导出博客文章Mobile phones are the most popular gaming devices in the world. Hundreds of
millions of people now hold a world of games in the palm of their hand at every
waking moment, eliminating the inconvenience of computers and consoles.Enter
Vainglory, the worlds leading mobile esports title. Developed by Super Evil
Megacorp, Vainglory is a multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) title akin to
League of Legends and Dota 2; unlike its PC counterparts, it is designed
specifically for touchscreen play. Popular esports powerhouses like Team SoloMid
and Team Secret have already developed franchises in its growing esports
scene.On Sept. 11, the finale of the summer season, the top eight teams will
duke it out for a prize pot worth over $100,000. Super Evil Megacorp has
confirmed that the subsequent autumn season will feature a world championship
starring the 12 most decorated teams.The Evil Eight system, a special title for
the top eight teams at any given time, will debut during the summer season.
North America and European teams will compete for inclusion in the Evil Eight
all summer long as they try to accumulate points in the championship
standings.The bottom three Evil Eight teams will face weekly challenger battles
from the community-run challenger tier.Its important for us to keep the dream
alive, for three friends to be able to get together and make a path to the
championship, says Kristian Segerstale, COO and Executive Director at Super Evil
Megacorp.With Amazons sponsorship of the league, Segerstrale says he is
confident this will be the biggest and best season yet. Amazon has been invested
in Vainglory since its first tournament: a community-driven event that inspired
Super Evil Megacorp to invest more into Vainglory esports.Evan Denbaum, Senior
Director of Content and Creative Director of Esports at SEMC, says its team
initially wanted to create a game that would redefine the expectations of the
mobile genre. He jumped aboard SEMC because he was impressed by the game engine
they were working with and felt it could even build games for current gen
consoles. Turning Vainglory into an esport wasnt even on his radar, but the
community quickly gained his attention.At first, tournaments were 2v2 so the
third player slot could be used to spectate the matches, he says. That forced
SEMC to immediately bump spectator mode up in its development queue.The players,
teams, and regions of Vainglory esportsSome people saw Vainglorys esports
potential from the get-go. Team SoloMids team captain and roamer, Michael FlashX
Valore, says hed been following it since it was featured at an Apple keynote
event in 2014. He started playing when the game was released only to Southeast
Asia, even though the latency to the U.S. was very high.FlashXs major
breakthrough came when his first team, Ardent Alliance, rolled through the
autumn season open qualifier last fall, winning the chance to compete in the
Vainglory International Premier League (VIPL) for a shot at an $80,000 prize
pool. The Korean esports media powerhouse OnGameNet (OGN) hosted the VIPL in
Seoul.We actually had an issue at first, though, he says. One of our members was
only 13 years old and he couldnt convince his parents to let him go to
Korea.Despite needing to sub out their teammate, Ardent Alliance defeated the
worlds strongest teams en route to winning the VIPL Season 2 Championship.After
that sensational performance, AA was acquired by Team SoloMid, whose clout and
presence in North American esports is unmatched.The incredible variety of mobile
touchscreen devices can throw an interesting wrench into a Vainglory teams
plans. At a recent invitational event, FlashX and Team SoloMid suffered an
embarrassing defeat at the hands of Koreas Invincible Armada.While FlashX was
quick to acknowledge his opponents strength, he also wanted to emphasize that
the games werent an accurate gauge of his teams ability, as they were forced to
play on Samsung phones instead of their usual iPads.FlashX says that, generally
speaking, deciding which type of device to use comes down to preference. Some
players prefer using their thumbs on a phone while FlashX opts for his index
fingers on a larger screen. Some players use a stylus. Some players sit at a
desk, and some lie down on their stomachs.In the future, a Vainglory stage might
accommodate all these preferences for players. Mobile devices mean competitors
can play in different positions and in many kinds of environments, unlike PC
gaming. Of course, it probably wont get to the point of placing a bed on the
stage for a particular player to use, but whos to really say?As Vainglory heads
into the summer, regions all over the world have begun to take shape as distinct
competitive arenas. Denbaum says one of the most intriguing things for him to
watch as a developer is the vast differences between the metagame [strategies]
of each region.North America, for example, is extremely aggressive in the early
game, he says. Europe is more likely to play passively and scale into late game,
and Korea will funnel all of their resources into their primary carry as the
other two players focus on supportive roles.Super Evil Megacorp has watched its
game evolve before its eyes as professional players redefine the notions and
preconceptions behind champions. The SEMC team has watched heroes like Petal,
previously thought of as useless and gimmicky, play a significant role in Koreas
spring championship.He says flexibility is a key philosophy to the teams
balancing ideology. In a 3v3 game, we feel every hero needs the potential to be
played in any of the roles, he says. And differences are already spawning to
fill each regions strategic needs.With the confirmation of a World Championship
event, the regions will have a real opportunity to determine who stands supreme.
Its a chance to define the entire game going forward. In League of Legends, for
example, the now-standard Marksmen and Support duo-lane didnt come into its own
until Europe dominated the inaugural LoL World Championship.The summer season
and the future of esportsAs they head into the summer, SEMCs priority will be to
expand the games reach and to provide stability and support to their
professional scene. Denbaum also wants to continue to acknowledge the communitys
strength and passion for Vainglory as an esport.And beyond that, Segerstale
says, Within the next decade, I expect a mobile game to be one of, if not the
largest players in the esports industry. There are over three billion
touchscreen devices compared to some seven hundred million gaming PCs.One of the
limitations facing mobile games is the perception that they are time killers or
less serious than games on other platforms. Additionally, Segerstale says a lot
of mobile games have intrinsic timers that cause players to expect shorter
playing sessions. These games rely on pay-to-win models that dont have the same
type of magic the gaming generation experienced growing up.In contrast to casual
mobile games, Vainglory matches can go anywhere from 7-8 minutes up to 20
minutes, and the average player plays for about two hours per day. Segerstale
hopes more mobile games will ask and allow players to steep themselves in a
richer, more strategical environment.During Vainglorys development, one of Super
Evil Megacorps concerns was that theyd have to persuade a generation of PC
gamers that touchscreen games were legitimate. However, what theyve instead come
to realize is that Vainglory appeals to a whole bunch of people whose first
language is mobile gaming, especially when limited to the MOBA genre.Mobile
games like Candy Crush and Clash Royale are turning more and more people into
gamers, although these gamers are different from the traditional stereotype.
Segerstale shares a story about a 13-year-old kid from Europe, who is one of the
top thousand Vainglory players there:When PC gaming came up, he said he didnt
understand how people could just accept the abstract limitations of a mouse and
keyboard. He couldnt just touch where he wanted to go or aim at multiple
targets.So comes the next generation of esports.
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action.Former FA chairman Lord Triesman believes FIFA should be dismantled and a
new governing body set up in its place. Triesman has been a long-term critic of
the world governing body and made allegations of improper and unethical
behaviour by four FIFA members in the House of Commons in 2011.The 72-year-old,
who resigned from his FA and World Cup 2018 bid posts in 2010, says he doubts
the capacity of any of the current FIFA presidential candidates to change a
deep-seated culture of corruption. He told Sky Sports News HQ: I dont think
theyve achieved any reforms yet. They keep saying theyre on the way but Ive
heard that quite a number of times in the past.Its a very deep-seated culture,
and a very bad one, and it takes a lot of eradicating. My feeling is that it
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