有些同學很喜歡打電子游戲,甚至希望以后以打電子游戲為生。如今確實有這樣的職業存在,叫電子競技。但這份工作可真沒有想象的那么簡單。
Whether you play e-sports (電子競技) or not, you might have heard of IG (Invictus Gaming), a Chinese e-sports club. On the night of Nov. 3,2018, IG beat Europes Fnatic club and won the 2018 League of Legends (LoL) World Championship in South Korea. It was the first time in the events eight-year history that a Chinese club won.
無論你是否玩過電子競技,你都可能聽說過中國的電子競技俱樂部IG(Invictus Gaming)。2018年11月3日晚,IG擊敗了泛歐洲FNC戰隊,贏得了2018年韓國英雄聯盟全球總決賽的冠軍。這是這個項目8年歷史上第一次有一家中國俱樂部獲得冠軍。
The long-awaited victory showed how e-sports has progressed in China in recent years. A growing number of e-sports clubs have been founded in China, and more young gamers are working as e-sports players. However, becoming a professional (專業的) e-sports athlete (運動員) is not all fun and games.
期待已久的勝利顯示了近年來中國電子競技的發展。中國已經建立了越來越多的電子競技俱樂部,越來越多的年輕玩家成為了電子競技的參與者。然而,成為一名專業的電子競技員并不總是娛樂和游戲。
電子競技(e-sports),簡單說就是電子游戲比賽達到“競技”層面的體育項目。電子競技運動就是利用電子設備作為運動器械進行的、人與人之間的智力對抗運動。通過運動,可以鍛煉和提高參與者的思維能力、反應能力、心眼四肢協調能力和意志力,培養團隊精神。
An e-sports player must have quick reactions and high endurance (耐力).
一名電子競技員必須有快速的反應和極高的耐力。
They must also have a high APM, or “actions per minute”. This refers to how many actions they can perform in a game within one minute. Pro players can have an APM as high as 400.
競技員們必須有一個高的APM,即“每分鐘的行動”。這是指他們在一分鐘內能在一場比賽中執行多少次動作。專業競技員的APM高達400。
There is a limit to how long they can play this well. Most professional players range in age from 17 to 25. After a certain age, they become slower.
競技員能做多久是有年齡限制的。大多數職業競技員的年齡是從17歲到25歲不等。超過這個年齡段,他們的行動就變慢了(也就不適合從事電子競技了)。
E-sports athletes have to work hard every day. “We start to practice right after we get up in the morning and usually last until midnight,” said Huang Fuquan, a player from iG. “There is at least 12 hours of work every day.”
電子競技員每天都要努力工作。“我們早上起床后就開始練習,通常持續到午夜,”IG競技員黃福泉說,“每天至少要工作12個小時。”
Many players practice so much that they get muscle pains and arthritis (關節炎). They also face lots of pressure. Some e-sports clubs hire psychologists (心理醫生) and doctors to help their players.
許多競技員因為需要經常練習,所以他們的身體會出現肌肉疼痛和關節炎的問題。他們平時也面臨著很多的壓力。一些電子競技俱樂部會聘請心理學家和醫生來幫助他們的競技員(解決出現的各種問題)。
So if you want to turn your love for gaming into a full-time job, ask yourself this first: Are you really prepared? 所以,如果你想把你對游戲的熱愛變成一份全職工作,先問問自己:你真的準備好了嗎?
歷史教授在課堂上向學生們解釋,美的標準是如何隨著時代的變化而變化的,并舉了個例子:“1921年的美國小姐身高160厘米,體重73公斤。你們想,放到今天,她在選美大賽中能勝出嗎?”一名學生答:“肯定不行,年紀太大了。”