The competition on both sides followed the normal schedule and continued one match at a time.
However, the more Pei Qian watched, the more he felt that something was wrong.
The difference in popularity between the two sides was becoming more and more obvious!
At first, there were still many viewers on IOI's side. However, the more they played, the fewer viewers and the less popular they were. Slowly, they all ran towards GOG!
Even Pei Qian himself could not help but want to defect. He put away his cell phone and wanted to see how GOG was doing.
After pinching his nose and watching a few IOI competitions, Pei Qian realized a problem.
The standard of this competition was indeed not good!
On one hand, IOI's game mechanism was relatively backward. The heroes did not have much affinity for the audience. On the other hand, the standards of these teams were indeed uneven. The competition was not much different from a high ranking game.
Although he could continue watching, the teamwork of the teams was very poor. They obviously did not play like a whole team but like five passers-by.
It would have been fine without GOG's competition, but the difference in strength was obvious when both sides held competitions!
Most viewers were more inclined towards GOG's side. They only came to watch IOI because of the gimmick of the 'Chinese and foreign competition'. In the end, they lost interest after watching a few matches and quickly defected.
Once they defected, they would never be able to return!
What's more, there were traitors repeatedly jumping between the two live-streams, pulling away a large number of viewers from IOI's live-stream.
On the live-stream website, the change in popularity between the two sides was very obvious.
What was worse was that Pei Qian realized that some people were secretly leaving the venue!
After all, the tickets were very cheap. They were half-sold and half-given. They would not feel the pinch even if they left early.
These people obviously felt that the competition was not interesting and that it was a waste of time to sit there. They all left.
Pei Qian was about to vomit blood.
Don't go! Stay and continue watching!
He wanted to shout like that, but he knew very well that it was useless. Gamers would vote with their feet.
Pei Qian sighed and leaned back in his seat with mixed feelings.
The competition would only officially end tomorrow, but the current situation seemed to have determined the outcome. There was no turning back.
What should he do?
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July 24th, Sunday …
Pei Qian did not watch GOG or IOI's competition today because the outcome was already determined. If he watched again, he would just be whipped again.
Last night, Pei Qian scrolled through the forums for a long time, looking at the gamers' comments on the two competitions. Indeed, there was no fluke.
GOG had completely crushed IOI's competition's popularity!
As a result, many gamers started to feel sorry for IOI.
"My heart aches when I see the popularity of IOI's competition dropping. The organizers must have spent a huge sum of money in the early stages of publicity. In the end, all the players that were attracted became GOG's popularity! "
"That's right. I have examples of diehard fans of IOI switching to GOG …"
"It can't be helped. GOG is still too strong. The mobile and client-side games are interconnected, and the game mechanics are fun. Even the professional competitions are better than IOI!"
"IOI is really miserable."
"Logically speaking, there's no reason for a successful foreign game to not be popular when it enters the domestic market. The game's quality is excellent, the updates are fast, and the operations are impressive, right?"
"Yes, that would be the case without Tengda."
"Actually, IOI's local server did not make a single wrong move. If not for GOG, it would have been promoted a long time ago. However, GOG is really too sick. Crowdfunding the game, promoting it in the internet cafe, organizing competitions … in addition to the dual-terminal interconnection at the beginning and the rewards at the end of the season, it has already taken over the market. What's more, IOI's every attack has been perfectly resolved. It's really too strong!"
"Boss Pei is a genius at operations."
"Indeed, IOI can't win if Boss Pei manages GOG."
"Wait, isn't IOI operated by Tengda as well? Shang Yang Games seems to be a wholly owned subsidiary of Tengda, right? "
"Ai, don't you know that there's a difference between relatives and strangers? Don't you understand the strategy of breeding poisonous insects? Can't you tell which side Boss Pei is on now? "
"Indeed, Boss Pei is definitely more biased towards GOG. He's his own son."
Pei Qian felt very tired reading these comments.
Which side am I on?
Of course I'm on IOI's side! That goes without saying!
However, not even the people at Shang Yang Games believed these words, much less the gamers.
Pei Qian felt very helpless. It looked like this plan had failed.
However, if he thought on the bright side …
Would IOI's local server be able to lie down and incur losses in the future?
Although it was unlikely that Lin Wan would leave Tengda to inherit the family business, the outcome of the battle between GOG and IOI in the domestic market had already been decided. If he continued to burn money on IOI, wouldn't he be able to happily go down the drain?
Pei Qian felt that he had to adapt to the situation.
Since IOI really could not be supported, he would change his thinking and make it a tool for him to incur losses. That seemed pretty good!
…
Pei Qian went to the cafe to listen to Qiu Hong's failed experiences as he thought about his future countermeasures.
So far, Qiu Hong had shared several failed experiences.
Project management was chaotic.
Boss or other external forces intervened.
Talent could not be discovered.
Common sense was biased and communication was not smooth.
The voices within the research and development team were not unified.
Pei Qian had to say that these failed experiences were all from the bottom of Qiu Hong's heart.
According to him, any one of them would cause difficulties in the development of the project. Two would cause the research and development work to fall into a quagmire. Three would be hell on earth.
However, Pei Qian realized that these fatal problems had actually been miraculously solved within Tengda!
That was f * cking ridiculous.
It was like a race. Everyone started from the starting line, but Pei Qian realized that he was already standing on the finishing line.
However, the point was that he was f * cking running back!
All in all, it was very stiff.
Among all the failed experiences, Pei Qian felt that he could try to make use of the fact that the voices within the research and development team were not unified. However, he had no idea how to make use of it.
He could only hope that Qiu Hong would share a more useful failure experience with him today.
Qiu Hong sipped his coffee and observed 'Ma Yang's' expression. "Boss Ma, you seem to be half happy and half worried."
Pei Qian nodded. "Yes."
There was nothing wrong with what he said. It was just that "happiness" and "worry" were the exact opposite of each other.
Qiu Hong smiled. "Life is not always going your way. Boss Ma, don't take it to heart.
"The failure experience I'm going to talk about today is iteration."
Pei Qian immediately perked up.
This seemed to be a failure experience that could be used directly!
The so-called iteration was actually an updated version.
Many games were updated from 1.0 to 1.1 and then to 2.0. This was considered an iteration.
Qiu Hong continued. "Boss Ma, you may have doubts. Isn't iteration a necessary factor for the success of all projects? How can it lead to failure?
"The key is whether there is an accurate goal for the iteration.
"All the failed iterations have one thing in common. Nobody knows what the ultimate form of the game or the product will be. They always change whatever they want to change to the best of their abilities."
"The needs are always changing, and there is no end to the changes.
"Such behavior means that everyone is unclear about the ultimate form of the product. As a result, the more changes are made, the more erratic and messy it becomes. On the surface, the project is getting better in iterations, but in fact, it is constantly deviating from the correct path until it is irreversible.
"Many games are like that. The prototype is originally very clear, but there is always a need for more things during the development process. Therefore, they keep iterating and adding new things to it. In the end, it becomes neither.
"Especially when the two failure factors of 'wrong iteration' and 'disunity within the project' are combined, it would be a super, super, super terrifying disaster!
"The entire project will be mired in endless internal friction, just like a boat that is mired in a whirlpool. Even the best helmsman will not be able to bring it out. He will only be able to watch it sink and disintegrate beyond redemption.
Pei Qian's eyes lit up.
Good, the money was not spent in vain!
He finally learned a killer move from Qiu Hong!
In the past, Tengda's games had indeed gone through iterations and updates. However, the purpose of the updates was very clear at that time. That was why they unfortunately succeeded.
However, with Qiu Hong's theory as a guide, Pei Qian suddenly felt the dawn of victory in front of him!
Force the project's internal voice to be disunified, and then force them to forcefully iterate, redo, iterate, and upgrade. Finally, before settlement, it would be neither.
Wasn't that a good thing?
"Boss Qiu, thank you!" Pei Qian's eyes lit up with sincerity.
Qiu Hong was a little flattered and quickly said, "Boss Ma, you don't have to be so polite. I'm just doing my duty.
"What's more, I'm sharing my failure experience. Boss Ma, if you want to make use of it, you have to learn to think in reverse."
Pei Qian smiled.
Think in reverse?
No, I can make use of these failure experiences directly!
Indeed, it is good to learn more. Otherwise, how could I have thought of such a loss-making method?
This money is worth it!
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July 25th, Monday …
The third stage of the arms race between GOG and IOI finally came to an end.
Yesterday afternoon, the champions of both competitions were decided, and the prizes and trophies were awarded.
However, it was not important who the champion was.
The important thing was that after this competition, all players and clubs clearly realized one fact: IOI was really not good in the country!
In the foreseeable future, the country would be GOG's world. This competition had completely consolidated GOG's dominance!
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DGE Esports Club …
The members of the H4 Club and DGE Club were waving goodbye.
Team Leader Su was talking to Zhang Yuan about the future of the domestic esports industry.
It was a pity that the H4 Club had come in second place in yesterday's finals. However, for them, who had been abused repeatedly and did not have much hope, this was already a rather surprising result.
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