198: Chapter 198 Key Data for Day Four

On this day.

As the time just reached the afternoon, a number of hot searches regarding esports tournaments had already appeared on the Great Xia internet.

However, this time.

These hot searches were not just about dota 2 matches; league of legends matches also occupied quite a few.

Even the popularity and rankings.

Were above that of the dota 2 tournament!

At this point in time, there were only ten days left until the end of the third stage of the league of legends tournament. Although every region was already conducting their final round matches, the popularity had not yet reached its peak.

Compared to before, the popularity of matches in other regions was still rising slowly and steadily.

But today.

There was only one reason why the popularity in the Great Xia region was so high.

That was.

A Shui Team and Left Hand Team, these two currently strongest, undefeated teams in Great Xia, would meet ahead of schedule!

The loser.

Would go to the loser's bracket to gain the qualification to challenge the strong again. If the two sides were to face each other again, it would only be at the final Global Finals.

You know.

As the teams with the highest popularity and attention in Great Xia at the moment, the number of viewers for every one of their matches could almost exceed 50 million!

This would be the first head-on collision between the two sides!

However, Tencent Group was also quite confident at this moment. In fact, to make the dota 2 match time coincide with this match, they even moved their match time to the local late night!

This time.

Pony was prepared to go head-to-head with the league of legends tournament to see if there was a gap between the two.

You know.

Because the location of the dota 2 Global Finals was in the Eagle Country, the match times for both sides conflicted. Although to coordinate with Great Xia time, the dota 2 matches always started in the evening locally, which was morning here.

But this time.

Tencent Group specifically adjusted the time for the fourth day's dota 2 matches, just to let both matches start almost at the same time.

The previous three days.

The average audience number of 55 million gave them quite a bit of confidence. Even without viewing rewards, Tencent Group did not think this number would be much worse.

Although in their expectations.

Surpassing the league of legends tournament should be impossible to achieve, but after all, they were the Penguin E-sports League, and for one of the esports tournaments within it, they only needed to maintain half of the league of legends tournament's popularity, and that would be enough!

If one game had half the popularity of the league of legends tournament through marketing and promotion.

Then what about ten games, twenty games?

Wanting to crush the entire Penguin E-sports League by relying on the popularity of just one game like league of legends was, in Pony's eyes, just a pipe dream.

At this moment.

Almost the entire internet was discussing the two upcoming matches.

"It's finally here. Between A Shui Team and Left Hand Team, which side is actually stronger!"

"A Shui Team has more resilience, while Left Hand Team has stronger strength on paper. It's really hard to say who will win or lose."

"I'm saying, is no one paying attention to the dota 2 match?"

"Actually, if the two matches didn't clash, I probably, maybe, might have gone to watch the dota 2 match, but since they clashed, there's nothing I can do."

"The target audience for the dota 2 tournament is global. You have to know, the proportion of viewers for the first three days, Great Xia viewers were only about a quarter or a third."

...

Amidst the anticipation of the entire internet.

The two matches officially began.

As time ticked away, almost every half hour or ten minutes, new entries regarding the two matches appeared on the Weibo hot search list.

The matches for these two games today were more exciting than the last.

The dota 2 match was even the best-looking match in so many days.

On the league of legends side.

This time, the match between A Shui Team and Left Hand Team had just started, and the number of viewers across the entire internet had already exceeded 50 million.

Many viewers from other overseas regions also paid attention to this match.

And the content of this match was also equally exciting.

Relying on their own hard strength, under the cooperation and brilliant operations of several players, Left Hand Team quickly took a 2-0 lead.

Although they lost these two matches, A Shui Team still showed extremely strong resilience, tying the score several times, but ultimately losing with regret.

The turning point began from the third game.

Relying on stealing two consecutive major dragons, A Shui Team won this game, and in the fourth game, they led from the beginning to the end.

Just when many viewers thought.

This was another case of coming back from 0-2 to win 3-2.

Left Hand Team did not give A-Shui and his team a chance. In the final game, relying on almost perfect operational means, they pushed A Shui Team into a desperate situation.

In this deciding game, even though A Shui Team stole the dragon again, and even one major dragon and one ancient dragon, in the end, they still could not defeat Left Hand Team and fell into the loser's bracket.

But even though they lost today's match.

All the fans of their team still felt that today was a very exciting match, and they still had the opportunity to challenge Left Hand Team again from the loser's bracket.

As for the other side.

The dota 2 match was even more exaggerated. The players in the two teams were originally the two teams with the most individual fans among all the players this time.

Its match content.

Was exaggerated to the extreme.

After two evenly matched games were both taken by the opponent, WG Team showed full resilience and completed an epic comeback from 0-2 to 3-2, with two of the games being desperate turnarounds.

This match.

Let many players who could understand the dota 2 match watch it with satisfaction. If one could understand the match screen and understand the operations of both sides, today's match was indeed quite exciting.

But unfortunately, these viewers were not many.

And as both matches ended.

The audience numbers for both sides today were also officially tallied.

...

Shenzhen.

Tencent Group headquarters.

Yawning and looking relaxed, Pony pushed open the solid wood door of the conference room.

"Sorry, I overslept."

While apologizing to everyone, Pony walked towards his main seat.

There were not many people in the conference room today, and only a few seats were occupied.

But on the big screen next to the round table, many video chat boxes were cut out. The figures in each screen were capital bigwigs with quite high net worth and status.

These people.

Were not executives from other game companies in the Penguin E-sports League, but senior executives of first-tier enterprises that invested in or sponsored this Penguin E-sports League.

Including several founders of first-tier sports brands, the chairman of the largest overseas live streaming platform, and even several investors in automotive and consumer brands.

The CEO of Adidas and Nike, who had signed an intent sponsorship contract with Langchao Group but ultimately did not sponsor the league of legends tournament, was also here.

This group of people.

Had also discovered the prospects of esports at the beginning, but they all chose the Global Esports Alliance of Tencent Group and Valve.

And how the potential of this esports league was, today's data was quite critical.

"The time should be about right. Just now, Sun Qiang sent me a message saying that the last game of our dota 2 match today has also ended."

"He will be here soon."

Although Tencent Group could monitor the dota 2 match popularity in real-time, during this period, Pony did not let Sun Qiang tell him these data in real-time.

He wanted to wait until the match was over to see the complete data curve.

After all, many times, these kinds of matches had the highest number of viewers in the last game, and what he wanted to know was the peak number of viewers for today's match.

The others on the video screen listened to Pony's words and all nodded without saying anything. They were also quite optimistic about the results of today's match.

And just the second after Pony finished this sentence.

Sun Qiang knocked on the door and walked in.

When he just entered the conference room, his footsteps paused. Looking at Pony who was looking at the many bigwigs on the big screen, he couldn't help but take a few deep breaths.

His head was slightly lowered. After greeting Pony and the others, he walked towards his seat. The depth of his expression could not be seen, it just seemed to be a bit stiff.

"The last game is over?"

Pony asked.

And Sun Qiang exhaled deeply and nodded, then raised his head.

"How did the match go today?"

Before Pony could continue to ask, on the video screen, Bill, the CEO of Adidas and Nike, asked.

He had also been following the dota 2 matches during this time and knew that the excitement of the match was quite important for audience attraction.

Whether today's match was exciting or not.

It directly affected today's peak viewership, and also affected the intensity of their subsequent investment and sponsorship in the Penguin E-sports League.

Facing the inquiry.

Sun Qiang was silent for a long while, and finally said.

"Very exciting, it was even the most exciting match in these past few days."

"WG Team from Great Xia even pulled off a comeback from 0-2 to 3-2."