SWDnovel Chapter 40: Trample them underfoot!
Chapter 40: Trample them underfoot!
The viewers in the live stream witnessed the birth of the first Zhuge Liang dynamic skin.
The viewers couldn't help but envy this viewer. To be able to get a UR card from Zz1tai's hands, his luck is not to be underestimated!
Hey bro, I'll offer you 5,000 yuan for this account and this card. Want to sell?
"Five thousand yuan is like giving money to a beggar; I'll give you ten thousand!"
What's so great about showing off 10,000? I'd offer 100,000; if you believe me, then pretend I didn't say anything!
[Brothers, stop spamming! I wouldn't give up this card no matter the price! I'm going to keep this luck forever!]
[Stop dawdling, hurry up and draw a card! Maybe I'll be the next lucky one!]
He continued drawing cards, wanting to see if he could get another UR card with so many cards left!
Ideal is full, the reality is very skinny!
I only got one UR card, but I did manage to get a total of four SSR cards for Diao Chan and Guan Yu. This night wasn't a waste of time; at least I managed to get all of these rare cards.
As for the other regular cards, they weren't wasted either; they were used to make lucky bags to give away to everyone.
Many streamers in other game livestreams, even without the option to dismantle cards, are still enjoying the [National War] and [Eight-Player Military] modes.
【8-player mode】is based on the traditional identity-based game mode, but with an increased number of players and the introduction of new cards, making the game more exciting and increasing suspicion about each other's identities.
As for the [Nation War] mode, it goes without saying that the introduction of the dual-general mode has made players love it. The mystery of not knowing how many teammates are also very attractive.
This also tests the player's psychological game and skills. With more teammates, you can defeat your opponents one by one.
However, if the side with fewer people has to choose which one to ally with to fight together.
In this way, the update of "Three Kingdoms Kill" generated tremendous popularity, much like an offline event.
Meanwhile, the popularity of the plagiarized game "Hero Kill" has declined rapidly, with some players switching to "Three Kingdoms Kill".
This news also gave Wang Lin of Tencent an even bigger headache.
Urged by Mr. Zhang, they hurriedly took an evening flight back to the Tencent headquarters building.
In the conference room.
The department head in charge of the "Hero Kill" project sat silently in his seat, and the entire conference room was eerily quiet.
A week ago, everyone was full of confidence in the future of "Hero Kill", thinking that the game had been updated with new gameplay and various new items.
With these advantages, plus Tencent's massive user base, they will crush Langyu Studio.
Unexpectedly, the launch of the new version of "Three Kingdoms Kill" resulted in this situation, with the game losing more than 30% of their users.
Some people who had never played "Three Kingdoms Kill" before have also started playing it because of this update.
Wang Lin sat to the side, feeling very uneasy. Gathering everyone here so late at night must mean something bad was going to happen.
Not only him, but everyone around him was terrified. The happier they were a week ago, the more nervous they were now!
This feeling is like riding a roller coaster.
A few minutes later, Mr. Zhang entered the conference room with his secretary, sat in the main seat, his face ashen and he remained silent.
The secretary was also operating the computer, bringing up the real-time data from the [PLG] backend.
Hero Kill Game
[Number of users: 3024,032]
[Game Ranking: 7th]
[Daily Active Users: Ranked 4th]
Rating: 2.3 out of 5
If you only look at the results of "Hero Kill", they are actually quite good.
With Tencent's massive user base and the addition of familiar superhero elements, it's already a pretty good game.
However, when I looked to the side, the data for "Three Kingdoms Kill" caught my eye!
The game "Three Kingdoms Kill"
[Number of users: 3024,032]
[Game Ranking: 3rd]
[Daily Active Users: Ranked #1]
Rating: 4.8 out of 5
The difference in their scores is immediately apparent!
That's almost double the numbers of "Hero Kill"! Keep in mind that Langyu Studio is just a small studio!
They haven't released any good works before!
Now we're actually able to dominate them!
More importantly, the comments from netizens are all negative! They're all saying that "Hero Kill" plagiarized "Three Kingdoms Kill"!
But... when they copied American games before, the public reaction wasn't this strong!
Why are netizens so indignant about this blatant plagiarism of "Three Kingdoms Kill"?
"You've all seen the data." Mr. Zhang's voice was a little hoarse, and his face was expressionless.
"The Three Kingdoms Kill game has far surpassed us, and look at these ratings! One is 4.8, the other is 2.3! How did you manage that?!"
"If you can't develop it, you've thrown your brain away. Look at how much criticism people have received for the 12-player games and the buy-in card system!"
Mr. Zhang's voice grew increasingly shrill, so much so that they couldn't even lift their heads.
It's understandable that Mr. Zhang was furious. He'd spent so much money, and even if the answer were right there, they could still find problems by copying it. What use were they then?
When I first saw these comments online, I thought about hiring some online trolls to lower the ratings, but I didn't expect the backlash to be so severe.
The speed at which netizens retaliated became even faster. Just when the rating had been salvaged a little, it dropped again, and the comment section was also overrun by netizens.
Even some streamers and internet celebrities who previously praised "Hero Kill" online have run away. I've never seen such a quick cut-off!
Some people even published articles online specifically to criticize "Hero Kill".
[On the "genius" changes made to "Heroes of the Three Kingdoms"!]
[The influence of superheroes can't even compare to that of the Three Kingdoms?]
These slaps landed squarely on Mr. Zhang's face. When has Tencent ever suffered such a major setback in making games?
This time he felt it!
Wang Lin and the others kept their heads down, not daring to say a word. No one wanted to stand out at this moment; they just wanted to wait for Boss Zhang to scold them and calm them down.
Unexpectedly, the secretary next to him submitted another explosive report.
"Mr. Zhang, real-time data shows that 'Three Kingdoms Kill' has risen to second place in the [Historical Games] category rankings!"
Mr. Zhang's face instantly turned ashen, and he slammed the report onto the table.
"Look at this! 'Three Kingdoms Kill' is second in the historical competition! Is it going to surpass 'Cyber Future' next?! Huh?!"
Upon hearing this, Wang Lin's face showed a hint of surprise. This "Three Kingdoms Kill" game is so fast!
Second place!
How long has their game been out?
"You bunch of useless trash!" General Manager Zhang stood up and slammed his hands on the table, startling all the employees.
"From this moment forward, delete all the idiotic designs from before in 'Hero Kill'!"
"Copy everything you can—game modes, items, events—make sure it's all copied verbatim!"
"We'll crush them in terms of character design and graphics! Give me whatever heroes players like; I refuse to believe a mere Three Kingdoms game can defeat superheroes!"
Wang Lin and the others nodded repeatedly like chickens pecking at rice: "Don't worry, Mr. Zhang, we guarantee we'll complete the mission!"
"The [Game Awards] are in a month. This is your last chance. If you fail, you're out of here in logistics!" Manager Zhang gave the final order.
"Okay...okay, Mr. Zhang!"
"And their game 'Three Kingdoms Kill' is on our [PLG] platform, don't you guys even think about doing anything about it?"
"Mr. Zhang! You mean...."