In November, Seaside Mansion was officially updated. Players' avatars could now be brought into Dark Souls, Uncharted Waters, USA Apocalypse, and PlayerUnknown's Battleground's multiplayer modes.
Although the update wasn't technically difficult for Chen Mo and didn't require much effort, the response from the players was extremely enthusiastic.
"That's great, I don't have to spend half an hour pinching faces every time I enter a new game. I can directly import my favorite faces!"
"And I can even use my own face! Awesome!"
"Doesn't that mean I've transmigrated from the virtual world to these worlds?"
"But I'm still not satisfied with my current face!"
"Stop talking, I'm going to pinch my own face in Seaside Mansion right now!"
After this update, there was a sudden craze for face pinching on the internet and forums.
Previously, the players were not particularly enthusiastic about the Seaside Mansion's face. After all, they had done it once in Dark Souls and again in PlayerUnknown's Battleground. If they were to do it again in Uncharted Waters and American Apocalypse, it would be a pain in the ass.
Many players would use their own appearance as a blueprint when playing Seaside Mansion. Of course, some players who weren't that good looking couldn't avoid faking it a little.
For example, they could use a high PP photo, or adjust their body to the standard, or make themselves look better based on their original appearance.
Now, the update for "Seaside Mansion" had clearly stated that in the future, all virtual avatars in online mode would be linked to the image of "Seaside Mansion". On one hand, it would save players the trouble of repeatedly creating faces. On the other hand, it would give players a feeling of transmigration.
If the players always used different "identities" when they entered different games, it would be difficult for them to have a sense of immersion. But what if the players entered the online mode of every game and used the same face? Moreover, this face would be very similar to their own appearance.
Actually, most people were a little narcissistic, especially when it came to their own faces. Very few people would hate it.
This was because people would look at their own faces in the mirror every day. Over time, they would feel familiar and close, and most people would overestimate their looks. Therefore, after pinching their own faces in the virtual image, most people would easily feel immersed in it.
Even the players who made their avatars look unbelievably beautiful would slowly feel a sense of familiarity and immersion when they saw this face.
Therefore, after this update, a new business opportunity appeared on the internet. It was a face-shaping service.
The price of such services is often very low, but the market is vast. Some lazy players would use their own image or the image of a celebrity, but many players who liked to be unique still hoped to create a face that looked like them and looked good.
But what if he did not look good? He could only look for some face sculpting experts on the internet to do it for him.
At this stage, sharing or selling face shaping data was child's play. Face shaping experts would create custom face shaping data for players on the internet. Each set of data would be sold at a different price depending on how long the face was shaped. Needless to say, it was selling quite well.
Many players felt that plastic surgery was so expensive in real life, but it was so cheap in the game. It was so worth it!
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In addition, "Seaside Mansion" had also opened up the function of visiting friends.
This was a relatively basic function that needed to be expanded in the future. At the moment, players could choose to visit their friends on the Thunderbolt Game Pass. After choosing to visit, they would need to go out and take a taxi. After that, the scenery would change, and the taxi would stop in front of the other party's "Seaside Mansion".
Actually, it was the same as how Nuannuan went to a player's house.
However, because all the players' mansions were the same at the current stage, it was hard to tell whether it was someone else's house or their own …
Moreover, each player could have a maximum of four friends in their home, which meant that it could accommodate a total of five people. After all, the house was only so big. If more than ten people squeezed in, the scene would be unwatchable. The current scene didn't support this kind of party yet …
However, this at least gave players a chance to gather online and show off their clothes and faces.
Imagine the plastic sisters gathering together to show off the clothes they had just bought at Nuan Nuan's private wardrobe and their new styling. As they praised each other against their will, they secretly made up their minds to buy one for themselves when they got back.
Hmm … Just thinking about it made it seem like they were going to lose a lot of money.
Many players were saying, "Salent, you're slacking off again. When are you going to open up the customization function for Seaside Mansion?"
"Although the mansion is nice, it's too repetitive! When are you going to give us a new mansion? "
"The auction place in Uncharted Water isn't bad!"
"Or can you sell me the Royal City in Dark Souls?"
"By the way, didn't you build so many good buildings in Minecraft? There's Stormwind City, the Forbidden City, and the Old Summer Palace! I don't mind if you give me the Forbidden City! "
"The Forbidden City is a relic, I just want the Throne of Lordaeron."
"Hehe, aren't you afraid that it'll affect your son?"
The players' needs were endless. As the features of Seaside Mansion became more and more complete, the players' needs became more and more varied.
In Minecraft, the players' needs could all be fulfilled, but that was a world made out of Lego after all. There was a huge difference compared to a world that looked exactly like reality.
Once the players had a character that they were satisfied with, they would want more settings to be able to socialize with other players. How annoying would it be if they could only admire such nice clothes by themselves?
Many players posted on the forums, "It's almost the end of the year, Salent, you don't have any big games to play anyways. Why don't you just make us a few houses!"
Needless to say, there were quite a number of players who held this view. After all, after the bombardment of the three games "PlayerUnknown's Battleground", "USA Apocalypse", and "Uncharted Seas" this year, there was not much demand for new games. Even if there was, Qian Bao Jun could not support it anymore.
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