Reborn America, this is my time

Chapter 275 Everyone in the world is a believer
"Oh Ethan! The speech you just gave was really great!"

"Your choice is the joy of the world?"

"This sentence is so cool!"

After giving up the green field to the staff, Ethan also boarded his own side stand.

As soon as he stepped onto the steps, classmate Xiao Qiao, who had been invited, stretched out his fist and punched his chest twice.

The excited praise made Ethan burst into laughter, "Do you think I said it well?"

"Oh, I think so too!" Raising his right hand and punching Jobs, Ethan continued: "Of course, I also have half of your medals on my military medals."

"Huh?" Jobs didn't understand.

Ethan said: "After all, it was you who told me that a speech is to say what the audience wants to hear. And at this moment, what can excite them more than the results of the Destiny Game?"

"Right?"

Ethan winked at Jobs.

Even though the scene was very noisy, Xiao Qiao still heard his words clearly.

When Jobs recalled what happened at the "Pac-Man" press conference, the muscular young man wearing glasses burst out laughing, "Oh - my good brother -"

He opened his arms.

Ethan didn't hesitate and hugged him.

Not only that, he also patted the other party's back hard.

After chatting for a while, Ethan continued to move forward and bumped his chest with Steve Wozniak who was twisting around; he high-fived Steven Spielberg who was cheering for joy; He took the light blue lightsaber from George Lucas and waved it twice in front of the camera, arousing screams from the audience.

Then, he pointed at the stand and threw the lightsaber out.

Following his movements, countless people rushed into a group.

This scene made Ethan smile and ask for a microphone.

"Be careful!"

“If you have any questions, just call security!”

“We have a medical team on site!”

"If you need first aid, I will pay all the expenses today!"

"Hahahaha——" Ethan's words caused a burst of laughter.

After shaking hands with Bill Mensch, hugging Ralph Bell, and joining the invited Governor of Arkansas and her wife, accompanied by Barbara Babcock. Only then did Ethan see Bill Gates and Paul Allen.

Ah, no, old Gates is also here today, sitting next to his son.

"Thank you for supporting me." Ethan extended his hand.

"Oh - Ethan, we should express our gratitude to you." Old Gates stood up with his son and his son's friends, and said with a smile: "Thank you for the invitation."

Ethan was not polite about such boring things and nodded: "I wish you a good time."

After greeting the special guests, Ethan returned to his seat. Unlike usual, Thomas and Linda also came to the scene today.Maybe it was because he was so happy that Thomas gave him a bear hug when he saw Ethan coming over, but it could also be that all parents hope that their children will be successful, and Linda even held his cheek and kissed him fiercely. .

As for Evelyn?
This guy looked at Ethan with a look of disgust.

"Stop laughing!"

"The corners of your mouth are almost touching your ears!"

"My mouth is watering!"

"Really like the Big Bad Wolf in Little Red Riding Hood!"

"I'm happy-" Ethan shrugged and sat down.

The heartwarming scene was faithfully recorded by the photographer. After Ethan waved his hand to signal their attention to the game, the camera was handed over to the host of the event.

"Okay, now it's finally my time. I thought it would take a long time." The former governor of California said with a sour smile, and then said: "Next, I will invite all the contestants participating today..."

Ballmer's game plan worked out very well during its execution.

When people learned that the rules of the selection competition are one-shot, all contestants will be ranked according to the number of levels they have passed. After the top [-] in each state enter the knockout round, from the beginning of the competition, the entrances to the competition venues in each state will be watched every day. There is no way to get through the crowd of people doing good things.

Because this kind of schedule is so exciting!
Because the players must go all out and not hide their secrets!

Whenever people find out that a new player has set a record and is on the state's [-]-person list, a simple number replacement will make them excited, and it will give them more to talk about!

In this case, when the knockout rounds of each state officially begin, the local people can already roughly recognize the contestants. When the state finals begin, as long as they have watched a few live broadcasts and heard some news , then you can find the cheering point very well.

Since ordinary people can already recognize the contestants, when most of the guys watching the finals are previous contestants, every time the former governor of California calls out the name of a state, it can arouse a burst of cheers of support at the scene.

Although everyone was each other's enemy before, at this moment, it is the right thing to support your own people!
What's more, as long as the guys are eliminated, no one wants to lose and be ranked first in the country!

and this……

This is the real reason why Ethan tried so hard not to sell tickets directly!

The players who can come to compete are all eager to succeed.

Since they desire success, they must like to cheer.

Therefore, when they are not famous, letting their hometown people come to watch the game is the greatest fairness that the organizers can do.If nothing is done and ticket sales are rampant, then events held in California will definitely attract countless Californians to watch, and the people of California will definitely praise local players to the sky.

From the organizer's perspective, this situation fails to demonstrate tolerance.

From a player's perspective, inexplicable pressure can put them at a disadvantage.

If today was a MOBA game and the game was a confrontation, it would still be able to hype up the confrontation.

But when the game is a maze decryption in a single player, all players can perform better, challenge themselves, and achieve great results. Only then can the fans who follow the game feel comfortable.

Hiroshi Imanishi, who was waiting in the private room, discovered that every contestant from each state would arouse at least one audience member to scream wildly. The scene that never stopped from beginning to end made him laugh at himself.

"President, is this the most popular style of play you said?"

Imanishi Hiroshi turned his head and looked at Hiroshi Yamauchi with admiration.

"To be honest, I didn't expect that at all."

"You are really amazing."

"Yes." Yamauchi Hiroshi, who had regained his composure, nodded slightly and said, "Don't be discouraged."

"I just lived a few more years than you."

His humble words made Imanishi Hiroshi even more ashamed, and Hiroshi Yamauchi...

He also sighed silently in his heart.

'It turns out that Ethan Jones worked so hard to sell tickets so that the players can perform better? '

'I thought it was him who wanted to better mobilize the atmosphere at the scene! '

That's right, Hiroshi Yamauchi also guessed wrong.

But unfortunately, Imanishi Hiroshi will never know this.

Because Hiroshi Yamauchi decided to let it rot in his stomach.

During the exchange between the two people, 48 contestants from 480 states also appeared one after another. After briefly greeting everyone as a group, the state champions from the 48 states also came on stage to draw lots. They will Divide into six groups in the form of A, B, C, D, E, and F.

Each group consists of eight states and 80 people.

They will play at the same time.

The rules of today's final are actually exactly the same as the previous state finals. The players are still allowed to pass the level with three lives per person, and the best score of the players is recorded.

In the end, the person who passes the most levels is the champion.

When introducing the rules here, the former governor of California suddenly raised his hand and asked Ethan Jones in the stands: "Ethan, I have a question for you. If two people have the same level, , then how should the champion be calculated? Does it depend on who takes less time?"

This question made Ethan shake his head, picked up the microphone and answered: "The purpose of our holding this competition is to hope that someone can beat my game. And this should also be the wish of all viewers, because they should also want to watch Let’s see how the game ends.”

"So, we said before the event that the judging criteria for the competition is only the number of levels cleared."

"If someone has the same score, then we will compare their second scores."

“If the second-best score is the same, then it’s better than the worst score.”

"If the worst results are the same..."

"Then I'll throw them out!"

"Because there are no national exams that control scores like you do!"

"If you can control the score but not pass the level, aren't you humiliating me?"

"No matter what, I have to throw you into the Pacific Ocean to feed the sharks!"

"Hahahaha——" Ethan's funny words once again made the audience laugh.

The former governor happily raised the microphone and said, "What if there are several people who pass the test?"

"..." Such arrogant words made Ethan frown. "Then I'll throw you into the Pacific Ocean and feed it to the sharks!"

"Hahahaha——" The audience laughed louder.

This response gave the former governor a thumbs up and continued the process of the game.

Since there is no teamwork and no team results, even if many players come from the same state, they are enemies. This competition method will also keep the suspense of the game until the last moment, because before the last player ends the game, Only God knows who the champion is.

No way, who makes level-breaking and racing different?

The former can use the brain, while the latter relies more on skills.

In other words, there are a lot of muscle reactions involved.

Perhaps because the competition system was designed to be very compact, after the lottery was drawn and the players from the first group of eight states took the field, the huge stadium suddenly became quiet.

Anyone can smell the tension in the air.

Especially when Ballmer's loud voice acted as the commentator and announced the movements of each player in passionate words, the atmosphere at the entire scene became even more solemn.

That's right.

Although the former governor of California is the host of this event, the purpose of Ethan inviting him here is just to let him announce the classification plan of the Destiny Game at the end, and his request for being invited is also to satisfy the people across the country. Show your face in front of me and save some points for future elections.

so-

It's okay to let him talk about the process of the game and introduce the players. As for explaining the game?
This is a bit nonsense.

Because even Ethan himself didn't believe that he had time to play games while he was peering at the position of commander.

Since they know each other well, Ethan will naturally let professional people do professional things, so in terms of commentary settings, the ever-passionate Ballmer becomes the best candidate.

Of course, he couldn't keep an eye on eighty arcade machines by himself.

Therefore, in an era when technology was not yet developed and the Internet was not yet popular, Destiny Game used the stupidest method to show people the game process.

In addition to Ballmer, the R&D department of Destiny Games was also mobilized to serve as commentators for the sub-group of eight groups in total. When eight groups of players compete at the same time, they will focus on five groups. Control the game details of live players.

If they see a cool move that could happen, that would bring Ballmer in early.

If they can't make it in time, they will turn on their microphones and work hard with the camera and director who are following them to capture the fleeting and wonderful pictures as much as possible.

In order to enrich the picture of the live game, each player is also equipped with a referee who is always watching and a photographer who is carrying a tape recorder to record a single game.

In this way, even if the live audience does not experience the dominant operation at the first time, they can still watch it again through replay during the player's break between sets...

When Destiny Games has tried its best to do everything, even if they are limited by the times, the audience can still be satisfied.

Especially when Ballmer is running around with a microphone, even if he is breathing heavily and even if his voice is hoarse, he has to do his best to yell out the game scenes and player operations in front of the camera...

Even if at certain times, the players' operations did not meet the expectations of the second team's commentary team, and they looked exciting but could not be said to be outstanding, the huge scene could still resonate with cheers.

This scene made Ethan a little distracted.

He leaned on the seat with his arms folded, his face full of emotion——

Again, games are never played by one person.

Because happiness is something that is always shared with others.

Being able to share happiness with friends around you is the greatest meaning of the game.

And even in the future, the money-making behavior of major manufacturers will change the flavor of the game.

But people can still gain a lot from the game.

For example, many people feel that what they defeat in the game is a monster created by the designer.

actually not.

Players who achieve success will always defeat themselves who are tired after get off work.

Times will change, people will change, but the game will not change.

As long as you need it, it will satisfy you.

This is the greatest thing about the game.

And when Ethan's thoughts were racing and he was about to float out of the earth, a huge cheer suddenly woke him up.

When I looked up, it turned out that someone had exceeded level 150.

This achievement made him smile and applaud, and just when he was thinking that with the combined efforts of North America, someone should be able to clear "Ms. Pac-Man" today, words that suddenly came out interrupted his thoughts.

Ballmer, who was holding the microphone, looked at his hand and said——

"The player who just broke through the 150 level is from California!"

"It's an engineer from General Instruments!"

"His name is Sid Meier and he loved video games at their inception!"

"And in the pre-match interview, he also said that his biggest wish is to join the Destiny Game!"

"Because he loves games and wants to play games!"

'what? ? ? '

Ethan was startled.

Sid Meier? ? ?

He frowned and looked at the big screen in the stadium.

When a figure appeared in front of him with his hair parted in the middle, wearing noise-cancelling headphones, and playing games in front of the arcade attentively, the slightly unfamiliar face made him a little stunned.

At this moment, he really didn't know whether the guy in front of him was Sid Meier, who made the famous turn-based strategy game "Civilization" in his previous life.

But that's not important, right?
Because he has all the information about these players.

Call the staff and ask for player documents.

Immediately afterwards, Ethan discovered that he knew many people on the list!
Like Michael Dell, the boss of Dell;
Like Leather Huang, the founder of NVIDIA who has superb knife skills;
Like Gabe Newell, the boss of Valve who can’t count to three;
Like Will Wright, Godfather of Simulation;
And the one who comes from UC must be Sid Meier's Sid Meier...

When the names of these people jumped in front of him one by one, Ethan immediately slapped his forehead!
At this moment, he suddenly remembered another advantage of video games——

All inclusive!

In his previous life, among all the technology tycoons who became famous due to the computer wave, there was not one who did not play video games!In other words, interest is the best teacher!

Even South Africa’s Elon Musk is no exception!

People's programming skills are practiced by writing games!
No matter what industry you are in, if you do things based on your interests, you can get started the fastest!

In the computer industry, video games are the best guide!

Because this is a product that can be accepted by ordinary people!
Something that can be judged as good or bad by ordinary people!
A source of happy feedback to countless people!

Thinking of this, Ethan immediately touched his chin.

He has always felt that the greatest value of the game is that it can make him rich quickly.

But now, he suddenly realized that money was just a superficial aspect that the game brought to him.

What he really gained...

Those are the admiring looks of countless cub bosses!
hiss……

Why does this sound so silly?

never mind!

As long as these guys are geniuses, that's enough!
When this thought appeared, Ethan immediately turned his head.

Waiting for his eyes to sweep over Steve Wozniak, Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Paul Allen, George Lucas and Steven Spielberg As time went by, the figure that had already blended into the scene made him curl his lips.

Four years in the past, all the bosses are my fans?

"what--"

He doesn't smile!
effort!

Hold back!

"Pfft-"

"Ha ha ha ha--"

I really can't help it!

Because when I think about all the believers in the world...

A wave of comfort rose from the soles of my feet!

The tremor that touched his soul made him unable to close his mouth any longer!

　Note: ① Sid Meier has always played games. After graduating and joining General Instrument, he also took on private work to help some banks make a coin-catching game, similar to the "Windfall" written in this book. He He has always liked to compare his game skills with others. The best game he played is said to be "Red Baron". In the early 1980s, he was already studying game AI. ② Will Wright is the designer of "The Sims". He has been making money from games since 100. His shooting game "Raid on Bungling Bay" sold 2 million units on Neon. ③Elon Musk did learn programming by writing a game called "Blastar". ④In the era when computers were just developing, the influence of video games was unrivaled. Because the concept of software was not yet popular at that time, ordinary people had little exposure to it. Therefore, the best way to talk about programming with ordinary people was to talk about games.Writing games was also the best way to verify technology in that era. There was no other way. As long as you could make a perfect game, there would definitely be no problem with your programming skills. Not only that, it was also the easiest way for ordinary people to achieve financial freedom. the way.In addition to video games, there was another product of that era that had unparalleled influence, and that was the Apple [-]. When Steve Wozniak added an external disk to it, ordinary people could have access to software. .This is also the reason why Apple became so popular and countless engineers admired Woz. That product really changed the world.And like Gates... no one admires him.

　　
　
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