Chapter 229: Chapter 226 Huh! I’ve been hit! Chapter 229: Chapter 226 Huh! I’ve been hit! Inside the eting room of the Dancing Nuclear Guild’s training base.
President Yin massaged his forehead as he listened to a whole lot… of headache-inducing content reported by his secretary.
“Boss, soone has hired internet trolls to sling mud at our team. The fans are very dissatisfied, and they attribute our defeat in the sumr competition to the players being distracted by playing the ga Holy Spirit during the tournant,” the secretary said.
“What about our PR asures?”
President Yin constantly clicked the mouse and keyboard, refreshing the Weibo ssages related to the intercontinental competition departure ceremony.
The Weibo hot search “Four major teams play gas, delaying the intercontinental competition departure ceremony” is quickly approaching fourth place on the Weibo hot search rankings.
There are also various rumors and hearsays on other forums and fan clubs.
The e-sports club industry thrives heavily on fan economics. Although rankings are important and a part of the inco cos from various league sponsors’ dividends, the popularity of the club itself is crucial.
President Yin created Dancing Nuclear originally just for fun, but he never expected the casually established club to beco the strongest e-sports club in China.
Since it had reached the best, he had to maintain it!
This intercontinental competition deploynt incident, if not handled well… wouldn’t cause too much trouble, but it would be a bit tricky.
While President Yin was browsing the various ssages on Weibo… the eting room door was knocked on.
“The players’ luggage is ready,” Mo Shigui stood at the door of the eting room and said to President Yin, who was resting his hands on his forehead.
“I rember the flight is at six o’clock in the evening? Coach Song takes the first seat.”
President Yin glanced at his watch. It was eight o’clock in the morning, and he had ample ti to deal with matters at the base before heading to Korea.
Mo Shigui, holding a stack of itinerary plans, found a seat close to President Yin and sat down.
“Coach Song, what’s your opinion on the ga Holy Spirit?” asked President Yin.
“Do you want my answer from the perspective of a team coach, or from that of a player?” Mo Shigui, who had been coaching at Dancing Nuclear for nearly three years, was close enough to President Yin to call and et for dinner.
“I want to hear both,” President Yin took out so nthol balm and lightly applied it to his temples. Since last night, his brain had been running on overdrive, and his head felt dizzy. However, he regarded Mo Shigui’s evaluation of Holy Spirit highly.
“From a team coach’s perspective, it was my mistake to not prevent the players from engaging in other gas during the competition period, as I myself have been online during that ti as well.”
Mo Shigui thought President Yin wanted him to take the bla this ti. Indeed, the rhythm on Weibo and the forums had gone wild, and Mo Shigui was ready to shoulder the bla.
“Don’t take all the bla upon yourself. What I want to know now is your view on the ga Holy Spirit as a gar, give your thoughts from that perspective,” President Yin said.
Although President Yin had been following Holy Spirit for so ti, at the end of the day, he was only a casual gar. To know if the ga was enjoyable, he had to ask the opinion of seasoned players.
“…Personally, I think the ga’s graphics, gaplay, sense of impact, skill performance, kinesthetic controls, mission flow design, and NPC interactions are all far superior to Strife. As for the main storyline, being secondary, I can’t judge at the mont,” Mo Shigui took a mont and then voiced his opinion.
“And how do you rate the watchability of Holy Spirit’s PVP?” President Yin asked again.
When President Yin asked this question, Mo Shigui took a mont to think… because he knew that President Yin was no longer simply discussing Holy Spirit with him.
Instead, they were discussing the comrcial value of the ga.
“I think it’s better than Strife; the combat system is excellently designed,” Mo Shigui answered earnestly.
Years ago, when players were still using mouse and keyboard for gas, the MMORPG genre had completely fallen out of favor, with very few people playing. What rose in popularity were competitive gas that challenged players’ micromanagent, where victory could be determined in twenty to forty minutes.
It wasn’t until VR gaming beca mainstream that MMORPGs were reborn and entered a golden era.
This led to the birth of a series of VR e-sports clubs. After all, audiences could see their favorite players duel impressively and thrillingly in the ga, as if they were real superheroes. Strife was one of the outstanding ones.
“Do you think Holy Spirit could replace Strife?” President Yin pressed on.
“Impossible,” Mo Shigui answered decisively.
“Why?”
“Playing ‘Holy Spirit’ does not prevent ‘Strife’ fans from watching ‘Strife’ e-sports matches. Although there is so competition between the two, they are not mortal enemies. If you, President Yin, are thinking of pulling Strife’s professional players to compete in Holy Spirit tournants… I advise against harboring such risky thoughts. Holy Spirit is still in the secret testing phase with only sixty thousand players, and the establishnt and improvent of a professional league are not even up for discussion,” Mo Shigui analyzed sensibly.
“Coach Song, are you bragging about being one of the sixty thousand players?” President Yin asked after a pause.
“No, not at all.”
“Let’s get back on topic. First, let share my thoughts. I believe that the ga ‘Holy Spirit’ has imnse business potential. I’m not speaking from the perspective of a ga investor, but rather from the standpoint of an eSports club … as a backer of a guild. Coach Song, you’ve worked hard managing the Dancing Nuclear Guild in Holy Spirit. This guild will surely bring us substantial returns in the future.”
President Yin glanced at the recent guild rankings on the Holy Spirit official website. The Dancing Nuclear Guild had fallen two places to third, but it was still an eye-catching position.
“I don’t think that, given the current speed of Holy Spirit’s developnt, it will take at least one or two years before we can see any returns that would benefit our club,” Mo Shigui said.
Since the launch of Holy Spirit, players have been able to earn a significant amount by farming Gold and selling it in the ga, which is a tangible return for personal players’ efforts in Holy Spirit to real life.
However, for a gaming club, an entire company looking to make larger profits from Holy Spirit is… not such a simple matter.
The current competition among the top eight guilds is actually for one thing—’fa’. As for cultivating Holy Spirit’s professional players and teams, that’s a matter for the distant future.
“That’s true. The player base for Holy Spirit is just too small. And I can’t understand why they restrict the number of players so strictly!” President Yin added.
“Perhaps it’s because the ga is still in closed beta?” Mo Shigui could hear the deep resentnt in President Yin’s voice.
“A closed beta with two major updates in succession? The update frequency for this ga isn’t normal either. So, I had soone look into the production company behind Holy Spirit, and this was the result.”
President Yin turned the laptop in front of him to face Mo Shigui, who saw a ‘404’ error displayed on the screen.
“Isn’t it the Tian Gong Ga production company?” Mo Shigui glanced at the company information when downloading; it’s the official company of the Tian Gong gaming platform.
If it’s the official company of the Tian Gong gaming platform… they perhaps have the technical capability to develop a ga like Holy Spirit.
“No! My friends at Tian Gong were also surprised by the ergence of Holy Spirit. They concluded that it was a ga created by an artificial AI,” said President Yin.
“Is that… possible?”
If this had been asked ten years ago, Mo Shigui would’ve said it was impossible. But now, with artificial intelligence rising in various fields, so AIs can perform nearly as well as humans.
“I’m not sure if it’s possible or not. After all, I’m just a cloud player of Holy Spirit. But the ga’s official website and various events must have soone planning behind the scenes, so there must be an official entity for Holy Spirit that can be communicated with,” President Yin said.
“So, did you manage to get in touch with the officials?”
“No, I asked all the contacts at Tian Gong, and none of them had the slightest authority over the Holy Spirit ga. I guess the officials at Tian Gong are now dealing with another ‘rebellion’ of their intelligent cores,” President Yin’s tone was filled with helplessness.
The previous generation of Tian Gong also conducted a similar act—they uploaded a ga.
“I still hope you don’t have too high expectations for the Holy Spirit ga,” Mo Shigui advised President Yin as an experienced player.
“It’s impossible for it to surpass the current popularity of Conflict. Maybe in three or four years, when Conflict’s popularity declines, Holy Spirit might have a chance to overtake it. But now, Conflict has just launched a holographic projection system for viewing matches, which has injected a large wave of spectator enthusiasm. For Holy Spirit to beco the next Conflict, it would take at least three or four years, and that’s only if Holy Spirit’s operations don’t make any mistakes during this ti,” Mo Shigui said realistically. Over seven years, Conflict has seen countless competitors erge, but none could rival its popularity, simply because of nostalgia.
Conflict was among the first batch of trailblazers in the VR ga era and remains the go-to choice for all VRMMORPG players. Even subsequent gas with better graphics and gaplay couldn’t shake Conflict’s player numbers.
“You don’t need to tell , Coach Song… I wouldn’t be foolish enough to form a Holy Spirit professional team now and pull you all into it. I’m just discussing with you the potential of the Holy Spirit ga,” President Yin knew what Mo Shigui was worried about… afraid that he would impulsively start the professionalization process for Holy Spirit. But with only sixty thousand players and an unclear operating team, such a move would be like jumping into a bottomless pit.
“Personally, I still believe that unless Holy Spirit launches so kind of innovative transformation, its popularity and heat won’t be able to compete with Conflict in the near term,” Mo Shigui said.
“That’s well spoken, as expected from one of the first batch of Holy Spirit’s beta players. Maybe I really should watch for a while,” President Yin did see trendous business potential in the ga Holy Spirit, but had no clue how to tap into it.
The situation felt like a mine brimming with all sorts of Gold, jewels, and diamonds was laid before him, yet he lacked even a ticket to enter, and the mine entrance was too small for players to bring out its riches all at once.
“I’ve got so luggage to sort out, so if there’s nothing more to discuss, I’ll be leaving,” Mo Shigui said.
“Hmm,” President Yin nodded slightly, and Mo Shigui promptly opened the door and left the conference room.
But… no sooner had he stepped out of the conference room for two seconds, than President Yin’s voice called out from behind.
“Wait a mont! Coach Song!”
“Is there sothing else?” Mo Shigui turned his head, his face showing confusion at President Yin’s unexpectedly excited expression.
“Ah! I’ve struck it rich!” President Yin exclaid.
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