Leng Zhimeng's speech did not actually save the public opinion environment of 00. The online scolding became even more deafening, but no matter how loud the scolding was, it seemed to be of no use.
Under the firm promotion of 0o, everything proceeded as usual. The International Esports Federation was established at the fastest speed, and then 90% of the invited players and clubs joined this International Esports Federation as soon as possible.
Of course, there were also some players crying on the internet, saying that they were immediately kicked out of the hotel just because they refused to join this International Esports Federation. The airfare that was originally promised to be reimbursed was also not reimbursed, and they were now on the streets.
At the same time, due to the language barrier, they didn't even know how to live.
These people naturally stirred up another wave of condemnation when they recounted their experiences online, but it was still of no use. The 00 Group did not respond. On the contrary, due to the uproar on the internet, a large number of players who did not pay attention to esports suddenly learned from the internet that there was such an interesting event as the Jiangnan Cup.
At the same time, 00 also announced that the Jiangnan Cup would be broadcast live on the entire network. The main live broadcast channel was the official live broadcast room of the oo platform. In addition, Netflix, Los Gatos Television, Weibo, Facebook, and other media owned by Jiangnan had live broadcast channels. The publicity work for the entire Jiangnan Cup was smoothly carried out at an unimaginable speed in this all-black environment.
By the time the competition officially began, the Jiangnan Cup's popularity among the public was no less than that of the WCG, which had been held for several years.
And the Jiangnan Cup did indeed present a grandeur that all esports players had never seen before.
First, there was the torch relay activity around the city, which was the treatment of a standard large-scale event of national level or above. This torch relay ceremony alone was enough to overshadow all previous scenes of WCG.
The first live broadcast of the Jiangnan Cup was the torch relay ceremony held in the morning. Due to the rush, the entire torch relay ceremony ran around the city for about 8 hours.
However, the organizing committee of the competition also clearly stated during the live broadcast that the second Jiangnan Cup would hold a torch relay ceremony around the important cities of the host country.
And as the entire esports industry develops further, the torch relay ceremony of the Jiangnan Cup will definitely be produced to be the same as the Olympic Games torch relay ceremony, with the torch running through all major countries in the world.
This statement surprised all the viewers. The Jiangnan Cup was clearly aiming to be on par with the Olympic Games.
However, while aiming to be on par, the Jiangnan Cup still had to make a distinction from the Olympic Games. At the same time, this also made many Huaxia players feel the terrifying strength behind the Jiangnan Cup.
Foreign players might not have much of a feeling, but Huaxia players were very clear. They could seal off roads in Modu, and seal them for a whole day, specifically to hold this torch relay ceremony.
The energy behind this was terrifyingly frightening.
Cough, cough, I won't say more. Let's look at the torchbearers.
It goes without saying that all torchbearers had to cosplayer as their favorite game characters. In other aspects, they were also innovative. First of all, the players were not holding torches, or rather, not traditional torches, but electronic screens.
This electronic screen was embedded in a torch handle, and the screen displayed a 3D image of a girl in a blue dress. This image could perform various movements within the screen, making it look like she was living in the world within the screen.
And the torchbearers holding this girl's torch were also different from the torchbearers in traditional sports activities.
Traditional torchbearers usually wore sportswear for the relay, but the torchbearers of the Jiangnan Cup all cosplayed as various game characters, which was extremely eye-catching when running on the road.
And when two torchbearers were about to exchange torches, they would bring the screens of the two torches together, and then watched as all the spectators exclaimed in surprise.
That is, the blue-clad girl who was originally on the screen suddenly walked to the edge of the screen when the two screens approached and coincided. She gently jumped to the other screen, and then directly jumped into the other screen, and then waved goodbye to the original torchbearer, and ran towards the next torchbearer's position together with the new torchbearer.
In fact, with a little thought, one would understand that the blue-clad girl definitely did not have the ability to move between the two screens. These were just two matched videos. However, it must be admitted that this carefully designed torch handover segment allowed a large number of viewers to experience a very dreamy, almost real feeling.
By the way, this blue-clad girl is one of Huaxia's most classic game characters, Zhao Ling'er, and Zhao Ling'er is also the Jiangnan You Shen of the first Jiangnan Cup. According to the competition rules announced by the Jiangnan Cup Organizing Committee, there will be a new Jiangnan You Shen every year in the future.
The Jiangnan You Shen will be selected from all active game characters of the year as candidates, and then the player with the highest number of votes will become the Jiangnan You Shen of this session.
However, each game character only has one opportunity, so each Jiangnan You Shen will be completely different. As a character image selected by Boss Huang, Zhao Ling'er also became the only Jiangnan You Shen in history to be directly determined without player selection.
The subsequent situation will not be further elaborated. After the torch relay around the main roads of Modu, the torch finally entered the main venue of the Jiangnan Cup, the largest venue in Modu, the Modu International Convention and Exhibition Center.
This indoor exhibition area is as high as 200,000 square meters, and the rent for one day is nearly 2 million yuan. This venue was directly booked by the entire Jiangnan Group for 15 days.
And all the competitions of the Jiangnan Cup will be held in this extremely large venue.
What is even more worth mentioning is that although the venue is extremely large, the entire interior has been completely decorated, and every detail reflects the elements of games and competitions.
In addition, there are also carefully decorated competition venues.
At this time, esports competitions are basically the same. That is, on a small stage, computers are arranged according to the number of players and teams.
The players on both sides fight next to the computers, and a large screen in the middle can broadcast the computer screen. This is almost enough. If it were even more luxurious, a transparent glass cover would be placed outside all the computer desks to isolate noise and show a certain sense of technology. This is the top configuration of the competition venue, and the WCG competition venue is planned in this way.
But all the spectators who were fortunate enough to enter the venue could not help but exclaim in awe when they entered the venue.
Because the entire main competition stage can no longer be described as a stage, but spans the entire A Hall, the largest hall of the Modu International Convention and Exhibition Center. The player seats on both ends of the main stage are nearly 400 meters apart in a straight line.
Do you understand the concept?
This is equivalent to the distance of a standard running track stretched out. It is almost impossible for a player at one end of the main stage to see the player at the other end clearly.
And the players are not staying on the ground. At this time, on both sides of the main stage, it is unknown what technology is used to build two cantilevered platforms.
These two platforms seem to be suspended inside the exhibition hall, and the spectators cannot see what is supporting them. What is even more magical is that these two platforms can move circularly around the entire exhibition hall, allowing all external spectators to look up at their favorite professional players from below.
The spectators do not know if this feeling is satisfying, but the professional players will definitely be satisfied.
And the center of the main stage is even more remarkable, because the entire center of the main stage has been transformed into a realistic classic map of Warcraft, "tr", which has been perfectly replicated in the center of the entire exhibition hall in a 1:1 ratio.
Whether it is trees, roads, rivers, or even some public buildings and monsters, they are all built in a 1:1 ratio.
Well, don't think it's impossible, and don't think the map in esports competitions is too big.
After all, a normal human peasant can walk across the diagonal of the entire map in two minutes. This map cannot be too large. After successful replication in a 1:1 ratio, it does not even occupy a fifth of the area of Hall A.
When such a completely realistic map appeared in front of the audience, the audience could not help but kneel.
It should be known that the Jiangnan Group announced that it would hold this competition only two weeks ago. As a result, in just two weeks, such a huge venue was completely renovated into a luxurious competition venue. This strength is indeed unimaginable.
And the audience watching the live broadcast, after browsing the entire realistic map through the camera, most of them, who were still yelling and insulting the Jiangnan Cup as a garbage competition in front of their computers, had to shut up.
After all, facing such a 1:1 replicated competition map, the word "garbage" seemed impossible to say.
Of course, some people continued to scold as they should, but most people had to admit that the Jiangnan Cup had far surpassed the WCG, and had also surpassed all esports competitions in ancient and modern times.
Azeroth comes to the human world.
They now began to worry that if they cursed too harshly online, and the Jiangnan Group would no longer hold the second Jiangnan Cup, what would they do? Would they have ruined the greatest glory of esports!
However, the audience soon discovered that they had underestimated the extravagance of the Jiangnan Cup, because the venue in Hall A was specifically built for Warcraft.
The entire Modu International Convention and Exhibition Center has a total of 17 different exhibition halls, and each competition project has an exhibition hall as its exclusive competition venue.
Similarly, these competition venues also enjoy the unique venue design of their respective games. Such extravagance completely left everyone speechless, including all players and clubs.
Is this the horror of capital?