Chapter 204 202. Poor NetEase

In short, the outside world is not optimistic about Bomi, if they really want to post "Warcraft 3: The Frozen Throne".

The industry is not optimistic.

So the information circulating on the Internet is-

[If there was no Blizzard, then war3 would be released from Bomi, it would be a disaster.]

"I'm so angry."

Seeing the newspaper reports outside and the messages from netizens on the Internet, the secretary pouted and felt very angry.

"Why are we not as good as Blizzard?"

"Why are we nothing after Blizzard?"

The more I look at it, the more angry she becomes. Although she doesn't appreciate her boss's behavior of talking big, as a member of Bomi, Zhuang Yurou still doesn't want others to slander the company, especially for the professionalism of the game.

Because the little secretary believes that although the boss is careless and bragging, he is still very pragmatic when doing things. Moreover, with so many powerful employees in the company, how could they lose?

You should know that the company developed its own X engine, but even foreign media are rushing to report it, and it is said that it is at least three years ahead of the era.

How could we have caused the release of war3 to be a disaster because there is no Blizzard?

Is this too alarmist?

Zhuang Yurou turned around and found that the boss was slowly eating his soy milk fried dough sticks.

"Boss, why are you so calm?" The little secretary didn't understand very much, "It seems that every time Bomi is scolded, it has nothing to do with you."

Cao Yang was stunned for a moment, and the fried dough sticks sent to his mouth were not bitten down.

"Or what? Do I still have to sleep because I am questioned?" Boss Cao was very thoughtful.

But the secretary really couldn't sleep.

This is probably called the emperor not in a hurry to the eunuch.

As the assistant to the general manager around the boss, the young secretary is more concerned about the company's reputation than him.

"And, this is not a bad thing," Cao Yang said with a smile.

"ha?!"

Zhuang Yurou frowned and felt a little unbearable to look at her.

But if you think about it carefully, it seems to be correct. Every time Bomi is questioned and slandered, and Boss Cao is insulted, he always acts very enjoyable.

"Oh, I get it. This is called reverse marketing, hype, right?"

Cao Yang smiled and it seemed that the little secretary had made great progress recently.

He finished drinking the soy milk from the cup, picked up a tissue from the side to wipe his mouth, and then burped a satisfied burp.

"In this way, call Sister Hua over and I have important things to discuss with her."

"Okay boss." Zhuang Yurou nodded, stood up and opened the door and walked out.

In a short while, the door of Cao Yang's office was pushed open.

A slightly fat young woman in her 30s walked in.

Bi Yanhua looked at Cao Yang, "Boss, are you looking for me?"

"sit."

Cao Yang smiled and raised his hand, signaling Sister Hua to sit down.

Bi Yanhua is the head of the HR department of the entire Bomi Company, and her position is the general manager of the personnel department.

Generally, when Boss Cao finds a human resources manager, there is basically only one thing.

"What kind of person do you want to recruit this time?" Sister Hua took out the notebook she carried with her and put it on the table, ready to listen to the boss's instructions at any time.

"We need to recruit several core numerical plans to adjust the balance of war3 games. When you recruit people this time, Sister Hua, tell your colleagues in the website department and let them put the recruitment needs on the official website."

"Hmm?" Sister Hua was stunned for a moment and put the recruitment advertisement on the official website. This was the first time since the company was established.

"Why don't you poach people directly? First of all, the HR team of our company has become quite large," said Hua Jie. "Since the last time "Shan Hai Jing" expanded its 400-person team, we have almost dug up all the HRs of major game companies. Now we have a list of 80% of the game developers. Wouldn't it be better to let them dig?

It's accurate and fast."

In fact, as Sister Hua said, Bomi Company now has HRs from major game companies, and it can be said that the talent pool is quite complete.

This is also what Cao Yang decided before—

The strategy of poaching people first.

This strategy is really ruthless. In order to form the "Shan Hai Jing" team, all major game manufacturers have been basically taken out.

Bomi is growing stronger now, but other peers have paid a heavy price.

This has led to the rise in gaming talents on the market, and the price has increased by at least 50% compared to the original price.

The profits of the game company are even thinner. The bosses of countless manufacturers are cursed by the boss Cao to give birth to a son without an asshole.

Fortunately, Cao Yang gave birth to a daughter, and he was a beautiful daughter.

"Well... Sister Hua, you may not know much," Cao Yang thought for a while and said, "The talents we want this time may not have been born in the current game companies.

But you still have to dig it out at the same time. If you encounter a talent from a suitable game company, you will also post a recruitment on the website and recruit people according to the conditions I mentioned."

In my previous life, NetEase made a moba game called "Heroes Three Kingdoms", which was developed in 2011. If some of the models could be developed in advance until 2003, there might be the talents that Cao Yang wanted.

The problem is that this is impossible. Many of the original teams of Heroes and Three Kingdoms have not even graduated from high school until now.

Therefore, Cao Yang could only relax his requirements and define his goals broader.

"Hey? Is this game so exaggerated?" Sister Hua's heart skipped a beat.

Is Boss Cao too exaggerated?

"Sister Hua, please record my personnel requirements."

"Oh, okay." Sister Hua nodded, quickly took out the small notebook she carried with her and took notes seriously.

“First, be proficient in one of the following games:

"Starcraft" or any of "Warcraft"."

"Okay." Sister Hua made the record.

"Secondly, if you have played professional competitions, especially those who have won awards internationally, you will be recruited. Even if you don't, you can graduate from the mathematics department of major universities and rank high in the mathematics department."

"Hmm?" Sister Hua raised her head in confusion, "Boss, I understand from the mathematics department. Is this competition player really suitable to be a game planner?"

Cao Yang smiled slightly, "It's suitable, it's too suitable. Other games may not be suitable, but the war3 we want to do is really inseparable from professional players if we want to adjust the balance."

In my previous life, NetEase had a department called GAC, which basically brought together high-quality domestic games.

Many of the former Dota professional players joined NetEase's GAC after retiring.

When NetEase developed the Moba game Three Kingdoms, she also invited the captain of Dota's world champion Ehome to be the planner of the past numerical adjustment, and also invited the professional player of League of Legends to be the planner...

The reason why these people need to be asked to adjust the feel and balance is that this type of game is very special, and it is difficult to adjust it particularly appropriate if you can't play such a high level.

Since the birth of competitive games, it has been more than just a numerical design game. Just like a piano to a musician, if you want to tune a piano well, in addition to using professional equipment, you also have to use a very good tuner.

These professional players are tuners for competitive games.

For example, in the dota game, in terms of numerical planning and calculation, it is not a big problem that this hero increases the agility attribute growth by 0.1, but for professional players, this little bit of experience is very obvious.

Even if you speed up the original hero's move for 0.05 seconds, ordinary players may not be able to feel it, but for professional players, these 0.05 seconds are a gap, which can completely break the opponent's gap.

Competitive games are the only game that cannot fully calculate the numerical values ​​of the game. Perhaps mathematical laws can only constrain and plan some existing laws and rhythms in the game, such as the money growth curve that is most well-known in League of Legends...

It is also known as the snowball effect in the industry.

However, for specific numerical adjustments, you must rely on the talented players' very keen perception ability.

So many times, you will find that competitive games are discrete mathematical distributions within the framework of a numerical system.

Even for Blizzard, their numerical adjustments are basically manually adjusted in accordance with mathematical laws.

...

"By the way, Sister Hua, I will give you a list later," Cao Yang said, "If you see the people on this list, report it to me as soon as possible."

"Okay." Sister Hua nodded and wrote down Boss Cao's request one by one.

According to Cao Yang's idea, the best candidate to adjust the value of war3 is of course the best war3 player in his previous life.

For example, the Human Emperor Sky, played Taliu to the peak by one person. He was the first man in China to win a championship in WCG. He created an era with his own hands. His self-struggle has moved countless players. This young man named Li Xiaofeng, the eternal Human Emperor Sky.

The most powerful thing about him is that his opponent knows what he will do next, but he has no way to do it.

Tower Demon Infi, once considered the successor of Sky, won the WCG championship in 2009, and his crazy tower construction is his game style. After the Blizzard weakened the tower, Infi once said a very humorous saying, it is precisely because the tower has become weaker now that I want to put more towers.

Beast King FLY 100%, a very tough orc player. With his world-class operating consciousness, he often turns decay into magic in adversity. He once said, no matter what kind of game it is, I must win a WCG champion in my life.

The Chinese Ghost King Ted, the only player in WCG history to win the championship with the undead. His glorious era was already in the late stage of WCG. When he first came into contact with War3 in 2005, the Human King Sky had already stood at the top of WCG. But every Chinese player familiar with War3 does not know the name of the Ghost King Ted.

The Wrath of Hill Th000, the last legend of the War3 era of decline, relied on the courageous style of playing and extraordinary imagination, and killed the Moon Moon on WCG and won the WCG championship. It is a very amazing legend.
To be continued...