-Looking ahead
The 19th Asian Games in 2023 is about to kick off in Hangzhou, Zhejiang. In this Asian Games, e-sports has been selected as an official event. China's most popular mobile game "Honor of Kings" is also among them, and will produce gold, silver, and Three bronze medals.
"Honor of Kings" is a MOBA mobile game developed and run by Tianmei Studio Group and operates on Android and IOS platforms. It was officially tested on Android and IOS platforms on November 26, 2015. The game's early name is "Legacy of Heroes" and "League of Kings".
"Honor of Kings" has localized the Taiwanese/overseas server, such as the European and American server - Arena of Valor (hereinafter referred to as "AOV"), the international server - Honor of Kings, etc.
-Special version of the Asian Games
This Honor of Kings project will use a special "Glory of Kings Asian Games Version", which is a 5V5 competitive game version created by Tencent for the 19th Hangzhou Asian Games and based on mobile smart terminal design. It will be used as an official competition project on the Hangzhou Asian Games. stage.
The Asian Games version will be integrated with AOV (Arena of Valor European and American version) to a certain extent. Compared with the 114 heroes in the official server, this version only has 63 heroes for players in each competition region to choose and use. Among them, 51 images are from "Honor of Kings" and 12 images are from "Arena of Valor". The usage logic and skill mechanisms of most of the above heroes are interlinked with each other. Teams in different release regions can quickly get started, thus ensuring competition. fair.
In the previous Asian Games qualifiers in Hangzhou, the Chinese team sent out the original members of the Beijing WB team: Wu Zhejie (Zi Mo), Lin Heng (Nuan Yang), Wu Yutao (Hanamaki), Zhang Heng ( Wandering), Li Yuhao (Xingyu), and Zeng Qinglong (Qiao Xi). In the final, the Chinese team won the first place in the East Asia Division with a complete victory, and Nuanyang won the honor of "Audi Super A Player".
-Game introduction:
Glory of Kings is a game where players choose characters to compete in competitive battles with heroes. Players engage in PVP battles in various ways such as 1V1, 3V3, 5V5, etc., as well as a variety of special gameplays. You can also participate in the game's adventure mode and PVE level-breaking mode. , you can participate in the game's ranking matches and other events after meeting the conditions. Limited-free heroes will be launched every week, and you can improve your proficiency by using limited-free heroes and experience cards. (Author's note: Often criticized as plagiarizing games such as League of Legends and Dota 2)
-Game rules:
Honor of Kings itself is a MOBA game, so the rules and mechanisms are almost the same as other MOBA games; in a game, 10 players are randomly assigned for a 5v5 battle. If you destroy the enemy's base, you will win the game. If your own base is destroyed by the enemy, you will win the game. The game fails.
In the game, heroes are positioned as wizards, warriors, tanks, assassins, shooters, and auxiliaries; different heroes have different attributes and skills. Each hero has 3 or 4 active skills (some active skills of some heroes are Buff types), 1 passive skill and 0~6 equipment skills (equipment skills are not included with the hero and are based on the characteristics of the hero and player preferences. Targeted layout, in-game props and gold coins can be used to purchase them, usually attribute bonuses.) Some equipment will also have their own unique passive/active skills, which can be used flexibly to greatly increase combat effectiveness.
The game launched into public beta on November 26, 2015. As of August 2016, the highest number of active users in a single day exceeded 100 million, the highest number of simultaneous online users exceeded 1 million, the total number of downloads exceeded 200 million, and the number of registered users also exceeded 100 million. In May 2017, it won the first place in the global mobile game comprehensive revenue list. As of 2019, the total revenue of Honor of Kings is approximately US$7.8 billion (approximately RMB 51.1 billion).
It can be said that Honor of Kings has occupied half of the Chinese mobile game market for a long time from its launch to the present. Whether it is the localization of the game or the preparation of e-sports events, Honor of Kings has unique arrangements.
-Origin and development of the event:
The King of Glory Professional League (English: King Pro League, referred to as KPL) is the highest-level professional event officially organized by "King of Glory" in 2016. It is divided into two seasons: spring and autumn, and each season is divided into regular games. games and playoffs. In addition, KRKPL and the Honor of Kings Korean Professional League are also held in South Korea, but they have been replaced by KPLGT in 2020. In the 2020 autumn season, the Honor of Kings Class A professional league will be composed of 9 clubs from the original KPLGT division, 5 independent clubs from the original KPL division, and 1 China National Competition Champion, while the Development League of KPLGT will still be retained.
Each KPL league is divided into two stages: the regular season and the playoffs. The regular season is a Bo5 single round-robin, and the playoffs are a Bo7 knockout format with overall BP (including peak showdowns). The winner will become the champion of this season and win the highest honor - the Silver Dragon Cup.
The global BP competition system has been implemented since the 2018 KPL Autumn Season Playoffs. It stipulates that each hero can only be used once by each team in a large game. For example, if Team A and Team B compete in a BO5 points match with a global BP competition system, and Team A uses Ma Chao in the first game, all players of Team A in the game will not be able to use Ma Chao in every subsequent round, regardless of the first game. Is it used by this player. Opponents are not affected by this.
The peak showdown is a special rule exclusive to the Bo7 competition system. In a Bo7 game, when the two sides tie at 3:3, the "peak showdown" mechanism will be triggered in the seventh game. The rules are: After the crystal explosion in the sixth round, the coaching staff members of both teams who can be on the roster will come on stage to discuss with the players to choose their own lineup, match the players, heroes and summoner skills one by one, fill out the lineup confirmation form and submit it. The process is limited to 180 seconds. The referee will count down the timer and remind the members of both teams. If the lineup confirmation form is not submitted within 180 seconds, the lineup will be postponed to the sixth game. There is no BAN position in the Peak Showdown. The lineup selections of both sides are invisible to each other and are not affected by the heroes used in the previous six rounds. The hero selections of both sides can be repeated. If you enter the game after submitting the lineup confirmation form and change players, heroes or summoner skills without permission, you will be punished by the KPL Alliance. At the same time, the game will be restarted to ensure that the lineups of both parties are completely consistent with the confirmation form.
According to statistics, in the years since the birth of the competition system in 2018, as of the evening of May 8, 2022, in the official competition system of King of Glory (KPL League, World Champions Cup, Winter Champions Cup, Challenger Cup), the peak showdown It only happened 35 times in total.
The total prize money for this year’s KPL Summer Split is RMB 18.8 million, including RMB 10 million for the regular season, RMB 2.8 million for the playoffs, and RMB 6 million for the finals (4.5 million for the champion and 1.5 million for the runner-up).
The KPL event champions in recent years are as follows:
Spring 2021-Nanjing Hero
Autumn 2021-Wuhan eStarPro
Spring 2022-Wuhan eStarPro
Summer 2022-Chongqing Wolves
Spring 2023-Chongqing Wolves
Summer 2023-Guangzhou TTG