Chapter 178 - 178 Struggle
178 Struggle
At first, the gaming industry and the entertainment industry were two circles that wanted to stay in one’s own lane. However, an interesting incident happened at the end of last year and slowly changed this situation.
At that time, it was the year-end inventory period. All the major platforms were holding year-end events. One of the most eye-catching events was the selection of the most popular rankings of the year on the various platforms.
In the past years, this would be the battlefield for the fans of various artists and celebrities. Everyone was trying their best to get on the rankings and try to make their idols rank higher. It would be best if they could get first place on the rankings.
However, this changed significantly last year. The initial reason was that fans of a popular celebrity had for some reason fought with fans of a popular gamer.
A certain popular fan claimed that the gaming industry was a niche circle. Those who liked to play games were otaku[1.(in Japan) A young person who is obsessed with computers or particular aspects of popular culture to the detriment of their social skills.]s. They told the fans of the gaming industry to stay in their small circle and not embarrass themselves.
Such an excuse quickly spread in the gaming circle, completely angering the fans. Since you said that we are a niche circle, I’ll let you see the combat power of a niche circle.
Hence, that night, the fans of the gaming circle responded immediately. They directly voted the three popular eSports players in the gaming circle to the first, second, and third places on the various platforms.
This action alarmed all the fans of the various artists on the rankings. In their eyes, these popularity rankings were the battlefield of their entertainment industry. Why did the gaming industry come in to join in the fun? If their idol’s position was really stolen by a few eSports players, they would lose face.
Hence, the fans of various celebrities worked together to chase a few eSports players out of the rankings. This immediately became a battle between fans of the entertainment industry and gaming circles.
At that moment, no one realized how huge the gaming circle was. Hence, they all thought that the gaming circle would definitely lose this battle.
At first, things were indeed as they had expected. After the fans of various celebrities joined forces to fight, the rankings were quickly reshuffled. Although the three eSports players had not fallen off the rankings, their rankings were getting lower and lower.
Just as the fans of various celebrities were collectively celebrating their imminent victory, at nine o’clock that night, the various gaming communities, Tieba1, and other circles released an announcement. In order to protect the dignity of the gaming circle, players were willing to respond to the battle.
Then, they threw the three contestants back into the top three in just a few hours, even widening the gap between them and the fourth place.
After that, no matter how hard the fans of various celebrities worked, they could not close the gap. Instead, they let the fans of the gaming circle maintain this advantage until the end of the event. In response to this situation, the fans of various celebrities were angry and helpless. They shouted that they did not want to accept this outcome, but they were rebutted by the fans of the gaming circle who said, “Don’t be on the rankings if you can’t afford to lose.”
Hence, an abnormally strange scene happened at the end of this year’s event. The people standing on the various platforms to receive the annual rankings were actually three eSports players. This was a scene that no one had imagined before. It actually happened in front of them.
This made many people see the vastness of the gaming industry. At the same time, they also saw the huge commercial value of the gaming industry. However, the current structure of the gaming industry had long been controlled by a few big gaming companies. Hence, those who wanted to enter had long lost the initiative.
However, the ability of capitalists was that they could always find a way to squeeze out benefits. Soon, they thought that since they could not get a share of the game market, they would go to the game fans’ circle to get a cut.
Under such circumstances, the variety show project regarding eSports games was established.
The production team’s idea was to find a group of professional eSports players and a group of celebrities who played well to participate in the selection. In the end, they would form a celebrity dream team and challenge the foreign celebrity teams.
Hence, this was not only a variety show, but also an international amateur eSports competition. Hence, this candidate selection was especially important. Their gaming skills had to be very good.
Although He Meng was also eyeing this variety show, she valued the subsequent effects of this show even more.
If artists could play a key role in this competition, not only would they win huge glory and popularity, but they would also be valued by the Kangaroo Platform and obtain their resources.
Hence, if Yu Han’s gaming skills were good, He Meng could let her submit a resume to try.