Rebirth of the big era of online games

Chapter 416 "Human Extinction Event"

(I am much more comfortable today, continue to fight, and by the way, let me tell you the good news I just received: January 2022, 1, the upper limit of this book will be exempt from recommendation.)
For the first damo internal test, there are only 100 players participating in the internal test. It is an internal small-scale test, and all testers are relevant game developers from Boiling Games and Fangzhou International.

Since the game planning and game development tasks provided by Fang Jie were divided into N modules and released in the form of outsourcing tasks, even though these game developers participated in the game production, they did not have much interest in the integrated "Ark" I didn't know what kind of game it was before I played it.

However, after they went in to experience it, they found that the game was completely different from what they had imagined, and in less than half an hour, all 100 testers "sacrificed heroically".

In other words, none of these people can survive a day in the game.

This matter was also publicized by Fang Jie through the media like self-deprecating.

"Unfortunately, the results of the first DAMO test are very unsatisfactory."

"One of the main test items is the survivability test, that is, everyone is only given a chance to live once, in order to simulate reality and see how the survival pressure in this world will be if everyone cannot be resurrected."

"We recruited 100 in-house game developers as testers, almost all of whom were high-players, claiming how good they were at playing games, but... within half an hour, they all died!"

"They all said that this game is difficult, it's so difficult that it's abnormal, and even said that this is no longer a game, but a real world..."

"Isn't this nonsense? The Ark Project was originally intended to create a real virtual world, not just a game. There are many survival sandbox games on the market, and our company's "Minecraft" is this type of game. If I just make such a game, I can make a few million dollars, and I can make a very good game.”

"I've been emphasizing that this is a real, real, virtual world. When dealing with "Ark", you can't experience it with the mentality of a game."

"When you travel to the primitive earth full of dangers and unknowns, I think the most sensible thing to do is to lie still, observe the surroundings first, and think about how to solve problems such as food, drinking water, and heating instead of running around. Or yelling, and various acts of death..."

"Of course, it might be more helpful to learn some wilderness survival knowledge before entering this world."

"So I didn't mean to embarrass everyone on purpose, but because reality is like this. Since you can survive in reality, why can't you survive in Ark World?"

"There are also many testers who warned me that this kind of game or world that completely simulates reality may dissuade a large number of people, and make the vast majority of people quit, which will lead to the failure of the Ark project."

"In this regard, I just want to say: If you only have such a little ability, it can only show that you are a disgrace to modern humans!"

"Because you are not even as good as a primitive man!"

"Ark World will unswervingly simulate reality as completely as possible. This is the core concept of the plan, and it will not waver in the slightest to take care of you people who are powerless!"

"The second closed beta is about to start. At this time, the number of people in the closed beta will be expanded to 500. Real high-level players will be selected from all over the world to test. If anyone refuses to accept it, welcome to challenge!"

……

When other people make games, they keep proclaiming how good their games are and how easy they are to play. However, Fang Jie is better off, and directly exposes his shortcomings and self-destructive family scandals, as if he is afraid that others will not know.

But those who are familiar with him know that he likes to play this kind of self-deprecating routine. The more self-deprecating, the easier it is to arouse everyone's curiosity.

In particular, he also used the aggressive method in the interview, and put the results of this test on the line and called it the first "human extinction event" in the world of Ark.

Human extinction event!

What a big breath!
Players from all over the world expressed dissatisfaction, and some donkey friends and field survival experts even scoffed at it!
You find a group of game makers to test, these are a group of technical nerds wearing plaid shirts, balding on half of their hair, and never stepping out of the door. They know how to survive, let them conquer the primitive earth, nonsense!

let's do it!

So after half a month of game bug fixes, the second DAMO internal test started, and the number of participants reached 500.

Except for the 100 internal testers for the first test, the other 400 are high-level players from all over the world, including some who like extreme sports, and even some wild survival enthusiasts.

This group of people is a bit stronger, after all, after Fang Jie's coaching in the media, everyone's experience and ability have improved.

But I didn't live a day.

This 1 day time refers to 1 day in reality, in Ark World it is 60 days, 2 months.

The longest surviving player was a survival amateur.

He survived in the Ark World for almost a month. Although the quality of life was extremely low, he was plagued by various diseases, and the wound infection kept recurring, but he survived at least, and the others were even worse than him.

But it was time to go offline and sleep, and then go in after waking up to take a look. His game character had automatically consumed all the food and drinking water collected before half a month ago, and starved to death directly.

60 times the time flow rate, after the character is offline, the time in the Ark World will continue to advance. If it is calculated according to the fact that it takes 8 hours to sleep in reality, then waking up is equivalent to 20 hours in the Ark World. It's only a day, it's no wonder if you don't starve to death.

This is cheating.

Doesn't this game make you fall asleep?

Is it so crazy?
Of course, this is not the most criticized place.

The international players who participated in the test found that the game was completely different from what they had imagined. The screen or screen form could be described as "crude", and it was not as grand as the "Ark Project" boasted in the media.

After the player enters the game, there is only a circle icon representing the game character. Although the picture in the icon can choose the picture provided by the system or upload his own photo, it is still just a "circle".

Not only the game characters, but all other animals and plants have no specific images, but are just circles with corresponding pictures pasted on them.

Such a game is actually a super game that cost at least 1.5 million US dollars to produce?
Is there any misunderstanding between us?
No matter how you look at it, it feels wrong. The richest man in Huaguo is not telling stories to cheat money!
So after the second round of internal testing, Fang Jie stood in front of the media again.

"Ah, let me explain the game screen and production cost first."

"The game map did cost 1.5 million US dollars, but because everyone in the game is still primitive, and has not invented papermaking and various drawing tools for the time being, the large map function of the game is currently not open to everyone. This needs to be unlocked by the technology tree."

"By the way, even if the game map function is opened and players can create maps, they can only light up the maps they have explored for the time being."

"However, the world of Ark is linked with the real world. Since everyone can communicate with each other in reality, in order to reflect this, the game will be set as a map lit by other players, and it will also be displayed on your world map in the future. "

"Besides, the current game is only a DAMO test, that is, a small sample test. It is normal that there are no specific shapes of characters, animals and plants. Even for a long time in the future, the game may be tested in the form of DAMO."

"It's not that we can't make specific shapes, but that the 2D version of "Ark" doesn't need to pay attention to these external skins. After the DAMO version, it may be directly upgraded to the 3D version, but the workload of the 3D version is too large. It is currently replaced in this form."

"Everyone don't care about these skins, the core is the most important thing."

"When it comes to the core, everyone's feedback is the same as the first internal test. They think it's too difficult and easy to die, especially when you go offline to sleep. Ark World will continue to evolve, which will cause the characters to starve to death..."

"However, haven't you noticed that while the time flow in the game has increased by 60 times, everyone's production efficiency has also increased by 60 times? If you find resources in the real world and collect a basket of wild fruits, at least one Hours? In Ark World, it can be done in a minute.”

"After the player goes offline, as long as there is food and drinking water on the body or in the locker, the system will automatically let the player character consume the food and drink in the lowest survival state until the player goes online. So as long as everyone prepares enough food in advance before going offline, won't starve to death."

"As for various diseases and negative states, I don't know how to explain it. In such an environment, it is normal for you to get sick or even die from illness."

"I have a good suggestion: Everyone can hold a group to keep warm. When creating a character, find more friends to set the same latitude and longitude coordinates as the birthplace, and if everyone divides the work together, the chance of survival will be greatly increased. You will not Do you think primitive people are lone rangers and can survive on their own?"

"Obviously, everyone still hasn't adjusted their mentality, and they still treat Ark World with a game mentality."

"So the results of this test are still regrettable. The mass extinction of human beings in the world of "Ark" was staged again. None of the 500 test players survived, not even a single day in reality."

"When I got this result, apart from regret, I wanted to ask everyone: Are you really inferior to primitive people?"

"The next DAMO test will be half a month later, and the number of testers will be expanded to 2000 people. It's still the same sentence: Anyone who refuses to accept it is welcome to challenge!"

……

Modern humans are inferior to primitive humans, which is obviously a false proposition.

Because modern humans no longer need to live a life of slash-and-burn farming and naked clothes like primitive people. What everyone has mastered is more advanced and civilized skills, instead of just picking up a stone to knock down a tree. Branches can drill wood to make fire.

So anyone with a discerning eye can see that Fang Jie's aggressive method is actually a sneaky change of concept.

But if you know it, you know it, who is willing to admit that if they travel to the primitive world, they will not be able to survive?

In everyone's imagination, it is backed by a powerful scientific and technological civilization in the real world, returning to the original earth to transform the world, quickly climbing the technological tree, inventing and creating various products of human civilization, and then farming players facing the sea, spring flowers blooming, and ambitious players Dominate the king and unify the world.

But it turned out that the living environment of the primitive earth was extremely harsh.

Of course, it is not impossible to face the sea, but some people just built a shack by the sea, and they were submerged by the high tide of sea water. Some people even encountered a tsunami, and their houses were destroyed directly.

There are also those who appreciate the blooming of spring flowers, but are stung to death by a large group of wasps. As for those who want to dominate, when they meet a Tyrannosaurus rex, it will tell you who is the king here.

In short, in front of nature, human beings are actually very small and fragile, and they will die at the slightest sign of trouble. The gap between reality and ideals is too big, let alone those mindless goals. Not an easy task.

This made all the players who participated in the test very dissatisfied. "Not as good as primitive people" is indeed a sneaky change of concept, but it is actually true from a certain point of view. This actually aroused the fighting spirit of the players and the thoughts of "man will conquer nature". Coupled with Fang Jie's taunting overtly and secretly, he was even more unconvinced.

As for the "Humanity Extinction Event" launched on the Shanggang, it is also a radical method to stimulate players.

Other players who did not participate in the closed beta were envious and jealous. They thought they were no worse than those players, but they did not qualify for the closed beta. They felt underestimated, their personality was insulted, and their self-esteem was hit a bit.

As a result, those selected internal beta players actually played the "Humanity Extinction Event", and it happened twice. Naturally, they gloated and ridiculed the internal beta players, saying that you weak chickens have embarrassed us humans. let me try!

The closed beta players couldn't bear such a stimulus, and they were even more unconvinced. They said "you can do it if you have the ability!", but they gritted their teeth and vowed in their hearts that next time the closed beta, they must fight for their breath and live out their own personalities!

If I go, I will go!

So the third DAMO internal test, more players participated.

Not surprisingly, the third "Humanity Extinction Event" happened in Ark World, and all 2000 closed beta players died abnormally within 1 day of real time!

Want to say that these players are stupid?
how is this possible.

These people are all high-level players all over the world, with extremely rich game experience, and after learning from the previous two lessons, they are much more careful this time, but they still can't survive in the Ark World.

The point is that no one can scold Fang Jie and his Fangzhou International until now.

Because after many explanations and emphasis by Fang Jie, everyone has accepted that Ark World is indeed a simulation of the real primitive earth, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is "Human Evolution Simulator".

Since it is simulating the real evolution of human beings, who can be blamed for not being able to survive?

Blame Fangzhou International?
There is no such reason!

It can only show that your...survival ability is really not as good as that of primitive people?

This... oh, how angry!

Many internal beta players suffered from internal injuries because of this, and never thought that a game that is not like a game would actually attract countless players to challenge by insulting all modern human beings.

By the fourth round of the DAMO test, the number of testers was as high as 5000, not all of them were players, and there were also many "inexplicable" real-life survival experts who wanted to support modern humans, and launched a challenge to Ark World.

Among them is Bell, an internationally renowned survival expert and explorer in his previous life.

But Bell's purpose is not very simple.

Challenging the Ark World is only one of his purposes, and the real main purpose is to take advantage of the gimmick hotspots of the Ark Project.

At the beginning of the year, he had just made his debut and hosted the British exploration variety show "Survival in the Wild". Because the food he ate was too amazing, he was dubbed the "man standing at the top of the food chain", which initially established his reputation.

But this is not enough, we need to continue to find gimmicks to consolidate such a reputation.

At that time, someone recommended him to try it in Ark World.

Bell scoffed at this at first, mocking Arkworld and Fang Jie, claiming that this is just a game, and the fake is always fake. How can it be as difficult as the real world?

He is a true survival expert. He has been to the jungles of Costa Rica, the deserts of Utah, the Pacific Islands, the Sierra Nevada, and the Alps. He has eaten all kinds of disgusting things and encountered countless dangers. Let him go to the game world to survive. Is there any LOW?
However, after the Ark World passed three tests and human beings became extinct three times, the matter became serious. The whole world knew that the game of the Ark Project had not only started internal testing, but the difficulty had risen to a level that challenged the dignity of modern human beings.

It's worth it!

You have to find someone to fix it!
So more viewers began to seriously suggest that he should come out to challenge and give us modern humans a chance.

Seeing that everyone's response was so strong, the whole world was paying attention, and the hot spots must be enough, Bell signed up for the fourth round of DAMO testing of "Ark".

At the same time, there are still all kinds of ridicule in his mouth, saying that he may be crazy, instead of challenging the Alps and Himalayas, he ran to the game to challenge the so-called primitive earth.

As far as hype is playing tricks, Fang Jie did not give in too much. Of course, this kind of good thing delivered to the door should be used well. He immediately opened the back door for Bell and gave him an account to let him jump in line and enter Ark World. Bell started to talk, and the two started to hype very tacitly.

Bell was all kinds of disdainful, saying that he was crazy, Fang Jie said don't talk about it, come in and challenge if you have the ability, and see whether you are crazy or the original world is crazier than you.

Bell responded: I can conquer reality, but can't I conquer your virtual game world?How about we make a bet?
Fang Jie said: Yes, just bet, bet $1000 million!As long as you can survive in the game for 1 year, which is about 6 days in reality, Fangzhou International will reward you with 1000 million US dollars!
Bell was shocked: But if you lose, I don't have that much money to compensate you!

Fang Jie: It's okay, if you lose, you don't have to lose money, just pay me!I will be a lifelong partner of Fangzhou International in this life. It happens that "Ark" still has many problems in the survival data setting. Come and help Fangzhou International to improve it.

With the war of words reaching this level, related news events have become the current international entertainment hotspot.

One is "the man standing at the top of the food chain", and the other is the most influential person in the world last year, the third in the world's richest list, and the man who really stood at the top of the food chain, all of a sudden produced a hype effect of 1+1 greater than 2.

And these two actually made a bet, the bet was 1000 million US dollars and a contract of sale, which was even more of a gimmick!

The international community was immediately surrounded by melon-eating people who feared that the world would not be chaotic, and they were looking forward to a fight between the two, especially now that Fang Jie had shown his cards, and it was up to Bell to accept the move.

Needless to say the result?
Not to mention the gimmick of the event itself and the entertainment effect and influence it brings, nor to mention the huge bet of 1000 million US dollars, but only to say that the current public opinion situation, Bell has been roasted on the fire, and he has to agree if he does not agree what!
Besides, Bell is still very happy, because he is very confident in himself. No matter how disgusting the Ark World is, it will never be more disgusting than the things he has eaten, right?

If you don't take the 1000 million money that was sent for nothing, you won't take it for nothing!
Fang Jie is also very happy here, not to mention that Bell may not get that much money, even if 1000 million is given away, he will be happy.

The 1000 million is equivalent to the advertising fee, which is much cheaper than normal advertising. Now this matter is more lively in the international arena than the US election. The publicity fee of the US election is in the unit of [-] million.

However, after Bell accepted the offer, he checked for omissions and made a reasonable small request: the game belongs to your family, what if you change the data and deliberately embarrass me?
Fang Jie said that this is easy to handle: You can record, broadcast or even broadcast the whole process of this challenge in the virtual world. Worried that the internal test screen of the game will be exposed.

Seeing Fang Jie's response, Bell couldn't help but slapped his thigh: This guy is so shrewd and has a tacit understanding!

The ultimate goal of Bell's participation in this event is to expand his popularity and influence. In the end, he didn't even need to know. As soon as he fell asleep, he took the initiative to send a comfortable pillow over, which really won my heart!

Why is it said that someone can become the richest man at a young age? Sure enough, his reputation is well-deserved.

So Bell gradually changed his tone, claiming that he was not opposed to the Ark Project, but only questioned the difficulty of survival in "Ark". He still admires Fang Jie, and he is still fascinated by the Ark Project. faithful believers.

Well, anyway, no matter how they sing the oboe, what should come will still come.

In mid-June, not long after Fang Jie's birthday, the fourth round of DAMO internal testing of "Ark" began. Bell directly joined the program group of "Survival in the Wild" to join the internal testing, followed the filming and recording of the whole process, and will serve as The official program of "Wilderness Survival" is broadcast on British television.

At this stage of the "Ark" internal test, most of the previous BUGs have been fixed, so I am not afraid to make a public appearance.

So a much-anticipated and much-anticipated game challenge involving 1000 million bets kicked off.

(End of this chapter)