After watching this video, Yan Qi felt an indescribable sense of loss.
It was as if this video was really made by the artificial intelligence AEEIS. With the thinking of an artificial intelligence, it stood from a third party's perspective and made a fair and objective judgment of the entire incident. It also mocked the short-sighted players on the platform from the bottom of their hearts.
It was as if it was saying, "You humans still claim to be superior beings and intelligent creatures. That's it? You can't even distinguish between immediate and long-term interests. You can't even control your low-level desires. You're just a large paramecium! "
He was very angry, but he could not seem to find any way to refute it.
That was because that might be the case.
In the era of the Internet, this was a very helpless phenomenon. Everyone thought that they were rational, smart, and could distinguish right from wrong. They would also be filled with righteous indignation. However, on the Internet, when countless' rational 'and' smart 'people gathered together, they often did things that were even more short-sighted than paramecium, making other rational people not know whether to laugh or cry.
Obviously, humans sometimes overestimated themselves.
Yan Qi did not know how to solve this problem, or rather, no one in this world knew. Countless philosophers, sociologists, biologists, and artists had done a lot of research on this problem, and there were also a lot of classic works.
However, when it came to a complicated topic like human nature, there would probably only be in-progress results, and there would never be a final conclusion.
Yan Qi even asked himself, if he was not the designer of Blade of the Empire, but just an ordinary player who mistakenly entered the Morning Dew Gaming Platform, would he be able to persist in judging these games from an objective point of view and resist the temptation of a 50% refund after they were taken off the shelves?
He was surprised to find that his answer was that he did not know.
Perhaps he would make the right choice, but he was not sure.
This made him feel even more lost.
However, Yan Qi quickly got rid of this loss because he realized that the appearance of this video was something worth celebrating, and he had indeed gained something from this incident.
At the very least, he understood one thing: in many matters, if everyone chose to stay out of it, then this matter might never change. And the first person to take the initiative to do something might seem very foolish, might be misunderstood, and would suffer great pressure and losses. It might seem meaningless, but at least he had awakened more people.
Just like Morning Dew Gaming Platform, this platform used its short-lived existence to make many designers and players re-evaluate themselves.
Yan Qi had always felt that players couldn't be trusted. The mission of a designer was to make all kinds of rules and regulations so that players who liked to take advantage of loopholes couldn't find any loopholes, so that the game could run normally.
But now, Yan Qi realized that this might be the most efficient way to solve the problem, but it might not be the right way.
Just like the famous saying: there are only two ways to solve a problem in the world, one is the easy way, and the other is the right way.
Thinking about it carefully, wasn't it a great honor for him to be able to witness the entire process of the gaming platform's emergence and demise?
No matter what, he had to do the right thing with this gaming platform. So what if the game was taken down?
Money could be earned again, but meaningful things like this couldn't be done just because one wanted to.
The Morning Dew Gaming Platform had already completed the most difficult part. For the game developers, all they had to do was finish the game, fix the bugs, and wait patiently.
But even such a simple task wasn't done well by many game developers.
Seeing that their game was about to be taken down, they went to pressure Morning Dew Gaming Platform to change the platform's rules. They only saw their own profits being damaged, and completely ignored the fact that Morning Dew Gaming Platform was sacrificing more and bearing most of the pressure.
Even Yan Qi himself had many doubts about Morning Dew Gaming Platform. He even wanted to give up on the platform and find another place.
This was truly shameful.
"I want to contribute my meager strength to the platform and persevere to the end!"
"At most, it'll be taken down. After it's taken down, it'll be back up a month later. I'll be a hero again. Moreover, I can go to other platforms to earn money without having to worry about starving. "
"No matter what, keeping our game in Morning Dew Gaming Platform's game library is already my meager strength!"
Thinking this through, Yan Qi felt like he had been enlightened.
Even if this matter didn't come to fruition in the future, so what? As long as he had a clear conscience, that was enough.
After clearing his mind, Yan Qi clicked on the comment section of the video.
While he was struggling with his thoughts, the video's comments, bullet screen comments, and other data were increasing rapidly.
The video was well-produced and concise. It discussed hot topics in the gaming circle. Teacher Qiao had forwarded and recommended it, so it was naturally very effective.
Clearly, the netizens in the comment section were like Yan Qi, as if they had been enlightened and came to a sudden realization.
"Well said! Previously, I thought that Morning Dew Gaming Platform was too stupid. How could it be so stupid? Now I know that it's not stupid, but it's knowing that it can't be done! "
"This is so touching. I'm heartbroken watching this. Sigh, many people really don't deserve such a good platform! "
"That's right. They strictly control the quality of the game, require all the bugs in the game to be fixed before they can be released. They even give players the right to take down the game. Yet, this is how they use their rights? They're hopeless! "
"I'm not convinced! Don't AOE all the players. Only a small group of locusts running around between the various platforms are causing trouble on Morning Dew Gaming Platform. They don't care about the survival of the platform! Most players can still tell right from wrong. It's just that this is a new platform, and most rational players haven't gone there. "
"That's right. I only saw the advertisement for this platform online. I had no idea that there was so much behind it. I'm going to log in now!"
"Such a good platform can't be destroyed by these low-quality players. I'm going to help and do what I can!"
"The feeling of Morning Dew Gaming Platform facing death really touched me. It also reminded me of Tengda. I originally thought that only Tengda would do such a stupid thing, and I've always hoped that Tengda would create a gaming platform. This platform might not be created by Tengda, but it's doing the same thing as Tengda. I have to support it just for that! "
"Who exactly is this Young Master Tian? It feels like he's just a puppet who posted videos. Could it be that the real author of the video is AEEIS? This feeling is exactly the same as when AEEIS argued. They both made people speechless. "
"Indeed. This kind of overbearing attitude is completely different from other UP Masters."
"No way, is the IP crisis coming?"
Many players were guessing who this Young Master Tian was.
They felt that he was not an ordinary person.
It was a pity that there was no relevant information on the internet, and the video did not reveal any information at all.
It was as if he was a completely transparent existence.
Apart from that, a large number of players were obviously moved by the video like Yan Qi. They all went to Morning Dew Gaming Platform to help.
Given the current situation of Morning Dew Gaming Platform, a few more rational players would not have much of an effect.
After all, whether the entire system of the platform could continue to operate healthily depended on the decisions of the majority of players on the platform. A few players were not enough.
However, what if there were enough players to change the previous structure of the player community?
Yan Qi suddenly realized that things might not be as bad as he had imagined.
The current situation of Morning Dew Gaming Platform seemed hopeless. After all, when the right to take down the game was handed over to the players, how things would develop was no longer up to the platform.
The platform could not go back on its word and take back this right because that would be equivalent to slapping itself in the face and making the platform completely lose its uniqueness.
Could he hope that these players would suddenly find their conscience? That was obviously unrealistic.
However, Yan Qi suddenly realized that there was another possibility to solve the problem.
That was to complete a major change in the entire gaming platform and completely change the structure of the players on the platform!
At the moment, the majority of players were focused on the immediate benefits and did not care about the platform's survival. This was because the Morning Dew Gaming Platform was a new platform to begin with. The games on it were not attractive to many veteran players. Only these relatively poor players could be attracted.
Obviously, this video was not enough to influence these players and make them give up on immediate benefits.
To be precise, nothing would be enough to influence these players.
However, if this video could spread the news of Morning Dew Gaming Platform's actions and let more rational players join, gradually diluting these short-sighted players, changing the structure of the entire platform and spontaneously forming a better environment?
This might require a certain process and could not be completed overnight. Furthermore, the price was huge and they would have to bear losses for a long time.
However, as long as they persevered, there would always be hope.
As for whether they could succeed in the end, it would depend on how they viewed the entire player community.
If they believed that most players were short-sighted, irrational, and only focused on immediate benefits, then Morning Dew Gaming Platform would definitely not be able to last for long.
If they believed that most players were rational people who could distinguish between immediate benefits and long-term benefits, then Morning Dew Gaming Platform would only need to persevere for a period of time and slowly develop. Furthermore, it would become smoother and better in the future.
If Yan Qi asked himself honestly, he would still choose to believe in the latter.
Reality and ideals were different. Similarly, the actual reality and the expected reality were also different.
For many people, they had to believe in something for their lives to have meaning, to have a goal to pursue, and to have the motivation to persevere.
"I should learn more from the people on Morning Dew Gaming Platform. I don't want to live forever, but I want to have a clear conscience."
"I just have to continue working on my game!"
Yan Qi suddenly had a very open-minded feeling. The previous entanglement and melancholy, when he thought clearly about this point, all vanished into thin air.
It was as if he had been infected by some kind of optimism and had figured something out.
If a certain goal was extremely difficult to achieve, then he should not think about it repeatedly. Instead, he should focus on taking the first step and let nature take its course.
In any case, a company like Tengda had already stepped forward. How difficult could it be for him to silently follow them?
…
At the same time, in Guangzhou …
At the southern studio of the incubation base of the Destitution Plan.
After getting on track with the northern studio in Beijing, Qiu Hong went to Shanghai and Guangzhou without stopping. He opened a studio in the east and south of these two places.
Everything was working well at the moment.
Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou could be said to be the most developed places in the country in the game industry. There were a lot of talents. Thus, there would definitely be no shortage of people in the incubation base. The only problem was how to find them.
After training in Beijing for a while, Qiu Hong was already very familiar with quickly finding people and quickly determining whether a certain game should be funded by the Destitution Plan. He was already very familiar with it.
Of course, this was not a difficult technical task. After all, Boss Pei had never cared about the success or failure of these games.
What's more, there was no need for Qiu Hong to take the initiative to look for them. Naturally, a large number of independent game designers would come knocking on his door.
Many people had suspected that the real sponsor behind the Destitution Plan was Tengda Corporation's Boss Pei ever since the official platform's editor-in-chief, Xia Jiang, published that interview.
However, Qiu Hong had always remembered Boss Pei's teachings. He would not admit it even if he was beaten to death.
Previously, the official platform had interviewed the incubation base of the Destitution Plan and Meng Chang, who was in charge of the publicity for the "domestically-produced games compilation". It had only been a day since then. This was obviously a hint.
In addition, the layout of the incubation base of the Destitution Plan was similar to that of Tengda Corporation. They ate Fish-Catching Take-Out and used Deposit Fitness …
It was hard not to suspect this way.
However, even if Qiu Hong refused to admit it, nothing would happen.
What's more, there were so many independent game designers in the Destitution Plan. Not every game was very popular. There were also some games that did not perform well and players did not like them. The producers were still working hard to modify them.
At the end of the day, pure feelings were definitely not enough. In the end, players would only pay for outstanding games.
All in all, the Destitution Plan became popular for a period of time after that. Then, its popularity gradually decreased and returned to normal. Apart from some gamers who were passionate about domestically-produced independent games who continued to pay attention to it, they were also more famous in the independent game designer circle.
Now, independent game designers were proud to be able to obtain the investment of the Destitution Plan. This also allowed the three studios of the incubation base to develop and grow rapidly.
After half a year of development, the three studios of the Destitution Plan had produced another batch of new games. The games that had been well received after being released or pre-sold, such as Survival Guide for Working Dogs and Black Ink and Clouds, were still being updated and maintained.
For independent game developers, the speed of production was far from comparable to those large companies. After all, they did not have enough manpower.
Therefore, after a game was developed, in order to fully express all the ideas that one wanted to express, it might take a long period of one or two years to continuously add things and content into it. This was an inevitable process.
No matter what, the Destitution Plan had incubated a batch of outstanding games as Boss Pei had expected.
At that moment, Qiu Hong had just finished watching Young Master Tian's video.
"There's actually such a game platform?"
"Isn't Boss Pei going to invest?"
Qiu Hong's first reaction was that it would definitely receive investment from Dream Realization Ventures when he saw Morning Dew Gaming Platform.
That was because this was too compatible with Boss Pei's style!
Qiu Hong even suspected that this might be the game platform that Boss Pei had created.
After researching for a long time, he realized that the Morning Dew Gaming Platform did not capture the data of Tengda's accounts, nor did it publish any of Tengda's games. Only then did Qiu Hong reluctantly admit that this platform had nothing to do with Tengda.
"Such a game platform is really too precious!"
"I have to help them!"
"After all, didn't Boss Pei ask me to do the Destitution Plan to support the development of domestically-produced independent games? In that case, helping and supporting a good domestic game platform is also part of my duty, right? "
"After all, Boss Pei has been teaching us by example and teaching us this philosophy!"
Qiu Hong immediately decided to package all the games in the Destitution Plan and put them on Morning Dew Gaming Platform!
How could such a conscientious game platform not have a few high-quality games?
The Destitution Plan and Morning Dew Gaming Platform were a perfect match!
Of course, there were also some games in the Destitution Plan that were not of good quality or had more bugs. They might not meet the requirements of Morning Dew Gaming Platform.
But so what? If there were bugs, he would fix them. If the quality of the game was not good, he would change it.
In any case, Boss Pei had high requirements for the games in the Destitution Plan. All the failed games had to be redone. Compared to Boss Pei's requirements, what was Morning Dew Gaming Platform's requirements?
Qiu Hong felt that Boss Pei was too busy with work and probably did not notice this small platform.
If Boss Pei saw it, wouldn't he directly help and invest a huge sum of money according to the spirit of the Destitution Plan?
In any case, he would have to help sooner or later. It was not a big deal to take the first step with the Destitution Plan.
At that thought, Qiu Hong immediately called Xi Hao.
"Package all the completed games in the Destitution Plan and send them to Morning Dew Gaming Platform!"
"We can't watch such a good platform collapse."
"Send all our games up. After all, the Destitution Plan has accumulated a group of more rational and supportive gamers. It will definitely improve the ecology of the entire platform!"
"It might not have an obvious effect, but it can be considered as doing our best!"
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