In Nike’s First Esports Ad, Gamers Attend an Insane Bootcamp

Chinese League of Legends players train their bodies and minds

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Nike’s esports strategy focuses on three things. A region: China. A game: League of Legends. And a mission: player health.

The athletic apparel brand’s first esports ad, created by Wieden+Kennedy Shanghai, packages this strategy into a 90-second energy-fueled bootcamp dubbed Camp Next Level. 

In the ad, professional players for the League of Legends Pro League (LPL) in China spend time doing just about everything except actually gaming: think kickboxing, eating apples and napping. In esports as a whole, there has been an increased

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