Otherworldly Architect

September 1.

Blue Star's two regular server groups for "Xia Xing Xing", as well as two temporary server groups, as well as the entire operation and maintenance team stationed there, are confidently welcoming the wave of players.

...and then exploded with confidence.

"Huh?! Could you say it again?"

"It's been fifteen minutes since the launch, and the average player request is 2.5 billion, with a peak of 3.1 billion! Boss, all servers are under high pressure, and the external chain channels are all blocked!"

"Where do so many players come from!!! How many download channels are blocked?"

"Boss, we don't know this yet, because the official website on the blog has been down, not to mention the download link..."

Long before the start of the public beta, the official website of Blue Star has already opened the download of the official version of "Xia Ke Xing".

It's just that before 12:00 on September 1st, all servers are closed to the public, and players cannot log in to the game.

The game download channel is naturally distributed to various partners through the studio.

These include the two platforms of IPP and Atlas, countless other small and medium-sized digital media distribution platforms, as well as self-media websites such as blogs, as well as comprehensive online live broadcast platforms such as Fat Cat TV, and finally several game news sites.

For example, gaming studios and other major websites for game evaluation and player voting have released the page of "Knight's Xing" early in the morning, marked "launch on September 1".

For such unreleased games, although players cannot rate, they can click the "look forward to" button to indicate that they want to play the game.

Long before the Blue Star Carnival, the player expectation value of "Xia Ke Xing" exceeded 10 billion person-times, sweeping the major rankings of major websites, basically undefeated.

Other game publishers in the Sixth Star Province have to avoid its edge for a while, and no one dares to continue to set the file at the time point of early September.

But relative to the total number of players, most people are still more than happy to download the game client itself a few hours before the game starts.

Of course, before and after the 12:00 open test is naturally a peak period of a wave of traffic requests.

So now, some people feel as if the servers all over the world are on the verge of collapse...

——Bluestar's official website is slow to death!

- I can't log in to the blog!

——Even the real-time statistics of gamingstudio have collapsed, and the click is blank!

This is definitely one of the major "traffic accidents" in the history of the sixth star province's network.

Blue Star's back-end team leader, Horace, was already sweating profusely, and rushed to the rescue with the members of the operation and maintenance team.

Fortunately, with preparations in advance, two additional servers can be rented at a high price to temporarily relieve the pressure on the main server group.

You must know that the server group is not a simple 1+1=2 effect.

Just to integrate resources together so that all players can stay in the same world, what is needed is already the top service technology in the interstellar space.

Fortunately, the technical department on Blue Star's side was barely able to withstand the pressure...

Otherwise, only one-third of the billions of players will be able to enter the game, and the rest will have to spend at least an afternoon in the long queue.

Of course, even now, when most players log in, they are still faced with a cold queue prompt box.

[In line. 】

【Ahead of you: about 92 million players...】

[Estimated waiting time: 1200 minutes. 】

Just looking at these numbers makes me despair.

What's even more frustrating is that the server's estimated wait time may not be correct.

Because I also know that the players who can enter the game in front of them will not quit the game in a short time.

——As long as it is a fun game, the first time you enter the experience must be at least three hours to start! People who go offline at a glance and then come back in line are fools!

At this time, from the outside world, Bluestar Studio was still calm, and while the temporary announcement made an apology to the players, the new server team had already taken office.

A large part of the players who were squeezed into the login interface were put in again, and the entire official forum suddenly had the cleanest day ever.

No one knows, in fact, the interior of Blue Star is also in chaos...

"Hurry up! What about the status of the main server? Directly put it on the big screen and monitor it at any time!"

"The pressure of the novice village has also exceeded 120%, so let the AI ​​temporarily squeeze two more villages out!"

"New bugs have been discovered in the background, and there are 12 of them, of which there are 2 'critical levels', and the relevant programmers have been asked to investigate urgently..."

"There is a bug in the body of a 200-pound female in the face pinching session. Kevin just fixed it, and I will update it in five minutes!"

The studio was full of traffic, and countless people were running and working.

Ming Yan certainly won't stand there to add to the block at this time, so he sits in his office and monitors the various data and actual situation of "Xia Ke Xing".

On his right, a holographic projection screen is displaying the communication with Xia Cheng.

Xia Chengzheng stared at the constantly updated server data across the two screens: "Can you withstand another two groups temporarily? I don't think renting for 24 hours is enough..."

After listening to Ming Yan, he couldn't help laughing: "Let the professional questions be left to the professionals. Why do you seem more nervous than them?"

Xia Cheng said: "Dear! You've been working on a game for over a year and it's online! It's the first multiplayer online game in Bluestar's history, can I not be nervous?"

Ming Yan was not happy and said, "Drink more hot water."

Xia Cheng: "??"

Ming Yan said: "Relieve the tension."

Xia Cheng: "..." Is hot water everything?

Just as he was talking, the secretary sister who happened to be Mingyan also came in with hot water.

She doesn't understand the game, and she is one of the most laid-back people right now. She also said: "Boss, Horace said the server has stabilized, no problem. He will be working overtime tonight to guard the server, if there is any problem, you can Text him directly."

Ming Yan said: "It's okay, so he doesn't have to stay up late, he can go directly to the staff dormitory to rest, or he can work remotely at home on standby."

The secretary said: "I can't sleep even if I let him sleep. I'll go and move him a camp bed outside the server."

Ming Yan sighed: "Why are you all so nervous?"

After speaking, he turned his head to look.

I saw that Xia Cheng was still staring at the online data, his hands were clenched, and he looked like a husband waiting outside the delivery room...

"...cough," Mingyan reluctantly persuaded, "don't get excited, the data doesn't matter. Lao Xia, anyway, this is the first time I've played this game, so it's just a test of the water. It's a success, of course. Well, it doesn't matter if you lose everything, Blue Star is not bad now, it's a big deal to make it back in the next game."

After he finished speaking, the secretary was stunned: what a confident local tyrant to speak! But if you think about it, it doesn't seem to be a problem? The genius designer who is favored by the players can be fearless? !

Then, she heard that Xia Cheng nodded and said, "Well, that's right. If Blue Star's funds are short of funds someday, I'll invest 10 billion to test the water."

Miss Secretary: "..." I can't understand this world anymore!

It's too exaggerated to say.

Not to mention the loss of "Xia Ke Xing", it can be seen from the data on the first day of the public beta that its future is almost limitless.

As of 24 hours after the opening of the public beta: the total number of downloads of the game "Xia Ke Xing" was 6.8 billion, the number of registered users was 8 billion, the average number of online users was 5 billion, the 24-hour player retention rate was 87%, and the player's favorable rate was 97%.

Open the 3% of the negative reviews, and most people are protesting: [The queue time is too long! 】

[It will definitely be crowded at the beginning of the service, but it can't be crowded like this! Almost squeezed me pregnant! 】

[Brothers, I beg you to go to the next line when you eat? I've been queuing for three hours, and I can't get in. You animals will never get off the line again? Don't pay for the card? 】

The charging method of "Xia Ke Xing" is the point card system, which is divided into two modes: time billing and monthly card.

And it also adopts a dual currency model.

——In other words, players can use real money to buy point cards, and they can also use in-game currency to buy them.

Either way, the price of the point card fluctuates with the market price.

Now that the server has just opened, there are no players who can use in-game currency (gold) to buy point cards, so everyone spends money to charge point cards.

But in fact, every newly registered user will receive 200 minutes of game time for free. If you are the owner of Blue Star's Little Red Badge, Little Gold Badge, Little Blue Badge, etc., you can get an additional 200 minutes for each badge.

This is also a player benefit that Blue Star has always had.

Now is the frenzy period of just opening the server, most players will naturally not feel distressed about the card.

Not to mention that they went offline while eating. Many people just didn’t want to eat at all. Some people have already discussed with their friends about “two shifts”—one person goes offline, and the other person takes over immediately. Non-stop to seize the opportunity!

It can be said that when the Blue Star Studio is working around the clock, the players are also working overtime all the time.

Some people stay up late in order to experience more game content;

Some people like the thrill of being one step ahead, and they have to be one of the highest-ranking group of people to play any game, so they have no regrets when they bury their heads in the level of training;

Some people want to seize the opportunity...

When the internal beta was deleted, the player who performed the show was here again!

This time, as soon as he was born, he went straight to the familiar place in Miao Jiang without even learning the initial martial arts.

After finding the little princess, she decisively coaxed, sweetly talked, and kidnapped her, and then ran into the sect and called "father-in-law" directly.

Unexpectedly, this time my father-in-law did not play cards according to common sense.

When the headmaster heard the situation, he became furious and rushed out with a knife: "Who dares to coax my precious Pearl into being fooled by his grandmother! Come out, I cut off his three legs and threw him into the Myriad Gu pit! "

Player: =mouth=! No, this is not the same as what was said! Father-in-law... No no, Sect Leader, listen to my explanation!

It's too late to say.

A "click" was heard.