WBG = Weibo Gaming

BLG = Bilibili Gaming

Weibo is a huge social networking site in China, similar to X / Twitter

Bilibili is a video streaming/sharing site, basically think of Youtube

So essentially we are getting the Chinese version of Youtube Gaming vs Twitter Gaming

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    1 year ago

    Most LPL is backed by large corporations, in the LCK is the same. KT is Korea telecom. T1 is SK telecom. DK is backed by KIA. GenG is a esports conglomerate that operates like EDG, RNG and WE. I think the reason that esports is more successful is because of this.

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    1 year ago

    all four lpl seeds this year are backed by huge companies. weibo and bilibili op already covered. lng is backed by li-ning, a huge sportswear and sports equipment company, which also sponsors lpl itself. jdg is backed by jingdong, china’s amazon equivalent. according to off-season rumours, these were also the four most expensive rosters in the lpl this season.

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    1 year ago

    JD is a huge ecommerce retailer like Amazon, and T1 has SK Telecom and Comcast.