Daren Shuo, lacking in sportsmanship, secretly sponsored a top-notch player, while other graphics card companies only sponsored account holders.
Winning this championship made Daren Shuo incredibly happy!
As soon as the match ended, Daren Shuo announced the joyous news on their official website, public account, and short video platform: "We are the champions! Daren Shuo’s 4090 Raptor wins the Ritual Battle."
Other companies were furious.
Alright, you want to play like this?
If you act without integrity, don’t blame me for doing the same! If Daren Shuo can sponsor tech geniuses, can’t they do the same?
Isn’t it just about money!
In the first Ritual Battle, everyone was unprepared, letting Daren Shuo, that scoundrel, snatch the championship. For many companies, this was undoubtedly a loss of face.
Face is more important than money.
Moreover, the "Ritual Battle" is not just about the destiny struggle of graphics cards; it involves the brand image and reputation in the eyes of players.
In the future, when high-end graphics cards are mentioned, with similar price points, players will inevitably prioritize Daren Shuo, after all, this is the champion brand rising from the Star Emperor’s Ritual Battle!
Daren Shuo: What championship?
You claim to be the world’s number one 4090/7900, so why don’t you have a championship? A world number one without a championship is just an impulse wave!
"Shrunken Star, Desolate Rainbow, Pile Material Taihe and Sapphire and other graphics card companies have already formed dedicated esports divisions, searching for and signing suitable Star Emperor esports players."
Yang Dong explained: "Instead of just advertising, they want revenge against Daren Shuo and to prove their graphics cards are not inferior."
Lies won’t hurt, the truth is the sharp knife!
The phrase "What championship" can sting especially among peers. Because it’s a fact that you simply can’t refute.
"Esports division?"
Chen Ba frowned and said: "Then, should we form a league? Otherwise, with only one Ritual Battle a year, there are too few matches."
"Sure!"
"Let’s play, as long as we’re not the ones paying. If these graphics card companies want to play, we’ll set up a league framework for them to play." Yang Dong said indifferently.
Telling it like it is, although this Ritual Battle is over, many graphics card companies can’t swallow that anger, eager for revenge against Daren Shuo.
But the first Ritual Battle just ended, it’s unlikely to immediately hold a second one, right?
That’s not appropriate!
Judging from the actions of these graphics card companies signing professional players and forming esports divisions, forming a professional league seems a more reasonable approach.
"How will the league be organized?"
Lu, who was messaging his girlfriend, couldn’t help but interject: "How do we coordinate between the two camps, A Card and N Card?"
"Let them do it themselves!"
Chen Ba thought about it, A Card and N Card represent different hardware platforms, requiring officials to rigidly mandate which platform players use doesn’t seem fair.
So just let them handle it themselves.
Tianba Studio will only provide services related to the competition, including referees and live broadcasts, etc.
As for the equipment used in matches, these clubs can organize it themselves. Just don’t go too far, like general overclocking and cooling modifications, the game officials won’t care.
This is a good opportunity to promote the Star Emperor game and see which brand’s hardware combinations are the strongest.
"Then you go notify..."
"The league is tentatively named Golden Era, with a minimum of 15 seats. The first opening match will start after National Day, and continue until June or July next year, to decide the league champion."
The timeline is pretty generous.
Regarding the tournament prize money, Chen Ba will discuss with Old Huang Su’s Mother and Intel before making a decision.
"Why Intel?"
"They can choose not to sponsor, but the consequence would be that the league wouldn’t allow their platform; we’d use AMD altogether."
Chen Ba thought for a moment and said: "Moreover, the advertising expenses each year are so high, spending some money to sponsor us counts as a form of advertising."
The Ritual Battle has decent attention!
Though view counts, live viewers, and other metrics pale compared to top-tier esports events like League of Legends, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, DOTA2.
But the Ritual Battle, including the future Golden Era League, holds the most value in having an audience composed entirely of "high net worth individuals."
What are high net worth individuals?
Simply put, despite the low match attention, and not many viewers, 99% are product consumers. Advertising here might be more effective than sponsoring other esports events.
Intel already makes significant advertising investments in the esports field, sponsoring Star Emperor shouldn’t be a problem either.
That’s Chen Ba’s thought, and how he approached them.
But he never expected!
Intel’s marketing representative, after hearing the basic situation of the "Golden Era" league, immediately reported to leadership and made an astounding decision.
They don’t just want to sponsor the league, they also want to secure one of the 15 seats and establish a team belonging to Intel.
"Ah? But you don’t have graphics cards... Oh! Sorry, my bad!"
Chen Ba initially thought to say, "A bunch of graphics card companies are competing here, why’s Intel, not even a graphics card company, coming to meddle?"
But then he remembered, Intel indeed has GPU-related business and products...
Interesting indeed!
Upon learning Intel wanted to enter the Golden Era League with their own Star Emperor team, Chen Ba thought of something.