玩出个未来
——走进电竞世界(上)

⊙ By Valve

翻译：蓝蓝

玩出个未来
——走进电竞世界(上)

⊙ By Valve

翻译：蓝蓝

Welcome to the World of E-Sports (I)

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提起玩游戏，人们的第一印象往往是“不务正业”——然而，有那么一群年轻人，他们偏偏就将这种“不务正业”发挥到极致，一步步登上电子竞技项目的职业舞台。未来几年，大家甚至会在亚运会等高规格体育盛事中看到电竞选手的活跃表现！电竞是个怎样的项目？玩电竞的都是些什么人？跟随着纪录片《心竞技》（Free to Play）的介绍，我们将连续三期带大家回到2011年科隆国际邀请赛的现场，感受这个光影迷离的异色世界！

A War Is Coming

Benedict Lim (Gamer “hyhy”): The day I transformed into a…an adult was the day I started playing Dota. It’s times, like, when you go up on the stage, you represent your country for something, you get the prize…it’s the amount of satisfaction and achievement that nothing else can give you. It’s something I definitely not regret ever doing. Gaming is simply the proudest thing in my life.

Danylo Ishutin (Gamer “Dendi”): It can be called “gamer,” but for me, it’s something different. One way to forget about pain is to do something that you will be in completely. So…computer games. For me, it was…everything. Clinton Loomis (Gamer “Fear”): This is my career. I’ve chosen to do it for so long. Success in my eyes is always based off how other people see you, in the eyes of the public, it’s up to them.

Benedict: It’s important to be doing things thatyou love and you really appreciate it, because that’s your1)passion, man. You should…you should really work for your passions, yeah.

Clinton: This is the first time I really wanna take something seriously and do something good for my life.

Dota Is a Way of Life

Troels Nielsen (Commentator): Ten years ago, competitive gaming wasn’t even really a thing. You would play for fun against your friends. Maybe you would play for a cup of coffee or whatever you wanted.

Alexander Kokhanovsky (Manager): When I started playing, we’d been fighting for 24 bottles of beer as a first place. I’m not joking.

Jon Robinson (ESPN writer): From there, though, online happened. And, all of a sudden, you weren’t just trying to be the best on your block. Now you’re trying to be the best in the world. And that opened up competitive gaming to a whole new landscape. And one of the games really leading the way is Dota.

Su-Leo Liu (Commentator): Dota is sort of a combination of football (or soccer for the Americans) and chess. This is probably how I would try to explain Dota to someone who’s not familiar with it. At least that’s what I did to my parents.

Toby Dawson (Commentator): Dota is a game of2)momentum. You as five players try and battle against the other five players for momentum.

Su-Leo: Every single player controls one unit. And the main3)objective of the game is to destroy the final enemy building, which is called “the Ancient.”

Toby: Everything else that happens in the meantime is your amazing filler of a game.

Jeremy Lin (NBA Player): You could play 100 heroes4)in conjunction with 99 other heroes. It’s just non-stop possibilities and it’s so much fun. And you know, it’s...it’s like the same map every single time but it literally never gets boring. I would say Dota is a way of life. Clement Ivanov (Gamer “Puppey”): When the prizes started coming, I was like,“Oh well, we have, like, tournaments, so obviously some people is [sic] going to come and say, ‘This is a great game. Let’s play it,’ like, ‘let’s put money in it.’” And it started progressing each year.

1) passion ['pæʃ(ə)n] n. 酷爱，热爱

2) momentum [məʊ'mentəm] n. 动量，势头

3) objective [əb'dʒektɪv] n. 目的，目标

4) in conjunction with 连同，与……协力

Tammy Tang (Gamer “Furryfish”): Those at the top level, they just do, like, lots of calculations in their head—something like A Beautiful Mind where you see, like, all kinds of things and using all this information make your next move.

Jeremy: I see it in a lot of ways similar to basketball. Just like a five-on-five game where you kind of have to work together and5)utilize each other’s strengths and6)synergizing everything together. The teamwork, and the trust, and the7)sacrifice…those8)are all true for every single team sport.

Toby: Dota is a game that unites everybody. It doesn’t matter what country you’re from, what race you are. It’s kinda like a bond that is shared, and when you’re part of this9)tightknit group of people, it’s like having a second family. That’s something you never let go.

Tammy: Everyone’s searching for something: fulfillment, fame, satisfaction. It gives you the ability to become someone else—a someone who is powerful, who can take down five10)opponents, express their creativity, break the rules without actually getting arrested. All of these reasons are in there somewhere. The player himself might not even know. He might not even understand it himself. But it’s there.

(To be continued.)

5) utilize ['juːtɪlaɪz] v. 利用，使用

6) synergize ['sɪnədʒaɪz] v. 协同加强，起增效作用

7) sacrifce ['sækrɪfaɪs] n. 牺牲，舍身

8) be true for 对……适用，符合于

9) tight-knit ['taɪt'nɪt] adj. 亲密的，紧密的

10) opponent [ə'pəʊnənt] n. 对手，敌手

CY百科

◆ Dota 《刀塔》：全称为Defense of the Ancients（守护遗迹），发行于2006年，是一个建立在游戏《魔兽争霸3》基础上的多人即时对战游戏，可支持10人同时连线。随着系列版本不断发布，新的英雄和新的法术不断被引入，最终游戏分为两个阵营，玩家需要操作英雄，通过摧毁对方的遗迹建筑来获取最终胜利。《刀塔》系列所开创的多人在线竞技模式对后来的竞技类游戏产生了深远的影响。

◆ ESPN 娱乐与体育节目电视网：全称为Entertainment and Sports Programming Network，是美国一家24小时专门播放体育节目的有线电视联播网，由拉斯穆森父子创立，于1979年9月7日开播。以“全球体育媒体的领袖”为企业口号的ESPN是当今世界上最大、最著名的体育电视网，卫星网络覆盖160个国家，节目使用21种语言，全球观众超过2.1亿人。

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硝烟将起

林汉勇（玩家hyhy）：开始玩《刀塔》的那一天，就是我的成人日。当你走上舞台，代表自己的国家，拿到奖金时……那种巨大的满足感和成就感是其他事情无法带给你的。走上了这条路，我一点都不后悔——玩游戏是我这辈子最值得骄傲的事情。

达尼洛·伊舒京（玩家Dendi）：虽然可以说是“玩家”，但对我而言，游戏有着不同的意义。要忘却痛苦，其中一个办法就是对别的事情全情投入，所以……电脑游戏，对我来说，它就是……我的一切。

克林顿·罗米斯（玩家Fear）：这是我的职业，我选择这条路已经很久了。在我眼中，成功总是基于他人对你的看法，在于大众是怎么看的，由他们来决定。林汉勇：做你喜欢的事情并乐于其中是很重要的，因为那是你的最爱，哥们。你应……你要为自己热爱的东西而努力，就这样。

克林顿：这是我这辈子第一次想玩儿真的，为我的人生做些有益的事情。

《刀塔》是种生活方式

特勒尔斯·尼尔森（解说员）：十年前根本没有电子竞技这回事。你和朋友们对战只是为了好玩，一杯咖啡或者任何你想到的东西都可以作为赌注。

亚历山大·科哈诺夫斯基（战队经理）：刚开始玩游戏时，我们会为了24瓶啤酒争第一，我是说真的。

乔恩·鲁滨逊（ESPN写手）：不过，在那之后，线上对战开始普及了。突然之间，你的努力目标不再局限于在这一区称雄，现在你可以努力成为全世界最强的玩家。这为电子竞技翻开了全新的一页，其中一个领军游戏便是《刀塔》。

刘溯（解说员）：《刀塔》有点像是足球与国际象棋的结合体——我大概会对不了解这个游戏的人这样解释，至少我对父母就是这么说的。

托比·道森（解说员）：《刀塔》是个讲求力量的游戏。我方五名选手要对抗另外五名选手，双方一分高下。

刘溯：每名选手操控一个角色单位。游戏的主要目标是摧毁敌方的终极建筑——那就是“遗迹”。

托比：在此期间发生的一切便是游戏让你大呼过瘾的东西。

林书豪（NBA选手）：你可以从100位英雄中选择角色，与其余99位英雄同心协力，这就会产生无穷无尽的可能性，非常好玩。你瞧，虽然每次的地图都是一样的，但你永远不会觉得无聊。我认为《刀塔》是一种生活方式。

克莱门特·伊万诺夫（玩家Puppey）：比赛开始出现奖金之后，我就在想：“喔，我们有联赛了，自然就会有人被吸引过来，认为‘这是个好游戏，我们玩玩吧’或者说‘我们投点钱吧’。”这个规模开始逐年扩大。

塔米·唐（玩家Furryfish）：那些顶尖玩家会在脑子里进行各种运算——就像电影《美丽心灵》一样，你看见各种各样的东西，再利用这些信息采取下一步行动。

林书豪：在我看来，这个游戏和篮球运动有许多相似之处，就像一场五对五的比赛，大家必须齐心合作，善用每个人的强项，一起协力互补。团队合作、彼此信任、牺牲精神……这些品质适用于所有团队运动。托比：《刀塔》是一款能将所有人团结起来的游戏。无论你来自哪个国家，无论你属于哪个种族，这并不重要。这就像一条彼此共有的纽带。当你成了这个紧密团结的群体中的一员，你就像有了第二个家，这是你绝不会放手的东西。

塔米：每个玩家都有自己的追求：圆满感、名声或者满足感。这个游戏可以让你变成另外一个人，一个强大的人，能撂倒五名对手，能尽情发挥自己的创意，能在不被逮到的前提下破坏规则。这些缘由都隐藏在游戏里，可能连选手自己都没有意识到，可能他自己都搞不懂，但那都是真实存在的。

（未完待续）