Rebirth of the big era of online games

Chapter 6 My Dad is Fang Wanxing
Scum!

cancer!

Shit stick!
The above is Li Yi's true evaluation of Fang Jie after listening to Fang Jie's game idea.

He felt that if Fang Jie's game planning plan was implemented, it would inevitably cause an uproar and collective condemnation in the MUD game industry. It could even be said to be a major earthquake in China's online game industry, which is still in its infancy.

However, from the operator's point of view, these unrestrained gameplay ideas have indeed created a new world view of MUD games. If all these ideas can be realized, it will be difficult to make money!
Youdao is poor and short-minded. For love, Li Yi, who has been weighing for a long time, finally decides to follow Fang Jie to fall.

"I only do this for one year." Li Yi set a deadline for himself.

Fang Jie didn't care: "Of course, study is the most important thing."

On the contrary, Li Yi felt a little embarrassed, and took the initiative to ask Zhan: "Then which game system should I start developing from now? Hurry up and do something before going home for dinner."

"Don't worry about the gameplay system."

Fang Jie checked the server status: "Our primary question now is how to retain more players while ensuring the server runs smoothly. I estimate that the current server will be saturated with a maximum of 100 people online at the same time, but this point The player base is not enough."

Li Yi checked the computer configuration and network speed: "The computer here is the latest configuration, there is no problem with performance, at least 400 people can be guaranteed to be online, but the network speed is not good, we Jing Da Xia Kexing use the campus computer room server, or The intra-campus network ensures the efficiency of data transmission. Why don't we talk to the owner of the Internet cafe and upgrade the network speed and bandwidth separately?"

Fang Jie shook his head: "Take a commercial network cable? The cost is too high. We will talk about it later."

"Then what do you think?"

Li Yi knew that Fang Jie must have a solution, otherwise he would not have raised this question.

Fang Jie smiled: "You said it yourself just now that there is no problem with the configuration of the computer itself, but the network speed limits the number of people online. What if some game activities of the players are run on the server?"

"Huh? What do you mean?"

Even Li Yi, a scholar in the Computer Science Department of Beijing University, couldn't understand what Fang Jie wanted to do.

"Let's get an offline hosting system."

Fang Jie said: "You can let the player set a simple loop script, for example, after earning a lot of potential, go to the martial arts training room to practice. The player is offline but the character is not offline, and the server is hosted and run. This is just a redundant server. The performance is utilized, and the network bandwidth is not consumed, but the online number and popularity of the game can always be maintained.”

After listening to this, Li Yi couldn't help but slapped his thigh: "Good idea! In this way, it can retain many players, and it can also save players' cost of getting on the computer, so there is no need to hang up online leveling all the time! The network fee saved is just used. Come and recharge to buy game currency!"

Having said that, Li Yi couldn't wait to switch to the client and said: "The program of this hosting system is very easy to write, and I can get it done right away!"

Fang Jie couldn't help but be amused. In fact, he had an idea about the offline hosting system that he didn't have time to talk about.

In the future, once the server performance is at full capacity, the related game systems can be split and connected to other servers in parallel, so that thousands or even tens of thousands of people can be online at the same time!

The MUD server is only the first-generation single-threaded non-blocking architecture, and Fang Jie's idea is already the third-generation online game server architecture, which is a technology that is currently not available in China.

To do this, it is necessary to rewrite the MUD server-side program and architecture, involving network technologies such as memory architecture, logical architecture, and communication mode.

He doesn't have the time and energy to do this right now. Even if he wants to do it, he can't do it on the computer in the Internet cafe. It's too unsafe.

While Fang Jie and Li Yi were discussing server issues, Li Qing was not idle, and was always acting as a game customer service.

From time to time, someone asks her to inquire about the recharge of the game, and from time to time she runs out to the ATM to check the account.

Even under Fang Jie's guidance, Li Qing also learned the two game English commands of goto and give, and used Fang Jie's Tianshen GM number to teleport directly to the buyer in the game and issue recharged game coins.

Seeing that Li Qing was so busy, Fang Jie took a moment to ask, "How much is in the account?"

"1550!" Li Qing was excited, her eyes full of admiration.

In her opinion, the fact that Fang Jie set up an online game server by himself is already quite remarkable.

Making money through games is even more incredible!

You must know that her parents worked hard for a month, and the combined wages of the two were only 1200!

Fang Jie did it casually, and in just two hours of starting the server, he earned 1500 yuan, which was more than a month's salary of her parents!

Where is this making money, it is obviously picking up money!
At the same time, Li Qing felt that those players who asked her to recharge were simply stupid.

It's just some virtual game currency, is it worth spending that much money?

She saw with her own eyes that Fang Jie typed a command such as CLONE with the Tianshen GM, and then held down the Enter key. In less than three seconds, the system swiped out hundreds of "1 Two Golden Tickets".

And those players who spend 100 RMB can only buy one such unlimited golden ticket...

It is conservative to say that this is picking up money, it is obviously a money printing machine!

Hearing this comment, Fang Jie couldn't help laughing and said, "You're only half right. The current players have a lot of money, but people are really not stupid. On the contrary, they are still elites. Otherwise, where would they get so much money?"

In this era, people who have access to computers, the Internet and MUD online games have good family conditions or income. Many of them are the second generation of rich officials or the owners of Internet cafes, and they are not bad at all.

Unlike later generations, the local tyrants in the game are diluted by a large number of diaosi players. At this time, the proportion of local tyrants in the game is very high, and most of the diaosi can't even turn on the computer.

In addition to the local tyrants who are willing to spend more money, everyone who is a big Chinese New Year has received a lot of New Year's money, and they have money to squander.

Of course, the real reason for everyone to recharge is mainly related to the game settings.

A normal MUD game, after playing it for a few months, it is estimated that it will become one of the top ten masters of the martial arts. It is impossible for a year or two to be the first in the whole server and learn all martial arts. Many MUD players spend their whole lives. I didn't mix into a martial arts master in the game, even if I had money.

This perverted suit created by Fang Jie is a bit exaggerated to say that it is full level in 1 day. In fact, it is no problem to be fully leveled in about 1 month. An opportunity for advanced gameplay.

Of course, the premise is krypton gold.

The routine in this is very simple, it is nothing more than adding the function of the GM such as the flying boots.

This kind of teleportation function, which is necessary in later online games, is very novel in the eyes of players now, allowing them to experience the thrill of being a GM.

The key is that many novice players can't remember the map or which room the NPC is in. They often have to look around for a long time to do a letter delivery mission, while the Flying Boots only need to hit a goto to directly reach the target location, which improves the efficiency of the mission. more than 10 times.

But this thing has a limit on the number of times, and you need game currency to buy it after it is used up, and the game currency output of this perverted server has not increased by 100 times, so the game is deflationary, and the money has become very valuable.

Players did not realize that the game currency was not enough when they first entered the game. When they played for 1 or 2 hours, learned a lot of martial arts, and used up the flying boots that came with the novice gift pack, they would find that This version of the game is good for earning potential, but the game currency earned during this period is not enough to buy a flying boot.

And the flying boots determine the efficiency of earning potential.

The so-called transition from thrift to extravagance is easy, and from extravagance to thrift is difficult.

Are you used to the GM's flying and escaping function, and then go back and honestly run the map to find NPCs?

are you crazy!

Anyway, if you recharge 1 yuan, you will get 100 taels of gold, you can buy 10 flying boots, and send 500 times, which is quite "cost-effective".

To put it bluntly, it's actually selling game currency, but it's just around the middle, so as not to be too explicit.

However, game currency is still produced in the game. Non-RMB players slowly do tasks to save money, they can continue to play, and they can also buy flying boots.

This is one who is willing to fight and one who is willing to suffer. If you want to be lazy, you will pay for it. If you have no money, you will be diligent. The game is generally balanced, and some professional players have even shouted in the game to sell game coins.

Once game coins, game items and even account transactions appear in the game, it means that the game is balanced, value-preserving, and has a long life cycle. The most typical ones are the "Fantasy Westward Journey" series and "EVE", which have endured for more than a dozen years. In [-], everyone could make money while playing games.

Fang Jie's claim to be a perverted suit was actually just a gimmick, he didn't intend to burn the forest to hunt.

Fang Jie couldn't bear to see Li Qing running in and out for a while, and his forehead was sweating in the winter.

"It's a pity that the first day of the new year, the bank is on holiday..." Fang Jie couldn't help thinking.

In this era, not to mention online transfers, mobile payments, etc., not many people even use online banking, and everyone is habitually going to the bank counter for transfers and checking accounts.

Two years ago, foreign countries launched the online payment platform PAYPAL, which is similar to the existence of Alipay.

In other words, Alipay is the "imitation" of PAYPAL, just like QQ "imitation" of ICQ.

In this era, the domestic Internet industry is basically all copied from Citi, so there is nothing to make a fuss about.

"It's 1800!" Li Qing, who came back from outside again, wiped her sweat and said.

Every transaction, Li Qing will report the account.

She doesn't think it's hard work. To make so much money in such a short period of time, she would rather run more.

"Give me the bank card, you can rest for a while." Fang Jie gave Li Qing a head slap with a smile.

"Oh, for you."

Li Qing nodded obediently and handed the bank card to Fang Jie. She didn't seem to think there was any problem with being killed by the other party's head.

After walking out of the Internet cafe with a bank card, Fang Jie wanted to understand why Li Qing didn't respond much.

The action of touching the head to kill, in fact, did not give much meaning at the beginning, it was just a show of doting, but after being hyped and publicized by Korean dramas, it became very different in meaning.

During the period from the late 90s to 2005, the cultural invasion of the Bagua Kingdom was serious. Last year, reporters in Beijing officially proposed the term "Korean Wave", which was then widely quoted.

However, just like Li Yi's "Popular Lag Theory", in this age of underdeveloped Internet, and in a small third- and fourth-tier city like Tongcheng, the Hallyu wave has not yet reached here, and Li Qing has not been brainwashed for the time being. fully understand the meaning of it.

"It seems that the long-term goal has to be added - to accelerate the construction of national style and entertainment, and resist the invasion of the Korean Wave. The Dragon Boat Festival is theirs, so it seems that it is not shameful to move their variety shows in advance..."

After a flash of thought, Fang Jie couldn't help but chuckle twice.

Go to the ATM to take out all the money, plus the leftover lucky money, a total of 3100 yuan.

Then he found the owner of the Internet cafe, a relative of the manager of the telecom business hall. Fang Jie said straight to the point: "I want to package two machines for long-term independent use. How much do you think is appropriate?"

"Charter?"

The owner of the Internet cafe, who has never encountered such a thing, said, "How long do you plan to stay?"

Fang Jie said: "It is settled monthly."

"Is that so..."

The owner of the Internet cafe was thinking about it, only to listen to Fang Jie: "Let me do the math for you. The normal Internet access fee is 4 yuan per hour, 24 hours a day, and the full amount of Internet access a day is 100 yuan, which is 3000 a month."

"I am here at 6 yuan/hour." The Internet cafe owner corrected.

Fang Jie smiled slightly: "This fee is not calculated by you, but by the Price Bureau. If you insist on calculating it at 6 yuan/hour, then I will call and ask the Price Bureau."

The owner of the Internet cafe couldn't help but open his mouth, not knowing what to say.

The Price Bureau may not take care of this, but his Internet cafe is not clean, not only because of connections, but even borrowed the storefront of the telecommunications business hall, which is suspected of tax evasion and tax evasion. .

The owner of the Internet cafe, who felt that it was better to do less than one thing, had no choice but to say: "Okay, then each computer is 3000 yuan, per month."

"No no no,"

Fang Jie said: "Your Internet cafe can't be full all night, and basically no one comes to the Internet in the morning, and the actual computer usage time is less than half of each day. Therefore, 1500 yuan / month is a reasonable monthly price, two computers. 3000 in total."

After hearing this, the owner of the Internet cafe who felt that he had suffered a big loss waved his hands again and again: "No, no, this price is too low, you can find another Internet cafe to charter a flight."

Fang Jie shook his head and smiled: "Why can't you turn the corner? If you think about it this way, the computer is also empty when it is empty. In addition to your normal daily income, you can earn an extra 3000 yuan per month. This is extra income, You didn't suffer at all."

The owner of the Internet cafe couldn't help but be stunned for a moment. After thinking about it for a while, he took a deep breath and said, "Hey...it seems to make sense..."

At this moment, the manager of the business hall, who was sitting beside him, pointed at Fang Jie with a smile and reminded the Internet cafe owner, "This is the son of Section Chief Fang's family."

"Section Chief Fang? Which Section Chief Fang?"

"Fang Wanxing!"

"Oh~~~ Hahaha, I said earlier, then come at this price..."

Fang Jie couldn't help rolling his eyes: yes, after spending a long time talking, it is better to say "my dad is Fang Wanxing" directly.

　I just came to the signing station and added a new chapter.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)