Chapter 1: The Article
There is a ga called Pick
up.
It is a mobile ga launched by Mobius Co. LTD. two years ago and carries the subtitle Hyper Roguelike Summon RPG.
Today, we are celebrating the 2nd anniversary of Pick
up and its achievent of surpassing 100 million downloads. In commoration of this glorious occasion, I have been tasked with writing a special feature article. Please take care of it.
Pick
up is already a popular ga boasting 100 million users worldwide, but for those who may not know about it, let
introduce the ga once again.
When Pick
up first appeared in the app store, many people were skeptical.
Isnt this just another ordinary generic ga?
However, Pick
up gradually gained popularity through word-of-mouth and has now beco a national mobile ga enjoyed not only in Korea but around the world.
What could be the reason behind Pick
ups rise to compete for the top spot in the global mobile ga market? Lets take a look at its attractive features.
First, Mobius Summon System.
It is a key system that took about five years of developnt. The essence of the system lies in shuffling thousands of patterns randomly to create infinite heroes.
In other words, whether you draw hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of tis in Pick
up, the chance of getting duplicate heroes is almost zero. It defies common sense, but Pick
up breaks that common sense and presents itself.
However, this revolutionary system was just a minor variation, as there were more groundbreaking systems waiting.
Second, The Quantum AI.
A few years ago, there was a buzz about a showdown between a world-renowned Go player and artificial intelligence. In the end, the victory went to the artificial intelligence.
As a journalist, I have imagined such a historic scene. In the not-too-distant future, the highly advanced artificial intelligence seen in movies would erge.
Ironically, this AI revolution began at a ga company.
The secret lies in the cultivation of tens of millions of Picks (abbreviation for Pick
up) addicts. Mobius, the developer, applied the highly advanced artificial intelligence, which was thought to be decades away, to a re mobile ga.
The heroes in Pick
up feel emotions and think. When each hero is put into a stage, there are hundreds of different reactions if the situation is the sa. Heroes make demands, assert themselves, sotis refuse orders, and sotis obey them.
When it cos to the core of the ga, which is battles, even more astonishing results are shown. Without the master giving individual commands, heroes autonomously adopt the tactics they consider efficient and use various tactics and formations in each battle.
Furthermore, even with the sa training, heroes have different growth values, and even at the sa level and grade, the process and results of battles differ.
Therefore, there is no common hero grade chart or predetermined training thod like in other gas. Pick
ups thousands and billions of heroes make each one capable of surpassing the other.
This beca the biggest reason why Pick
up is called the ga of the devil.
Its too realistic. Although the heroes in the ga are just products of data, they are so lifelike.
Even now, Mobius has not revealed the detailed algorithm.
A few weeks ago, a giant Chinese company attempted to acquire the developnt company with billions of capital, but it ended in failure. There have also been frequent attempts to invade the company or hack the algorithm, but none have been successful.
Third, the Roguelike part.
Oh, theres nothing to do.
The content seems insufficient.
The above two sentences are sighs that represent the frustration of hardcore users in any ga. It also reflects the fact that the developnt speed of most gas cannot keep up with the consumption speed of content.
One of the representatives from Mobius said in an interview:
Are you talking about those geeks who pour tens of millions of won into one ga and play it all day? You think you can finish it? I challenge you to finish it!
When this interview was first released, many users scoffed. However, up to this day, not a single user has reached the end of Pick
ups main dungeon.
Not to ntion millions, there are users who pour billions or tens of billions and invest over 18 hours a day into Pick
up.
Pick
up adopted the rule of hardcore.
When it was first revealed, users showed so bewildernt. Hardcore ant that when a hero dies, they disappear without a trace.
Investing millions and spending hundreds of hours, and then having the hero disappear after just one battle? In the early days of Pick
up, this was pointed out as the biggest drawback of the ga and attracted the resentnt of many users.
Of course, Mobius did not revise this rule at all. Instead, over ti, people started to see it as an attractive feature.
A certain mania claims:
The heroes in Pick
up are precisely programd dolls that can be mistaken for humans.
Then its only natural that there is death as well, just as there is birth through summoning, right?
Furthermore, the stages in Pick
up change randomly, and no one can predict what missions will co up. Since the battles are adjusted by artificial intelligence, once a mission starts, there is hardly any room for the master to intervene.
In addition, there are dozens or hundreds of unpredictable variables. Sotis a party sent in haphazardly clears a super difficult dungeon, and sotis a party of 6-star elites perishes in a low-level dungeon.
Everything in Pick
up is not predetermined.
It constantly changes and flows.
Soone criticizes Pick
up like this:
Then what is the aning of the players existence?
Are they just spectators? Whats the point of playing a ga that is purely luck-based and hopeless?
Isnt it just a pay-to-win ga without control or strategy, where you draw lucky high-star heroes and send them out to win?
To that person, I want to introduce a master from Korea.
His account na is Loki.
He is the only Korean who is ranked among the top players in the world and is called the Master of Masters.
But hes not the first, is he?
Thats right. In terms of ranking, Loki is only fifth in the world.
If we look at the ranking alone, calling him the worlds best master has so drawbacks.
However, he is ntioned more frequently than the first-ranked players and is the only one among them who has earned the glorious nickna of Master of Masters.
The reason is simple.
He had extrely bad luck.
Pick
ups summon system has different star ratings.
Free summoning ranges from 1 to 3 stars, while paid summoning ranges from 3 to 5 stars.
Commonly ntioned in the community, the condition for becoming a top-ranked player in Pick
up is to have at least five 5-star heroes from birth. Higher-star heroes generally fight much better than lower-star heroes.
People gather and say that evolving 1-star heroes with materials to 5 stars is insufficient compared to natural 5-star heroes.
And here, there is a master nad Loki.
He has done about 4,500 paid summons, but he doesnt have a single natural 5-star hero.
Compared to the worlds 4th and 6th-ranked players around him who have dozens of natural 5-star heroes, his achievent is ager.
He has only one ti managed to summon a high-ranking hero, a 4-star.
However, he confidently maintains his position as the top-ranked player in Korea and fifth in the world. This proves that Pick
up is not just a luck-based ga, but there is ample room to compete with skill and strategy.
Although the master cannot directly intervene in battles, he can cultivate heroes in different ways. By discerning the talents and values of heroes that are not reflected in their status window and designating efficient training thods, he forms parties optimized for each heros performance.
While 1-star heroes are generally weaker than higher-grade heroes, Loki has proven that they are not always weak but only mostly weak.
The ta of Pick
up can be said to be divided into before and after Loki posted his strategy guide.
In addition, if we list the revolutionary changes brought by Loki to Pick
up
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[Comnts
3,135]
[Lv.51] Dawwww11
Agree 8,742, Disagree 6,644
Why is this journalist thriving and then falling flat? Is it appropriate to praise a single user in a ga special feature article? Did Loki ask the journalist to do this?
[Lv.17] Hail Loki
Agree 513, Disagree 672
All hail Loki!
[Lv.3] Hssut-hssut-hssut
Agree 13, Disagree 5
I didnt know that theres a mber of the RagnaLoki among the journalists on this site. Why isnt the CEO firing him?
[Lv.21] Diorama
Agree 11, Disagree 13
Honestly, Im not sure if Loki deserves all this praise. Isnt he just lucky?
[Lv.76] IBecoADragon
Agree 3, Disagree 5
Whats this about RagnaLoki?
[Lv.31] Kukkukkukkuk
Agree 0, Disagree 0
Its a Loki fan group. To beco an excellent mber, you need to sign up.
[Lv.76] IBecoADragon
Agree 4, Disagree 3
This is ridiculous.
[Lv.7] SiriusSlave
Agree 1,132, Disagree 2,564
[Blind comnt]
Seris, I want to lick your armpits! Lick, lick!
[Lv.22] WalletKingWhale
Agree 811, Disagree 532
Regardless of the fairness of the article, Lokis influence on Pick
up cannot be ignored. Saying that the ta changed after Lokis account was revealed, its not an exaggeration.
[Lv.15] ScholarFromGenerationsToGenerations
Agree 4, Disagree 9
Here cos another RagnaLoki!
[Lv.22] WalletKingWhale
Agree 321, Disagree 157
Did he say sothing wrong?
To be honest, arent all the wide world players get ignored except Loki? Now, theres no one left among Korean players except Loki too. Korean Pick
up is Loki, and Loki is Korean Pick
up.
In short, if Loki had just one 7-star hero, he would beco the top player in the world.
[Lv.7] SerisSlave
Agree 325, Disagree 1,132
[Blind comnt]
Seris, I want to lick your armpits! Lick, lick!
[Lv.15] ElectronicAnkleShackle
Agree 913, Disagree 132
This lunatic keeps doing this in every Pick
up-related article. Why isnt he banned?
[Lv.1] Isel0479
Agree 13, Disagree 11
All hail Loki!
All roads lead to Loki!
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