This is the ninth art

Chapter 84 Hearthstone closed beta is over!The players are all torn apart!I'm going to die if I can't play Hearthstone this summer!
Hearthstone exploded in the player circle!

The video of Deathwing was the starting point, and then the half-month confrontation between players in troubled times and Hearthstone players made this game hotly discussed in the circle every day.

Within half a month of the closed beta, with the excellent quality of the game and the novel gameplay, the routines are ever-changing, bringing various praises.

More and more players are paying attention to this game.

After playing, they all said that the one above couldn't stop at all.

But helplessly, only [-] internal test accounts have been launched, and many latecomers, when they want to try it out, the account qualifications have already been snatched up.

I can only look at plum blossoms to quench my thirst, and search for some Hearthstone-related anchors on the live broadcast platform to quench my thirst.

At first, the top management of the live broadcast platform did not care about this matter.

The game section is in the live broadcast platform. Compared with the star show area or the outdoor area, it can be regarded as a relatively unpopular category.

The most top game anchors, that is, there are only a few people with 200 million popularity.

And these more than 100 million popular anchors can only be counted as middle-level in the Xingxiu District.

It's just that after half a month has passed.

Not only did Hearthstone's various live broadcast data not sink, but it was sweeping everything every day, advancing triumphantly, roaring all the way forward.

Some small anchors who had never been well-known before became popular with this game.

The peak popularity value can even wrestle with the big anchors in the star show area.

The overall traffic of the entire game partition has been increased by 300% by Hearthstone!

This has never happened before.

Facing such a monstrous game, the senior executives all knelt down and held an emergency meeting.

I think it is necessary to urgently establish a separate partition of Hearthstone, so that viewers can search for the content they want to watch more streamlined.

In addition to the explosive growth of game traffic on the live broadcast platform.

The fluctuation feedback of the video platform is relatively stable.

Hearthstone has not been able to make too much waves in the video field for the time being.

But in a niche and inconspicuous gray interest industry - scalpers
Hearthstone has become a hot cake.

Hearthstone has been targeted by a small group of scalpers since the closed beta of Hearthstone.

The internal test number was recovered at a price of tens of yuan, and as the demand for the qualification number increased, it was fired at a high price of nearly a thousand yuan in the past two days.

It is more profitable than reselling tickets to celebrity concerts.

It even spread more and more in the scalper circle, and even some scalpers who specialize in reselling tickets for small stars all ran away with buckets and squeezed into the game circle.

A well-known star who is planning to hold a concert in the near future, was full of confidence and thought that as soon as the tickets were released, they would be sold out.

No matter how bad it is, there are usually scalpers to cover the bottom, so as not to make face too ugly.

As a result, when the concert tickets were released on the day, they found that only dozens of tickets were sold.

When the staff asked about the whereabouts of the scalpers.

I learned that they all went to hoard the Hearthstone beta number developed by Junyue Company.

star:"????"

My concert tickets are not as valuable as a game's internal beta qualification number?

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Chen Pingjie has been busy for the past half month.

He was busy building various decks, trying out the strength and feasibility of each deck one by one.

In addition, he also tested the probability of various levels of cards drawn by Hearthstone in detail.

The method of testing is simple.

charge money.

He charged 10 yuan into it at one time.

Even though the official Weibo of Junyue Hearthstone clearly stated that the closed beta account is only for everyone to get familiar with and experience the game content first, and it is not recommended to recharge a large amount to avoid unnecessary property loss when deleting files during the public beta.

But 10 yuan is small money for him.

This game is so advanced that he is addicted to Hearthstone every day and cannot extricate himself.

Troubled times online rate decline?
Regardless of.

Revenues keep falling?

Regardless of.

He also ignored the increasing complaints from his employees recently.

In the end, he simply left all the big and small affairs of "Heroes in a Troubled Times" behind him, and left them to the game director to take care of them, so that he had nothing to do.

Immerse yourself in Hearthstone.

After once again using the deck he built to blow up the opponent.

Chen Pingjie looked at the word Level 1 outlined by the golden border on the settlement interface, and it trembled faintly before breaking apart.

Immediately, strands of dark gold poured in, and finally condensed into a hexagonal amber-like icon.

Legend No. 381!
"Finally, it's a legend." Chen Pingjie let out a sigh of relief.

After nearly half a month of high-intensity scoring, at this moment he was finally able to relax his nerves.

He opened the word again, and recorded the strength and weakness of the deck he had built so far.

Created a new document.

The document is split in two, split into left and right sides.

"Heroes of Troubled Times" is written on the left side, and "Hearthstone Legend" is written on the right side

On it, there are densely recorded comparisons of the advantages and disadvantages of the two games Hearthstone and Troubled Times.

1. Hearthstone's online collectible card feature is the core factor for it to be quickly active in the player's sight within half a month. The combination of card groups can evolve endless routines, full of many random sex.This is something that Troubled Times doesn't currently have.

As a traditional card game, Troubled Times, the content of the cards is so stable that it is a bit old-fashioned. The main damage/defense methods are 'kill' and 'dodge', which are stereotyped and easy to bring game fatigue to players.After comparing with Hearthstone, there is an urgent need for innovation.

2. Hearthstone's card draw system is worth learning.Whether it is the frustrating experience of continuously drawing the lowest-level cards, or the refreshing experience of drawing the highest-level cards, it can greatly mobilize the player's emotions.

The traditional top-up system in troubled times directly brings the value of value-added props and characters to the table. Although it is intuitive and clear, it loses the mystery and the hard-won sense of joy.If you have money, you can krypton, if you don't have money, you can only wait for holiday activities.Regardless of krypton gold players or ordinary players, they have no emotional mobilization or any sense of expectation for the recharge system in troubled times.

We should learn from the Hearthstone card draw system, so that even players who don't charge a penny have a sense of expectation for the draw, especially players who draw good cards at a low price will become the main force of the game's publicity for free.

Let the players have a mentality of "you make money, and the game manufacturer loses". This trick is the essence of Hearthstone's card draw system.

3. Hearthstone's...

After half a month of immersive Hearthstone experience.

He found that as a card game, his own Heroes in Troubled Times has few advantages in terms of advantages.

There are so many things to learn about Hearthstone!

Almost everything is at the textbook level.

As Chen Pingjie got to know more about this game, he was more amazed at the astonishing novel ideas of the designer Chu Jun behind the game.

It's not just the gameplay that crushes the troubled times.

At the level of the operating system, it is definitely a stroke of genius to guide players in the direction of consumption!
Different from the traditional hard recharge system, I can't wait to print the word mall directly in the center of the screen to drive players to spend.

Hearthstone's mall is so small that it only draws a circle in the lower left corner of the screen interface. Players who don't look carefully can't even find the mall entrance.

However, Hearthstone gives away free card packs, allowing players to experience the thrill of whoring for nothing.

Especially under the stimulation of their friends and foxes who issued orange cards in a pack, the players would not even be able to bear the itching of their hands before going to the test.

At this point, players will spontaneously go to the mall, no matter how small you are, players can pick it out with a magnifying glass.

Then put a sum of krypton in it fiercely.

It is true that it has taken advantage of the rebellious mentality of the players.

This is really... Wonderful!
"Instead of suppressing Hearthstone, it's better to let this game develop." Chen Pingjie looked away from his plan and muttered to himself.

He can clearly feel that the freshness brought by this game has even had a faint impact on the surrounding market that cannot be ignored.

This is something that most games could not do before!
It has been suppressed, and even a lawyer's letter sued Hearthstone for infringement and plagiarism, first asking the court to sanction Hearthstone, temporarily suspending operations before finding out the conclusion, and freezing the operating assets of the game company. (For details, please refer to the incident of QQ Speed ​​and Laoganma)
This is Tianyun Company's usual suppression tactic, and it is indeed very effective.

Small companies that are not big enough can easily be dragged to death by this routine.

But now, Chen Pingjie felt that it was absolutely impossible to do this.

Compared with suppressing and letting Hearthstone grow wildly, I can also learn from it the essence of Hearthstone.

To achieve a win-win situation for both parties!
The reason why I didn't do this before is that other card games have almost no benefits except to compete with the troubled times.

But the current Hearthstone is no longer as simple as grabbing the market.

It is developing the card market!
No one would be happy to share a piece of cake with a knife.

But if someone came over with a knife, he pointed to the cake mountain in the distance by the way.

That makes a big difference.

Chen Pingjie was extremely excited immediately, carefully compared Hearthstone, spent nearly a day, and carefully wrote a revised cursive script about "Heroes in Troubled Times".

It is recommended to introduce some mechanisms of Hearthstone in the new version, inject different vitality into Heroes of Troubled Times, and embrace a larger and broader player market.

Of course, what Chen Pingjie said was not enough.

Although he is the general manager of Tianyun Company's "Troubled Times" branch, he must ask Tianyun Company's higher-ups for instructions if he is involved in such subversive game reforms.

He confidently stuffed the plan he had finished into his briefcase, which densely listed many benefits of learning from "Hearthstone".

And I have already imagined that in the near future, the cards in troubled times will develop stronger than now!
This is something that has never been imagined before, and I dare not think about it.

However, when Chen Pingjie pushed the plan in front of his boss, he hadn't opened his mouth to talk about the card building that was being built in his fantasy.

He was splashed with cold water by his boss.

"The opinion is good, but there is no need to keep Hearthstone. Take over its existing system." The boss intertwined his hands and stared at Chen Pingjie with cold eyes: "I need the entire domestic card game market, only our Tianyun family The company dominates, can you understand?"

"But... if Hearthstone is sanctioned, it will be difficult for us to obtain the source of subsequent version updates of Hearthstone, thus losing the direction of reference."

"Then think for yourself! If you give such a large department to you, why do so many people feed?"

Hearing this, Chen Pingjie smiled wryly in his heart.

If you can figure it out, do you still need to wait for Hearthstone to be on the shelves?
The key question is, can't figure it out!

Do you think that everyone is like that evildoer Chu Jun, and every game is designed so perfectly and stunningly?
"I... try my best." Chen Pingjie sighed in his heart, but his face was still respectful.

"Well, go get busy. In addition, the lawsuit against Hearthstone will be put on the agenda. Now that the closed beta has such a great influence, if the public beta is released, I am afraid that the market share of the troubled times will be seized. There is not much left." The leader tapped the table with his fingers, stopped after a while, and raised his head again: "Forget it, you don't have to be responsible for the litigation, just move it up to the headquarters. We have a special legal department, and you only need to be responsible for moving the hearthstone." The system will do."

"Okay, I see." Chen Pingjie sighed softly, turned and left.

The leader is not the main person in charge of the troubled times, he only looks at the data on the surface, and does not understand what Hearthstone's subversive gameplay means to the card market.

If Hearthstone is really suppressed, copying Hearthstone's system in troubled times can only be brilliant for a while.

But because there is no ability to make long-term version updates.

Sooner or later it will catch fire.

Seeing that there is a chance for a second spring in troubled times, but he was rejected by the leader.

Inexplicably, Chen Pingjie thought of quitting.

However, working in Tianyun before, offended many colleagues.

Where should we go after leaving Tianyun?

……

end of july.

It is the high temperature season in midsummer.

The blazing sun scorched the asphalt road, causing distorted waves of heat to rise up.

If you look at the strong light reflected together, it will make your eyes go blank.

The sound of cicadas resounded outside the window, and the few passers-by on the road were sweating like beans, braving the scorching heat and rushing to and fro, for fear that if they took a slow step, they would melt in place.

"I think the air conditioner is the greatest invention in the world!" Tang Wangyue held a glass of Coke with ice in his hand, sucked a straw and stood by the window for a while, then came to a happy conclusion: "Living in the It's a great age."

"Then have you ever imagined that if you live in a prosperous game world, it would be better if you can stay at home with the air conditioner and drink cold drinks to play games in summer." Chu Jun temporarily stopped planning for the follow-up version of Hearthstone. Sit on the back of the chair and turn around gently: "The new version is expected to have nearly a hundred new cards released at the same time, and the requirements for illustrations will be relatively high. Among them, you will be responsible for the illustrations of 10 main orange cards."

"A hateful leader who employs child labor but never pays for kisses or intimate contact!" Tang Wangyue muttered with a small mouth when he was caught working again after a few days of rest.

"It's strange that such a leader exists." After a pause, Chu Jun said again: "Is your birthday in half a month?"

He stared at the light white suspender skirt that the little girl was wearing. Under the skirt was a pair of slender thighs that were white and tender enough to shine as intensely as the sun outside the window.

"Uncle actually remembers my birthday? Wow! I'm so touched!" Tang Wangyue was not happy for a while, and then heard Chu Jun talking to himself: "After the birthday is the legal age, it will not be counted at that time. Child labor is gone, so you can use it with confidence.”

Tang Wangyue: "..."

I don't understand style at all!He only knows how to use himself as a tool all day long!

I really want to kick his stomach with my size 34 feet to vent my anger!Beep beep.

At this time, Xu Nianqing called.

Due to the high temperature and intense heat, and the game development of Hearthstone has come to an end.

You only need to adjust some of the high-quality feedback from players during the internal test to enter the public beta period.

The workload is greatly reduced.

Therefore, Chu Jun's special employees do not need to go to work in the company for the time being, and can work from home.

Xu Nianqing was still responsible for completing the daily morning and evening company routine reports at home.

At this time, her voice on the phone was a little joyful.

"Mr. Chu, half a month has passed since the launch of the closed beta, and the response to the closed beta has been excellent! Within 15 days, the online rate of players has almost remained at nearly 90%, setting a new high in the game industry this year! "

"There is another statistic that is very gratifying. There are only 8000 internal beta qualification numbers. Originally converted according to the production cost of Hearthstone, these [-] players only need to reach a consumption of about one million. During the public beta test, they can be completed in about two months. The production cost will be recovered, and the follow-up forecast will reach a revenue level of around [-] million per quarter."

"However, based on the 32.77-day internal test consumption data, the total revenue of [-] internal test accounts reached nearly [-] million yuan in half a month! It was ten times higher than expected. The per capita consumption reached [-] yuan !"

"According to this progress, in the follow-up public beta, I am afraid that the revenue will reach about [-] million per quarter!" Xu Nianqing's voice could not restrain his joy.

This comprehensive statistics was only released this afternoon. After seeing the results, Xu Nianqing was taken aback. Unable to contain his excitement, he hurriedly called to announce the good news.

However, Mr. Chu was more calm than expected.

After thinking for a moment, he opened his mouth.

"Then end the closed beta, today."

"Huh??" Xu Nianqing's expression was slightly startled: "But the response to the internal test is so good now, and the related chains of the surrounding industries are gradually maturing, so stopping the internal test rashly at this time...may arouse strong dissatisfaction from everyone. It’s better to wait for a while, according to the Angrus curve index, the first trough period will be two months later, and by then we will be in..."

"No." Chu Jun shook his head, recalling the time when Hearthstone was in its heyday in the previous life, and could even compete with the League of Legends board.

Open your mouth immediately.

"There is no downturn in this game. At least in two or three years, there won't be any."

"..."

Xu Nianqing was silent.

Perhaps he was frightened by Chu Jun's astonishing words.

She was dumbfounded for a long time before she nodded: "Okay, then I will contact the operation department."

……

Hearthstone post.

There is no official forum for the closed beta, as the scale of Hearthstone players and cloud players gradually expands.

The homeless Hearthstone people spontaneously built a Hearthstone post bar and set up camp.

Since the establishment of this post bar, there are three main directions for posting every day.

In the first general direction, the Hearthstone people and the people in the troubled world are at odds with each other, and they scold each other every day on their respective forums, and the war of words will fly.

The second general direction, all kinds of card group strategy, play teaching, and display of anecdotes.

What is the third general direction?

It is also the general direction of Heizi.

After everything has gained momentum to a certain extent, it will naturally attract black people.

Hearthstone is no exception.

However, the sunspot of Hearthstone is not a pure passerby outside the circle.

It is mainly the sunspots that a group of Hearthstone players have gradually evolved into.

While they were playing the game, they spurned various defects of Hearthstone, and came every day to vent their anger or curse.

It can also be regarded as a major winding landscape of Hearthstone.

Today, Heizi come to Hearthstone to check in as usual.

I want to be stepped on by my sister: "Fuck NMD Hearthstone! Do you dare to increase the probability of getting an orange card? Can you believe that I didn't get a single orange card in more than 20 packs? If this is the case, Dad will abandon the pit every minute !"

I'm your mother's incarnation: "Day! I'm throwing up! Why is the top of the ladder full of aggro now? Has no one sanctioned the aggro deck? Hearthstone idiot planners don't care?"

I’m like a dog when I recharge Hearthstone: “Junyue Company only wants to make money, so they don’t have the time to maintain the balance of the game. Sooner or later the game will be broken.”

Hearthstone is always black: "Hahaha, I am dying of laughter. If it is cold, I will definitely be the first to check in to celebrate! Dogs don't even play this game!"

Just then.

Hearthstone's bar service pinned a highlighted repost.

The content of the post is.

[Dear Hearthstone players, it is a great honor to join hands with you to witness the gratifying development of the Hearthstone closed beta for half a month. After rigorous discussions, the Hearthstone project team decided to end the Hearthstone closed beta early , reclaim the internal test account, suspend the server opening, and further optimize the game content and experience. The server will stop operating at 00:00 tonight.Please refer to the official Weibo website of Hearthstone for details on the opening time of the public beta. Thank you for your support and understanding! - Sincerely, all the staff of the Hearthstone project team. 】

Just the moment this post was sent out.

Players who are fighting with the troubled world will stop tearing up.

Those who posted strategy posts and technical posts also stopped posting them.

Even the sunspots fell silent.

Everyone flooded into this official post, and hundreds of replies exploded at the same time.

I feel bad: "????"

Hearthstone is so much fun: "Cardiopulmonary Stop!"

I want to be stepped on by my sister's little feet: "I haven't had time to use the orange card I just drew... Can I stop scolding you? Please, let's open it for a while, please!"

I am the incarnation of your mother: "Grass!! I'm cracked! Hearthstone! How can I live without you, Hearthstone!"

If I recharge Hearthstone again, I will be a dog: "Planning fathers! Mr. Chu! Father Chu! I will recharge! I will recharge a little more, don't stop taking the server so quickly, okay! I will die without playing Hearthstone this summer!! "

Hearthstone is always black: "Woooooo, I was wrong, I will never scold again. I lied to you, I play this game for [-] hours a day, I will never be hacked again, don't stop playing it Ahh!"

As soon as the news of the service suspension came out, the players all burst into tears.

　Today's update is gone!
　　In fact, it could have been.

　　However, the plot of Hearthstone is almost finished.

　　I thought I thought of a relatively perfect ending plot, but the content is a little bit too much.

　　I don't want to divide chapters, I feel that there will be a sense of fragmentation.

　　So I want to write it all in one big chapter.

　　It is conservatively estimated that it will be a big chapter.

　　I definitely can’t finish writing this [-]D chapter tonight, so I can only post it together tomorrow.

　　This chapter also has 6000 words, which is not too small.

　　I apologize to everyone!

　　bang bang bang! ! !
　　
　
(End of this chapter)