Agreeing to Create Bad Games, What the Hell Is ‘Titanfall’? Chapter 300: Thriving and Prosperous!!!

Shen Miaomiao’s pupils constricted suddenly!

No?

Wait a mont?

Ah?

“Wha... what... good news?”

Shen Miaomiao’s lips were trembling!

She seed to have realized sothing, even almost certain of it, but she did not dare and did not want to believe it!

Translate, translate, what do you an by good news?

You translate it! What! Goddamn it! Call her mother!

Good! News!

Gu Sheng laughed heartily and applauded loudly:

“The good news is, I gave them this proposal! They didn’t change a single thing!”

After saying that,

Gu Sheng stood up, circled the sofa with deliberate, asured steps, and ca over to Shen Miaomiao while humming and crooning,

“Zhuge Liang absent, the rest please! Prepare the lamb and good wine…”

He cupped Shen Miaomiao’s little face in both hands:

“A reward for your three armies!”

Holy—! Damn! Damn damn damn!

Shen Miaomiao’s little face was squashed into a tiny bun, and she was completely stunned!

“Huh?”

Earlier, when Old Gu sang that verse, she only vaguely felt it sounded familiar and didn’t know what that “I’m watching mountain scenery from the tower” bit referred to.

Only now!

When the feather fan and scholar’s scarf image of Zhuge Liang materialized, she finally understood the scene.

This was the Empty City Stratagem!

And Old Gu was using the Empty City Stratagem!

No, more precisely, this guy used an upgraded version of the Empty City Stratagem!

No wonder he didn’t set up backup power for the project departnt, didn’t leave soone to guard the place, and even used the power outage to let the project team wander off to drink tea, stroll the streets, and chat like a flock of sheep!

Because only by doing so could he give those CloudPower people—who ca ostensibly to inspect wiring but were actually stealing data—ample opportunity!

And with this, whether CloudPower bit or not, Old Gu could sit comfortably in the central command!

“In fact, the initial power outage did cause so trouble for our project developnt,”

Pulling a bewildered, blank-minded Little Nezha who sat on the sofa, Gu Sheng began:

“The sudden blackout, combined with our single-floor setup lacking backup power, did cause so data loss and affected progress,”

“But two power outages within a week clearly indicate the problem was not with the wiring, it was deliberate sabotage,”

“Actually, according to the original plan, I intended to have you locate the building manager and cut CloudPower’s dirty tricks off at the source,”

“But at that mont, Brother Yun suddenly told sothing.”

At this, Shen Miaomiao’s stiff mind twitched a little, and she reflexively asked:

“What did he say?”

“Poaching,”

Gu Sheng answered:

“One of his programrs told him CloudPower had been in contact and wanted him to use his position to steal so project data,”

“Then not only would he get a fat payout for that data, but once the project succeeded he could be directly absorbed into a CloudPower studio as managent.”

Obviously!

Compared to the blunt Little Polar Bear approach, CloudPower’s tactics were smarter.

They knew well that, given how solid Golden Wind had beco, neither the ‘new three-man carriage’ of Lu Bian, Da Jiang, and Moriya, nor the studio duo Jiang Yun and Sato could be swayed by money and titles.

So CloudPower turned their sights to the founding mbers of Golden Experience Studio.

But the problem was.

CloudPower still underestimated the bonds of the Golden Experience brothers.

This group had been nursing grievances from Garden Warfare and were preparing to clear their nas, and they were founding veterans of Golden Wind—relationships among them weren’t just good; they were almost bound by blood.

So CloudPower only got the programr’s terse “go to hell, let Konik and the others rot,” and then slunk away in sha.

“Too impulsive,”

Gu Sheng comnted:

“Moriya said that if the guy hadn’t cursed so harshly, they might’ve had him feign surrender and feed out a fake proposal…”

Indeed.

Once this happened, Gu Sheng and his beloved Moriya, together with two close pals Lu Bian and Da Jiang, devised a plan to use a counter-trick.

Look at these four bastards!

Gu Sheng, the old scher—if he doesn’t tornt soone from ti to ti he feels off; if he can tornt players he will tornt players, if he can’t tornt players he’ll tornt rivals.

Moriya, the heavyweight—Old Gu’s most troubleso rival in the past, the man who repeatedly routed Golden Wind; utterly experienced.

Lu Bian, the bad boy, king of sweet talk—he could run into two ex-girlfriends just buying cigarettes and cheerfully chat them up; a master at coaxing.

Da Jiang seems the kindest of them, a blunt muscle, utterly loyal to Gu Sheng, and occasionally flashes a clever idea.

After the four conferred—

Since CloudPower was so eager for their proposal and data, trying to poach their players and swallow their market,

they decided to give them a “proposal.”

Very generous.

With the plan set, the four were delighted, especially Moriya, who kept clapping and shouting: “Hell yeah! We’re the big bad guys!”

Moriya was ecstatic; he’d been storing up mischief for half his life and finally had a place to use it at Golden Wind!

“In fact, over the past month, our real work hours were only in the mornings,”

Gu Sheng said with a smile:

“Whether the power was out or not, before eleven-thirty every morning we’d stop work and save data onto Old Lu’s separately encrypted ghost server,”

“Then in the afternoons we would flesh out the fake proposal’s ga content; well, just playing around honestly, mainly to wait for another power outage,”

“Originally, I thought CloudPower would just steal a bit and leave,”

“But unexpectedly, they were that greedy…”

At this point, Gu Sheng shook his head, crying and laughing:

“The brothers stuffed in a bit, they’d steal a bit; they actually kept stealing for a whole month, forcing us to keep enriching that fake proposal to make it plausible and keep progress moving…”

Shen Miaomiao: ……

Thunk thunk thunk—

Shen Miaomiao felt her head pounding, her temples throbbing!

This damn—

This is too nasty of you guys!!!

Not only did you set up an empty city to trick those fools into stealing your fake data, you even kept adding bricks and mortar to the fake proposal to make it look real?!

Are you all just bored?!

Most importantly!

CloudPower actually believed it!

Well, of course.

After all, the fake project’s progress was indeed being updated daily,

Dog—thief—

Pure dog-thieves!!!

Is there any group of four assholes in the world as cruel as you guys?!

Shen Miaomiao felt numb all over!

She couldn’t imagine how much colossal shit these four ultimate mischief-makers could concoct when they worked together!

Gu Sheng laughed and waved his hand to calm Little Nezha, then began to explain slowly!

The proposal’s outrageousness boiled down to three points.

First, the ga’s basic mode—

In form, Gu Sheng perfectly introduced what players had criticized in Garden Warfare as the uncomfortable “second-generation FPS,” and he cut out the two main modes “escort” and “capture point,” fixing the ga into “team deathmatch battle royale.”

Picking up the scraps—throw a battle royale in to keep it plausible, and at the sa ti squeeze PUBG and APEX a little and squeeze CloudPower’s market share!

Second, the ga’s content settings—

Character designs included a Black male rcy, LGBT sky-rider, gay Iron Fist, a short ugly widow character, futa D.Va… skin tones, sexual orientations, everything covered; the the was a Walmart of plastic bags, and “I will never objectify won!” Ultimate correctness!

Content-wise I locked the roster into a 2-2-2 formation (two tanks, two healers, two damage dealers), demanding players must play that way! Damn it, you players know jack about gas, you need to teach you how to play! What? You say fewer damage dealers and more tanks/healers breaks matchmaking? You only know how to play damage? Don’t you have a phone… no… can’t you switch to tank or healer?

Matchmaking chanism tossed the MMR system based on skill and switched to ELO, aiming to keep every player’s win rate at 50%! Don’t tell you’re on fire and it’s your day to climb ranks; if ELO rates you too highly, not even the godlike players get a streak—ultimate balance!

Finally, the monetization model—

Paying for the ga is mandatory, but your money isn’t for a one-ti buyout!

Want pretty skins? Co on, spin CloudPower’s ancestral big wheel!

Look, this gun skin increases attack, that one increases magazine size, this outfit increases shield absorption, that outfit increases healing!

Of course the most aweso is this, allow to introduce in a toned-down way—the Soldier 76 “Legendary: Fate” assault rifle!

It’s our first “transforming” weapon!

One form is a normal-rate-of-fire rifle that launches cluster rockets; the other form is a high-fire-rate SMG, with the cluster rockets changed to a shotgun blast.

How is that? Amazing right? Badass?

One weapon, two forms, four attack modes!

Co on! Buy it!

Of course single pulls won’t get anything fun—are you going for a ten-pull or a hundred-pull?

Oh right, besides that, we also have a special Superhero bundle with Iron Fist and Hamr Sister!

Let you revel in supermodel heroes, a superior ultimate gaming experience.

And!

These two things we will not nerf!

After all, sell sothing so expensive and then nerf it?

Custors are gods—what, the gods just enjoyed two rounds and you nerf them?

“With this!”

Gu Sheng clapped, picked up his cup, finished it in one gulp, and smacked his lips:

“Isn’t our ga—”

“….thriving!!!”

At the sa ti,

CloudPower Group’s TYG Studio in the United States.

Yamamoto Tsunashiro read the organized full proposal aloud to Konik, Betang, and other executives with fervor:

“Ladies and gentlen,”

“As everyone knows, second-generation FPS and battle royale have always been Golden Wind’s forte,”

“And what we will do this ti is not just block Overwatch, but also launch an offensive against the international markets of PUBG and APEX, stealing their player base!”

“Moreover!”

At this point Yamamoto raised his voice:

“Our care for special groups and respect for human rights fully demonstrate that this ga aligns with and supports current mainstream social trends.”

Once he said that,

A hundred or so executives looked at one another and nodded in approval.

Nice.

A ga that’s playable and even takes care of many societal special groups, aligning with mainstream trends—surely it will explode in reputation after launch.

“Continue.” Konik felt very satisfied and inwardly grateful he had recruited Yamamoto.

“And this matchmaking chanism,”

Yamamoto nodded and praised:

“ELO will be our pioneering next-generation matchmaking system that considers new players’ experiences to the greatest extent,”

“Under the powerful hidden ELO score judgnt, even the weakest player has a chance to win, maximizing player retention and experience!”

Mm—mm mm—

The executives nodded again and again.

Yamamoto grew more confident as he spoke:

“Of course, what we’re most proud of is the integrated in-app purchase system,”

“You know, traditionally revenue relied on ordinary players’ gaplay, what we call ‘small profit, high volu’,”

“But if you only target low-spending ordinary players, it’s hard to achieve a qualitative revenue leap in a short ti,”

“So!”

“We positioned our revenue model to cater to high-spending players,”

“Creating a premium experience for high-spenders can help us maximize profits,”

“Ordinary players buy the ga, high-spenders enjoy the ga—this monetization thod will create a revenue miracle!”

Crash—!!!

When Yamamoto finished, the entire conference room erupted in enthusiastic applause.

Especially Konik.

Frankly, Konik didn’t understand or care about ELO or battle royale,

what he knew was that Yamamoto had taken the proposal “acquired” from Golden Wind and produced a more perfect monetization model.

That was enough.

As for the ga…

He didn’t understand it.

Besides!

Although the proposal publicly claid it was “developed” by TYG Studio,

the savvy Yamamoto had simply copied it almost wholesale without much change!

After all, SamGu’s na was famous in the gaming circle; a ga personally produced by him and heavily promoted by Golden Wind couldn’t be wrong.

Thinking this,

Konik nodded repeatedly:

“Good. Mr. Yamamoto, please personally design the marketing plan for this ga next,”

“We hope this ga, as you said, will bring us unprecedented surprises and make CloudPower—”

“Thriving!!!”