Chapter 139: Cowshed Watcher

The development of the new game was not started immediately.

Because the Mid-Autumn Festival has just passed and the National Day is coming soon, with only eight days in between.

Moreover, the game "Need for Speed" requires the authorization of many car models, which takes time to negotiate and finalize, and cannot be settled in a few words.

You can’t eat hot tofu in a hurry! Chen Ba was not in a hurry. He even had the leisure to go to Zhonghai next door and participate in the collective wedding of ten players of "Love Staff".

Group marriage is so cool! So far, the total number of players of "Love Advisor" across all platforms has exceeded 1.5 million.

The ten players who got married today all happened to live in Zhonghai. After a suggestion from Tianba Studio, the five couples decided to get their marriage certificate on the same day and hold their wedding at the same hotel.

I have to say, it was so romantic! This was the first time Chen Ba attended such a group wedding, and it was also the first time he knew that a wedding scene could be so lively. The relatives, friends, colleagues and classmates of the five couples sat together at more than a hundred tables.

That scene was absolutely amazing...

At the wedding, Tianba Studio also carefully edited a short video of blessing for the five couples. Chen Ba, as a special guest, also spoke a few words on stage.

The atmosphere was originally peaceful.

Until a groom asked, ignorantly: "Brother Ba, when are you getting married?"

Chen Ba's face suddenly turned as dark as ink. He cut down on the 10,000-word speech he had prepared and only read a thousand words before finding an excuse to run away.

hateful!

He came specially for the banquet and prepared a speech of more than 10,000 words. Is this how you treat guests? It's too cruel.

Why ask Brother Ba when he will get married? Isn't this just rubbing salt into his wounds? If he had found a partner, he would have posted a message in the Tianba community to show off.

Unfortunately, he didn't...

When it comes to rubbing salt into the wound, the players in the Tianba community are definitely professionals.

When Chen Ba went to Zhonghai to attend a group wedding, a senior Tianba fan listed all the bug records of Tianba Studio since its debut, stating the facts and citing evidence, which made everyone laugh.

Wow! You won’t know until you see it. It’s really shocking.

I always hear Brother Ba bragging, and everyone believes his lies. After reading this post, I realized that every game under Tianba Studio has bugs ?

The problem is that Brother Ba is still stubborn, always saying that his game is perfect and there are no game bugs of any kind...

Now that all the evidence has been laid out, Brother Ba can't continue to be stubborn, right?

That’s what everyone thinks.

Unexpectedly, they underestimated Chen Ba's thick skin. If you say it's a bug, then it's a bug? This is clearly a hidden mechanism designed in advance! "Brother Ba's mouth is the only thing that's the hardest on his body!"

"Okay, okay, a hidden mechanism! If it's a hidden mechanism, then why do you want to suppress the Cowherding Cult? @GameBugs"

"Que Clan! The Cowherding Cult is in such a plight. It was once a powerful and majestic sect, but now it has declined to this extent..."

"Ten thousand people signed a petition to update the "Hard Study Simulator"!"

Why hasn't the Cowherd Cult died out yet? Sitting in the business class of the high-speed train back to Jiangning, Chen Ba looked at the discussion posts in the community, and his heart was full of curiosity.

As his first game, the sales of "Study Simulator" were actually not very high, only a fraction of "Land of Divine Grace" and "Love Adviser".

That’s not all.

After nearly three years of development, most of the original players of "Study Simulator" have basically given up playing it.

Logically speaking…

With low sales and players gradually abandoning the game, the decline and even extinction of the Cowherd Cult is an inevitable outcome.

But to this day, there are still a large number of Cowherd Cult members active in the community, and although the number has declined, the decline is not significant.

This is very abstract! Were the original group of Cowherding Cult believers really so loyal? Or were they really convinced by the idea that "herding cows equals practicing"? In order to better understand how many people are still playing the game "Hanchuang Kudu Simulator" and to find out the details of the Cowherding Cult, Chen Ba called Wang Kun.

As a core senior member of the Cowherd Sect and also the first real player of "Study Simulator", he has a say in this matter.

“There aren’t many players left…”

"There are no new players joining the game, and the number of active players has indeed decreased a lot compared to the previous two years."

On the phone, Wang Kun told Chen Ba that there were few active players in "Study Simulator".

Maybe there are still 20,000 or 30,000 people?

This is a relatively optimistic estimate, and the actual number may be lower than this. After all, it is a stand-alone game, and it is difficult to count the exact number of active players.

"There are still so many?"

Chen Ba was greatly shocked. He didn't expect that after such a long time, there were still so many players who insisted on playing "Study Simulator".

What do they want?

It’s been so long, the game time must be at least hundreds of hours, or even thousands of hours, right?

After such a long time, "Study Simulator" should have been boring. Chen Ba personally thinks that it is a miracle to play this game for more than 100 hours.

After all, there is really little game content.

There was only so much to experience, and at most he could spend a dozen hours to get a few achievements and save files. What else could he do? He thought that there were only a few thousand or even a few hundred active players left in the game...

I never expected that! To this day, there are still 10,000 to 20,000 players who insist on playing "Study Simulator".

"How should I put it..."

"The remaining players should all be members of the Cowherd Cult, and they are extremely loyal core members."

Wang Kun explained with a smile: "For these people, playing the game and herding cattle every day has become a lifestyle. If they don't herd cattle one day, they will feel empty in their hearts..."

Habit becomes nature! At the beginning, when the Cowherding Sect came out of nowhere, everyone treated it as a joke and joined the Cowherding Sect just for fun.

This is a bit like when a certain online novel becomes popular all over the Internet, and everyone rushes to join the so-called "Heaven-shaking Gang". In fact, it is just for fun and has no practical significance.

But as time went on, more and more people began to wonder whether the Cow-Fanging Sect was really just an Internet fun?

“Herding cattle is not just herding cattle, but a spiritual practice. What we herd are not cattle, but our own hearts!”

The words of the Cowherd Sect leader back then didn't seem to be crazy talk? In "Hanchuang Kushu Simulator", herding cows for a long time really feels like a spiritual practice.

"Is there really such a person?"

"Yes! And quite a few..."

Wang Kun explained: "Make a cup of hot tea, sit in front of the computer, and watch the game character lead the cattle around."

"This kind of thing may sound boring at first, but once you repeat it hundreds or thousands of times, you will really accept the Cowherd Cult."

It’s amazing! Now the members of the Cowherding Cult firmly believe that “herding cows is a spiritual practice” and they have truly felt the so-called calmness and healing of the soul.

"Actually, this has nothing to do with the Study Simulator."

"If you change the method, you can sit on the balcony and close your eyes for ten minutes every day for two or three years, it will have the same effect."

Wang Kun smiled and said: "Rather than saying that the Cowherding Cult convinced them, it's better to say that they convinced themselves."

The rest are fanatical scalpers.

If nothing unexpected happens, the remaining 10,000 to 20,000 active players of "Study Simulator" may not continue to decline for a long time and continue to maintain this number.

Because they are used to it.

The power of habit is strong. Every day after get off work, if I don’t play Cyber ​​Scalper for a while before going to bed, I always feel uneasy and can’t sleep well.

The power of habit will motivate them to continue playing.

How long can they persist? It's hard to say! Some people may suddenly give up this persistence, or they may persist for a lifetime.

"It brought me to tears."

Chen Ba didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "I really didn't expect that the Cowherding Church would go from being a fun-loving group to what it is now."

“I didn’t expect that…”

“But Brother Ba, since you know the current situation of the Cowherd Sect and know that there is still a group of loyal players, will you update the “Study Simulator”? ” Wang Kun asked curiously.

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

"What to update?"

Chen Ba was speechless and said, "I've said it before, the foundation of "Study Simulator" is very poor. We don't even know how to release DLC, let alone version updates."

“It doesn’t need a lot of new content.”

"In fact, the best update is probably to give everyone different choices in between herding cattle. For example, in addition to yellow cattle, you can also have a black cattle or other cattle..."

“The cattle-herding scenes can also be optimized, with a few more new scenes. I think that’s enough, and everyone is already very satisfied.”

Most of the players who have persisted in playing until now are just herding cattle, day after day, and regard it as a way to relieve stress and practice.

Wang Kun suggested adding one or more cattle-herding options to the "Study Simulator". In addition to the old oxen, new breeds of cattle should also be released.

Chen Ba readily agreed.

This was undoubtedly a piece of cake for him. After all, adding an art material was extremely easy.

But that’s not enough…

He felt that since it was an update, it had to show some sincerity and not just fool everyone.

Every member of the Cowherd Cult who has persisted in playing until now deserves respect.

After all, the joking saying of "knocking the electronic wooden fish and letting out cyber scalpers" was not a joke, but they have been letting out cyber scalpers for many years.

"Let me make some new achievements."

Chen Ba explained: "When the game time exceeds 100 hours, the title of "Cowherd" is unlocked, 500 hours is "Friend of Scalpers", and 1000 hours is "Cowshed Watcher"..."

These achievements and titles are specifically used to reward those players who have persisted for so many years, leading the cyber cattle to the barren mountains to graze day after day.

It’s really not easy.

It's such a boring thing, luckily they could persist for so long. If it were Chen Ba, he probably wouldn't have been able to last even a week.

This spirit deserves praise.

At the same time, these achievements and titles also marked his complete recognition of the Cowherd Cult as a group of entertaining people.

Don't suppress them anymore.

There are only a few members in the Cowherd Sect to begin with. If they continue to be suppressed, I'm afraid the Cowherd Sect will really be destroyed in the future.

"Oh yeah, we can actually make a ranking list to see how long everyone has been playing the game..."

Ranking list? That’s possible! Just change the algorithm in the background and count the time players spend in the “Cow Herding Event”. It’s not difficult to implement.

Chen Ba also wanted to know how long the player who had been working as a scalper the longest had been working in the game? It must have been more than a thousand hours.

Tens of thousands of hours is not realistic. If we take all factors into consideration, it would be around 4,000 to 5,000 hours at most…

This is outrageous.

After all, it’s scary to think about how someone could persist in doing such a boring thing for thousands of hours.

You said you have the willpower and perseverance, why not do anything else? Why do you have to immerse yourself in games and be a cyber bull?

“That’s right!”

Thinking of this, Chen Ba suddenly remembered that Wang Kun seemed to be a high-ranking member of the Cowherding Sect, and was suspected to be the mysterious leader of the Cowherding Sect.

How long is his game time?

"I don't have much. I haven't played much since I got married. The last time I checked the total number of hours I've played the game, it should be around 2,000 hours!"

Chen Ba: “…”

It's not a long time, but it's two thousand hours. And from what he said, it could be even higher? God, definitely god!

He is indeed the suspected candidate for the leader of the Cowherd Sect. If the length of this game gets out, it will probably scare countless people.

"Let's do this for now!"

After hanging up the phone with Wang Kun, Chen Ba called Yang Dong again and asked him to complete the update content of "Study Simulator" before tonight.

It's not just game updates.

The Tianba community will also be updated, and several new community achievement badges will be added. Among them, player organizations such as the "Cowherd Sect", "Gumua Sect" and "Tianshu Holy Land" can apply for exclusive badges.

I didn’t pay attention to the fan group before, but it’s not too late to start now.

Don't underestimate this small badge. It is a symbol of identity and community status.

If you put on a "Cowherd Sect" badge, you will be the most popular guy in the Tianba community and you will feel more confident when posting and replying to messages.

"Speaking of which..."

After arranging the community revision, Chen Ba asked again: "The number of registered users in Tianba Community should have exceeded five million, right?"

“It’s already exceeded five million.”

“Ouch!”

Chen Ba was very surprised that the number of registered users exceeded five million, and the average daily active players reached 100,000. For a community forum website, this number is not low.

Although it cannot be compared with the likes of Zhangmeng and Miyoushe, it is also one of the most active gaming communities in China.

Does this mean that...

Does Tianba Studio also have a group of loyal fans? Just like Blizzard, no matter how good the game is, there will always be players paying for it?

OK, OK! As this community continues to grow and the number of loyal fans increases, sooner or later, he will be able to ask players in public: Don’t you all have mobile phones?

(End of this chapter)