In the early morning of November 16th, as the gods gave up, the semi-finals of Peak Contest S2 came to an end.
No one thought that the belated semi-final...the much-anticipated final showdown...would actually end in this way.
As for the reason why Team Gods gave up, only captain Shi Long, also known as [Shiva], knew it. Even his four teammates didn't understand the reason.
Speaking of which...the four have no choice. They have contracts with the gods, so competition matters naturally have to obey the arrangements of the studio; Shi Long is both the captain of the team and the owner of the studio, since he said he would abstain. ...Then teammates can only execute it.
On the other hand, Order was also quite shocked by this situation.
The management was undoubtedly full of surprises, but the team members were startled and suspicious. The four "Drunk Life and Dreams" and the "Four Gods" are also old acquaintances. Because of this... they are even more worried about this abstention incident. Unbelievable.
However, they were unable to contact Shiva himself for the time being, because within fifteen minutes after the news was announced, the official website and customer service system of Gods Studio exploded...
Shiva himself quickly logged out of the game, refused all interviews, and even refused to answer questions from within the company.
That night, he simply explained a few words to the general manager of the studio, and then took his wife home.
After that... Feng Bujue met with him uninvited and discussed some things.
What they talked about specifically will not be mentioned here...
Let’s talk about the next day...
At two o'clock in the afternoon the next day, Shi Long, as the boss of the gods, held a press conference on this "abstention incident"...
He took a speech script, read it out from the script, and gave a rather strange but irrefutable reason: "I was unable to compete last night due to physical reasons. With the unanimous consent of my teammates, the entire team abstained. "
To be honest, no one believes this rhetoric...
But it’s useless not to believe it... Anyway, Shi Long said it was a "physical reason". That is a physical reason. What specific physical reason it is, I'm sorry... this is personal privacy.
Wanting to ask something about his teammates... It's also a waste of time. [Vishnu], [Brahma] and [Yama] have been friends with Shi Long for many years, so It is impossible for them to talk nonsense in public or private; there is also an [Asura]... who is Shi Long's cousin. So it is even less possible for them to talk about something and nothing.
These parties have the same tone, so there is no breakthrough in this matter...
After all, this is abstaining from voting, not cheating. Don’t you still allow others to feel uncomfortable? Can’t you do it when Boss Shi’s uncle is here?
In short, Shi Long forcefully explained the abstention issue.
Of course, he was done with the deception, and the reporters would not accept everything... Everyone believed that there must be something behind the gods' abstention, and the impact of the incident could at least continue to ferment for some time.
Therefore, as soon as the press conference ended, irresponsible gossip such as "cowardice", "peripheral gambling", "shady dealings" and so on were already brewing in the minds of unscrupulous media people from all walks of life...
However, these people's articles were basically not completed in the end because...
At four o'clock in the afternoon on November 16, shortly after the press conference of the gods, Dream Company quietly issued an announcement on its official website that shocked the majority of media people.
[This pinnacle S2 finals can only be viewed by in-game players.]
What is this concept? According to the FAQ at the bottom of the announcement...this announcement does not mean that the finals will not be broadcast live to the public, but that...this finals will not even be "recorded".
To be more specific, only "players" who enter the Thriller Park game in "sleep mode" through the game cabin, and who have created a character before midnight on November 16, 2055... can watch it.
Competition; those who do not meet the above conditions will not be able to connect to the game or be forcibly disconnected during the finals. As for other online live broadcast platforms... they will all be closed. Moreover, the video data of the finals will not be played afterwards.
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From a businessman's point of view, Dream Company's behavior is no different from going crazy...
First of all, judging from the current social attention of "Aviation Series 2", the advertising revenue before the finals alone is a business worth over 100 million. But... they don't even broadcast it live.
Secondly, if you don’t want to live broadcast, don’t live broadcast. This way, you can take out the game video and distribute it exclusively and make a lot of money. However, they actually said that they won’t even keep the video...
In addition, it makes no sense to exclude audiences other than existing players...
If this first announcement does not include the restriction of "create characters before November 16, 2055", it can still be understood as a marketing campaign... To put it bluntly, it is forcing people to play your game (the game cabin is not
Question, you can use it in an Internet cafe even if you don’t buy it). But Dream Company has limited the time. Even if you go to create a character in the game immediately after seeing the announcement, it will be useless...
This approach will definitely make those who are interested in the game but have not yet entered the game very dissatisfied...
To sum up, Dream Company’s decision is really inexplicable. Apart from losing a lot of money and potential players, there is basically no redeeming feature.
But...if you think about it carefully, no matter what the motivation is, their behavior has actually been foreshadowed...
As early as before the preliminaries ended, when Dream Company auctioned "match broadcast rights" for the first time, they were already prepared for this step... so all their broadcast rights were sold in stages.
In this way, when the finals come, they can suddenly announce that they will not sell the broadcast rights at this stage like they do now.
In addition, below the above-mentioned bombshell news, there is another announcement that has nothing to do with the vast majority of players.
[Instructions on prizes that have not been distributed in the preliminaries.]
There are only two "undistributed prizes in the preliminaries" mentioned in this announcement. One is a "limited edition T-shirt" and the other is the "forty-eight-hour qualification to experience the new version."
Other prizes in the preliminaries, including game currency, experience, equipment, etc., were already in place before the start of the semi-finals, but the above two items have not yet been distributed.
This time, the official has clearly stated the time and form of distribution: first, the T-shirts will be sent out today, and we will include free shipping; second, the limited-time experience function will be opened within a week after the finals.
So... what's the date of the finals?
The third announcement is [Apex Contest S2 final "Twilight of the Gods" will be held at 0:00 on November 19th.] (~^~)
