Cover reporter Cai Shiqi
Audiences who are familiar with Hebei Economic and Life Channel may have a deep impression on Lin Xiaochen, a sunny and handsome host. This typhoon and humorous TV host has hosted many variety shows for more than ten years, bringing many audiences. hapiness.
Offstage, the host also has his own hobbies – Xiaochen is a senior e-sports fan. In 2015, he came into contact with the Glory of the King. He also teamed up with his colleagues to participate in the Glory of the King City Tournament (Honor of Kings). The predecessor of the National Competition), and even served as the chief director and host of the Northern Region Finals of the King’s Glory City Competition in 2017.
Lin Xiaochen at work
Xiaochen said that e-sports is a good partner for him to maintain a young mind, and the experience of participating in e-sports competitions as an amateur, being an e-sports host, and serving as the chief director of e-sports events has also brought him more inspiration and experience. The work experience has made him cooperate more tacitly with his colleagues in the front and behind the stage, and have a deeper understanding of the “team”.
The host is embarrassed to celebrate when he wins the offline e-competition for the first time
In 2016, I saw the news of the first King of Glory City Competition, which aroused the curiosity of Xiaochen and colleagues who have worked in the media for many years. They had never participated in e-sports competitions before, so they decided to sign up and experience it for themselves. As for the leisure style that young people like, five friends participated in the first city competition in Shijiazhuang.
“For me (participating in the city game) is a novel experience. Many people who have worked like us for many years have participated in the game. At that time, I felt that this game brought us not only entertainment, but also Social value is also very important.” Xiaochen and his teammates won the first round of the game, Xiaochen recalled the experience at that time and thought it was funny “We are all a group of adults, and we still have burdens after winning, so I’m embarrassed to cheer loudly to celebrate, We didn’t think we could win the game, but we lost in the second round, so we consoled ourselves, it’s ok, it’s all about participating.”
The first experience of participating in the competition left Xiaochen the best impression. The friendly attitude and professional spirit of the staff behind the event infected him. Xiaochen exchanged contact information with the staff at that time and felt that the future of the e-sports event was promising. , and hope to have more opportunities to participate.
Cameo commentary successfully saved the field to buy time for backstage teammates
After participating in the city competition, Xiaochen began to pay more attention to e-sports events. He usually also watches KPL events and related programs. He found that the content of e-sports events is very sticky, which is different from traditional sports, even TV programs and online variety programs. The big difference is that eSports pays more attention to teamwork, and the audience grows patiently with the team and players, and rarely has the purpose of watching the game “only based on performance”.
Xiaochen hosted the 2017 Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei E-Sports Open
At the 2017 Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei E-Sports Open, Xiaochen also served as the host and commentator. The game was delayed due to player equipment failure. At that time, nearly 2,000 spectators watched the game, and the game was broadcast live, and the signal could not be interrupted. Xiaochen, who found the problem, was calm in the face of danger. After learning from the staff about the time required for the repair work, he quickly organized his thoughts and language. First, he held a lottery on the main stage and gave the benefits to the audience. After that, he communicated with two other professionals. The competitive commentary talked about the King Glory topics that the audience cared about, such as whether Sun Wukong was suitable for playing as a jungler in the game at that time, and the popular version of the costume ideas. Afterwards, he threw a topic to the audience near the commentary platform, chatted with everyone, mobilized the atmosphere of the scene, and successfully won 30 minutes of precious time for the behind-the-scenes personnel to debug the equipment, allowing the game to proceed smoothly and avoiding the embarrassment of the cold field. The situation also ensures the effect of online live broadcast.
Recalling the rescue, Xiaochen said that he actually only played the basic skills of a professional host, and subconsciously took the initiative to fill in, “Because there may be various emergencies when hosting large-scale live programs, the program cannot be If it goes smoothly, the first responsible person is our content production team, so everyone should use their abilities as much as possible to buy time for the team. Fortunately, I have participated in the city competition before, and I have a better understanding of the glory of the king, so that I can complete the control. “Xiaochen said that the host’s replacement is actually very similar to the situation where players in some positions in e-sports competitions hold up the situation for their teammates and fight for development time.
Xiaochen and his colleagues in Taili have been playing King of Glory together for a long time, and the tacit understanding in his own job is also improving, “For example, in the game I saw him start to look around, and without a word, he knew that he was going to arrest people, I will also take the initiative to cooperate to fill the seat, come to the bottom lane, four packs, two or something.” Xiaochen told reporters that once when he was hosting a show with his colleague and teammate partner, his colleague’s teleprompter was blocked by special effects, and he immediately found out If there is an abnormality, I will take the initiative to fill in the topic and pick up the topic, so that my colleagues can adjust the angle of view and let the program shoot smoothly.
Improve professional ability as event director
In 2017, the 4th King’s Glory City Competition in Hebei Division was held in Shijiazhuang. Xiaochen, who has experience in writing and directing, was appointed as the chief director and host of the competition because it was the first time that a TV program team participated in the production of an e-sports program. , he and his partners have to learn a lot of new knowledge.
The 4th King’s Glory City Tournament Northern Region Finals was held in Zhengding, Shijiazhuang. Xiaochen is the chief director and host
“A person’s ability is limited, and you must need the cooperation of your team’s partners to help you.” Xiaochen said that at that time, his team cooperated closely with the executive team of the city competition, and the work of organizing and managing players was handed over to the city competition. The executive team of the company, while their own team is responsible for stage design and performance, lighting effects of confrontation effects and other links. They designed related programs that combine the historical heroes of Hebei and the hero Zhao Yun who also appeared in “Honor of Kings”, as well as Hebei operas. Cultural performances and other elements were successfully realized with the close cooperation of everyone.
Having done the stage execution of this city competition, in addition to the more tacit understanding of the team, Xiaochen has also gained a lot in cutting-edge content production. For example, he found that e-sports pays more attention to visual packaging that expresses emotions with colors, “Red and blue are used to create an atmosphere on the field, and I also tried to use more vivid main colors to highlight the theme of the party, even for the audience of different programs. Differences, the selected visual colors have also been adjusted.” The OB perspective in e-sports also brought new inspiration to Xiaochen, “General TV programs do not have an OB perspective, and I carefully studied an OB perspective during the competition. How it appeared and how the technicians operate it should be very particular about the signal transmission and coordination with the main stage, the commentary station, and even the second studio. Ordinary variety shows and entertainment programs we just watch To the scene of the stage, but once it is put into the e-sports project, it is necessary to consider how to combine these technical capabilities with the content that you want to do. The cooperation between multiple links may be omitted in traditional media except sports programs. Except for some, other types of programs rarely appear, which is a professional improvement for me.”
Participate in e-sports competitions to make Xiaochen and the team cooperate more tacitly
Having participated in e-sports for more than five years, as a host, Xiaochen’s biggest insight is that when hosting on stage, he must be able to think about what players and audiences think, talk about what players and audiences care about, and avoid making the show self-entertainment. Self-pleasant things are more in line with the current law of content dissemination.
In the first half of this year, due to the recent busy work, Xiaochen was unable to participate in the 5th National Glory of Kings Competition. He hopes that he can have the opportunity to participate in the 6th competition in the future, whether it is the Hebei Provincial Competition or the North China Regional Competition. Being able to participate in the competition as the chief director and cooperate with more partners is the “arena” where he, a senior host, can best exert his abilities.Return to Sohu, see more
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