Of course, this ranking is purely based on the number of players.
"World of Warcraft" is a paid game with entry barriers for players, while the later "League of Legends" is a free game with no entry barriers. The number of active players of the two naturally varies.
However, times are constantly developing, and nothing can last forever. The same is true for online games. New products are constantly appearing from generation to generation, impacting the status of old games.
A few years later, the number of players of "League of Legends" was eventually surpassed by other online games. Later, several classic games appeared around the world, with active players counting in the hundreds of millions.
Later, Time Inc. appeared, and virtual technology officially became popular all over the world. However, online games were gradually eliminated because more powerful virtual worlds replaced all online games.
As for the number of users, it has no statistical significance, because everyone in the world is a user of the virtual world. If we really want to count, then there are as many users in the virtual world as there are people in the world.
The progress of the times is often accompanied by nodes, and these nodes will remain in the records of history. The reason why Huang Yi, a person more than a hundred years later, knows games such as "World of Warcraft" and "League of Legends" is that
Because these were all nodes in history.
Seeing the four characters "World of Warcraft" on the poster, Huang Yi finally understood the time and place he was in now - this was Chenzhou City more than a hundred years ago, but it was virtualized by the Time Company system.
Huang Yi couldn't help but become even more puzzled. What on earth was Mr. Huang Sha trying to do by teleporting him to such a special virtual world? He was obviously going to undergo the third-turn trial of the second world, but what he saw in front of him was completely different from that of the second world.
The world has nothing to do with it.
This is indeed an SSS-level trial!
Huang Yi had at least some basic clues about the trials he had experienced before, but in the trial before him, he had no idea what was going on, and he didn't even know how to start.
"Our boss said we will capture Shabak tonight!"
"It's 2006 now. You're still playing Legends! Come play World of Warcraft with me. It's so fun. It's like a real second world. You can try it too!"
"I can't understand World of Warcraft, and the 3D game makes me dizzy. I still think Legend is fun!"
At this time, Huang Yi heard the conversation of two young men next to him. The two young men were wearing vests and tattoos and holding two cigarettes. While talking, they walked towards the Urban E Station Internet Cafe in front.
Huang Yi's heart moved, and he couldn't help but walk towards the urban E-station Internet cafe.
In such an era, if there is anything remotely related to the second world, it is Internet cafes. The second world is the virtual world of the future. And online games are equivalent to the second world of this era.
Huang Yi followed a group of running students, slowly walked into the stairs, and climbed up to the second floor. After going upstairs, there was an open glass door with four large yellowed characters on each side, namely
——"Fibre-optic Internet access, air conditioning turned on."
It was hot summer at this time. It was noon again, and it was very hot. Huang Yi had just stayed on the street below for a while, and he was already sweating profusely. The cool breeze coming out of the glass door was very hot on his body.
The ground is comfortable.
He took a deep breath and walked into the Internet cafe.
The Internet cafe was full of smoke and bustling, and it was already full. Many of them were students who had just finished school. They were sitting in front of computers, concentrating on operating the mouse and keyboard. There were various online games on the monitor screen.
.There are still many people who did not occupy a seat and could only stand behind other people's chairs and watch others play with envy.
"It turns out that Internet cafes are like this." Huang Yi, the "traveler", shuttled back and forth in the Internet cafe, looking at everything in front of him curiously. More than a hundred years later, Internet cafes have long since disappeared, and things like computers have also disappeared.
It has long been replaced by more advanced optical computers, and computers can only be seen in places like museums and antique markets.
Huang Yi walked around the Internet cafe a few times and got more useful information. The most popular online games in this era are "Kart Runner", "World of Warcraft", "QQ Fantasy", "Audition", and "Fantasy Westward Journey"
》And so on. The cost of Internet access varies. The cheapest is two yuan an hour in the lobby area, three yuan an hour in a booth, and five yuan an hour in a private room.
However, whether it is the lobby, booths or private rooms, they are all overcrowded. As soon as a computer is turned off, it will be snatched away by those waiting for it.
Huang Yi touched his pocket and suddenly took out a red banknote, which was exactly one hundred yuan of this era!
There is no time limit on this trial on the surface, but it is actually limited in other ways. Life requires money. If the one hundred yuan is used up and he still fails to pass this strange trial, then he will probably
The trial was judged to have failed!
Huang Yi saw that the Internet cafe was overcrowded and couldn't find a machine for a while, so he simply logged off and went back to Rose Prison to eat something and do some exercise.
Two hours later, he went online again. At this time, he still appeared in the Internet cafe. Everyone was surfing the Internet, and no one noticed his arrival.
The Internet cafe was a lot empty, and all the students were gone. They must have gone back to school, and there were a lot of empty machines.
Huang Yi followed the example of others and went to the cashier first and spent 20 yuan to get a membership card. This was 2006, and no ID was needed to access the Internet.
Then, he randomly found a corner against the wall in the cheapest lobby area and turned on a computer.
It was early afternoon, and the internet cafe was quiet except for the sound of keyboard typing from time to time, and the internet cafe's public speakers were playing songs.
"I will play Chopin's nocturne for you to commemorate my dead love, and I will remain anonymous for you and play the piano under the moonlight..." At this time, a young man next to him suddenly started humming along with the singing in the Internet cafe, but he was tone deaf and was obviously not there.
On tone.
This young man had a short haircut, wore a white vest and large underpants, and had a cigarette in his mouth. He was about twenty years old. At this time, he was holding the mouse tightly, pressing the keyboard with his fingers, and staring at the computer intently.
Screen, playing an online game.
The game screen was very rough. The young man controlled a mage-like person, firing lightning over and over again, and dealing with a samurai holding a sword. There was a big circle in the lower left corner of the screen, with blue on one side and red on the other.
Conspicuous.
Suddenly, the red semicircle suddenly became empty, and the mage man controlled by the young man lay on the ground, seemingly killed by the warrior.
"Fuck, he's dead again!" The young man took a puff of cigarette and cursed. Then, he clicked the mouse, and a panel popped up on the screen. There was a person on the panel, which was the samurai holding the sword just now.
Next to the image of the warrior, there were small frames with pieces of equipment on them. The young man moved the mouse to each frame and looked at them one by one.
"Damn, this warrior is so good at holding dragon-slaying knives and paralysis rings. I don't know how much money I paid to get this equipment! I paid so much to play in a private server. There's something wrong with my brain." The young man was cursing over and over while checking.
Hearing the words "Dragon Slaying Knife" and "Paralysis Ring", Huang Yi could probably guess that this should refer to very powerful equipment, just like his epic equipment in the second world.
It will be very powerful and can kill others at will. As for the word 'private server', Huang Yi is confused and doesn't know what it is.
At this time, Huang Yi's machine had also been started, and a blue interface appeared on the screen, with the four characters "Wanxiang Network Management" written on it. Below were two boxes where he needed to enter his account and password.
Huang Yi pulled out the keyboard and spent a long time before finally entering his membership card number and password and successfully logged in.
The computer desktop flashed a few times, and then several icons appeared, namely "Movie Music", "Game Menu", "Chat Tool" and so on.
Huang Yi moved the mouse, shook it back and forth a few times, got familiar with the feel, and finally clicked on the "Game Menu".
The computer screen flashed and a new interface popped up. Inside was a dazzling array of small icons, densely packed with at least hundreds of games.
Huang Yi browsed through these icons one by one. Popular games such as "World of Warcraft", "QQ Fantasy", "Fantasy Westward Journey", etc. are all placed at the front and marked with red words, which are very conspicuous. And the rest
The game is relatively deserted, with icons submerged in the game menu.
Huang Yi had never played any of these games, and he didn't know how to complete this trial, so he could only browse aimlessly, as if he had nothing to do.
"Boss, come and pack the soft white sand!" At this time, the young man playing Legend next to him suddenly waved his hand towards the cashier and shouted.
The Internet cafe owner quickly came over with a pack of white cigarettes, and the young man gave the owner four yuan in a familiar manner.
The young man couldn't wait to tear open the cigarette case, took out one and put it in his mouth, took out the lighter and lit it, and took a deep breath with a look of enjoyment on his face.
At this time, the young man turned his head and glanced at Huang Yi's computer screen. Seeing Huang Yi's eyes aimlessly browsing through the game diagrams, he couldn't help but smile, took out a cigarette from the cigarette case, and threw it in Huang Yi's hand.
On the table, he said: "Brother, you are looking for a game to play! You can try Legend and I will help you upgrade!"
Huang Yi was startled, and soon realized that the young man was talking to him. He reached for the cigarette on the table, put it into his mouth, and said vaguely: "I have never played Legend, so I don't know how to play it!