Chapter 158: Spotlight Gathers! Igniting The Esports Scene!
The post-match stage lights focused again, and host Yu Shuang wore an elegant blue-and-white qipao, standing in the center of the stage with a smiling face like a flower.
On either side of her were today’s biggest contributors to EDG’s victory in the match, Li Fan and Ming Kai.
“Welcome to our post-match interview session. First, congratulations again to the EDG team for defeating OMG with a 2-0 score today, extending their regular season winning streak to seven wins!”
“We’ve also invited EDG’s mid-jungle duo, Unreal and Clearlove, to our interview area. Say hello to the audience friends on site first!”
Not to mention Yu Shuang liking to repeat herself, but the interview process was already very familiar.
Clearlove took the microphone and showed his signature smile: “Hello everyone, I’m EDG’s jungler Clearlove.”
As soon as he finished speaking, the audience erupted in warm applause and cheers.
Immediately after, Li Fan picked up the microphone: “Hello everyone, I’m EDG’s mid laner Unreal.”
“Ahhhhhhh—!”
“Fan Ge! Fan Ge!”
“Unreal! Awesome!”
Li Fan’s simple self-introduction instantly ignited the passion of the entire audience, higher by an order of magnitude than the cheers for Clearlove just now, enough to prove his terrifying popularity now.
Clearlove didn’t feel surprised or jealous about this; it was very normal. Players with strength are like this…
Moreover, his own age had indeed reached that point.
This year should be his last dance.
With such a mid laner, they’ve already beaten SKT several times. Honestly, there really is a great chance.
If they can win a World Championship and then retire, that would fulfill the dream.
Yu Shuang was also infected by the enthusiastic atmosphere and smiled: “Wow, I feel the immense enthusiasm of our on-site audience. First, I’d like to ask Clearlove, you smoothly won the match today, and your rhythm was very good, especially that key mid lane counter-gank in the first game. How did the team communicate internally at that time?”
Clearlove glanced at Li Fan beside him and smiled: “Actually, for that wave, I just felt the opponent would come to gank mid lane. After all, our mid lane is the absolute core daddy. He was playing Kassadin that game, which must be protected well. Then I told Fan Ge I was behind him. When he heard that, he didn’t hesitate at all and directly flashed forward. When I saw that, I was actually startled too. That flash was beyond my expectations. Mainly, Fan Ge played it well. His forward flash was so confident. I hurried to follow up… and that’s how we got that kill.”
“I’ve never encountered a mid laner who plays so aggressively before. It has also made me play without hesitation. There have really been quite a few changes in the past six months.”
【Hahaha, classic protect daddy tactic!】
【Mid lane is daddy, those who get it get it. This statement is indeed spot on.】
【Exactly right. Clearlove’s problem is that he plays hesitantly and not decisively at all. Fan Ge doesn’t have that issue; he acts directly when he decides to. It really changed Clearlove a lot.】
【Flashing forward is indeed very cool!】
Yu Shuang turned her gaze to Li Fan again: “Speaking of that forward flash, everyone thought you would flash backward at the time, but you decisively chose forward, instantly turning the situation around. How did you make that decision? Were you worried that if you missed, the consequences would be severe?”
Li Fan picked up the microphone: “Nothing special about the decision. Mainly, I felt their skills were used up, Clearlove was there, so it wasn’t a big threat to me. Instead, it was a great opportunity, so I went for it. Miss? I didn’t think about it, because I knew the damage was enough to counter-kill. After all, my skills are guaranteed hits when in their face, and for auto attacks, no one playing Kassadin would miss skills, right?”
【Arrogant! Too arrogant!】
【《Nothing special, just felt like I could kill》】
【《Just execute the operation》】
【Kassadin can miss skills too… I have a roommate who always misses his ultimate with Kassadin, can’t even sit on people.】
Yu Shuang laughed at the funny answers from the mid-jungle duo: “It seems Unreal player has absolute confidence in his operation. For the second question, we noticed you just won the Huya Bounty Tournament championship in the PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds event, and upon returning to League of Legends, you delivered such a carry performance. How do you quickly adjust your state and feel between different game events?”
This question was also very noteworthy; the League of Legends official naturally wouldn’t waste this traffic.
After all, the two games aren’t competing products, so mentioning it is no problem.
Moreover, the effect was indeed great as soon as it was brought up. The live stream room and on-site audience all perked up to see what Li Fan would say.
Li Fan thought for a moment and answered seriously: “They’re all esports games, with some common underlying logic, like reaction, awareness, and instant decision making.”
“The difference might be in muscle memory and specific playstyles. Just practice more to adapt. Playing different games is sometimes a form of relaxation and a shift in thinking, allowing you to fully immerse yourself in subsequent matches. Of course, this is just for me personally. I don’t know if it’s the same for others, so if someone wants to learn, it’s best not to…”
【《They’re all esports games》《Just practice more to adapt》】
【《Versailles·Fan》】
【I need half a day to adapt between two heroes, and he switches games directly!】
【Is this talent? Crying.】
【But don’t think it sounds exaggerated. I think it’s right, because I adapt pretty well too. Now I’ve reached high ranks in both PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds and League of Legends.】
“Wow, it sounds easy, but the people who can do it are really one in a million.” Yu Shuang sighed, then turned to Clearlove: “Clearlove, how does it feel to have a teammate like Unreal? Does it feel like a lot of pressure? Because he always brings all kinds of surprises.”
Clearlove immediately showed an expression that said ‘you get it’: “Pressure? Of course there’s pressure! Look at him. He’s doing great in League of Legends, then suddenly goes to PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds to win a championship, streams Street Fighter, and who knows when his mind will wander again. We have to keep an eye on him all the time, afraid our team core will neglect his duties and run off. Then the League of Legends Pro League would suffer heavy losses.”
“Hahaha…” Clearlove’s words caused the entire audience to burst into laughter.
【Hahaha, Clearlove’s resentment runs deep!】
【It’s normal to have this worry. Look at when Top Esports built their PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds team, the hot search at that time really made it feel like Fan Ge was going to fully transition. Good thing that didn’t happen.】
【Right, I even thought Unreal wasn’t going to the Intercontinental Tournament, but he showed up on the last day and helped LPL win the first Intercontinental championship. That really shows he’s a professional League player.】
Yu Shuang laughed so hard she trembled: “It seems Clearlove is really worried for the team. For the last question, to both of you: what is the team’s next goal? Can you reveal it?”
Clearlove restrained his smile and got serious: “The next goal is definitely to stabilize our regular season ranking first, then strive for a better placement in the playoffs. The ultimate goal, without a doubt, is always the World Championship… especially since this year’s World Championship is in the country.”
Li Fan nodded and added: “Yeah, take it one step at a time, win every opponent in front of us first.”
“Great, thank you very much to Unreal and Clearlove for accepting our interview, and congratulations again to EDG! Hope they keep going in the upcoming matches and bring us more exciting performances!”
Amid the audience’s warm applause and cheers, the interview session ended.
After all, EDG now had the qualification to say these words. Unlike at the beginning when they had no results and saying they wanted a World Championship was just giving rhythm for nothing.
Li Fan and Clearlove waved goodbye and walked off the stage.
The audience immediately erupted in warm applause…
Sitting on the bus returning to base, the atmosphere in the bus was very relaxed because they won the match.
The teammates were still excitedly discussing the details of the match just now. Clearlove was holding his mobile phone, happily looking at the forum praise for his counter-gank operation today. After all, Clearlove appears serious on the surface but is actually very showy inside. He really likes hiding in the resilience pot blame bar to watch others praise him.
Indeed, no man dislikes being praised…
Li Fan leaned against the window, Shanghai’s night view speeding past outside the window.
Habitually opening Weibo as well, wanting to see the reactions from all sides after the match.
After all, he couldn’t stand not showing off in front of people after all the hardship practicing heroes…
Undoubtedly, the #EDG Seven Consecutive Wins# topic had rushed to the front of hot search, full of fans’ congratulations and discussions about their performance in the match.
They also saw Xiao Zhao’s performance.
They felt very satisfied with this year’s lineup…
What attracted Li Fan’s attention was the hot search right next to it: #Douyu Fighting Cup Million Bonus#.
He clicked in, and official announcements and player hot discussions came rushing at him.
A total bonus pool of up to a million, with 300,000 for single event champions—a huge reward. For the relatively niche field of fighting games, this attraction was enormous, and enormous attraction meant extremely high heat.
For Li Fan, whether there was a bonus or not didn’t matter; the important thing was influence… Since there was influence, it might be a good opportunity.
He brought up the system interface that only he could see.
The interface clearly displayed his various attribute data. After this period of battles in different events, especially winning the PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds bounty match, his learning points had accumulated to a quite considerable number, enough for endless training mode for a while.
However, freedom attribute points gained were very few; so far, only once.
After all, elevating freedom attributes was more direct, not just for League of Legends, but could bring great improvements in other game events as well.
“If I can participate in this Douyu match and borrow this wave of heat to gain some freedom points…” Li Fan calculated in his heart.
After all, it had now reached an extremely exaggerated level, but attributes were never too many. If he could max them out, his dominance in League of Legends would truly reach an unprecedented realm.
At that time, let alone one World Championship; establishing his own dynasty and achieving consecutive championships would no longer be a distant dream!
What five-time champion? He would be the all-champion king for the next decade!
As long as it’s a competitive match he participates in, he is the champion!
What China esports number one person? He wants to be the world esports number one person!
Once this thought arose, it became extremely tempting.
But a practical problem was in front of him: he was a signed streamer for Huya.
As one of Huya’s pillar streamers, going to participate in a match hosted by competitor Douyu seemed sensitive from commercial rules and platform stance.
“Can it work?” Li Fan frowned slightly.
Just as Li Fan was frowning and pondering this platform difference issue, his mobile phone in his hand vibrated at this moment.
Looking down, it was a WeChat message from Huya’s official operations head.
“Fan Ge, are you there? Did you see the Douyu fighting cup on Weibo hot search?” The message was followed by a melon-eating emoji.
Li Fan replied: “Just saw it, pondering it.”
The other side instantly replied: “What do you think? Interested in participating? We just had an internal meeting discussing this.”
Li Fan looked at the message and typed back immediately: “Definitely interested. I play fighting games decently too. My main concern is the platform… After all, I’m a Huya streamer. Is it not appropriate to go to Douyu’s match?”
He threw out his concerns to see the official attitude.
After all, it’s a competitive relationship. In 2017, Huya and Douyu really fought hard.
The two platforms were competing on economy and traffic…
But now, because of Li Fan’s appearance, the roles of the two platforms had completely changed.
To his surprise, Huya official’s reply was unusually quick and straightforward:
“Psh! What’s inappropriate about it! We were just wanting to talk to you about this!”
“We not only don’t oppose it, we strongly support you participating!”
“Think about it. Douyu is spending big to make such a spectacle, million bonus, global promotion—what’s the purpose? Isn’t it just to attract traffic and attention?”
“But matches ultimately depend on strength! With Fan Shen’s talent and strength, Street Fighter 5 has the Brazil region champion foundation. As long as you prepare seriously, the hope of winning is very high!”
“At that time, the stage Douyu painstakingly built, the promotion they spent money on attracting global fighting game viewers, and in the end, the champion trophy is held by us Huya’s streamer? All the traffic and spotlight comes to our side. We’re basically getting something for nothing.”
“Moreover, our Huya Bounty Tournament didn’t restrict Douyu streamers either. Platforms don’t restrict for matches like this.”
Indeed, in front of commercial interests, the so-called platforms aren’t monolithic.
As long as operated properly, a competitor’s stage can also become one’s own battlefield for fame and fortune.
“Got it.” Li Fan replied, his tone relaxing, “Since official supports it, I have no problem.”
Back at EDG base, Li Fan tidied up briefly and started streaming.
Almost the instant he went live, the audience who had been waiting surged in like a tide.
Bullet comments and gifts in the live stream room instantly filled the screen. It was clear everyone was very excited; otherwise, gifts wouldn’t lead the way right at the start.
【Congrats Fan Ge! Already seven consecutive wins, Summer Split can sprint for sixteen consecutive wins.】
【Now EDG never works overtime, every game is 2-0!】
【Fan Ge’s Kassadin today was explosively cool. Feels like others’ Kassadin completely lacks your flavor.】
【The interview cracked me up. Clearlove is afraid you’ll run away.】
【But to be fair, I’m pretty afraid Unreal will just run off too. I used to think speed player was a joke, but now I really see every game wants him. If League of Legends fans keep blacking him, the league’s god will go to other games to be god.】
【Fan Ge Fan Ge! Did you see Douyu’s fighting cup? Will you participate?】
【Same question! Champion has 300k bonus, and it includes Street Fighter 5!】
【With Fan Ge’s strength, not going to take a championship wouldn’t make sense, right?】
Facing the dense inquiries about Douyu Fighting Cup on the screen, Li Fan just smiled and didn’t answer directly.
He chatted casually with bullet comments about today’s match details while operating the computer.
Under everyone’s gaze, he opened the Steam platform.
His mouse slid through the library and finally stopped on a game icon: Street Fighter V.
He clicked start, and the game began running.
This action already excited the bullet comments… It seemed like no answer, but also like something was said.
If not participating in the match, why play Street Fighter V?
Obviously planning to go… If so, there would be something good to watch again.
However, Li Fan’s next operation made the entire live stream room atmosphere boil over!
While Street Fighter 5 was loading, he searched again in Steam’s search bar for another name—《TEKKEN7》!
Tekken 7!
This time, the live stream room exploded like boiling water!
【????】
【Tekken 7?! Fan Ge, you play Tekken too?】
【Holy shit! Participating in both? Planning to sweep both events’ championships?】
【I get it, not only participating but signing up for two events!】
【Street Fighter 5 and Tekken 7! Fan Ge awesome! If he takes two championships, everyone else is just sidekicks.
【Is this the world of the strong? Others struggle to specialize in one, he does dual frontline combat. So perverse?】
【Hahaha, now it’s fun. The fighting circle is about to quake!】
【I’m already looking forward to Fan Ge using Ryu to beat all the strong opponents, then using Mishima Kazuya to teach lessons!】
Looking at the rapidly scrolling download progress bar and the completely ignited audience in the live stream room, Li Fan finally said: “Yeah, since the timing fits, might as well play both. Should… be quite interesting.”
All viewers understood: Unreal Li Fan not only accepted Douyu’s invitation but announced he would compete in both Street Fighter 5 and Tekken 7!
This news, along with live stream slices, spread like a whirlwind throughout the entire esports circle and fighting game community.
Anticipation, watching the drama… various emotions intertwined. Douyu Fighting Cup hadn’t even started yet and was already full of endless highlights.
Li Fan didn’t explicitly say it in the stream but had indicated he would participate, and the discussion heat was already very high.
Perhaps having received notification, the next day, Douyu official formally released the detailed schedule and race system announcement, pushing this storm to a new climax.
The announcement clearly listed the match times:
Street Fighter 5 event: August 21 – August 22
Tekken 7 event: August 23 – August 24
This time arrangement instantly exploded discussions among all players and fans paying attention.
【Damn, August 21 to 24! This timing is right after Summer Split regular season ends completely, before playoffs start—the perfect gap! Isn’t this clearly aimed straight at Unreal?】
【Indeed confirmed! This is tailor-made schedule for a certain someone!】
【I’ve paved the road right to your feet, question is will you walk it?】
【Fan Ge: Walked it, and incidentally opened dual threads. Not only Street Fighter match, but also Tekken 7.】
【This schedule is too considerate, perfectly avoiding all key LPL matches. Hard to find an excuse not to participate. Is this the official’s scheme?】
【Douyu went all out to invite this big buddha, really spared no expense and effort. After all, not capitalizing on this traffic would be too painful.】
Just as netizens analyzed, this schedule was cleverly ambiguous, seamlessly embedding the main tournament into the vacuum period of the LPL event cycle.
Its target was self-evident: to ensure Li Fan could participate without any worries.
You participated in QQ Speed SSC Spring Split, and Summer Split has no matches— no reason not to join our Street Fighter, right?
Douyu’s abacus was hit very loudly.
But this was understandable and very annoying to other platforms—why didn’t they think of holding a fighting match.
Just thinking about eating this wave of traffic was already satisfying.
And the million bonus temptation did have an effect.
After the announcement, not only was the domestic fighting circle excited, but many overseas renowned Street Fighter 5 and Tekken 7 professional players and top players also expressed intent to participate on social media, gearing up to show their skills in this bonus-rich feast.
For a time, Weibo, Tieba, forums, etc., had unprecedented discussion heat about Douyu Fighting Cup.
Spending money successfully hyped the heat; Douyu really profited big this wave.
【Million bonus + global masters + Unreal dual-event participation. This Douyu Fighting Cup has full prestige. Never thought a small match besides finals could have such high bonus.】
【Such high bonus attracting worldwide audience isn’t a small match anymore. Feels like this match will count points.】
【I’m curious now: will fighting circle masters educate the outsider, or will Fan Ge continue his cross-event conquest?】
【Feels like it will be gods fighting! We really have many top masters in Street Fighter 5, possible Japanese gods coming too. Tekken 7 circle is smaller, but plenty of masters.】
【But why are you all so optimistic? Key is Unreal signed up for two, and has to play League of Legends matches. Where does he get time to practice and maintain state?】
【For geniuses, we can’t use common sense… Don’t forget how he jumped from speed to league, then league to win the game.】
【No matter what, I’m locked in for this match! Show effect will absolutely explode!】
【Huya streamer bravely enters Douyu Fighting Cup, dual-line combat challenging world powerhouses.】
In Douyu game zone operations office, the atmosphere was far less relaxed than it appeared outside.
Despite the official announcement sparking heated discussion, and Li Fan’s live stream actions almost equivalent to official announcement that he would participate in this Douyu Fighting Cup next.
But the operations staff responsible for the fighting cup project were now staring tightly at the constantly refreshing registration list in the backend, brows furrowed.
The reason was actually very simple… They still hadn’t seen Li Fan’s registration form yet.
“Unreal… Unreal… Why not yet?” A young operations staff wearing black-rimmed glasses kept muttering, extremely anxious now. Can’t have a million invested end anticlimactically.
On the list, IDs of renowned domestic and international fighting masters had already appeared quite a few.
In Street Fighter 5 event, domestic top players like Xiao Hai Zeng Zhuo Jun, Cheng Long, Da Kou and other familiar faces were prominently listed, even some Japanese and Western masters’ IDs.
After all, cooperating with official also gives official points, plus huge bonus, so many people came.
This list in normal times would make any event organizer smile; basically all top fighting circle players were here.
Intensity even comparable to Capcom Cup World Championship.
But now, Douyu operations team’s core goal was only one: Li Fan.
“Don’t worry, maybe he’s still going through club procedures?” A slightly older colleague nearby tried to comfort, but his own eyes fixed on the screen betrayed inner unrest. The pressure on operations side now was really huge.
“Procedure shouldn’t be an issue; the club even let him do PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds match.” Black-rimmed glasses sighed, “I’m just afraid… afraid he was just feinting. After all, he didn’t say in the stream he was participating.”
This sentence voiced everyone’s worry.
They invested heavily, carefully designed the schedule, cleared almost all obstacles, short of writing ‘invite Unreal to participate’ in the announcement.
All of this, the core was Li Fan’s terrifying traffic and topic degree.
Only if he participates can this traffic turn into their gains; without, it means nothing.
Next would inevitably lack attention.
Because fighting games are niche themselves.
Just as their internal evaluation, even Ding Chunqiu, a fighting streamer who’s doing well in streaming, has a daily live stream room popularity ceiling.
His success, besides solid strength, relies on hype, operations, constantly emphasizing he’s a League of Legends coach, previously teaching Xiang Guo jungling. Even so, live stream room numbers stayed at five or six hundred…
But Li Fan is different; he’s phenomenal, can break circle barriers.
Him competing means League of Legends massive fanbase, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds viewers, even casuals curious about him personally, all drawn to watch a fighting match they might not have known.
This is the real traffic nuke behind the million bonus that Douyu wants to buy.
So if Li Fan ultimately doesn’t appear on the registration list, even if the match is exciting and masters gather, in Douyu’s view, this investment’s cost-effectiveness will be greatly discounted.
There will be heat, but not the circle-breaking explosive effect they hope for.
“Wait a bit more. He hinted so much in the stream; can’t be teasing us, right?” The older colleague took a deep breath, like pumping himself up and comforting the team.
“Maybe just busy, delayed a bit. After all, he’s in the league club now, maybe doing training matches or something.”
Despite that, the anxious atmosphere in the office didn’t dissipate.
Everyone knew that until that ID finally appeared in the registration system, anything could happen.
Now all they could do was wait.
And pray Li Fan wasn’t really just feinting, turning their carefully planned million gamble into small-scale self-entertainment in the fighting circle.
While Douyu operations team was anxiously awaiting Li Fan’s registration form, another game’s event organizing committee office was equally anxious.
QQ Speed event’s annual top individual competition “Car King” operations center.
Unlike fighting games’ relative niche, QQ Speed has a massive player base, but its pro events’ influence, especially among general esports audience, still lags behind top-tier like League of Legends.
And they were the game that truly felt Unreal effect’s traffic benefits.
Early this year’s SSC Spring Split, precisely because of Li Fan’s sudden rise and dominant win, made that edition’s heat and discussion reach unprecedented heights, successfully breaking circle, attracting massive non-core QQ Speed players’ attention.
That taste of traffic sweeping in, having experienced it once, naturally very anticipated.
Especially now with many stably logging in daily even if not playing, counting as their data.
And “Car King” as the most important individual honor battle in the second half, they naturally early viewed Li Fan as key guarantee for event influence and heat.
Anyone else could be absent, but without Li Fan, big trouble.
“Douyu’s fighting cup… timing is too tricky!” The event head looked at the marked August 21-24 on the calendar, brows tight.
Their original plan was to schedule “Car King” finals stage in Summer Split mid-to-late, using LPL regular season not ended yet and attention dispersed period; Li Fan participating possibility very high.
But now, Douyu Fighting Cup cut in, perfectly occupying the golden vacuum after regular season ends.
If they also schedule there, direct conflict; Li Fan can’t split, likely forced to abandon one… which they don’t want to see.
“We can’t clash head-on with Douyu.” The head shook his head, tone helpless, “League of Legends is the base. Douyu side has million bonus hype; our Car King’s bonus and influence currently not enough to force Unreal to favor us, and this schedule does take quite some time.”
“Then shift it back… to before World Championship. By then, each region’s selections basically settled, teams in final prep, league on break, natural attention gap. Plus, if EDG makes World Championship, with Unreal’s popularity, his heat will be at peak!”
This plan seemed feasible, but a new worry emerged.
“But… what if…” The deputy trailed off, but everyone got it.
What if EDG performs poorly in Summer Split playoffs, fails to get ideal results, even misses qualification?
Per esports circle’s usual results-oriented and public opinion environment, Li Fan would face huge pressure then. Would he have mood and state for a more entertainment-oriented QQ Speed individual match?
Even if willing, would club and fans apply pressure?
In that case, skipping the match would happen.
“Damn, Douyu folks really pick times well!” Thinking this, the head couldn’t help curse lowly, full of resentment toward Douyu Fighting Cup’s perfect timing.
If not for this fighting cup jumping out midway, they could hold in a time with fewer variables, steadily borrowing Li Fan’s traffic.
Now, not only adjust schedule, but pray EDG smooth sailing in upcoming matches.
“First make contingency plan per this scheme.” The head finally decided, tone with unwillingness and helplessness, “Meanwhile closely monitor EDG’s… and Douyu side Unreal’s final registration situation.”
They, like Douyu operations, now became people waiting for news.
Just their mood more complex: hope if Li Fan really participates in this fighting match he shines big, maintaining personal traffic heat; but also faintly worry it affects his energy for subsequent Car King.
Li Fan finished another 《Tekken 7》 online match, easily defeating a decently ranked player.
Stretched his wrists… The two fighting games are similar, but operationally still a bit different.
But extra practice like this isn’t bad.
“About enough.” Li Fan glanced at the still hot bullet comments in the live stream room, mostly discussing his sharp combos and reaction speed just now.
Smiled slightly, opened the browser.
Under countless viewers’ gaze, he skillfully entered Douyu Fighting Cup’s official registration URL.
【Wow, Fan Ge registering?】
【Finally waited!!】
【Quick register! Can’t wait to see Fan Ge beat all the gods!】
Li Fan followed the registration page prompts, step by step filling info, ID: Unreal…
When he finally clicked submit, and the screen showed registration successful, under review prompt, the entire live stream room bullet comments went crazy.
【Official announcement! Fan Ge formally sets out for Douyu Fighting Cup!】
【Dual events! He really did it, I’m crying!】
【Hahaha, Douyu official probably jumping behind the screen!】
【Now it’s fun. Street Fighter 5 and Tekken 7 players, ready to welcome the Great Demon King’s arrival?】
【No way, domestic top players are very strong too… Fan Ge is strong but I feel at most quarterfinals.】
Almost the same instant Li Fan clicked submit, Douyu game zone operations office.
“Got it! Got it! Unreal! Registered!” The black-rimmed glasses young operations suddenly jumped up from his seat, pointing at the freshly refreshed registration info on screen, fingers trembling.
In an instant, the somewhat stagnant air in the office seemed ignited.
“Let me see!”
“Real or fake? Don’t misread!”
“No mistake! Street Fighter 5 and Tekken 7! My god, he really signed up for two!” The older colleague leaned over, confirmed, and smiled too.
The office erupted in irrepressible cheers and applause; everyone relieved…
“Quick! Notify promo dept preheat article can go out! No, wait till review passes, immediately official announce with highest spec promo resources!”
“Got it!”
“Also, communicate with tech dept, ensure server stable on match live day; traffic will explode!”
“Roger!”
The entire Douyu operations team instantly entered battle mode, but their mood now excited and full of anticipation.
Soon, Douyu Fighting Cup official Weibo and major channels formally announced the first batch of confirmed star player list, with Unreal ID in the most prominent position.
【Official confirmed! Unreal confirmed participating!】
【Fighting game circle’s gods battle, now joined by a challenger from another dimension!】
【I want to know now what Xiao Hai, Da Kou and others feel seeing this news?】
【Tekken 7 players probably shivering too?】
Meanwhile, QQ Speed Car King operations team also closely following all this.
Seeing Li Fan formally register for Douyu Fighting Cup news, their mood complex.
On one hand, means original schedule plan must adjust to avoid conflict.
On the other, Li Fan so high-profile cross-event participating also proves his vigorous competitive state and strong personal influence; as long as he comes for Car King later, heat guaranteed.
“Per plan, adjust our finals stage to the gap before World Championship.”
“Understood.”
Everyone clear that when late mid-August arrives, LPL Summer regular season ends, esports circle heat will boom on Douyu’s stage.
And at the center, still that ID Unreal who seems forever able to create miracles.
