I Really Didn’t Want to Be Famous

March 25.

Wells Corporation.

After watching the "World of Warcraft" beta news, Will drank a cup of coffee in silence.

Although it looks calm on the surface, in fact, deep inside, he is abnormally irritable.

The defeat of "World of Warcraft" made him feel like he had lost a big gold mine to that small company called "Empire Dawn".

How can he not be upset?

During the closed beta of World of Warcraft, Will played it.

After playing it, he found that the map in this game is very large, and there are many occupations, plus the scenes of the plot, giving people an immersive and playable feeling.

Even Will had to admit that he was attracted to World of Warcraft.

How can other players resist the temptation of such a game?

"Conte..."

"Mr. Will here."

"Has the closed beta?"

"Well, the closed beta has already started."

"How many people are there already in World of Warcraft?"

"The logged-in users in the U.S. are... almost... three million."

"three million?"

"Well, this is only estimated data. The accurate data is on the "remote" game. We can't find it for the time being, but this "World of Warcraft" will not be as popular as the previous "War of the Gods". Yes, maybe it will be even more popular than "Clash of the Gods" during the open beta!"

"..."

After hearing this data, Will closed his eyes.

His mood became more and more irritable.

Some meat hurts.

When "War of the Gods" was in public beta, the number of registered users in the United States on the first day was about 5 million.

Of course, that is the number of users in a day.

What about "World of Warcraft"?

Three million in just half a day.

Although at the time of the "Clash of the Gods" public beta, the popularity of computers was not large, and most of them were based in Internet cafes, which is far worse than now...

But no one can deny that "World of Warcraft" can explode even in that era.

after all……

"Battle of the Gods" does not have McWeiss, there is no such detailed promotional film, and at the same time, it did not cause such a sensation in the beginning!

"Mr. Will? Are you okay?" Conte asked with subconscious concern after seeing Will closed his eyes in silence for a long time.

"It's okay... By the way, now most of the players in Internet cafes are playing "World of Warcraft", right?"

"Well, yes, 80% of the largest Internet cafes in the country are playing "World of Warcraft". Many players of "War of the Gods" are posting official posts saying goodbye to "War of the Gods". "World of Warcraft" has met... Even our "Empire" has a lot less users online today! The momentum of "World of Warcraft" is so fierce!"

"..."

Will remained silent when he heard this.

I regretted it a long time ago.

Once there was an opportunity to put it in front of him, he did not cherish it, and waited until it was lost...

Only regret it.

Actually...

"World of Warcraft" should have been their agent game.

"Kant, let's do it like this. Let's start a slightly larger promotional event in "Empire". First, stop the players from flowing into "World of Warcraft"."

"what?"

"Go!"

"it is good."

………………………………

American BBC Corporation.

"World of Warcraft" once again topped the popularity list today, suppressing "War of the Gods".

The daily 3 million online players in the United States have shrunk to 1.5 million at this moment.

Shrinked directly to half.

Smith, the developer and owner of "War of the Gods", looked at this data, and suddenly felt cold. Then he saw comments on "World of Warcraft" and "War of the Gods" in major game forums. Later, he realized the seriousness of this matter.

"Two years of "War of the Gods" veteran player, at this moment announced that he will temporarily leave "War of the Gods", brothers, see you in Azeroth!"

""War of the Gods" is a kind of sentiment. Four years ago, the map of "War of the Gods" was very detailed, but in recent years, "War of the Gods" has been done less and less seriously, and BUG is everywhere. Yes, and if you get stuck in many maps, you can only exit... and there are many auxiliary plug-ins... Sorry, compared to "World of Warcraft", I can only say goodbye..."

"Sorry everyone, I'm leaving... I chose a tribe in World of Warcraft, how about you?"

"Long live the tribe, long live the orcs!"

"..."

"..."

Post by post.

Coupled with the loss of players, Smith took a deep breath.

You said, this is just the grand occasion of "World of Warcraft" when it was first publicly tested. After a long time, players will automatically return to "War of the Gods"?

Maybe everyone would think so, but Smith didn't think so.

The reason why "Clash of the Gods" has been so popular over the years is to firmly become a hegemon in the game industry, which is completely set off by peers.

After all, compared with other games, "War of the Gods" is indeed more innovative and refined, and coupled with a certain amount of publicity guarantee, "War of the Gods" has always stood firm from beginning to end.

but……

When "World of Warcraft" turned out, "War of the Gods" began to weaken.

Neither the picture nor the propaganda power can compare to "World of Warcraft".

Although there is the impact of the public beta, Smith feels that he must be cautious.

After a long silence.

He sent a message to everyone in the company.

"Today we have a meeting for "World of Warcraft", and all departments of the company hope to participate..."

"Don't underestimate any opponent, "World of Warcraft" must be a strong enemy!"

"..."

………………………………

March 30.

The storm is rising!

Only the fifth day of the "World of Warcraft" public beta, there was an unparalleled storm of madness!

China.

As long as you walk into the Internet cafe, you can see a bunch of young people sitting in the Internet cafe playing "World of Warcraft", and at the same time connected to the voice, everyone is downloading various copies, various occupations.

At a glance, everything is "World of Warcraft".

University young people from various universities outside the Internet cafes are chatting about some information about "World of Warcraft", including their own profession and ethnic strength, as well as equipment attributes and the upcoming copy...

At first, the conversation was very peaceful, but as we chatted, it seemed to be inexplicably angry. There was even news that several college students fought in groups for the tribe or alliance. Even after being caught in the police station, they were still crazy Taunting both sides.

Needless to say, on the major game forums, there are various guides about the "World of Warcraft" game, plot analysis and part of the equipment account transaction...

Inevitably, "World of Warcraft" swallowed their players like a behemoth, causing more than 80% of the world's games to be affected and suppressed by it.

of course……

Two days after the public beta, the traffic of "Tiger" live broadcast dropped sharply again!

Even fell down...

……………………………………

Tianxin game.

Xu Hong found Ma Huaming again.

He had only one purpose for looking for Ma Huaming, because of the raging "World of Warcraft", "Tiger" live broadcast traffic instantly bottomed out.

Ma Huaming frowned.

Only Xu Hong replied.

"World of Warcraft is not only affecting the traffic of your live broadcast platform, but also robbing our players! The number of people online in "Mythology" is decreasing every day, and even dropped to 50,000 online yesterday..."

"Mr. Ma, what do you mean..."

"You can hold on for a while, we have to hold a meeting on "World of Warcraft"..."

"..."

Ma Huaming's expression is not pretty.

A little gloomy.

"World of Warcraft" is a bit crazy.

The madness of "World of Warcraft" is really overwhelming!

He knew that "World of Warcraft" was very strong, but he had never thought of the horror of "World of Warcraft".

He must unite with other game companies to take a measure against this matter.

otherwise……

Under the impact of "World of Warcraft", I don't know how many online games will crash.

New things rise, and old things will naturally be replaced.

This is the truth that has not changed since ancient times.

On this day, almost half of China’s game companies felt that their company’s cake was passive, and they were all like ants on a hot pot.

In the short term, these games may not have problems, but if things go on like this, no one can be sure what the future will be like.

On the morning of March 31.

Whether it’s from the United States, or from China, or from R books or from Korea...

All players have found that their home country’s games have either launched new gameplay, new copies, or offered various enticing benefits, or upgraded to the latest version...

"Fuck! Will this "World of Warcraft" change the pattern of the world game, right?"

"By the way, have you read the Korean news? South Korea's "Legendary World" has also been updated with a 3D version. At the same time, a COSER competition has been held in various countries, and the famous Korean actress, Lin Qinger is one of the main stars of this promotion..."

"Wow... God, goddess!"

"..."

After players saw various activities on game forums and post bars.

Everyone realizes that "World of Warcraft" seems to be taking the game pattern of the world to another direction...

………………………………

Joaquin.

"How many? Dropped again?"

"Yeah, the popularity of the popular anchor Liu Yaya has also fallen to a trough... even some second-rate anchors of the "remote" live broadcast can't compare with..."

"What! Can't compare to second-rate anchors now?"

"..."

"..."

After watching the data of the crazy whereabouts of "Tiger" live broadcast, Xu Hong suddenly felt a trance.

The live broadcast platform is not Weibo.

It's not that you can buy traffic to boost the heat.

In many cases, it depends on accumulation.

Xu Hong instantly regretted creating "Tiger" live broadcast and Lu Yuanan.

but……

It's all like this now, "Tiger" live broadcast cannot be given up, right?

After all, this is the result of spending money.

If he gives up, he will lose money abruptly!

How to do?

What else can I do!

After a long silence, everyone was finally called to prepare for a meeting on "World of Warcraft"...

You said……

Apologize to Lu Yuan and make peace?

how is this possible!

Does he need more face?

…………………………

April 1.

Hollywood.

Lu Yuan slept for a while, then woke up from his sleep with a yawn. After checking the time, it was ten o'clock in the morning.

It just happened that the phone rang.

He received a call from Liu.

"Mr. Lu, we have succeeded, and we have achieved the greatest success!"

On the other end of the phone, Liu was so excited that he seemed to cry.

"Congratulations, right, have you set up the anti-addiction system?"

"Huh? Anti-addiction system?"

"Yes, the time limit for minors to spend online..."

"This... can Internet cafes still enter minors?"

"Regardless of whether you can enter or not, you must set it up, one ID card, and up to two accounts..."

"Yes, got it."

After talking about something with Liu Yuan, Lu Yuan stretched and yawned and walked out of the room.

Then...

He saw a silent girl in a long skirt sitting in the company lobby.

After seeing Lu Yuan, the girl stood up solemnly for the first time.

"President Lu...I always feel wrong."

"what happened?"

"An employee of our comics club named Reese resigned at the end of last month..."

"has resigned?"

"Well, yes, I thought it was nothing before, but I always felt that this person left with some secrets. He left without even the salary and bonus... Now I can't contact him. It stands to reason that he should be short of money. That's right... and it was a little sneaky when I left. I even moved the rental house that day..."

"What's the matter?"

"Well, I always feel weird, so I came to you..."

"It should be something happened."

"Anyway, I think it's weird..."

"Do you have his information?"

"Yes, I brought it here."

"Okay, let me see..."