T
he League of Legends World
Championship, an annual electronic
sports (esports) championship
tournament hosted by Riot Games, played
out at the Sangnam World Cup Stadium in
Seoul, South Korea this year. Top League
of Legends teams from Asia, Europe and
North America came together to compete
for the championship ti tle, the 70 pound
Summoner's Cup, and the $1,000,000
champion prize.
Riot Games, the creators of League of
Legends – a multi player online batt le arena
video game – tapped 3G Producti ons to
handle audio and video producti on for the
event. 3G Producti ons in turn worked with
Rhinosound, one of South Korea’s largest
sound rental companies, for their sound
reinforcement needs.
Rhinosound delivered a 32 cabinet EAW Anya
PA, 40 x SB subs and a slew of KF730/740s for
front fi ll and extra delays to meet the needs
of the event att ended by 40,000 people and
streamed to another 40 million online.
The opening ceremony was befi tti ng of a
world class event with a number of Korean
traditi onal drummers, an orchestra and
special guests Imagine Dragons, who were
visiti ng South Korea for the fi rst ti me. For
closing the popular indy rock band played
their most popular hits for the in-person and
online crowd.The biggest challenge that 3G’s Will Taylor
faced was determining where to place the PA.
It was important to keep the SPL levels on the
stage to a minimum in order for the gamers
to hear the shoutcasters. Because of the size
of the stage, placing them left -right in front of
the stage interfered with audience sightlines.
Taylor worked with EAW’s product support
team to create a design that positi oned the
Anya arrays behind the stage and kept the
sound levels on the stage low.Fortunately, Anya receives system parameters
via EAW’s Resoluti on 2 soft ware. The process
of tweaking the system did not involve
dropping the PA to make adjustments,
instead the engineers changed some of the
numbers, uploaded the new setti ngs and
the system was adjusted to suit the client’s
needs.“The ease in which the system can be
modifi ed without a lot of work was
parti cularly advantageous at this event,”
noted James Bamlett , EAW Asia. “We were
easily able to make adjustments unti l the
sound was exactly where the clients wanted
it, and it was simple to do. It is one of the
most spectacular features of EAW’s Adapti ve
Performance gear.”Once the parameters are input into EAW’s
Resoluti on soft ware, the Anya arrays produce
asymmetrical output that delivers coherent,
full-frequency range response across the
enti re coverage area as defi ned by the user.
In this case, the coverage area was the
audience seati ng, not the stage, and the
system performed fl awlessly.“Rhinosound was the local provider for the
audio system,” concluded Will Nealie, audio
consultant for the event. “Anya was the right
technology for the applicati on. Set up ti me
was short, throw distance was long, and
expectati on was high. Anya met all of the
requirements. The players, fans and everyone
there had a fantasti c ti me.”http://www.eaw.com“Anya was the right technology for
the applicati on.. The players, fans and
everyone there had a fantasti c ti me”- Audio Consultant, Will Nealie
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