Chapter 119 Match-fixing rumors

Chapter 119 Match-fixing rumors

The video game show is over.

But Chen Ba did not return to Jiangning, but transferred from Neon to Los Angeles.

There are two reasons.

First, the renovation of the studio has not been completed, and I can’t work normally even if I go back now.

Second, the first overseas game of the GAL League is about to begin. He, the chairman of the GAL, should go to the scene to show his face and convey his attitude.

"... Good evening to all the viewers at the scene and in front of the screen! Welcome to the first game of the Los Angeles branch of the "Star Emperor" Golden Age League. I am the Chinese stream commentator of this game."

"Hello everyone, I am Wu Shi!"

"Wow! Everyone should be able to hear the deafening cheers in the venue. The audience is so enthusiastic!"

"Yes, the Staples Center should be full of people today, and everyone is looking forward to the upcoming strong dialogue!"

"That's right! Thanks again to Huazi, NVIDIA, Intel, Microsoft, Sansang, Herman Miller... for their strong support of this competition!"

"By the way, let me tell you that the officially authorized Logitech mouse for "Star Emperor" is now available on Fairyland Digital. Interested players can scan the QR code at the bottom of the screen for more details..."

After reading out a long list of sponsors that was as good as the name of a dish, Void and Wushi on the commentary stage turned to introduce today's special guest commentator - GameBugs!

"Welcome Brother Ba!"

"Welcome, Brother Ba must have just come from Neon, right?"

"right!"

Chen Ba experienced a game commentary for the first time and was a little unable to answer the question. After hearing the question, he nodded and replied: "I flew here just after the video game show ended."

"As we all know, Brother Ba is the chairman of our GAL Alliance and has a lot of inside information. I wonder if I can tell you some breaking rumors about the transfer period?"

"Transfer period?!"

Chen Ba, who was playing with his headphones, was a little puzzled when he heard this: "The transfer period is still a few months away, where did the news come from?"

"But there are rumors on the Internet that Xu Xiaofei from the Intel team is about to join AMD, and he has even signed an intention contract."

"Pure rumors!"

Chen Ba refuted the rumors: "For off-field news like this, I suggest everyone treat it rationally and pay more attention to the players' performance on the field. We will notify everyone of any personnel changes during the transfer period as soon as possible."

The transfer period has not yet come, how can Xu Xiaofei transfer? Do you really treat the rules he set as decoration?

All I can say is that the rumors are outrageous.

Chen Ba emphasized the importance of rules and the penalties for violating them, even if the official came forward to refute the rumors.

Wu Shi and Xukong also discovered that Brother Ba didn't seem to want to talk more about this aspect, so they brought the topic to the entry of the two major console giants, Sony and Microsoft.

"That's right!"

"The GAL Alliance has approved the establishment of these two teams, and they will also sign up to participate in the New York station."

Upon hearing this, Wu Shi and Xukong immediately asked the most curious question for the audience: "Brother Naha, what do you think the results of these two OEMs will be in GAL?"

"Hard to say."

Although Chen Ba is not optimistic about their performance, he cannot publicly say which team is bad.

You must know that his words and deeds have a great impact on these teams. Some words can only be known in the heart, and cannot be said openly.

Let’s talk about today’s game.

After two consecutive championships at Zhonghai Station and Pengcheng Station, NVIDIA's popularity has reached its peak, and almost everyone is optimistic that they will continue to win until they win the annual championship.

In this Los Angeles station, the opening match is the familiar A-card and N-card battle.

Commentary requires prediction.

Void and Wushi, without saying a word, supported Nvidia to win a good start. Only Chen Ba supported AMD.

"AMD still has the strength, and they signed a new controller player last month. It is said that the trial performance was amazing..."

The transfer rules restrict player transfers, but club signings of free agents and new players are not within the scope of control.

Therefore, when AMD discovered a controller genius, Chen Ba also knew about it, and he even knew more about the inside story than the average person.

This controller genius is a real genius. Getting the role he is best at and ranking in the rankings is as easy as killing a pig.

Of course, not as strong as Xu Xiaofei.

But judging from the current situation, this controller guy from Lucia should be the second best player in the GAL League after Xu Xiaofei.

Therefore, Chen Ba is optimistic about AMD's revenge.

And this is indeed the case...

Nvidia's two consecutive championships are nothing more than catching other teams off guard by relying on their hardware advantages.

When AMD also began to develop laboratory technology, narrow the hardware gap, and introduce controller geniuses, Nvidia was no longer able to do so.

"Nvidia's team... how should I put it, if they want to compete for the annual championship, they still have to make up for their shortcomings as soon as possible, that is, signing professional players with strong enough strength."

What kind of stinky fish and shrimps is this?

There is no reason why Nvidia can't see the problem that both the casters and the audience can see.

But they had no choice. They entered the game too late, and all the good prospects were signed away by other teams. They could only choose a few players from among the ranked players to join the team.

If you can rely on hardware advantages to crush them, then there is no problem, but if the hardware gap is not big, it will be a matter of time before you encounter a tough opponent like AMD.

"Do you have all the coaches and analysts?"

After watching two games at the commentary desk, Chen Ba was surprised to find that AMD had already formed a professional team of coaches and analysts and started to play tricks in the BP stage.

Professional!

At first, everyone didn't pay much attention to BP. They relied more on hardware advantages to crush them openly and took a wild path.

But now it’s becoming more and more specialized.

Moreover, AMD engineers are also very fast at repairing and replacing host accessories. They can restore a host that is on the verge of scrapping to "combat effectiveness" in no more than ten seconds.

This is a good thing...

AMD's successful precedent will make other teams pay attention to the team of coaches and analysts, as well as the professional division of labor among engineers.

Yeluzi can win for a while, but not forever! If you want to achieve results, you must not have any shortcomings and must do every detail well.

From this perspective, AMD now has a real championship status and has the foundation and strength to compete for the championship. It depends on when Nvidia and Intel will follow up.

"What is a coaching analyst...?"

After today's game, the two commentators, Void and Wu Shi, told Chen Ba something in the audience.

Everything around the game is there.

The current scale is not very large, but this is outrageous. After all, betting on this thing is likely to affect the ecological environment of the entire league.

Once it is not handled well, some people may be tempted to start match-fixing!

"I'll go back and find out."

Chen Ba frowned. He didn't expect that a small GAL league would even have such a dark side.

We cannot ignore match-fixing.

Although the two commentators did not say it explicitly, Chen Ba understood their subtext, which was that someone must be involved in this aspect, but it was difficult to name them.

…

When I went abroad, I unexpectedly learned that someone in GAL was buying peripherals to crack down on match-fixing.

This made Chen Ba very angry.

However, he did not attack immediately. Instead, he quietly contacted the heads of major clubs and planned to conduct a secret investigation.

Before the results of the investigation came out, he pretended that he had never heard of it, and he would do whatever he wanted, and the game would go on as normal to avoid alerting the public.

But once the investigation results are obtained, these people will definitely be dealt with severely. The ban and fine will be the lightest. In serious cases, they may be sent to a sewing machine.

After being away for only half a month, the studio has changed a lot.

As soon as he returned to his familiar studio, Chen Ba was delighted to find that the office he requested had been decorated.

OK OK!

The new office decoration style was completely designed according to his instructions before leaving. The walls are also painted with characters from many games of Tianba Studio.

The office area is partitioned...

In addition to the original workstations, a rest area with a large-screen TV was also built. Not only are there PS5 and Xbox game consoles, there's even a pool table.

"Is it too crowded?"

Yang Dong feels that the rest area occupies a relatively large space, so this change will make the office area very crowded and small.

"It's okay, there are few of us."

Chen Ba waved his hand and said: "There are only about ten people in total, and the current space is completely enough."

Brother Dong is worried that the office area is too small to recruit new employees. After all, there are only so many workstations and there is no place to accommodate new employees.

But Chen Ba thought it was enough.

Since it is enough, there is no need to consider whether it is crowded for new people to move in, but how to make the working environment more comfortable.

"Zhou Jun wants to resign."

Yang Dong explained: "His mother is in poor health and needs someone to take care of her. He just told me to ask your opinion."

"I have no opinion……"

When he heard that someone had resigned, Chen Ba was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said: "Taking care of my old mother is more important. If he wants to leave, he can leave."

It is common for people to come and go in the workplace.

If an employee wants to resign, Chen Ba can't stop him from letting him go. There is no such reason.

Besides, leaving Zhou Jun will have little impact on Tianba Studio. Just recruit another person.

"There is a high probability that we will have to work overtime this year."

"Go and ask everyone to see how many people are willing to stay in Jiangning for the New Year, and the salary and bonuses are enough." Chen Ba pondered.

I just finished painting the cake for the Neon Game Show. Anyway, I'd like to create the folder first, so that when people ask me, I won't be able to say anything.

Based on this premise, the studio will definitely be very busy at the end of the year, and going home for the New Year is even more of a luxury.

Chen Ba has already called the old man and asked him to come to Jiangning to spend the New Year and not go back this year.

Xiao Lu and Zhong Shengwei's family were in Jiangning, and Yang Dong didn't like going home, so there was no problem.

In addition to a few of them, four other employees also said that they would not go back to celebrate the New Year this year and would stay in Jiangning to develop new games with Brother Ba.

Eight people, enough!

After knowing how many people were left behind, Chen Ba made a basic division of labor and introduced everyone to the general situation of the game "Love Staff".

This is a 2.5D game.

The painting style is more two-dimensional animation style, and the original character paintings include scene maps and other art designs, which are entrusted to a team that has worked with them before.

"The game is divided into two parts, the male protagonist and the female protagonist's perspective..."

Chen Ba stared at everyone, and then said: "Brother Dong and Zhong Shengwei will be responsible for the character design of the male protagonist, and Xiao Lu and I will be responsible for the female protagonist."

"ah?"

Before anyone else could say anything, Xiao Lu exclaimed, "I'll be in charge of the heroine's perspective. Those handsome boys and handsome men?"

"What is the problem?"

"I don't understand! How do I know what types of male characters female players like?" Xiao Lu put on a mask of pain.

It would probably be okay to let him design popular female characters. After all, men understand men best, and everyone's preferences and tastes should be similar.

Designing the other half in the eyes of female players, that is, the handsome guy in the Otome game, is really difficult. How can he understand the heart of a woman?

"It's okay, there's still me!"

"You?!"

Xiao Lu glanced at Brother Ba strangely and murmured in a low voice: "Brother Ba, you don't seem to have a girlfriend, right? Even if you're not as good as me, how can you possibly know what girls like?"

Chen Ba: "..."

What should you do if you suddenly want to hit someone?

What does it mean that he doesn’t even have a girlfriend, so he doesn’t know what type of boys girls like? Have you never eaten pork or seen a pig running?

Besides, many otome game producers are men! Not everyone is married, and it is not impossible to be single.

After all...

To find out what type of player the player likes, it has little to do with whether the producer is a man or a woman, or whether he or she is single.

"There are so many similar games on the market. It shouldn't be difficult to summarize other people's successful experiences, right?"

Chen Ba rolled his eyes and said, "What's wrong with boys? Can't boys know what girls like?"

joke!

He has also played the otome love game, and playing this game from a straight male perspective, without a filter, he can see it more objectively.

There are only a few types of characters.

Just like most boys prefer gentle and cute types, the types that girls actually like also have a lot in common.

Don't always make excuses for your bossy boss.

Trivia!

The domineering CEO is just like the golden-haired tsundere. It is just a relatively popular type among many otome characters.

The puppy-type boyfriend who has the opposite personality is also the favorite of many girls...

besides.

The cheerful and sunny guy from the neighbor family, and the cold-faced and warm-hearted guy from the autistic iceberg family are also popular types.

"These character designs are relatively general. You may not have any idea when I tell you."

Chen Ba explained: "To be specific, he is a talented academic male who was wronged and bullied as a child. Although he seems strong, he is extremely fragile in his heart."

"A bohemian man from a wealthy family who falls in love with someone and is devoted to it..."

After adding different identity backgrounds and respective experiences, the personalities of these characters will be complete, rather than being summed up by a simple "overbearing president".

"Brother Ba, you are so understanding!"

Zhong Shengwei admired: "You have played otome games a lot, right? Can you recommend some fun ones to me that can make straight men bend?"

Chen Ba’s fist hardened.

He is obviously talking about serious things, but why do these people focus on his love of playing otome games?

No, what's wrong with him loving to play otome games? Haven't you ever played it?