Chapter 857: Chapter 472: You’re Playing a Bit Hard Chapter 857: Chapter 472: You’re Playing a Bit Hard “Sorry, we don’t have a recharge option; our ga is buy-to-play.”
“But isn’t the ga you’re making a card ga?”
“Who said card gas must involve spending more money?”
“Fine in theory, but the real world is another story! So websites claim they’ll never degrade in quality, but don’t they still turn to crap eventually?”
“Little girl, I really like your snark. Interested in being a ga custor service rep for and, on the side, becoming one of my acolytes? Gong Gong loves talented people, co to , and you’ll get your just rewards.”
“Thanks, but I’m not interested in easy street.”
“…I’ll rember your ID. I swear you won’t get a single reward from my live streams.”
“As if I wanted one.”
After ending her conversation with Gong Gong, the custor service rep from “galopolis,” Hakurei Silver Dream was extrely annoyed.
A card ga with no in-ga purchases? That felt like the ultimate insult.
It was an insult to her wallet and to her faith.
The standard price for a card ga draw is twelve yuan; any higher is an insult to tradition, any lower is an insult to the industry!
So, why on earth wouldn’t you accept money?
Because it’s fun?
Thinking this, she furiously joined her QQ group, and wrote angrily: “The pricing of this lousy ga is like crap, I can see clearly now, Fang Cheng Studio really doesn’t understand anything about the two-dinsional world at all, they are full of disdain and misunderstanding towards us niche players.”
“What happened? Are the card prices too high, or is there sothing wrong with the monthly card perks? Or is there discrimination in the benefits activities?”
“None of the above. There’s no recharge option.”
With these words, the group fell silent.
Different players have different pet peeves, so might rage all year long because of the lack of gender-specific plots in a ga, or the re presence of male characters.
There were those who gave bad reviews because a ga lacked a recharge option, but seeing soone do so in person seed a bit too bizarre.
“But when you bought the ga, you already spent money, right?”
Hakurei Silver Dream: “Is that the sa thing? Buy-to-play just gets you in the door; shouldn’t you pay for things once you’re inside?”
“Why can’t you take it as all-inclusive?”
Hakurei Silver Dream: “If it’s all-inclusive, don’t make it a card ga! Think about it, if they can’t rake in a round of cash when new cards co out, will the devs still have the motivation to create new cards? Will they still care about updating the ga according to players’ wishes? Will they continue the storyline? Buy-to-play is just hit and run, and card gas that need ongoing operations aren’t suitable for that! So, I conclude that Fang Cheng Studio is planning a hit and run!”
“…You might be exaggerating a bit…”
Even so, on second thought, it seed that there was a bit of truth in what Hakurei Silver Dream said.
Everything exists for a reason. Card gas adopting the strategy of constantly introducing new pools are doing so for profit, but the players also get a strong sense of involvent in the process.
By choosing to spend or not on specific pools, they express their feelings about parts of the ga, and they can make a fuss about story content they don’t like.
They could elevate a ga to the heavens for a feature they cherish, or plunge another into the Abyss for the sa thing.
Players’ behaviors sotis seem puzzling, but if you see it as raising a ga, it all makes sense.
Sotis, players aren’t playing gas; they’re nurturing a ga company with the hope that their beloved company grows strong but stays grounded without becoming too big-headed.
If well nurtured, most of their emotions will be tied to that company, and they will naturally resist the rise of other companies, followed by endless squabbles among themselves defending their “children.”
And those in the two-dinsional realm have a tendency to get overly protective, sotis to the point of fanaticism.
After a while, soone in the group suggested, “Why don’t you just get a refund then? There’s still ti, isn’t there?”
Hakurei Silver Dream: “Of course I’m going to get a refund! But there are still ten hours left, I’ll take so screenshots before I do that. Alright, I’m going back to ‘testing’ the ga.”
After Hakurei Silver Dream went offline, one group mber said, “I bet she’ll forget to refund.”
“Maybe not forget, but she’ll think she did.”
“Either way, let’s just say she forgot. By the way, I just got a skill card in ‘galopolis’ that builds up energy after a combo, and it has an SSR mark on it. How strong do you guys think this skill card is?”
“It’s worthless, just dismantle it.”
“Yeah, that card is just common trash, you should dismantle it.”
“Alright, got it. I’m equipping this card right now, and I’m going to dominate!”
anwhile, Hakurei Silver Dream had already re-entered the ga.
Following the beginner’s guide in her inventory, she went to the clothing store to get herself a free skin and molded a face as cute as possible.
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