Eat your heart out, MAS*H
If there was ever any doubt that esports has taken China by storm, then the finals of this year’s Mid-Season Invitational forLeague of Legendsshatters all such questions.
eSports Charts, a website collecting data and analytics on esports and streaming, showed that the event peaked during the finals match between Korea’s Kingzone DragonX and China’s Royal Never Give Up,with 127,551,726 eager spectators, the majority of whom were from China.
Royal Never Give Up achieved a 3-1 victory in the finals series against Kingzone DragonX,quenching the country’s thirst for a tournament championshipgiven the country’s hundreds of millions ofLeague of Legendsplayers. They also made history, as the first non-South Korean team to thwart a South Korean team in a majorLeague of Legendstournament in over 1,100 days.
The entire event boasted a “Total Time Watched” of over 2 billion hours. This is inclusive of Chinese viewers; excluding them would only show 29 million hours watch time.
