This is not a BUG, this is a game feature

This is not the first time Tianba Studio has experienced this kind of game being reported.

However, reports as outrageous as "Once Upon a Time in a Mountain Village" are still a bit rare, especially the identity of the reporter, combined with the charge of "promoting feudal superstition", is really embarrassing.

Brother Ba is away, Huang Qing is the boss of the studio, and he is responsible for handling this matter.

In this regard, he only had one plan, and that was to ignore it!

joke!

This kind of nonsensical report would be taken seriously by another reporter. But he was reported by a group of "scamming" fortune tellers, so there was no need to pay any attention to them.

"We want to clarify that the divination function of "Once Upon a Time in a Mountain Village" is not mystical, but a scientific probability calculation!"

Huang Qing said seriously: "These fortune tellers don't understand science or what the computer Internet is, so they misunderstood."

It doesn’t matter if they don’t understand, as long as someone understands.

This blame cannot be placed on Tianba Studio. On the contrary, they can use this matter to further hype the popularity of "scientific divination" and let more people pay attention to the game "Once Upon a Time in the Village".

Win, win!

Facts have proved that Huang Qing's handling was no problem. When a group of fortune tellers jointly reported the news of "Once Upon a Time in a Mountain Village" and it became a hot search topic, netizens all burst into laughter.

"Hahaha, does this count as the rage after having your job ruined?"

"Perhaps these masters never dreamed that one day they would lose their jobs to a small program built into the game."

"It's so funny, why didn't the master who is so good at calculations not predict this day? Originally, I planned to ask the master to predict the auspicious day and time when I got married. Now, I feel like I might as well do a divination for myself in "Once Upon a Time in the Village"..."

"Steady, bro! Indeed, compared to these nagging masters, I am more willing to believe in "Once Upon a Time in a Mountain Village"!"

"Sparrow food! They are also playing metaphysics. Do you believe in these masters? Or do you believe in Brother Yishou?"

Brother Ba YYDS!

This is the common sentiment of many netizens after the news fermented.

Especially through many netizens’ revelations and spoofs, after seeing that these masters who are usually “capable of pinching and calculating” were all defeated by a game, I strengthened my confidence.

Metaphysics, right?

Who are you looking for when engaging in metaphysics? Compared to these masters, Brother Ba's "scientific divination" is indeed more trustworthy.

Although……

The divination function of "Once Upon a Time in a Mountain Village" seems to only be able to predict one's own luck in the game, but cannot predict good or bad luck in reality.

But here comes the problem.

Can these fortune-telling masters accurately calculate the good and bad luck in reality?

Neither can they!

Things like fortune telling and divination are inherently metaphysical, and no one dares to guarantee that they are 100% accurate. Anyway, it’s all ambiguity and mystery, so who doesn’t believe it?

At least the divination function of "Once Upon a Time in the Village" can calculate your gaming fortune, but these masters cannot. Based on this alone, Brother Ba has already won too much.

At the beginning, it was only some netizens who used the divination system of "Once Upon a Time in the Village" to predict auspicious days and times for themselves with the mentality of giving it a try.

Later, as some middle-aged and elderly people entered the scene, the situation instantly became more bizarre.

In fact, young people do not believe in the power of metaphysics, but simply think that since "Once Upon a Time in the Village" can calculate my fortune in the game, it is quite fun and I want to share it with my parents to experience it.

The ideas of middle-aged and elderly people are different from those of young people.

Their recognition of the metaphysics of fortune telling and divination is definitely far higher than that of young people. And when they experienced the divination function of "Once Upon a Time in a Mountain Village", they were instantly astonished!

What the hell?

Is there such a game? How can a game be so amazing that it can even tell you your future fortune, good and bad luck?

This is awesome, really amazing!

The level of superstition among middle-aged and elderly people is beyond everyone’s imagination. And their use of the divination function of "Mountain Village Past" also opened the eyes of young people.

What does an auspicious day mean?

This is all trivial. For any big or small matter at home, you must first turn on the computer and ask the magical "Hu Xi" master.

Yes, Master Hu Xi...

Hu Xi, the protagonist of "Once Upon a Time in a Mountain Village", is respectfully called Master Hu Xi by these middle-aged and elderly players because he appears throughout the game.

Master Hu Xi is amazing, ask him to tell your fortune, it’s guaranteed to be reliable!

The key is, don’t charge money…

"This is the most important reason, right?" Lao Luo said speechlessly.

Compared with real-life masters who charge expensive fees and have unknown accuracy, and rely entirely on deception, the "Hu Xi" master in the game is not only accurate, but also free of charge.

No charge, accurate calculation!

These two points completely grasped the characteristics of middle-aged and elderly people who love petty gains, and they grasped them firmly, making them firmly believe in the hexagrams of Master "Hu Xi".

"Is there a problem?"

Xiao Lu nodded and said, "Do you know what my dad does first thing when he gets up every day?"

"not……"

Before Lao Luo finished speaking, Xiao Lu said with certainty: "Yes, it's just what you thought. When you get up, turn on the computer and do a divination for yourself."

Absolutely amazing!

Xiao Lu was shocked by his father's brain circuit. He said more than once that "Once Upon a Time in the Village" is just a game, and the divination function is just a computer program.

But he couldn't resist his father, who had been poisoned by "Once Upon a Time in a Mountain Village" and had no doubts about Master Hu Xi's divination results.

"What happened to the computer program?"

"He can calculate accurately. Is there a problem if I call him a master? Do you think Master Hu Xi can't calculate accurately?"

The old father's rhetorical question immediately silenced Xiao Lu.

Not accurate?

How does he know if the calculation is accurate? This thing is pure metaphysics and idealism. Isn’t it a matter of just one sentence whether it is accurate or not?

Moreover, this thing is calculated as "game luck". It has to be associated with real-life luck. This...is this too far-fetched and outrageous?

"If Brother Ba knew that the function he created would be used like this, he would probably be shocked, right?" Lao Luo said with a dumb smile.

As everyone knows.

Brother Ba has always emphasized that metaphysics is pure nonsense. The divination system of "Once Upon a Time in the Village" is not metaphysics, but uses the data collected by the game to perform certain probability calculations and predictions.

To put it bluntly, this is the same as the "real-time winning rate" predicted by a certain Colonel KI during the LOL game.

Predicting a team's winning rate based on real-time game results and data. Is this metaphysics? Oh, the colonel has poisonous milk properties? That’s okay!

"Forget it, just do whatever you want."

Xiao Lu said helplessly: "I'm just worried that these people will use "Once Upon a Time in a Mountain Village" to divine good or bad luck in reality. If they find out that it's inaccurate, they won't come to trouble us, right?"

"Don't worry, it won't happen!"

"Why do you think those bluffing fortune tellers aren't afraid of their clients getting into trouble?"

Lao Luo rolled his eyes and said: "Let's not talk about who will cause trouble because of this. Even if someone does come to make trouble, this kind of reason does not even meet the standards for filing a case."

"Once Upon a Time in a Mountain Village" is just a game. It does not cheat money, nor does Tianba Studio claim to be "straightforward", so why should we cause trouble for them?

"That's true..."

Xiao Lu muttered, then seemed to remember something, and asked Lao Luo: "By the way, have you paid attention to the latest transaction in the "Speed ​​Fury" section of Tianning Pavilion?"

"You mean that shop deal worth 2 million?"

"Yes! This seems to be a bit too hyped. Do you think you should inform Brother Ba?"

Xiao Lu said sadly: "I used to think that the behavior of speculating in real estate in games like "The Survival Simulator" was outrageous enough. I never expected that something more important would be coming..."

No matter how much real estate speculation is done in "Household Simulator", it is just a transaction of game currency. To put it bluntly, this kind of thing should be regarded as an anecdote at most, and no one will take it seriously.

But the current store hype transactions in "Speed" are not game coins, but real soft girl coins, and they have even been speculated to a high price of two million...

Who doesn’t panic after hearing this?

What is the concept of two million? Many people will not be able to earn this amount of money in their lifetime. If it is in cash, it can be said that 90% of people in the country cannot afford two million.

But with so much money, I bought a "virtual" real estate shop in the game!

This amount was beyond Xiao Lu's imagination and made him feel a little worried. Because anyone with a discerning eye knows that this is a completely "hyped" price.

Nothing but bubbles, bubbles!

The more he thought about it, the more panicked he became. He always felt that if the hype continued like this, "Speed" would have a big problem sooner or later.

The players are just crazy.

As game officials, they must come forward to stop or solve this "game real estate speculation" behavior from the source.

Today, a shop in the game was sold for a sky-high price of 2 million. Will it have to be sold for 3 million or 5 million tomorrow?

Is this thing worth so much money?

not worth!

Not to mention millions, even if it was hundreds of thousands or tens of thousands, Xiao Lu felt it was outrageous. Why can a few strings of codes in the game be sold for so much money?

"We really need to treat the players!"

Lao Luo agreed deeply: "And you only noticed the store transactions. You didn't notice that there is another thing that is also being maliciously hyped."

"Speed" is Tianningge's top-selling game, and many game characters and game props are traded every day.

Among them, in addition to the most eye-catching online mode "shop", there is also a game prop with an equally high price - a rare racing car!

When he was making the game "Speed" and proposed adding a "durability" setting to the racing cars in the game, Brother Ba used "CS:GO" as an example.

It turns out.

Brother Ba may have anticipated this day. The rare racing cars of "Speed" have formed a huge industrial chain just like the gun skins of "CS:GO".

A rare and expensive racing car is listed for sale in Tianning Pavilion, and it can easily be sold for hundreds or even thousands of dollars!

And if this car has limited repairs and good durability, it will be even more valuable...

Exactly the same!

The only difference is that CS:GO's gun skins and other things can be obtained through official box openings, which has a bit of a "gambling" element.

As for the precious and rare racing cars in "Speed", there are more ways to obtain them. They can only be obtained by modifying and manufacturing them in the game, participating in competitions and achieving good results, breaking records or refreshing rankings, achieving special achievements, etc.

This method of acquisition determines that the precious racing cars in "Speed" are really rare, and most of them are "unique" models.

So there is absolutely no pressure at all when it comes to hype. After all, who doesn’t love a car that is unique and has special attributes or meaning?

"This is okay..."

Xiao Lu disagrees with this. At worst, it will become the next CS:GO. Anyway, you can build your own car in the game, so there won't be any big trouble.

The key is still shop transactions. This hype is too outrageous. Regardless of whether it really works, who knows what the hype will be like in the future?

"The question is how to manage it?"

"Is it possible to imitate the operation of "Household Simulator" and directly intervene in regulating the prices of store transactions?" Lao Luo complained.

"That trick is useless. There is only one way to curb this kind of hype, and that is to reduce the difficulty of obtaining online mode stores."

Something that is one in a million is bound to be very precious, and the price will be very high and ridiculous. But if everyone has one of these things, will anyone still cherish it, or even speculate on the price?

Xiaolu's solution is to change the online mode to a "battle situation system", so that players can be divided into different battle situations. Each battle situation has a separate batch of online shops.

In this way, the shops in the online mode are worthless. After all, how many players are there in a battle?

"Okay, then I'll do as you say."

Lao Luo nodded and said: ""Speed" should have changed to the online mode a long time ago. So many players are crowded in one line, causing the server to collapse every three days..."

Players have long been dissatisfied with this.

In the online mode, you can learn from the approach of "Horizon 5". It seems that everyone is crowded in one place, but in fact, if you don't invite a team, it will be difficult to meet another person on the map.

A battle system like GTA would also work.

However, the battle situation still accommodates too few players. It would be better to accommodate more players, otherwise the online mode will be no different from the stand-alone mode.

"I think it would be ideal to accommodate 2,000-3,000 players in one branch of the online mode."

Lao Luo suggested: "Too many will cause excessive pressure on the server, and too few will make the map appear too deserted. You will not be able to meet other players even if you wander around for a long time."

"I think so too."

"When Brother Ba comes back from the conference, I must ask him to allocate funds to upgrade our server configuration plan and bandwidth."

Xiao Lu was really fed up.

After all, it can be regarded as one of the top game companies at home and abroad, but its servers are so bad, and it always suffers from intermittent convulsions. It is nicknamed the "potato server". How is this inappropriate?

If you don’t need this little money, with the financial resources of the studio, you can build any data center. Why bother to make players complain one after another?

Bullshit potato server!

That's just Brother Ba being stingy and reluctant to upgrade. As long as Brother Ba is willing to spend his personal money, it's no problem to replace the server with a shotgun.

Even a little exaggerated...

Isn't "Don't Leave After School" millions of people online at the same time? It’s no problem for these millions of players to play on the same server!