This ga had been under much scrutiny on the internet, and even other online ga giants were paying attention. They were convinced that the ga must be supported by a frighteningly competent team. After all, its miracle technology could perfectly simulate the five senses, and you could truly treat ga as a second life.
Even if you only looked at the ga's super realistic graphics and physics engine, it was most likely that you would require the use of several supercomputers to manage the ga world, and perfectly realize the infinite possibilities of evolution.
According to the analysis of relevant professionals from the ga industry, a server with a hundred people would need three supercomputers to perfectly simulate such a realistic environnt.
This ant that on average, every thirty people had a supercomputer dedicated to serving them!
At the current stage of technological developnt, a supercomputer would cost at least twenty million dollars, and most large online gas couldn't afford it. A server that was built using a supercomputer could run multiple online gas at the sa ti.
And now, a ga with only a hundred people was using three supercomputers, which was worth over sixty million! Each player used up six hundred thousand dollars worth of computing resources! The computing power required for a single player was half that of a large online ga.
This extravagance was simply inhumane!
At this mont, everyone was waiting for "Spore Evolution" to start charging a fee to salvage the cost.
In everyone's opinion, with its advanced technology and stringent requirents, this ga must be catered to only the richest gars.
It has even been speculated that the gas monthly subscription fee would be at least 50,000 yuans or more. This was nothing to those tycoons who readily spent hundreds of thousands of yuans in online gas, but was not sothing the average gar could pay.
But oddly enough, Spore Evolution was in no hurry to salvage the cost, and did not start charging money. Instead, it opened up another fifty beta testing slots, which ant adding two more supercomputers and spending over forty million!
Such extravagance!
This ga was very generous to its players, and countless free-to-play gars beca its diehard fans. But with the release of the update log, the ga has proven once again that it was extrely hardcore.
Very soon, a post analyzing the update log stirred up the internet.
"Hello everyone, it's again! Don't ask how I posted so fast, Im Akinas Speedster! I'll do an analysis of this update log. It's definitely the most hardcore update in the entire history of gaming!
First of all, Ill talk about what everyones most interested in, the added beta testing slots. The developer is extrely generous. According to expert analysis, the gas server requires the support of several supercomputers, and each player uses up six hundred thousand dollars worth of computing resources! Thats far too generous! Other gas force you to spend money, this ga is spending money on you! I cant praise it enough!
Secondly, to get a beta testers slot, youll have to write a professional essay on evolutionary theory. (?)
It does not get any more hardcore than that! F*cking developer, are you sure you didnt make this ga to uplift the nations education level?
Third, concerning the elimination system, we closed beta players are very worried about this. We could lose our places, and must learn to love studying if we want to enjoy the ga.
Lastly, there's the achievent system. I don't know what counts as a uniquely powerful species or what the rewards are, but with how generous this ga has been, it'll definitely be sothing good! Im really looking forward to it!
Well, that's it for today's evaluation. I need to get back to grinding, and studying evolutionary theory. I am not going to give up my beta testers slot, no matter what."
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The internet instantly beca lively with discussion.
The point that people were most concerned about was the thesis.
So people were happy while others were sad. But no one really complained.
The amount of computing power required for a single player was half that of a large online ga. What was wrong with a player account being a little hard to get? It's not like you were being charged for it.
"Learning makes happy!"
"My mother was right. She told when I was a kid that if I study hard, Ill be great at gas in the future."
So ga addicts boasted that in order to play the ga, they had already started to read up on evolutionary theory, and have been secretly poring over books in bookstores. They were certain to get a slot.
Others scoffed: You work hard on your research, while Ill cheat and hire soone to write my thesis for . I probably cant just go on CNKI and plagiarize a foreign thesis. Ill have to find a professional tutor from the university, and spend 10,000 yuans to ask him to write a professional thesis for ."
"10,000 yuans? That's hilarious! A slot is now 100,000 yuans on the black market! You don't know how frightening the world can be! The really rich dont mind spending tens of millions on gas!"
This niche ga has turned into a national phenonon. You could see this in the city libraries.
People flocked to the libraries, and sought out difficult books on natural science and biological evolution. They studied the Cambrian explosion, the origin of species, and the Cretaceous and Triassic eras.
After all, even if you didnt want a testers slot for yourself, you could still sell it for a hundred thousand yuans.
The increased activity in the libraries has even attracted the attention of several local TV stations. Sociology experts who were unaware of the situation speculated thus: "Now that the people's living conditions have improved, many of them have started seeking spiritual satisfaction from knowledge. This is a good thing. As for why theyve decided to study such a difficult subject as evolutionary theory? Naturally, this is because they want to challenge themselves. "
But they were quickly discredited, and soon found out that it was all because of an amazing ga called Spore Evolution.
The experts were dumbfounded.
All this just to play a ga? Were these people insane?
Before this, most people saw gas as a foolish addiction that distracted a person from his studies. Then this ga ca along, with its impossibly hardcore ssage: Learning makes happy?
"It's a good ga."
Nurous parents nodded in approval.
Every popular MMO had gold farrs. The workshops that specialized in farming gold for rich gars set aside mouse and keyboard. They frantically started to study academic papers, and sought out specialized knowledge.
Xu Zhi calmly watched it all happen. The gas popularity has truly exceeded his expectations.
The next day, Xu Zhi received nearly a thousand theses.
His mailbox completely exploded!
These people really gave it their all in order to play the ga. Their theses went into great detail on their idea for their species and how it would evolve, quoting from so of the most famous scientific papers both at ho and abroad to prove that it was possible.
Their point was very simple:
Great and mighty ga developer, I have carefully thought about how Ill play this ga, and planned out how Ill evolve my species. All I need now is a spore to practice on, so hurry up and give the slot!
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