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Chapter 176 The layout of League of Legends and e-sports (please subscribe)

Liao Tianlei was playing blackmail at home in the evening. He and his colleagues from the same company formed two teams of ten people and competed.

"Hey, you guys are too cruel and you don't even give me a break." Liao Tianlei sent a voice message in the Penguin group of Xunteng's chat software.

"Haha, what hero did Brother Liao use just now? It couldn't be Ice Shooter, right?" Someone posted a text in the group.

"Brother Liao uses ice. Which of you is Xin Zhao? Come forward quickly."

"I……"

"Okay, you had a good time, I have an important task for you later." Liao Tianlei said.

For games developed by your own team, the first thing you need to find is people who are good at playing games. They can find problems in the game.

"Everyone, go to bed early. You have to arrive on time tomorrow. Playing games today does not count as overtime!" When Liao Tianlei sent a voice message, he also opened the background data, which showed that there was another game in progress.

Liao Tianlei identified the IP address and confirmed that it was in Chengdu.

A flash of joy flashed across Liao Tianlei's face. He was still playing games at this time. It seemed that Mr. Zhao was very satisfied with the work results of his people.

Of course, Liao Tianlei would never know that there are only three real people in this game.

"Well, the blue shooter is dead. This shooter has died three times. It seems that the hero Ice Shooter is about the same level as me." Liao Tianlei looked at the newly added death data on the data and muttered. .

He watched the changes in the data, but recalled the scenes in the game in his mind.

The jungler on the opposite side is the prince, so he must have planted the flag + dash forward + zoom in, and then drop the ice in seconds.

"We should develop a game-watching function, remember it." Liao Tianlei picked up the notebook next to him and started writing and drawing on it.

In Xiaohonghua Kindergarten, Xiao Shihua pouted and stared at the prince who was walking away.

"Old man, what's going on with this prince? He's coming to beat me again. I can't even run away." Xiao Shihua pouted.

"You have to ward first. I'll help you squat on him after I finish the red buff." Xin Zhao said while controlling Li Xin to walk up the red road.

One minute later, Xin Zhao shot the prince away with three quick shots in the grass, and Han Bing took over. The prince, who had killed Han Bing several times in a row, fell to Han Bing's arrows.

"Hahahaha." Xiao Shihua laughed happily.

……

This game was naturally won without any surprise due to the opponent's deliberate effort.

Then under the hope in Xiao Shihua's eyes, Zhao Xin started the next round.But in this game, Xiao Shihua went to the middle lane, playing the role of Glory Girl.Xin Zhao was still playing jungle, while Lou Xiaoe went to wash up first.

In the capital, Liao Tianlei put down his notebook and looked at the data.

"Mr. Zhao started the next game." Liao Tianlei also felt a little itchy and looked at the last message in the group, which was sent by himself.

"It's better to go to bed quickly and go to the company tomorrow." Liao Tianlei turned off the computer.

He used the remote connection function to view the data just now.

Even the project leader can only connect remotely at most to process or view some data.

The next day, Liao Tianlei arrived at the company.He first held a brief meeting. In addition to arranging the company's internal test, he also asked all employees of the project team today to test the League of Legends game with hundreds of testers within the company.

"Everyone, I have good news for you today. After playing our game, Mr. Zhao gave us a two-word evaluation." Liao Tianlei switched the slide, which showed a screenshot of the email.

Above is the word 'not bad' sent by Xin Zhao.

The smiles on everyone's faces became even brighter. The highest award in Xinghai Group was given by Mr. Zhao.

These two words already represent Xinghai Group and even Mr. Zhao's recognition of their work results.

After the short meeting, Liao Tianlei returned to his office, turned on his computer and prepared to play a game with his colleagues.However, a message was sent in the internal chat software, notifying Liao Tianlei of a meeting.

When Liao Tianlei saw the topic of the meeting, she immediately asked her assistant to send the ppt she had prepared to the dedicated channel in the conference room.

Liao Tianlei came to the conference room, where there were already some people.Among them, Ma Bang, the person in charge of the Xinghai Legend project, was also there.

"Brother Liao, I heard that your game has been developed and is ready to go online?" Ma Bang asked sitting next to Liao Tianlei.

"Yes." Liao Tianlei nodded.

"Have you considered how to make money? Is it through point cards?"

"No, after all, we will abandon the point cards!" Liao Tianlei shook his head. As the person in charge of the only game project of Xinghai Group, he naturally knows that the second version of Star Sea Legend is currently being developed, and this version will abandon the points cards. card mode.The way to make profit will be the sale of various resources.

"Don't use the point card model? Will it operate at a loss? After all, the investment in a game is still very large, whether it is equipment such as servers or personnel costs." Ma Bang wondered.

"Haha, you will know later." Liao Tianlei gave up.

Xinghai Group currently has two major games, and there is currently a competition between him and Ma Bang for the position of general manager of the game business.The purpose of these questions Ma Bang came over was obviously to test.But he certainly didn't know that he actually already had a chance to win.

Not long after, everyone present at the meeting came. The person presiding over the meeting today was Zhao Yutian. Also present with him was Zhao Yutian’s wife Tong Bingying.

"Everyone, let me talk about the first topic today. Manager Liao is responsible for the launch of the League of Legends game. Tian Lei, please introduce it to everyone."

"Okay." Liao Tianlei opened the ppt file through the computer next to him.

Everyone looked at the big screen, and the first thing they saw was a video file.

"You may have never played this game. This is an edited screen recording." Liao Tianlei clicked on the video file.

The video is not long, only 3 minutes.But the fighting and games in it are all reflected.

"This is the scene shown in the game. In addition to the real battles with swords and guns, in addition to the competition between different heroes with different skills and positions, it is also a strategy-based tower pushing game."

"The choice of ward position, the timing of support, etc. will affect the overall direction of the game."

As the video played and Liao Tianlei's explanation, everyone had a deeper understanding of this game. "After watching the video, do you have any thoughts?" Although Zhao Yutian asked everyone, his eyes were directed at Ma Bang.

"Mr. Zhao." Ma Bang said: "The battle scenes are very powerful. This game is undoubtedly a groundbreaking game. The style is somewhat similar to World of Warcraft, but the main focus of League of Legends is on the battle. . If you consider competitors, it should be World of Warcraft."

Mabon paused for a moment and then continued: "In addition, this game focuses on fairness, and its profit point seems not to be easy to find."

After Ma Bang finished speaking, everyone was thoughtful. Zhao Yutian turned his attention to Liao Tianlei: "Tianlei, tell me how to make money."

"Okay." Liao Tianlei switched to the ppt: "The current profit model of the game is generally point cards and the recharge and sale of various equipment. The main basis of League of Legends is fair play, and one of its profit models is 'skins'. "

"Please take a look at these two pictures. The one on the left is the original Ice Shooter, and the one on the right is the skin style in the current design."

"In addition to skins, other props such as double experience cards, rune points, etc. are all on sale," Liao Tianlei said.

When everyone heard this, they all said that in this case the profit point would definitely be enough.

Although the entire game is fair, there are actually levels outside the game.And this level also affects the number and configuration of runes.

After everyone agreed, Zhao Yutian said: "Besides this, there is another point that needs to be discussed today. This is also a major future business of Xinghai Group."

"Bingying will explain next. Bingying will be responsible for the subsequent business, as well as the promotion of League of Legends."

Tong Bingying also opened a ppt, looked at everyone attending the meeting and said: "Everyone has seen the mode of this game and knows that the main point of this game lies in the strategy and operational competition of the game. This is actually very competitive. , similar to a confrontation in a football game.”

Two pictures appeared on the ppt, one was a screenshot of the League of Legends game in 5v5 mode, and the other picture was a basketball game.

"We call this kind of game competition 'e-sports'. Xinghai Group aims to promote e-sports to the world based on League of Legends."

Ma Bang cast envious eyes on Liao Tianlei. Xinghai Group has such a big decision, which means that the person in charge of the game business will definitely not be the person in charge of his legendary project.

Liao Tianlei didn't notice Ma Bang's eyes. In fact, his eyes were full of shock at the moment. Although he was notified before that Xinghai Group intends to start a big business based on games, he didn't expect it to be so explosive.

If it can really be achieved, it doesn't actually matter whether League of Legends itself makes money. After all, I haven't heard of anyone losing money after a game.

Then after a game, I am afraid it can also sell tickets, sell peripherals, and even create e-sports stars.

The meeting lasted for two hours. At the end, Tong Bingying said: "After the meeting, I will send out a message that all employees' computers within Xinghai Group must install the League of Legends game. Playing a game in free time at work will count as 10 Yuan bonus. After everyone goes down, try your best to cooperate with this work."

After the meeting, everyone returned to their posts. After only waiting for 3 minutes, Xinghai Group sent an all-in-one email.

In addition to being able to play games during working hours, employees are also set to install the game on their home computers and receive an additional reward of 50 yuan.

Liao Tianlei was very happy. The initial promotion of League of Legends was actually relatively difficult.

For example, he wanted to play a game last night, but he definitely couldn't find his teammates.

Only if there are enough people playing this game, the wait will not be long.

Liao Tianlei did not play games, but wandered around the employees.Everyone on their project team is naturally in the game.At this time, someone raised his hand and said: "Manager Liao, I found a problem."

Liao Tianlei walked over: "Look at this player, he's not moving!"

"Yeah." Liao Tianlei suddenly understood the problem.

Before, when they played games, they would never hang up.However, as the scope of playing games expanded, players who hung up immediately appeared.

In a 5v5 game, if one person hangs up, it will seriously affect the balance.

"How to deal with this?" Liao Tianlei was thinking.

"Retrieve data and impose penalties, such as suspensions."

"Yes." Liao Tianlei nodded. He looked at everyone and said, "Everyone, please pay attention to whether there is still a similar problem of hanging up. Also consider a solution. Send it to my assistant before leaving get off work in the evening."

Everyone agreed that Liao Tianlei's assistant would feed it back to him after collecting the data.

A day passed quickly, and at this time, the major newspapers and even the emerging online platforms got the news of Xinghai Group's big move.

Xinghai Group's game production is actually criticized by everyone. After all, the main players in current games are teenagers.

After getting the relevant news, some reporters started working overtime to write articles.

Of course, most of them are pessimists. On the one hand, they say that Xinghai Group has never returned to making money from games and corrupting the hearts of young people.On the other hand, they also despise the term 'e-sports'.

They even looked up information to list the rise of sports competitions.

One reporter even wrote: "Xinghai Group actually wants to use 'e-sports' to whitewash the negative impact of being in the gaming industry."

Amid the many negative public opinions, everyone is waiting for Xinghai Group's response.

But the response came only three days later. In addition to publishing newspapers, Yue Yue Literature also published articles on major online platforms.

The title of the article is also very simple: "On the future of e-sports!".

“E-sports is based on games, and the first thing that needs to be clarified before talking about this topic is: What are video games?”

"Video games are interactive games that rely on electronic device platforms. Therefore, video games not only include fighting and killing, but also human nature. In addition to combat, the interactive attribute is very important. And League of Legends This game will bring an unprecedented fair team duel mode."

"Because of this, League of Legends is extremely competitive. Here I tell you that League of Legends will be officially tested in internal testing on June [-]th. Major newspapers and magazines can apply for test qualifications. I hope everyone has tried its competitive attributes before commenting. .”

There is a signature at the conclusion of the article.The signature was none other than "General Manager of E-Sports Xinghai—Tong Bingying."

When public opinion began to build momentum for the game, Liao Tianlei and his programmers were developing a punishment system.

The penalty system is based on credit points, which refers to the settings of the Xinghai Group's financial platform.

Hanging up and giving away kills in the game will result in point deductions. Once the score reaches a certain level, you will no longer be able to participate in the game, except for other recovery methods.It also set up point props, but the point props are not cheap. One point is worth one hundred yuan.

(End of this chapter)