A turn-based online game that hadn’t been updated for half a year, had a development budget seven times that of its competitors, yet only made a tenth of their revenue—a total failure. A game t...
Chapter 71 Hatred
August 25th.
The server war officially started.
The registration was unexpectedly good.
Even the most remote servers had two or three teams registered, not to mention the popular servers.
For example, every time the test was conducted, there were twelve teams registered in the popular server area, 'Golden Years'.
It was simply outrageous.
Now the participating teams in this server are frantically canvassing for votes.
Because compared to other servers, this server has too many participating teams. Now, let alone competing for the first place in the server war, it is even a problem whether they can participate...
Facing this situation.
Lin Yao also considered whether she could give these popular servers more places.
But in the end, she gave up.
Because the rules are really hard to change.
The increase in teams means that the qualifying schedule will be extended, which is too troublesome.
And it is not fair.
However...
the popular server area 'Golden Years' suddenly had so many top teams, which was really beyond Lin Yao's expectations, and beyond the expectations of everyone in the new studio.
Lin Yao specifically asked Zhong Xiu to track the upgrade curve of these people.
I found out that these people...all got promoted by krypton experience books.
Simply put, they relied on money.
In order to quickly reach the top level, these teams almost consumed all the experience books produced by the entire server.
Now, the experience books of the popular zone "Golden Years" have even risen to a sky-high price of 500,000 game coins.
This situation has both good and bad sides. The
good side is of course that the server war seems to be effective, and has attracted heavy krypton players of other similar online games. There are twelve teams in a popular zone, and most of them have just registered accounts to play the game recently.
Half of the teams don't sound outrageous.
But if all the servers are added together, the number is much.
Now "Fantasy OL" can be said to be swallowing up a large number of turn-based online game players.
And the bad side.
There are also.
Although experience books can allow these heavy krypton players to upgrade quickly, in the long run, they actually destroy the balance and have a huge impact on the enthusiasm of ordinary players.
Krypton gold players can even reach the top level in one day!
Now Lin Yao is considering whether to add some restrictions to experience books.
For example, there should be a certain limit on the number of times experience books can be used in a day. Otherwise, if the game continues to develop, it will not only have a huge impact on the enthusiasm of ordinary players, but it will also be too easy for these heavy krypton players to reach the top easily, which is actually not good.
However, this period is more sensitive.
"Fantasy OL" is attracting players of other similar games with a strong momentum, and now their rapid upgrade path is suddenly cut off.
I always feel that... there will be some problems.
So Lin Yao is also a little entangled.
However,
the problem is not big for the time being.
She can only be regarded as a happy trouble.
But for the same type of games, Lin Yao's competitors...
are going crazy.
There are not only "Tianhu Travels" and "Fantasy OL" in the market. There are more than a dozen other similar online games of different sizes.
Turn-based online games are the earliest form of online games, and the rules and gameplay are derived from the board game set.
Therefore, the most prosperous in this world is the turn-based online game.
Why did Mu Wanqing oppose Chen Nuo's turn-based online game?
It was because the market was too crowded. Blindly entering and fighting with so many competitors was simply hell.
The result was indeed as Mu Wanqing expected.
As soon as Fantasy OL was launched, it encountered huge resistance and ultimately achieved dismal results.
Originally, this matter was a foregone conclusion, but who knew...
Lin Yao's appearance made Fantasy OL work again. She led Fantasy OL and fought her way out of hell.
The current situation of Fantasy OL.
Even the big brother of this type, Fox Travels, is in a headache and despair, not to mention other smaller competitors of the same type. Fox
Travels has been operating for so long, and it can be considered a big family. Heavy krypton players have left, but not all of them will leave, and they can still control their emotions.
But for other competitors of the same type.
The players attracted by Fantasy OL are their lives! They see
that their game forums are full of news about Fantasy OL, they see players discussing Fantasy OL in the game, and they see that the players at the top of their game pyramid begin to leave frequently.
They are so angry that their teeth itch.
And all the hatred.
In the end, it is all directed at Fantasy OL.
...
Peng Yongjun is the editor of Computer News.
The main purpose of Computer News is to "popularize computer knowledge and improve cultural quality."
It used to be a very large magazine, one of the best in the world.
But because of the serious internal strife among the decision-makers of the magazine, and the emergence of portal websites on the Internet, the readers of the original paper media were divided.
Recently,
the Computer Newspaper has been getting worse and worse.
The original principle of insisting on exploring the innovation of computer technology has changed. The Computer News has become a headline party. What they like to do most is to publish hearsay stories with attractive headlines, or to quote out of context and make some ordinary things shocking, and even... gossip in the entertainment industry.
The entire magazine's positioning is confused, and the editorial team is also very chaotic.
Just like Peng Yongjun.
He is not from a news channel, and he doesn't know anything about computers. He just plays online games well and got in...
But this is also his advantage.
In this world, online games are a new field and are related to computers.
But his level is really poor. What he likes to do most is to find some messy player stories and then mix them into the pages.
This day.
He went to the forum to find materials as usual.
The game industry has developed rapidly recently.
Several game forums have also become lively.
However, the most popular game recently is "Fantasy OL". Even Peng Yongjun, who doesn't play turn-based online games, has seen countless related posts.
And the title of one of the posts shocked him the most.
[Cangshan Zhilonghao from Jinxiu Nianhua District of Fantasy OL recharged over 3 million, aiming for the title of Martial God Battle]
"Tsk tsk."
Peng Yongjun clicked on the post, looked at the dazzling number, and smacked his lips: "Awesome, recharged over 3 million to play a game."
Below the post.
As expected.
A lot of people shouted awesome.
Of course, there were also people who were dissatisfied, saying that others had recharged so much.
In short, it opened Peng Yongjun's eyes and made him fully aware of the recent popularity of Fantasy OL.
Then after a brief surprise.
Peng Yongjun lowered his head and pondered.
He thought that this game's news could be made.
Especially the astonishing number.
It looked very attractive.
His level was indeed not good.
But his sense of smell was indeed sharp.
He was already thinking about the title...
But... Peng Yongjun couldn't think of a title.
His communication software, Tianhu Chat, rang first.
Peng Yongjun came back to his senses and was a little surprised. He thought it was the editor-in-chief urging him to submit, but when he clicked on it,
he found that it was a stranger. He chatted with the other party
with doubts . More than ten minutes later, Peng Yongjun ended the chat and looked at the screen with a twinkling look in his eyes. The title... seems to have been found. It's about to be put on the shelves... (End of this chapter)