Chapter 370: Training Room
Magic City, Yuan Da Square, 10th Floor, the "League of Legends" S1 World Finals venue.
With three days remaining until the official start, most of the preparations for the S1 World Finals had been completed.
Teams and players from various countries had already arrived in Magic City, with the organizers arranging hotels and training rooms for them.
Chen Mo had personally finalized all the details for the S1 World Finals. Although the scale couldn't compare to the "League of Legends" World Finals in his previous life, in this parallel world, it should be enough to leave all players utterly amazed.
After all, the influence of "League of Legends" had yet to reach the level of his previous life. To many, the current scale was already unprecedented. The popularity of esports competitions would rise step by step; it couldn't be achieved overnight.
At the very least, this should be a good start.
On the 10th floor of Yuan Da Square, staff were debugging equipment and running rehearsals.
Sun Xiao, the head of Yan Huang, accompanied Chen Mo throughout, conducting a final run-through of the entire competition process.
Sun Xiao was the overall director for this S1 World Finals, responsible for every detail, big or small, on the competition stage.
He had thought everything was ready, but to his surprise, Chen Mo still pointed out various issues.
"Have you informed the players about competition etiquette? The winning team must proactively shake hands after the match and wave to the audience before returning to pack up their keyboards and mice and leave."
"In addition to the players' own mice and keyboards, the organizers must prepare two extra sets of the exact same model. If any player's equipment malfunctions, replace it immediately."
"If a pause occurs due to a technical issue, the director must promptly notify the host of the reason for the pause so the audience knows what's happening."
"Also, there must be contingency plans for all kinds of emergencies. I don't want the audience left waiting idly while the two casters just improvise banter, understand?"
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Chen Mo explained all these points one by one to Sun Xiao.
Sun Xiao had overseen many esports events and was very familiar with the procedures, but in Chen Mo's presence, he still found himself lacking in many areas.
This left Sun Xiao with the same question as Zhang Kaiwen, the chairman of Yan Huang: Who exactly is the professional esports person here?
After confirming that everything for the S1 Finals' opening ceremony was in order, Chen Mo and Sun Xiao returned to the hotel where the players were staying.
The hotel was also arranged uniformly, a nearby four-star establishment. It wasn't particularly luxurious, but it was close to the venue, making it very convenient. Additionally, Chen Mo had specifically instructed that dedicated training rooms be provided for the players.
Chen Mo and Sun Xiao walked toward the training room for the domestic players.
"How's the promotional video coming along?" Chen Mo asked.
"Almost done. We still have one team left today, the one from Europe," Sun Xiao said. "Time is a bit tight, but it'll definitely be edited before the day before the competition, and the effect will be fine."
Chen Mo looked at him. "Which European team?"
Sun Xiao paused for a moment. "It's called Asteamwork. Not a particularly big-name team, so they were scheduled for the last day."
Chen Mo said calmly, "Just use the team name directly from now on. I can remember all these teams."
Sun Xiao nodded. "Got it, Boss Chen."
For these sixteen teams, Chen Mo had planned a simple promotional video. After all, this was the first Global Finals for "League of Legends." The various regions knew nothing about each other, and domestic players not recognizing foreign clubs was a common thing.
Filming this video would help audiences worldwide get to know these teams well, serving as a brief introduction.
But time was tight. As soon as these teams arrived in Magic City, they were immediately arranged for filming, and it had only just finished now.
Chen Mo asked again, "Did any players resist when filming the promotional video?"
Sun Xiao shook his head. "No, everyone found it quite novel. Previous esports competitions didn't have this segment. The dedicated video made them feel this competition was very formal and ceremonial."
"However, many are worried about how the video will turn out, afraid it might end up being awkward."
Chen Mo smiled. "Don't worry, there's no way it'll be awkward. I did the storyboard; it'll definitely be full of style when it's edited."
Sun Xiao smiled and nodded. "Of course. You're practically a master of storyboarding in this country."
As they chatted, they arrived at the training room for the domestic players.
The training room was in the hotel. Teams from different regions were assigned to different floors, with dedicated staff handling reception.
Each team had its own training room. Besides computers for daily practice, there was a large TV for studying tactics, watching other teams' matches, and so on.
Sun Xiao introduced, "Most of the domestic teams are here. This one is the IF team's training room."
For this Finals, the four domestic teams had been determined through qualifiers, representing the highest professional level in the country.
These four teams were: IF, UB.
Chen Mo had already known this result, which was basically consistent with his predictions. All four teams were on the "League of Legends" professional league roster and were relatively established teams in the country.
NRG was relatively younger, but its owner placed great importance on "League of Legends," spending a lot of money to poach two star players. Thus, in terms of strength, it was no less than the other three veteran teams.
Based on their performance in the qualifiers, IF had performed the best. This team, named Immortal Fairies, was the most financially powerful club in the country. All five members were high-ranked solo queue players and geniuses. Basically, the most talented batch of "League of Legends" players in the country had all been recruited into this team.
Just as Chen Mo reached the door, he heard laughter coming from the training room.
"Hahaha, Luo Yongchang, you got solo-killed by me again."
"Hu Jing, stop showing off. I just miscalculated the summoner spell cooldown. You dare to go another round?"
"Bring it on. Think I'm scared of you?"
"Alright, you two, stop soloing. I just got some info on a few foreign teams. Come over and study it together."
"What's there to see? I watched a few matches from the European and American teams. It was an eyesore. What can we learn from studying their info? How to hold your pee?"
"The Korean team seems pretty strong."
"We've played practice matches with them before. They're all just scrubs, worse than the Europeans and Americans. Those foreign servers opened two months later than ours, have fewer players, and their strategies are way behind. What's there to look at?"
Hearing this conversation from outside the door, Chen Mo couldn't help but frown.
Sun Xiao also felt a bit awkward. "Boss Chen..."
Chen Mo pushed the door open and entered.