After this year's E-Sports Festival, Lin Yao paid special attention to the situation of e-Sports players in various events.
Because there were few projects in the early stage of the Linmu E-Sports Festival, she also did it herself, so she knew most of the well-known e-sports players in the early stage.
But this year’s E-Sports Festival.
Tell the truth.
There are not many familiar faces.
The two teams that impressed her most.
Although the core members of "Breakout" NO.1 and FEIREN are still there, there are indeed a lot of people missing. Lin Yao paid special attention to their whereabouts.
It's not that they transferred, they retired to sell meat waffles... and live broadcast.
In FPS-related competitive events, age has the greatest impact.
As for the retired members, the reason why they retired... basically has a lot to do with their age.
Of course, it also has something to do with the live broadcast battle some time ago.
At the beginning, all the major live broadcast websites were spending money to poach anchors and discover new anchors at the same time.
In theory, when it comes to being a host, who else is more suitable than an e-sports player who can appear in the main events of the Linmu E-sports Festival and has huge popularity among players?
absolutely not.
On the one hand, I feel powerless as I age.
On the one hand, there is the temptation of high salaries on live streaming websites.
Many e-sports players chose to retire during that time.
Among them are members of two well-known teams in the "Breakout" project, NO.1 and FEIREN. The core members of the two teams, Lu Tai and Chen Xi, have not retired, but two veteran members of each team have chosen to retire.
And it is precisely for this reason that they are going through labor pains this year.
The results were not very good.
When Lin Yao opened the live broadcast website, she saw those familiar faces not sitting in the soundproof room of the stadium, but sitting in her bedroom playing games.
It's actually a little melancholy...
These e-sports players can be regarded as the earliest e-sports players in the country. They are not short of talent and hard work, but they have no choice but to push the waves ahead. The popularity of the Linmu E-sports Festival is high enough. There are always some who are more talented, harder working, and more powerful than them.
Young newcomers emerge.
Perhaps just a few milliseconds of reaction time is enough to determine life or death in the increasingly mature FPS e-sports project.
This is also the reason why they retired.
However, after retirement, the skills they have honed over the years in the professional arena are still there.
So it’s no problem to rank up and kill easily.
And every time after a killing blow, there will always be players asking through real-time comments - 'Why are you retiring if you are still so good?' 'Why don't you become famous professionally and become a anchor here?'
And every time I see such real-time comments, these players who were considered top professionals before retiring will fall silent.
If you have a bad mentality, your next operation will be deformed.
Lin Yao could barely understand them.
After all, this is not her previous life. The period of chaos in the e-sports industry is very short. At least the e-sports projects of Linmu Studio's games are not in chaos.
A famous professional player can not only enjoy the cheers on the stage, but also has a lot of commercial value. The salary alone is a lot of money.
Not to mention, Linmu Studio’s share of the props and skins produced for the champions every year, as well as the prize money from the competition.
If possible, they all want to continue enjoying the cheers on the stage instead of being anchors in the live broadcast room.
But the reality is so helpless.
He's not retired, but no one wants him.
This sentence is very interesting to laugh at.
But for e-sports players who really want to continue competing in the competition, it can be considered heartbreaking.
"Ms. Mu, sometimes I feel that time passes very slowly. I feel that we have only founded Linmu Studio not long ago. After all, Linmu Studio has risen so fast."
Lin Yao moved the mouse and gave a gift to the e-sports player on the screen who should be named Qi Xiao if she remembered correctly. At the same time, she said softly: "And every time at this time, looking at these people, I feel like
It really feels like a long time has passed..."
"Well, it has indeed been a long time."
Mu Wanqing's memory is not as good as Lin Yao's, and he can remember the names of so many e-sports players.
However, there are players who have retired from the "Breakout" event, and they are still top professional players whose names can be remembered by Lin Yao.
Not even one or two.
This incident itself represents the passage of time... You must know that "Breakout" is not declining. It is still the most important event of the e-sports festival, and the number of championships is only increasing every year.
"...I feel a little melancholy."
After Lin Yao finished delivering the gift, she put her hand on her cheek and said softly.
"..."
Mu Wanqing looked at Lin Yao's fair profile and smiled gently.
She really doesn't look like a boss sometimes.
Such as right now.
But she doesn't hate Lin Yao's emotional side.
She felt that it was precisely because of her emotional side that Lin Yao was not far away from her.
Rather than being gradually mythologized as the scale of Linmu Studio grew larger and larger, it became a creative tool man hanging high above Linmu Studio.
"Why are you laughing?" Lin Yao noticed the smile on Mu Wanqing's face.
"It's nothing... Although time flies by quickly, you haven't changed at all."
Mu Wanqing shook her head, and then chuckled: "It really hasn't changed at all, it hasn't matured much at all."
"Go away, don't open the pot and pick up the pot!"
Lin Yao got angry when she thought of this and glared at her angrily.
Mu Wanqing couldn't help laughing.
Lin Yao stopped paying attention to her and looked at the screen again.
On the screen, the anchor named Qi Xiao briefly thanked him for the gift and was about to continue ranking when a person suddenly broke into the black channel he was on. It was FEIREN, the current captain, his former teammate and college dormitory.
Friends, Lutai.
As soon as Lu Tai entered the black channel, he immediately said: "Qixiao! Open a box for me, let me feel the joy of your name, and see if there are any miraculous effects."
"roll!"
Hear a familiar voice.
Qi Xiao, who had been silent just now because of his real-time comments, immediately came to life and cursed.
In the real-time comment area, players also began to make real-time comments such as 'FEREN's captain and deputy captain combined', 'blatantly superstitious', and 'rank together'.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Lin Yao smiled and did not continue reading, but closed the live broadcast website.
She actually doesn't like watching live broadcasts very much, she just happened to see the news of Qi Xiao's retirement.
"Miss Mu, there is nothing wrong with the promotion plan for "Titanfall", just implement it as it is."
Lin Yao picked up the information on the table and handed it back to Mu Wanqing.
"Okay." Mu Wanqing accepted the information and responded.
"in addition."
Lin Yao glanced at the screen out of the corner of her eye, thought of something, and smiled softly: "Let's give these retired professional players of "Breakout" a copy of the game. Just treat it as a game announcement to some extent, and we can count it.
Linmu Studio still remembers the proof of these professional players.
Although the Linmu E-Sports Festival is now huge, we should not forget how the E-Sports Festival came to be.
As the pioneer of the "Breakout" project, the e-sports environment at that time was not very good. We deserve credit, but these e-sports players who came to compete without hesitation were also part of the effort to contribute to the e-sports festival.
I don’t want to get involved in the Linmu E-sports branch, and I don’t think I need to mention anything like the Hall of Fame. We’ll just do what we can, such as sending an email to give away games and the like.
I think those e-sports players who like FPS will also like this game."
"…email?"
Mu Wanqing smiled softly when she heard this, and then said: "Okay."
…
New year, January.
The release of "Assassin's Creed" is a big event.
But this is the only big thing that happened in the gaming industry.
Because other game peers have avoided its edge...
Therefore, "Assassin's Creed" can kill without any opponents...
However, no matter how good the game is, there will always be a day when it is played thoroughly, and although "Assassin's Creed" is almost impeccable as an entry-level stand-alone game, it was once even more popular than "Left 4 Dead".
But this type of game also has a fatal flaw, and that is - online experience.
No matter how you do it, the multiplayer aspect of this type of game cannot compare to Left 4 Dead.
The absence of multiplayer mode, or the multiplayer mode is not fun, means that players have less desire to continue playing, which means that the popularity of the game will not last long.
This is also the reason why many games in Lin Yao's previous life had to add a multiplayer mode, and they didn't even have single-player plots, and directly made buyout games into multiplayer games.
This can be regarded as a sequelae caused by the blurred boundaries of stand-alone online games.
At the same time, this is also the basis for Mou Feng's judgment that Tianhu needs to announce the news fifteen days after the release of "Assassin's Creed".
Because he also knows that it is not easy to have a multiplayer mode in this type of game, this is the perfect time for the popularity of "Assassin's Creed" to gradually dissipate and "Modern Scrolls" not yet announced.
so.
January 15th.
They got on time.
Just like their previous "Under the Dark Night".
Tianhu initially adopted a self-media publicity plan...
[Shocked! Tianhu new game! Investment doubled again, up to 500 million! The highest in the history of mobile games. 】
[The sword is pointed at Linmu Studio! It is rumored that Tianhu urgently transferred some of the production staff of "Under the Dark Night" to its MOBA mobile game project team, and the sword is pointed at Linmu Studio's "To the Top"!]
[Conceptual drawings of Tianhu’s MOBA project leaked...]
Tianhu's routine is not new.
It can even be said to be old.
But the shock body is really useful...
This is the highest, the finger of the sword, and the outflow.
No matter how disdainful the player is, they will become slightly interested when they see the title and click on it to take a look.
And as long as they click on it.
The fox would have succeeded that day.
After all, they have accepted the position of second place, and their current goal is no longer to compete with Lin Mu Studio, but to surpass other competitors except Lin Mu Studio, and be deeply bound to Lin Mu Studio, willing to be the second
.
In this situation.
If players can remember their mobile games without feeling too bad about them, it is considered a great success.
In fact.
Although the players can see that Tianhu wants to get involved.
But when I think about it, Linmu Studio has been producing games like taking medicine during this period...
At the same time, I think about the quality of Linmu Studio’s games during this period, and the situation of domestic game companies...
Especially the situation of Tianhu, the second most famous company after Lin Mu Studio...
They really felt sorry for this unlucky guy...who had encountered such a rival as Linmu Studio.
So even though they knew that Tianhu was trying to get into trouble, the players didn't have much resentment. If they were really unhappy, they would just make a few comments.
It’s not easy for Tianhu either…
so.
Tianhu's strategy was quite successful.
At least the first day was considered a success.
Many players were still attracted to the game, even if they were making fun of the pitiful Tianhu, they could only survive in the cracks to avoid its sharp edges. It took more than ten years after the release of "Assassin's Creed" to dare to announce it.
That’s also popular!
Because after these players teased Tianhu, they also remembered their MOBA mobile game.
Although many players have complained on the forum that there is a huge gap between them and Linmu Studio.
Linmu Studio makes 3A, and Tianhu spends 500 million to make mobile games...
Mou Feng also saw these complaints.
But he didn't mind.
He has realized his weakness and is invincible.
And if you want to complain, just complain. It’s enough if you can remember Tianhu’s mobile games. Other colleagues don’t have such treatment if they want!
Mou Feng let go of the mouse and sighed: "Sure enough, this is the best time."
"Yes, even though I was complained about, my colleagues are probably so envious that their teeth will be broken."
Li Guangsheng also sighed: "At least our mobile games can still be remembered by players in the cracks, and they will complain about it. When other peers announce the news, they won't even make splashes!"
"Well, let's keep up the good work."
Mou Feng stood up and said: "We will take advantage of this golden time to leave a deep impression on the players as much as possible!"
…
Tianhu began to announce its own MOBA mobile game.
This can be regarded as injecting a mudslide into the game market where Linmu Studio was originally the only one in the electronic fish market.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Although it polluted the clear stream.
But at least there has been a change.
It’s no longer Linmu Studio and his family making waves in the fish pond.
Players are also willing to discuss, although the number is not large, most of them still complain.
But Tianhu's mobile game can at least be remembered as the game name after the launch of "To the Top" and Linmu Studio's crazy launch of traditional games.
This is already not easy.
So the next day.
Tianhu continued its efforts and increased relevant publicity, hoping to get more players to deeply participate in the discussion and let more players remember their own MOBA mobile games.
However, the effect is not very good.
The main reason is that the tastes of gamers have been cultivated recently. Memorizing the name of a game with just one or two complaints is already the limit. Not many people are willing to discuss mobile games that are still in the state of being a pie in the sky like a stand-alone game.
Mou Feng also noticed this situation and began to think of a solution urgently.
He has begun to consider whether to expand his skills, such as making a hero with ridiculously exaggerated strength that can instantly kill other players, and then deliberately leaking it to the players for discussion.
but.
His idea was neither finalized nor implemented.
Because the problems he encountered were solved by others...
Tianhu's dilemma did not last long...
That night.
Pengcheng.
After Kong Bo finished his dinner, he opened the Vaporwave game platform as usual and prepared to play the chicken-eating game "Battle Royale".
But he just sat down, put on his headphones, and was ready for everything.
10 gigabytes of updates.
It directly extinguished half of his enthusiasm.
He just happened to be updated.
"Is Battle Royale also updated? This seems not to have been disclosed at the E-Sports Festival!"
Kong Bo was a little helpless, but his network was okay, so he didn't break the defense too much, but he was a little confused.
Logically speaking.
Major version updates of such large-scale online games have already been revealed at e-sports festivals.
But he followed the entire E-Sports Festival last year and didn’t even think about the updates about Battle Royale.
But this game was suddenly updated on this day, and it was not a small update, it was more than ten gigabytes in size.
"What exactly is this update..."
Kong Bo was curious and clicked on the update announcement.
Then.
He was confused.
The entire announcement spends a lot of space telling the story background of "Battle Royale" that Linmu Studio will complete with this update.
The announcement is very long.
It was also very difficult for him to watch.
but why?
While Kong Bo was reading, he thought of a question.
He couldn't figure out the reason why Linmu Studio did this. The story background of this game was quite complete.
The main stage of the game takes place on the space border. There used to be two forces here that have been fighting for hundreds of years. They seem to be called the IMC and the Resistance. When they left, they took away everything of value and plunged the border into chaos.
Many people on the border had no way to survive, so they were forced to leave their hometowns, while some brave people went to the border.
The so-called frontier is the remote planet group far away from the border. It has not been invaded by war and is full of resources and opportunities. However, human life is worthless there, and dangers are hidden in every corner...
At the same time, the pioneers, explorers and bandits there were constantly fighting, so they used competitions to resolve their disputes.
The so-called competition.
It’s ‘Battle Royale’, the battle royale.
The players controlled by the player come from all over the border to compete for money, fame, or glory...
He figured out the story background when the game was first released.
He has played the game for nearly a thousand hours now.
He didn't expect that Linmu Studio suddenly wanted to complete the background story.
Kong Bo was curious and continued to pull down.
See updates for specific game content.
Then, he was stunned again.
[Newly added map - 'Old Battlefield Typhon', the legendary pilot Jack Cooper has officially become the battlefield where the pilot is located. Although the place is completely different, you can still see the battle that year.
There are no traces, but this place is still full of dangers...]
[Newly added weapons - Wingman auxiliary pistol, a powerful revolver; Hemlock repeating assault rifle, a three-shot assault rifle with extremely fast firing rate...]
[New Legend - Valkyrie, the Winged Avenger, she somehow inherited her father's Titan and gained the ability to fly. Passive skills: vertical take-off and landing jet; tactical skills: missiles falling from the sky; unique moves
:Skyline dive...]
Kong Bo was even more confused when he saw the introduction of the newly added maps, weapons, and new heroes.
etc.
Who is Jack Cooper?
What is Pilot?
What is a Titan?
He was confused and couldn't understand the purpose of Linmu Studio suddenly adding so many characters and settings...
Wait... purpose?
Kong Bo suddenly became excited, thought of something, and opened his mouth slightly.
Then, as if his instinct was triggered, he switched directly from the library to the homepage of the Vaporwave game platform.
"..."
A few seconds later.
Kong Bo looked at the content on the homepage of the Vaporwave gaming platform and his eyes widened suddenly.
On the homepage, it is exactly the same as when "Left 4 Dead" and "Assassin's Creed" were announced, with a new promotional image appearing...
And the first thing that catches the eye.
This is the main body of the promotional image.
On the battlefield, fire and smoke were everywhere, and a huge mecha stood in the center of the battlefield.
It knelt on one knee, maintaining a descending posture, holding an exaggerated giant sword full of mechanical beauty in its right hand.
In front of the mecha, stood a soldier wearing a jet suit. His face could not be seen clearly because he was wearing a helmet full of technology.
The only thing that could be seen was the flash of light from the giant mecha's head and the flash of light from the soldier's helmet.
One man and one mecha stood on the battlefield.
Standing in front of the smoke and fire.
handsome!
So handsome!
The promotional pictures are reflected in the pupils.
Kong Bo felt that all his long-sealed mecha souls and middle souls came rushing up.
And this time.
Only then did he see the text in the promotional image - "Titanfall"!
no doubt.
This is a new game!
And it’s a new game with mecha elements!
"Fuck! Fuck! Fuck!!!"
After Kong Bo clicked on the store page, he shouted three "F*ck" words very loudly.
I was so shocked that I couldn't help myself.
Linmu Studio!!!
Lin Yao's appearance appeared in his mind.
Just when I was about to ask myself whether she was an angel as usual.
Sudden.
The name of another company broke into his heart.
Tianhu...
He also saw the news about the fox meeting the porcelain yesterday and complained about it.
So the impression is quite profound.
And just yesterday, he said on the forum that he had succeeded in stealing the chicken from Tianhu.
but now……
Kong Bo looked at the promotional picture of "Tata Falls", his expression slowly became weird, and then...a few seconds later.
Phew.
He couldn't hold himself any longer.
I couldn't help but laugh out loud.
He wasn't laughing at Tianhu, not really, he just couldn't help it...
And this moment.
Players who have the same idea as him.
a lot of.
Much.
So it was unexpected.
That night.
The word frequently mentioned in major game forums, besides "Titanfall", is also Tianhu...
And here we are.
Mou Feng no longer has to worry about players not discussing Tianhu and their mobile games.
Because they were mobile games announced yesterday.
And "Titanfall" was announced today... just one day apart.
This is so comedy!
Players have begun to call their MOBA mobile game promotion method "unlucky egg promotion"...
Players are very impressed with Tianhu's mobile games and Tianhu itself...
The game name is remembered.
But I didn’t remember it completely.
The strategy was successful.
But it didn't work out the way they expected.
Sky Fox.
During his break, Mou Feng saw the grand scene on the forum and quickly opened the Vaporwave game platform...
Then, he opened his mouth and his whole body froze on the spot.
After a long time.
"……grass!!!!"
this day.
Mou Feng and Li Guangsheng both broke their defenses.