the series is suitable for younger audiences from about 10 years old to 30+ years old age group familiar with anime, manga, online games, pop culture, and activities involving sports-like teamwork. this series revolves around the struggles, efforts, friendships, and reconciliation of the past and present of the main protagonist whose career path spans 10+ years as a professional esports player. one key thing about this series is the focus on the present moment, reconciliating the past with the present, and how that affects the near future that will become a present moment.

this series also tell the stories of struggles, efforts, and friendships of many other supporting players mainly in relation with the main protagonist. the series blends life acting with CGIs, and it consistently enriches the CGI stories with fast paced dialogues that are generally written well, and also energetic comments by the commentators/players/audience. it has a relatively fast paced stories and plots that deal a lot with personal decisions, social support/motivation/encouragement, overcoming obstacles, trusts, jealousy/envy, camaraderie, and hope and faith.

i was initially hesitant whether i want to start watching this series because i had the mindset that i might be sorely disappointed if the series fail to deliver a balanced good stories, good performances and balanced CGIs. but in the end, i am glad that i overcome my hesitance. another mindset that i had when i started watching this series is that there might be a romantic and romance competition/betrayal kind of plots in the series. but there were not. and that is a real welcome for a CDrama.

i think the director, the screen writer/s and the CGI team/s did a dedicatedly excellent job trying to balance the real life acting with the dialogues and the CGI actions. the CGIs felt complimentary to the real life acting. the quality of the CGIs is good, and the way the dialogues and how/where the CGIs are used to tell stories in the virtual setting are also good. this is also in part enhanced by the energetic and fitting background music/sound/noises. one of the strengths in this series is the arrangement/selection/editing of the background music/sound/noises.

the costumes/hair-style in this series are inspired in part by manga and in part by modern and pop culture. the props, set design/structure, and environment are definitely urban and current. it is a good thing that the series as a whole does not attempt to introduce futuristic mumbo-jumbos.

another thing i really like about this series is that the producer/director/screenwriters do not attempt to make this series about good versus evil, or about nasty characters. they do the characters as human and as humane as possible -- with shortcomings and strengths, but most importantly with the capacity and ability to overcome shortcomings and become a better person.

criticisms:
the actors acting are not all excellent and consistent. many of the supporting actors acting are mediocre and unconvincing. a few of the supporting characters can be annoying and unconvincing at times. sometimes there are scenes when the set or the ways the set are captured can feel a bit bland and off. i feel that some characters could have been given even stronger/better plots, dialogues and character developments, for example, Su Mucheng, Guo Guo, Luo Ji. somewhere in this series, internet addiction is mentioned very briefly. i think this is a real concerning issue that is intentionally ignored or not focused on by the director/editors/screenwriters.