Vol 2 Chapter 471: 440 times the gap

Chapter 471: 440 times gap

Many reporters came to the press conference early. Everyone knows that the essence of love under the sword was so popular last night that a total of 170,000 players played on the same server, which ushered in a new era of online games.

170,000 players in a server, a map game, it is a crazy thing to think about, it feels like this should have appeared in an unreal novel or a science fiction movie, but yesterday, 2002, May 23, night At 19:00, it happened in front of everyone, and all reporters are proud that the online game company that created this miracle is not from the game kingdom of Japan, nor is it from the United States, the originator of computer games, nor is it the fertile land of modern game industry in Europe , But a third world country, a developing country 50 years after the weak civilian technology in Europe and the United States, and an online game company from China-"Second World", which was established only two years ago.

Thinking of this, many Chinese journalists in the press conference hall looked proud and proud. Yesterday, when the swordsman love loyalty and loyalty service set 170,000 players online at the same time, the world's major media exclaimed with incredible and horrified faces.

170,000 players are in the same server game. The data traffic in this game feels terrifying when you think about it, and the number of 3D models generated every second is even more terrifying. With today's computer configuration, major European and American media and game companies all have absolute doubts and disbelief in the declaration of "Millions of Players Playing on the Same Game Server" called out by the "Second World". Think it must be talking big, bragging! Just like the previous counter-strike online Asia Internet, it just changed the appearance of "Battle.net" instead of Asia Internet in the true sense.

Unexpectedly, last night, the "Second World" really created this miracle, allowing 170,000 players to play on the same server, and it was extremely smooth, and it developed a new online game upgrade system and a new martial arts combat system. All of this shocked the foreign devils and the little Japan.

Why can a Chinese online game company create such a miracle, not their Americans, not their Japanese, not their Europeans? ——Many foreign gamers have expressed difficulty in understanding this.

There were many foreign colleagues at the press conference today. When Chinese journalists were chatting with them, they heard the incredible faces and the exclamation, and many Chinese journalists felt proud in their hearts. This is the first time that when interviewing the it industry at the same time as a foreign reporter, a Chinese reporter held his head high and looked at these foreign colleagues with a trace of contempt.

what! Don't believe there are game companies in China? Let me tell you, that was before, and now China has a "second world."

what! It is said that Chinese game companies are poor in making games, I yuck, tell you, that was before, and now there is a "second world".

what! Saying that Chinese games can't make money, hey, who said that, cut him off! Tell him before he died, that was before, and now there is a "second world".

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Amidst the excitement of many Chinese journalists and the confusion and confusion of foreign journalists, Lin Feng and Wu Zhaopu arrived at the press conference hall. As soon as the two arrived at the press conference, many Chinese journalists gave a round of applause. For nothing else, it created an absolute technological innovation in the history of online games for this "Second World", which has won face for all Chinese game companies and for the Chinese.

At least when I go out and talk to people about game companies, American players say that they have "ea" in their country, Japanese players say they have "Nintendo", European players say they have "Ubisoft", and now mainland Chinese players can also support it. Raise his chest and say-we have a "second world".

Lin Feng was taken aback for a moment, then bowed slightly to express his gratitude to the applauding Chinese reporters.

"Everyone, first of all, on behalf of all the management and employees of the'Second World', I would like to thank you all for attending today's press conference. Thank you. Next, Vice President Wu will introduce to you the actual operation of yesterday's swordsman love and loyalty to serve the country. Situation." After Lin Feng finished speaking, Wu Zhaopu coughed slightly and then spoke.

"On May 23, 2002, at 19:00, the large-scale 3D role-playing online game independently developed by our company-Jian Xia Qing Yuan Zhi Zhong Bao Guo was officially launched. For the first time, the number of simultaneous online players reached 100,000 online players at 20 o'clock. , Reaching 150,000 online players, at 20:30, reaching 170,000 online players. Up to now, the highest online player is 170,000, and the average online player is 170,000." Wu Zhaopu briefly introduced.

Although many reporters knew this data for a long time, they still heard from Wu Zhaopu at the moment, and there was still a sound of inhalation. The highest online is 170,000, and the average online is 170,000. That is to say, from 20:30 last night to 10:30 am now, the server of Jian Xia Qing Yuan Zhi Zhong Bao Guo has been full, without any "vacancy", even in the early morning. Or in the morning, when the online game server was at its most idle, it was still full, which really surprised many reporters Weiwei.

But then I think about the grand occasion that the major Internet cafes were waiting for the swordsman's love and loyalty to serve the country. Many game players have expressed their understanding of the dissatisfied expressions on their faces. Indeed, the game is so well made, whether it is a server game with 170,000 players, or the brand new martial arts combat system, it is fascinating.

Of course, all reporters are more concerned about the question, why doesn’t the swordsman love and loyalty serve the country continue to open more online player slots? Is it because of technical issues? Or is it for other reasons? If more places are not opened, will new game servers be added?

In the expectation of many reporters, Wu Zhaopu explained the doubts of many reporters.

"Regarding the question of when all players are looking forward to opening more online places, I will explain here first. Because the current configuration of the player’s computer cannot meet the requirements of the swordsman’s love and loyalty to serve the country, our company has adopted the latest technology'automatic screen'. The “masking” system and “cloud computing” functions to reduce the load on the player’s computer, and some of the three-dimensional models that the player’s computer needs to process are processed by our company’s three supercomputers. But under the processing of this massive amount of data, three The supercomputer load is overloaded, which will affect the fluency of the game of the players. Our company will add another supercomputer within a week to serve the first district of the swordsman’s love and loyalty. At the same time, 30,000 online places will be opened again, reaching a maximum of 20 The number of 10,000 players online at the same time is also the number of online players that can be hosted by the final server in the first zone at the same time." Wu Zhaopu explained.

Wu Zhaopu's voice fell to the ground, and there was a buzzing sound. No one expected that the "Second World" would use the mysterious "cloud computing" to help players process some data, and even more unexpectedly that the four supercomputers could only load up to 200,000 players online at the same time.

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The four supercomputers, according to previous industry estimates, are worth about 40 million U.S. dollars. A supercomputer with a value of 40 million US dollars can carry 200,000 players, and the number of players that can be carried is too small. You know, an ordinary game server that can host 5,000 online players costs no more than RMB 20,000. Loading 200,000 players will cost 800,000 RMB at most.

800,000 yuan vs. 40 million US dollars, the gap between this difference is 440 times, this data makes all reporters speechless.

"Vice President Wu, is what you said is true? The four supercomputers can only load 200,000 online players? Not 2 million?" A reporter from Volkswagen Software couldn't help but ask questions. Later, thinking of Lin Feng's rules, I apologize. "I'm really sorry, I forgot the rules, but this news is really amazing."

Lin Feng smiled and motioned to the reporter not to care too much.

"Yes, you heard that right. Our company has developed four supercomputers with more than 36 million US dollars. Under the premise of ensuring the smooth flow of players, it can only accommodate up to 200,000 players online." Wu Zhaopu nodded and said in a deep voice.

The audience exclaimed.

At this press conference, Director Zhao of Shanghai Oriental Television took into account the miracle created by the "Second World" last night and decided to broadcast the press conference live. Therefore, many domestic players and people in IT, as well as countries in Asia and Southeast Asia that can receive Shanghai Dragon TV, all watched the live broadcast. It is conservatively estimated that the audience rating exceeds 30 million.

After listening to many domestic players, there was nothing at first, and they didn't feel much surprised. However, there is a netizen called "Coke Drinking Seven Up" on the Internet, who claims to be a veteran of the industry. After the prices of ordinary servers and supercomputers were announced, all the players who watched the live broadcast were speechless and did not understand why the difference was. So big. Why is the ordinary game company 800,000 yuan capable of carrying 200,000 online players, but the "Second World" has 36 million US dollars.

Players don't understand, but many domestic IT companies do. The 440 times difference lies in the fact that an ordinary group of game servers can only host up to 5,000 players, and the 200,000 players are jointly borne by 40 groups of servers, so the cost is naturally low. However, the "Second World" allows 200,000 players to play on the same server. The gap is like diamonds and charcoal, and that 200,000 players together on a server is an astonishing millions of megapascals. "Atmospheric pressure".

The CEOs of the remaining 12 online game companies in the "New Era" Alliance were naturally happy.

Chen Xiaowei, the president of "Ninetowns", carried a trace of complacency and a slight chuckle of fortunately to cause trouble-isn't your "Second World" very good, what will you do now? Is to continue to add supercomputers to allow more players to join a server game, or just like us, each group of servers only host up to 5000 players online. Humph, Lin Feng, talking big and bragging is a price!

If you continue to assemble supercomputers, all online game companies dare not imagine the price, and this investment is too great. It is like the miracle of "Nine Cities". Up to 500,000 people are online. They only need 100 sets of servers to ensure the smooth operation of players, and the investment is no more than 2 million yuan. In the case of the Miracle Point Card, the monthly subscription card is 60 yuan, and it is only calculated by 300,000 players, and it is 18 million yuan in income in one month, and the server investment is earned in one month. "Second World" takes 10 months to recoup the cost of four supercomputers.

Continuing to add supercomputers will only exhaust the liquidity of the "Second World". Chen Xiaowei and others saw this clearly, and naturally they were extremely refreshed, with a triumphant expression of mockery of "Second World" and Lin Feng's self-defense.

If the "Second World" chooses the same as them, each set of servers carries 5000 players, and multiple sets of servers respectively carry over one million players, it will naturally make the players who join the game later uncomfortable, but enjoy different services for the same money. , This is absolutely bad for the reputation of the "Second World".

This dilemma choice naturally excites Chen Xiaowei and others.

Wu Zhaopu’s words were spread abroad. Many game companies originally hoped to learn from the "Second World" how to get hundreds of thousands of players on the same server technology (Of course, many game companies are willing to pay a certain price to obtain this technology. Authorization), now I heard that four supercomputers can load 200,000 players online, and I immediately retreated. This price is too high, the cost is too high, and the price/performance ratio is too uneconomical. Of course, many foreign companies are also looking at how the "Second World" chooses next.

However, these foreign game companies, like domestic online game companies, are ready to watch "Second World" jokes and see how Lin Feng justified his claim. Millions of players are online, I see how you blow your hide!

At this time, there are also experts on the Internet explaining the powerful relationship to all players. After hearing it, all the players who were loyal to the country and served the country were anxious. If the server subsequently opened by the "Second World" really can only host 5,000 players, even if 10,000 players are online, they will be disappointed. Think about it, 200,000 players over there are very happy to play, a large-scale battle, with hundreds of thousands of players participating, and the maximum number of people on your side is 10,000. The same money, but the experience of different game services , This naturally makes many players who have not tasted the essence of swordsman love and loyalty to serve the country game feel uncomfortable.

At present, all over the country, the number of players trying to log on to the JXZ Qingyuan Zhizhong Service Country Client has suddenly increased by hundreds of times. Damn, there are so many people, it's not easy to get online, I can't get off the line if I get on it! ——So everyone thinks.

But it's a pity that the "Login" button is always gray, and occasionally flashes green, but in less than a second, before most players fail to respond, it immediately turns gray.

Seeing that the "Login" button turned gray in a blink of an eye, many players who failed to log in again cursed. But at this moment, his eyes were placed on Wu Zhaopu again, hoping that he would not tell the decision that made all players painful.

Wu Zhaopu sneered in his heart, knowing what many competitors are thinking now, but they are doomed to be disappointed. Indeed, if you continue to choose to use a supercomputer to open the server, the cost is too huge. But I am embarrassed that the "Second World" is not bad for money now.

Yes, we don’t have much money, but we have more money than you.