Chapter 110 GAL Big Three
"On October 11, I watched a match of the Golden Age of Star Emperor in Jiangning..."
“It is no exaggeration to say that this is the most exciting e-sports game I have seen in 2023, and also the most memorable one.”
"Star Emperor, an unpopular fighting game with an average online audience of only 200,000, and the players participating in the competition are not star players."
"But just because the players are unknown and the game is unpopular doesn't mean the competition is boring! Quite the contrary, the excitement of this game is beyond my imagination..."
“The game isn’t famous, the players themselves aren’t famous, but the team they belong to is very famous!”
"Intel, AMD, Jubaojia, Darenshuo, Huazi, Sansang, Logitech, Herman Miller, Nvidia, Microsoft..."
"You thought I was reading out the list of the world's top 500 companies? Wrong! I was reading out the official sponsors of the Golden Era League and the names of the participating teams!"
"To be honest, when I learned that a professional league for a niche game had a sponsor lineup that was even more luxurious than LPL, my reaction was as unbelievable as the ones you guys are watching on the screen!"
“But after I watched the six games on the first day of the Golden Age Jiangning Tournament, I seemed to understand.”
“That’s exactly what should happen!”
"It's like 90% of the audience have never watched F1, but F1 can be regarded as one of the three major sporting events in the world along with the Olympics and the World Cup."
“The Golden Era League of Star Emperor can be said to be a combination of technology, teamwork, and player operations. It is a perfect visual feast!”
"Major first- and second-tier PC hardware manufacturers and well-known companies have used their best skills to assemble nearly perfect game consoles, and through various black technology blessings, they fought bloody battles in the game "Star Emperor"..."
"Some people may say, oh my! It's just assembling a computer on site and playing games. How can it be so exaggerated? We are here to fight bloody battles!"
"I know you don't believe it, so please don't blink and watch every clip carefully..."
Thick smoke rose from one host after another, and the most exaggerated one even emitted flames and burned on the spot.
The blogger is good at editing.
First, a Vlog-style video was used to briefly introduce the situation of the "Star Emperor" Golden League, and then the most exciting clips of the game were released directly.
Some hosts emit smoke, some spontaneously combust, and some are overloaded and have a black screen...
There were players crying while looking at their black screen computers, engineers rushing to the field with fire extinguishers to save lives, blond-haired and blue-eyed foreigners taking off their shirts to celebrate wildly after seeing their team win, and screenshots of AMD's soaring stock prices...
"The competition in Jiangning lasted for two days. During these two days, I saw Nvidia's mysterious new 50-series cards that have not yet been released, Intel's hidden laboratory-level independent graphics cards, and AMD's sweeping CPU and GPU collaboration."
"It was not easy for AMD to win. They started off badly with 1-2. During the game, a player and an engineer quarreled in public, and the general manager of AMD China tried to mediate..."
"But they eventually overcame all the difficulties. In the crucial fourth round, the host computer was already smoking, but they still persevered to the end."
"With the advantage of using its own CPU and GPU, the AMD team overcame difficulties and eventually won the championship of Jiangning Station with a score of 9-2 and 27 points."
"AMD, YES!"
The video shows a touching scene where AMD reversed the points deficit and beat Renshuo to win the Jiangning station championship. The players and engineers hugged each other tightly, and thousands of spectators at the scene shouted "AMD YES".
"Is it so exciting..."
When Xiao Lu saw the end of this video, he couldn't help but sigh.
"AMD winning the championship is really exciting."
Chen Ba also watched this video and commented with a smile: "AMD's stock price went up the next day, and Su even announced that it would release a champion commemorative edition 7900."
I am so excited about winning the Jiangning station championship. I can’t help but imagine what will happen if AMD wins the 23-24 annual championship?
Wouldn't Huang be so angry that he would die? Thinking of this, Chen Ba couldn't help but laugh. He had invited Huang to join the competition and form his own team like AMD.
But Huang didn't seem to think much of gamers. He only agreed to sponsor them but did not personally form a team.
Now I regret it! After seeing AMD win the championship in Jiangning, Intel ranked third, and other competitors all taking the limelight, Huang suddenly came over to ask for a league seat.
It is not enough to just rely on defeating younger brothers like Renshuo, Ju Baojia and Xicanhong. They are too useless and are no match for Intel and AMD at all.
Whether it was for face or for stock price, Huang once again paid attention to the group of game players that he had despised and decided to take action personally.
Of course, there is another reason why Lao Huang personally took action, and that is that his younger brothers are not strong enough.
They clearly used the technology adopted by the 50 series, but they were still beaten by AMD.
That would be fine, but Intel, a company that makes integrated graphics, also came out to step on N cards, and even used this game to prove in disguise that their independent graphics technology is not bad.
Old Huang couldn't stand it.
Although he looks down on gamers and the main body of the company's business is still developing towards AI computing, the gaming business can also make money.
Who would complain that they don’t make enough money? The independent graphics card boss personally participated in the competition, and Lao Huang even sent a tweet to reserve the championship of Zhonghai Station in advance.
"We will bring unparalleled new technology to the GAL (Golden Age League) Zhonghai Station. The next championship will definitely belong to NVIDIA!"
Wow!
The big brother was really tough in his words. He booked the championship of the second stop as soon as he entered the venue.
GAL's audiences have different opinions on Lao Huang's domineering statement.
Star Emperor Forum! The forum was colonized by the graphics card forum the day it was founded. It was originally a forum to discuss the game content of Star Emperor, and later became a forum related to e-sports.
In this forum, everyone was also discussing Lao Huang's personal involvement and arrogant remarks, as well as the Jiangning race that just ended.
"Let's be honest, isn't it too late for Old Huang to enter the race now? He is one point short of the Jiangning station, so the annual championship is a bit uncertain!"
"AMD is definitely going to win the championship. Do you understand the value of the first championship?"
"A card filial piety has started again, your A father is so awesome, how come you lost to Intel? It's so funny!"
"Don't accuse me. Is Intel's discrete graphics card really useful? It smokes after ten moves. Anyone who can understand the game will not use Intel to smear AMD..."
"If you lose, you lose. Don't deny it! If you ask me what champion Intel is, I can only tell you that it is the beating champion!"
The forum is very lively.
When Chen Ba first saw the popular posts in the "Starry Sky Emperor Bar", he was a little curious about what people were talking about in this bar.
Finally I clicked on it and saw, well!
The atmosphere when discussing the game is just like a forum, with fans of various teams, A-cards, N-cards, and Intel, the troublemaker, arguing fiercely here.
AMD won the championship in Jiangning Station. Although it was won by relying on its hard power, the loss to Intel was really a hot topic.
"Intel is not weak."
Xiao Lu came over and said, "Although everyone thinks that hardware is more important than the players, the players' personal strength is also crucial."
"really!"
Chen Ba nodded.
Although the main attraction of the GAL competition is the technical competition among the teams, the strength of the players cannot be ignored.
Intel was able to make it into the top three in Jiangning Station, relying not only on its technical strength, but also on the personal strength of player Xu Xiaofei.
"During the transfer period, Xu Xiaofei will definitely be snapped up by all the teams! Intel won't be able to keep him unless it spends a lot of money..."
"We still have a transfer period?"
Xiao Lu opened his eyes wide, his face full of disbelief.
"Yes, I have!"
Chen Ba glanced at him and explained, "GAL is a serious professional league, and there must be a transfer mechanism for players."
GAL players, especially talented youngsters like Xu Xiaofei, will surely be in great demand as the GAL league becomes increasingly popular.
Now it belongs to Intel, but it is hard to say which team it will play for in the future...
Anyway, as far as Chen Ba knows, after the Jiangning competition ended, many teams went to contact Xu Xiaofei privately, trying to poach players from Intel.
Fortunately, Chen Ba stopped it in time.
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
He had not formulated transfer-related rules before, and had never thought that such a thing would happen. When Xu Xiaofei was poached, he added the transfer rules.
Under the new rules, May to July every summer is the transfer period, during which players and teams can list, transfer, register, and perform other operations.
No contact is allowed at other times.
This is also to maintain a good league environment. Otherwise, without restrictions and regulations on transfers, clubs will poach players from each other. Will the league still be held? "By the way, Xu Xiaofei signed a normal contract with Intel, with no penalty and contract term."
Chen Ba shook his head and said, "That's why I said that Intel has a high probability of not being able to keep him."
Annual salary of one million?
In a few months, Xu Xiaofei may have an annual salary of 10 million! After all, if GAL is benchmarked against F1 events, he is likely to become the Schumacher of GAL.
In the LOL and football events, they would be the next Faker and Messi.
Although he currently lacks honors, is there a possibility that the league will hold its first tour? As long as he maintains his current state, he will definitely win the championship? …
The newly launched GAL League is very popular! Even many casual gamers who don’t play the game “Star Emperor” are attracted by the competition atmosphere and start watching the live broadcast of the competition.
This is a good phenomenon!
Although the GAL League is destined not to be as popular as the LOL Professional League, it is impossible for it to have so many viewers.
But the level of this event is too high.
Just reading out the list of the world's top 500 sponsors is scary! Not to mention, various PC hardware manufacturers are also doing voluntary publicity for the GAL League.
Graphics cards, CPUs, memory sticks, solid-state drives, monitors, and even mice and keyboards all have new GAL co-branded products released.
This leads directly to...
There is a special "GAL series" of computer accessories now. This series is generally the flagship products of various manufacturers. As long as you have enough money, you can't go wrong by buying a set of GAL hardware.
In the past, when installing computers, everyone preferred Da Renshuo's Eye of Defeation, believing that it was the real faith!
Now, Faith has become a GAL.
Although it does not have the support of cool RGB lights and the GAL hardware is rather bulky and black, it is recognized as the most powerful accessory by all digital enthusiasts.
certainly!
The Eye of the Prodigal Son is also okay. After Da Renshuo realized that the brand influence of the Eye of the Prodigal Son had declined, he immediately decided to add the Eye of the Prodigal Son to the hardware in the subsequent GAL League.
All of a sudden, the declining trend of Prodigal Eye was stopped, and the brand series was linked to the GAL League.
"After all, it's been my belief for so many years. The Eye of Prodigal Son won't collapse so easily."
Chen Ba shook his head and said, "Think about it from another angle. If Da Renshuo can become famous in the GAL League and even win an annual championship, the aura of the Prodigal Eye will be even more dazzling."
But it's difficult.
With Nvidia's participation, the GAL League's three giants have officially taken shape. AMD, Nvidia, and Intel are leading the way.
This is a bit like the three teams Ferrari, Mercedes and Red Bull in the F1 event, which are far ahead in terms of valuation and influence.
If nothing unexpected happens.
The GAL23-24 annual champion will also emerge from AMD, NVIDIA and Intel.
The audience and fans are more optimistic about AMD. After all, they just won the Jiangning station championship and have 27 points and are on a strong momentum.
But Chen Ba feels that although NVIDIA entered the race late and lost points in the Jiangning station, it will most likely suppress all unconvinced enemies!
"Why?"
Yang Dong was very curious. Was NVIDIA so powerful? Why didn't he see it?
"First, Star Emperor is ultimately a game that requires a lot of graphics processing. Nvidia is the big brother of discrete graphics cards, so there is no need to say more about this."
Chen Ba raised his finger and said, "Secondly, NVIDIA's AI technology, combined with the optimization of "Star Emperor", will have a miraculous effect."
He has already tried it.
Lao Huang not only gave Tianba Studio a desktop-level graphics processor, but also several AI chips.
Chen Ba has conducted experiments and found that Nvidia's AI chip is of great help to the system.
When used in the game "Star Emperor", the optimization is not so easy to cause problems. When used in the game "Shennong Continent", the NPC generation speed is faster and the logic behavior is more intelligent...
The chicken blood optimization is still a small increase.
Nvidia's AI chips, including domestic AI chips, are used in the game "Shennong Continent", which is the true "ultimate sublimation"! He even has a guess.
If we use the computing power standard for training large AI models to run the automatic generation of NPCs in "Shennong Continent"...
“NPCs can talk!”
Chen Ba said confidently: "There is no doubt that if the computing power is sufficient, Shen'en Continent will create another earthquake in the animation industry."
This time, even voice actors and editors may not be needed.
All it takes is a screenwriter and a director to tell the NPC the required keywords in a conversational format like ChatGPT, and they can perform and recite the lines according to the "director's" instructions.
Individual users certainly cannot do this due to limited computing power.
But corporate users, especially large companies that are willing to spend money, can definitely do this by using advanced AI chips and the underlying core of "Shennong Continent".
(End of this chapter)