Chapter 689 Popular Around the World

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This situation will probably last until the end of the year. The doctor said that it needs to be relieved for so many days, and it should be back to normal after the new year starts.

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April 16th is the day of the open beta of World of Warcraft.

This day is destined to be recorded in the history of online games.

As early as a few days ago, millions of pre-order players around the world have already pre-downloaded and are waiting for the arrival of the public beta every day.

Nowadays, many stand-alone games are subject to delays at every turn, delaying their release dates.

Often the date when the game can actually be played is delayed by a quarter or even half a year compared to the originally scheduled date.

This result of hope turning into disappointment is a huge blow to game fans.

Fortunately, World of Warcraft has not inherited this bad habit. If it is said to be released on April 16th, it will be released on April 16th.

And although there were many fans waiting to try the game on the first day of open beta, except for a few lags in the minute after the server was unblocked, it became extremely smooth after that, and there was no need to queue up, and you could directly enter the racial career selection. interface.

For many online games and even mobile games, there will be server crashes and long queues when the servers are launched. Some even take hundreds of years to wait.

But in fact, many of these are self-directed and performed by game operators, using non-existent players to jam normal players, creating the illusion that the game is extremely popular.

Sometimes, this method is quite useful, but more often than not, it only arouses players' disgust.

Luo Quan never liked this, so a few days before the server was launched, he asked Penguin and Microsoft to perform stress tests on the server every day, just to ensure that the server would not explode when a large number of players poured in.

As for crowding, there is nothing that can be done about the game being so popular, but Luo Quan will not show fans how long they need to wait. He will only show them how many people are in line in front and the servers they can enter directly.

However, on the day the server was launched, the effect of these measures was not very great.

In just the country, Penguin has set up ten district servers, and each server is subdivided into ten small servers.

However, due to the promotion of some wealthy domestic players, "Ansu" in District 1 was marketed as exclusive to the nobility.

Because Orgrimmar in the second area and Stormwind City in the third area have been designated as places for high-level players in the tribe alliance, unions and other gods to fight.

If civilians compete with these masters, they will naturally not develop well.

But if you go to a server where there are many rich people, and if you get an orange outfit or a rare transmogrification, you might be able to make a lot of money.

As a result, the Ansu server has become the most popular regional server since the launch of the national server of World of Warcraft.

Luo Quan also went to Ansu, not to show off his wealth or anything, but simply because there were many people here, and the price of props purchased at the auction house would be much lower in the future.

But she didn't expect there would be so many people.

As the boss, she gave the order to open the server. After sending the message, she frantically clicked the button to enter the game.

Logically speaking, she should be able to squeeze in, but after the server started, the screen just flashed and showed that there were 35612 players lined up in front of her. Please wait patiently, or you can choose another server.

Seeing this, the barrage burst into laughter:

"Haha, who just swore that it would be impossible to blow up the server?"

"Don't be embarrassed, this is not a server explosion, it's just that you can't get in."

"After all, how can you show that the game is popular if you don't queue up?"

…………

It was because she spoke too much that everyone in the barrage began to laugh.

At the same time, World of Warcraft, which exploded after its server launch, also became a hot search topic on Weibo without any suspense.

However, there was no server explosion this time. It was simply because the server in Ansu was so crowded that the mentality of the local tycoons collapsed.

Si Aomi directly posted a scolding on Weibo, asking these people to stop crowding Ansu. He just went to the toilet and the game started.

Before he even dried his wet hands, he clicked into the game. The results showed that there were more than 50,000 people lined up in front of him, and the number of people had been waiting for a long time without moving.

Fortunately, Penguin soon issued an announcement, saying that it would temporarily stop the Ansu server at around three o'clock in the morning to expand its capacity so that more players can join.

But if the server is stopped directly now, it is estimated that the people who criticize it will not only be online, so whether you are a wealthy person or a common player, just wait and see. This game does not have any VIP queue jumping function.

Although Penguin Game Operations had discussed this matter with Luo Quan before and said that they could add VIP or membership privileges, Luo Quan didn't even look at the specific plan and just gave up on it.

"My game does not allow any privileged users. I am the boss and I don't even think about setting up any privileges. How can others be better than me?"

Luo Quan just left the talk to Penguin's game operations, which can be regarded as guarding this few pure lands.

As time goes by, power leveling studios will definitely appear, but that is an internal conflict among players. Whether it is good or bad will depend on future player questionnaires.

As for VIP and membership, it is one of the biggest bad habits of Chinese online games. She will definitely not allow such functions to appear in World of Warcraft.

This is also a hot search on Weibo. Players who can't get into the game are scolded, but it's just that they curse too many people and can't play the game. So far, I haven't seen many scolding the game itself.

Of course, planning is also the hardest hit area for players to focus on.

In fact, there are not many things that planning can decide, but because they often take the blame, as long as there is a problem in the game, everyone will blame the planning and it will be over.

Amidst the scolding, Ansu's server pressure gradually became less and less, and the players in the queue also entered the game one by one.

Compared with the closed beta, World of Warcraft has made some improvements in picture quality, and the optimization is also much better.

In addition, the content of the open beta is several times more than that of the closed beta.

There were only three five-player dungeons and one multiplayer team copy during the closed beta.

The 1.0 version of the open beta consists of three large maps, seven five-person dungeons, three multiplayer team copies, as well as a thirty-hour main plot line and ten hours of side lines.

Even if you just play the plot and scenery, you can still get a quite fulfilling gaming experience.

And when everyone has experienced the plot and reached the full level, the real essence of this game has just begun.

Just like in the closed beta test, Luo Quan still chose the blood elf violent battle, using his own data to make a fool of himself.

When she finished the novice tutorial and appeared at the gate of Orgrimmar, she was surrounded by tall and strong green-skinned orcs, tauren and trolls.

The crowd was so dense that it completely blocked her view, and no matter where she went, this huge crowd followed her.

"Holy crap, is there a bug?" Luo Quan looked at the screen in confusion, still wondering what was going on.

Soon, the mixed news on the World Channel suddenly made her realize:

"Luo Quan, I am your fan!"

"Luo Quan, can you add me as a friend?"

"By the way, is there a marriage system?"

"What do you want to do?"

"Haha, do you even need to ask? (dog head)"

…………

Now Luo Quan knew that the players surrounding her were all fans.

Unfortunately, World of Warcraft has not yet added a marriage function, but we do not rule out the possibility of adding it in the future.

Although World of Warcraft is strictly an equipment-driven MMORPG, it can actually become an all-inclusive open world online game.

The purpose of open world games is freedom. Players can experience reality in the game, and even some happiness that cannot be achieved in reality.

At present, World of Warcraft is still relatively lacking in functions in this area. There are only some simple production specializations, and the sense of substitution is definitely not as strong as in open world games.

"Everyone, go and experience the game. Don't just hang around me. This is a card game, and time is money."

After meeting the fans, Luo Quan also typed to tell everyone to leave quickly.

Surrounding her like this, not only does she have no gaming experience, but neither do these fans.

However, fans’ responses were quite straightforward:

"It's okay. The annual pass I bought is about the same hour or two."

"I actually just want to see Luo Bao's face in the game. It feels like him."

"I feel like I'm in love again."

"Everyone, don't act like a crazy person, let me, the man with the beautiful trees in the wind, do it!"

…………

The last words were spoken by a hideously ugly orc.

I don’t know if he used a camera to scan his face when he pinched his face. If so, then this is really a human tragedy.

After all, Luo Quan was well-informed. After this ugly face suddenly appeared on the big screen, he was frightened to death.

Even the other players around him couldn't stand it anymore and complained that he was too scary.

But thanks to this old man, the players surrounding him gradually dispersed, and Luo Quan was able to receive his first main quest and begin his journey in World of Warcraft.

To be honest, this journey has not been particularly smooth.

Whenever she goes to fight monsters in the wild, she will always encounter alliance players who form a group to kill her.

Just like when playing League of Legends and being targeted by the enemy jungler, Luo Quan was also targeted.

Ordinary players seem to be very interested in torturing celebrities.

However, after the players on the tribe side heard that their goddess had been killed several times, they immediately formed a group to ambush her and waited.

Then, he stayed at the resurrection point in the wild and started whipping the corpse over and over again.

But the Alliance is not a soft persimmon at the mercy of the Horde. The direct world channel shouted, saying that the Horde is guarding the Alliance's corpse.

Countless, hundreds of alliance players immediately came to reinforce them, including several tycoons who had already accumulated a set of top-notch early-stage equipment through their cash abilities.

Compared with servers where high-level players and unions gather, Ansu Noble servers are not so competitive. Most people actually just want to have fun.

Therefore, when everyone heard that there was a fight, they immediately put down the main mission and went to the wild to start a fight with the enemy camp.

This is also the first camp war since the launch of World of Warcraft, and the trigger is Luo Quan.

The initial conflict started because of her, but she also took the lead in the subsequent battle, leading the tribe's warriors to kill the Alliance.

But as more and more people join the war, characters die more and more frequently.

Although you will not lose experience when you die, your equipment will lose durability.

The gold coins in the early stage are very limited and it is really not worth spending on them.

So Luo Quan was beaten for more than half an hour and then continued to escalate the plot.

It wasn't until dinner in the evening when she browsed Station B that she discovered that the war was still going on and was even trending.

"A battle involving tens of thousands of people broke out in Ansu, and the alliance tribes continued to fight fiercely!"

This is the news from the official account of Penguin Games. The perspective is also based on the characters in the game. In the distance is the battlefield with various light effects flashing.

"According to inquiries from field reporters, the cause of this battle was that Luo Quan was sniped by Alliance players in the wild. In order to protect her, tribal players from the same camp started to guard her body after a successful ambush.

The Alliance was so angry that they immediately called for a counterattack, and then the battle intensified. "

After the cause and effect came out, related questions quickly appeared on Zhihu:

"What do you think of the war between the Alliance and the Horde in the wild on the World of Warcraft Anzu server?"

The highlighted answer is:

"Luo Quan used himself as an example to vividly explain to everyone what beauty is a disaster.

In ancient times, there were too many wars launched because of beauties. Although everyone said that beauties were actually just excuses, and wars were launched simply for expansion and wealth. What role could women play in ancient times?

But the fact is, women can really make a big difference sometimes.

Originally, the server had just been launched, and everyone was still immersed in leveling up and completing the plot. However, after hearing that the goddess Luo Quan was sniped, flower protectors immediately came to protect her.

And this is also the beginning of everything.

If it were placed in ancient times, Luo Quan would probably not be able to escape the reputation that brought disaster to the country and the people.

But with her appearance, it is normal for such things to happen, whether in the game or in reality. "

………………

In just half a day, World of Warcraft has caused a raging storm on the Internet.

Not only domestically, but also abroad, the discussion level is still frighteningly high. The hot searches on Twitter in various countries have entered the top ten.

And the latest global number of simultaneous online users has been released, which is a terrifying 6.2 million.

Except for League of Legends at its peak, no other game can compare to it.

In recent years, the last game with such high popularity was the last one.

Yes, "Final Fantasy" was just released a while ago and is also produced by Blizzard Studios, and it is still extremely popular.

But in comparison, the popularity and longevity of stand-alone games is definitely not comparable to that of online games.

And the glory of World of Warcraft has just begun.