"Riding the Wind 2024" has begun recording, and many sisters have already rushed to the recording location, and sharp-eyed netizens found that in this session of Sister Lang, a special figure has appeared, that is, the former "first sister of e-sports", Miss Han Yiying, who is known as the eldest lady.
On the surface, this is the collision between e-sports Miss Han Yiying and variety shows, but what is hidden behind it is that e-sports, which has been hot for ten years, has begun to gradually ebb.
In the past two years, the popularity of domestic e-sports has begun to plummet, including the regret of unsatisfactory results in large-scale events, and the reason why e-sports people have begun to break down and lack of succession. For example, the "League of Legends" project has worried many players who love e-sports - the audience of the game is visible to the naked eye, the venue is basically empty, and there are only 20 spectators on site.
At a time when the fundamentals of esports are deteriorating, it is not surprising that Miss has transformed in time to open up new directions.
In addition to League of Legends, another long-established esports game, Dota 2, also encountered the same problem.
In recent years, CN Dota's results have repeatedly declined, and star players have gradually withdrawn from the stage due to age issues, such as Maybe, a famous player who led the team to win the gold medal in the Asian Games last year, announced his retirement after the TI event last year.
This CN Dota is the last talented player, who has been fighting for more than ten years, leaving behind the regret that he has never won the immortal shield.
However, in comparison, a star player like May is still very lucky.
They debuted and became famous when e-sports games were at their hottest, and grew up with countless e-sports players, becoming their youth memories. And when they choose to retire and return to life, they can get much more opportunities than ordinary people.
For example, Maybe, shortly after retiring, joined NetEase and became the deputy director of NetEase's special office.
Speaking of Maybe's entry into NetEase, it starts with his "addiction" to NetEase's "Against the Cold" mobile game.
As a talented player, in addition to playing "Dota 2", Maybe is also very enthusiastic about MMO, especially when the mobile game "Against the Cold" was open beta last year, he couldn't help but indulge in it.
Even during the Asian Games Cup and the TI qualifiers, May was playing the high-intensity "Against the Cold" mobile game every day, and even charged more than 1 million into it!
However, despite all the money that was put into the game, May didn't enjoy the fun of "numerical crushing". Because the mobile game "Against the Cold" is a season-based game that focuses on "no liver, no krypton, no volume", the game does not sell values at all, and no matter how much money is spent, it can only become "bells and whistles", and even May said during the live broadcast that the gap between itself and ordinary players will not exceed 15%!
It is precisely because of the balance of attributes that May prefers to participate in various PvP challenges in the mobile game "Against the Cold", and because his understanding of game operations and professions is quite in place, it has attracted the attention of NetEase officials, so he will be specially invited to join the company to provide valuable advice for the game's genre balance and assist the official in some genre balance and combat system tests.
From a certain point of view, this can be regarded as Maybe's "spending money to buy officials". However, as soon as he retires, he can be the leader of the most popular MMO R&D team at the moment, and May has obviously taken a wider path from then on.
So, what do you think about the transformation of established esports players? Those retired esports stars, who has better development?