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Chapter 85 : Let's Run an Esports Program
"This is the so-called 'curse of knowledge,' I suppose."
Lin Lixin looked at the crowd that had become busy again and sighed helplessly.
Regarding the issue of Street Fighter's adaptability to the player base, he had been considering this aspect ever since it was first released.
But his line of thinking had always revolved around simplified input systems like the "Modern Controls."
He only needed to look at it from a different angle, and it turned out the answer had already appeared long ago.
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And as the rules of fighting games and the player base gradually matured, a new idea emerged in Lin Lixin's mind.
...
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When Sam returned to the apartment from the store, Lin Lixin was sitting cross-legged in front of the TV.
However, today he was not playing games on the NovaBox like before, but watching a program.
"WWF? You actually like watching this?"
Sam looked at the three wrestlers grappling together on the screen, a bit stunned.
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This program was way too out of sync with Lin Lixin's usual style.
The 1985 Most Popular Wrestler of the Year, Hulk Hogan, lifted the 500-pound Blackwell.
This was already the second time today he had lifted this villainous wrestler known as the "Giant."
"Hulk! Hulk! Hulk!"
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The wave known as "Hulkamania" was displayed to the fullest at this moment.
Everyone in the entire arena was shouting his name.
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Bang!
Blackwell was slammed heavily onto the ground.
At this moment, almost all the cameras locked onto Hulk. His iconic white mustache made him look like an invincible god of war.
"What do you think?"
Lin Lixin's voice was somewhat elevated.
Such simple, brutal, and pure aesthetics of violence directly stirred the restlessness at the bottom of his heart, causing his heart rate to unconsciously increase.
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Sam sat down in front of Lin Lixin and spread his hands.
"It's alright, I'm not really into this stuff. Isn't it all just scripted performances?"
Before the 1980s, wrestling was not the exaggerated program filled with traces of performance that it was now, but a serious competition like boxing.
It was only after McMahon bought the WWF from his father in 1982 that this program began to become increasingly entertainment oriented.
"At least the viewing experience is indeed much better than before. It is precisely because of these scripted, dramatic storylines and the flashy, bloody battles that were absolutely impossible to see in the past that this program has become more and more popular, hasn't it?"
Sam glanced at Lin Lixin, hearing the hidden meaning in his words.
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"Are you planning to make The King of Fighters into an exaggerated style like the WWF?"
"Exactly. Compared to reality, video games have a unique advantage in visual expressiveness."
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Lin Lixin nodded. Another major feature of The King of Fighters was that it almost completely ignored realistic martial arts schools, instead opting for whatever was the most flashy and the coolest.
It was precisely because of this that iconic skills like Orochinagi, Yaotome, and Sunshine were born.
"But it's not just that. What I actually want to express is something else."
Lin Lixin's gaze returned to the screen.
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"What do you say... how about we also run a professional tournament? Like the WWF or boxing matches, broadcast on television."
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Sam choked on these words that came out of nowhere, not knowing what Lin Lixin was trying to say for a moment.
"You want to run a wrestling... Pfft! You want to organize a video game competition? On television?"
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"Hiss..."
Sam suddenly gasped, making the room feel a bit warmer.
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"It seems... there really is some potential?"
Not only was there potential, there was a lot of potential!
If they could pull this off, then their GAMENOVA would become the founders of the concept of esports.
"The ice-breaking of video games only happened this year. Wouldn't it be too early to do it now?"
Sam calmed down, thinking about the potential problems with this matter.
Just last year, "video games" were still considered by everyone to be a dead thing, a sunset industry that had long lost all hope.
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It was the forceful entry of GAMENOVA and friendly competitors that revived the market.
But changing perceptions could not be done overnight. Even today, when the NovaPocket had become a phenomenal product, there were still conservatives whose hearts had been broken by Atari and were unwilling to re-accept video games.
Furthermore, broadcasting a game program on television?
This was also something that had never happened before.
It wasn't that game footage had never appeared on television, but those were all promotional videos from game manufacturers, which was a completely different thing from running a competition program.
Although the returns were great, the risks were also quite high.
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Don't be fooled by the fact that GAMENOVA was currently making a fortune from games. After deducting the manufacturing costs and the money lost on the consoles, they were not wealthy enough to casually enter a completely unfamiliar field.
To hold a tournament, promotion, venue, television station contracts, facilities, and "actors," or rather players, all required money.
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And quite a lot of it, too.
If the program failed, that money could not be recovered at all.
"Then it depends on what level we can achieve with the work The King of Fighters."
From a purely competitive perspective, Street Fighter might be more suitable for an esports tournament in the long run.
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But making a television program was not EVO; what they needed were flashy enough visuals and exhilarating combat.
"We will do both Street Fighter and The King of Fighters, and even... Pokemon battles can be incorporated into the tournament."
The Pokemon series had once released a spin-off with pure battle gameplay on the N64, which was Pokemon Stadium.
"As for the television station, we don't need to sign a broadcast deal with a major network right away like the WWF. We can take it slow."
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After an afternoon of market research, Lin Lixin had also found a suitable target.
...
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Sacramento, California.
KRBK-TV 29, an independent West Coast television station.
"Mr. Lin, please come in."
Station Manager McCoy hurriedly ordered his subordinates to prepare hospitality and welcomed Lin Lixin into the reception room.
In this era where the three major television networks and Fox affiliates dominated the broadcasting and television industry, independent UHF channels like McCoy's had almost reached a dead end.
If it weren't for the recent purchase of a few cheap programs, their Channel 29 might have even struggled to fill their time slots.
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Let alone a massive hit program like the WWF, even if they could sign a small-scale boxing match with no popularity, he would be willing to fight for it.
If things continued like this, let alone California, if Channel 29 could hold onto the Sacramento market, they should be burning incense in gratitude.
And right at this juncture, GAMENOVA suddenly showed up at their door with a program proposal.
"I apologize, Mr. Lin. I was over at Stanford when I received the call, so it took me some time."
McCoy still carried the dusty look of traveling day and night, appearing as though he truly hadn't had a moment to rest.
(End of Chapter)
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