At 1 o'clock at midnight on September 24, 2013, Beijing time, the semi-finals of the S3 World Finals are about to start.

For China, this time is 1 a.m., and for Los Angeles, USA, due to the implementation of summer camp time, which is 15 hours slower than Chinese time, the current U.S. time is 10 a.m. on September 23.

At 10 a.m., probably due to the Pacific climate, it has been raining every day on the west coast lately. The rain was pouring down on the top of the Galen Center, and a loud sound of rain could be heard.

The tournament will officially start at 12 o'clock.

Yun Luoyang's current location is backstage at the Galen Center, where he was interviewed by some esports media.

Due to his popularity, more than a dozen esports media outlets from different countries flocked to him, most of which were American media.

In fact, these media wanted to interview him as early as after the Chinese team arrived in the United States, but he did not pay attention to those foreign media except for being interviewed by several domestic media.

S2's hatred is still remembered.

Because there were more interviews to be done, FD simply borrowed a relatively large backstage conference room from Fist as an interview room, and FD was fully present, which was regarded as a public appearance in front of the world media.

Then came the reporter's question, compared to the S2 period, the Chinese team was given a cold reception, it was disconnected, the audience reported and coaxed, and the media belittled it, this time it was too strong (it's all true, don't talk about what I'm fictitious in the comment area, can what Strawberry said be false?) ）。

The reporters are very good, the attitude is okay, and they will not ask some disgusting questions.

First, European and American reporters stood up one by one to ask questions.

The first was a male reporter from an American online media portal who asked, "Tyro, I would like to ask you how you feel that this time you are back in the United States to compete in S3 and how you feel that it has changed compared to last year." ”

Yun Luoyang replied: "Naturally, the change is very big, Riot rented the Lakers' home stadium as the venue for the Finals, which proves that the influence of League of Legends is rising day by day, and it also proves that the League of Legends Finals will be a carnival feast for League of Legends players all over the world every year in the future." ”

Another European e-sports media asked: "Participating in S3 this time, what is the objective evaluation of the current top eight players, and which of them do you think are more powerful?" ”

Yun Luoyang played a Tai Chi: "They are all elites who have fought their way out of the encirclement from various competition areas, and they are all very powerful, and it is difficult to evaluate." ”

"Some people say that you are the world's No. 1 midlaner, what do you think?"

"There are many talented people in the country, and I don't think I am the best in the world, and I still need to work hard."

"The FD team was built by you, and for this team, which one do you think is better than S2's WEA?"

"It's all good."

"How long do you think you can go on the path of professional e-sports, and will your family oppose it?"

"Until I can't go any further. My family is very supportive because it's a profession I love. ”

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The reporters interviewed one by one, and the questions they asked were not very harsh, even if there were some difficult answers, they passed by doing Tai Chi.

After answering more than a dozen questions in a row, at the end, a Southeast Asian media stood up and asked: "In this training match, I heard that you rejected all teams except for South Korea's second seed SVT1, does this mean that in your eyes, except for SVT1, all other teams are no longer FD's opponents?" ”

Yun Luoyang frowned, this is a relatively sharp topic, if you don't answer well, it will offend many people.

If the answer is yes, then all the other teams except SVT1 hate FD.

If the answer is no, how can we round the field?

He thought for a while and said: "No, I decided to play a training match with SVT1 because we both thought each other was very interesting, especially SVT1's mid-laner faker, I like him very much, he is a good player, I personally think that his ability is not below me, so the hero cherished each other, so I played a few more games with them." ”

Hearing his answer, the audience was in an uproar.

A player of the same level as Tyro?

It's big news, and today's interview is worth it.

At this moment, the attention of the media suddenly focused on faker.

The reporters secretly wondered in their hearts, did they take advantage of the fact that SVT1 had not yet come to power, and preemptively do an interview and get a first-hand information or something?

Seeing the reporters in the audience falling into deep thought, Yun Luoyang was secretly happy in his heart.

This is actually a distraction from journalists.

If he still struggles with the issue of not playing training matches with other teams, he will definitely fall into the trap of the media, which will lead to hatred and hostility from other teams.

Yun Luoyang simply threw a big news, diverted their attention, and let these media bother the faker, and he could be quiet.

But it's not bad for faker, in fact, it's good for faker.

It's making a name for faker.

How does an ordinary person become famous quickly?

Celebrity admiration is the best way to do it.

It's like when S2 loved to laugh in addition to being famous in China, it was not famous in the world at all.

But then Riot's quote, "Love laughs redefines ADC."

and the words of the senior brother who was already very famous in North America at that time, "At present, the AD level in the world can compare with me, only WEA's love of laughter, and the others are scum." ”

As soon as these two sentences came out, Aixiao immediately became famous in the world from then on.

This is the result of celebrity reverence.

Therefore, even if faker annoys these media, he can't blame him.

After all, this is praising you, not hurting you.

Respect you so much for helping you become famous, are you embarrassed to hate me?

If faker knew the truth, tears would fall.

Yun Luoyang's hand moved flowers and trees, which simply made his scalp numb.

In the face of the inexplicable swarming media, I don't know if he is happy or sad.

But what is certain is that he still has to remember the favor of Yun Luoyang.

Because in everyone's opinion, it's helping you.

It's infuriating.

After successfully diverting the attention of the media, the next interview media was a little absent-minded.

The interview ended quickly, and the time came to half past eleven.

FD everyone went to the audience to watch the game.

Yun Luoyang sat in the audience, revisiting the old place, and had a lot of emotion.

Compared with the finals of S2, the number of viewers of the semifinals of S3 was a little smaller, less than two-thirds of S2.

But it is still difficult to resist the enthusiasm of the audience, and the Galen Center, which can seat 30,000 people, is overwhelming.

It is said that Riot deliberately sold out a lot of tickets this time, and all of them were sold out after only 20,000 were sold, so even if there were only two-thirds of the number of people in the S2 finals, it could be considered full.

In fact, the current Riot company is really not bad for money, with the popularity of League of Legends and the injection of capital from Daddy Penguin, Riot has done well, and now there is no need to rely on selling tickets to make a living, all they lack is influence.

S2 can fill the Galen Center, which can seat 30,000 people, but it makes no sense to go to S3, but I want to go to Staples Arena, which can only seat 20,000 people, right?

Or the reason for the influence.

Strictly speaking, the influence of League of Legends now is already hotter than in the previous life.

As of September 2013, League of Legends had more than 33 million daily active users and more than 82 million monthly active users.

At the same time, the number of online players has exceeded the 9 million mark, heading towards the 10 million mark.

But don't think it's a big number.

In the original history, four months later, that is, in January 2014, there were already 27 million daily active users, 67 million monthly active users, and 750W of people online at the same time.

It peaked in S5, with more than 60 million daily active users, more than 100 million monthly active users, and 15 million concurrent users.

Normally, it is basically between 12 million and 14 million, which is the number of people in the world who are online at the same time every day.

In the entire history of online gaming, it is estimated that no game has reached its value.

There is a tenth of it, which is considered a very popular game.

So at present, there is still a long way to go to reach the peak of LOL.

The current result is only a little better than the statistics in 4 months, and it will take at least a year of hard work for Riot to reach the peak of S5.

Because of this, Riot threw coins on a large scale without being short of money, and wrapped up the Lakers' home court, which was full of gimmicks and attracted countless eyeballs around the world.

There is nothing wrong with this.

According to statistics, the number of people who watched the game live during the S2 period was about 100,000, including the number of viewers in the group stage, semi-finals and finals.

The number of viewers of the webcast is 10 million, and the total number of viewing hours is more than 24 million hours.

And in S3, the influence has risen significantly.

Whether you understand e-sports or don't understand e-sports, many people hear it.

Yo, it's held at the Lakers' home court, and it's very high.

With the idea of taking a look, turn on the TV or the Internet to watch, which can be regarded as raising awareness.

In fact, many countries can directly watch e-sports on TV, and the United States can, so many foreigners have begun to use the emerging industry of e-sports as an after-dinner pastime.

Riot initially thought about holding this year's Super Bowl finals in Foxburg.

After all, the most popular sport in the United States is not basketball, nor football, but football, and according to statistics, the number of people watching the NBA is far less than the number of people watching the Super Bowl.

But Riot eventually moved the tournament to Staples Arena.

This is based on the big picture.

The Super Bowl is indeed the number one sport in the United States, with almost universal participation and hundreds of millions of viewers, including the NBA Finals.

But the influence in the world is not as good as that of the NBA.

The Lakers are now in full swing, although the 2013 championship was the Heat.

But the Lakers have Kobe Bryant's superstar, and the Lakers have a large fan base around the world.

It turns out that Fist was right.

At present, the number of live viewers in the group stage has exceeded 120,000, and the number of live viewers has exceeded 20 million. More than double the attention of the entire S2 combined.

Although it is not as exaggerated as S7's hundreds of millions of viewers around the world, according to this trend, by the night of the finals, the number of people watching the game around the world may exceed 40 million, and the heyday of League of Legends will also slowly kick off.

After all, in the original S3, the number has reached 32 million, and since this life is more popular than the previous life, there is no reason why the number of people watching the live broadcast will be less than the previous life.

At 12 noon, the game officially began.