game trailblazer

Chapter 318 The curtain of WCG

At 8:18 pm on August 41th, Shangdi Oriental Industrial Park, Haidian District, BJ City, there are [-] hours before the official opening of the first WCG finals...

Tester Lu Ze shook his sore wrist, moved his stiff neck, looked away from the display screen that he had been staring at for almost three hours, and casually looked at the green plants in the room.Starting from lunch, in order to test whether a small bug has been fixed, he repeated the task 89 times. In order to avoid unexpected influence, he has not used auxiliary functions such as teleportation and teleportation, and used his feet in several tasks. Running back and forth between the NPC and the quest location, I repeatedly hit the quest monster 170 times and clicked the mouse more than 520 times.If he was a player, he would probably have felt like throwing up a long time ago, but unfortunately he is an unlucky tester. In the words of the boss Xu Wenming, "Spitting up, throwing up, you will get used to it slowly", so he can only Gritting his teeth, he continued to repeat boringly.

After No. 90 completed the same task, Lu Ze quit the game, logged into the enterprise management system with his own account, filled in the test results in the work email and replied back, then opened the next email, ready to continue the test.The mouse accidentally crossed the time in the lower right corner while moving, and he noticed that today is already August 8, and the day after tomorrow is the opening day of WCG.

Before Lu Ze became a game tester, he also participated in the WCG domestic regional competition. At that time, he registered in the BJ competition area. The game was "Three Kingdoms 3" version 1.08. Unfortunately, he failed to qualify Entered the top twelve, but failed to seize the opportunity to grab the last four qualifying places in the subsequent rematch. In the end, he had no choice but to be blocked from the top sixteen of the BJ division and lost the opportunity to participate in the national finals. Chance.

Although he lost the chance to enter the finals, Lu Ze did not give up his attention to WCG, and he also specially hired a game tester from the creative workshop, in order to stay in BJ and watch the WCG global finals up close.It's a pity that the world is unpredictable. Before entering this industry, Lu Ze thought that a game tester was a peerless job that would play games every day with a salary. Most boring job ever.

That's right, games are played almost every day, but besides playing games, there are endless documents to fill in, such as test plans, test cases, test feedback reports, etc., which made Lu Ze's head swell.What's more frightening is that he likes real-time strategy games, but since he joined the creative workshop, he has tested only a few role-playing games, and the rest are casual games, and he doesn't play them every day or two. The same game sometimes lasts for several months, and you even need to play a certain part several times in order to check for bugs.

What's even more frightening is that when testing the dialogue scripts of role-playing games, Lu Ze needs to find all the NPCs in the area he is in charge of, even if it is a dog or a tree, and constantly talk to them in order to check whether there are any errors in the dialogue scripts. It is extremely painful for him to watch the words on the screen carefully while listening to the voice coming from the speakers.In the first two months, when he returned home after being injured by playing with the computer, he didn't even want to touch the keyboard of the calculator.

However, according to the boss Xu Wenming, this is not the most painful thing. It was even worse when they entered the industry. A group of elders tested children's games, and what appeared on the screen every day were innocent pictures and naive dialogues. In the first few weeks, they could barely hold on, but as time went by, they felt more and more unbearable. As long as they saw the pictures of children playing games, they would have a feeling of pain. It was even more terrifying than killing them.Up to now, Xu Wenming would occasionally feel a shuddering feeling when he recalled it. He didn't even know how he persisted in the first place.

Lu Ze can understand this kind of feeling very well, as if he liked to watch "Gourd Baby" when he was a child, if he is asked to watch it now, it would be interesting if he recollects it once or twice, but if he is locked in a small room, Let him watch "Gourd Baby" from beginning to end ninety-nine and 81 times, and in the end his head will probably go numb.

After several months of game testing, Lu Ze is gradually getting used to it. Anyway, his education is not high, he can do anything, and now he can be regarded as an office white-collar.I just didn't expect that a test task for the "Legend" game was recently arranged by the higher-ups. They need their team to check whether the bugs found in the beta test have been fixed, and whether there are new bugs. This task is much more urgent than usual. It is said that It was because "Legend" was about to undergo an open test on August 8, that is, it officially began to receive players, so before that, their group had to complete the test as quickly as possible.

In the words of the boss Xu Wenming, "What is overtime work, this time I have to be conscious of the skin!"

So from the beginning of August, every day has been non-stop testing day and night, map area verification, dialogue script review, task flow inspection, item skill review, in short, except for eating and sleeping, the rest of Xu Wenming's game testers The time is almost They are all sitting in front of the computer and clicking the mouse.Seeing that August 8th is getting closer and closer, the hope in Lu Ze's heart is getting more and more bleak. Today is the afternoon of the 8th. Obviously, it is impossible to complete the test task before the day after tomorrow. That is to say, he The expectation of watching the game live has been completely shattered.

Sighing in frustration, Lu Ze took a sip from his teacup, then put down the cup, and started a new round of testing work...

8月19日8点40分，距离首届WCG总决赛正式开幕还有24小时又二10分钟，位于丰台区莲花池东路的BJ西客站外……

Ma Tianyuan, who just came from Wuhan, looked at the unfamiliar city outside the station, and there was a kind of anticipation in his heart. He wished he could rush to tomorrow's arena to show his skills. This is not the first time for BJ to come, but the last time he came back was too hasty. After participating in the competition, he immediately set off on his way home because of family affairs, so he didn't have time to learn about the city.

Returning to BJ this time, Ma Tianyuan felt very different from the last time. At that time, his mind was full of how to win a good ranking, and he didn't even think about it until he left BJ.But this time, his identity is different. In the past, he was fighting on behalf of individuals, but today he has become a member of the WCG China team, just like the athletes who went to XN some time ago, his heart is full of pride.

Scanning the square in front of the station, Ma Tianyuan noticed a WCG sign, which said: "WCG finalists please come here", and there is a big arrow pointing to the other side of the square .Looking in the direction indicated by the arrow, Ma Tianyuan found a bus with a striking WCG logo painted on the body after passing through two street signs.

Standing beside the bus was a long-haired beauty in a professional skirt. When she saw Ma Tianyuan approaching, she immediately went up to her and asked, "Sir, are you participating in this WCG finals?"

The faint fragrance and bright face made Ma Tianyuan's heart beat a little faster, he was slightly stunned, and then quickly came to his senses: "Ah, I'm here to participate in WCG."

"Sir, please show your entry card!" The long-haired beauty held out her hand with a smile.

"Oh..." Ma Tianyuan's heartbeat quickened a bit, and a blush appeared on his face. He quickly took a few deep breaths, then took out his competition certificate from his backpack and handed it over.

The long-haired beauty took the entry card and looked at it, then returned the entry card to Ma Tianyuan, and said with a smile: "Mr. Ma, you are welcome to participate in the WCG finals, please follow me."

Under the guidance of the long-haired beauty, Ma Tianyuan put his luggage away in a daze, and got on the bus in a daze. When he remembered that he hadn't asked the other party's name, the long-haired beauty had already left the bus. He shook his head helplessly and let out a long breath.At this time, a young voice came from the side: "Hello!"

Ma Tianyuan turned his head to look, and it turned out that a young guy with an earphone listening to music was greeting him. He looked a little familiar, so he smiled and stretched out his hand: "Hi, my name is Ma Tianyuan, from Wuhan."

The young guy took off the earphones, stretched out his hand, and said with a smile, "My name is Guo Bin, and I'm from Chongqing."

Everyone was of the same age, and the two chatted quickly. Only then did Ma Tianyuan know that the player next to him was also a "StarCraft" contestant like him. No wonder he felt like he had seen him before.According to Guo Bin, the train he took arrived earlier, and he got on the train almost four or ten minutes ago. At that time, there were only two people on the bus except the WCG staff.

After a few gossips, Guo Bin enthusiastically introduced the other people in the same car: "The two sitting in the front are playing FIFA 2000, one is named Yan, the king of Yan, and the other is named Lin, Shuangmulin. I still came back from abroad... The one sitting behind them is called Chen Di, I heard that he is also a player of "FIFA2000"... The one on the other side of the aisle is surnamed Mo, a player of "Three Kingdoms 3", and also a real-time strategy game... There is the one in front whose surname is Xu, he and those next to him are in the same team, they are playing "Special Forces"... By the way, there is another player behind us who is playing "StarCraft", do you want to play? Hello?"

Hearing that there was someone in the same company, Ma Tianyuan nodded, stood up and looked behind, unexpectedly, the person who caught his eyes was an acquaintance, Zhang Lei, a young man born in Chengdu.

"Master!" Ma Tianyuan exclaimed in surprise: "I didn't expect you to come too, but why didn't I see your ID on the leaderboard?"

"Little Ma," Zhang Lei nodded with a smile: "I didn't use Jeeps at that time, and changed to an ID that I don't use often, so you didn't notice."

"Oh, so it's like this..." Ma Tianyuan said with a suddenly realized expression.

Because everyone is playing "StarCraft", with common hobbies and similar ages, the three of them quickly found a common language and chatted enthusiastically. Zhang Lei talked about how the latest version 1.07 uses the characteristics of the Zerg for fast Attacking, Ma Tianyuan and Guo Bin discussed how to make use of the weakened human race more reasonably.The same was true for the other passengers on the bus. Except for a few people, most of them gathered in twos and threes to chat.

When everyone was talking lively, the long-haired beauty came to the car again, stood next to the driver, silently counted the number of people, then picked up a microphone, and said in a sweet voice: "Hi everyone, welcome to BJ to participate in WCG For the finals, I am a staff member of the conference, and my name is Ji Meilin. May I ask if there are any friends who came with you who did not get on the bus?"

While talking, Ji Meilin searched the car with her eyes. After waiting for 2 minutes, seeing that no one responded, she picked up the microphone again and said with a smile, "Okay, then let's set off now."

After finishing speaking, Ji Meilin turned her head and whispered to the driver twice, the driver nodded, quickly started the car, and drove outside.Ji Meilin supported the metal pole inside the car with one hand, and held the microphone with the other hand, and continued to say in her sweet voice: "Let me introduce to you the arrangement of this WCG finals..."

The beautiful face, flowing long hair, and soft and sweet voice immediately attracted the attention of most people in the car, and everyone showed their concentrated expressions, but how many of them are here to listen to the beauty's introduction The arrangement of the WCG finals is difficult to say, anyway, at this time, only Ji Meilin is left in the eyes of many people.

Two hours later, many trains entered BJ West Railway Station. A young man from Harbin, Hong Zhefu, hurried out of the passenger exit, followed the signs on the square in front of the station, came to the other side of the square, and got on the Another bus with the WCG logo on it also had a lot of people on it, and there was also a long-haired beauty in the same dress as Ji Meilin standing beside the bus...

At about the same time, at the Capital International Airport, a Korean Air flight from Seoul slowly landed on the runway. Park Taemin and the team members who came with them walked into the passenger passage with their luggage. Not far away, they I saw two female receptionists wearing WCG overalls.Seeing the Korean representative team in uniform walking out of the passenger passage, two female receptionists immediately greeted them and greeted them in Korean: "Gentlemen, are you here to participate in the WCG finals?"

Park Taemin nodded with a smile, and took the lead in handing over the entry pass hanging on his chest. The other team members followed suit and handed over their own entry pass.

After the two female receptionists checked all the entry certificates, they smiled and made an invitation gesture, and then one of them said: "Gentlemen, our competition organizing committee has arranged transportation to the hotel. Please come with us." ..."

After the South Korean delegation and the female receptionists left, two other female receptionists wearing WCG overalls came over and stood in the same position as the previous two, ready to wait for the next wave of visitors.

With the arrival of domestic contestants and contestants from all over the world, the Oriental Garden Hotel contracted by the WCG Organizing Committee became lively, and the renovation work of the game museum and the square in front of the museum not far away has also completed the finishing work , the preparations are all ready, just waiting for the moment when the WCG officially kicks off tomorrow...

(End of this chapter)