Chapter 163: Chapter 127: Am I Playing a Pirated Copy? (2)
He developed a new strategy.
Only then did everyone realize, oh, so the Great Emperor of Winter’s combo is like this, and you have to sacrifice health to apply the "Winter" Buff to the opponent...
Once the correct approach was figured out, the Great Emperor of Winter’s win rate shot up, even to the point of needing a nerf.
This incident also served as a wake-up call for Chen Ba.
It was that he must constantly pay attention to the players’ movents and discussion content, because players might understand the ga better than you do.
So from then on, he would create a small account every day to browse the forum’s popular discussion and sharing posts, to see what kind of tricks the players co up with.
Today was no exception.
However, as soon as he opened the forum, he was imdiately left speechless by a trending post title.
[Thank you, Ba, thank you, Tianba Studio, thank you "Love Advisor Departnt" for helping
successfully find true love!]
What nonsense are you talking?
This wasn’t the first ti Chen Ba had seen such a post; ever since the release of "Love Advisor Departnt," every day soone would use such titles to show off their "paper-cut-out" wife.
Isn’t it embarrassing?
Naming a title that is easy to misunderstand just to show off the paper-cut-out girl you hooked up with in the ga?
Just delete it already!
Everyone speaks as if no one else has a paper-cut-out wife, are you aware that the top few players have divorced eight tis?
Thinking it was another post showing off a paper-cut-out wife, Chen Ba wasn’t interested in clicking it at all.
But as he scrolled with his mouse wheel to check further, he noticed sothing very peculiar.
This post...
Why are the comnts and likes so high?
Seeing over 6000 comnts and an astounding 120,000 likes, Chen Ba rubbed his eyes, wondering if he had read it wrong.
120,000 likes?
What’s going on! This should be a new record for the official forum, shouldn’t it? No trending post has ever received over 100,000 likes before.
Intrigued, Chen Ba clicked on the post.
"Hello everyone, my na is Zhang Pengfei, ga ID ’General Fei Peng’, I’m 27 years old from Huizhou!"
"I was one of the first players to get ’Love Advisor Departnt,’ my total playti has exceeded 200 hours by now..."
Damn! So hardcore?
Seeing the poster’s self-reported 200-hour ga ti, Chen Ba was stunned.
The ga’s early release just debuted over a month ago, and you’ve clocked 200 hours, averaging four hours a day. Do you not work or go to school?
Rembering the post’s title, Chen Ba suddenly had a bold idea.
Could it be?
"...After seeking assistance, I t Lin following which I bought her a street vendor pancake."
"Aside from exchanging gifts, we also went to the zoo and amusent park together, rode a roller coaster, and watched movies together..."
In the post, Zhang Pengfei detailed what he and Lin had done and shared bits of their interactions.
Then, ca the turning point.
One day, while playing normally, Zhang Pengfei suddenly discovered that whenever he got close to Lin, the ga would pop up several interaction options he had never seen before.
Confess, hold hands, hug...
Screenshots don’t lie!
This stunned everyone, including Chen Ba in front of the screen.
He guessed the content of this post would be explosive, otherwise, it wouldn’t have gathered so many comnts and likes.
But he truly didn’t expect that in "Love Advisor Departnt," there would be hidden, explosive interaction content like this.
"At first, when I saw these interaction options, I didn’t think it was strange, just thought it was a display bug."
"But later, when I asked Juanzi, I realized that these options appeared when she began to have feelings for ..."
"Perhaps it was a coincidence, or maybe it’s fate! Anyway, after these options appeared, our relationship quickly ward up."
"A week later, unable to contain my curiosity and excitent, I attempted to confess to Juanzi in the ga..."
"Thanks to Ba! Thanks to Tianba Studio, thank you to the ga ’Love Advisor Departnt’ for helping
find such a wonderful girlfriend! [Attached Photo.JPG]"
The post ended with a photo.
It was a picture of two young people with their faces pixelated, cuddling tightly in the sunset.
To borrow a phrase from a fan of ’Love Advisor Departnt’: Huh?!
Chen Ba’s head buzzed.
And it was not just him, the other players who read the post were also in a temporary state of shock.
"What’s going on here?"
"I bought the ga for the sa 68 bucks, why is it that I can only chase paper-cut-out characters, while you managed to get a real person?"
"Is it because I’m playing a pirated version?"
"I want my money back! I want to play the original!"
"Wishing you happiness! By the way, what’s going on with the first screenshot, being able to confess to other players?"
"I just tried it, but it’s not there!"
Once Chen Ba ca back to his senses, he read through the exchanges and discussions among other players in the post, realizing what the problem was.
Exactly!
The interaction options appearing in the first screenshot don’t even exist in the ga!
Confessing, holding hands, and hugging interactions can only be used with NPC characters who have developed feelings, they don’t work on other players.
This can’t be wrong.
Concerned he might have rembered incorrectly, Chen Ba even entered the ga to test it out and indeed found no such options.
"Could it be that it’s only available with opposite-gender characters? You asked
to test, but it’s not sothing I can detect?"
Lu thought Ba was probably out of his mind, having him enter the ga to ride a roller coaster and watch a movie together...
What are we testing for really?
If testing for what’s described in the post, shouldn’t you find an opposite-gender player?
"Makes sense."
Chen Ba instructed, "Then quickly go register a female account!"
Lu: "..."
Though unwilling, Lu registered a female account and joined Ba for the testing.
"Gifts can be sent, and after events like roller coaster rides, movies, and dinners, special interaction options will appear..."
The more Chen Ba examined, the more familiar it seed.
This was the sa interaction template used for pursuing NPCs, the difference being that NPCs respond automatically based on their liking level.
While players have the freedom to choose.
For example, sending a "Dinner Invitation" — the NPC will automatically decide whether to accept based on current affection levels.
Players will see a pop-up to accept or reject the invitation, choosing freely...
"Wait a mont!"
Midway through the test, Chen Ba seed to think of sothing and called out to Lu, who was about to proceed with the next test.
"What’s up, Ba?"
Lu was curious, as the test wasn’t finished yet; they hadn’t pinpointed the circumstances under which these "confess to other players" interactions occurred.
"I know the answer now!"
Chen Ba didn’t explain but activated the ga’s backend monitoring mode, displaying the real-ti affection curve on the screen.
Damn?!
Seeing this curve, Lu nearly popped his eyes out.
What’s going on?
Isn’t this supposed to be the NPC-exclusive affection curve? How co it’s applicable to players too?
"Continue testing!"
Chen Ba gestured for Lu to focus and continue with the next set of tests.
Then...
They witnessed an astonishing scene.
With each interaction between players, particularly with each choice made, the affection curve would rise or fall, just like with the NPCs.
"So, what you’re saying is..."
Lu swallowed hard, "When players make relevant choices, their affection curves vary, and once it reaches a certain point, it unlocks special interactions like confessions, hand-holding, kissing, hugging?"
"It seems so."
Chen Ba nodded.
Building a relationship, then continuously warming it up until confessing confirms it, allowing for intimate interactions...
This makes perfect sense!
The only oddity was, this system was initially for developing relationships between players and NPCs, why does it work between players too?
Working is one thing!
The key is that this response system originally for NPC feelings also works excellently with players?
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