On November 6, the 2021 League of Legends Global Finals (hereinafter referred to as “S11”) finals officially kicked off. Despite the stalemate, the Chinese team EDG finally defeated the Korean team DK 3:2 and won the S11 championship. While the EDG team refreshed the best results in team history in the world competition, it also won the third League of Legends S championship trophy for the Chinese division. The news of the championship came, and China’s “League of Legends” fans were caught in a carnival. However, many images or videos of celebrations that are disturbing or even indecent have been uploaded on social media. For example, some people yell in the middle of the night to disturb others to rest; some people are still running naked in public places, which is really staggering.
After ten years of sharpening his sword, he concentrated on hiding, and once won the championship, his eyebrows were flying high. Tracing the source of this wonderful game, we can roughly understand why Chinese fans have such crazy celebrations-in the past 10 years of “League of Legends” S game history, there have been three finals against China and South Korea. , Respectively in 2013, 2014, 2020, the first three China LPL competitions all ended in failure. Specific to this competition, the defending champion DK has won the South Korean LCK championship several times in a row and has not failed in this world competition. It is the absolute favorite before the game. On the other hand, in the entire knockout stage, EDG was in the quarterfinals and the fourth. In the strong promotion match, they played five games, and every time the opponent reached the match point first, they did not counterattack until the reversal was completed. One smashed, one stumbled, but the final result of the game exceeded everyone’s expectations. And this is precisely the charm of e-sports games.
The longer the depression, the more intense the outbreak. The mood of Chinese fans’ celebration is mixed, including the excitement of waiting for many years, and the elation of defeating the “hit the bitter master”, but the most important thing is the spirit of “never say defeat” in the e-sports arena. “League of Legends” is an e-sports game that has taken the world by storm, especially with a large number of Chinese fans standing behind EDG. On the bilibili platform alone, the live broadcast of the S11 finals attracted 350 million people. Cheer from the full screen EDG. The enthusiasm of the audience can also be seen in the barrage. After winning the championship, many fans have found an outlet to release their emotions. The scene is slightly out of control, and we can understand it. After all, this is a precious youth memory of many people-all night training, the fun of cooperating with the battle, and the emotion of winning and losing…all These were best reflected that night. However, when the celebration has gone beyond the scope of reason, and even caused discomfort from the surrounding people, beyond the boundaries that must be upheld in public places, we need to be vigilant and even reflect.
“If we lose, we will carry it together, and we will win together.” For “League of Legends”, it also has a “weak heart” context. Needless to say, the current attitude of the entire society towards e-sports games is not considered to be tolerant. Even if there is a highlight moment of “entering the Asian Games”, many parents still think that it will waste time and delay studies. In fact, there is a big difference between “competition” and “game”. More fan players belong to the latter, and they have more or less experience of “gaming” with their parents and schools. The taste is only self-knowledge. So when EDG won the championship, there were so many “retaliatory celebrations”, as if they had found a hand to justify their game. However, from the current and long-term perspective, it is unlikely that China’s e-sports will be widely selected from the society, because this is a path of reverse elimination with a very small success rate. Of course, we do not exclude young people’s attitude of appreciating and supporting Chinese e-sports, let alone their applause for every progress of Chinese e-sports. But everything needs the right way to open, and the same is true for celebrating the championship.
EDG won the championship, and rational celebration is also a showcase of Chinese e-sports. In response to the fans’ irrational celebration behavior, the League of Legends tournament officially issued an appeal: “Dear summoner, thank you all for your vitality for EDG and LPL. We are champions! We understand everyone’s joy and excitement, but please also pay attention to rationality. Celebrate, follow the order!” Never seen it, due to capital attention and the establishment of related systems, China’s e-sports is entering a “blue ocean”. Therefore, we will have the next and next time to celebrate the championship. With this in mind, keeping a “normal heart” is not our proper posture towards more victories in the future?
(Editor in charge: Deng Hao)