This Is Not a Bug bu Chapter 7: Your Stubbornness Is Really Hard to Handle

Chapter 7: Chapter 7: Your Stubbornness Is Really Hard to Handle

"...At the request of the grand audience, in the last video, I listed several party gas suitable for multiplayer online play. So this ti, I’m going to recomnd a few simulation gas that have received rave reviews."

"First up, Cold Window Study Simulator! This ga has been quite popular recently, and I believe many of you have seen other UP hosts making videos on it..."

"The ga is only available in the standard edition, without any DLC, priced at just 18 RMB. Interested folks can get it, anyway, Gubao has already bought it and even ditched it for three days..."

"Ditching... oh no, Cold Window Study Simulator, out of a score of ten, what would you rate it?"

The sound from the video was quite loud, and with Chen Ba sitting so close, he didn’t need to look to know what kind of video Wang Kun was watching.

"Alright, stop watching it!"

After picking up the bottle opener given by the boss, he skillfully opened a bottle and passed it to Wang Kun, then Chen Ba said speechlessly, "Where do you even find these videos?"

"It’s big data recomndations!"

"Perhaps it’s because I’ve been searching for videos about Cold Window Study Simulator for the past few days, so my hopage is full of them."

Wang Kun chuckled, "Don’t tell

you haven’t searched for those videos out of curiosity, and your hopage doesn’t have such videos?"

"Well, it doesn’t..."

Chen Ba was quite focused, and the videos smartly recomnded to him by big data were all sorts of long-legged girls in short skirts. From this, you could tell that big data really understands him.

What does it an to precisely grasp user preferences?

It’s not that, as a ga developer, he doesn’t pay attention to his ga’s status; it’s just that what he cares about is clearly different from Wang Kun’s focus.

He pays more attention to the real players’ comnts and ssages in the ga’s review section and will also log into the developer account to answer so questions about the ga in the community.

Especially the negative reviews...

"Huh? There are negative reviews?!"

Wang Kun, who had just stuffed an ear of roasted corn into his mouth, blinked and asked, "Why are there negative reviews? Isn’t an 18 RMB ga worth it?"

"It’s not about the pricing."

Chen Ba shook his head.

There weren’t many negative reviews in the Cold Window Study Simulator’s comnts section, but there were a few dozen. And among these reviews, no player thought 18 RMB was not worth it.

Most of the negative reviews stemd from Chen Ba’s "update announcent instructions."

"[The ga’s got bugs and you don’t admit it? I love your stubbornness, but take this negative review for not fixing the bugs!]"

"[I slogged all night to clear it and earn achievents, and I can’t keep up with soone idling and ditching all night? Sucky ga!]"

"[I’ll change my review when you admit the ditching incident is a bug and fix it...]"

"So many negative reviews? Then why don’t you listen to these people’s suggestions and fix that bug?" asked Wang Kun.

"Many? I don’t think so."

As soon as Chen Ba heard this, he couldn’t help but smile and waved his hand, saying, "Out of thousands of comnts, most are positive reviews, and even advising

not to fix that bug. What do you think I should do?"

This question was too easy to choose.

Compared to the number of negative reviewers, the number of positive players was obviously much higher by dozens of folds.

The most important thing was that most players had watched Qian Duoduo’s video and found the bug very funny, advising the ga developer to retain it.

Exactly as he stubbornly claid in his update announcent, this wasn’t a bug but a hidden ga chanic: Talent is far more important than hard work!

So, Chen Ba’s choice was simple.

Under almost every negative review, he replied with this: "I’m sorry to bring you a bad gaming experience, but the issue you reported is not a bug but a ga chanic..."

"Hahaha!"

Wang Kun laughed until his stomach hurt.

As a close buddy of Chen Ba, and the first player to play this ga, that being able to improve from ditching cattle in three years was undoubtedly a bug; there was no doubt about it.

Because he knew about this, he found his buddy’s stubbornness quite amusing.

Those players leaving negative reviews, receiving Ba’s replies, were probably about to explode with anger?

"It really is..."

Chen Ba looked a bit embarrassed and said, "Soone directly insulted , saying my whole body is stubborn, and even vowed to black

for life."

But that wasn’t the craziest part.

The most ridiculous was a certain "hardcore" player who did an analysis video, arguing from every angle whether "ditching for three years and becoming a middle school exam topper" was a bug, to contradict the stubborn remarks of ga developer Chen Ba.

Hmm, his argunt was rather successful!

Most people understood after watching the video that Chen Ba was definitely being stubborn, and it was indeed a ga bug.

Nevertheless...

After his video was released, it brought another wave of new players to the Cold Window Study Simulator.

After all, netizens found the bug so entertaining that they wanted to experience it for themselves after watching the video; there was no stopping them.

"We should really thank him!"

Grinning widely, Chen Ba said, "I wish for more of such haters to do free advertising for , saving

a huge promotion cost."

"Pfft! Cough cough..."

Wang Kun, who was drinking, burst out laughing and almost choked to death on his beer: "You’re so devious!"

Could it be what they say, one hater is worth ten fans?

After joking about the ga’s negative reviews, and ordering the boss to grill ten more lamb skewers, Wang Kun wiped his mouth with a napkin and asked, "By the way, your ga has gotten popular, haven’t you considered releasing so DLC?"

"Nope!"

Picking up a skewer of roasted kidneys, Chen Ba shook his head in denial, "This kind of ga is pretty much a one-off deal; consider DLC for the next ga."

Not every ga is suitable for releasing DLC, at least Cold Window Study Simulator isn’t, unless a "high school stage" content is added. Otherwise, what could the DLC offer?

Give Old Huang, the protagonist’s ho cow, a new outfit and transform him into a terrifying Demon King, making cattle herding more fun for players?

No, let it go!

Releasing this kind of content-less, purely money-grabbing DLC, Chen Ba felt it was too lowbrow, and not many people would buy it anyway.

The players who enjoy single-player gas are far less eager to spend money than those playing mobile gas, so expecting them to pay for such lousy content, forget it.

"The next ga?"

Wang Kun seized on the keyword in Chen Ba’s words and said excitedly, "You have a new ga in the works? What type? Can I have a sneak sneak peek?"

"I know you’re eager, but hold your horses. The new ga hasn’t even started yet. I’ll definitely notify you as soon as it’s ready."

After gulping down his beer from the paper cup, Chen Ba patiently explained.

Regarding the next ga, he already had an idea.

The success of Cold Window Study Simulator had him considering the idea of striking while the iron is hot. Riding on the popularity of the previous ga, he wanted to release a second simulator mini-ga quickly to solidify the current fan base.

As for the the, he only had a rough idea.

The most acclaid aspects of Cold Window Study Simulator were the realistic portrayal of the characters and the touching, motivational storyline.

So, he planned to create another simulator ga with a similar style and storyline.

This ti, he would put more effort into the storyline, aiming to make it even more touching and motivational to squeeze more pearls out of the players.

At the sa ti, he would also learn from the lesson of Cold Window Study Simulator and pay more attention to the ga’s testing phase, to prevent ridiculous bugs like "ditching for three years becoming a topp student" from happening again.

After all, being stubborn and refusing to admit a bug, doing that once is enough; you can’t just be stubborn every ti, right?