Now the World Cup is in full swing. If we regard the League of Legends World Championships as the World Cup, then Rift Rivals 2018 League of Legends is undoubtedly recognized as the European Cup, Asian Cup, and Copa America, which represents the battle among the strongest teams of one continent.

       From July 5 to July 8, Rift Rivals 2018 League of Legends lasting for 4 days was held in Dalian Sports Center. According to statistics, approximately 40,000 fans from all over the country came to watch games. Top four of LPL, LMS, and LCK, totaling up to 12 teams, gathered in the Stadium of the Sports Center, offering ‘Mini World Cup’ of E-sports for on-site audiences and viewers watching live games.

       In the stadium, no matter it is the solidarity, great efforts, and unyielding spirits showed by players, commentary, or tears shed by fans, is worthwhile remembering. As a high-standard international games, the operation team had introduced into NBA live broadcasting and rebroadcasting equipment, and built a creative stage specially designed for the Rift Rivals to suit its theme, for the purpose of bringing exciting E-sports culture and high-quality watching experience for fans. Among on-site audiences, there were players from all over the world, and fans specially returned from foreign countries. Student Wang who is pursuing postgraduate degree in Japan bought tickets of two days, she said, ‘Rift Rivals is an international first-class E-sports event. I am so glad that I can cheer up Uzi and Mlxg in RNG in my hometown. It is a quite shocking experience for me to watch games in the Sports Center. I wish that more and more young people can explore the energy in Chinese E-sports.’（More Pictures）