Building a Gaming Empire From Scratch

Chapter 1101: Chapter 1011 Release Date Confirmed!

Get a Headline for Free by the Way_1 Chapter 1101: Chapter 1011 Release Date Confirmed!

Get a Headline for Free by the Way_1 Randall slowly turned his head to face Fred.

Obviously, it’s hard to believe this ridiculous thing at first.

But seeing the look of impending doom on Fred’s face, he had no choice but to accept this terrible reality.

“The boss shouldn’t…

be this cruel, right?” he said uncertainly.

Fred wasn’t too optimistic about this.

Of the three thousand surveys, over 2400 had been collected by midday, and by the end of lunchtime, 2738 had been collected.

Although there were still more than two hundred short, it didn’t matter anymore.

Because [Very Simple] had already pulled ahead of the second place [Somewhat Simple] by more than 1000 votes!

The remaining two hundred plus votes could no longer have any impact on the results.

So, in the afternoon after work, Lincoln came to the “Chang’an” development team again.

“Since the players all say it’s very simple, we can basically let go of our worries about the difficulty of the game.”

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“Large-scale modifications and adjustments are no longer necessary, and the release date can be set.

Many players are on the verge of losing their minds.”

Although Randall lost the bet, he still tried to negotiate: “Boss…

should we really not adjust the difficulty, or add a difficulty option?”

“This week during the closed beta, we asked our colleagues from the Speedy Chase 2 development team to test play.

Most of them had their morale completely crushed, and several female colleagues were even brought to tears by the BOSS…”

Lincoln was quite curious about the female employees being brought to tears by the BOSS, but now was not the time for gossip.

“It’s because everyone has their own profession.”

“The job of developers is to make games, not to play games.

Isn’t it normal for their gaming skills to be inferior to players?”

Randall couldn’t argue against Lincoln.

Having no choice, he had to follow Lincoln’s arrangement and ask, “When do you think it would be a good time to release the game?”

“This weekend or next weekend?” Lincoln responded instinctively.

But he immediately asked, “Will it clash with anything else?”

“I don’t think so.” Randall thought for a moment, “At most, it will overlap with the [World Mobile Ball Championships], but this is probably unavoidable.”

The [World Mobile Ball Championships] officially started last weekend.

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At Lincoln’s request, during the preliminary selection stage of the [World Mobile Ball Championships], all players could freely form teams to participate.

The amount of prize money for this competition is unprecedented, and there are well-known sports powerhouses participating.

Not only does this tremendously boost the popularity of the competition, but the number of participating players is also rapidly increasing.

This has led to the preliminary selection stage taking longer than expected.

The official competition for each division will not begin until next week.

It’s worth mentioning: Lincoln originally thought that the star teams from these sports powerhouses were only participating in the [World Mobile Ball Championships] in their spare time, mostly for the sake of participation, and would soon be eliminated.

After all, there’s quite a difference between esports in the virtual world and physical sports in reality.

But to his and many players’ surprise: in the past few days, not a single notable powerhouse team was eliminated!

Cloud Dream didn’t do any underhanded operations.

——The idea of assigning weak opponents to notable teams was something that Lincoln rejected from the beginning.

These powerhouse teams truly won their consecutive matches with their own strength.

The team called Chelsea even coincidentally ran into a team of game streamers from the UK.

That’s a small team of hardcore gamers quite known worldwide.

Their gaming skills are quite formidable, and they are the regular commanders in the UK war zone of [Battlefield’s Peak War].

In the eyes of UK players, this team has been the seed team for the UK division since they were established.

So, before the match began, everyone thought that the streamer team will surely win, even the fans of the Chelsea team were comforting each other: it’s okay, it’s okay, the team’s duty is to play football, this match is just a game, keep calm, keep calm.

But as the game began, the development of events surprised everyone—

The 5 players from the Chelsea team totally bloodbathed the 5 streamers throughout the match!

From the very first second of the game until the last second, the streamer team was completely suppressed and couldn’t make a splash.

The highly anticipated “seed team” was directly eliminated in the first round of selections.

The live video of that match went viral on the global internet that day!

The surprised players immediately started analysing the match and quickly found the reason:

Differences in height and leg length are quite small, and the difference in physical fitness is almost eliminated by the virtual world.

What really led the two teams to diverge was surprisingly the level of teamwork and coordination!

The 5 Chelsea team players were on an entirely different level of teamwork and coordination compared to the streamer team!

They could pass the mobile ball around, and their exhausted opponents could barely touch the ball!

If a football team could have such a huge advantage, then the rugby and basketball teams that use their hands to play would be even more adept at playing mobile ball, crushing their opponents one after another.

Even for the preliminary selection, the enthusiasm for these team games proved to be shockingly high!

After all, [Mobile Ball Game] is a novelty, and it takes time to develop new skills and tactics.

At this stage, having a team with a high level of tacit understanding is indeed the biggest advantage!

There are no shortage of players among them who have extraordinary sports talents and staggering physical coordination—

On the all-glass section of the race track, some can even pull off a 360° sprint slide!

This is not just running on walls anymore, it’s literally sliding on the ceiling!

Not only is the visual effect stunning, but the strength of an individual can turn the tide, dragging the entire team forward!

These players gained a huge amount of popularity in just a few days.

The only regret is that these players are mostly individuals.

In a short period of time, they would find it difficult to find teammates who are at the same level and develop a high level of tacit understanding.

Preliminary stages are not a problem, but once they’ve successfully entered the main competition, the intensity of the opposition gets ramped up, and the outlook will not be optimistic…

…

Lincoln thought about the current popularity of the [World Mobile Ball Championships], and when the main competition starts next week, it would probably become even more terrifying, which wouldn’t be the best time to launch “Dark Soul”.

But this Friday seems a bit rushed.

At this moment, he saw the time floating in the air of his virtual office:

「March 26th

14:18」

Suddenly, he had a funny thought—

“What if we announced that “Dark Soul” will be released on April 1st?”

“April 1st?” Randall and Fred’s first reaction, was confusion.

–Not launching on Friday, nor Saturday or Sunday, but on a workday, Tuesday?

What’s the reasoning?

Lincoln didn’t wait for their answer and quickly explained his thoughts:

“We first announce that it will be released at 8:00 a.m.

on April 1st, but at that time, we don’t actually go online, instead, we say to the players: [Happy April Fool’s Day]!”

“When the players believe that this is an April Fools’ joke, we wait for two more hours, then put the game online.”

“How about this idea?”

Lincoln excitedly said, “I feel like it could make the headlines!”

Randall and Fred were shocked by Lincoln’s outrageous idea.

They do believe it could make headlines.

But they can’t imagine how many players will send them hate-mail afterwards!

Still, after glancing at each other, they accepted the suggestion.

After all, the one who will receive the hate-mail is Lincoln…

Apart from this, they have one more thing to worry about—

“Now that the serious matter is over, it’s time to fulfill our bet!” Lincoln said with a smile, “Would you like to change now?

Or start wearing it tomorrow?”

“Um…

Boss.” Fred stuttered, “We could wear the plaid skirt…

but shouldn’t we abandon the feudal dregs of Scottish civilization?”

He didn’t mention the part about the underwear.

But as soon as Lincoln heard it, he immediately chuckled maliciously, “What do you guys think?

A deal’s a deal, isn’t it, friends!”

Randall and Fred felt utterly despair.

Fortunately, Lincoln quickly changed the topic and said, “Well, I’m not that evil, let’s compromise…”

Upon hearing this, both guys perked up immediately, their eyes full of hope, their faces screaming, “Please, spare us!”

Lincoln didn’t keep them in suspense and quickly proposed a “compromise”:

“You two can share one pair of underwear.”

“As for the specifics, who wears it, who doesn’t, or taking turns wearing it on alternate days…”

“That’s up to you guys!”

“?!!” Randall and Fred’s eyes bulged out.

They were completely dumbfounded by Lincoln’s absurd proposal.