Chapter 127 Am I playing a pirated version?

Chapter 127 Am I playing a pirated version?

Starting from that pancake fruit, the game seems to have become inappropriate.

Zhang Pengfei went to work during the day, and after get off work, he turned on his computer, entered the game "Love Staff", and consulted with military advisor Xiao Lin.

That’s right!

Serious love counseling.

Neither of them mentioned the pancake and fruit thing, they just pretended it never happened and played the game as they should.

He wanted to conquer Lily, so Xiao Lin gave him advice. As for the other military advisor who "doesn't eat tomatoes", he felt that he was not capable enough and had already taken the initiative to resign and return to his hometown.

Watch movies, try delicious food, visit the zoo, ride a roller coaster...

In order to better capture Lily, Zhang Pengfei decided to ask Xiao Lin to give him suggestions. Which dating method is more suitable?

But Xiao Lin didn’t know either.

Then we can only try them all once, and then let Xiaolin stand from the perspective of a girl and analyze which method is better based on personal experience.

This is well-founded.

Although the specific favorability value cannot be seen, Xiaolin-san is a character of the opposite sex, so the interaction options will still pop up.

According to Xiaolin, every time she interacts, several options will be displayed on her side.

For example, after riding a roller coaster together, you will unlock responses such as "It was so fun" or "Don't come to a place like this next time."

Based on different answers and interactions, Lily can be analyzed... eh! This seems to be Xiaolin's preference, not Lily's?

Forget it, never mind!

Zhang Pengfei didn't know what this was. Anyway, he and classmate Xiao Lin got along well with each other. He felt very happy playing games with her, and occasionally felt a little nervous.

There was something he didn't tell classmate Xiaolin.

That's when he discovered that the favorability system, which was obviously effective for NPCs, seemed to be effective for Xiaolin-san as well.

As the relationship gradually heated up, he even unlocked several hidden interactive options in the game, such as "confession" and "holding hands"!

A tingling kiss...

When these interactive options popped up, he admitted that he was numb.

What the hell?

Isn’t Xiaolin a player? How come the interaction options that only NPCs have can appear on a player?

"This game is really poisonous!"

Zhang Pengfei felt that the turning point of his destiny was when he had a sudden idea and bought a pancake fruit in the game that day, and found that he could give it to other players.

Something went wrong with this delivery.

Obviously, he originally wanted to conquer Lily, and Xiaolin was here to advise him as a love consultant.

It's better now...

Lily? What Lily?

Irrelevant! He even forgot what Lily looked like. All he could think about was Xiaolin, her voice, and what she said.

In fact, after chatting for so long, he also learned Xiaolin's real name and general family situation.

But he never thought about anything else.

Until one day, classmate Xiao Lin suddenly told him that he would be very busy in the next two days and might not have time to play games. Why not add him on WeChat?

Only then did he react.

Oh my god! Is this online dating?

But this is wrong! My buddy just wanted to find a paper girlfriend, but why...why did he inexplicably turn to online dating?

Although he was a little surprised, for some reason, he still added Xiaolin's WeChat friend and changed from a game friend to a WeChat friend.

certainly!

Play comes back to play, trouble comes back to trouble, he doesn't know what kind of relationship he has with classmate Xiao Lin.

Anyway, the two of them still play games as usual. After downloading the game, they will also share some interesting life stories on WeChat from time to time...

Until one day, Zhang Pengfei told Xiao Lin his "big discovery" in a joking way, that is, players can confess to another player.

"How about giving it a try?"

"OK!"

"But……"

Zhang Pengfei was hesitant because in the game "Love Staff", if the affection does not reach a certain level, the NPC will reject the confession.

Then here comes the problem!

If it were a confession to a player, what would it be like?

"It should be like any other interaction. It's up to me to decide whether to accept it or not..."

"Then will you accept it?"

Zhang Pengfei's heartbeat accelerated and his breathing became rapid.

Although this is just a confession in the game and cannot be taken seriously, for some reason, he is very nervous now. His right hand holding the mouse is full of sweat.

"you guess!"

…

Tianba official website, player community.

It's been 50 days since the early access version of "Love Counselor" was released. Chen Ba had just finished discussing the release date of the official version with Brother Dong, and he planned to visit the community when he had nothing to do.

This is also his daily routine.

Listening to the real feedback and voices of players and making appropriate adjustments and changes is a very serious matter.

For example, some time ago, "Star Emperor" updated a new character - the Winter Emperor.

After the new character came online, everyone rushed to play it, and the selection rate for ranked games once soared to more than 70%, which is simply not too popular.

But after playing it, everyone felt that this character was a bit weak, far less powerful than previous characters, and the winning rate was even lower than that of the Ten Thousand Years Sewer Night Emperor.

Damn it, what kind of garbage character is this?

The winning rate of Emperor of the Night is low. This is because of the positioning of the glass cannon, which has a high upper limit and a low lower limit. Many people are naive and love to play, so the overall winning rate cannot be improved.

But this new character’s overall winning rate is even worse than that of Emperor Long Night. Isn’t it too outrageous?

Tianba Studio officials are preparing to make urgent enhancements. As a result, some players on the forum said: Emperor Winter is not weak, and the reason why the winning rate is low is because you don’t know how to play!

He developed a new style of play.

Only then did everyone realize, oh, it turns out that Emperor Winter's combos are like this. It turns out that he has to sacrifice his health to give the opponent the "Winter" Buff...

After finding the right way to play, the win rate of Emperor Winter immediately increased, even to the point where it could be weakened.

This incident also reminded Chen Ba.

That is to say, you must always pay attention to the movements and discussions of the players, because the players may know how to play the game better than you.

So since then, he would open a small account and go to the forum every day to check the popular discussion posts and sharing posts to see what other tricks the players had done.

Today is no exception.

However, as soon as he clicked on the forum, he was immediately speechless by the title of a popular post.

[Thank you to Brother Ba, thank you to Tianba Studio, and thank you to "Love Staff" for allowing me to successfully get out of singlehood and find true love! 】

What are you talking about?

This is not the first time Chen Ba has seen this kind of post. Ever since the release of "Love Staff", people have posted this kind of title every day and come to the forum to show off their "paper figurine" wives.

Isn’t it embarrassing?

You chose such a misleading title just to show off the paper girl you picked up in the game?

Delete it quickly!

This kind of paper wife is like no other. Did you know that the most popular players have been divorced eight times?

Thinking it was another post from the wife of someone posting pictures, Chen Ba had no interest in clicking on it.

But just when he turned the mouse wheel and looked down, he noticed something special.

This post…

The number of replies and likes is so high?

Looking at more than 6,000 replies and 120,000 likes, Chen Ba subconsciously rubbed his eyes, wondering if he had seen it wrong.

120,000 likes?

what's the situation! This should break the official forum record, right? There has never been a popular post with more than 100,000 likes.

With a trace of curiosity, Chen Ba clicked on the post.

"Hello everyone, my name is Zhang Pengfei, my game ID is "General Feipeng", I am 27 years old and from Huizhou! "

"I am one of the first players to buy "Love Staff". So far, the total game time has exceeded 200 hours..."

Damn it! So liver?

Chen Ba was shocked when he saw the 200 hours of game play revealed by the original poster.

It’s been just over a month since the early access version of the game was released, and I’ve already spent 200 hours playing it. I play an average of four hours a day. Don’t I have to go to work and go to school?

Thinking of the title of the post, Chen Ba suddenly had a bold idea.

No way?

"…After asking for help and getting to know Xiaolin, I bought a pancake and fruit from a street stall and gave it to her."

"In addition to giving each other gifts, we also went to the zoo and amusement park together, rode a roller coaster, and went to the movies together..."

In the post, Zhang Pengfei explained what he and Xiao Lin had done, and also shared every detail of their relationship.

Then, came the turning point.

One day, Zhang Pengfei, who was playing games normally, suddenly discovered that whenever he was close to classmate Xiao Lin, the game would pop up several interactive options that he had never seen before.

Confession, holding hands, hugging...

There are screenshots and the truth!

This immediately confused everyone, and also made Chen Ba in front of the screen dumbfounded.

He guessed that the content of this post must be very popular, otherwise there would not be such a high number of replies and likes.

But he really didn't expect that in the game "Love Staff", there would be such deeply hidden and explosive interactive content.

"When I first saw these interactive options, I didn't think it was strange. I just thought it was a display bug."

"But I later asked Juanzi and found out that when these interactive options appeared in the game, it happened to be the time when she had a crush on me..."

"Maybe it's a coincidence, maybe it's fate! Anyway, our relationship has heated up rapidly since those few interaction options appeared."

"After a week, I finally couldn't restrain my curiosity and excitement, and tried to confess my love to Juanzi in the game..."

"Thank you, Brother Ba! Thanks to Tianba Studio, and thanks to the game "Love Staff" for allowing me to find such a good girlfriend! "Image.JPG""

At the end of the post is a photo.

It was a photo of two young men and women with mosaic faces cuddling together under the sunset.

I really like the words of a player of "Love Staff": Huh? !

Chen Ba's mind was buzzing.

Not only him, but other players who read this post also had their brains shut down for a while.

"What's going on?"

"It's the same game that I bought for 68 yuan. Why can I only chase paper people, but you can chase real people?"

"Am I playing a pirated version?"

"Refund the money! I also want to play the original version!"

"Wish you 99! By the way, what's going on with the first screenshot? Can you confess to other players?"

"I just tried it and it didn't work!"

After coming back to his senses, Chen Ba looked at the exchanges and discussions among other players in the post and realized the problem.

yes!

In the first screenshot, the interactive options that appear in it are not in the game at all!

Interactions such as confession, holding hands, and hugging can only be used on NPC characters that have a crush on them, and are useless to other players.

This can't be wrong.

Chen Ba was worried that he had remembered it wrong, so he went into the game to find someone to try it out, and found that there was indeed no such thing.

"Is it possible that this is only for characters of the opposite sex? You asked me to test it, but you can't detect it at all?"

Xiao Lu felt that Brother Ba was probably out of his mind. He actually let him enter the game, and then went to ride a roller coaster and watch a movie together...

What is this test?

If you want to test the content described in the post, you should test it with players of the opposite sex, right?

"That makes sense."

Chen Ba ordered: "Then quickly register a female account!"

Xiao Lu: "..."

Although he was reluctant, Xiao Lu still registered a female account and drove to accompany Brother Ba for testing.

"You can give gifts, and there will also be special interaction options after riding a roller coaster, watching a movie, eating and other date events..."

The more Chen Ba looked at it, the more familiar it became.

Isn't this the set of interactive templates for attacking NPCs? The difference is that the NPC will automatically respond based on the favorability.

Players are free to choose.

For example, if you initiate a "dinner together" invitation, the NPC will automatically determine whether to accept the invitation based on the current favorability level.

The player will be prompted with the option of accepting or rejecting, and can choose any one...

"Wait a minute!"

Halfway through the test, Chen Ba seemed to have thought of something and stopped Xiao Lu, who was preparing for the next test.

"What's wrong, Brother Ba?"

Xiao Lu is very curious. The test is not over yet, at least it has not been tested yet. Under what circumstances will "confession" to other players occur?

"I know the answer!"

Chen Ba did not explain, but turned on the game background monitoring mode and displayed the real-time favorability curve on the screen.

Damn it? !

Seeing this curve, Xiao Lu's eyes almost popped out.

what's the situation?

Isn’t this an exclusive favorability curve for NPCs? Why are there players too?

"Continue the test!"

Chen Ba waved his hand and signaled Xiao Lu to ignore this and move on to the next test.

Then……

They saw an amazing scene.

With the interaction between players, especially every time the player makes a choice, the favorability curve will rise or fall, exactly like NPC.

"That is to say..."

Xiao Lu swallowed and said: "When the player makes the corresponding choice, the favorability curve will change. When it reaches a certain level, special interactions such as confession, holding hands, kissing, and hugging will be unlocked?"

"It seems so."

Chen Ba nodded.

Cultivate feelings, and then the feelings will continue to heat up until confession confirms the relationship and intimate contact can be carried out...

This is very reasonable!

The only thing wrong is that this system is originally used to cultivate relationships between players and NPCs. How can it also be used by players and players?

As long as it works!

The key is that this curve that reflects changes in NPC's favorability is so useful when applied to players?