League of Legends

I-League of Legends, ebhekwa njengenkunzi embonini yemidlalo yevidiyo yesimanje, iwumdlalo wempi wabadlali abaningi abaku-inthanethi oshintshe indlela imidlalo edlalwa ngayo kanye nesimo semidlalo yobungcweti emhlabeni jikelele. Owethulwa ngonyaka ka-2009, lo mdlalo wadalwa yinkampani i-Riot Games futhi usakazwe emhlabeni wonke ngabashicileli okubalwa kubo i-Tencent Games, i-Garena, kanye ne-Riot Games uqobo. Eminyakeni engaphezu kweshumi, lo mdlalo ukhule usuka ekuqaleni njengephrojekthi encane waze waba yinto edumile emhlabeni wonke, uheha abadlali abangaphezu kwezigidi eziyikhulu ngenyanga futhi wazala ifranchise enkulu yezokuxhumana. Umsuka we-League of Legends ubuyela kubasunguli be-Riot Games, u-Brandon Beck no-Marc Merrill, ababekade bengabangani abahlala ndawonye eyunivesithi yase-Southern California ababumbana ngenxa yothando lwabo lwemidlalo yevidiyo. Ngenxa yokudumazeka yindlela imboni yemidlalo yevidiyo eyayigxile ngayo ekukhiqizeni imidlalo engahlali isikhathi eside, babona umbono womdlalo ozoqhubeka nokuzithuthukisa nokukhula nomphakathi wawo. Begqugquzelwe umdlalo othi "Defense of the Ancients," okuwukuguqulwa okudumile komdlalo we-Warcraft III, u-Beck no-Merrill bafuna ukwakha umdlalo ozimele olandela lowo mkhondo. Babambisane nezibalo ezibalulekile emkhakheni wokuguqula imidlalo, okubalwa kubo u-Steve "Guinsoo" Feak no-Steve "Pendragon" Mescon, ukuze baphilele lo mbono. Ngemuva kwesikhathi sokuhlola esaqala ngo-Ephreli 2009 esasinabalingiswa abangu-17, umdlalo wethulwa ngokuphelele ngomhla zingama-27 kuMfumfu 2009, unohlu olwandisiwe lwabalingiswa abangu-40. Emnyombweni wawo, i-League of Legends ihilela isu elijulile nomdlalo onokuncintisana okukhulu phakathi kwamaqembu. Imodi eyinhloko yenzeka ebalazweni elinamacala amane elaziwa ngokuthi i-Summoner's Rift, lapho amaqembu amabili abantu abahlanu ebhekana khona empini yokulawula insimu. Umgomo oyinhloko ukuhamba emigwaqweni emithathu—i-Top, Mid, ne-Bottom—ukuze ubhubhise isakhiwo esiphakathi seqembu eliphikisayo, esibizwa ngokuthi i-Nexus, esivikelwe kakhulu ngaphakathi kwesisekelo sabo. Umdlali ngamunye ulawula umlingiswa oyingqayizivele, owaziwa ngokuthi i-"champion," okhethwe ohlwini olukhula njalo lwabalingiswa abangaphezu kuka-160. Abadlali bathatha izindima ezithile eqenjini labo: i-Top Laner, i-Mid Laner, i-Jungler, i-Bot Laner, kanye ne-Support. Phakathi nomdlalo, ama-champion athola amaphuzu okuhlangenwe nakho (XP) negolide ngokunqoba abadlali bezitha, imibhoshongo yokuvikela, kanye nama-minions alawulwa yikhompuyutha. Lokhu kwenza abadlali bakwazi ukuvula nokuthuthukisa amakhono akhethekile abekiwe okhiye u-Q, W, E, no-R, kanye nokuthenga izinto ezinamandla ukuze bathole inzuzo yezibalo ngaphezu kwezimbangi zabo. Imvelo yokuncintisana yalo mdlalo ngokwemvelo yazala isimo semidlalo yobungcweti (esports) esiyinkimbinkimbi nenesizuze kakhulu emhlabeni. Lokho okwaqala njengendawo yokuncintisana eqhutshwa umphakathi kwashintsha ngokushesha kwaba yimboni ehlaka kahle ebaluleka izigidigidi zamadola. I-Riot Games yasungula amaligi ochwepheshe ezifundeni emhlabeni wonke, okwaphetha ngemiqhudelwano yamazwe ngamazwe yonyaka elindelwe kakhulu njenge-Mid-Season Invitational ne-World Championship. Izigidi zabalandeli zilalela ukubuka amaqembu ochwepheshe, njenge-T1, G2 Esports, ne-Cloud9, ancintisana ngemiklomelo yezigidi zama-dollar. Le micimbi yenzeka ezinkundleni ezinkulu, ikhiqiza imiphumela emikhulu yezomnotho emadolobheni abambe imicimbi futhi idonse izibukeli eziningi ezincintisana nokusakazwa kwemidlalo yendabuko, kanti abantu abangaphezu kwezigidi eziyikhulu babukela imicimbi efana ne-World Championship ka-2019. Ngaphandle kwenkundla yempi yedijithali ye-Summoner's Rift, i-League of Legends ingene nasezimpilweni ezijwayelekile zabantu. Izindaba ezicebile zale franchise kanye nezizinda ezijulile zabalingiswa kuye kwagqugquzela umculo wangempela, izincwadi zamahlaya, izindaba ezimfishane, nemigqa yezingubo. Okubaluleke kakhulu, umhlaba womdlalo washintshwa waba uchungechunge olugqwayizayo lwe-Netflix oludunyiswe kakhulu oluthi "Arcane". Olukhiqizwe ngabakwa-Fortiche kanye ne-Riot Games ngesabelomali esilinganiselwa ezigidini ezingama-250 zama-dollar, "Arcane" ihlola ukungezwani kwezepolitiki okukhulayo phakathi kwedolobha elicebile, eliyipharadesi lase-Piltover kanye nedolobha elingaphansi elicansulwa, elixhomeke emakhemikhali lase-Zaun. Ukulandela ikusasa elibuhlungu nelixhumene lama-champion afana no-Vi no-Jinx, lolu chungechunge luthola udumo emhlabeni wonke ngenxa yokugqwayiza kwalo okumangalisayo, ukuthuthukiswa kwabalingiswa okuyinkimbinkimbi, nomculo omuhle, okuluqinisa njengolunye lochungechunge olubukwa kakhulu ku-Netflix. Impumelelo ye-franchise iphinde yaholela i-Riot Games ekwandiseni umhlaba wayo ngemidlalo yevidiyo eyengeziwe, kuhlanganise nokuguqulwa kweselula i-"League of Legends: Wild Rift," imidlalo yama-tactical auto-battlers, nezihloko ezifana ne-"Hextech Mayhem". Ngomshini wayo ocwengisiswe kahle nokuvuselelwa njalo, imodeli yokuqala yamahhala yokudlala, kanye nomphakathi ozinikele kakhulu, i-League of Legends iqinise ifa layo njengamandla anomphela kwezokuzijabulisa. Idlule kwimidiya yayo yasekuqaleni ukuze ibe umhlaba obanzi wezokuxhumana kanye nensika eyisisekelo yemidlalo yokuncintisana yesimanje, okukhombisa amandla angenamkhawulo wokulandisa kanye nokwakha umphakathi embonini yemidlalo yevidiyo.