Adamson backs Bird’s Nest gaming tournament
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League of Legends is a popular multiplayer online battle arena video game, with national tournaments hosted in several countries around the world. The S7 World Championships began with a pool of 12 international teams that, over the course of two months of live gameplay, was whittled down to the final two: Samsung Galaxy and SK Telecom T1, both from South Korea. The two teams faced off in the nearly four-day final at the Bird’s Nest, with the Samsung Galaxy team earning a decisive 3-0 victory.
Beijing Global Visual Culture Development (BGVCD), a well-known audio solutions provider, and Real Music Acoustic & Lighting Technology, the exclusive distributor of Adamson products in China, deployed the substantial Adamson audio system in the country’s largest stadium.
“The S7 organisers were very strict when it came to which AV products could be considered for the World Championships,” begins Wang He, BGVCD’s lead engineer for the application. “They insisted that the sound and lighting systems be able to work continuously for 96 hours without powering down or any type of audio failure, and we knew that in addition to offering the best audio quality, Adamson products would easily stand up to the challenge.”
The system included four main arrays comprised of 18 Adamson E15 three-way, true line source enclosures and six E12 three-way, full range enclosures in each. Due to the E15s’ long throw capabilities, no delays were required. For low end, there were 16 groups of three E219 subwoofers per side, ground stacked in cardioid configurations, and an additional pair of arrays with 12 S119 subs to handle low end. Then, two groups of six compact S10 two-way, full range boxes were deployed as front fills on each side of the stage.
In addition to the live gameplay and commentary, the system was also put to use in a spectacular augmented reality application that had a virtual dragon soaring through the stadium, plus musical performances by Taiwanese singer Jay Chou and American rock band Against the Current, which recorded and performed the song Legends Never Die specifically for the League of Legends S7 World Championships.
Real Music made extensive use of Adamson’s Blueprint AV prediction simulation modelling suite for the system design.
(Jim Evans)
