KPL adds the city's home home Foshan DRG.GK "settled" in the South China Sea

Cover reporter Cai Shiqi

On September 22, Foshan DRG.GK held the 2022 King Glory Challenger Cup in Wuxi at 4: 1 in the quarter -finals of the Suzhou KSG and successfully entered the semi -finals.

Foshan DRG.GK enters the Challenger Cup Four

On September 23, the Foshan DRG.GK team held a team opening ceremony at the Yingyue Cultural Center of Nanhai District, Foshan City, and officially became the eighth city to open the home club. After the Greater Bay Area also ushered in the home of a club after the Guangzhou TTG and Shenzhen DYG, the e -sports industry in the area reached a new height.

Develop a team to usher in a milestone

Foshan DRG.GK's predecessor GK team joined the KPL League in the 2017 Spring Tournament. He achieved the semi -finals in the 2019 spring season. At that time, they were called "Spring GK" by the audience, indicating that they were better in the spring season.

With the joining of new generations such as Bai Beast and Menglan, Foshan DRG.GK has gradually showed a different temperament from other teams. At the beginning of the team, the outside world impressed them.

In 2021, the King of Glory World Champions Cup, Foshan DRG.GK won the runner -up. Since then, they have also become a frequent visitor to the KPL League winner group. It has become a well -known team. It has torn off multiple previous labels with stable strength.

In the e -sports field, many viewers like to accompany some midstream teams that do not rely on the introduction of star players to grow together. Such a team is also called the development system, and Foshan DRG.GK has been a representative of the team in recent years.

Foshan DRG.GK, located in the center of Yingyue Center in Nanhai District, announced its opening at home

Now the completion of the home of Foshan DRG.GK is an important milestone for their team development. It also marks that the former "development department" team has matured, which is inseparable from the support of alliances and local policies. The two -way choice of the city.

The club has gradually increased its home at home to become a bond between the audience and the team

Since the KPL Alliance announced in 2019 that Wuhan ESTARPRO became the first team to start the home of the club, between 2020 and 2021, Nanjing Hero Jiujing, Wuhan ESTARPRO, Guangzhou TTG, Shenzhen DYG, Chongqing Wolves, Chengdu AG Super Play Club The six clubs have opened home at home in cities settled. In addition, the home league in Shanghai, the KPL League cities held offline competitions to 7 seats.

From all teams from 2016-2017 to the Shanghai competition in Shanghai, 2018-2020, the west in the west of Shanghai, Shanghai, and east to west, to the current full flowering, the three-step strategy of the KPL Alliance implemented in the third stage is also in the third stage. A scale effect is formed.

The opening role of offline cities includes not only the holding of e -sports competitions, but also the emotional construction of the club and players. It is a good example. They have held a variety of fan activities at home, and they have also hosted the king's glory city competition, Snapdragon Cup and other events.

It is worth noting that Foshan is more special among cities that have opened the home of the club -cities that have opened home before, are cities such as provincial capitals, municipalities, or Shenzhen Special Economic Zone. "". However, this city that is still developing at a high speed shows a very high enthusiasm for the industry of e -sports: As early as April 2021, Guicheng Street, Nanhai District, Foshan City, has officially announced with the Foshan GK GK E -sports Club to choose. The fixed -room multifunctional theater is the home of its e -contest. The opening of the Foshan DRG.GK team at the Yingyue Cultural Activity Center also brings Foshan's first e -sports home venue to Foshan.

Zhang Yang, the founder of Foshan DRG.GK Club, said that after the opening at home, the club will promote the development of Foshan's local real economy from various Internet methods such as rural rejuvenation and co -branded products. Through the "Foshan Road" series of incidents, the club will visit the scenic spots and non -heritage cultural inheritors in Foshan and the inheritor cultural inheritance in Foshan City, and to establish a collision and integration of emerging culture and traditional culture, and further further, and further further, further, further, further, further, further, further integrate. Promote the inheritance and development of Nanhai Culture, Foshan Culture, and Lingnan Culture in the new generation. At the same time, the relevant work of the revitalization of Foshan's rural areas will be assisted in the revitalization of the village, and the flow of e -sports is the local specialty product and the local IP "bringing goods".

Foshan DRG.GK's uniform also contains the element of wake -up lion

In fact, in the Foshan DRG.GK team's uniforms, the inheritance of the "wake -up lion" of Foshan's traditional culture has been incorporated, and it is unique among many teams, and it also reflects the deep connection between the team and the city where the team is located. In addition, during the Dragon Boat Festival this year, Foshan DRG.GK also interacted with the audience in the live broadcast room to explain the knowledge of Dragon Boat and Foshan, and actively spread urban culture.

Foshan DRG.GK's entry into the city is not the end point of the KPL team. At present, the 16 clubs of KPL fixed seats have all been regionalized. The opening of Foshan DRG.GK also means that nearly half of the clubs that have completed the "settled". Cities that have the opportunity to watch KPL events at home will continue to increase.

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