Chapter 209: Your child is also called Tianba?
After all, a deleted file test is not a public beta.
Although there is no limit on the number of players and no limit on qualifications, there are still not many players participating in this deleted data test.
Yang Dong felt it was a pity.
The game "I am a Big Internet Celebrity" is fun only when there are a lot of people. In other words, there must be a sufficient player base to reflect the core mechanism of the game.
If there are not enough people, it will be hard to play...
How many people are needed to support the framework of this game? According to the results of this test, at least 100,000 people!
"so much?"
Xiao Lu was a little surprised and asked, "You mean, the number of active players of this game cannot be less than 100,000. Once it falls below this level, it will be unplayable?"
“That’s right!”
Chen Ba nodded.
He really thought so and told Yang Dong the same thing.
Once the game "I am a Big Internet Celebrity" is officially launched, it must ensure that the number of active players is greater than 100,000. Once it is less than 100,000, the game will be shut down directly and there is no need to continue operating it.
This is not forcing anyone.
The main reason is that the nature of "I am a Big Internet Celebrity" is too special and cannot be regarded as an ordinary game at all. If there are not even 100,000 active players, what's the point of playing it? "Brother Dong is under a lot of pressure..."
Xiao Lu said, "100,000 active players, this is not a small number. Even Global Evolution has just broken this threshold."
"The number of people online at the same time in Global Evolution has exceeded 100,000?"
“It’s almost 200,000.”
Xiao Lu chuckled and said, "The battle between players and NPCs is very intense. Many people come here specifically to play the online mode."
"Global Evolution" is a 3A game.
Although the game has sold a lot of copies, because the game itself is a stand-alone game and the main content of the game is also concentrated in the stand-alone part, there are actually not many people in the online mode.
This is also normal.
Most people who play 3A games basically just want to experience the main content of the game and complete the story. There are relatively few players who spend the whole day in online mode.
In this context, the number of online players in Global Evolution's online mode exceeds 100,000, which is enough to prove how popular the online mode is.
One could even say...
Many people buy the game "Global Evolution" not for the game itself, but for the online mode of the game.
Don’t be surprised, it was the same with GTA5. Many people bought the game for the online mode, but never played a single second of the main story…
"By the way, what's the current situation of Global Evolution?"
Chen Ba walked to the water dispenser and poured a glass of water. He asked curiously, "Are the players and NPCs still in a stalemate?"
"The situation in the NPC camp is not good."
"Players use the information transmission advantage to easily avoid those powerful NPCs and focus on those NPCs that are alone and weaker."
Xiao Lu was speechless and said, "Under the influence of this tactic, the NPC camp has already suffered a large-scale loss of personnel. Although the dead were all weaklings, the number of casualties is really too large."
There weren't many people in the NPC camp.
Under the tactical hunting of the players, a large number of weak NPCs were eliminated, and the number of NPCs became even scarcer.
But then again…
Although the number of NPCs is small, there are really many strong ones. Top NPCs that have evolved to more than level 20 and 30 emerge in endlessly, so the high-level combat power is not at a disadvantage.
On the other hand, although the players have an absolute advantage in numbers and are immortal, they will be crushed to death if they encounter a strong NPC.
There is no way! Compared with players, NPCs evolve too fast. They both evolve infinitely, but the strongest player in the player camp can't even make it into the top 20 in the NPC camp.
"NPCs cannot be resurrected after death, which is indeed a big problem."
Chen Ba nodded and said, "In view of this, it is no problem to prioritize dealing with those weak NPCs."
Anyway, if an NPC dies, there will be one less permanently, and players can be resurrected infinitely. From this perspective, there is nothing wrong with the players' tactics.
However, the number of weak NPCs is limited. When these weak ones are squeezed, what should be done with the remaining NPCs? Many ants can kill an elephant? In the face of absolute strength suppression, there is no possibility of winning by numbers. If you want to defeat those NPC strongmen, you can only ask players of the same level to take action.
Even if they are not at the same level, the difference should not be too big. It is best to be one level lower, or two levels lower...
"If the player camp doesn't find a way to train a few powerful people, it will be difficult for them to compete head-on with the NPC camp."
When Chen Ba said this, he felt that his idea was a bit naive.
Cultivate the strongest? It's easy to say. As long as the players sacrifice themselves and help a few expert players, they will most likely be able to cultivate a few top evolvers who are not inferior to NPCs.
But the question is, who is willing to be such an unfortunate person and sacrifice themselves just to help other players?
joke!
Guys play games to have fun, not to be a stepping stone for others, let alone to be a supporting role.
As long as the players are not united and cannot concentrate their efforts and integrate resources to cultivate strong players, they will never be able to surpass the NPCs, nor will they be able to eliminate the NPCs.
After all, NPCs are very united.
"It is true that we are united. After all, we have the same name and look the same. How can we not be united?"
Xiao Lu joked, "Nine out of ten NPCs that cause trouble in the online mode of Global Evolution and evolve to high levels are named Chen Jia."
It's amazing! With so many "Chen Jia" standing side by side, the players don't know what to call them.
"Didn't you give it a number?"
Chen Ba smiled and said, "Numbers one, two, and three, number these NPCs Chen Jia, remember the numbers and you won't make mistakes."
“Numbering is useless!”
"Chen Jia No. 1 and Chen Jia No. 2, apart from their different strengths, can you tell who is who when they stand together?"
Xiao Lu rolled his eyes and said, "Anyway, I can't tell them apart, and neither can most players. It's too easy to get confused."
This is indeed a big problem.
Chen Ba thought about it and it seemed that in the subsequent updates, he could add personalized features to these "Chen Jia" to make it easier for players to identify them.
For example, Chen Jia in red, Chen Jia in blue, Chen Jia in green...
Every NPC Chen Jia looks exactly the same, so it's really easy to get confused.
"We'll talk about it later."
After noting this, Chen Ba sighed and said, "The update of Global Evolution can be delayed for a while. After all, this game is really not suitable for updating in a short period of time..."
Who dares to update? The game files have expanded inexplicably due to the infinite evolution of NPCs. Before the players completely let down their guard, Chen Ba really dared not update recklessly.
After all, players of "Global Evolution" are probably the group of players in the world who are most concerned about and sensitive to the size of game files.
Before going online every day, I open My Computer to check the remaining space on the hard drive. Only after making sure it has not decreased will I feel at ease to enter the game.
If the remaining space is reduced,
then you will feel uneasy all day long. Whether you are eating or sleeping, you will be thinking, why is the remaining space on the hard drive reduced again? How long can you last if it continues like this?
It's not nice to say.
When other games release updates, players will most likely raise their hands and feet in support, hoping that the update package is as big as possible.
But when "Global Evolution" released an update, players' attitudes became very subtle.
They don't want the game to have too many updates, because if there are too many updates, it means the update package will be very large, and if the update package is very large...
The hard drive is really not enough!
Because of this, Chen Ba chose to postpone the update of the new version of "Global Evolution".
It is hard to say how long the delay will be.
Chen Ba believes that a more mature time to update a game is when players and NPCs reach a certain balance and the game files remain at a stable size.
It's not very stable yet...
As players continue to hunt NPCs, the game file of "Global Evolution" is getting smaller and smaller, from nearly 200G at its peak to around 160G.
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
It is not difficult to see from this result that the players' efforts have indeed paid off and the game files have been reduced in size.
But this is only a temporary solution and not a fundamental solution.
The weak NPCs were indeed almost killed, but the strong NPCs were still alive! And if these weak NPCs died, wouldn't there be no new NPCs that could break through to level 10? Therefore, 160G was only temporary.
If nothing unexpected happens, the game file will expand to around 200G after a while, and may even reach 500G.
500G is a dividing line.
Because the number of NPCs is limited, Chen Ba believes that when the game file of "Global Evolution" reaches 500G, it will almost reach its peak.
This has reached the top, which means that the game file size exceeds 500G, which means the complete defeat of the players. A large number of players are forced to quit the game, and the NPC achieves a complete victory.
But this is impossible! Chen Ba will not allow this to happen. If such a day really comes, he will announce the suspension of service and restart of the game without hesitation.
…
After the Chinese New Year, in addition to developing the FPS game "Time and Space Detection", Chen Ba was also looking for a new office.
That’s right!
Tianba Studio needs to find a new office space due to various reasons including staff expansion and equipment purchase.
After the studio moves out, the original office will become the headquarters of "Xianyu Digital". Anyway, the rent has not expired yet, so it can be considered as making full use of the space.
The task of finding a new office was mainly undertaken by Huang Qing, while Chen Ba was only responsible for making decisions.
"How about this?"
“The location is good and the area is large, the only problem is that it’s hard to park and the rent is expensive…”
Chen Ba shook his head.
Jiangning is not a first-tier city, but what is surprising is that the leasing standards of these office buildings in the city are definitely first- and second-tier CBD standards.
Are you kidding? At this price, wouldn’t it be better to spend a little more and settle down in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou or Shenzhen?
"The rent is negotiable..."
Huang Qing reminded: "We are high-quality tenants. As long as we show our sincerity, the rent will definitely be much cheaper."
“It’s not much cheaper.”
Chen Ba shook his head and said, "Forget it, let's just move to the office building for two years. Anyway, we don't know what the situation will be like in two years."
Moving is simple.
After Chen Ba and Huang Qing rented the 7th floor of an office building in the city center, they quickly hired a professional moving company to relocate the studio's various equipment and hardware.
Games are not affected.
Most of the studio's online games use servers rented from other people, so even if they move, they won't shut down for maintenance.
As for stand-alone, it has even less impact.
With the relocation of Tianba Studio, the business most affected is Tianba Community.
Because the Tianba community server is not rented, the move naturally affects the normal operation of the Tianba community, but it is not a big problem.
The move only took a few hours, but Chen Ba had already posted a pinned post in the community, explaining that the studio had moved and the Tianba community might be inaccessible.
“If the community is inaccessible, it’s not that Tianba has closed down or run away, it’s just that the studio has moved!”
The news that Tianba Community would cease operations due to relocation would have caused heated discussions among players, but compared to another major event, this was nothing.
The famous player "Zhang Pengfei" was blessed with a son. After discussing with his wife, he decided to name his son Zhang Tianba...
"Ah huh? You have a child?"
When Chen Ba first received this news, he almost thought he had heard it wrong.
But then he thought, Zhang Pengfei has been married for so long, it is not surprising that he has a child now.
On the contrary, the name he gave to his son is the biggest highlight!
Of course, it is just Zhang Tianba, although a little weird, but it is not that explosive. After all, Zhang Pengfei and his wife met on "Love Staff", so it is understandable that he named his child this way.
What really exploded was that after Zhang Pengfei posted the post, a large number of "Love Staff" players in the community said: What? Your child is also called Tianba? Oh, what a coincidence!
My husband/wife and I also met through "Love Advisor". To commemorate this fate, my child is also named X Tianba/X Ba.
At first, Chen Ba thought everyone was joking.
No way, no way, there wouldn't really be someone like Zhang Pengfei, this idiot, who would name his child "Tianba"?
But when everyone posted their children’s birth certificates in Zhang Pengfei’s post, Chen Ba couldn’t hold it in anymore.
Are you serious?
Are there really so many people who name their children Tianba? Wang Tianba, Zhang Tianba, Yang Tianba... Not only boys, but even a few girls are named Tianba? This scene reminded Chen Ba of the early years when Zi Han and Zi Han were popular. At that time, there were even four or five Zi Hans in a class.
It's ok now!
Zi Han and Zi Han are gone, and here comes the Tianba team! In the future, there won't be several "Tianba" in a class at the same time, right?
Everyone was surprised that so many people had the same name.
Because everyone thought that they were the only ones who thought of using "Tianba" to name their child.
As a result, after Zhang Pengfei posted the message, everyone discovered that there were so many "Tianba" babies among the children born in the past two years.
According to Chen Ba's observation.
Among the players of "Love Advisers", almost all of them who have successfully entered the marriage hall want to commemorate it.
How to commemorate? Before a better way is found, naming the child "Tianba" is the best way to commemorate him.
(End of this chapter)