Produced by People's E-sports.
Written by Ma Xiao.
Edited by Kevin.
On December 10, 2023, the 2023 Peace Elite Global Finals came to an end in Istanbul, Turkey. Mongolian team IHC overtook their compatriot team STE in the final game to win the championship. "People's E-sports" was also fortunate to come to the scene in Turkey and witnessed the new era of peaceful elite e-sports.
Fiery home atmosphere
Last weekend, the Turkish Premier League welcomed a key battle between two traditional giants, Fenerbahce and Besiktas. In Istanbul, Turkey's largest city across Europe and Asia, you can see fans dressed around Fenerbahce.
At the Ülker Sports Arena, home of the Fenerbahce basketball team, local Turkish audiences also brought their football culture and sports passion to the 2023 Peace Elite Global Finals. “s2g！s2g！"Avid S2G team fans have taken over almost the entire stadium with their drums and shouts.
S2G Esports is one of the fastest-growing esports clubs in Turkey in recent years. The club's founder, Bar Can, has several widely followed accounts on YouTube, such as Bar G (4.11 million followers) and KFCEATBOX (2.37 million followers), and is an out-and-out top Internet celebrity in the Turkish gaming and esports circle.
At the last World Finals, S2G won the title of World Champion by a large number of points. When they appeared at the Istanbul 2023 World Finals with the trophy as the defending champions, they were cheered by the entire Turkish crowd.
Ibrahim, the father of Sylas player, told People's Esports that although the father and son had a lot of quarrels because of e-sports at the beginning, as Sylas gradually showed his name on the stage in Turkey, Europe and even the world, the father who is engaged in the ship supply business has become his son's most loyal fan, not only accompanying him to various competitions, but also actively promoting his son to everyone, hoping that everyone will follow Sylas's social ** account.
Ibrahim revealed that Sylas received about $60,000 in prize money after winning last year. "Good income. "There are more and more young people in Turkey who are paying attention to and investing in esports. Even though S2G finished 11th at the World Finals, the fans never stopped cheering.
The rising Mongol warband
In the Ülker Sports Arena, only the cheering group from Mongolia can compete with the local audience in terms of volume.
Before the game, Andrew Cheong, the official commentator of the Peace Elite Asian Games, pointed out to "People's E-sports" that the Mongolian team has both marksmanship and tactics, and may become the most competitive region this year. Sure enough, all three teams from Mongolia, STE, IHC and 4MV finished in the top four in the final standings.
On the final day of the tournament, Mongolian STE once occupied the top spot, but in the final game, STE was defeated head-on by IHC and lost the championship, and the players hid their faces and cried on the court. When asked why the Mongolian team performed so well overall, Coach STE's Senator replied succinctly, "because everyone worked hard".
In recent years, Mongolian e-sports has developed very rapidly, and the Mongolian team once played with the Chinese team in the Dota event of the Asian Games. On the stage of the Peace Elite Global Finals, the competitiveness of the Mongolian team has also steadily improved, from 1 place in the last session, to 2 places in the last session, and then to 3 places in this competition.
Temka, a former professional coach who served as a Mongolian translator for the World Finals, told People's Esports that as the Mongolian team has gained more success on the international stage, they have attracted more fans and inspired more people to participate in esports competitions.
The PEL area for the restart
When talking about Chinese players with Sylas's father, Ibrahim, who is nearly half a hundred years old, he blurted out: "My son and Paraboy are good friends, and they just took a photo backstage." ”
Paraboy, whose real name is Zhu Bocheng, is the two-time champion of the Peace Elite Global Finals in 2020 and 2021, the best mobile esports player of the year at the 2021 eSports Awards, and the champion of the e-sports Peace Elite Asian Games version of the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou. He is the most successful player in the history of Peace Elite Esports and a well-deserved world superstar.
No matter which country the audience from mentions Chinese players, they can call out the name of paraboy as soon as possible. And whenever paraboy appeared on the Chinese commentary stage as a guest commentator, someone in the audience would chant his name. Paraboy himself also wrote on Weibo that many people at the scene asked for a group photo: "Paola Bo Eh!."photo！together！”
However, on the field, since Paraboy's two-in-a-row victory, PEL's World Championship journey has started to stumble.
In this Peace Elite Global Finals, the Chinese teams WBG, TEC and STE finally ranked first. The results are slightly improved from the previous edition, but it is clear that it has lost the dominance of the NV era.
Qu Tao, the official commentator of PEL, also admitted after the game that with the successive rise of various competition regions around the world, PEL is no longer the strongest competition area in the world.
Temka, from Mongolia, believes that the PEL team participates in too few international competitions every year, which makes it difficult for PEL to learn about the rules of the World Championship and the styles of other teams.
The rules are different, the state is slow to heat, and the rise of overseas ......We can't deny that PEL has returned to the position of challenger. How to forge a new path in the global arena will be a question that all peace-loving elites need to further think about and explore.
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