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Monday, September 13, 2049 AD

Real time AM07:20

Because he had classes today, Mo Tan, who happens to be a 'Lawful Good' personality when offline, quickly made himself a simple and nutritious breakfast, then changed into his school uniform and went out.

Logically speaking, rushing to school at this time is a pain for most people. After all, very few young people now go to bed before midnight. In this case, getting up early is a particularly torture. After all, it’s one thing that everyone likes to go to bed late, but it’s another thing to hate getting up early.

But what’s interesting is that just in the past six months, this rather contradictory social normal has improved. For many people, getting up early is no longer a sad torture, but as natural as breathing. law.

There is only one reason, and that is that Innocence has become a phenomenon-level game. Although it only made waves abroad not long ago due to language issues, for domestic players, this game is definitely the trendiest, hottest, and most popular game at the moment. The most popular and fashionable form of entertainment.

In fact, if [Innocence Bound] had not supported functions such as live streaming and recording, and there was no way to edit it into a video work, the time it would have taken for this game to become popular could have been shortened by at least half. If the official had done more on the language settings Taking into account several languages, it is now likely to have become a worldwide phenomenon-level game.

However, even if there are constraints for various reasons, Innocence World still proves to the world that as long as the quality is excellent, it will become popular sooner or later, especially since major medical institutions have confirmed that players can have a medium-level treatment when playing Innocence World. After the bizarre theory of "sleep quality", this spiritual virtual game that is only open for 12 hours a day has finally become everyone's favorite.

It is impossible to say that it has not had an impact on other peers, but given that the quality of this game is indeed high enough and there are no black spots, those manufacturers that have not been robbed of players' daytime time have basically tolerated it.

There are very few businessmen or capitalists these days who are pure fools. Therefore, although many people will use a series of reasonable competition methods such as suppressing, spreading rumors, slandering, and slandering their peers for the sake of profit, in the end, It is still under the circumstances that both parties know the basics, and [Innocent Company]...is a strange existence that is difficult to see through.

In the eyes of ordinary people and small manufacturers, this company is just a game company. It has a business license and pays normal taxes. It can be said that it is by the rules and has no problems. However, a few are really powerful and even have the ability to ignore it to a certain extent. In the eyes of the big bosses who follow the rules, under their deep scrutiny, the innocent company that has been stripped of its simple coat is full of mysteries.

For example, the legal person registered by the innocent company does not exist at all; for example, the flowing water of the innocent company will eventually go into a special account that does not have an opening bank. Although there is no direct evidence, the various big guys still use various possible methods to It was because of the clues left deliberately by someone that they realized that the account might have some unexplained relationship with the treasury. After finding this step, everyone basically let it go. It’s not that they couldn’t continue to investigate, but It's because they don't dare to investigate anymore...

As for those who are tough-minded, they generally retreat after receiving some small warnings. As for those big guys who are well-informed and like to get to the bottom of things, I'm sorry, but it's impossible for those in charge with that kind of intelligence to get there. Can check the innocence of the company's level.

All in all, the big guys who are qualified to compete with innocent companies have basically suddenly changed their stance one day. Not only do they not intend to be enemies of the former, they even frequently show their goodwill through various channels; and those who jump around Small workshops and innocent companies don’t care about it, for no other reason than the fact that their style is too unique, the death penalty is crazy, the servers are shut down every day and they are unbeatable, and many other reasons, there are not many players who are trolling them yet...

In short, the situation in China is roughly the same. Not long ago, [Innocence Bound] has surpassed several famous games, taking the lead in terms of discussion, popularity, search, average online rate, peak online rate and other data. It is the only The tepid data is just cash flow, but that has nothing to do with the quality of the game. At most, it just makes everyone worry about whether the company will go bankrupt because it is too poor. It doesn't hurt anyway.

As for foreign markets... there is also a rising trend now.

As mentioned before, the game [Innocence Bound] is not divided into servers. To put it simply, although it does not restrict everyone from playing, it is the same server and version worldwide, and this will lead to a series of foreign friends. A very anti-human issue in my eyes.

The two most important ones are language issues and server launch time issues.

Let’s talk about the server opening time first. The server opening time of [Innocent Bound] is not everyone’s PM19:00-AM07:00, but PM19:00-AM07:00 in the East Eighth Time Zone.

In other words, if there is a player in Japan, then for him, the server opening time of this game is PM20:00-AM08:00, which is delayed by a full hour.

This seems to be no problem, and in fact it is no problem, but what if a player in Washington, D.C., with the time zone of West Zone 5 wants to play Innocence Bound?

Then the time he can play the game every day is AM06:00-PM18:00.

Well, to put it simply, it means that normal people can play it when they go to school or work, but in theory, during the break after dinner, sorry, the server is closed.

This special thing is very anti-human, and it is also the core reason why the game "Innocent Bound" had very few players in many areas at first. It is really not that people don't want to play, but that you don't give people the chance to play.

For any company that wants to make money and develop, such a catastrophic mistake is unforgivable. Not only does it have to come up with a remedy as soon as possible, but the compensation also needs to be heavy-weight to stop others from talking. , after all, the customer is God, how can you be so cool if you don’t serve God well?

As a result, guess what, Guilty Company really didn't serve those gods, and ignored the calls of foreign players to open American and European servers.

The above is the first crime of this game in international public opinion.

The second sin of [The Realm of Innocence] is the language we just mentioned.

To put it simply, in the world view of the "Innocence Realm", no matter who they are, most people will learn one or two languages ​​​​and characters from childhood, either "racially characteristic language and characters" + "common language language and characters" ', or simply 'lingua franca'

So the question is, what is lingua franca?

Well, what you usually say and what you are looking at now is lingua franca... to put it simply, it is Chinese/simplified Chinese characters.

There is definitely no obstacle to this thing for domestic players. Since there are basically no NPCs in the game who cannot speak Common Language, everyone is naturally comfortable playing it.

But the problem is...

Although there are basically no people in the game who cannot speak Common Tongue, there are orcs who cannot speak Orcish, elves who cannot speak Elvish, and dwarves who cannot speak Dwarf. In other words, you are not guilty if your Chinese is not up to standard. You will suffer a lot in the world.

It is true that English, which is more popular outside the game, is the second most popular language in the game [Elvish], but the problem is that all races in the game basically only use their native dialect as a second language. To give a simple example, it is casual Throw an old Londoner from England into the pile of elves, and his level of Elvish would be enough to crush about 70% of his compatriots.

All in all, in view of the above two huge problems, as well as countless minor problems, the popularity of Innocence among foreign players was very difficult at first. There are even examples of a small number of Innocence players being verbally attacked by others. .

But again, unless it's in a vault, gold will always shine.

In the field of games, there are currently few 'golds' in the world that can match [Innocent Bound] in terms of overall quality, so today, nine months later, it has finally gained a firm foothold internationally. Heel.

This is mainly due to the following two points -

First of all, pro players don't mind.

The reason is very simple, because playing games is the "profession" of professional players, and playing games is "work" for them. Under this premise, even American players who have suffered from jet lag, professional players among them do not They would mind going to work during the day, and with professional players taking the lead, their fans will naturally be interested in games. Just like many Argentinians love football because of Messi, but this sport in our country is basically... There are no good things to do. For example, Gao Qiu and Gao Taiwei were written as villains in Water Margin because of a series of stereotypes related to football.

(PS: The above example is very nonsense and highly subjective, so please laugh it off and give me a break.)

The second reason is that the popularity of Chinese in 2049 has reached an unprecedented level. Although there is still a little distance from English, it is really just a little bit. Not only is it used by a large number of English-speaking countries The second language for seat selection has a very high rate of being chosen as a second language in many countries such as Japan and South Korea.

To sum up, although there are not many people who can use Chinese proficiently, many people will not be affected if they only communicate at a simple level. This aspect is especially reflected in young people abroad. This may be related to the importance of Chinese in them. It is related to the extremely high fashion value in the eyes.

Of course, there are other positive reasons besides this. For example, fans of world-class professional players like Xinglong will accompany him into the pit. In short, the proportion of foreign players has also increased recently. Professionals who have settled in the World of Innocence The number of players has gradually increased, and some of the familiar names have quietly appeared in the overall strength rankings, such as [Swiftya], who is known as the God of War and is now over 50 years old, the best The lone wolf professional player [Neilyof] and the solo player queen [Mionek], the owners of these IDs are all celebrities in the industry.

【It’s booming...】

After closing the article on the international section of the Innocence Forum, Mo Tan sighed in his heart, then put his phone back in his pocket, walked out of the elevator with a small bag of cat food, and saw the animals in the community a few minutes later. Jiao saw two familiar figures.

They are Ji Xiaodao who is squatting on the ground, feeding the cat with a gentle smile, and——

Ji Xiaoge stood aside with his arms folded, his face stern, exuding a strong sense of low pressure.

Mo Tan rubbed his eyes subconsciously. He felt that either his walking posture was wrong, or there was something wrong with the earth today, otherwise the sisters would not have changed their bodies directly like this.

Unfortunately, after rubbing his eyes, he noticed that the faint smile on Ji Xiaodao's face disappeared when Mo Tan came over, but...

To be honest, for a moment, Mo Tan even had the illusion that two Ji Xiaodao were turning to look at him.

"Ahem...good morning you two..."

Mo Tan, who could vaguely guess why Ji Xiaoge was possessed by his own sister, coughed slightly and waved to the two girls as awkwardly as he could: "What a coincidence, huh?"

Ji Xiaodao gently rubbed the head of Xia Yuhe, the little black cat in front of him, then stood up slowly and glanced at Mo Tan coldly: "Good morning."

"Morning."

Ji Xiaoge's expression was a little richer, but the richness was limited, and I don't know if it was an illusion, but there seemed to be a faint murderous aura brewing in her eyes.

Although the murderous intent was not directed at 'Mo Tan', if Mo Tan guessed correctly, the murderous intent should be directed at 'Mo Tan'.

"I'll go back and put out the cat food."

Mo Tan coughed lightly and asked coquettishly, "Do you want to go to school together later?"

Ji Xiaoge nodded casually and replied as if he was in a daze: "Oh, okay."

Ji Xiaodao, after hesitating for a moment, walked up to Mo Tan and suggested in a noncommittal tone: "I'll go with you. There happens to be some left that they can't eat, so I'll leave them at your house."

"no problem."

Under the girl's gaze, Mo Tan dared not say a word, so he immediately nodded in agreement, then turned around and walked back to his home.

Ji Xiaodao, on the other hand, frowned slightly and turned to look at his sister, then bit his lower lip and followed her.

…

two minutes later

"Then what..."

In the elevator going upstairs, Mo Tan, who knew that the girl next to him would not go upstairs with him for nothing, was very conscious and considerate and took the lead in opening the topic: "Xiaoge... she doesn't seem to be in a good mood today."

Ji Xiaodao took a deep breath, hesitated for a moment, and then nodded with a slightly complicated expression: "My sister has been like this since she woke up in the morning... or just after she finished the game. I asked her what happened and she didn't say anything. Bring her over to feed the cat for a change.”

Mo Tan turned sideways and let Ji Xiaodao get off the elevator first. After he came out, he was about to open the door when he saw the latter pressing the fingerprint lock casually, and then——

With a click, the door opened.

"come in."

"Well……"

"What are you doing standing still?"

"So why are your fingerprints also valid..."

"Yidong helped us record the information when we came here last time. The hostess was so enthusiastic that everyone couldn't resist her hospitality."

"..."

Chapter 1674: End