It's no surprise, then, that "PK" is not alone, and that in-game lingo around PC titles like League of Legends (英雄联盟) and Defense of The Ancients has often made its way into common parlance. Instead, massively-multiplayer role playing games (MMORPG) and multiplayer online battle arenas (MOBA) played on PCs dominate the industry. The immediately obvious difference from its counterpart in the US is the insignificance of consoles like the various Playstations, Xboxes and Wiis they were banned entirely from 2000 to 2014, and the last restrictions on their local manufacturing were lifted only a few weeks ago. Two decades later, the Chinese gaming market is a behemoth, with an estimated 517 million gamers worth at least $22 billion and growing. When my family left China in 1995, Sony had just released the PlayStation in Japan, but the most common gaming systems in China were still 8-bit Nintendo-knockoffs like the Subor and the Dendy: a technology gap of more than ten years. This permeation is particularly remarkable considering how fast the gaming industry and market have had to grow in China to catch up. My mom's casual familiarity with gaming terminology is just one indicator of the enormous influence that gaming has on contemporary Chinese culture, especially the growing part of it that is created on-or at least distributed by-the Internet. It's become such a generalized synonym for competition that this American Idol-esque show refers to itself as a "singing PK": People "PK" their baby photos, recipes, and yes, their karaoke.
Live matches from all football leagues have fast and accurate updates for minutes, scores, halftime and full time soccer results, goal scorers and assistants, cards, substitutions, match statistics and live stream.Later, I learned that "PK"-like a number of gaming-related terms-had entered more general usage on the Chinese internet, and is now often used to mean "compete against" or "go head-to-head with" in ways that have nothing to do with games. KPV Kokkola have scored at least one goal for 7 consecutive matches.įootball live scores on Azscore livescore has live coverage from more than 500 worldwide soccer leagues, cups and tournaments with live updated results, statistics, league tables, video highlights, fixtures and live streaming. KPV Kokkola have a winning streak of 4 matches in Ykkonen. PK-35 have scored at least one goal for 5 consecutive matches. PK-35 have conceded a goal in each of their last 5 matches. Oke Akpoveta has scored 9 times for KPV Kokkola. Jonathan Muzinga is PK-35's top scorer with 8 goals. When KPV Kokkola is down 1-0 away, they win 0% of their matches. When PK-35 leads 1-0 at home, they win in 77% of their matches. The winner of their last meeting was KPV Kokkola. PK-35 wins 33% of halftimes, KPV Kokkola wins 41%. KPV Kokkola haven't lost in their last 7 games. When KPV Kokkola leads 0-1 away, they win in 57% of their matches. On their last meeting KPV Kokkola won by 3 goals. KPV Kokkola's performance of the last 5 matches is better than PK-35's. KPV Kokkola have a winning streak of 4 matches. KPV Kokkola's away record this season: 4-5-3. When PK-35 is down 0-1 home, they win 25% of their matches. PK-35 scores 1.71 goals when playing at home and KPV Kokkola scores 1.13 goals when playing away (on average). In Ykkonen, KPV Kokkola has better performance than PK-35. PK-35 wins 1st half in 33% of their matches, KPV Kokkola in 41% of their matches.