Chapter 67 International Server
Lao Huang is so cool!
When he tested the 4090 and DLSS 3.0 versions with "Star Emperor" during the keynote speech, many foreign players noticed this "special" game.
Yes, special!
What's special is that this is the first time NVIDIA has chosen a non-AAA game for a real-machine demonstration, and it is also a game produced by an unknown Chinese studio.
Why not cyberpunk?
Why not Horizon 5?
There are so many AAA masterpieces on the market to choose from, why did Nvidia choose "Star Emperor" as the new graphics card demonstration game?
After the keynote speech and 4090 graphics card launch conference, many foreign players opened the Steam platform and searched for the game "Star Emperor".
"Emperor of the Starry Sky" or "Lord of the Stars" both refer to "Emperor of the Starry Sky".
This is a problem with the English translation, which cannot accurately convey the specific meaning of "Great Emperor". The word "Great Emperor" in "Starry Sky Emperor" originally meant the realm of cultivation, but after translation, it became "Emperor".
But it's not a big problem.
Although after translation, it is very difficult to understand why "Emperor" is a "strength level", this does not affect the play of foreign players.
Again, it doesn’t matter if you don’t understand the plot, as long as you understand the special effects and exclaim “Wow”.
The influx of a large number of foreign players not only put huge pressure on the server, but also brought new problems to Tianba Studio.
Domestic early access version players basically know what kind of game "Star Emperor" is. Ridiculing nicknames such as "Graphics Card Sublimation" and "Graphics Card Emperor" are often on their lips, and no one will take the risk to fight for the road to immortality.
But this new group of foreign players don’t know this.
As soon as they entered the game, they were immediately impressed by the god-level optimization of "Star Emperor".
No one told them that it is wrong for you to aim for the ultimate picture quality without any brain. You should choose the appropriate game picture quality according to the configuration...
As a result, Chengxian Road became lively.
A large number of ignorant and innocent foreign players swarmed in, ignoring the "danger warning" issued by Tianba Studio, and headed for the Road to Immortality with the ultimate picture quality.
This directly leads to the fact that as soon as Chinese players see a foreign ID, they activate the ultimate sublimation without even thinking, focusing on taking surprise.
In particular, the undercover agents sent by the graphics card bar all relied on their powerful graphics cards, and foreigners did not know the ropes of "Star Emperor", so their faces were distorted with smiles in the past few days.
"Countless supreme beings from foreign lands poured into Kyushu, and the sleeping emperors of Kyushu unveiled their coffins one after another..."
The corner of Yang Dong's mouth raised, and he slowly narrated: "This battle was too brutal! The Emperor of Kyushu used the immortal weapon to hunt down the foreign supreme beings. The corpses of 1060, 2060 and 6700XT were everywhere on the road to immortality."
"Of course, there are also strong men with immortal weapons among the foreign supremes. Their strength is not inferior to that of the Kyushu Emperor, and it stands to reason that they can survive a few attacks."
"However, because they were intruders, they were suppressed by the Heavenly Dao of the Nine Provinces. Their strength was limited. Even if they were armed with immortal weapons, they could only defeat in despair..."
"Please talk normally!"
Xiao Lu doesn't understand. What does it mean that an intruder is suppressed by the Heavenly Way of Nine Provinces and has no strength at all?
Where does the suppression from heaven come from?
"Ahem! When foreign players connect to our server naked, the delay is very high, and they are often disconnected..."
Yang Dong spread his hands: "So even a 3090Ti strong man cannot display his ultimate strength under such heavenly suppression."
Of course, this is only for the strong.
As for those 1060 or 2060 mortals, they had already lost their lives because they were young and frivolous and ignored the dangers of the road to immortality.
Corpses all over the road to immortality are no joke!
Foreign players who were deceived by Lao Huang's few words and became interested in "Star Emperor" have never experienced such a tragic battle?
"I think this is a kind of confidence, giving these foreign players who have never seen the world a little shock!"
Chen Ba was not surprised by the tragic scene on Chengxian Road.
After all, foreign players have never suffered a loss on the Road to Immortality. How could they know that extreme picture quality and extreme sublimation would lead to such serious consequences?
Even though Tianba Studio added a disclaimer on Chengxian Road, this thing...hasn't had its graphics card blown out once. Who would believe it?
You say there are risks, there are risks?
I don't believe it!
After they personally experienced the ultimate picture quality and sublimated terrifying power, and saw the famous scene of the graphics card smoking, they naturally became honest.
But foreigners really like to commit suicide.
Although there are countless people on the Internet who have used blood and tears to prove the great horror on the road to becoming an immortal. But there are still some people who firmly believe that 1060 or 2060 can create miracles.
Don't ask, ask just don't hit the wall and don't look back!
Chen Ba had no choice but to do anything when encountering this kind of iron-headed monster. He had already tried to persuade him, but what could he do if he didn't listen?
"The server problem is more important."
Chen Ba thought about it and felt that the most important thing at the moment was to provide stable and reliable online services to foreign players.
As for the new version update of "The Survival Simulator"?
Don’t worry, we’ll talk about it later!
On the server side of "Star Emperor", there is currently only one "national server" available. Whether it is the steam platform, E-Bao, Wegame or even the host platform, they all use the same server.
If there are only domestic players, then there is no problem. After all, the number of players is limited and there is no need to add new servers.
But now it’s time to set up a US server.
no way!
The current online experience for foreign players is very poor. It is basically impossible to play without the accelerator, and they can only barely play with the accelerator.
Thanks to Lao Huang's promotion, the overseas sales of "Star Emperor" are expected to exceed 100,000 copies, or even higher.
As a result, tens of thousands of foreign players are unable to obtain a good gaming experience and are bound to give negative reviews of the game or even initiate refunds.
"Then we will build a US server first. As for players from other regions, unless the number of active players reaches the standard, we will not consider it for the time being."
There is a cost to setting up a server.
It is impossible for Chen Ba to be crazy and create the so-called European server, Japanese and Korean server, Southeast Asian server, South American server, etc. in one go.
The number of active players in these areas simply cannot support the demand for a dedicated server.
Therefore, setting up only one American server for the time being should be enough to meet the online needs of most European and American players.
But the name needs to be changed.
Although this is the US server, we cannot directly refer to the US server, but the international server. All players can connect to this server for online play.
Building a new server does not require Chen Ba to go abroad, or even show up in person. He will not have the luxury of buying a server equipment, he can just rent it.
The only headache is that with the addition of a new server, the operation and maintenance costs will further increase, but...
What should I do if no one makes money in the game?