Discovery Channel's ESPORTS: THE RISE OF THE NEW KING PREMIERE PRESS EVENT

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Following its co-branding partnership with MSI on the PS63 Modern laptop, Discovery now launches ESPORTS: THE RISE OF THE NEW KING, a special program themed around the thriving eSports ecosystem. This nearly an hour program helps shed light on how gaming has rapidly evolved from a pastime into top-tier sports. Global eSports organizations and tournaments, game publishers and popular games, eSport teams and fans worldwide, as well as the design and manufacture of top gaming gear, all play major roles in propelling the eSports industry forward.

Discovery will hold a premiere press conference of ESPORTS: THE RISE OF THE NEW KING at Taipei Carry Studio on Wednesday, June 19. Bii (Bi Shu Jin???), a popular singer who likes playing video games, will be invited to fight a duke with world champion eSports team FlashWolves. The complete program will be premiered on Friday, June 21 in Taiwan, and will be broadcast after the press conference in various countries around the world.

?MSI?s unsparing devotion to eSports not merely captures worldwide attention, but also attracts world-renowned media Discovery to run this program. Through this detailed video, all audience will get in-depth understanding of the eSports ecosystem while realize MSI?s role as a mover and shaker who spares no effort to promote eSports through MSI?s highly acclaimed gaming hardware & software, stunning game immersion jointly designed by game developers, and global eSports sponsorships of teams and tournaments,? adds MSI CEO Charles Chiang.

Discovery?s VP and GM for Greater China and Korea Tony Qiu says, ?Discovery is more than a channel. We are the world's #1 IP content provider who has delved deep into vertical content in hopes of engaging the audience and powering their passions. With eSports surging in popularity, we have seen its potential and launched Discovery Games Studios to create games inspired by various TV shows from Discovery?s properties. We also recognized MSI?s vast potential in the meanwhile. With MSI gaming laptops' high prevalence worldwide, there is no doubt MSI is one of the major forces behind the success of eSports.?

(Left to right) Bii? Discovery?s VP and GM for Greater China and Korea Tony Qiu?MSI CEO Charles Chiang.

Many media, influencers, and important guests attended the premiere press event.

Taiwanese singer Bii competed with world champion team Flashwolves.

MSI brand new products which was recently relesed in COMPUTEX 2019 are also displayed at the press event including GT76 Titan DT, GE65 Raider, Trident X PLUS 9TH, and Optix MAG321CURV.

Lucky Dragon also showed up at the event!

 

[badminiton]

Friday night...enjoy the movie.

 

[tonywangmsi]

I am looking forward to this show, I will see it tonight.

 

[simonlee]

Yeah, I will play PUBG with MSI laptop and watch this TV program at the same time.

 

[clairejyhuang]

yes, competitive gaming is the new king of sports
would love to see this Discovery x MSI x eSports show!

 

[vivianshuang]

Discovery + MSI GAMING really excited my interest. I expect this show.

 

[frankhuang]

Yeah, I will play PUBG with MSI laptop and watch this TV program at the same time.

i'd like to see you broadcast while doing so, XD

 

[kathychien]

Another fun thing to do on this Friday night

 

[tiatang]

AWESOMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

 

[SebastianUnderwoodkWC155002d8]

I remember whent Discovery was a different channel, but this is so cool.

 

[anne20k7campbel158e02e7]

I have nothing against having stuff like this on the Discovery channel. I like seeing E-sports on TV now, and it's finally recognized as a real sport. The most popular one is League of Legends. It's surprising how many players still play this game because it's an older game...
Matches are being played all the time, and you can bet on them now. It's important to know which team is the best so you won't lose money. You can see that on tipsgg website (enter site to see the best teams). We have matches between Top Esports and Sunning tomorrow. Sunning is the betting underdog, but they are on 5 matches win streak, and I think they will continue the streak.