玩出個未來
——走進電競世界(上)

⊙ By Valve

翻譯：藍藍

玩出個未來
——走進電競世界(上)

⊙ By Valve

翻譯：藍藍

Welcome to the World of E-Sports (I)

國際發音 適合泛聽

語速：150詞/分鐘

提起玩游戲，人們的第一印象往往是“不務正業”——然而，有那么一群年輕人，他們偏偏就將這種“不務正業”發揮到極致，一步步登上電子競技項目的職業舞臺。未來幾年，大家甚至會在亞運會等高規格體育盛事中看到電競選手的活躍表現！電競是個怎樣的項目？玩電競的都是些什么人？跟隨著紀錄片《心競技》（Free to Play）的介紹，我們將連續三期帶大家回到2011年科隆國際邀請賽的現場，感受這個光影迷離的異色世界！

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 ['p??(?)n] n. 酷愛，熱愛

2) momentum [m??'ment?m] n. 動量，勢頭

3) objective [?b'd?ekt?v] n. 目的，目標

4) in conjunction with 連同，與……協力

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 ['ju?t?la?z] v. 利用，使用

6) synergize ['s?n?d?a?z] v. 協同加強，起增效作用

7) sacrifce ['s?kr?fa?s] n. 犧牲，舍身

8) be true for 對……適用，符合于

9) tight-knit ['ta?t'n?t] adj. 親密的，緊密的

10) opponent [?'p??n?nt] n. 對手，敵手

CY百科

◆ Dota 《刀塔》：全稱為Defense of the Ancients（守護遺跡），發行于2006年，是一個建立在游戲《魔獸爭霸3》基礎上的多人即時對戰游戲，可支持10人同時連線。隨著系列版本不斷發布，新的英雄和新的法術不斷被引入，最終游戲分為兩個陣營，玩家需要操作英雄，通過摧毀對方的遺跡建筑來獲取最終勝利。《刀塔》系列所開創的多人在線競技模式對后來的競技類游戲產生了深遠的影響。

◆ ESPN 娛樂與體育節目電視網：全稱為Entertainment and Sports Programming Network，是美國一家24小時專門播放體育節目的有線電視聯播網，由拉斯穆森父子創立，于1979年9月7日開播。以“全球體育媒體的領袖”為企業口號的ESPN是當今世界上最大、最著名的體育電視網，衛星網絡覆蓋160個國家，節目使用21種語言，全球觀眾超過2.1億人。

參考譯文

硝煙將起

林漢勇（玩家hyhy）：開始玩《刀塔》的那一天，就是我的成人日。當你走上舞臺，代表自己的國家，拿到獎金時……那種巨大的滿足感和成就感是其他事情無法帶給你的。走上了這條路，我一點都不后悔——玩游戲是我這輩子最值得驕傲的事情。

達尼洛·伊舒京（玩家Dendi）：雖然可以說是“玩家”，但對我而言，游戲有著不同的意義。要忘卻痛苦，其中一個辦法就是對別的事情全情投入，所以……電腦游戲，對我來說，它就是……我的一切。

克林頓·羅米斯（玩家Fear）：這是我的職業，我選擇這條路已經很久了。在我眼中，成功總是基于他人對你的看法，在于大眾是怎么看的，由他們來決定。林漢勇：做你喜歡的事情并樂于其中是很重要的，因為那是你的最愛，哥們。你應……你要為自己熱愛的東西而努力，就這樣。

克林頓：這是我這輩子第一次想玩兒真的，為我的人生做些有益的事情。

《刀塔》是種生活方式

特勒爾斯·尼爾森（解說員）：十年前根本沒有電子競技這回事。你和朋友們對戰只是為了好玩，一杯咖啡或者任何你想到的東西都可以作為賭注。

亞歷山大·科哈諾夫斯基（戰隊經理）：剛開始玩游戲時，我們會為了24瓶啤酒爭第一，我是說真的。

喬恩·魯濱遜（ESPN寫手）：不過，在那之后，線上對戰開始普及了。突然之間，你的努力目標不再局限于在這一區稱雄，現在你可以努力成為全世界最強的玩家。這為電子競技翻開了全新的一頁，其中一個領軍游戲便是《刀塔》。

劉溯（解說員）：《刀塔》有點像是足球與國際象棋的結合體——我大概會對不了解這個游戲的人這樣解釋，至少我對父母就是這么說的。

托比·道森（解說員）：《刀塔》是個講求力量的游戲。我方五名選手要對抗另外五名選手，雙方一分高下。

劉溯：每名選手操控一個角色單位。游戲的主要目標是摧毀敵方的終極建筑——那就是“遺跡”。

托比：在此期間發生的一切便是游戲讓你大呼過癮的東西。

林書豪（NBA選手）：你可以從100位英雄中選擇角色，與其余99位英雄同心協力，這就會產生無窮無盡的可能性，非常好玩。你瞧，雖然每次的地圖都是一樣的，但你永遠不會覺得無聊。我認為《刀塔》是一種生活方式。

克萊門特·伊萬諾夫（玩家Puppey）：比賽開始出現獎金之后，我就在想：“喔，我們有聯賽了，自然就會有人被吸引過來，認為‘這是個好游戲，我們玩玩吧’或者說‘我們投點錢吧’。”這個規模開始逐年擴大。

塔米·唐（玩家Furryfish）：那些頂尖玩家會在腦子里進行各種運算——就像電影《美麗心靈》一樣，你看見各種各樣的東西，再利用這些信息采取下一步行動。

林書豪：在我看來，這個游戲和籃球運動有許多相似之處，就像一場五對五的比賽，大家必須齊心合作，善用每個人的強項，一起協力互補。團隊合作、彼此信任、犧牲精神……這些品質適用于所有團隊運動。托比：《刀塔》是一款能將所有人團結起來的游戲。無論你來自哪個國家，無論你屬于哪個種族，這并不重要。這就像一條彼此共有的紐帶。當你成了這個緊密團結的群體中的一員，你就像有了第二個家，這是你絕不會放手的東西。

塔米：每個玩家都有自己的追求：圓滿感、名聲或者滿足感。這個游戲可以讓你變成另外一個人，一個強大的人，能撂倒五名對手，能盡情發揮自己的創意，能在不被逮到的前提下破壞規則。這些緣由都隱藏在游戲里，可能連選手自己都沒有意識到，可能他自己都搞不懂，但那都是真實存在的。

（未完待續）