At this barbecue stall, a group of e-sports practitioners and Fang Hong and other people from Qunxing Capital were eating barbecue while chatting about things in the industry. An hour passed before they knew it.
At the end, Fang Hong looked at everyone and said: "For the development of the e-sports industry, we are drafting the establishment of a 'World E-sports Association WESA'. Through WESA, we will formulate industry standards, standardize the management of professional players, competition rules, club income, The tournament organization's charter, etc., aims to integrate and improve the current chaotic e-sports ecosystem, and the establishment of WESA will definitely provide more opportunities for member clubs and their players."
The people present, especially those in the domestic e-sports circle, were immediately overjoyed. It was different when a giant came in to set industry standards.
If you join the WESA organization, you will be able to switch from a wild path to a regular army.
Fang Hong added: "In addition, we will also decide to establish a player conference for league charter, player transfer, etc., and many future events will be held under this rule."
Everyone present nodded. They didn’t have any objections, nor did they have the ability or qualifications to object. In short, just follow what the boss did.
Everyone is very excited, especially those in the domestic e-sports circle. Being here represents the first batch of people. The first batch of people to follow the giants will definitely be the same. Naturally, they are extremely excited.
After a moment, Fang Hong turned his head and glanced at the head of the e-sports department of Stars Capital. The latter understood what he meant and looked at everyone and said: "Starting from next year in 2014, WCG will have a new competition system and schedule."
“The official events confirmed for the 2014 WCG event include seven official competition events: League of Legends, Counter-Strike, Warcraft, StarCraft, Dota, FIFA, and World of Tanks. "
When everyone heard that there were only these seven projects, CF, which had just become an official project this year, was directly eliminated? Not to mention "QQ Speed" and "Reverse War" which are this year's performance projects.
The inclusion of these projects in WCG2013 was originally the result of the organizer's compromise, otherwise Goose Factory would not have given the sponsorship fee.
But now that WCG has been taken over by Star Capital, the super financier father, it is completely different.
But at this moment, the person in charge of the Esports Department of Stars Capital continued: "The new WCG schedule is still held once a year, and is specifically divided into two major events: the WCG Super League and the WCG Nations Cup."
"The WCG Nations Cup is held every winter, and the participating teams are not based on team clubs, but on national teams. There are 32 places in the finals. The host country can directly obtain 1 place, and the other places are determined by WESA The allocation will be based on the level of each competition area, and different competition areas will have different places in the finals."
Everyone's eyes lit up when they heard this. This was a large-scale cup competition, a proper World Cup in e-sports.
The person in charge of the E-Sports Department of Stars Capital went on to say: "...the WCG Super League is organized as a team club and is held once a year with three major schedules: pre-season in the spring, regular season in the summer, and super tournament in the autumn. .”
"The preseason that starts in the spring is a warm-up match for each team before the start of the summer regular season. The summer regular season adopts a round-robin system, with 40 teams playing a total of 1,200 games in the regular season. Each team participates in the regular season. The game constant is 60 games.”
"The Autumn Super Series is based on the results of each team's 60 regular season games, and the top 16 places are ranked according to the standings to advance to the Super Series. These 16 places are divided into 4 groups. Each group stage has 2 places to advance, and the final 8 The promotion places will enter the knockout rounds until the Super Series champion is determined.”
The e-sports people present felt excited after hearing this. Now they didn’t have to worry about not having any games to play.
There is the Super League and the Cup. The entire competition system is much stronger, more complete, and more professional than the previous WCG. Not to mention the establishment of the World E-Sports Association WESA, which demonstrates what professionalism is.
Fang Hong and Qunxing Capital decided to fill up the WCG schedule all year round. One of the purposes is to suppress the space for game developers to hold events themselves. There are WCG events to be held all year round, and WCG events are bound to be It is regarded as the most important event by clubs and professional players, and all preparations will focus on WCG events.
In this way, other events will become unimportant.
For example, if the S series events of "League of Legends" conflict with WCG events, there is a high probability that clubs and professional players will give up the S series events organized by Riot Games in order to prepare for the WCG games.
Over time, other events will be marginalized. Whether it is clubs, professional players or player audiences, WCG competitions will be regarded as the most valuable and highest-profile e-sports events.
In addition to suppressing other competitions, there are competitions all year round, which means that there will be continuous traffic attention throughout the year.
And more events mean more income expectations and more opportunities for players and clubs. The more games played, the greater the prize money, or at least the greater the probability of winning.
After a while, the person in charge of the e-sports department under Qunxing Capital looked around at everyone and continued: "WESA has formulated a very clear reward mechanism for WCG events, including existing and future plans."
"With the existing reward mechanism, the total bonus pool of the WCG2014 Super League is US$65 million. Specifically, the total bonus pool for the seven major events in the preseason is US$15 million, the total bonus pool of the regular season is US$20 million, and the total bonus pool of the Super League is US$15 million. Pool 30 million US dollars.”
"In addition, the total prize pool for the seven major events of the WCG 2014 Nations Cup is US$35 million, and the total prize pool for the Super League and Nations Cup is US$100 million."
"Whether it is the Super League or the National Cup, WESA determines the amount of prize money allocated to each competition event based on the popularity, audience, influence and other indicators of the event. There is no doubt that the prize money allocated to popular events will be The weighting ratio is larger, and the bonus weight allocated to niche projects is relatively small.”
Everyone was dumbfounded when they heard this. They couldn't even imagine that the 15 million US dollars in prize money for a pre-season game in a super league had already surpassed this year's WCG 2013 World Finals in Lucheng, and even some traditional popular sports events were not available. This bonus size.
The prize pool of the Lucheng WCG 2013 World Finals that just ended not long ago was only US$310,000, not even a fraction of the Super League pre-season bonus pool. The US$310,000 was allocated to various projects, such as the "Counter-Strike" project. The total prize pool is only US$34,000, and winning the championship is only US$25,000. This is still a team event.
The Super League and Cup combined have a total prize pool of 100 million U.S. dollars. Even if it is evenly distributed to each official project, it is more than 14 million U.S. dollars, equivalent to more than 85 million RMB.
After the people in the e-sports circle present reacted, they were all ecstatic, especially those who played popular sports.
At the end, Fang Hong looked at everyone and smiled and said: "The total bonus pool of WCG in 2014 is 100 million US dollars. From now on, the bonus size will be increased by 20% every year based on the previous year, and so on, for at least ten years."
When everyone heard this, they called out in their hearts, "Good guy." That means that in 2015 it was US$120 million, in 2016 it was US$144 million, in 2017 it was US$173 million... The total prize pool until 2024 will exceed US$600 million?
Stars Capital is indeed a tyrannical master!
Fang Hong further said: "Bonuses are only one aspect. In the future, WCG's broadcast fees, offline tickets, peripherals and other income will be distributed according to the number of games played by players and clubs, and I believe it will exceed the bonus income in the future. A mature The biggest source of income for clubs and players in e-sports events is definitely not the most dependent on prize money.”
After a while, the person sent by the STK club couldn't help but ask: "Mr. Fang, how much is the fee for a seat in the WCG Super League?"
According to the new competition system formulated by Stars Capital for WCG, the Super League consists of 40 teams playing in the preseason, regular season and final Super League. If you want to play in the Super League, you must get one of the 40 seats. First, You have to get a seat to be eligible to play in the Super League.
According to traditional sports events, seat fees are definitely required.
After listening to the simultaneous interpretation, Fang Hong immediately looked around at the crowd and said: "The Super League seat fee is determined by the market and is competed for through auction. The starting price is 10 million yuan."
As soon as these words came out, the e-sports practitioners present were stunned. One of the club managers subconsciously said: "10 million yuan?"
At this time, the person in charge of the e-sports department of Qunxing Capital said: "There must be a threshold. We are not doing it in a trivial matter. The WCG bonus in 2014 is only 100 million U.S. dollars, and the total budget for various expenditures is 500 million U.S. dollars. For the Super League and the National Cup at the end of next year, at this stage, we, Qunxing Capital, will provide large-scale subsidies to operate WCG events."
"It won't be a loss for your club. Next year's tournament will only have a prize pool of 100 million US dollars. According to the entry threshold of 10 million yuan, it is enough for 60 teams to cover the seat fee with bonuses, but the actual situation is 40 teams . President Fang also said just now that bonuses are only one aspect. Once you get the seat qualifications, you can distribute WCG’s broadcast fees, ticket fees, peripherals and other income.”
Everyone was shocked. The total budget for hosting WCG in 2014 was actually US$500 million. Excluding exchange rate changes, it was more than 3 billion yuan.
Just looking at this budget, no one present could imagine how luxurious the WCG 2014 event specifications will be next year.
Qunxing Capital is really unusual in its approach.
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(End of chapter)
