During this period after "Warcraft" went online.
Besides the game's story, which attracts some average players.
Many players who love RTS games are also studying the gameplay and content of "Warcraft."
The RTS gameplay content of this game is by no means inferior to the single-player story of "Warcraft." Many players have found that it is much more complex than they imagined.
In the beginning, basically most players just kept building soldiers, building heroes, and upgrading technology to rush the enemy.
As for anything else, they couldn't understand it at all.
But as players learned little by little, many RTS expert players discovered the impact of high-level heroes on the battle, based on the game's features.
And the heroes themselves could also use items. Some simple tactics were invented.
For example, in the early stage, let the soldiers take the hero to level up and increase the hero's level faster.
At the same time, there were also some targeted strategies. For example, the Blademaster of the Orcs had Wind Walk, which allowed him to go to the enemy's base to harass the workers.
Following enemy units that were leveling up, and then using the extra damage of Wind Walk to last hit and steal experience and treasures.
And in order to deal with heroes such as the Blademaster and the Demon Hunter, who have fast movement speeds and harass in the early stage, some players have also discovered the architectural secrets of "Warcraft," such as blocking the road to the gold mine, so that they can't harass.
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In the Nebula Games office, Lucas was testing the "Warcraft" map editor at this time.
At this time, the office door was knocked, and Lisa came in after being notified.
"Boss Lucas, SharkTV contacted us and said they want to get authorization for a 'Warcraft' esports event," Lisa said to Lucas.
"Esports event? Tell me the details." Hearing Lisa's words, Lucas was slightly surprised and asked.
Esports events, this area is actually also in Lucas's plan.
After all, "Warcraft" is a competitive game.
It's just that Lucas hadn't thought about it at this stage.
Mainly because the level of "Warcraft" players is actually uneven.
To be honest, holding a "Warcraft" competition doesn't have much value.
And for players, they are currently more in the exploratory stage, and the watchability is not that strong.
Because RTS is a relatively special type of esports project.
If you can understand it, then it is definitely the most watchable.
But if you can't understand it, then you'll be completely lost.
Because even if you don't understand esports projects like FPS and MOBA.
But you can still capture the simplest information such as one-on-one kills and killing someone with 1 health point against 100 health points.
But what about RTS?
This involves operational content.
For example, if a hero dies once, some players directly type GG; if a few workers die, they directly type GG.
For players who understand the game mechanics, they know this is normal.
Because they are already too far behind, this time is enough for the opponent to accumulate a great advantage and slowly defeat you.
But for players who don't understand, they feel very confused. They don't understand any tactics. In their opinion, one side died a hero, died three units, and then suddenly surrendered. They may even think that one side is fixing the match.
Launching RTS competitions at this stage is not a good thing in Lucas's view.
In addition, in this parallel world, the esports industry is not as backward as he thought. On the contrary, it is very prosperous.
Third-party event organizers, various sponsorship channels, and standardized clubs and corresponding guilds are very complete.
This also leads to many RTS esports projects.
"Warcraft" is very popular, but someone wants to operate an esports project just after it was launched?
With doubts, Lucas listened to Lisa's explanation, and then he suddenly understood.
"SharkTV wants to do a platform event?" Lucas looked at Lisa and said.
It's very simple. The live broadcast platform saw that the popularity of "Warcraft" was very high, and there were also many RTS expert streamers signed to the platform, so they wanted to buy a platform event authorization from Nebula Games to hold a SharkTV "Warcraft" monthly competition, allowing SharkTV's signed streamers to compete.
As for sponsorships, bonuses, and operations, SharkTV will handle everything. Nebula Games will supervise and take a look, and then collect money.
To put it bluntly, the platform wants to do an event and call it a competition, but the content is similar to the early Internet cafe competitions in esports.
There are no on-site audiences or venues.
"You contact the people at SharkTV. We can talk about this, but we should also set up a special department on our side to learn about the relevant content and the details involved," Lucas thought for a while and said to Lisa.
Lucas also values esports events.
It's not for the money or the income from hosting the competition.
What Lucas cares about most is the promotion of the game by esports events.
When a game has a suitable pool, esports can be a good way to maintain player loyalty and IP.
For example, in his previous life, games like "League of Legends" and "DOTA", even if the number of players is decreasing, the IP value of the entire game has not fallen at all.
Because many players will still watch the competition even if they don't play the game, and for "Warcraft", it is obviously necessary to cultivate such IP value.
Of course, one point must be grasped: third-party events and official events go hand in hand.
Like Blizzard in his previous life, if you say he has the ability, he wanted to eat alone, which led to SC2 breaking up with third-party organizers in the golden age, ruining a good hand.
But if you say he doesn't have the ability, games like OW, whose popularity continues to decline, the clubs and events are still doing well, and everyone has a way to make a living.
And this time's cooperation with SharkTV, in addition to further promoting the game, Lucas also wants to cultivate Nebula Games' internal understanding of the esports industry.
After all, Nebula Games will inevitably develop this type of game in the future.
And this type of esports game, if operated well, is basically evergreen.
As for how SharkTV will handle this first "Internet cafe competition" of "Warcraft", he will talk about it slowly later.
After talking to Lisa, Lucas also sent a message in the work group.
Asking the human resources department to see if there are any employees willing to transfer positions, and to recruit new people.
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"Boss Lucas, are we going to hold an esports competition?" After saying something to Lisa, Lucas moved his muscles and bones and walked towards the project room. Seeing Lucas arrive, everyone seemed a little curious.
"Just give an authorization and let SharkTV host it. Our own direct department will learn from the experience. Even if we want to hold it officially, it will be handed over to a third party, but we need to have an understanding of this area and know how to operate competitive games," Lucas shook his head and said.
"But speaking of which, 'Warcraft' does have the conditions to hold a competition," Hector said.
"Warcraft" has been online for a period of time, and after an initial period, the level of players has gradually separated.
In addition, the popularity of "Warcraft" basically crushes other RTS games.
So major clubs have also rumored that they will transform their other RTS game divisions into "Warcraft."
In addition, with the influx of other RTS professional players, there is no shortage of so-called expert players.
"Okay, don't talk about these. You have had enough rest during this period. Prepare for the planning of the new version of 'Warcraft,'" Lucas said with a smile, looking at a few people.
He took out a document that had been printed out a long time ago.
"Uh! The planning of the new version!?" Everyone was a little surprised. Is the new version going to be released so soon?
But when they saw the document in front of them, they were even more confused.
What is this and what is that?
'Guardian Sword Pavilion' 'Pyramid Escape' 'Subduing Demons' 'Rich Man' 'The Tribulation of the Western World' what is this?
How does "Warcraft" relate to pyramids and sword pavilions?
(End of this chapter)
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