Chapter 127 Am I playing a pirated version?

Since that pancake, the game seemed to have become unserious.

Zhang Pengfei works during the day, and after get off work he turns on his computer and enters the game "Love Staff" to consult his strategist Xiao Lin.

That’s right!

Serious relationship advice.

Neither of them mentioned the incident with the pancake, as if it had never happened, and continued playing the game as usual.

He wanted to capture Lily, so Xiaolin gave him some advice. As for the other strategist, "Don't Eat Tomatoes", he felt that he was not capable enough, so he took the initiative to resign and returned home.

Watch a movie, try delicious food, visit the zoo, ride a roller coaster...

In order to better capture Lily, Zhang Pengfei decided to ask Xiao Lin to give him some advice on which dating method was more suitable. But Xiao Lin didn't know either.

Then we can only try them all, and then let Xiaolin stand in the girl's perspective and analyze which method is better based on personal experience.

There is a basis for this.

Although the specific favorability value cannot be seen, Kobayashi is a character of the opposite sex, so the interaction option will pop up as well.

According to Kobayashi, every time there is an interaction, several options will be displayed on her side.

For example, after riding a roller coaster together, you will unlock responses such as "It was really fun" or "Don't come to such a place next time."

Based on different answers and interactions, we can analyze Lily... Uh! This seems to be Xiaolin's preference, not Lily's?

Forget it, never mind!

Zhang Pengfei didn't know what this was all about. Anyway, he got along very well with Xiao Lin and felt very happy playing games with her, although he would feel a little nervous occasionally.

There was something he didn't tell Kobayashi.

That is, he discovered that the favorability system that was apparently effective on NPCs seemed to be effective on Kobayashi as well.

As their relationship gradually heated up, he even unlocked several hidden interactive options in the game, including "confession" and "holding hands"!

A kiss that is so sweet...

When these interactive options popped up, he admitted that he was confused.

What the hell? Isn't Xiaolin a player? How come the interaction options that only NPCs have are available to a player? "This game is really poisonous!"

Zhang Pengfei felt that the turning point of his destiny was the sudden inspiration that day when he bought a pancake in the game and found that he could give it to other players.

Something went wrong with this delivery.

It was obvious that his initial thought was about how to win over Lily, and Kobayashi was there to give him some advice as a relationship consultant.

Now...

Lily? What Lily? It's irrelevant! He even forgot what Lily looked like. All he could think about was Xiaolin, her voice, and the words she had said.

In fact, after chatting for so long, he also knew Kobayashi's real name and general family situation.

But he never thought of anything else.

Until one day, Xiao Lin suddenly told him that he would be very busy in the next two days and might not have time to play games, so how about adding him on WeChat?

Only then did he react.

Oh my god! Is this an online romance? But this is wrong! I just want to find a paper girlfriend, how... how did it develop into an online romance inexplicably? Although he was a little surprised, for some reason, he still added Xiaolin's WeChat, and changed from a game friend to a WeChat friend.

certainly!

No matter how much he played or how much he joked, he had no idea what kind of relationship he had with Kobayashi.

Anyway, the two of them still play games as usual, and after the game, they will share some interesting things in life on WeChat from time to time...

Until one day, Zhang Pengfei jokingly told Xiao Lin about his "important discovery", which was that players could confess to another player.

"How about giving it a try?"

"OK!"

"But……"

Zhang Pengfei was very hesitant, because in the game "Love Staff", if the affection did not reach a certain level, the confession would be rejected by the NPC.

So here comes the question!

What if I confess to a player? "It should be the same as other interactions. It's up to me to decide whether to accept or not..."

"Will you accept that?"

Zhang Pengfei's heart beat faster and even his breathing became faster.

Although this was just a confession in the game and shouldn't be taken seriously, he was very nervous for some reason. The palm of his right hand, which was holding the mouse, was full of sweat.

"you guess!"

…

Tianba official website, player community.

It has been 50 days since the early access version of "Love Staff" was released. Chen Bagang had just discussed the release date of the official version with Dong Ge, so he decided to visit the community when he had nothing to do.

This is also his daily routine.

It is a serious matter to listen to the real feedback and voices of the players and make appropriate adjustments and changes.

For example, some time ago, "Star Emperor" updated a new character - the Winter Emperor.

After the new character was launched, everyone rushed to play it, and the selection rate in ranked matches soared to over 70%, which was extremely popular.

But after playing, everyone felt that this character was a bit weak, and his strength was far inferior to that of the previous characters. His win rate was even lower than that of the Emperor of Long Night in the Sewer for Ten Thousand Years.

What the hell, what a rubbish character this is? The Long Night Emperor has a low win rate because of the positioning of the glass cannon, which has a high upper limit and a low lower limit. Many people are bad at playing it but love to play it, so the overall win rate is not high.

But this new character’s overall winning rate is not even as good as Emperor Changye’s. Isn’t that too outrageous?

Tianba Studio officials are preparing for emergency enhancements, but some players on the forum said: The Winter Emperor is not weak, the reason why his winning rate is low is because you don’t know how to play!

He developed a new style of play.

It was then that everyone realized, oh, so the combo of the Winter Emperor is like this, it turns out that you have to sacrifice your health to give the opponent the "Winter" Buff...

After finding the correct strategy and playing style, the Winter Emperor's win rate suddenly went up, even to the point where he could be weakened.

This incident also served as a reminder to Chen Ba.

That is, you must always pay attention to the players' movements and discussions, because players may understand how to play the game better than you do.

So from then on, he would create a small account to go to the forum every day to check the popular discussion posts and sharing posts to see what the players had come up with.

Today is no exception.

However, as soon as he opened the forum, he was speechless by the title of a popular post.

[Thank you Brother Ba, thank you Tianba Studio, and thank you "Love Advisor" for helping me find my true love! ]

What nonsense are you talking about? This is not the first time that Chen Ba has seen this kind of post. Since the release of "Love Advisory Office", people have come up with this kind of title every day and come to the forum to show off their "paper man" wives.

Isn't it embarrassing to come up with such a misleading title just to show off the paper girl you picked up in the game?

Delete it now! This kind of paper-like wife, it's the same as whoever you talk about. Did you know that the most awesome players have been divorced eight times? Thinking it was another post showing off paper-like wives, Chen Ba didn't even have the interest to click on it.

But just as he turned the mouse wheel and was about to check down, he noticed something very special.

This post...

The number of replies and likes is so high? Looking at the more than 6,000 replies and 120,000 likes, Chen Ba subconsciously rubbed his eyes, wondering if he had seen it wrong.

120,000 likes?

What the hell! This should be a record for the official forum, right? No popular post has ever had more than 100,000 likes.

With a hint of curiosity, Chen Ba clicked on the post.

"Hello everyone, my name is Zhang Pengfei, my game ID is "Fei Peng Da Jiangjun", I am 27 years old and from Huizhou!"

"I am one of the first players to play Love Adviser. Up to now, I have played the game for more than 200 hours..."

Holy shit! So hard?

When Chen Ba saw the 200 hours of gaming time revealed by the original poster, he was stunned.

The game was released in early access version just over a month ago, and he has already spent 200 hours playing it, an average of four hours a day. Doesn't that mean he doesn't have to go to work or school? Thinking of the title of the post, Chen Ba suddenly had a bold idea.

No way? "...After asking for help and meeting Xiaolin, I bought a pancake from a street stall and gave it to her."

"In addition to giving each other gifts, we also went to the zoo and amusement park together, rode roller coasters, and went to the movies together..."

In the post, Zhang Pengfei explained what he and Xiao Lin had done and shared the little details of their time together.

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

Then, the turning point came.

One day, Zhang Pengfei, who was playing the game normally, suddenly discovered that whenever he got close to Xiaolin, the game would pop up several interactive options that he had never seen before.

Confession, holding hands, hugging...

Screenshots reveal the truth!

This completely confused everyone, and also made Chen Ba in front of the screen dumbfounded.

He guessed that the content of this post must be very explosive, otherwise there would not be such a high number of replies and likes.

But he really didn't expect that in the game "Love Staff", there were such deeply hidden and explosive interactive contents.

“When I first saw these interactive options, I didn’t think it was strange and just thought it was a display bug.”

"But I later asked Juanzi and found out that when these interactive options appeared in the game, she was just beginning to develop a crush on me..."

"Maybe it's a coincidence, maybe it's fate! Anyway, our relationship has heated up quickly since those interaction options appeared."

"A week later, I couldn't hold back my curiosity and excitement, so I tried to confess my feelings to Juanzi in the game..."

"Thank you, Brother Ba! Thank you, Tianba Studio, and the game "Love Staff" for letting me find such a good girlfriend! "Picture.JPG""

At the end of the post is a photo.

It was a photo of two young men and women with their faces blurred, snuggling together in the sunset.

I really like what a player of "Love Staff" said: Huh?! Chen Ba's mind was buzzing.

Not only him, but other players who read this post also had their brains in a state of shutdown for a while.

"What's going on?"

"We both bought the game for 68 bucks, why can my buddy only chase the paper man, while you can chase the real person?"

"Am I playing a pirated version?"

"Give me back! I want to play the genuine version too!"

"Congratulations! By the way, what's the situation in the first screenshot? Can I confess to other players?"

"I just tried it, and it doesn't work!"

Chen Ba came to his senses, looked at the exchanges and discussions among other players in the post, and realized the problem.

yes!

The first screenshot shows the interactive options that are not in the game at all! Interactions such as confession, holding hands, and hugging can only be used on NPC characters that you have a crush on, and are useless for other players.

This can't be wrong.

Chen Ba was worried that he remembered it wrong, so he went into the game and asked someone to try it, and it turned out that there was indeed no such thing.

"Is it possible that this is only possible for characters of the opposite sex? You asked me to test it, but I can't find anything out?"

Xiao Lu felt that Brother Ba was probably crazy, actually letting him enter the game, and then go on a roller coaster together, and go to the movies together...

What is this testing? If you want to test the content described in the post, you should find a player of the opposite sex to test it, right?

“That makes sense.”

Chen Ba ordered: "Then go and register a female account!"

Xiao Lu: “…”

Although he was reluctant, Xiao Lu still registered a female account and started to accompany Brother Ba for testing.

"You can send gifts, and there will be special interaction options after dating events such as riding a roller coaster, watching a movie, and having a meal..."

The more Chen Ba looked, the more familiar it seemed.

Isn't this the same interactive template as the one used when attacking NPCs? The difference is that the NPC will automatically respond based on the favorability.

Players are free to choose.

For example, if you initiate a "dinner together" invitation, the NPC will automatically determine whether to accept the invitation based on the current favorability.

The player will be presented with an option to accept or reject, and can choose any one...

"Wait a minute!"

Halfway through the test, Chen Ba seemed to have thought of something and called Xiao Lu who was about to proceed to the next test.

"What's wrong, Brother Ba?"

Xiao Lu was very curious. The test had not yet ended, at least it had not yet been tested out under what circumstances would one be able to "initiate a confession" to other players.

"I know the answer!"

Chen Ba did not explain, but turned on the background monitoring mode of the game and displayed the real-time favorability curve on the screen.

What the hell?! Xiao Lu’s eyes almost popped out when he saw this curve.

What's going on? Isn't this a NPC-exclusive favorability curve? How come players also have it?

"Continue testing!"

Chen Ba waved his hand, signaling Xiao Lu not to worry about this for the time being and move on to the next test.

Then……

They saw an astonishing scene.

With the interaction between players, especially with each choice made by the players, the favorability curve will rise or fall, just like the NPC.

"That is to say..."

Xiao Lu swallowed his saliva and said, "When the player makes the corresponding choice, the favorability curve will change. When it reaches a certain level, it will unlock special interactions such as confession, holding hands, kissing, hugging, etc.?"

"It seems so."

Chen Ba nodded.

Cultivate feelings, and then let the feelings continue to heat up until the confession confirms the relationship and you can have intimate contact...

This makes sense! The only thing that’s wrong is that this system is meant for players to develop relationships with NPCs, so how can it be used by other players?

It works, that's all! The key is that this curve that reflects the change in NPC favorability is also so useful when applied to players? (End of this chapter)