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socially better,

which made me grow as a person

outside of video games as well.

I first started playing online

multiplayer with my brother.

We didn't live together.

We'd meet up on the Internet.

And this was the way that we

could still do things together.

- Oh, no!

- No.

- Yeah!

- Oh, my god!

Working with esl,

i have a purpose.

Like, we have a common goal,

if you like.

We want to make it big, we want

to make esports acceptable,

but we aren't there yet.

We're not ESPN, we're not BBC.

We don't have their experience

and their money

and their backing.

When we have

one of those huge events,

it is an opportunity

to show people

who not necessarily

know esports how awesome it is.

And that's why I think

so much stress comes with it

because it has to be perfect.

The intel extreme masters

this year features two games...

"League of legends"

and "starcraft ii."

"Starcraft ii"

is a one-versus-one game

and a successor

to "starcraft:
Brood war,"

which is the game that helped

launch esports in 2001.

New territory.

He has so much supply.

Oh, a big drop

in the main base here.

It's caught snute off guard!

Flash makes

the unbelievable recovery!

"League of legends" is

a five-versus-five

team-based game,

and by far the most

popular video game in the world.

Oh, Nick is through.

Is he gonna be the second?!

Yes, he will!

Normally,

"league of legends" teams

compete within

their own regions.

The intel extreme masters

gives the top teams

one of the few chances

to compete

against the rest of the world.

But to get to

the I.E.M. World championship

in katowice, Poland,

teams will either need to be

on top of a major region

or win one of the four

i.E.M. Qualifying events.

We're in shenzhen, China,

at the anime expo.

This is the first I.E.M.

To kick off season nine.

We're at an anime convention

as well.

You guys can see behind me

that there's, like,

a ga-jillion Chinese people

wearing ridiculous things.

The intel extreme masters

is usually hosted at a comic-con

or a fan expo before the world

championships, that is.

We built this to make sure that

whenever we come to an event

somewhere, the audience

will be at some point so huge

that it will overflow

and we will not have

enough space.

And then next time we do it,

we do it in a stadium.

The starter show is probably

the most nerve-wracking.

I still get nervous.

You always want to do

the very best show you can do.

And a very warm welcome

to a very warm shenzhen.

Our new season

is well under way.

If you want to run a soccer

final,

you go inside the stadium,

you turn the floodlights on,

and you open the gates,

then you're done.

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