novelraw Chapter 28 Public Opinion
Chapter 28 Public Opinion
What does "trash game" mean? Why are almost all the closed beta players male?
[You trash game company, you're actually engaging in gender discrimination!]
[This game is trash; it's not even worth a penny of the game "Under the Stars" next door.]
Just as Ai Yi released the closed beta announcement for "Otherworld Online" and announced the lottery for 100,000 closed beta test qualifications, the official forum of "Otherworld Online" suddenly saw a surge of malicious comments.
As she watched the malicious comments scrolling through the forum, Ai frowned involuntarily.
"What's going on?"
Ai didn't quite understand.
Although he had selected a majority of male players to deal with the orc army in Blackwater City, there were still female players among them!
Not a quarter, but a fifth...
Okay, Ai might be at fault in this matter.
The problem is that players didn't complain much about this. At most, male players would complain that there were too few women, and then they would happily go and flirt with the female NPCs.
After all, it's normal for large-scale competitive games to have more male players.
Because most girls don't like fighting and killing.
Just as Ai was wondering, he unexpectedly discovered that a large portion of those making malicious comments had not actually pre-registered for the game.
In other words, suddenly a group of people went to this game's official website just to leave negative reviews...
This is quite subtle.
Ai Yi turned her attention to the Blue Star Network and traced these comment accounts backwards, only to find that most of them were paid trolls.
Further investigation revealed that behind some of the online trolls was actually the company that developed "Under the Stars".
Business warfare!
Ai Yi understood, but he didn't care and was too lazy to pay attention to these fellow villagers.
Other companies might be annoyed by such petty tricks.
But who is Ai Yi? He is the Gluttonous Dragon, and at this moment he has complete control over the Blue Star Network.
Deleted, deleted, all deleted!
Even if Ai's power cannot descend into the reality of Earth, Earth's network is still at His mercy.
In an instant, all the negative comments about "Otherworld Online" on the internet disappeared, as if an invisible hand had completely wiped them out.
That day, the conference room of HJK Company, which was developing "Under the Stars," fell into a deathly silence.
"Boss, all the negative comments have vanished without a trace. The speed at which they disappeared is outrageous. Have we offended someone higher up?"
The game operations manager, wearing black-rimmed glasses, held the report tremblingly and asked cautiously.
The "above" she referred to was the Blue Star Celestial Empire government, after all, besides such a behemoth, he didn't know who else could have such power.
After all, the game's promotional materials featured far too much cutting-edge technology, leading her to suspect that it was an experiment conducted by the Chinese government among the people.
Upon hearing this, HJK's boss shook his head helplessly, completely baffled by what had happened.
"No, no! My family has some connections in higher positions, so I asked my family to inquire about it."
The company that developed "Otherworld Online" is just an ordinary company; it doesn't have any powerful backing.
The operations team asked, "Then why did our online commenters suddenly disappear?"
"I don't know." The boss shook his head. "I asked higher up, and the answer was that those comments never existed! They're investigating it now!"
"what?"
The game planner felt a chill run down his spine, after all, he had also contributed a few comments.
"Boss, what should we do?"
The ratings for "Under the Stars" have plummeted, and the hype surrounding it as a "groundbreaking game" has been diverted to "Another World Online." If this continues, all our advertising will just be someone else's spoils!
Upon hearing this, the owner of HJK also fell silent.
After a moment, he sighed helplessly and turned the conference computer in his hand around.
"Let's stop all actions targeting Another World Online!"
Besides, since we can't beat them, let's try joining them first!
On the computer screen was a notification announcing the start of the closed beta test for "Otherworld Online," and this time they would be distributing 10,000 beta test qualifications.
"Boss, what do you mean?" the planner asked, pushing up his glasses and looking puzzled.
"Go to the official website to make a reservation and try to become a beta tester for 'Otherworld Online'."
To defeat your opponent, you must first understand them!
"Boss, is this really okay?" The game operations manager looked at his boss with some surprise.
The boss's answer left her speechless, and she wholeheartedly agreed.
"Even if it doesn't work, don't you want to try and see just how realistic this game, which claims to be 100% realistic, really is?"
……
Today marks the launch of the closed beta 2.0 for "Otherworld Online".
In Blackwater, which was rebuilt next to a huge crater, almost every place is filled with players.
Huang Junkang, who founded HJK Technology Co., Ltd. at the age of 30, stood blankly on the bustling street. With his handsome appearance, he looked up at the sky at a 45-degree angle, his handsome face full of confusion.
Huang Junkang, or rather, his nickname in the game "Huang Tian Zai Shang," is feeling melancholy about the future of the game his company is developing.
He was incredibly foolish to use public opinion to attack such an excellent game!
He didn't even realize what kind of opponent he was facing.
Just how advanced is the technology of this company that they can afford to cram so many cutting-edge technologies into a single game?
Accelerated thinking, super AI, 100% sensory simulation...
"Old Li, what do you think?"
Huang Tian, looking to his side, couldn't help but ask the man nicknamed "#Old Li#".
He is a senior programmer at HJK, and he single-handedly built the underlying framework of Under the Stars.
"Boss, can I watch this on my knees?"
There are some things about this game that I don't understand. I don't understand what kind of entity can create such a realistic game world!
That must be an enormous amount of code, and an incredibly ingenious design!
Moreover, the game's launcher is only 10MB. I don't know what technology they used!
I even suspect it might be an attack by alien Japanese soldiers!
"Sigh~"
Hearing what Lao Li said, Huang Tian couldn't help but sigh.
Although he was somewhat unconvinced, compared to "Otherworld Online," his own "Under the Stars" was indeed just a nobody.
"Boss, do you want some? I just got some from the NPC, it's pretty good!"
Just as Huang Tian was sighing and lamenting, a young woman with the name "Zhang Houtu" handed him a roasted melon.
The woman, surnamed Zhang, is Huang Tianzai Shang's secretary and also his girlfriend.
"Ms. Zhang, could you please change your nickname? Your name looks really out of place next to mine, you know?"
Huang Tian spoke with some helplessness, while Hou Tu woman simply broke open the roasted melon, chuckled, and stuffed half of it into her boss's mouth.
"No way! My name matches yours perfectly, boss! Heaven above, earth below!"
Huang Tian was speechless for a while, and finally he could only finish eating the roasted melon that was stuffed into his mouth. After that, he began to question the meaning of life once again.
"How did he do that? How did he create such a realistic taste?"
Huang Tian didn't understand, and Hou Tu didn't want to understand.
She simply pulled Huang Tian along and strolled around this small town in another world, looking here and there like a couple on a shopping trip.
Old Li, who was following far behind them, felt like he shouldn't have entered the game at all!
Somehow, the three of them wandered around and ended up outside the city. They even unwittingly joined a leveling party and eventually unlocked a new class.
Huang Tian chose the Knight, while Ms. Zhang Houtu chose the Warrior.
Old Li, who had been acting as a third wheel following behind the two, quietly chose the mage class.
As they fought monsters, they ventured deeper into the grasslands. Before they knew it, night had fallen, and the group found a secluded spot to camp.
Lying on the grass, Huang Tian looked up at the countless stars dotting the purple night sky, and for a moment he felt a little dazed.
"Is this really a game?"