History YMMV / TheKingsAvatar

** A genius player takes the competitive eSports scene by storm in his professional debut, winning the world championship. He proceeds to win two more before languishing and struggling in runner-up positions for years. Eventually, alongside younger and hungry teammates, this prodigy wins his fourth world championship, cementing himself as the game's undisputed best player. Are we talking about Ye Xiu or ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends''' Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok?

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1gbTMxY6OE Faith]]" (信仰), the opening song from the AnimatedAdaptation, a {{Wuxia}}-inspired theme that perfectly sets up the atmosphere of the ''donghua'', the InUniverse MassivelyMultiplayerOnlineRolePlayingGame "Glory" and the general eSports setting; this would be repeated with its TriumphantReprise [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0q0bEvo8mdU in the last episode]] by Jinhu ROCK (金虎ROCK). Likewise, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvO3tdyPIzs Light From The Ashes]]" (来自尘埃的光), the opening theme of the LiveActionAdaptation, evokes the same feeling.

* FandomRivalry: To ''Literature/SwordArtOnline'' - both feature an ExperiencedProtagonist who's an expert in a MassivelyMultiplayerOnlineRolePlayingGame with incredible skills, yet alienates themselves from their respective establishments. Expect plenty of people who support ''Sword Art Online'' [[TheyCopiedItSoItSucks to brush this series off as a ripoff]], never minding that ''Sword Art Online'' has far more ScienceFantasy elements, whereas ''The King's Avatar'' has none and deliberately uses SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome and TruthInTelevision abundantly, with a focus on a UsefulNotes/ProfessionalGaming narrative. Furthermore, there's the possibility the first publication of ''The King's Avatar'' was released in 2011, ''a year'' before ''Sword Art Online'' began airing as an {{Anime}} - to some viewers, this would be popular enough to rip off.

* GatewaySeries: While there have been plenty of Chinese animated works that have tried to catch the attention of a non-Chinese audience, ''The King's Avatar'' is the first of two (the other being ''Literature/GrandmasterOfDemonicCultivationMoDaoZuShi'') to really make an impact on Western viewers because [[UsefulNotes/ProfessionalGaming of its relatable premise]] and modern setting by doing away {{Fantasy}} and ScienceFiction entirely from other animated works influenced by the [[MassivelyMultiplayerOnlineRolePlayingGame genre]], and without relying on ''[[TrappedInAnotherWorld isekai]]-'' or StockLightNovelHero-related tropes.

* HilariousInHindsight: A genius player took the world by storm when he first debuted, winning the championship. He then proceeded to win 2 more championships, before losing his 4th finals by being assassinated. He struggled for years, until on his 10th years, alongside 4 younger and hungry players, said genius player won his 4th championship. Are we talking about Ye Xiu, or LeagueOfLegends Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok?

* HilariousInHindsight: InUniverse, Witch-class characters in Glory can cast "Acid Rain" and "Lava Flask" while in mid-air and/or riding their brooms, something that isn't possible in the RealLife [[VideoGame/DungeonFighterOnline source game Glory is based on]]. Fast forward to 2017, and Witches in the Korean version are given the same ability in an update patch. Depending on how familiar people are with the web novel, this may or may not be a form of {{Defictionalization}} on their part.

* ShippingGoggles:
** {{Averted|Trope}} with Ye Xiu/Su Mucheng: the series has NoHuggingNoKissing in effect, thus most fans do not see any ShipTease between the two, despite how close they are, especially the revelation they aren't only ChildhoodFriends, but they share the same motive to play Glory competitively [[spoiler:because of Mucheng's {{posthumous|character}} brother Su Muqiu]]. The most their relationship can be chalked up to is LikeBrotherAndSister; emphasized when the {{Prequel}} movie, set roughly eight years before the start of ''The King's Avatar'', shows Mucheng as a child.
** Similarly, the same applies with Ye Xiu's other female associates: the fandom sees his relationship with Chen Guo and Tang Rou as VitriolicBestBuds and StudentAndMasterTeam, respectively.
* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: {{Zigzagged}} with the LiveActionAdaptation - those who have read the web novels treat the {{Downplayed|Trope}} elements like dungeon-crawling as a comparatively small loss when there's over a thousand chapters to adapt for a live-action drama. However, what readers do have a problem with is the live-action omitting some of the novel's nuances (such as Ye Xiu's characterization and thought-processes regarding Glory) in favor of archetypal melodrama; understandably, these omissions were done [[AudienceAlienatingPremise as to not alienate a less eSports-inclined audience]]. Fans of the web novels agree the show did its job at telling ''The King's Avatar'', but are quick to remind viewers who haven't read the source material yet it takes certain liberties - that it's more of a PragmaticAdaptation in order to ease its audience into the topic of UsefulNotes/ProfessionalGaming.

* ViewerGenderConfusion: Thousand Creations' {{Manhua}} design gives him a girlish ponytail. It doesn't help that his shirt is form fitting enough to make it seem like he's a [[https://68.media.tumblr.com/e6e92d400321506a7547b368db7e68b3/tumblr_inline_otzk7mp1Q11u9czmv_540.png flat chested girl]] at first glance. %%Which character? Please explain.

* FandomEnragingMisconception: Do ''not'' say the series ripped off or stole ideas from ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'' (see FandomRivalry).
* FandomRivalry: To ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'' - both feature an ExperiencedProtagonist who's an expert in a MassivelyMultiplayerOnlineRolePlayingGame with incredible skills, yet alienates themselves from their respective establishments. Expect plenty of people who support ''Sword Art Online'' [[TheyCopiedItSoItSucks to brush this series off as a ripoff]], never minding that ''Sword Art Online'' has far more ScienceFantasy elements, whereas ''The King's Avatar'' has none and deliberately uses SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome and TruthInTelevision abundantly, with a focus on a UsefulNotes/ProfessionalGaming narrative. Furthermore, there's the possibility the first publication of ''The King's Avatar'' was released in 2011, ''a year'' before ''Sword Art Online'' began airing as an {{Anime}} - to some viewers, this would be popular enough to rip off.

* AmbiguousDisorder: Given Zhang Xinjie's ScheduleFanatic traits of sleeping at exactly midnight, with the animation and live-action showcasing how meticulously he eats a meal, all signs point towards a form of obsessive-compulsive disorder; the web novel neither confirms or denies this.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: After complaints of the Creator/{{Netflix}} English subtitles being just as subpar as the ones seen on China web streams (see TranslationTrainWreck), Netflix would double down on their efforts by ensuring every episode uses the correct names, terms and lingo established from official sources.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: In the third episode of ''SP'', Liu Hao's line of dialogue, "Why does this voice feel like it's pissing me off so much?" will likely remind viewers that the majority of {{Anime}} fans, who have grown fond of the Japanese language, showed exceptional discomfort upon hearing a Mandarin voice track for an animated series for the first time.

** In a meta-example, the show turned into this for the Spring2017Anime season, due to coming from an unknown animation studio and the sole Chinese publication that could have easily been swept under the rug, did it not garner good word-of-mouth from social media and viewers, leading into its status as a GatewaySeries for ''donghua''.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: The AnimatedAdaptation has not gone unnoticed by Japanese audiences, many of whom state the first episode and its MediumBlending of CG and 2D animations are done exceptionally well for a Chinese animation studio, with some even calling it the best release for the Spring2017Anime season (even though it's not listed as {{Anime}}).

* UncannyValley: The CG animations for the game sequences in the LiveActionAdaptation - they're not poorly animated in any way; rather, they're well-choreographed, but some viewers can't deny that the facial animations of various avatars can look downright off-putting compared to their users, especially in some instances when the avatars have a static facial expression.

* ArchivePanic: At over ''1700'' chapters, LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters belonging to many different guilds/teams, and a whole ton of game mechanics to Glory, it's hard to chronicle all of Ye Xiu's antics without pulling off more than one read-through of the web novel.

* FriendlyFandoms: Expect fans of ''The King's Avatar'' to get along with the fandom of ''Literature/MoDaoZuShi'' - despite coming from different genres (eSports and ''{{xianxia}}[=/=][[YaoiGenre danmei]]'', respectively), their {{Animated Adaptation}}s serve as a GatewaySeries to ''donghua'' for Western fans (see below). Many fans who watched ''Mo Dao Zu Shi'' tend to watch ''The King's Avatar'' next or vice versa due to the shows' popularity, while sharing the same voice actors. It also helps that both have received several adaptations besides a ''donghua'', including a ''{{Manhua}}'', an audio drama, and [[Series/TheUntamed a live-action series]], the latter appearing on the accessible Netflix.

* GatewaySeries: While there have been plenty of Chinese animated works that have tried to catch the attention of a non-Chinese audience, ''The King's Avatar'' is the first of two (the other being ''Literature/MoDaoZuShi'') to really make an impact on Western viewers because [[UsefulNotes/ProfessionalGaming of its relatable premise]] and modern setting by doing away {{Fantasy}} and ScienceFiction entirely from other animated works influenced by the [[MassivelyMultiplayerOnlineRolePlayingGame genre]], and without relying on ''[[TrappedInAnotherWorld isekai]]-'' or StockLightNovelHero-related tropes.

* WinTheCrowd: Upon airing its first season, many people praised ''The King's Avatar'' for its CharacterDevelopment, while successfully adapting a story about the InUniverse video game in areas where [[Anime/SwordArtOnline some of]] [[LightNovel/{{Overlord}} the most]] [[LightNovel/LogHorizon popular examples]] in Japanese fiction have either failed to catch on or completely ignored in favor of other elements, alongside justifying and (somewhat) deconstructing its InvincibleHero, making the MassivelyMultiplayerOnline aspects feel realistic, including fluid animation that was made on a low budget.

** Quite a few fans of the web novel have stated the AnimatedAdaptation went too fast with its episodes by not properly adapting the chapters, citing how the animation studio wasn't developing the game, its mechanics and setting more. However, those who haven't read the novel and started with the animation first believe it's fine, and that it provided an incentive for viewers to start reading the web novel to fully enjoy ''The King's Avatar''.

* FandomEnragingMisconception: Do ''not'' say the series ripped off or stole ideas from ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline''.

* FriendlyFandoms: Expect fans of ''The King's Avatar'' to get along with the fandom of ''Literature/MoDaoZuShi'' - despite coming from different genres (eSports and ''[[{{Wuxia}} xianxia]][=/=][[YaoiGenre danmei]]'', respectively), their {{Animated Adaptation}}s serve as a GatewaySeries to ''donghua'' for Western fans (see below). Many fans who watched ''Mo Dao Zu Shi'' tend to watch ''The King's Avatar'' next or vice versa due to the shows' popularity, while sharing the same voice actors. It also helps that both have received several adaptations besides a ''donghua'', including a ''{{Manhua}}'', an audio drama, and a live-action series.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: {{Zigzagged}} with the LiveActionAdaptation - those who have read the web novels treat the {{Downplayed|Trope}} elements like dungeon-crawling as a comparatively small loss when there's over a thousand chapters to adapt for a live-action drama. However, what readers do have a problem with is the live-action omitting some of the novel's nuances (such as Ye Xiu's characterization and thought-processes regarding Glory) in favor of archetypal melodrama; understandably, these omissions were done as to not alienate a less eSports-inclined audience. Fans of the web novels agree the show did its job at telling ''The King's Avatar'', but are quick to remind viewers who haven't read the source material yet it takes certain liberties - that it's more of a PragmaticAdaptation in order to ease its audience into the topic of UsefulNotes/ProfessionalGaming.

* ViewerGenderConfusion: Thousand Creations' {{Manhua}} design gives him a girlish ponytail. It doesn't help that his shirt is form fitting enough to make it seem like he's a [[https://68.media.tumblr.com/e6e92d400321506a7547b368db7e68b3/tumblr_inline_otzk7mp1Q11u9czmv_540.png flat chested girl]] at first glance.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: In the third episode of ''SP'', Liu Hao's line of dialogue, "Why does this voice feel like it's pissing me off so much?" will likely remind viewers that the majority of {{Anime}} fans, who have grown fond of the Japanese language, showed exceptional discomfort upon hearing a Mandarin voice teack for an animated series for the first time.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: In the third episode of ''SP'', Liu Hao's line of dialogue, "Why does this voice feel like it's pissing me off so much?" will likely remind viewers that the majority of {{Anime}} fans, who have grown fond of the Japanese language, showed exceptional discomfort upon hearing a Mandarin dub for an animated series for the first time.