Chapter 315 Internet Cafe and E-sports Hotel Blacklist
To be honest, whether the Aba currency rises or falls, Chen Ba doesn’t really care.
Just like the classic movie line says, neither you nor him is important to me, but without you, I am very important to me! That’s right!
Compared to those trivial things, Chen Ba hopes that Aba Coin will die suddenly and no one will be interested in it. After all, Tianba Studio is under a lot of pressure to develop this thing in China.
Fortunately, Abacoin was not created by Tianba Studio on its own initiative, but was an accidental by-product of a game bug. Otherwise, Chen Ba might not be so carefree now.
So when the news spread online that "The Story of Aba" was at risk of being cracked and Aba coin was not safe, Chen Ba was not anxious at all, and even had a "default" attitude.
Oh, yes, yes!
You are right, "The True Story of Aba" is not safe, so Abacoin is a piece of shit, please stop hyping this thing.
Originally everything was going according to plan, but who would have thought that Lao Ma, who had nothing to do with Tianba Studio and no friendship with Chen Ba, would stand up and resolutely back Aba Coin and clear the name of Tianba Studio!
Come on, who wants you to clear your name? Lao Ma's tricks made Chen Ba so depressed that he couldn't eat for the whole day.
Fortunately, Chen Ba did not feel depressed for too long, because the annual global gaming festival was about to begin.
As this year's most important guest and the top favorite to win the award, Chen Ba naturally arrived at the venue early, participated in various activities, and accepted interviews from various media.
“No doubt about it!”
Almost all viewers and players, including the winner Chen Ba himself, felt that it was a matter of course that this year's Game of the Year Award was given to "The Legend of Abba".
Why? On the one hand, it’s because Abba’s Story is really good, which is definitely the main reason.
On the other hand, before the opening of this global game festival, a piece of explosive news went viral on the entire Internet, causing heated discussions among many netizens.
The total sales of "Abba's Story" on all platforms around the world have exceeded 21 million copies, and it has raised more than 2 billion in donations for the "Abba Charity Foundation", helping a total of 107,419 people with disabilities.
According to an unknown gossip, the source of this data is the official website of Tianba Studio, which is deliberately released by Chen Ba...
But having said that.
No matter who released the news, at least the data is true and reliable. In the face of this astonishing data, no one would object to "Abba's Story" winning the Game of the Year Award.
How can you object to this?
A game that has raised a total of over 2 billion yuan in donations and helped more than 100,000 people with disabilities.
You think this game doesn't deserve the Game of the Year award, so what game is more qualified than "Abba's Story"? Even the most stubborn players and netizens chose to remain silent in the face of this astronomical figure of 2 billion.
There is no way! He donated 2 billion in one go. With so much money used for charity and public welfare, he deserves a Nobel Peace Prize, not to mention a big prize in the gaming industry.
"Speaking of which..."
There is no dispute that Abba won the award, but netizens still have a question, that is, did this game really sell 21 million copies? If everyone remembers correctly, this game was released less than a month ago, right? Selling more than 20 million copies in more than a month, are you crazy or am I crazy? "Yes, no less than that!"
This question was quickly answered by some data experts.
According to the analysis of Data Emperor, "Abba's Story" is definitely the best-selling game this year, no doubt about it!
Selling 21 million copies in just over a month does sound scary and unreal, but it is true.
So many copies have been sold! But with so many copies sold, why is there no wave of discussion online and live streaming of the game? In response to this question, some netizens also gave their own opinions: "You think that "Abba's Story" is not particularly popular, at least not as overwhelming as "Cyberpunk 2077" and "Kingdom of Tears". You are right. "Abba's Story" is indeed not that popular."
"But there is a misunderstanding here, that is, a game that is not popular does not mean that the sales are very poor! For ordinary games, if the popularity is low, the sales will indeed not be too high, but can "Abba's Story" be an ordinary game?"
Stop being funny!
Of the 21 million copies of the game sold, at least half were bought by people who “don’t play games”.
These people don't play games but bought "The Legend of Abba", and some of them bought several or even dozens of copies at a time. They are definitely the main force contributing to sales.
The reason is very simple.
After it was revealed that "The Story of Abba" could mine minerals, too many people bought the game with the idea of "getting rich overnight".
Are these people here to play games?
No, no, no! These people don’t play games at all, and they don’t even have any interest in games. The reason they bought "Abba's Story" is simply to make some extra money.
That’s why the global sales of “Abba’s Story” are so high, so outrageous. Do you still find it hard to accept that 20 million copies were sold in just over a month?
"Now there is a new routine..."
After the award ceremony, Chen Ba took Dong Ge, Xiao Lu and others back to the hotel car. Yang Dong suddenly said: "When you are at work, hang a game window of "Abba's True Story" and another one of "Don't Leave After School: Marble Storm" in the background."
"Ah?" Xiao Lu was surprised.
Is this ok?
It is normal to slack off at work and play "Don't Leave After School" while receiving a salary from the boss. This has happened many times before and has been on the hot search list more than once.
But is it too much to play "Don't Go After School" and mine Abacoin at the same time? After all, "Aba's Story" is different from "Don't Go After School". There is no problem running "Aba's Story" normally, but if you use bugs to mine, the power consumption and hardware loss rate will be ridiculously high.
If you use a company computer to do this kind of thing and your boss finds out, losing your job is a minor issue. You may even be held responsible for compensation for the loss! "There's nothing you can do. The benefits are what move people."
"The current price of one Aba currency is equivalent to a month's salary for many people. If it were you, you would also be tempted."
Yang Dong explained: "However, this behavior is really too bad, so many companies now prohibit employees from running Nobug programs on company computers."
"What?"
Chen Ba, who was resting his eyes and not participating in the discussion, was stunned when he heard this. He couldn't help but ask, "Why ban Nobug when it's enough to ban "The True Story of Aba"?"
"Well……"
"Is it possible that banning only Abba is not effective at all, and employees may also play Don't Leave After School during work hours to earn advertising fees?"
Yang Dong couldn't help laughing and said, "There is another situation, that is, employees play games such as "Xiuzhen Fantasy" or "Mountain Village Past" during work hours. This is also quite common."
Chen Ba: “…”
That’s true!
Just banning one or two games from Tianba Studio is not enough to control the problem at all, and it is only treating the symptoms and not the root cause.
It is also necessary to ban the Nobug platform program directly to eliminate the possibility of employees slacking off at work from the root.
"Oh yeah!"
As if he had thought of something, Yang Dong continued, "Not only some companies prohibit the installation of Nobug on computers, but also some Internet cafes and e-sports hotels. "
"hateful!"
The more Chen Ba thought about it, the more troubled he became. He hammered the handrail and said, "What's going on in the Internet cafe? If we don't allow Nobug to be installed, then players won't be able to play our games, right?"
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
"Here's what happened..."
Yang Dong smiled and explained: "As far as I know, the so-called prohibition of installation means that customers are not allowed to install it themselves. If you want to play Tianba games, you can only use the Nobug program they pre-installed."
“Is there something wrong with this program?”
"Yes, these Internet cafes have pre-installed Nobug platform programs. The three games "Abba's Story", "Star Emperor" and "Star Emperor 2" are not there at all. You can't find them even if you search for them."
Wow! "Abba's Story" has single-handedly dominated the blacklist of Internet cafes and e-sports hotels across the country? As for the reason behind this rule, Chen Ba can guess it without thinking.
There must be people who did not follow the rules and went to places like Internet cafes and e-sports hotels, using the computer equipment in the Internet cafes and hotels to mine Abacoin. As a result, the Internet cafes and e-sports hotels suffered heavy losses and had to resort to this last resort.
I understand, I totally understand! After the bug in "Abba's Story" was stuck, it really hurt the hardware. For computers with slightly inferior GPU and CPU configuration, I'm afraid the chassis will start to smoke before the map is rendered.
This is no joke…
Imagine that your computer is in the immortal environment of the first generation of "Star Emperor" throughout the whole process, and maintains the "ultimate sublimation" state at all times. Then you can understand why these Internet cafes and e-sports hotels will come up with such a weird regulation.
In fact, this blacklist jointly created by Internet cafes and e-sports hotels has existed for a long time.
Looking back, the earliest ones seem to be some FPS online games. Because cheating will result in "IP punishment", you cannot play these games in specific Internet cafes.
After that comes the period when "Star Emperor" was at its peak.
At that time, the Internet cafe industry had actually declined, and not many people went to Internet cafes to play games. However, some people's computers at home died, so they ran to Internet cafes to play. The result was...
The Internet cafe owner picked up the Jidaodibing broom and yelled at the player: "You just paid five yuan for the Internet fee, and my 3060 is smoking?"
Obviously, although the computer configurations of Internet cafes have undergone several rounds of updates and iterations, in that dark and turbulent period when even 3080s would fall, the configurations of Internet cafes could only serve as cannon fodder on the road to becoming immortal, so they were banned.
After that it was unblocked for a while.
But soon, as Tianba Studio updated "Star Emperor" and launched the more heavyweight "Other-Transformation Emperor's Method", also known as "Other-Transformation Emperor's Method", "Star Emperor" once again entered the small black room.
As the qualified successor "Star Emperor 2" came out, the first people to react were none other than the owners of Internet cafes and e-sports hotels, who put them in a small dark room without saying a word.
Obviously! The terrifying lethality of "Abba's Story" is enough to be compared with the first and second generations of "Star Emperor".
At least in the current version of the "Internet cafe and e-sports hotel blacklist" ranking list, "Abba's True Story" ranks first, followed by "Star Emperor 2", and the third place is the first generation of "Star Emperor".
“That doesn’t make sense…”
Chen Ba was speechless and said, "It's been so many years. It's fine if Star Emperor 2 is locked up in a small dark room, but the first one should be released at least, right?"
It is not unfair that "The Legend of Abba" and "Star Emperor 2" were locked up in the small dark room. After all, what do you want to do by playing these two games in places like Internet cafes and e-sports hotels?
But after so many years, why is the first generation of "Star Emperor" still on the blacklist? It's time to get out of jail! In the early days, it was because the configuration of Internet cafes and e-sports hotels was not up to par, so they were locked up in a small black room and not allowed to play. But what era is it now? Are you still afraid of "Star Emperor"?
Not really, really not!
Chen Ba felt that even if the computer configurations in Internet cafes and e-sports hotels had not been updated for several years, there would be no problem playing the first generation of "Star Emperor".
not to mention.
Due to the release of the sequel, most of the Immortal Emperors and Quasi-Immortal Emperors went to "Star Emperor 2" to fight in the strange plateau, and there are very few "powerful" people who remain on the road to becoming immortals.
Out of curiosity, Chen Ba had gone to take a look at the path to immortality of the previous generation.
The result was very difficult for him.
Without a terrifying existence in charge, the path to becoming an immortal has now fallen to the level of 4060 or 5060! Yes, that's right...
A group of players, using old graphics cards and old computers from four or five years ago, knew that they would be abused in "Star Emperor 2", so they came to "Star Emperor 1" to act arrogantly.
Better to be the head of a chicken than the tail of a phoenix! Although the path to becoming an immortal in "Star Emperor 1" has suffered a serious loss of players and its value is far less than it used to be, after all, it is still an immortal emperor!
My buddy used a configuration from four or five years ago and a 4060 to become an Immortal Emperor. Although the gold content is a little worse, can you tell me whether I am an Immortal Emperor? An old graphics card like a 4060 can run rampant in the immortal road of "Star Emperor". Chen Ba really can't think of any reason for Internet cafes and e-sports hotels to close the small black room.
It's impossible that the configurations of these Internet cafes and e-sports hotels can't even beat the old graphics cards from four or five years ago?
If it's true, it's too bad!
(End of this chapter)