| People's E-sports
Author | Wang Siqi
Editor | Kevin
On December 9, OMG-FPS issued a statement on Weibo, announcing the official dissolution of the PUBG division. The
OMG-PUBG division is one of the most well-known PUBG teams in China. In 2018, in the PGI competition in Berlin, Germany, OMG won the PGI championship gold pot and became China's first PUBG world champion.
No one thought that in two years, OMG came to the end of dissolution.
However, just three days ago, in the EPC event on December 6th, OMG had just successfully won the championship-winning the championship, but the team was gone. This makes sad fans call it "beginning with champions and ending with champions."
“I’m still a little confused about the news that I just disbanded,” said Lin Da, the founder of OMG-PUBG division, in an interview with People’s E-Sports, “because I left the team very early, and I saw everyone in the circle of friends When they all said'cracked', I quickly asked what the situation was."
smiled as the veteran of OMG to win the championship in 2018, and now he is the coach of OMG. When they learned that the team was about to disband, the players were actively preparing for the EPC game. For fear of affecting the mood of the players, smile chose to "confess" with everyone after the group stage.
"I actually knew it was a few days earlier than them, but because they were playing games, I was afraid that it would affect them. But at the end of the group stage, the rumors from all walks of life could not be controlled, so I Tell them clearly" in the interview, he said very regretfully.
, who is also at the OMG base, learned of the news during an internal club meeting.
In 2018, when OMG won the championship, he was 27 years old and was an absolute senior player. The 29-year-old now plays the role of management and commentary in the team. He said: "I definitely hope that everyone will get better and better. No matter where we are playing, we are usually connected-although we are not on the same team anymore. , But everyone has a deep feeling for OMG."
From "passerby" to world champion
In August 2017, Lin Dajing Miss introduced to OMG and started to form OMG's PUBG team.
had previous professional football experience, and Lin Da, who founded the LF Overwatch team, had experience in sports, e-sports team, and e-sports photographer. At the beginning, OMG’s lineup consisted of M4, Black Cat, King Tiger, se, Smile, etc. In the first PUBG Asian Invitational G-STAR in November 2017, OMG participated in the event and won in single and double rows A good result. Although the M4 single row successfully won China's first chicken, it is regrettable that in the final ranking, OMG's two results both ranked third, and did not touch the championship.
OMG’s early lineup
After returning to China, as several players left the team, OMG began to reorganize-the lineups of smiles, BT, Xiaohai, and Little Lion emerged, and the resumes of these people before joining OMG seemed to Lin University. "Passerby."
"I met Xiaohai offline before. He was still playing Overwatch at the time. After my persuasion, he started to practice PUBG and showed great talent." Lin Da recalled, "BT, Lion and Smile are previous games After introducing each other to the playing circle, they all came to OMG."
As the founder of the team, Lin University also had a very high level of PUBG at the time, and because of his experience in sports, he managed the players very strictly. Even the players are often dissatisfied. Lin Da clearly remembered that he often scolded players for losing games due to "uncontrollable factors" such as disconnected and stuck players. His years of experience in sports told him: "Any objective factor is not an excuse.All find their own reasons. "Z3z
According to smiling memories, in the team assessment, Lin Dawei smiled and put forward a number of harsh requirements such as "scoring first in the Asian server and first in multiple statistics". After he completed all of them, Eventually was able to join the team.
maybe because of such strict requirements, OMG has maintained the highest level of training since the establishment of the team, Lin Da believes that this is the reason why the team's "passerby players" can grow quickly.
right 3 For Lin University
At the beginning of 2018, PUBG ushered in the peak of 3 million simultaneous online, and the OMG team also ushered in an opportunity to compete abroad: In March 2018, in the Romanian PGL Invitational, OMG was invited to participate, and this time it participated. It really changed the fate of OMG.
Although the results of OMG in this competition were not too ideal-according to Lin Da recalled, OMG in this competition took second place several times, and it was one step away from the final chicken-eating game. . But from the understanding of the game, OMG has made great progress in the learning and exchanges with the European and American teams. At the same time, they realized that Europe and the United States attach importance to FPP (first-person perspective) events and began to practice FPP hard. ——Especially when they saw that domestic teams were still addicted to TPP (third-person perspective), after returning to China, OMG had already led the domestic teams by more than one position in FPP.
After that, OMG has achieved a wave of results In the PCPI qualifiers that year, OMG succeeded in winning the championship in the loser group and was able to participate in the PGI World Finals in Germany.
, however, was the first to start in PGI In the TPP project, OMG's performance was relatively unsatisfactory, only getting the fourth result-which also successfully stimulated everyone's fighting spirit.
"During the rest time after the game, we went to dinner after the game. When they finished eating, some of them went out to smoke. At that time, the four of us were sitting on the kerbs of Berlin.” recalled with a smile, “Looking at them sitting there depressed, I felt quite uncomfortable... I thought to myself, Tomorrow's game must be played well. "Z3z
Sure enough, returning to the FPP that OMG is best at, OMG ushered in the most glorious moment of the PGI: In the four matchups of the day, OMG swept three times to eat chicken, once second, with an absolute lead, let They locked the PGI FPP championship almost on the first day! After this competition,
became famous in the international arena, and the phrase "PUBG CHINA NO1" with a smile in the championship interview also moved countless fans.
After winning the world championship title and returning to China, OMG received a heroic pick-up treatment from fans. Several people like
OMG became stars, and the little lion became the fastest anchor of Douyu fans... But after that, OMG welcomed Years of performance and state decline have come.
is not the opponent who defeated the world champion, but...
Some people say that after winning the world championship, the team often has a period of pain. But Lin Da believes that the title of the world champion It puts too much pressure on the team: "When you are a world champion, everyone feels that they can't lose-playing with such a huge pressure on the back of the game, the mentality is completely different from before. Especially from the outside world, they hope you will win the championship in all competitions, otherwise your world championship is by luck. "The first event that
participated in after the PGI OMG was the Hong Kong Invitational. At this time, they had just experienced a half-month vacation. After the vacation, they rushed to the competition without training, and the result was naturally poor. ——They only won the ninth place in the event, and for the first time they received massive criticisms on the Internet.Yes, we will all be blown up" Lin Da recalled.
When the team no longer has the honor to cover it, a lot of crises under the sea surfaced.
In November 2018, the PCPI competition system has undergone major changes. , In the new rules, the pace of the game is faster, and the points for kills are more valued. In this game system, the operational command that smiles are good at no longer has an advantage, and the kills that the lion is good at begin to play the leading role. After passing After a difficult decision, OMG chose to change the smile and turn the Lion into a commander.
"After the smile was gone, we played well for a while," BT recalled, "The turning point In April 19, we went to London FGS. When I look back now, that was the beginning of a crash. "Z3z
may be a joke of fate. After the team has just adapted to the kill-focused style of play, the team's state has been adjusted in a positive direction. However, the FGS tournament format that went abroad to participate in this time has changed back to the previous format. ——At that time, the little lion reluctantly made a commanding operation, but he was unable to adapt and find the status.
ended up in London, OMG only achieved the countdown score and was eliminated early. Xiaohai in the
team also tweeted Self-blame: "From last year to now, I have been immersed in a state of laziness and have not made any progress...I'm sorry. "Z3z
" Later we concluded that although the smile is not the best marksmanship, his mentality is indispensable to the team in the headwind," Lin Da said, "and the little lion is more like a general than a handsome talent. In this competition, his confidence in commanding was also a big blow, and in the end all the accusations fell on him alone. "Z3z
After the little lion retired from command, OMG at this time is truly in the stage of no leader. Although OMG is trying hard and looking for this commander, it is still difficult to gain.
" How can anyone be able to suppress Live 3 world champions? "Lin Daxiang is asking me and OMG at the time. After leaving OMG for more than a few months, it is August 2020 when the smile returned to OMG as a coach.
and when he arrived at the base, he found out The familiar ones are no longer there-BT has transformed, Xiaohai has left the team, and the Lions have also left the team.
"The first thing I just came back was to ask everyone to have a meal together-I have regrets, I hope everyone Call back and fight again." Now, everyone is more willing to call the smile "Uncle Rong", he said, "But everyone has their ideas, and I also support them..."
OMG's "third generation"
, the new generation of OMG team I tried out many players and finally determined the lineup-this new OMG was called the "three generations" by fans. After the boys' running-in period, it gradually achieved results. Just after winning the EPC championship, it got The news of OMG’s disbandment.
" I told them, I said at the time: “You can rest assured and play hard, as long as we don’t disband for a day, we will not disband. If there is this day, I will find a suitable team for everyone. '".
went from the championship to dissolution in two years-OMG's ambition is difficult to equal
"intentional is difficult to equal"
After learning this news, many OMG fans have left messages under the official blog, recalling that OMG.
Since 2018, many PUBG teams at home and abroad have gone to the stage of dissolution. The reason is that funding has always been the main reason for the dissolution of multiple PUBG clubs. Lin University also agrees with this. Z3z
"Why did Lstars disband?" They also disbanded just after winning the championship. I talked to their boss, because they found that after completing their dream of champions, they couldn’t get a sponsorship-there was no revenue.” Lin Da said: “The blue hole is The club’s subsidies are too small, and the major reason for the dissolution of OMG should be the funding problem. The club only needs 2 to 3 million yuan a year to operate. Even if you win all the cups, you can just maintain the operation, not to mention that most of these bonuses are given to the players. "Z3z
once the OMG champion lineup, such as today on each side
" In addition, this World Championship is also regarded as the biggest spark. During the two-month World Championship, other domestic teams that failed to be shortlisted were spectators, and the teams that could not afford it had to Disbanded.” Lin Da had left OMG in 19 years, and now he is analyzing it as a person who came over: “Ecologically, it may also be related to the failure of the national service. The peace elite next door is awarded one million yuan a week. How much is the bonus for the side in a year? There are no matches in Europe and the United States and they are disbanding teams-everyone knows that this project is in the decline stage, so no one will enter the game at this stage. "Z3z
From the club's perspective, OMG was able to make this decision, and it was also extremely difficult. In an interview, OMG brand manager Alex told People's E-Sports that in the general environment, PUBG's national server has not yet passed the review. This is an objective reason. From the perspective of OMG’s operations, the biggest change this year is the merger of Douyu and Huya. The original live broadcast contract can basically be the same as the team’s operating cost, but after the live broadcast platform merges, the live broadcast contract has The reduction has also put a major test on the team’s operations.
"During next year’s World Championships, there will be no competitions in our country for nearly half a year." Alex said: "Plus the impact of the epidemic and the uncertain outlook of the overall project, we The final decision to disband the branch was also very difficult and painful. "Z3z
, from player to coach, almost all of his smiling career has stayed in OMG. Now the team is about to disband, he is very sad: "I said before, even if I retire, I want to return to OMG to retire. This is my first one. The club also scored a lot of results here. I am very grateful to OMG... But the club can't be controlled by disbanding. Just let the flow happen, and try to do the rest to make the players have a good home. "Z3z
, as the founder of the team, Lin has trained OMG from a "passerby team" to a world championship, but unfortunately he couldn't see the team can go on forever. Now he said with emotion: "Before I became the OMG team, I always had one The dream is to prove that China's FPS can also reproduce the glory of wNv. Although this OMG has become history now, we have also proved that if a person has a dream to come to the e-sports circle to become a professional team, it may be a hopeful one-even if it is a passerby with no professional experience before, it is perfecting Under the combination of high-intensity training, you can try hard to touch your dreams. "Z3z
" The 3.0 team worked hard to give everyone a regret-free ending. Perfection is considered the greatest accomplishment in regret."
Under OMG's Weibo about the disbandment of PUBG, countless fans expressed regret for the dissolution of OMG and won. The form of the club’s tenth championship leaving, for many fans, starts with the championship and ends with the championship. It is also a form of "perfect": "This is the end of the PUBG serialization, and our new FPS project will also take over PUBG. Unfold a whole new story. "Z3z
