Chapter 634 Classic and Trendy
This year's carnival opening ceremony is the same as "Easter Egg Adventure".
In fact, it is similar to previous years. It
is even more exciting than previous years!
Because familiar faces personally play the characters they made.
This is indeed more interesting than ordinary COS.
However.
Almost all players, whether they went to the scene or watched through the live broadcast, felt empty after watching the opening ceremony...
The main reason, of course, was because that hot woman did not show up...
Although the Linmu Carnival has only been held for three sessions, including this session, it is far from being an ancient event.
Players can't say that they have feelings, and they have memories that are particularly heavy after years of precipitation.
Linmu Studio is now in its heyday, and it doesn't need others to keep vigil, or burn incense for its electronic urn, and then get angry and smash the urn...
This is just a young, interesting, and surprising player event.
These are all the memories and opinions of players about the Linmu Carnival at present.
However.
On the other hand.
Although the Linmu Carnival is far from being "historical" now... but everyone can see the sincerity and fun of this player event.
Players have no doubt that the Linmu Carnival will become a common memory of players in a few years.
Although players are not witnesses of history now,
they are witnesses of history.
And what is the most impressive thing for players at the beginning of this "best player event" - Linmu Carnival?
It's not the game.
Although now players discuss the previous two carnivals, they generally discuss that series of games.
"Monster Hunter", "Pokemon", "Diablo"...
because most players are not willing to speak their minds.
But whether they say it or not, the fact is that -
before that series of famous game names.
Before the first new game was announced at the Linmu Carnival.
Before all the meet-ups began.
What players saw was "Easter Egg Adventure", the unique "Number One Player" concept, and the amazing promotional film.
And
... the opening ceremony.
When the game theme song was combined with a large orchestra, the game music was played in sequence in the form of a symphony, and COS appeared one by one.
All the players' emotions were aroused.
At the same time, the scene of Lin Yao wearing a traditional maid outfit, standing on the stage and announcing the opening of the first Linmu Carnival... became the most profound memory anchor of the players.
It was like the beginning of everything.
No matter how amazing the subsequent games were, the most profound memory of the players was always the first scene.
What's more,
the subsequent games were all related to Lin Yao.
Those games have been released, and the production staff list behind the games all had Lin Yao's name. It was no secret that she was the producer of all the games at that time.
In addition,
Lin Yao also went on stage at the closing ceremony.
Accompanied by the song "Another One Bites the Dust" and accompanied by the falling of fireworks, the scene of her thanking once again deepened the impression.
Although no one said it at that moment,
all the players felt that Lin Yao was the soul of the Linmu Carnival.
In other words, it is easier to understand that it was Lin Yao's carnival.
Even though Lin Yao appeared for only a few minutes, her name was deeply tied to the Linmu Carnival.
Then the second session.
The same thing.
But.
Now the third session.
Lin Yao did not wear a maid uniform on the stage of the opening ceremony to announce the opening of the carnival like the previous two sessions.
If you really want to be picky.
This really has no impact on the Linmu Carnival.
Because this year's carnival is still interesting, it is still the best player event, and the subsequent games are still worth looking forward to.
It's just one person is missing.
Whether the missing person is Lin Yao or not, it can actually operate.
But.
This is just thinking from a rational perspective...
From a rational perspective, this is not a big deal.
But how can everything be based on a rational perspective...
If we really follow this perspective, then why should players cheer for the games announced at the carnival? Why should we cheer for the game characters COSed by the producer?
What does this have to do with them? The relationship between
game companies and players is just that of merchants and buyers. One party provides game services, and the other party pays money in exchange for games.
Everything is business.
Why bother?
By extension, it can also be said that any competition,
whether it is an e-sports competition or a sports competition, has nothing to do with the audience.
The top e-sports players are worth tens of millions, not to mention the superstars in the sports field.
No matter how they perform, it will not affect the lives of ordinary audiences.
No matter how exciting the game was,
the next day,
everyone still had to go back to their lives.
Those who should go to work went to work, and those who should go to school went to school.
But why do some people still cheer and even cry when their favorite teams and sports superstars win?
Everyone is like some "rational and smart saints" who say, "Why are you crying? What does it have to do with you? Focus on your own life. If you have that time, you might as well take care of your parents." Isn't it better?
Yes.
From a completely rational point of view,
this sentence may be correct.
But most people are not "rational and smart saints" and don't want to be saints.
The situation of this Linmu Carnival is the same.
Lin Yao didn't show up.
To put it bluntly, she has nothing to do with the players.
Not even a group photo! She only came out for a few minutes! What's the point of having Lin Yao!
Stars have to please the audience!
So if she doesn't come, don't come. Anyway, she doesn't need those few minutes of her appearance.
But from the perspective of interest... bullshit!
Players are looking forward to those few minutes!
It's okay not to take group photos, and it's okay not to please the players.
We'll just take a look.
Why don't you come out!
But it's a pity.
Lin Yao didn't come out until the end...
The opening ceremony of the Linmu Carnival is over.
Next.
On the screen of the stage, today's schedule, as well as the venues for various meetups and related games were announced.
In fact, the content of the first day is quite heavy.
The first meetup is the meetup for "World of Warcraft".
Players also have a hunch.
This meetup is expected to announce the expansion pack "The Burning Crusade: Part 2".
Before the start of the Linmu Carnival, players were speculating and looking forward to whether they would break into the deepest part of the Black Temple next.
In the afternoon, there was a meetup for "Breakout" and two MOBA games.
These are the ace game projects under Linmu Studio.
There are many players.
The annual updates are also highly anticipated.
As the arrangement for the first day.
It's really not bad.
However.
The players did not show too much excitement.
Instead, they still stretched their necks to look at the entrance with expectations.
Li Yu was like this.
But it's a pity.
Until the meeting of "World of Warcraft" was opened.
Lin Yao did not show up.
So when the players left, they were even a little frustrated.
Exit.
Zhong Xiu wore the swordsman's cosplay costume, looked at the players' situation, and showed an expression of "as expected".
Although there was no riot.
But the players seemed to be really hit...
He shook his head helplessly and sighed: "Lin Yao, why don't you understand people's hearts at this time!"
...
On that day.
Linmu Carnival held four press conferences.
Two MOBA games "Hero" and "DOTA", an FPS game "Breakout", and of course, the meeting of "World of Warcraft".
And these meetings, to be honest, did not disappoint the players at all.
The two MOBA games announced two new heroes and the new gameplay mode "A Mayhem".
"Breakout" announced a new battle map and a new gun.
As for "World of Warcraft", as expected, it announced a new expansion pack "The Burning Crusade 2".
Not only did it further unfold the plot.
It also released a new promotional video.
The quality is as good as ever.
When the last scene.
The expedition stood in front of the Dark Temple and looked up. It would be
a lie to say that the players don’t feel excited and don’t have expectations.
But this year, the cheers of the players don’t seem to be as enthusiastic as in previous years...
In front of the screen.
Mou Feng felt a little strange, but he didn’t care too much.
Yes.
Although he didn’t go to the carnival.
But he also watched all the meet-and-greets today through live broadcasts...
and even stopped doing his own work.
Because he really envied Linmu Studio for having such... activities that can bring players together and make players cheer.
He is also an old audience of Linmu Carnival. He went to the scene with Li Guangsheng for the first session.
Although now Tianhu has also turned to mobile games.
But you say that it is to learn something, to find out the next arrangements of Linmu Studio, or for feelings...
In short.
Mou Feng still took the time to watch the live broadcast.
As for the thoughts after watching it .
Mou Feng just wanted to say that it really lived up to everyone's expectations...
Linmu Studio is as stable as ever, and still the same as before, as if it has endless creativity.
Even old games can be played in a variety of ways...
"Four new heroes, a new mode, three new maps, a bunch of guns, and a huge expansion pack... This is not going to give up traditional games at all."
Mou Feng calculated the new content announced by Linmu Studio at the carnival today, and smiled bitterly.
So what if mobile games make money?
So what if "Day of Reincarnation" makes 3 billion a month?
Linmu Studio has never given up on traditional games!
This can be seen from what they threw out at the press conference.
They are still using 100% attitude to do a good job in every operating game... Even if it is a traditional game.
To be honest.
Mou Feng admires this.
Although... Linmu Studio's move will cool down the mobile game again.
After all, such a concentrated announcement of traditional game news will inevitably attract the attention of most players.
Correspondingly, the attention to mobile games will of course decrease.
What's more, the first day of the fan meeting was only for old games, and there were new games that hadn't been announced yet...
"Ah..."
Mou Feng thought about this, sighed, then held the mouse and opened the player forum, ready to see what the players were saying and evaluate the impact.
It loaded briefly.
The page popped up.
Countless posts caught his eye.
Then.
Mou Feng found that the situation was still different from what he expected...
[Why!!! Why didn't Lin Yao appear at the opening ceremony!!!]
[Awesome! No matter how the mobile game market is, Linmu Studio has not forgotten us players, MOBA, FPS, and World of Warcraft have all been updated! I was so happy to see the new content announced at the fan meeting, all of which are great! But I still want to ask... why didn't Lin Yao show up! ? [crying]]
[There is no maid Lin Yao this year, I don't know why, I always feel like something is missing...]
[After watching the opening ceremony, without Lin Yao, I suddenly lost interest in knowing what was going to happen next... I didn't feel relieved until I saw the fan meeting for World of Warcraft. 】
【Lin Yao is not really going to step down, is she? [Crying]】
【I can't accept it! 】
【……】
Although the players also talked about the game,
they would always mention Lin Yao.
Some players even stopped pretending and stopped talking about the game, and directly discussed Lin Yao.
What's more outrageous is
that the first post "Why didn't Lin Yao appear at the opening ceremony?" was pinned by the administrator.
It seems that he cares about it.
And whenever Lin Yao is mentioned, the players look unacceptable...
A player event.
The most frequently appearing word is not the game, but Lin Yao... It's a strange sight.
Seeing this scene, Mou Feng slowly put a question mark, and then immediately switched to the live broadcast website, found today's recording, and watched the opening ceremony that he had not watched.
Sure enough.
Until the end.
There was no sign of Lin Yao.
After confirming this, Mou Feng was also stunned.
For some reason, he also felt uncomfortable, and also felt that something was missing.
He thought differently from the players.
It's not necessary to watch Lin Yao.
He doesn't have such an obsession.
Otherwise, he wouldn't even watch the opening ceremony.
But.
He always felt that Lin Yao was the representative of domestic game producers, and even the leader of all game producers.
As long as she stood there, she would be a golden signboard, and everyone, including him, knew where the top was.
But now.
She didn't show up.
It was like the stone tablet symbolizing the top was covered up, and there was no target at all.
Very uncomfortable.
"Does she want to retreat at the peak of her career?"
Mu Feng combined the incident of the poster girl's lines that made a lot of noise some time ago, and suddenly thought of a possibility, muttering: "It is indeed a good choice. When a company is highly bound to the image of the founder, it means that as long as the founder has a little problem, it will affect the entire company...
What's more, Lin Yao is still a woman. Although it was great in the past, it will also allow players to force the standards of idols on Lin Yao. According to the current situation, if she announces her relationship, the reputation of Linmu Studio will change drastically... This is really too dangerous."
"Well..."
Mu Feng probably guessed Lin Yao's intention.
He could understand.
He even felt that Lin Yao was right to do so.
In fact, he had noticed it a long time ago.
Lin Yao is too deeply tied to Linmu Studio.
This is a double-edged sword.
Although nothing has gone wrong so far
, what if?
However,
understanding is understanding.
For some reason, Mou Feng still feels very unhappy.
I don't know why.
I just feel uncomfortable...
At the same time...
Lin's house.
On the sofa.
"Sister, is there something wrong with what I did?"
Lin Yao looked through the post for a while, then put down the phone in her hand in a distracted manner, leaned back, and raised her snow-white chin to look at Lin Xi behind her.
"What's the problem?"
Lin Xi put her arm around her sister's slender waist and asked curiously.
Lin Yao opened the forum, showed her the player's post, and explained the whole story.
"Sister, I don't know."
After listening, Lin Xi hesitated for a moment, shook her head gently, and then said softly: "I can only say what I think... There is nothing wrong with your choice, and it can even be said to be very correct. If it were any other helmsman, there would be no problem.
But your situation is quite special, and the players like you too much. This correct choice may make them sad..."
"Hmm..."
Lin Yao nodded gently after hearing this, and then looked at her phone again.
Thinking of the post she just saw, the player's reaction, and the possible escape time.
Take a deep breath.
Decide to wait for another day.
Shouldn't it be... not that bad?
...
On the second day of the Carnival,
Li Yu came to the venue again.
However, compared to the high spirits on the first day,
he seemed a little sluggish today.
It was mainly because he was too concerned about Lin Yao's absence... and he stayed up too late to post.
In fact, many players were the same as him.
Even in the queue,
everyone stopped looking at the COS girls, but looked down at their phones and browsed the "game circle".
So today, the COS girls outside the venue had a rare sense of sadness that no one cared about...
But the players couldn't care about it for the time being.
Li Yu didn't look at the girls today.
He held his phone, while waiting in line, he refreshed the page again and again.
He wanted to get some new news.
Before entering the venue, he actually found a new post...
[Maybe, Lin Yao just wanted to make a big splash at the closing ceremony? ]
The title of this post was very attractive.
The specific content of the post was also very attentive.
He used the previous marketing methods of Linmu Studio as a starting point, and used vivid cases to popularize what it means to suppress first and then promote, what is the emotional curve, and what it means to disappoint players and then be ecstatic...
Then, through one piece of evidence after another, such as Linmu Studio did not issue a statement, Lin Yao did not come forward to announce that she would not appear, and this year's carnival was still waiting attentively, he came to the conclusion that... this
year's Lin Yao might just be giving players a bigger surprise at the closing ceremony.
You don't say.
It really makes sense.
The more Li Yu looked at it, the brighter his eyes became, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt it was possible.
And several players near him all said "huh".
It seemed that they were also reading the same post.
After Li Yu exited the post, he found that this post was pinned by the administrator of the forum! It was parallel to the post asking why Lin Yao did not appear, and it became a rare post that was pinned to the top without being a repost of official news.
This undoubtedly increased the persuasiveness.
"Damn, is it... true?"
Li Yu couldn't help asking.
"Ah? The carnival is real... Please be careful not to fall."
At the door, the guide was confused, then subconsciously replied, and implicitly reminded Li Yu to pay attention to his feet.
Li Yu came to his senses and found that he had already checked in and entered, and subconsciously asked the staff.
He smiled apologetically, then put away his phone and slightly quickened his pace so as not to affect the people behind him.
At the same time, he felt... the world was wide in an instant.
Then,
after walking a few steps,
he saw the arrangement and promotional pictures of today's meeting.
[Classic and trendy]
Gray and white are opposite to each other.
And the different areas of gray and white
are respectively placed with the most representative old consoles in the 8-bit era, and the most representative dual-joystick game controllers in the new era.
Seeing this promotional picture, Li Guangsheng was
almost instantly
aroused.
He glanced at the schedule.
There will be two new games in the morning, namely "Hollow Knight" and "Dead Cells". There will
also be two new games in the afternoon, namely "Overcooked" and "Dead by Daylight".
All of them are game names he has never heard of.
This means that
these are all new games.
There are actually four new games!
Four new games, plus the eye-catching promotional images and slogans... the anticipation is immediately high.
Of course.
There is another more important reason.
That is, this "classic and trendy" promotion method suddenly reminded him of Lin Yao.
In addition, the sincerity of Linmu Carnival is really the same as in previous years, and deep in his heart he is looking forward to the new game...
In short.
All of this makes Li Yu feel that the credibility of the post he just saw is getting higher and higher.
People are like this.
When things still have a chance to turn around, they always tend to believe what they believe...
Soon.
The first meeting on the second day of the carnival
was held .
It was full.
There were as many people at the opening ceremony yesterday as there were at this meeting today.
Entrance door.
Zhong Xiu secretly looked out again.
When he saw that the players were whispering to each other and there was no riot, he was quite happy.
He slowly put a question mark, then touched his hair... felt hanging.
But he still couldn't believe it.
This is not the case...
But he didn't have much time to think.
Soon.
The scheduled time came.
Zhong Xiu could only shrink his head and make room, while gently stroking his remaining hair...
the other side.
Zhang Tian from the West Han Studio took a deep breath, then took the first step, slowly walked to the stage, and walked under the spotlight.
As soon as his figure appeared
, a huge cheer suddenly broke out.
He was enjoying such treatment for the first time, and his body was visibly stiff.
Fortunately, the players cheered for a long time, giving him enough time to react.
Finally,
he recovered.
"Hello, everyone."
"Maybe this is the first time you meet me, so let me introduce myself first."
"I am the head of the West Han Studio, a first-party studio under Linmu Studio, and my name is Zhang Tian."
"This time, I will introduce our Linmu Studio's new game to everyone."
Zhang Tian pursed his lips nervously, and while speaking, he clenched his fists imperceptibly.
At the same time, he said a joke that he had prepared long ago to adjust the atmosphere: "I hope I won't mess it up, otherwise it will be too embarrassing to ask Lin Yao to save the situation when I go on stage for the first time..."
As soon as he said this,
the effect was indeed good.
As soon as the name Lin Yao came out,
the players immediately burst into cheers that were even more intense than when he just appeared...
Zhang Tian was not so nervous at once.
He looked at the audience who all raised their heads, took a deep breath again, and said: "Then, let me introduce our new game to you... But before that, I want to ask you a question."
"What are the horizontal scrolling games that you remember?"
"..."
In the audience.
When the audience heard this question, they all showed interested expressions, and many people really began to recall them seriously.
"I believe there are quite a few, "Cat City", "Threshold", "Sailboat Escape", "Demon Head"..."
In the audience.
Without waiting for the audience to answer, Zhang Tian began to talk about the famous horizontal scrolling games in this world.
"We have all heard of these games when we were young. Even if there were no consoles, everyone had played them on arcade machines."
"Because horizontal scrolling is a very old game type, due to the technological limitations of the times, it was also one of the most popular game types at the time."
"But in recent years, such games have become less and less, and are even disappearing completely."
"On the one hand, it is because of the rise of 3D technology, and on the other hand, it is because of the overall shrinkage of the arcade game market, which has caused many old arcade game companies to weaken."
"Of course, there is another more important reason, which is... perhaps it has been prosperous for too long, and game makers have exhausted their minds. It is difficult to come up with something too new in this field."
"The overall stagnation, coupled with the rise of 3D technology, may be the reason for the decline of horizontal scrolling games."
"I don't even play this kind of game anymore."
Zhang Tian smiled, and became more and more confident as time went by: "So, when Lin Yao said that she wanted to make a horizontal scrolling game, or more accurately, a 2D action-adventure game in the traditional style of horizontal scrolling, I really couldn't believe it."
"And when I finished reading the plan and finally decided to make this game, I was even more surprised."
"Because I couldn't believe that in this era, I would still make a horizontal scrolling game."
"But the fact is that I did make a horizontal scrolling game - a classic and trendy game."
"Then, please allow me to introduce this game to you-" "
The story of a little hero's adventure in the ancient abandoned kingdom 'Holy Nest'."
"The name of the game is, "Hollow Knight"."
(End of this chapter)
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