北京时间2019年09月28日，LGD电子竞技俱乐部正式宣布与北美电竞公司Reciprocity Corp（以下简称：REC）就穿越火线（以下简称：CF)战队项目达成战略合作。双方共同致力于将这支CF战队打造成国内最具有国际视野、商业化运营的电竞战队，并且这支队伍也将获得穿越火线职业联赛的席位。
CF在全球范围内拥有6.5亿注册玩家和超过800万的同时在线用户，是全球玩家数量最多的网络游戏之一。目前，穿越火线的运营范围覆盖中国、越南、北美和南美以及欧洲等80个国家。
LGD电子竞技俱乐部成立于2009年，旗下拥有DOTA2分部、英雄联盟分部、守望先锋分部、绝地求生分部等众多热门游戏分部。作为国内首家响应英雄联盟职业联赛赛制改革的老牌电子竞技俱乐部正式将杭州作为俱乐部未来的主场驻地。各大分部在各自赛事体系中屡创佳绩，DOTA2分部更是在国际赛事中连续取得两个Major冠军。
REC成立于2018年，旗下已拥有21名选手，横跨8个联赛。在参与的所有联赛中，REC战队一直稳居前四名，其中包含七个前三名和四个冠军。
LGD电子竞技俱乐部拥有强大赛训体系，与刚刚崛起的北美新贵REC的跨国联手，希望可以为CF这个老牌电竞项目注入新鲜血液。对于拥有庞大电竞粉丝群的LGD电子竞技俱乐部而言，这次增添CF分部，也给LGD电子竞技俱乐部开拓了新的领域。
LGD电子竞技俱乐部创始人潘婕对于这次合作也发表了自己的看法：“我们很高兴与北美电竞战队合作，成为电竞行业跨国合作的开拓者。REC战队和LGD电子竞技俱乐部在电竞领域上有着相同的理想和激情，我们有决心圆满成功地推动这个项目的发展。”
REC创始人兼首席执行官Chad Larsson表示：“自从潘婕创立LGD以来，我就是她的粉丝，我十分佩服她的成就。我们很高兴与LGD电子竞技俱乐部合作成立新战队。”REC亚太地区总裁郝思维表示：“将REC在北美的力量与LGD在亚洲的影响力相结合，可创造强大的分销和赞助机会。”
相信在不久的未来LGD电子竞技俱乐部和REC北美电竞娱乐公司的合作一定能更快的把CF这项赛事推广到更大的国际电竞舞台，让国际电竞市场全方位的看见中国电子竞技行业的潜力。也期待这次跨国合作能够给全球电竞产业带来更多惊喜。
LGD Gaming in cooperate with Reciprocity Corp to establish a new CF team, first international partnership with North American E-Sports companies.
On September 28, 2019, Beijing time, LGD Gaming officially announced that it had reached strategic cooperation with Reciprocity Corp (REC) on the CrossFire (CF). The two sides are committed to making this CF team the most internationally oriented and commercially operated e-sports team in China, and this team will also get a slot in the CrossFire professional league.
With 650 million registered players and more than 8 million simultaneous online users worldwide, CF is one of the largest online game in the world. Currently, the operational scope of CrossFire covers 80 countries, including China, Vietnam, north and South America, and Europe.
LGD Gaming was founded in 2009. It has a number of popular game divisions such as DOTA2 Division, League of Legends Division, Overwatch Division, and PUBG Division. As the first oldest E-Sports Club in China to respond to the reform of the League of Legends professional league system. Hangzhou is known as official LGD Gaming ‘s headquarter. The major divisions have achieved great success in their respective competition systems, and the DOTA2 division has won two major championships in international competitions.
Since entering the scene in 2018, Reciprocity represents 21-players across eight leagues. Team REC has consistently placed in the top four in every league it is in, including seven top-three finishes and four championships.
LGD Gaming has a strong competition training system, and has joined forces with the newly emerging North American upstart REC, hoping fresh blood influence the old e-sports project of CF for LGD Gaming , which has a large group of fans. This addition of CF branch also opens up a new field for LGD Gaming.
Pan Jie, founder of LGD Gaming, also expressed her opinion on this cooperation : "We are really happy to cooperate with the North American e-sports organization and become the pioneer of international partnership in the e-sports industry. REC and LGD Gaming in e-sports With the same ambition and passion in the field, we are determined to successfully promote the development of this project."
“We’re excited partnering with LGD Gaming,” said Chad Larsson, Founder, and CEO for Reciprocity. “I have been a fan of Jie Pan and the work she has done since she founded LGD. ”and Sabrina Hao, President of Reciprocity Asia Pacific, also said: “Combining Reciprocity's North American strength with LGD's deep Asian market presence creates powerful distribution and sponsorship opportunities that span the globe.”
We believe that in the near future, the cooperation between LGD Gaming and Reciprocity Corp will definitely promote the CF event to a larger international e-sports stage. The international E-Sports market can see the potential of China's E-Sports industry in an all-round way. It is also expected that this international partnership will bring more surprises to the global competitive industry.
