Vol 2 Chapter 803: Ten million online

Chapter Eighty Three

Ten million online

On August 8, 2003, at 9 am Beijing time, Virtual Life was officially tested. The open beta time was originally scheduled at 12 noon, but many domestic players complained that the server always opened at noon, preventing them from eating normally. After all, they are all waiting to go online. At 12 noon, who would be in the mood to eat, wishing to have a good time to talk about it. As for how long it is, it is hard to say.

After a while, just play for a while. ——This is the mantra of countless players.

Therefore, after many considerations, the "Second World" made a democratic and fair decision, and finally set the official beta test at 9 am Beijing time.

For the public beta of the virtual life, all players around the world have been waiting for it, guarding the computer long ago, waiting for the moment when the game starts at 9 am Beijing time.

"Grandma's, today's time is really slow!" In the Internet cafe, many players watched the seconds turn around, feeling inexplicably anxious in their hearts. They could have been playing games and watching movies while waiting for this torment for a short period of time. However, many players are afraid that they are the same as Jianxia Qingyuan online, and they won't be able to log in after being late. In order to log on to Jianxia Qingyuan online, many players have abandoned the old donkey energy. Now they don’t want to repeat the same mistakes because they are little playful for a while and delay the "business". Then they will watch other people's games and be on the sidelines , The taste is uncomfortable.

You must know that this is a game on a global unified server, and it is said that there will be a lot of mm, making friends, entertainment and casual games, plus an ingenious "sports system", enough to make every male player crazy. As for female players, the stars and celebrities of virtual life are also enough to attract them.

Think about it, being able to get along with your idol in the game day and night, or even become friends, and according to the gossip of an employee of the "Second World" (Lin Feng deliberately revealed by others), players can become friends with celebrities not only , You can even become a lover, or you can get married (of course, the “second world” does not guarantee whether you can get married in the end).

Thinking about this makes countless female players go crazy. What's more, virtual life promises to be absolutely free forever, which is also a temptation for female players. Before the Audition Dance Troupe was spending too much money in it, and most of the female fans were incapable of working and were still students. This was opposed by many parents. Nowadays, virtual life is completely free, so they no longer have to worry about any pressure from their parents. As long as you can afford the internet fee! This is absolutely not a problem for most female players.

With the addition of female players, will there be fewer male players?

But waiting is always an irritating thing, especially when waiting for a long-awaited game. This mood is even more urgent, as if there are thousands of ants crawling in my heart, it is not uncomfortable.

The first online game for leisure and entertainment, the first online game with a global unified server, and the first online game promised to be absolutely free forever. These three firsts make all players look forward to and excited about it.

Finally, the long wait finally came to fruition, and nine o'clock finally came!

For the first time, the players who had been waiting for a long time opened the client for the first time with a hand speed of 400apm+ exceeding the "nada" 400apm+, which is known as a cramping player. They entered the account and password, and then clicked to log in. According to a random survey by a magazine, at this moment, the player clicked on the client, entered the account number, and the password to enter the game. On average, it only took 3.7 seconds for each player! It also created the Gillies World Record for the fastest login game in the world. Of course, this record has no witnesses!

With a cry of a baby, the player enters the virtual life game. At the beginning, all players have witnessed a slightly old-fashioned setting, but to the surprise of the players, this setting is too detailed and too detailed. There are various settings from height, age, weight, hobbies. Of course, you can make it according to your real situation or make it up. The "Second World" does not limit its information to be real. Players can make it up. After all, in virtual life, it is to encourage everyone to play another self. The original intention of the game is to allow players to experience another life, injecting a little hope or sunshine into the boring, boring, and even a little decadent real life. And players can upload their own avatar so that when the other party inquires about your information in the game, they will be able to see your avatar.

After a long setting, the player enters the game. When entering the game for the first time, all players exclaimed. The whole picture is an antique style with Chinese ink paintings. The whole picture is extremely beautiful. The player enters it as if he is in an ancient painting. The whole mood can not help but relax, and the Chinese classical folk music ringing in the ears , The sound of silk and bamboo is refreshing.

Just log in to the game every day to look at this screen and listen to this music, which is not bad! ——Many players sighed in their hearts. Virtual life is completely free, they can log in every day, do nothing, just hang up. As everyone knows, Lin Feng asked Cui Ming to be as humane as possible in the pictures and background music, and set a bit more pleasing for this purpose. Virtual life relies on advertising to make money. Naturally, I hope that players can log in as well, and it is best to hang up. And in the next step, Lin Feng is thinking about how to make the virtual life hang up like QQ.

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Of course, Cui Ming and others have modified this screen style according to the folk customs of various countries to ensure that players from all countries will have a sense of intimacy after entering, and they will not feel that this is an online game produced by a foreign company.

Later, after entering the game, the player was surprised again. Because most players find that this seems to be very similar to the city map they are in. This is also why Cui Mingze and others temporarily rented a satellite, used satellite photography to take satellite maps of large, medium and small cities in the world, and then made them through simple modeling (of course, in subsequent expansions, real 3d cities will appear. ), but everything in the city is still blank. There is nothing on this map other than a temporary suggested tent for each player.

The entire city is blank, and all players are wearing simple costumes standing on the empty map of the city. Seeing all this, all players are a little dumbfounded! Regarding virtual life, the "Second World" official has not made a big report, but briefly reported the game type of virtual life and the almost absolute freedom of player autonomy. Therefore, players still don't know how to play virtual life.

But at this moment, the system prompts. All players will be able to receive various tasks in the game. The time required for each task to complete, the money earned, and the consumption of physical energy are different. At the same time, they will also receive a certain "civil honor value" according to the difficulty of the task. "Honor Value" will directly affect the future players' right to suggest urban development plans. In other words, what style and type the player wants to rebuild the city he previously lived in is determined by the player's "citizen honor value".

After reading the details of the mission, many players were stunned-isn't this a simulated city? It's just that now each player cooperates to build a city. And it was built from the very foundation of a city. Although this idea is good, it also impresses the players. After all, it is undoubtedly very tempting to personally build a city, especially the city in my hometown, to make my originally dissatisfied hometown more beautiful and more reasonable. But after all, players are here for making friends, leisure and entertainment, and also for seeing so many stars and celebrities in the game.

In this regard, Cui Ming was also well prepared. Immediately the system issued a message. Players in all cities will have one month to build their own cities, and each city will be scored by the international environmental organization, and thousands of cities in the game will be ranked. The virtual celebrities and celebrities signed by the "Second World" will select the best cities to live in based on this ranking.

This news undoubtedly made many players excited. Think about it, most people are unable to meet celebrities and celebrities. Now the virtual life provides an opportunity for everyone, not only to allow everyone to contact these stars and celebrities, but also to allow them to move to their own city, which is undoubtedly a very exciting thing. Even if some players do not chase stars, it does not mean that they are not competitive. Think about it, your own city is among the best in the global city rankings, and it has many stars or celebrities, which in itself is a proud thing. What's more, in this era, there are no stars who don't like or admire. Entertainment stars, sports stars, celebrities, most people always have a favorite star or celebrity.

Moreover, for those female players, this is simply a killer!

Not long after, after a simple understanding of the game method and game planning, the players will start to take action. Start to undertake various tasks according to their own situation. In this task, many players have gradually realized the fun of virtual life. Through collaboration to complete tasks, players began to get acquainted with each other, talked, and gradually made various friends, and also had their own small teams...

Looking at the results displayed by the game data, Lin Feng and others nodded repeatedly. Players finally started their "virtual life" journey, and the construction of the city is only preliminary. After that, players will play various roles in the city. Of course, if this is the case, it will not attract players to continue playing in the game. In the "virtual life", players can build their own houses, decorate their own houses, and then be able to meet guests, date and so on. At the same time, it can participate in the construction of the city according to the "citizen honor value". And the subsequent "sports system" allows players to experience the feeling of a sports star.

Originally, Cui Ming hoped that Lin Feng could take the virtual ownership of each sports club so that players could join each club to compete. This will undoubtedly excite many players, and there are few who don't like football or basketball in this era. Unfortunately, even if Lin Feng is the richest man in the world, he can't get the virtual portrait rights of so many sports clubs. Of course, it's not impossible, just asking for money. And there is still a lot of money, but in this way, the cost of the "second world" is too high to be affordable.

After repeated considerations, Lin Feng reluctantly gave up his plan to win the virtual portrait rights of major clubs, and instead allowed each city to form any sports club freely, and then participate in the city as a unit. This allows players to have a more urban concept. At the same time, it can also confine the player to a large map (super large map) as much as possible, so that it does not "run around" as much as possible. At present, the concept of the "parallel sharing connection mode" has just been put forward, and it has not yet been tested. If players "change zones" on a large scale at this time, it will be choking if something goes wrong.

Therefore, to enhance the players' sense of honor and belonging to their respective cities, so that players do not easily "change zones", it can be said to serve multiple purposes. Of course, players can also change zones. As long as there is enough "immigrant fee" or "transfer fee", players are still very free and can go to any city in the world at any time. Players enjoy absolute freedom in the game. The only difference is that there is enough "money" in the player's hands. Of course, as the "parallel sharing connection model" matures in the future, this related restriction will be gradually relaxed, and players will be able to travel freely in various cities.

As players invest in the game, time goes by every minute, and various data are continuously gathered to the "Second World" headquarters.

"Haha, boss, we really set a record this time!" Cui Ming looked at the data sheet in his hand and screamed in excitement.

According to statistics, when Virtual Life was launched, there were 2.13 million online players worldwide. And just 10 minutes later, the world's highest number of online players in Virtual Life exceeded 5 million. And this number is still increasing. Three hours after the service was launched, there were 1.8 million online players in mainland China, 1.2 million online players in Asian countries, 2 million online players in Europe, and 1.4 million online players in the United States.

And this number is still increasing! One day later, the highest number of online users in Virtual Life exceeded 10 million, making it an online game second only to Crazy Farm. Excluding Crazy Farm, Virtual Life is the most well-deserved large-scale role-playing online game with the largest number of online users.

Looking at the rising number of online players in virtual life, there is a voice of shock and jealousy inside and outside the industry.