Otherworldly Architect

At the beginning of December, the top sixteen finals of the second season of the League of Legends finally started.

Compared with the more hasty arrangement of the first season, this year's finals are more orderly.

The competition venue is high-end and atmospheric, the overall process is simple and smooth, and the host and commentary are very professional.

The participating players have also been completely improved within a year.

E-sports, if you do not advance, you will retreat!

In the new year, thanks to the official video promotion, and the dissemination of a large number of high-end player strategy tutorials.

The operations and awareness of the entire League of Legends player circle have been greatly improved.

There are still many people who operate dishes now, but in terms of game understanding, everyone can beep a few words.

In this year's arena, a true 41-point push lineup appeared for the first time.

——and also successfully won the game.

The winner is confronted with questions from the moderator during the post-match interview.

He said confidently: "I dare not say that I will be able to single-handedly kill all opponents, but at least in terms of understanding the game, I believe that I will not lose to anyone."

Some viewers teased him and said, "Does 'anyone' also include chief designer Ming?"

The winner immediately changed his words: "It's someone who doesn't include Blue Star Studio."

Can't be bothered.

Other players are just competitors fighting on the same field.

Master Ming is the one who circled the arena with one hand, can that be compared?

In case Chief Master Ming sees how proud he is, he will slightly change the rules of the game in the next update...

So why don't you re-understand this game?

In fact, Mingyan is really considering modifying the rules of the game a little bit.

Currently, he is sitting in the conference room with the designers and team leaders of Blue Star Studio, watching the live broadcast of the game.

Seeing the end of a game, the head ratio is 13 to 4.

But the time came to 10 minutes. There was no battle for a long time, and the two sides faced each other in operation and development.

All rely on the commentator to keep talking to maintain the scene.

Caution, support, operation, not seeking merit but seeking no fault.

This is a trend in the high-end rounds of the League of Legends, and it is even more so in the professional arena.

The economy that can be obtained through stable operation and command, professional teams will never take the risk of killing people to obtain it-especially the side with a slight disadvantage, they will avoid it as much as they can.

This also resulted in fewer teamfights with Barons and Dragons.

Everyone doesn't want to be ruined by the "big dragon"!

After watching a game, the audience was still immersed in the last wave of team battles, so they were naturally very excited.

Mingyan is to see some potential symptoms of problems.

He looked at the people in the conference room, and thoughtfully asked a question: "Do you think this kind of game is interesting? Or is it boring?"

Hearing this question, the smiling people all fell into thought.

The atmosphere inside the Blue Star Studio is relatively open. They followed their own hearts and replied one after another: "This kind of competition is really not good for viewing."

"Well, the time for mid-term development is too long."

"For newcomers who don't know why, I'm afraid it will create a threshold for watching the game."

Mingyan tapped the table lightly with the pen in his hand, so as to focus everyone's attention.

"Then, the problem left to us is how to solve it." Mingyan said, "Today's topic is 'how to speed up the pace of the game and avoid the game from being too long'."

One designer said: "We can buff early game champions so they can do more things. The current ADC development cycle is generally 30-40 minutes, which is too long."

Someone followed his train of thought and said, "Yes, we can reduce the amount of a batch of late-stage equipment, so that the ADC can develop faster."

"This is a temporary solution, not the root cause. Teams that like to delay development will still operate for a long time."

Everyone was silent for a while.

Mingyan opened his mouth and prompted: "Then strengthen the benefits that fighting can bring to them, and reduce the benefits of operational development."

"Yes!" Someone blurted out, "Make each head more valuable!"

"To make towers worth more, and every strategic resource. It's like encouraging players to kill each other, or push the lane quickly and then push the tower."

"And the line pusher is easy to be gank by the jungler, which is also a way to promote the outbreak of battle in the early and mid game."

The mind was opened at once.

He nodded approvingly.

Everyone continued to discuss around the main line of "accelerating economic access".

In the end, they came to a conclusion that was very close to Mingyan's plan.

Give everyone who has an economic advantage a big bounty, kill this big head, you can get a lot of bounty;

At the same time, a staged economic drop is added to the defense tower. Every time a point of blood is consumed from the defense tower, the surrounding heroes will get an economy;

In addition, all wild monsters, big and small dragon resources, and sports car money have also been improved to a certain extent.

By making such adjustments, they expect to largely eliminate the situation of only operating without fighting.

Except for the ADC whose design idea is to delay the later stage, most heroes will gain a certain combat power in the early and mid-term.

If the next League of Legends update is successful, the average game time will be reduced.

The number of burst kills will be even higher!

Make the game more attractive and make the passerby game more exciting.

This is why the designers of Blue Star Studio want to watch the competition.

It's definitely not the same as the audience, just watching for fun.

Only by knowing enough about the game, observing the high-end game and the low-end game in depth, and having experienced the corresponding fun, can we discover potential problems and make better designs.

In addition to the competition itself, Mingyan also took a look at the overall ratings data.

At the beginning of the competition, due to the push relationship, the number of viewers was the largest—it quickly reached tens of millions;

The ratings of the opening show, the host's speech, the contestants on stage, and even the BP segment dropped slightly;

But after the normal game started, the ratings soared to the highest point, and the entire network exceeded [-] million, which is already equivalent to a prime-time TV series;

After the game, the audience left one after another. Not everyone was interested in watching the contestants' Q&A session.

The ratings and conversion ratio of this issue of advertisements are quite good.

Sponsors have not waited for the finals to end, and they have sent their willingness to continue to cooperate.

And a small commercial of "The League of Cards" quietly inserted by Blue Star attracted even more attention.

The two commentators just received a hint and chatted casually: "I heard that Blue Star has a work with the same IP as League of Legends that is online."

"It seems to be a small game, it's called "The League of Cards", do you want to play?"

"Blue Star's game, I definitely want to play it."

Before the start of the game, it is actually quite normal for the commentator to chat like this.

When they are bored, they will even copy the manuscript and re-read the sponsor's advertisement!

After the League of Legends players heard it, they quickly had a certain impression of this small game.

"League of Cards" is launched at the same time as the second season finals of the League of Legends.

It's fair and aboveboard, just to gain popularity!

Just kidding, the League of Legends is now one of the big IPs in the Sixth Star Province, and its peripheral games must be born with their own traffic.

Facts have proved so.

On the day of its launch, this small game on the mobile platform climbed to the top [-] on the free list within an hour.

Games launched at the same time as it can only be overwhelmed by its speed.

This is also impossible——

Others started from scratch, at most relying on the name of the company itself to attract a group of customers, and then spend money to attract a group of customers.

But Card League is different, it was born with a golden spoon in its mouth.

As a junior of "League of Legends", one is born with privileges.

Of course, in the eyes of the outside world, the Card Alliance has already "sold itself" to Tulong Baodao Studio.

The operating styles of the two studios are of course subtly different.

On the first day of the game's launch, all players were given a free novice gift package-enabling them to draw about eleven cards on the first day.

Well, this number is of course carefully designed.

Many players who just came in to take a look swore: [Draw a card?I've never heard of it. What's so fun about games based on luck?I'm going to come in and experience how the game is played. 】

Then after getting the novice gift pack, they will be excited when they draw a card for the first time!

[I'm lucky!The SR came out immediately!Does it prove that I am talented in this game? 】

[Ahhh, I really want to continue smoking.It is said that within an hour of being online, one can get ten consecutive draws of gift packs...]

Players first conduct a single draw, and then must draw an SR-level rare card.

Moreover, it is a relatively well-known archer profession in the League of Legends. The card face of SR is the skin of an elf beauty, which immediately allows players to experience the familiarity of the game IP.

Some players who mainly played this profession immediately developed a certain degree of loyalty to this small game.

And the next teaching-style "Ten Consecutive Drawing" will soon be the time to identify Oufei!

Of course, the rarity of a card does not determine its strength.

But it can't stand it's good-looking cards, famous voice actors, and many independent plots!

The yearning for beautiful things has always been a major desire that players cannot give up.

What's more, this game is also aimed at the group of obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Each profession has four different cards with N, R, SR, and SSR rarities. Collect them all to get achievements and unlock new plots;

The skins of many professions are linked with each other. For example, there are rewards for collecting all the champion lineup skins of the first season;

The worst thing is the achievement of collecting all SSRs.

Or he was born a European emperor, probably the one who unified the whole of Europe in his previous life;

Or it's the krypton gold emperor, the kind who doesn't even bother to do it himself, and asks the secretary to charge money for unlimited draws!

This achievement system is there, like locking a delicious big cake in a glass cabinet.

Every player passing by can see it and drool over these cakes.

The fragrance is close in front of your eyes, but you can't see it or touch it!

League of Legends players are even more so.

More experienced players generally think that they have a "natal career".

——Either they are what they are particularly good at, or they are particularly fond of career settings. In short, they love their own life very much.

So now that I see my natal career lying beautifully in the card pool...

How could it be possible to resist reaching out to fish for it!

League of Legends now has about thirty classes.

Even if the [-] consecutive draws given away for free on the first day are not lucky and you don't get what you want, there is also a "novice gift pack".

——The novice benefit that can be bought for only 6 yuan is equivalent to buying a chance to draw a card at a discount, but there is only one chance.

And on the second day of registration, there will be new gift packs.

Also, every time you pass a PVE large copy level, you will also be randomly given discount coupons.

Not to mention the 50% discount.

But a coupon that only costs 15% of the original price is hard to bear in front of anyone!

[Fuck, isn't this equivalent to giving away for free? 】

[I made a lot of money, I made 688 in one go, that's 584 for nothing!The studio of Dragon Tulong Sword is in tears! 】

Dragon Slaying Sword is cheating Krypton...

Oh no, robbery...

Oh no, recharge is encouraged!

In this regard, Tulong Baodao is a professional!

Mingyan looked at the conscience game world in the entire Sixth Star Province, and sometimes he sighed lonely.

——There is no one who can fight!

Of course, in addition to drawing cards, the gameplay of the card alliance itself is also quite outstanding.

Through various efforts such as modifying the lineup, cultivating cards, and collecting weapons and skills, players let their card team pass one level after another, and strive to advance to the division.

Well, yes, this game also has ranks from brass, to silver, gold, platinum, diamond, and even master and king.

Of course, when you reach the king rank, the current main storyline of this game is almost cleared.

The game has just been launched, and there are not many systems, but they all have basic functions.

Players can browse various cards in their homes;

The guild and friend system allows players to form communities;

Trading and shopping malls, allowing players to krypton gold to draw cards;

The PVE copy is the main line of the game, and the PVP battlefield can compete with each other;

There is also an achievement system, side story mode, hidden easter eggs...

Small but complete.

Future updates will revolve around such a trunk to derive branches and leaves.

The game of the League of Legends and the announcement of the mobile card game were carried out at the same time.

It is foreseeable that as the competition for the championship becomes more intense, the popularity of the card league will also skyrocket.

Think about it, while watching the game, you can lower your head and brush a small dungeon at the same time, so happy!

Or after witnessing a wonderful operation by a player you support, bow your head and draw a card...

If you hit the job you like, it will be double happiness.

So, although this card mobile game is also a robbery... oh no, recharge is encouraged.

However, its word-of-mouth is quite different from Tulong Baodao's previous game "Nei Tian Jue".

On the one hand, it is because it has outstanding gameplay itself, and krypton gold has not affected the game balance.

On the other hand, it is the role of Blue Star Studio...

Player feedback:

[Sure enough, it's a game from Blue Star's background, it's rooted! 】

[Fun, fun, fun, where did Mr. Ming come up with such a great idea!I can't stop playing after passing the level, and I can still draw cards!I now spend hours every day to draw card liver! 】

【I've lost myself so much, I'll be able to collect all the fragments of my first SSR soon】

[As soon as the leader makes a move, you will know if there is one! 】

[You can know this game just by looking at it!The main body must be made by Blue Star, and the Krypton Gold Mall must be made by Tulong Baodao!The polarization is too serious. Is this the difference between having a conscience? 】

[Sorrowful, gamers with a conscience are prone to short of money.Even the leader had to sell such a good game for his livelihood]

[It must be the second season of the League of Legends, there are too many places to spend money.Blue Star ran the game well for us at a loss, errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.I cried, and I will be a little star in my next life! 】

Clearly stated: "..."

I'm not, I don't, I really don't need the money...

If it is missing, it is also missing one billion, not bad for this one million.

When it comes to the false proposition of "lack of money", it is clear that it has actually prepared a way to give money back to players.

Of course, the event will be held through the League of Legends!

Celebrating the hot start of the second season finals of the League of Legends, it is clearly decided to make a total of 67 donations from players, plus the 33 advance payment by myself, to form a whole into a prize pool.

During the opening of the professional league, players can get a certain number of league tokens for every game they play.

Collecting a certain amount of tokens can be exchanged for league red envelopes.

When opening the league red envelope, there is a high probability that you will get game gold coins, a small probability that you will get a random skin, and a very small probability that you will get a ticket to the finals and the champion skin of the first season.

At the beginning, it was stated that the calculation was very good. The things in the red envelope pool were just enough to consume the 100 million donation.

But he never expected that he still missed the player's reaction.

In fact, as soon as this money-giving activity was launched, the players went crazy.

[You have lived a long life, Lan Xing is too conscientious, I got this red envelope, my hands are trembling. 】

【No!I finally sold a conscience card game and made some money, how could I just turn around and spend it?I beg the leader to take it back, we really only want a krypton gold activity, not welfare! 】

[Isn't it good to use this money to develop new games?Or send a red envelope to the employee, it hurts so much]

After the League of Legends event started, with the arrival of the championship finals, it soon accumulated more than 7 million viewers.

As a result, the advertising dividends brought by the traffic, coupled with the follow-up donation boom from players...

Mingyan has inexplicably more than 100 million more on hand? !

Mingyan: "???"

It's such a headache.

The chief designer of Ming is also about to go crazy.

How can it happen that you want to send money but can't send it out?

I am very sorry to receive donations from players because of "looks like a lack of money".

In the end, Mingyan had to conduct a despicable black-box operation.

——He secretly stuffed cash red envelopes into the lottery pool of the reward event!

By the way, he talked to a few peripheral sponsors, spent money to buy their vouchers, and gave all of them to the lucky draw players for free.

In addition, Bluestar is also negotiating with several toy manufacturers recently, and plans to make a batch of League of Legends game peripherals to test the water.

The first batch of peripherals are not for sale, and they can be distributed to players as a special reward.

……

Therefore, after the above operation, Mingyan managed to send the more than 100 million yuan back to the player.

Then, Blue Star fans were about to cry.

【How can there be such a fairy studio in the world...】

[The leader is obviously a smart person, why can't he learn how to cheat money!Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! 】

[The more I think about it, the more I feel that this kid Lan Xing is too honest. I heard that the leader still lives in a single apartment, and my real name feels distressed. 】

【The money is in my hand and I can't send it out, my wallet is crying bitterly! 】

Later, there was really no other way, and many players decided to give back to Blue Star in the game.

Some people choose to give the game Amway to those around them;

Some also organized their own in-game friends, and gave several Bluestar games full-star praise—even the rating of the new krypton gold game "Card League" was forcibly raised by more than 1.5 points within a few weeks , is about to reach the level of 9.5 points;

There is also a local tyrant who is even more powerful, directly spending huge sums of money to buy large offline advertising banners, the kind that directly hangs the Blue Star LOGO on the outer walls of local landmark buildings.

In order to prevent players from continuing to donate to Mingyan's personal account, Mingyan had to contact the official blog and ask them to cancel the account association for him.

In the interstellar era, this operation is very uncommon.

When the other party heard that the reason for the speech was "I don't want to receive any more donations", their jaws almost hit the ground in shock.

In the end, Mingyan also listened to the friendly opinions of the players.

He divided the remaining tens of thousands of donations into bonuses and distributed them to the employees of Blue Star Studio according to their contributions.

Well, the employees were actually quite shocked, too.

Because Blue Star already has a lot of bonuses during the holidays, not to mention that each game has a fixed 20% profit that will be distributed to the production team.

It is clearly stated that this bonus has not been issued in any name at all, so it is directly named "the red envelope from the player".

How should I put it, even veteran members like Varian Wrynn.

When I took this generous red envelope home and gave it to my wife, it still shocked the latter.

"How many game fans do you have here, and you even take the initiative to give you red envelopes?!" His wife was dumbfounded.

Varian scratched his beard and said, "It's because the boss is so amazing..."

Blue Star Studios is truly a magical place.

For this batch of newcomers in the studio, they just finished "Card Alliance", and they are still immersed in the joy of the success of the project.

The overwhelming praise from the players swept over them like a tsunami.

Flooded, overwhelmed—that's what it says.

The newcomers who just graduated have never seen such a terrifying rainbow fart frenzy. Just reading comments every day is so beautiful that they will soar in place, not to mention receiving bonuses and red envelopes.

They have only entered Blue Star Studio for less than half a year, and they are still in the probationary period!

Boss Ming not only taught them how to design games, but also generously distributed all the bonuses that regular employees should have.

It can only be said that it is the fairy boss, who moved many people so that their eyes turned red.

They are convinced that this job at Blue Star, even if they don't make it to the end due to an accident, will definitely be the most valuable asset in their careers.