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Focus of this week: S game and Ti are both on the game, and there are also discordant voices
If you want to choose the most discussed topic on social media in the recent and most of the next half month of ACGN circle, it is undoubtedly e-sports. By chance, Dota2's Ti11 and 's League of Legends S12 have started the competition at almost the same time. At this time, a large number of cloud players can be blown up, and this year, for dual cultivation viewers, it is simply no longer satisfied.
Before dawn every day, S12 started playing BO1, took the subway to watch two games, and sat down and started again. With the commentary as the background sound, I was motivated to work - this is my true portrayal of this week, so I always felt that something was missing during the mornings of the offseason.
Believe me, I want to list all the exciting competitions and details of the past few days one by one, but the focus of this week still starts with a less pleasant little thing.
htmlOn October 13, TES bottom lane player Jackeylove was interviewed by foreign media The Loadout. At this time, TES only won 1 win and 2 losses in the first round of the group stage, and the situation of qualifying was not clear. Generally, this kind of post-match interview will only involve some routine questions, which is not painful. The Loadout did ask Jackeylove's opinion on losing the game.However, Jackeylove's answer caused controversy. In the original article published by The Loadout, Jackeylove believes that a loss in a team battle on the top lane is the key to losing the game. It mentions "our toplaner shouldn't have lost". This sentence is interpreted as Jackeylove is pushing the reason for losing the game to Wayward. "Blame the teammates" is obviously not what mature professional players should do.
controversial answer fermented quickly. Netizens on Hupu Forum first found the original author of the interview and received a reply that "the translation was not wrong". Now Jackeylove's black fans were happy, and the rhythm was flying all over the world on major social media. Then Jackeylove himself posted a clarification on Weibo, "I am willing to use career guarantees and not blame the teammates", saying that this interview was a forced hat.
That night, Riot official intervened in the investigation and reorganized Jackeylove's interview recordings, and found out that Jackeylove was talking about "on-road team battle" rather than "on-road players". The original author of the interview also apologized for the poor translation on his personal Twitter.
Although this matter lasted for a day and finally Jackeylove was cleared, the players who were in the competition cycle came out to face the controversy, which shows that this matter must have had a negative impact on Jackeylove and the entire team of TES.
actually breaks out of the rhythm, and it is easy to see the outrageousness of this matter. Any experienced player - even if he really has an objection to a teammate - will not directly point it out in a public interview, not to mention that this is just a simple interview in the schedule, but it seems that there are always a group of people who believe in "Jackeylove will spray teammates".
This misunderstanding and misinterpretation may come from emotions. It is wrong to breathe without grades. It is understandable that the audience will look for negative situations from the details; it may also come from unobjective materials. The most typical one is some clips from edited documentaries. The dialogue and arguments that the parties think are reasonable will be portrayed into contradictions and conflicts, and later passed on to the "Bible"; it may also be only targeted by individuals. In short, Jackeylove has become the object of misinterpretation this time.
It is worth noting that similar scenes have occurred on Dota2's Ti in the past few days.
PSG.LGD (hereinafter referred to as LGD), which was highly anticipated, performed poorly on the first day of the group stage and only achieved a record of 2-4. Faith_bian, the third position in the team, was naturally not in shape. During the last few games, his player's camera was removed, as if he didn't want his expression to be seen by the audience.
Faith_bian is a veteran of Ti6 champion Wings team . His contribution to CNDOTA is self-evident. After joining LGD, he has become one of the most stable cores of the team. After the release of True Vision this year (the content is the final of last year when LGD lost to Sprite), Faith_bian reviewed the Ti10 final from his own perspective and clearly stated that he would retire after playing Ti this year.
So, against the backdrop of the poor record on the first day, "retired after fighting" was interpreted by the audience as "rush to retire" and "playing teammates", and also brought an attack on Faith_bian's girlfriend, which was like running Germany's female punching affected Faith_bian's status. Not to mention how ridiculous this argument of beauty is, it is ridiculous enough to be misinterpreted as a bad declaration.
In the field of traditional sports, celebrity players make arrangements for retirement in advance will often be respected and understood by the community. A player like Faith_bian who worked hard in the golden period of his career and won the Ti championship chose to make a name for himself before Ti11, but instead received the nickname of "retired emperor", which was probably a situation he had never imagined.
It would be fine if this is just a meme. In the Dota2 community where half of its life is supported by memes, it is not uncommon to turn against each other faster than to read books. "Internal strife" has become a relatively gentle meme in just two days.
However, judging from the barrage and the community's reaction, some people seem to have no idea how harm their unrestrained rhetoric will cause to the players and the community, just like the LGD fake game conspiracy theory last year. Until today, when you open Faith_bian's Weibo, you can still find a lot of comments full of hostility and even nausea, which is quite sad.
People often say that being misinterpreted is the fate of the expressor. So in this Internet age, as a public figure, e-sports players, every move is expressed, and being misinterpreted is actually a common situation. What's more, in the cruel competitive world, accepting the trend of success and defeat influencing public opinion is also a compulsory course. But in the absence of empathy, it has to be admitted that some of the misinterpretations have deviated from the objective game process and personal expression, and have risen into a simple emotional catharsis.
To be honest, when I wrote the above words, I couldn't predict what the direction of the game this day (October 16). Perhaps TES and LGD fell to the end and lost all their public opinion positions. (Everyone knows now that TES failed to withstand the pressure, lost the key game and was eliminated. He killed his opponent in the group and left the S stage. After a day of adjustment, LGD played a long-lost "floating the wind, turning against the wind" rhythm, and seemed to be on the right track.)
So of course I am not overturning the case for anyone. Maybe I just remind everyone that the competition has just begun. You might as well keep some effort for the good show in the future; sigh when we need to close the barrage and forum to enjoy a pure competition. Those who make fun of the misinterpretation players may have to think carefully whether they get more positive emotions from watching the game, or whether they only increase their inner distortion and torture.
NEWS
Industry Observation
2022/10/10-10/16
Big company
Ubisoft announced the establishment of a global creative office . Last week, Ubisoft officially announced the news that the new creative office will get rid of centralized organization and replace the original architecture of all games with a centralized team, and instead adopt multipolarization to strengthen the responsibilities and autonomy of each studio during the creation process. Each "pole" can use its own professional knowledge to study the particularity of audience, game design and other aspects. Ubisoft said the establishment of a global creative office ensures that the game is delivered to the highest quality level. Meanwhile, former Ubisoft Chief Creative Officer Igor Manceau will leave at the end of November, before he will continue to work hard to improve the structure of the global creative office. After his official resignation, his work will be temporarily taken over by Guillemette Picard.
Motong sued Tencent Commercial slander was compensated for . Recently, the China Judgment Documents Network showed that the final judgment of the case of Mutong Technology v. Tencent Chengdu Company commercial slander dispute was announced. The Shanghai Intellectual Property Court determined that Tencent constituted commercial slander and ordered it to compensate Mutong Technology 220,000 yuan, and clarified the relevant parties in writing. The lawsuit began in 2019. Mu Tong claimed that Tencent fabricated and spread false information that was inconsistent with the facts, hindering the plaintiff's cooperation with relevant partners, and sued Tencent in court.In 2020, the Putuo District People's Court of Shanghai made a first-instance judgment. Mu Tong won the case. The court believed that the mobile games of both parties were fiercely competitive in the Indonesian market. Tencent had entrusted local lawyers to fabricate and disseminate misleading information, which constituted commercial slander. The recent verdict is the second instance result after Tencent appeals, and the court chose to uphold the original judgment.
Playrix closes Russian and Belarusian studios . Since the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, Playrix, the developer of mobile games such as " Fantasy Garden " and " Fantasy Home ", and international game giant Playrix has been greatly affected. Playrix employs 40% of its employees in the Russian-Ukrainian region, and 1,500 and 150 employees in Russia and Belarus respectively. Recently, according to foreign media reports, after 8 months of persistence, Playrix finally made the decision to close studios in both places. Employees in both places will be moved to other countries. Due to the refugee crisis, visa approval time is long, Playrix has temporarily transferred many employees to offices in Armenia, Kazakhstan, and Turkey, which do not require visas.
New Trends
XGP revenue last year is US$2.9 billion , accounting for 17.8% of the total Xbox business revenue . Brazilian Economic Administration CADE disclosed some Microsoft game release data after approving the merger and acquisition of Microsoft last week. The total revenue of the Xbox division in 2021 was approximately US$16.28 billion, of which US$12.581 billion is gaming software and services revenue. Of the game service revenue, US$2.9 billion comes from XGP subscription members, accounting for 17.8% of the department's total revenue.
Meta releases a new generation of professional-grade headsets and announces a number of acquisitions of . 12, Mark Zuckerberg announced the latest model of Meta's virtual reality helmet Meta Quest Pro, priced at $1,500, which is $1,100 more than its previously released Quest 2 helmet and will be shipped on October 25. Compared with the Quest 2, the Quest Pro has undergone massive hardware upgrades, equipped with 10 high-resolution sensors and completely improved optical components. The Quest Pro is also the first device to use the Qualcomm Snapdragon XR2 Plus chip, along with 12GB of memory, 256GB of storage and a 90Hz refresh rate.
At the same time, Meta also officially announced the acquisition of three game developers, Camouflaj, Armature Studio and Twisted Pixel. They are all mainly developing VR games, including "Resident Evil 4" VR version, "Iron Man VR", "Path of the Warrior", etc.
BMW will cooperate with the gaming platform AirConsole . Recently, overseas media carscoops reported that BMW announced a cooperation with the gaming platform AirConsole, which will launch in-car games from 2023, providing richer entertainment content through the curved screen in the car. AirConsole is a company located in , Switzerland, and develops a gaming platform. The platform provides access to casual games on TV and in-car entertainment systems.
Other
Eagle Corner "Senkong Island" has been approved for . Tianyan Check information shows that the game community software "Songkong Island" under Yinggu's Corner has been approved. "Senkong Island" is the full name of "Eagle Corner Forest Island Game Community Software", and the trademark was registered in May this year. Eagle Corner has been making frequent moves in the past year. In addition to two new games that have not yet been released, "From Stardust" and "Ark of Tomorrow: The End", it has also built studios and companies covering music, animation, peripherals, clothing and other fields.
"Overwatch Return" gives players compensation . has encountered various problems when the game was first launched, Overwatch officially announced that it will pay compensation to players. The main rewards include a blood bag weapon pendant and the legendary skin of the Death God "Curse of the Death God", which will be collected from October 25 to December 1, and there are several weekend double experience activities.
Vanilla Society is developing the largest game project . In a recent interview with the media, Mitsuji Kamiya, director and president of Vanilla Club, said that the project is now being produced and is the largest work of Vanilla Club to date.In addition, Kamiya Masaji is also working with another new company to build a large-scale company. The development progress is currently slow and no more news has been revealed, but he promises to complete it seriously.
"Spider-Man: Myers" PC version will be released on November 18th. "Marvel Spider-Man: Miles Morales" we recommended before announced that it will be available on PC platform on November 18, 2022. According to reports, the PC version will support a number of adjustable ray tracing options and graphics quality gears, adding new outdoor ray tracing shadows, "further improving the visual fidelity of Marvel New York." In terms of control mode, the PC version not only supports keyboard and mouse control, but also supports the use of PS5 handles, which can obtain a "full DualSense experience" when connected by wire, including adaptive triggers and tactile feedback.
"Final Fantasy" chicken-eating mobile game will be suspended from early next year. html On the 312th, Square Enix announced that the battle royale mobile game "Final Fantasy 7 THE FIRST SOLDIER" will be suspended on January 11, 2023. This work was launched on November 17, 2021 and has been operating for less than one year. It is worth mentioning that after the game is closed, the "unused in-game currency" will be returned in accordance with the legal terms of the relevant fund settlement.
Finally, there are some new games worth paying attention to this week
"Detective", developed and released by Ebb Software, and will be released on October 14.
Whether it plays a bad combat experience, "Contempt" is indeed a game worth paying attention to. According to the studio, the core design concept of "Contempt" is "face the world alone", exploring this flesh-and-blooded and mechanical hellish-like world of biotechnology alone, and using an obscure plot to discuss propositions such as religion, life philosophy, and , similar to "Alien".
But based on the feedback from players, we also learned that "Contempt" did sacrifice a lot of gameplay for the scene construction, without any guidance throughout the process, and there were very few combat parts, and most of the time was walking simulation + puzzle solving. Such a "good-looking but not fun" game is destined to have a two-level differentiation, depending on whether you come for the game experience or to visit a work of art.
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