Chapter 123 Hacker Invasion

In early February, Tianba Community.

After a lengthy investigation and evidence collection, Tianba Studio officially released a "Statement on Some GAL Professional Players and Club Staff Suspected of Match Fixing" on the community.

The statement mentioned that after investigation, it was confirmed that seven players and staff were suspected of match-fixing, and three of the staff have been handed over to relevant departments for handling due to serious circumstances.

The remaining four players will be punished with permanent bans...

Let’s not talk about the three staff members.

Among these four players, one player is very special. Although he has also been banned, he has not been exterminated by Tianba Studio. He can also live broadcast "Star Emperor" and commentate on related games.

This is his "reward".

If he hadn't taken the initiative to report, Chen Ba might not have been able to find out the remaining people. This was an act of atonement, and he wouldn't have been deprived of a way to survive.

The problem of match-fixing has been solved.

Although it was not possible to uproot it, in a short period of time, after this lesson and deterrence, the competition environment will be much cleaner.

But in addition to match-fixing, there is another problem that needs to be solved as soon as possible.

Match broadcast rights!

In order to expand the influence of the previous GAL League, the game broadcasts were free of charge and given out for free.

But as the competition becomes more and more popular and the number of viewers increases, it cannot be given away for free. The broadcast rights must be sold.

The country is a thunderbolt.

Although the influence of Pili and Pili in terms of live broadcast alone is not as good as that of Tiger and Fish, it is better because of its money. Dousha is so poor, how can it still have money to buy broadcast rights?

Abroad it is still Twitch.

It is worth mentioning that in addition to these two platforms, you can also watch live broadcasts of GAL League games on the game client, Tianba official website and Tianba community APP.

But the experience is much different...

Especially the Tianba Community APP, every time I watch the live broadcast, it is like a PPT, the signal is extremely unstable, and the audio and video are out of sync.

“It’s time to upgrade the APP.”

Chen Ba sighed.

When I first made this APP, I didn't spend much money at all. I had someone outsource it and made it casually, mainly to facilitate players to visit community forums anytime and anywhere.

As time goes by, Tianba Community APP should indeed be upgraded.

This time I'm going to outsource it.

It’s not that no one in the studio can do this, it’s just that no one can spare the time. Even if there is no development work on the game "Love Staff", it still has to take time to port the mobile version of "God's Grace Continent".

That's right!

"God's Grace Continent" is going to be released as a mobile game.

Compared with the console version and PC version, the mobile game version has undoubtedly streamlined a lot of content, and there is no so-called professional version.

Of course, the core gameplay is still there.

In the mobile version of "God's Grace Continent", you can also lock the perspective on NPCs and follow them like watching animations.

However, the mobile game is more miserable. The original tens of thousands of NPCs have been reduced to more than a thousand, which is a 90% reduction.

Moreover, these NPCs are also distributed in different maps, with up to dozens of NPCs on the same map.

"why?"

Some players have questioned whether there are too few NPCs in the mobile game version? Who would be happy if 90% was cut off in one fell swoop?

Chen Ba also explained this.

The mobile terminal cannot handle so many NPCs appearing in the same scene. Take the Royal Capital as an example. There are thousands of NPCs living in the Royal Capital in the PC game.

In this case, even a slightly inferior CPU on the PC side can't handle it, and the game will freeze.

When transplanted to the mobile terminal, if the number of NPCs is not reduced and only the mobile phone CPU is used, what kind of lag will there be?

I'm afraid it will be difficult to walk!

I have to say that this is the most reasonable transplantation method. Without reducing the number of NPCs, it will be difficult for the mobile phone to run the game "God's Grace Continent" smoothly.

But then again...

The mobile game version has been cut down to this level, and the fees are naturally much cheaper. It is impossible to sell the PC console version for the same price.

The mobile version only costs 12 yuan.

Compared to the PC version which is priced at 68 yuan, which is still 40 or 50 yuan after discount, it is not too cheap at all.

This also led to the fact that the mobile game version sold well, with nearly 50,000 copies sold in the IOS store. It is difficult to count the Android version, but the number is similar.

"It's not good, Brother Ba!"

Just as Chen Ba was thinking about how much revenue the mobile game version could earn for the studio, Zhong Shengwei hurried over and reported an emergency to him.

The studio has been hacked!

To be precise, the studio's computers were hacked and some confidential documents were at risk of being leaked.

"Hacker?"

Chen Ba, who heard this term for the first time, was shocked and said, "No? Where did the hacker come from? Why are they targeting us?"

"I do not know!"

Zhong Shengwei said with a headache: "The opponent's technology is too strong. He comes and goes without a trace. We can't trace any trace at all..."

This is also how it should be.

People like Tianba Studio may be good at game development, but resisting hacker intrusions is simply overthinking.

And there is another point, that is, they have never thought about hacking, and they have no precautions in advance. It is normal for someone to succeed.

When Chen Ba received the message, the hacker had stopped attacking and disappeared.

"The documents were leaked."

Xiao Lu said with a sad face: "Damn hacker, he formatted my E drive before leaving."

"What's in your E drive?"

Seeing Xiao Lu crying so sadly, Chen Ba frowned and said, "Think quickly, are there any important documents stored there?"

"There is no important information, but the E drive contains many steam games and the subscription wallpaper of Little Red Car."

Chen Ba: "..."

Too lazy to pay attention to this guy, he turned to Zhong Shengwei and asked: "Where are the other computers? Has the same situation happened?"

"No!"

"I checked it again and found that there are no problems except for some files in the "Love Staff"."

Love advisory board?

When Chen Ba heard this word, he suddenly felt something bad in his heart.

Could this hacker be here for a new game? After looking at the results, Tianba Studio didn't even finish a demo. He was so angry that he formatted Xiaolu's E drive?

"Probably!"

Yang Dong, who was hurriedly woken up from his nap, gave an analysis after learning what happened: "There are some great whistleblowers and uncles on the Internet, and their intelligence sources are not very formal."

Generally game diggers!

The so-called game miners dig out new version content from game files, and then break the news after a little analysis to win the attention of fans.

This kind of person is very annoying to game companies.

After all, the new version was updated, and they were still planning how to promote it and how to tell the players. As a result, the news of the new version had already spread all over the sky.

But this kind of behavior is not bad.

After all, these diggers usually dig "local game files", and few of them would think twice and invade the game company.

However, there are also some experts who broke the news. The source of the information is very problematic. The information they have, such as what game has been canceled and what game development progress is... may not be obtained through formal channels.

How did that come about?

One is internal leakage, where an insider breaks the news to him in advance. It is difficult to guard against house thieves day and night. This is the truth.

There is also an illegal intrusion, which involves obtaining some secret information or information through hacking methods, and then reselling it to specialized bloggers who break the news.

"Obviously we were being targeted."

Yang Dong pondered: "It should be that after the new game was announced at the Neon Game Show, someone became interested in our new game, so what happened today."

"As for Xiao Lu's E drive being formatted, it's less like venting his anger and more like a prank..."

"mischief?"

Xiao Lu widened his eyes and said, "I have deleted all my precious wallpapers and games. Do you call this a prank?"

"okay!"

Chen Ba stopped Xiao Lu's complaints and said: "Since he didn't touch the key documents, it means he knows his limits and is afraid that we will break up with him."

"Please pay more attention to the news in the game industry these days and see if any tipster suddenly breaks the news about "Love Staff"."

no doubt.

"Love Staff" is in a state of high confidentiality. Whoever breaks the news at this time, and the news is very accurate, will be the most suspect.

certainly!

The hacker intrusion may not have been done by the whistleblower. There may be someone else who bought the information.

But no matter what, this is the best way to find the murderer.

"Do you want to report a crime?"

"never mind!"

Chen Ba waved his hand, indicating that the matter should be handled in a low-key manner in advance and there was no need to make a big deal about it.

He planned to find a professional company to upgrade the studio's firewall and security protection, and see if there was a second chance.

If something similar happens again and the upgraded firewall and security measures don't work, then he has to consider reporting the crime and let professionals handle it.

Except for internal employees, the outside world did not know about the hacker's intrusion into Tianba Studio.

Chen Ba is waiting for a certain blogger to leak relevant information about "Love Staff". But after waiting for several days, nothing happened.

Just when he was wondering whether the hacker had not leaked relevant intelligence, he received an anonymous email in his mailbox.

"What do you mean?"

Chen Ba didn't realize where the email came from at first, so he almost deleted it as spam.

But when he accidentally glanced at the content of the email, he suddenly became interested.

This is from a hacker.

In the email, the hacker frankly admitted his mistake and said he was just too curious about the new game.

He promised Chen Ba that he would not leak what he saw to the outside world. Not only that, he also offered to help a group of Tianba Studio if needed.

Of course, this is conditional.

He wanted to take a look at the underlying core source code of "God's Grace Continent" or "Star Emperor".

"Go ahead and dream!"

Chen Ba didn't even bother to reply to this person, he was simply too whimsical. After hacking into their studio, you just want to get their source code for free with a light apology?

How can such a good thing happen!

What's more, what happened to the hackers? Aren't hackers unable to do anything with "God's Grace Continent" and "Star Emperor"?

If he got the core code by himself, would he send this email? I must have tried it and found nothing!

Thinking of this, Chen Ba seemed to feel that this was not a simple hacker intrusion incident.

It looks like a hacker, but it’s unclear which animation company is behind it!

No need to guess.

"God's Grace Continent" has stirred up troubles in the animation industry and caused such a big storm. Those animation companies must want to create a copycat and cracked version of "God's Grace Continent".

The result was failure.

It is precisely because of the failure of copying and the fact that the game cannot be cracked that there was this hacking incident and the email left by the hacker.

"Come on!"

In this regard, Chen Ba was not panicked at all.

Hacking is scary, but what can hackers get from hacking into Tianba Studio? He can achieve nothing but destruction.

New game leaked?

If it's leaked, it's leaked. Which game company hasn't been hacked yet? It’s not a fatal event, it’s better to publicize it in advance!

as expected.

When Chen Ba rejected the hacker's proposal, a lot of information about Tianba Studio's new game "Love Advisory" soon broke out on the Internet.

Even the original artwork has been leaked.

Xiao Lu and Zhong Shengwei were extremely anxious, but Yang Dong said not to worry about it and let him break the news if he wanted to. Anyway, apart from these original paintings, they could not get any more valuable information.

in a sense.

What they can reveal is only a very small part of the entire game. What use can a few original paintings do?

As long as the source code is not leaked.

During the Neon Game Show, part of the gameplay of "Love Staff" has been exposed. The content disclosed by these tipsters is just to help hype up the popularity.

As for what the impact will be?

The biggest impact is that everyone learned about the development progress of "Love Staff", which is actually not as fast as Brother Ba said.

Going back in time, I'm afraid that during the Neon Game Show, this game didn't even have a "new folder"!

The players are quite calm.

Especially fans who are active in the Tianba community do not find this news surprising or surprising at all.

"Brother Ba, painting cakes, isn't that a traditional craft?"

"The owner of Tianba Haoyuan said you are right, the second phase of the bungalows has not been built yet!"

"Invading Brother Ba's computer, this hacker is not very smart! Besides the empty new folder, what else do you want to find?"

"Don't be embarrassed, I found a few original paintings, but there is still something to gain..."

"By the way, why doesn't Brother Hacker invade the server of "Star Emperor" and give everyone 1 million Origin Stones?"

"Is there a possibility...even if I give you one million Origin Stones, you won't be able to spend it?"

So right!

When I first saw the forum and someone suggested that hackers invade the "Star Emperor" server and give everyone free Origin Stones, Chen Ba was a little panicked.

But then he thought about it.

What are you afraid of? Although Star Emperor is an online game, it does not rely on in-app purchases. Is it useful to modify the Origin Stone?

No matter how much Source Stone you have, one million, one million, one hundred million, it’s useless if you can’t spend it!

So, "Star Emperor" is actually the safest online game in the world? Even if the server is hacked and the game is temporarily shut down, players can still find ways to make money!

After all, you hacked the game server of "Star Emperor", what does it have to do with us, Immortal Domain Digital? No matter how good a hacker is, can he still change the price of a graphics card?

Sorry, I came back late