As a mage, I just want to pursue the truth

Chapter 215 The Happiest Person

The game mechanics of Heroes of Doom are based on Battle Royale, but the combat mode has undergone major changes.

It not only tests the player's operating ability, but also requires a certain degree of cooperation.

Certain combat combinations can achieve additional effects.

Everyone in the team has the potential to become the main C. As long as they cooperate well, two people may be able to create a miracle and kill the remaining four after the circle shrinks.

The four teams that made it to the finals stage were IG from China, TSM from America, and FAZE and G2 from the European League.

Among them, the IG team made a comeback when they had almost no hope of advancing, and eliminated the fully-staffed GEN team from Korea with the perfect cooperation of the only two players left.

Then they moved thousands of miles away again and took advantage of the melee between T1 and FNC to wipe out their opponents.

"Let us congratulate IG for turning the game around at the last crucial moment!"

"It's really not easy. Maverick and Pirate were eliminated early, leaving only Bathking and Kid struggling to hold on."

"Yes, the two of them could only walk along the poisonous circle, and they had almost no chance of obtaining mythical equipment. But even in this situation, they still relied on perfect cooperation to wipe out the opponents in one wave at Eugene Cliff!"

"It is very important for IG to win the first place points in this round. The latest news is that IG successfully advanced to the finals with a difference of ten points."

“You can see from the backstage footage that the principal is very excited.”

"Of course. IG was the first team to win both the Aegis and Summoner's Cup. They definitely hope to win the championship this time."

"It's a bit difficult to win the championship from FAZE. Their individual strength is a bit too strong. IG can only win by winning in chaos."

After the commentator finished saying this, the comments in the live broadcast room were all: "Good milk"

"Say a few more words and let FAZE feel the mysterious power from the East"

"If Zeyuan hadn't said this, I would have felt a little nervous. After he said this, I knew IG had secured a spot in the finals this weekend."

Before the last qualifying match started, the Chinese audience had already given up.

Because the group that IG is in includes two Korean teams, T1 and GEN. At this time, the Korean teams will eliminate other national teams first and then consider a civil war.

If IG wants to successfully advance to the finals, they have to take first place, while GEN has to be last.

Both conditions need to be met.

At the beginning of the game, IG saw T1 and GEN fighting, and originally wanted to steal the chicken by reducing the number of members of the two teams first.

As a result, as soon as they showed up, T1 and GEN reached a tacit understanding in seconds and turned around to deal with IG. Maverick and pirate were directly eliminated.

Bathking and Kid barely escaped thanks to the sacrifice and cover of their teammates.

At this point in the game, the audience who had fantasized about a miracle before the live broadcast knew that it was impossible.

This kind of cooperative game has no resurrection mechanism, so two against four is almost unrealistic, not to mention that Goryeo will unite first.

But IG found a glimmer of hope in the impossible.

So that Chinese audiences don’t have to watch foreign teams play the finals at home.

IG became the only Chinese team to enter the finals, which also made the audience who supported them very excited.

IG's probability of reaching the finals is as low as Real Madrid scoring three goals in ten minutes to reverse Manchester City.

The person in charge of Tencent's e-sports department also breathed a sigh of relief. If all foreign teams entered the finals, the Chinese audience rate and on-site audience could not be guaranteed.

When e-sports projects first start, they need to create stars to generate hype. If China doesn't have a team making it to the finals, it would be a joke to create stars.

Veteran teams like IG have accumulated a large number of fans in previous DOTA and LOL projects, and have a certain degree of international fame.

In the new project, IG reached the finals, which was perfect in the eyes of the head of Tencent's e-sports. The combination of the old team and the new project is enough to attract more cloud players.

Moreover, there is the principal behind IG, which can just attract the principal to watch the game in person, and then create another wave of popularity, so that this year's KPI can be exceeded.

The person who was most happy about IG entering the finals was not the person in charge of Tencent, but the scalpers.

This means they can make a lot of money again. No matter how technology advances, scalpers still cannot be avoided.

Tencent's facial recognition combined with four-factor identity authentication for ticket purchases cannot stop scalpers.

It's a bit unsolvable.

Fortunately, Chen Ran had extensive connections at Tencent and had been working there since graduation until 24 years ago when he started his own business.

Eight years is enough time to build up a good relationship.

Chen Ran got two tickets to the finals from a good friend who still works at Tencent.

He planned to go to Pengcheng with Chen Chi to watch the finals.

After Chen Ran accepted Zheng Li’s investment of 300 BTC, he started his entrepreneurial journey.

300 BTC, converted into RMB through channels at that time, was worth about million RMB.

It’s not easy to spend 150 million to make a game, and it has to be a VR masterpiece.

Chen Ran first brought in Chen Chi, and then pulled seven people from their original group to form a team of nine people.

Basically, those who are not married have gone out to work on their own. There are too many factors to consider when going out to work after marriage, so it is not so easy to be persuaded.

Originally thought to be very difficult, but it turned out that the game engine and computing power provided by Zheng Li far exceeded Chen Ran's imagination.

In areas such as image rendering and modeling, its efficiency is dozens of times higher than the game engine he used when he was at Tencent.

Of course, the quality of the graphics cannot determine the success or failure of a game, and the game engine cannot help them complete the design of combat modes and game plots.

Creating a near-perfect project in a year is still a daunting task.

The 75 million yuan investment was spent in Pengcheng soon, so their company’s office was not located in Pengcheng, but moved to Dongguan, kilometers away from Pengcheng.

Here the costs of office space, meal allowances, and housing allowances are all lower.

Moreover, since the salary difference is not much, young employees are also willing to go to Dongguan.

It is not a dream to buy a house on your own in Dongguan with the salary of Pengcheng. But if you stay in Pengcheng, there is almost no hope of buying a house without the help of your parents.

It only takes an hour to drive from Guancheng to Pengcheng.

"Hero's End was really popular this year. Although we had guessed it would be a hit when we were making it, we didn't expect it to be this popular."

"With a mature game mechanism, a near-perfect combat method, and more immersive graphics, coupled with Tencent's marketing capabilities, it would be strange if it didn't succeed."

“When we tested the game internally, we knew it would be successful, but Futureverse’s price of tens of thousands still made me a little skeptical.

Given the average income in China, only a few people can afford to buy a pure entertainment electronic product worth 10,000 yuan.”

“It’s really amazing that this product can be sold for over 30 million yuan, and the overseas sales figures far exceed those in China.

China is more of a cloud player.

Tencent is very skilled in this. They are not afraid that you will not pay money, but they are afraid that you will not pay attention. As long as you pay attention, sooner or later they will take money out of your pocket.

Hero Doomsday unconditionally grants broadcasting rights and content playing rights to various electronic devices.

Not only can Byte's pico and FB's quest watch the live broadcast of Hero's Doom game content, but mobile phones and computers can also watch it.

I read a news report last time that this helped bring at least 10% of Futureverse’s sales.”

After Chen Ran started his own business, he gained a deeper understanding of the gaming industry. He no longer just stayed at the perspective of a producer, but was able to delve deeper into the consumption psychology of users.

"Do you think IG has a chance of winning this time?" Chen Chi changed the subject.

"It's almost impossible. FAZA is the most likely to win the championship."

(End of this chapter)