Chapter 242 Cyber virtue is also a merit!
Why did Chen Ba dare to implement the "merit whitelist" system? Wasn't he afraid that players would go play other games and he wouldn't be able to call them back later?
He was not afraid! Because he had done a serious analysis and conducted a questionnaire survey on the players, and came up with an incredible answer.
"What do you think merit is?"
If this question is put in the game, everyone’s answer should be "a kind of game resource" or "game currency" and so on.
But the players of "Xiu Zhen Fantasy" have a different way of thinking from others. They think that "merits in the game" are actually a reflection of good people and good deeds.
"How should I put it..."
After hesitating for a moment, Chen Ba said, "Do you believe that doing good deeds will bring good rewards?"
“I don’t believe it!”
"letter!"
Xiao Lu and Luo Ji gave two completely opposite answers.
Chen Ba didn't care about the two's answers, but changed the question and continued, "Then let me change the question. Do you hope that good people will be rewarded?"
"I definitely hope so!"
This time, both of them nodded.
The truthfulness of the statement that doing good deeds will bring good rewards is questionable, because there are too many examples to prove that doing good deeds does not necessarily lead to good results.
But people sincerely hope that good people will be rewarded, because this represents the most beautiful and sincere expectation in everyone's heart! "That's fine."
Chen Ba snapped his fingers and said, "It doesn't matter whether you believe it or not. What matters is that I don't want this to happen!"
Obviously, regardless of whether or not people believe in the saying “good people will be rewarded”, most people will not refuse to accumulate merits easily.
This requires the introduction of a completely new concept.
"Xiuzhen Fantasy" is just a game. The merits in it are nothing more than a similar name, not "real" merits.
But players hope it is real merit! In the actual environment, because it is not easy to accumulate these merits, and the game behaviors generated in order to accumulate merits will also make players have a reverie.
"What reverie?"
"You said, I defeated the cheater and got 100 points of merit reward, so does this count as a good deed?"
"Of course it counts!"
Luo Ji said without hesitation: "There is no big or small difference in doing good deeds. Small good deeds are also good deeds. Don't ignore small good deeds."
"Then here comes the question!"
"Since this is considered a good deed, then if there are merits and virtues in reality, and there is also the Way of Heaven or something..."
When Chen Ba said this, he suddenly winked and said, "Now you can understand why the players of "Xiu Zhen Fantasy", especially those merit players, are so obsessed with merit, right?"
If you believe it, it exists; if you don’t believe it, it doesn’t exist!
Instead of knocking on the cyber wooden fish and then laughing away ten years of good deeds because of a funny online picture, you might as well play "Cultivation Fantasy" with me.
This is much better than using an electronic wooden fish to accumulate merit! "As I said before, it doesn't matter whether you believe this or not. What matters is that you can accumulate merit just by doing it, even if it's merit in a game, so why not do it?"
When Chen Ba got to this point, he suddenly felt a little embarrassed and asked, "If there is no "Xiu Zhen Fantasy", will they not play other games?"
No, you can play it just the same! Since you are playing it anyway, why not install a "Cultivation Fantasy" Tiandao program in the background, and play other games while knocking on the cyber wooden fish to accumulate cyber merits?
Xiao Lu & Luo Ji: "..."
They didn't understand, but they were shocked! Is this the mental state of today's young people? Is cyber virtue too advanced? I am really old!
Luo Ji was speechless and said, "If that's the case, then I can understand why these players were so excited after hearing about the double merit reward for "Hero, Please Stay"."
It turns out that they are not playing games, they are beating the cyber wooden fish to accumulate cyber merits?
Double merit? Great! In other games, double rewards can only make you happy for a short time, but double merit in "Xiu Zhen Fantasy" is as attractive to these merit-obsessed players as an excavator on the side of the road.
Who can stand this?
Lao Luo couldn't understand even in his dreams, how could a good fairy-tale-themed MMORPG online game become like this?
The key is that he can't say what's wrong with it. After all, no one stipulates that games can't be played this way. Who says cyber virtue is not a virtue?
"I see."
Compared to Lao Luo, the outdated old man, Xiao Lu, as a young man, is much smarter.
After thinking a few more things, he understood why Brother Ba said that he was not afraid that these players would not be able to come back after being taken away.
joke!
These players were diverted to other games and never came back? What are you thinking? No matter how good other games are, can they accumulate cyber merit like "Xiu Zhen Fantasy"?
As long as this function exists, players will not abandon "Xiu Zhen Fantasy" and may even be led by Brother Ba.
Wherever there is merit, there will be a group of meritorious players. Brother Ba gives them cyber merit, and they go to other games to help Brother Ba make money. It is truly mutually beneficial, and no one should look down on anyone else.
Take "Hero, Please Stay" as an example.
This wave of Chen Ba brought a huge number of meritorious monks to them, and there were at least 100,000 or 200,000 active players.
These people are very realistic! As long as the source of merit is cut off, and no merit can be obtained by playing this game, these players who have merit will leave the same way they came, and only a few will stay in the game.
"The whitelist is something you can't live without once you use it."
Chen Ba laughed and said, "Once on the merit whitelist, even the most unpopular games will instantly become popular. But the disadvantage is also obvious. Without subsequent merit, these players will not be retained at all."
“Okay, okay!”
Xiao Lu clapped his hands and said happily: "Hardly take advantage of the friendly competitors and collect their protection fees. If they don't pay, just wait for the players to leave!"
Bang!
Chen Ba slapped Xiao Lu on the head and angrily scolded: "How many times do I have to tell you that this is not protection money, this is a whitelist."
"Yes, yes, whitelist!"
Xiao Lu quickly changed his words and said that it was just a slip of the tongue. How could such a positive company like theirs collect protection fees?
No matter what it is called, you have to pay for it.
Qudou Interactive Entertainment is the first competitor to reap the benefits, but it will definitely not be the last.
Thanks to Chen Ba and Xiao Lu's hard work in promoting the game, more than a dozen games were soon added to the "Xiu Zhen Fantasy" merit whitelist, giving players more options to choose from.
certainly!
As the number of whitelists increases, the traffic diversion effect will naturally be much worse. After all, with so many games, it is impossible for players to play all of them, which will inevitably cause diversion.
So at this time, Chen Ba also stopped expanding the whitelist and kept the status quo unchanged.
These are the games on the whitelist! Unless a game is removed from the whitelist, no new games will be added to ensure the best drainage effect. The whitelist will not be flooded, and the effect will be the same whether it is added or not.
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
At the same time, as time went by and the public beta period increased, the number of simultaneous online users of "Xiuzhen Fantasy" also reached its upper limit, a full 700,000 people.
This is the real limit...
After all, there are only eight zones in the game, and there are no plans to open new zones, so the maximum number of players in the game is this many, and it is impossible to increase further.
Speaking of which…
The potential of "Cultivation Fantasy" is even stronger than the famous "Don't Leave After School". After all, "Cultivation Fantasy" can be run in the background without worrying about it or staring at the screen.
So why can’t we compete with online players? In addition to server factors, the most fundamental reason is that “Xiu Zhen Fantasy” can only be played on one’s own computer, not on the company’s computer, so office workers find it very difficult to play.
Chen Ba also expressed his understanding of this point.
After all, there is a constant monitoring program running in the background of employees' computers. Any boss with a normal brain will more or less worry about the risk of information leakage.
Although this worry is unnecessary, Program Tiandao is not spyware and will not monitor everything, but Chen Ba can also understand the concerns of these companies.
No big problem!
If you can’t play it at work, then go home and play. If that doesn’t work, go to an Internet cafe. You can also play "Xiu Zhen Fantasy" in an Internet cafe.
At this point, Chen Ba felt that "Don't Leave After School" was really cool...
As we all know, Internet cafes are in a recession!
With the rapid development of smart phones and the popularization of personal computers, Internet cafes, which were once a booming business, are now becoming less and less popular.
The startup rate is getting lower and lower.
It's okay when business is busiest, but at these times in the morning, noon and early morning, nine out of ten computers in the Internet cafe have black screens.
In order to save the boot rate and make some extra money, Internet cafe owners have come up with a lot of cool operations, one of which is the "Don't Leave After School" rule.
Whenever you go to an Internet cafe, the network administrator will recommend this game to customers, and say that if you use the account they provide to play, the Internet fee will be halved, and it can even be free if you play for an entire night!
Yes, you heard it right.
Go to the Internet cafe and play "Don't Leave After School" for the whole night, it's free.
However, the prerequisite is that you must use the Tianba account provided by the Internet cafe to play, and you cannot log in to your own account, otherwise you will not be able to enjoy this benefit.
"Then why doesn't the Internet cafe owner open all the computers and log on to "Don't Leave After School" during the off-season?"
"First of all, there is no profit in this game if you just leave it idle. You have to move to make money!"
Chen Ba patiently explained: "Secondly, AI can intelligently determine whether the person in front of the computer is a real person, eliminating the existence of plug-ins and scripts."
The only feasible solution is to hire someone to monitor each computer and keep it operational.
But you have to pay the employees, right?
Labor wages + electricity and internet fees, just to make a little profit? Forget it, this is a business that will definitely lose money!
Only in special places like Internet cafes can network administrators recommend the game "Don't Leave After School" to customers, provide them with accounts, and waive part of or even waive any Internet fees.
Some are more cunning. As long as you play "Don't Leave After School" online using the account provided by the Internet cafe, the network administrator will give you a pack of cigarettes, a bottle of drink or a bag of snacks after playing for a period of time.
In short, it's all about taking advantage of others! However, Chen Ba would not care about this way of taking advantage of others even if he knew about it.
The main thing is that there is no way to control it.
Although these accounts belong to the same person, there are real people operating the computers, watching advertisements and playing games. They are not scripts, so there is no reason to block the accounts.
What's more, these Internet cafe owners actively promoted their side businesses and also advertised "Don't Leave After School", attracting a group of players to join the game...
Based on this premise, Chen Ba ignored them, turned a blind eye, and the matter was over.
However, the actions of these Internet cafe owners still aroused the indignation of many "Don't Leave After School" players, who believed that the Internet cafe owners were too cruel.
Trick the customer into playing "Don't Leave After School" all night and only give him a bottle of drink? Be more generous and just waive the night Internet fee?
Damn, such a dark heart!
You booked an entire night at an Internet cafe to play "Don't Leave After School" just to enjoy the benefits of free Internet access? You've been fooled, buddy!
The players of "Don't Leave After School" are all very kind. They can't bear to see ignorant newbies being tricked by Internet cafe owners into working for nothing, so they spread the benefits of playing "Don't Leave After School" everywhere.
The most important points are:
Don't log in to play for others in "Don't Go After School: Pinball Storm". Register a new account for yourself! The cost is not high and it is a one-time solution! Don't listen to the scam of the Internet cafe owner and use the account he provides. Open a new account for yourself, and you will not only not spend money to play overnight, but you can even make money...
(End of this chapter)