God's imitator

Chapter 135 The Redistribution Game

Lin Sizhi took out the proposal from the desk drawer.

After reviewing the entire document, I found that this design invitation offered a high degree of freedom, without imposing too many restrictions or providing a clear design direction.

"In other words, what the arcade wants this time is a game similar to 'Blood Poker'."

"But with fewer restrictions, copycats have more room to maneuver."

"And most importantly, we need to clearly include the element of 'community competition'."

For Lin Sizhi, the intention of the covered walkway was not hard to guess.

This game invitation can also be considered an 'allocation type,' meaning it's primarily used to allocate visa time and doesn't require the design of lethal traps.

You can tell from the format of the proposal.

"Selection" games require copycats to fill in the expected mortality rate, while "assignment" games do not have any similar requirements.

Furthermore, the list of related items does not include any weapons that can kill.

However, the design requirements have clearly changed compared to "Blood Poker".

Since "Blood Poker" is the first time visa time has been allocated, there is no need to design too many penalty measures.

Even if players adopt foolish strategies or are tricked in the game, they will not suffer excessive losses.

Everyone can gain some visa time; the only difference is how much.

But this time the key word is 'redistribution'.

This means that more severe penalty mechanisms can be added, such as deducting a large amount of visa time when failing in the game.

As for the keyword "community confrontation", it is also reasonable.

Because the community has just updated its rules to allow changing community members within the game, this means that the pace of community reorganization and evolution in the new world will accelerate significantly.

This game might just be a preview.

Solutions that encourage players to switch community members within the game will be prioritized.

Of course, no matter how the game is designed, it is unlikely that there will be a large-scale reshuffling of the community members.

After all, most players have lived in the community for so long, and unless they are having a really bad time, it is difficult for them to really make up their minds to go to a completely unfamiliar environment.

Even if there are changes in personnel, there shouldn't be too many.

However, this game will inevitably further exacerbate existing conflicts within the community and widen the rifts.

After careful consideration, Lin Sizhi put the proposal back.

He decided to abandon the design of this game.

There is no reason why you must participate in this game invitation, nor does it concern the life or death of anyone else.

Even if all players are forced to participate, Lin Sizhi will also have to participate, but even if he fails, he will only have his visa time deducted, which is not a serious problem for him.

Of course, these are only secondary reasons.

The main reason is that Lin Sizhi wants to see more designs from other copycats.

For copycats, it's important to understand the rules of the arcade and get their game selected, but now that things have started to move forward, another issue needs to be considered:
Who is the most likely enemy I will face in the future?

A clever player?

They may certainly pose a threat to copycats, but under the rules of the arcade, the two sides are completely unequal, and in their confrontation, the copycats will have absolute initiative.

Under the current arcade rules, the one who poses the greatest threat to a copycat is most likely another copycat.

But this raises a very interesting question:
The more games a copycat designs, the easier it is to be exposed.

Because the games designed by copycats will more or less reflect their knowledge structure or subjective intentions.

If a showdown between copycats were to actually occur, the most likely factor wouldn't be the ability to design games, but rather the information gap.

If one of the two copycats becomes aware of the other's existence first, the copycat will gain absolute control.

Whether it's playing a life-or-death game specifically designed to outmaneuver the other party, or seeking self-preservation after being drawn into a game designed by the other party, they will be more adept at handling it.

Therefore, Lin Sizhi decided to use this opportunity to further observe the other copycats in the corridor, which might influence some of his future decisions.

"Sometimes, experiencing the games of other imitators can be quite interesting."

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Two days later.

All members of Community 17 gathered in the lobby; some were reading, while others simply stared at the big screen, waiting silently.

As everyone knows, the arcade is likely to open soon.

Sure enough, after a somewhat frustrating wait, a new broadcast appeared on the big screen.

Good morning, players!

The "Arcade" will open in 1 hour.

[The game is titled "The Empire of Tycoons," and its objectives are "Visa Time Redistribution" and "Community Confrontation." Participation is mandatory for all players in the new world.]

Within the community, players can freely form groups of 4 to participate in the game. Each game involves a total of 12 players from 3 communities.

Please prepare yourselves, players.

Then, a one-hour countdown appeared on the big screen.

59:59
59:58
Upon seeing this broadcast, many people actually showed expressions of delight. "Huh? A distribution game! Did I read that right?"

Among the game genres that have appeared so far, allocation games are arguably the most player-friendly.

Because trial-type and selection-type games have a relatively high mortality rate, while allocation-type games do not.

Judging from the case of "Blood Poker", apart from a very small number of gamblers and unlucky people, almost no one dies in this type of game.

Everyone can earn visa time; the only difference is how much they earn.

Moreover, many people are hoping that this will be like "Blood Poker," with some kind of backdoor that allows one to earn more than 200,000 visa time in one go.

That would be a huge profit.

Blood Poker was released too early; it was the first game everyone encountered after entering the new world. At that time, people didn't have the awareness to look for hidden mechanisms in the game, so many people missed it and regretted it later.

Now, the arcade has finally taken pity on us again and started a new allocation game.

Jiang He looked at Wang Yongxin with some confusion: "Is it another management game? Two in a row now?"

Many people share the same question.

By now, many people have realized that the content of the games is often directly related to the copycat's knowledge system or preferred areas.

A typical example is "The Blind Date Game".

This is normal, because when a copycat designs a game, they will inevitably base the questions on their existing knowledge base. At the same time, they will also have a greater home-field advantage when entering their own game.

The appearance of two games related to making money and management in succession, does it mean that the person who designed these two games is a person with considerable business acumen?
Wang Yongxin felt the gazes directed at him and inexplicably felt like he had been caught in the crossfire.

Fu Chen clapped his hands: "Everyone, please be quiet. The most important thing now is to divide into groups."

Everyone nodded.

Since the specific rules cannot be discerned from the name, it is naturally impossible to predict the content of the game.

However, there are some tricks to the specific group assignments.

According to the rules, the community will be divided into three groups of four. After entering the game, they will be matched with two other groups of four from other communities to play together.

Therefore, proactively forming groups and properly allocating personnel within each group is the most important thing right now.

After considering for a moment, Li Renshu said, "If we split into three groups, would it be alright if Attorney Lin, Brother Wang, and Officer Cao each led one group?"

The three nodded in agreement.

Wang Yongxin's first question was: "Can I choose the people myself?"

Lee In-sook nodded: "Of course, as long as the other party is willing."

But before Wang Yongxin pointed out the specific candidates, Cai Zhiyuan said: "It is certainly possible for the team leader to choose people, but I think the three weakest players in the community should be allowed to choose first."

"Otherwise, if the three people who need the most care are assigned to the same group, there may be situations in the game where the strong player can't carry the team."

"After the three of them have made their selections, the group leader will then select the remaining two vacancies."

After thinking about it, everyone agreed that there was some truth to it.

Lee In-sook nodded: "Okay, then let the three people who need the most care choose first."

"Dr. Zheng and Luo Wei are new members, so they still need special care."

"As for the last spot... Jiang He, Qin Yao, either of you can choose first, just don't be in the same group."

Although Jiang He and Qin Yao obtained a considerable amount of visa time in "Blood Poker," everyone knows that it was purely the result of teaming up with Lin Sizhi.

They were both very lucky; they weren't forced to be selected by the arcade's games after "Blood Poker".

But considering their intelligence, it's still quite worrying.

Cai Zhiyuan looked at Luo Wei and said, "Luo Wei, this is your first time entering the game. I personally suggest that you team up with Attorney Lin."

"Of course, you are free to choose."

Without much thought, Luo Wei said, "Okay, I choose Attorney Lin."

This left Wang Yongxin slightly disappointed. If he were to choose three team members himself, Luo Wei would definitely be among them.

But since Luo Wei has already made her choice, there's nothing that can be done about it.

Zheng Jie actually wanted to choose Lin Sizhi, since she did give him a strong sense of security during the "dating game".

But since it has been said that the three weaker individuals cannot be assigned to the same group, he can only choose between Cao Haichuan and Wang Yongxin.

"Then I'll choose Officer Cao."

Jiang He looked at Wang Yongxin: "Then I can only choose you, Brother Wang."

Wang Yongxin nodded: "Of course, you're welcome."

For him, Jiang He, though not as good as Luo Wei, was still someone he could try to win over.

As for the remaining candidates, they are already quite clear.

Wang Yongxin definitely prefers Yang Yuting and Xu Tong;
Fu Chen and Li Renshu were assigned to Cao Haichuan's side;

The remaining two, Cai Zhiyuan and Qin Yao, were naturally left to Lin Sizhi.

While the grouping results may not be perfect, they are at least satisfactory for most people.

The countdown ended, and everyone vanished from the hall in an instant.

　I'm asking for monthly votes late at night~ Also, I'd like to recommend a friend's book, "I Have Infinite Death Soldiers, Massively Sweeping Across the Heavens".

　　
　
(End of this chapter)