Chapter 173: Governing players with players
In the game industry, especially the domestic game industry, Tianba Studio has always been one of the representatives of non-mainstream and unconventional.
This point is recognized by both ordinary players and practitioners.
The reason why this stereotype was formed was that "Living with Other People" initially issued more than a dozen update announcements in a row, and the content was all about "controlling housing prices."
Then you became famous!
Since then, Tianba Studio's outrageous behavior time and time again has further confirmed this statement, and it can no longer be justified.
But when everyone thought that this was the limit of Tianba Studio, they never expected that Tianba Studio was more abstract than everyone thought.
"Don't Leave After School: Marble Storm"
With the recent rise in popularity, the name of this game has gradually been known to countless gamers.
At first, I didn’t understand.
After taking a closer look at the game details and the gameplay introduction, everyone suddenly realized, "Oh my god, isn't this the glass beads we played with when we were young? It's so fancy that I almost didn't recognize it. It's just playing with glass beads, what new tricks can you come up with?"
Early Access version released.
Thanks to the active exploration of the player [Brother Ba’s Little Wife], everyone was surprised when the game suddenly changed from a marble game to a real-time strategy game.
Oh shit!
Can this game be played like this?
OK, OK! I wasn't interested in it at first, but now that you've said it, it sounds pretty good. I have to give it a try...
On the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, the official version was released.
I thought that turning a casual game into a palace fighting strategy game was already quite unexpected. But I never expected that after the official version of "Don't Leave After School" was launched, the gameplay was upgraded again!
Not only were ordinary players shocked, but even those industry insiders who had been quietly following Tianba Studio and claimed to be Brother Ba’s fans were stunned by the update announcement.
[Announcement of the official release and update details of "Don't Leave After School: Marble Storm"]
[First of all, thank you all players for your strong support. So far, the sales of the game across all platforms have exceeded 700,000 copies...]
As soon as Jiang Yongqing came online, he saw the top announcement released by the game officials.
The content mainly includes several aspects.
First, the game is now the official version, no longer the early access version, and the version number has also changed.
Second, the game sales are very good. To thank all players for their support, the official decided to give all players an exclusive commemorative title of "Early Test".
Third, the game allows you to "transfer schools"! The so-called transfer school is actually the same as "transferring regions" or "transferring servers" in other games.
The first two points are irrelevant.
The key point is the third point. With this school transfer function, if you want to play in another area, you don’t have to open a small account or create a new account.
This greatly facilitates the players.
Especially for ordinary players, they will definitely go to whichever area is more lively. Jiang Yongqing himself wants to go to Area 5 because the "Three Kingdoms" in Area 5 is really interesting.
In addition to opening up region transfers, the most core and shocking aspect of this official version update is the complete decentralization of Tianba Studio.
To put it simply.
Because of the existence of "permission marbles", players also have some exclusive permissions for game operations.
For this group of players, Tianba Studio has specially launched a "game partner" platform mechanism.
What is a game partner? This is simple. After obtaining "authority marbles" in the game and unifying the entire region, you can join the "game partner" program of Tianba Studio.
For example.
In the third zone of the Chinese version of "Don't Leave After School", the only person who currently has the qualifications to be a partner is [Cherry Biscuit Sauce].
Then she can join the partner program, which is equivalent to obtaining an authorization from Tianba Studio to plan some officially approved operational activities or game modes.
But only in three areas!
For example, [Cherry Biscuit Sauce] thinks that the number of active users in this area is too low, so they can organize a "calling friends" welcome event.
Players can invite their friends to join the game, or persuade their friends to transfer from other zones to zone 3. Each time they invite a player, they will receive a certain reward...
For activities like this, [Cherry Biscuit Sauce] can plan it on its own and report it to Tianba Studio.
Generally it will be approved.
After all, Brother Ba has delegated his authority and is going through an approval process because he is worried that players will abuse their authority and mess around.
It was said before that the players of Authority Marble are the local emperors of the area. That was probably just a joke. After all, apart from the nice name and the fact that they can cheat legally, it is really of no use.
But now, I can really take over a server! "There are restrictions..."
Jiang Yongqing took a careful look at the standards given by Tianba officials and found that being a "game partner" was not that easy.
According to the official statement.
"Don't Leave After School" will most likely be turned into a free game, which means that a series of in-app purchase projects will be launched in the future.
So here comes the question!
If the number of active users on a server, including recharge flow, does not meet the requirements, this "game partner" will be ruthlessly eliminated by Brother Ba.
In other words, this game partner is actually the operation planner of other games and also has corresponding KPI assessment pressure.
This KPI includes not only the server ecological environment, but also the number of active players on the server, future recharge flows, etc.
Now playing games has really become "paid work"!
However, Brother Ba has always believed in the principle that meritorious service must be rewarded and faults must be punished.
Becoming a "game partner" of "Don't Leave After School" not only has corresponding restrictions and penalties, but also has corresponding rewards and benefits.
Not to mention GM privileges.
Even if Brother Ba doesn't give it to these players, these players already have it, so this is considered a bonus.
The second is the high bonus! If the number of active players and the game environment of "Tianba Sanxiao" meet the standards under the management of the empress [Cherry Biscuit Sauce], she can receive a huge bonus from Tianba Studio.
Brother Ba also said that after the in-app purchase business is launched in the future, the "game partners" in that area will be given corresponding recharge flow dividends.
"What a great way to control barbarians with barbarians!"
Jiang Yongqing couldn't help but sigh, Brother Ba is indeed a game producer who has learned the art of war, and he is very good at using barbarians to defeat barbarians!
In this way, the game "Don't Leave After School" does not need any planning and operation team.
What else is there to plan and operate? The players themselves are the planners and operators of the game. Tianba Studio only provides a server unit and performs routine maintenance on the Tudou server to avoid downtime.
The most exciting thing is...
In this update announcement, Brother Ba clearly stated that Tianba Studio officials will not interfere in any disputes between players.
The so-called "game partners" only recognize the marble that represents administrator authority.
in other words……
Tianba Studio doesn’t care who is the game partner. They only recognize marbles. Whoever has the marbles is the partner.
This is no longer a hint, but a clear statement!
When seeing this, Jiang Yongqing had already thought that with the introduction of this "game partner" system, the group of ambitious people who had originally laid low would definitely become even crazier.
The struggle for the throne between regions and servers will become more intense and cruel!
In the past, people fought for the throne just for a false name and the sense of prestige of "legally cheating". The throne actually did not represent anything.
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
But now, this marble representing authority, this position of the local emperor of the district, represents not only a false name, but also real "benefits"! Even Jiang Yongqing was tempted at this moment.
According to this update announcement, whoever can ascend to the throne in this area and become a game partner of "Don't Leave After School" will be much better than a worker.
This is the server for a popular game!
Moreover, this game will be free in the future, and will allow in-app purchases and other functions. Game partners can extract a share of the recharge turnover of players in this server...
Oh my god! Although I don’t know the exact share ratio, even if it’s only 1%, that’s the recharge flow of all players in a district, which is not a small amount.
"This is really lively..."
Jiang Yongqing, who was revered as the "First Emperor" in the community and District 3, shook his head, thinking that Brother Ba was simply fanning the flames, fearing that the players would not be able to fight.
Once this official version is updated, I'm afraid all districts will be in chaos. In order to fight for the supreme throne and to become the partner of Brother Ba, these ambitious and conspiratorial people will fight desperately, right?
But having said that.
This has little to do with Jiang Yongqing. Although he is recognized as the "First Emperor" by all "Don't Leave After School" players and has extremely high reputation and influence in the community.
But to be honest, he is just a rubber stamp and a spiritual pillar.
If he were to rebel now, especially against the empress, there would probably be few people willing to support him. After all, the era of the First Emperor had long passed, and having reputation does not mean having power.
Rather than fighting for the throne, he cares more about the deeper meaning of this update announcement.
Let players manage other players? I have to say that Brother Ba’s idea is very bold, and it has created a precedent for all online games.
No game company has ever dared to make such a bold attempt to let players manage other players, giving players the opportunity to contract a server and plan and operate activities.
So here comes the question!
Players are not professional game planners, nor are they professional game operators. Can they do this job well and achieve the KPI indicators set by Tianba Studio? Jiang Yongqing asked himself, if it were him, he would probably not do a good job in that position, and he might be "punished" by Brother Ba in the blink of an eye.
But there are many hidden talents among the player community.
Among hundreds of thousands of players, there might be a few extraordinary strong men. Give them this opportunity, and maybe they can make the game "Don't Leave After School" shine! Such people would be the so-called "Emperor of the Ages" in ancient history! "Although it is difficult to have an emperor of the ages, most emperors are ordinary or even incompetent, but..."
As if he had thought of something, Jiang Yongqing couldn't help but laugh and said, "The dynasties in this game change too quickly! An emperor is replaced every now and then. After a long time, we will eventually see a wise and holy ruler!"
This should also be Brother Ba’s consideration.
If it were any other game, giving players so much power and letting them manage a server would definitely not be appropriate or safe.
But the game "Don't Leave After School: Marble Storm" is so special!
There were rebels everywhere, and with so many of them eyeing the throne, anyone who failed to do his job well would be killed by others the next day.
Even if the Fengtian Jingnan failed, there was still Brother Ba above him! If he did not do well, Brother Ba would send down a punishment from heaven, and he would have to lose the throne...
“That’s right!”
After roughly reading the official update announcement, Jiang Yongqing suddenly slapped his forehead and thought of something.
Let's not talk about the servers like District 3 and District 4, which have already achieved "grand unification". How do we choose game partners for District 1, District 2, and especially District 5, which are three kingdoms? With doubts, he looked at the supplementary terms at the end of the update announcement.
Brother Ba really did explain! In the supplementary terms, there is a special clause explaining the selection mechanism for game partners when multiple forces coexist in a server and it is difficult to distinguish the superior one.
Simply put! When a certain area has a "two-horse race" or "three-horse race", a preliminary joint contract can be signed to form an alliance.
Taking District Five as an example, none of the three forces of Wei, Shu, and Wu can do anything to each other, so the three parties cooperate and become game partners of District Five.
We should fight as we should in normal times, but if we encounter a major issue that concerns the entire district, we should sit down and talk it out, and vote to decide the future development of the district.
"Okay, joint-stock system!"
Jiang Yongqing understood it completely.
In the already unified areas like Districts 3 and 4, the local tyrant is the sole owner and unless the current ruler is overthrown, everyone has to listen to him.
In District 5, where many warlords are fighting for the area, we can hold a vote. Everyone is a shareholder and can sit together to jointly seek development for the area.
To put it bluntly! The interests of this game partner are tied to the development of the server.
If your area develops slowly or even not well enough, causing a large number of players to leave or even switch areas, then the interests of you as the local emperor will also be damaged, and you may even be "punished by Heaven" by Brother Ba.
In order to keep the throne and for their own interests, these players, as long as they are not stupid, will work hard to develop and operate this area and seek development and welfare for other players in the area.
Otherwise, if you are overthrown or punished by God, you can't blame anyone!
By the way.
Along with the game partner system, the concept of "operating funds" was also introduced.
Each district has an indefinite amount of operating funds, which can be used to buy prizes, such as mobile phones, computers, cash, shopping cards, etc. It can also be used to upgrade servers, and can even be used for advertising and promotion.
Where does this money come from? The answer is simple: cross-region PK!
Cross-region PK adopts a points system. The regions and servers that rank higher in each season can receive better resources from Tianba Studio and obtain more operating funds.
Brother Ba really knows how to fan the flames! If he uses this trick, apart from other things, the local tyrants in each district will have to fight for their lives to win over the grassroots players and fight for the honor of their district.
The district ranked at the bottom has lost both face and interests, and is facing the danger of national destruction! (End of this chapter)