed much in the past year. Generally, training matches are arranged for players at 2, 4, 7, and 9 o'clock. If you can make an appointment with the team at 11 o'clock, you will continue to play the training matches. However, since the end of the World Championship, there are obviously fewer teams at around 11 o'clock." asked, Cloudy also explained the reason. Now many players will start live broadcasting after 9 pm, so the teams that are still playing training matches at 11 pm have dropped sharply. The point mentioned by Cloudy happens to be a proof of the improvement of the mobile game event ecology, indirectly explaining that the current mobile game event audiences' demand for content is not only at the competition level, but also in daily life nodes. For players, whether in popularity or income, it is a broadening of personal development path. 03 A clear direction But the FPX League of Legends mobile game branch is not easy. Regardless of work and rest and training intensity, they can rank in the first tier of the league. The pressure brought by the promotion and relegation system on the top clubs can be seen. In order to solve the mentality and psychological problems of the players, FPX specially hired a psychological teacher to provide psychological counseling to all players. When the mobile game event was just launched, FPX lost the professional qualification competition LPL track and failed to enter the first-tier league, which seriously affected the mentality of the players. According to Cloudy's recollection, 0711's heart during that period There will be more counseling. Later, after entering the first-tier league through national events, the players' mental state has improved a lot, and there are few cases of psychological counseling. But if you lose the game on weekdays, everyone will start to "pass the blame" and shirking responsibility when they are anxious. At this time, Cloudy, as a former personal project player, has rich experience in dealing with this aspect. "This is actually a common problem in team projects. Young players do not spontaneously think about how they should play better. In my opinion, they lack the awareness of reflection, but this is the meaning of the existence of coaches and the training group. We must guide them to watch Replay repeatedly, find the focus of their problems, and give them a clear direction for improvement. ” For a long time, the management of mobile game alliance and FPX have been guiding players to become better and more responsible people. Therefore, the official launched the WRL player training camp, continuously carrying out professional qualities and physical fitness training and testing for new e-sports players who have joined WRL, urging the comprehensive development of WRL e-sports players, and leading the e-sports industry to establish positive value. This is not just for mobile games. The exhibition gets more positive feedback, which is also paving the way for the contestants' personal development. Usually, Cloudy will also teach contestants to improve their personal moral qualities, pay attention to their words and deeds, and will also guide them how to express themselves and operate their personal image. "I will tell them that professional players have retired and the path they can choose is relatively narrow. Most players do not have good education and have no social experience. After the end of your career, it is difficult to transform into other work projects. However, at present, their focus is still on achieving better results, which is also the prerequisite for players to develop well after retirement. " In the e-sports circle, the tags surrounding Cloudy are reliable, responsible, and willing to help young players. He is enthusiastic and often introduces suitable clubs or jobs to the "brothers" who play professions around him, pays great attention to their personal development, giving people the feeling that he is born to be a club manager. makes him feel more like What is so fishy is that unlike the previous "single fight", he can truly feel that in the entire League of Legends mobile game, from clubs to leagues, almost all "teammates" who can cooperate seamlessly. Everyone forms a whole, for the better development of the players in the future, and strive for more common goals. (pictures come from the Internet) At 4 pm, after Cloudy was connected to the interview, I immediately said hello to him: "Hello, Maoshen."
asked, Cloudy also explained the reason. Now many players will start live broadcasting after 9 pm, so the teams that are still playing training matches at 11 pm have dropped sharply. The point mentioned by
Cloudy happens to be a proof of the improvement of the mobile game event ecology, indirectly explaining that the current mobile game event audiences' demand for content is not only at the competition level, but also in daily life nodes. For players, whether in popularity or income, it is a broadening of personal development path.
03 A clear direction
But the FPX League of Legends mobile game branch is not easy. Regardless of work and rest and training intensity, they can rank in the first tier of the league. The pressure brought by the promotion and relegation system on the top clubs can be seen.
In order to solve the mentality and psychological problems of the players, FPX specially hired a psychological teacher to provide psychological counseling to all players.
When the mobile game event was just launched, FPX lost the professional qualification competition LPL track and failed to enter the first-tier league, which seriously affected the mentality of the players. According to Cloudy's recollection, 0711's heart during that period There will be more counseling. Later, after entering the first-tier league through national events, the players' mental state has improved a lot, and there are few cases of psychological counseling.
But if you lose the game on weekdays, everyone will start to "pass the blame" and shirking responsibility when they are anxious. At this time, Cloudy, as a former personal project player, has rich experience in dealing with this aspect.
"This is actually a common problem in team projects. Young players do not spontaneously think about how they should play better. In my opinion, they lack the awareness of reflection, but this is the meaning of the existence of coaches and the training group. We must guide them to watch Replay repeatedly, find the focus of their problems, and give them a clear direction for improvement. ”
For a long time, the management of mobile game alliance and FPX have been guiding players to become better and more responsible people.
Therefore, the official launched the WRL player training camp, continuously carrying out professional qualities and physical fitness training and testing for new e-sports players who have joined WRL, urging the comprehensive development of WRL e-sports players, and leading the e-sports industry to establish positive value. This is not just for mobile games. The exhibition gets more positive feedback, which is also paving the way for the contestants' personal development.
Usually, Cloudy will also teach contestants to improve their personal moral qualities, pay attention to their words and deeds, and will also guide them how to express themselves and operate their personal image.
"I will tell them that professional players have retired and the path they can choose is relatively narrow. Most players do not have good education and have no social experience. After the end of your career, it is difficult to transform into other work projects. However, at present, their focus is still on achieving better results, which is also the prerequisite for players to develop well after retirement. "
In the e-sports circle, the tags surrounding Cloudy are reliable, responsible, and willing to help young players. He is enthusiastic and often introduces suitable clubs or jobs to the "brothers" who play professions around him, pays great attention to their personal development, giving people the feeling that he is born to be a club manager.
makes him feel more like What is so fishy is that unlike the previous "single fight", he can truly feel that in the entire League of Legends mobile game, from clubs to leagues, almost all "teammates" who can cooperate seamlessly. Everyone forms a whole, for the better development of the players in the future, and strive for more common goals.
(pictures come from the Internet)
