One hour before Feng Bujue turned on the computer, the server was shut down, and many things had happened since then. The forum that he was browsing had activated the posting restriction. Each person could only post once every five minutes, but even so, the page refreshed at a rate of one page every ten seconds.
At 8 am, the system shut down the queuing function and stopped generating scenarios. It prompted the players to go offline, but the players who were already in the scenario did not know that. At 10: 20 am, one after another, the players who were in the scenario finished or left the scenario. For the past two hours, the notice to go offline was displayed on all the log-in lobby screens. At 10: 30 am, the players who were forced to stay in the log-in lobby were forced to go offline, and then the game server was shut down.
Then, the players rushed into the forum.
After seeing the announcement at the top of the page, the players had different opinions.
Most of the users expressed different degrees of dissatisfaction. The level of this group of players was not that low. In fact, many of them were close to or had reached level twenty. However, they felt that the closed beta ended so soon because it was unfair to them who had purposely bought the gaming hub or obtained an account through other channels. The players who did not have a closed beta account only needed to wait for three to five days before they could play Thriller Paradise.
Actually, the main complaint of these players was … this closed beta that lasted for only fifty hours did not give them the huge 'advantage' that they had imagined.
At this time, the Dream Company's official post started to reveal the 'terms'. The meaning behind it was that everyone had agreed to these terms. When they sold the gaming hubs, they made it clear that the upper limit of the closed beta was twenty. When ten percent of the players reached this level, the closed beta would stop. Now that this condition had been fulfilled, if they did not start the open beta, they would be breaking their promise.
Thus, the players were speechless. Speaking of which, who would look at those terms? Since there was no argument to be made, a portion of the players started to make trouble. There were comments like 'those with high levels are studio players, and the Dream Company is ignoring the gaming experience of normal players'. There were even more aggressive comments like 'a black-hearted gaming company is colluding with studios to increase the price of gaming hubs'. There were quite a number of such people. Actually, they did not understand the relationship between gaming companies and studios, and they did not have the basic knowledge of the industry. They had no idea about the cost of gaming hubs. However, they still dared to use their own imagination to post their own opinions and irresponsible accusations to vent their dissatisfaction. The funny thing was that these kinds of people's posts would often attract a large group of ignorant and brainless people to support them. Everyone would echo what they say. Some of the more rational players replied with a few rebuttals and posted some meaningful information, but they would be attacked and scolded. They would be accused of being Dream Inc's hatchet men. This phenomenon was only because the scolders' own opinions were completely untenable and were exposed by others. That was why they flew into a rage out of humiliation.
There was a group of people in this world who liked to stir up trouble. They were like shrews, and it was meaningless to argue with them. That was because their own knowledge and ability would soon make them run out of words. At that time, they would take out a dictionary that belonged to them. It was basically filled with the words they usually used — vulgarities. Occasionally, there would be things like 'hehe', 'what are you agitated about', and 'pay attention to your quality'. These words would pop out along with their own vulgarities and selective disregard. They would pull others' IQ to the same level as them and start a war of words. Arguing with such people was like holding a bunch of 'reasons', 'stories', and 'seasons' in your hands. They were all 'big' and full of confidence. In the end, they realized that the fellow opposite them was full of 'sophistry', 'disregard', and 'shouting'. They immediately felt like crying.
Of course, there were also many silent accounts on the forum. They were waiting to see what would happen. Some of them even risked being drowned by saliva and publicly expressed their support for the Dream Company's open beta. However, they were not members of the Dream Company. Instead, they were members of various high-end workspaces. This group of people supported the open beta from the bottom of their hearts. From their point of view, it was a complete waste of resources for the group of level 20 professional players under them to not be able to train.
There were also some characters who mediated between them like peacemakers. The posts they posted were nothing more than 'suggesting that the Dream Company value the interests of ordinary players and change the condition of' 10% players' to '10% non-professional players' and reopen the closed beta to show fairness'. In fact, these people were all "normal players" without exception. They didn't care about "fairness". They only wanted benefits, but they didn't want to be associated with those unreasonable people. Therefore, they used these seemingly reasonable words righteously.
The chaos on the forum caused the more useful strategy posts and help posts to be pushed to dozens of pages. It was like a stone sinking into the sea. The forum, which was already quite lively, could not be described as' hot '. It was as if it had been attacked by malicious software, testing the server's ability to withstand pressure.
However, in the face of such a situation, the Dream Company put on an attitude of 'I will not move even if the enemy besieges me thousands of times'. In any case, the announcement had been posted, and the game server had been shut down. We will upgrade and update as usual. If you have the ability, don't play when the open beta starts.
In the face of some users' comments such as' Let's all return the game cabin and see what they say 'or' I'm not playing anymore. Trash game, black-hearted company ', the Dream Company's staff also had the mentality of watching a joke. They all knew that no one would really do what they said. There was no need to delete such posts. In a week, it would become evidence that these people were asking for humiliation.
It could be said that … as a rising company, the Dream Company's reaction and style were completely the same as a monopoly or industry leader. First, they did not admit their mistakes. Second, they did not change their decision. The choice for the users was to either accept the status quo or give up the game. It was like the price of oil had risen. There was no room for discussion.
In this day and age, many companies allowed their games to be in 'beta' until they closed down. They would beta for as long as they could. They relied on the game to earn money, and by calling it a 'beta', they could use the game as an excuse for bugs.
The Dream Company could be said to be taking a huge risk. This closed beta lasted for only two days, but it did not cause the game to lose popularity. If anything, it increased the popularity of the game, and all kinds of promotions continued.
That Sunday morning, the Dream Company announced the basic game equipment required for the open beta. Other than the players who bought the various gaming cabins from Thriller Paradise, the players who used other companies' gaming cabins or gaming helmets had to buy the exclusive external device from the Dream Company before they could log into the game.
This news did calm down the anger of the closed beta players. At least the open beta was not without its requirements. For example, if the closed beta players bought a PS2 and about fifty hours of real-life gaming time, the open beta players had to buy a PS2 controller before they could join the game.
After the news was announced, at 11 am sharp, the Dream Company opened the registration function for open beta accounts. They listed several compatible external devices on their website. They could be purchased online and delivered the next day.
In just one hour, the number of orders had exceeded 200,000, and it was still climbing. A large number of open beta players rushed into the gaming forum after they obtained their accounts. They used fake posts to drown out the original posts, and a war of words started between the two parties. It was a lively scene. Two groups of people who did not know each other said all kinds of nasty things on the virtual internet. They had burned down tens of thousands of accounts in half an hour. Just how big of a grudge would that be?
In any case, Feng Bujue felt like he had slept for a whole month in the morning. He sat down in front of the computer after cooking a bowl of noodles, and he was surprised to see such a drastic change.
Things on the internet were that interesting. Perhaps the people involved felt like they had experienced or participated in something that would go down in history forever, but in the eyes of outsiders, it was just a normal morning.
For Feng Bujue, it did not matter whether the open beta started earlier or later. He did not want to fight for the throne of the highest level, and he did not think that extending the closed beta would bring him much benefit. A strong player would always be strong. Even if you trained for a month longer than him, the difference between you and him would only be a month. Sooner or later, he would catch up to you in terms of levels. At the same level, he would still be stronger than you.
However, since the open beta was about to start, it was good news for Feng Bujue. During the closed beta, he had realized that there were too many things that the game had not been released to the public. There was the currency exchange, public areas, the market, the card system, and many other things that he could not imagine.
Now, in at most forty-eight hours, the whole of Thriller Paradise would be revealed before his eyes.
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