Chapter 128: The Appearance of the Hero
"It's just that I seem to remember that a few days ago, South Korea and Samsung jointly announced that they would hold a WCG in Seoul, and I don't know how Tang Dynasty Network will respond to this?"
At this time, Mike remembered the news released by South Korea a few days ago.
"I think, Mr. Mike, you don't have to worry about that. There is a joint statement issued by our Tang Dynasty Network and Blizzard, I think that the WCG event in South Korea may be a joke. What's more, we have already gone to Deshlershan and Microsoft, hoping to unite more game companies to create this WCG event, what do you think? ”
"Oh, I didn't expect you guys to think so well. If that's the case, I don't have much to say. We at Blizzard completely agree with your company. Of course, we also hope that more Chinese players will enjoy our Blizzard games. ”
With a population of more than 1.2 billion, China has a market that is hard to estimate.
Nowadays, in the European and American markets, Blizzard has almost seized it, and in the next few years, the Chinese market is believed to be a good growth point. Mike's analysis is very good, there is such a good opportunity, how can he not agree. Moreover, if Blizzard does not agree, then there will be two WCGs in the world at that time, which will also be a problem for the spread of Blizzard's games.
"I think Blizzard made a wise decision."
"It should be Tang Dynasty Network that has made a wise strategy."
Mike smiled, and seemed to know why Tang Dynasty Network was joining forces with Blizzard.
"Hahaha, Mr. Mack is really humorous."
Both sides laughed when they heard the two of them talking like this. Subsequently, Liu Sichen took out a joint statement. On top of the WCG event, the imprint of Blizzard and Tang Dynasty Network was signed. In the afternoon of the same day, Liu Sichen came to Xueleshan Game Company with two declarations. It's going well, with the statement of Blizzard and Tang Dynasty Network, Xueleshan Game Company has nothing to disagree with. Moreover, the company is also an agent of Counter-Strike.
It's Microsoft, the last stop, the development company of the Age of Empires. After Liu Sichen negotiated with the person in charge of the Imperial Era, he found that Microsoft's attitude seemed to be somewhat ambiguous, that is, it did not agree or postpone.
When Liu Sichen saw this, he also knew it in his heart. Maybe Samsung has already contacted Microsoft, or maybe Microsoft also wants to see the limelight on both sides during this period of time. If the Korean WCG event suddenly became famous, naturally, Microsoft would definitely not participate in the WCG organized by China. If the Chinese side wins Korea, then there will be a step to Linchuan in the imperial era.
In the end, Liu Sichen had no choice but to go home.
Of course, when Liu Sichen went to negotiate with other game companies, Zhou Xiaoqiang was already accompanied by Mike and visited Blizzard's game development department together.
"Oh, Warcraft 3."
The department in front is Warcraft 3, and it doesn't seem that the name of Part 3 has been hung out yet.
"Your company's Warcraft is very good, especially the war mí fog system, which has been well reflected in the strategic confrontation."
If a real-time strategy game includes a war fog system, the player will only be able to see a small area around their troops. Once the troops leave this place, they will soon be enveloped in mí fog. If you can't constantly speculate on the psychology of the other party and guess the direction of the troops in the battle, then the opponent's sneak attack, ambush and other tactics will immediately make you suffer.
This initiative has been copied by a large number of game companies and has become a common standard for most strategy game operations.
Although Zhou Xiaoqiang is doing online games, he still admires this war fog system very much. Therefore, when he saw Warcraft 3, Zhou Xiaoqiang did not hesitate to praise the Warcraft 2 developed by Blizzard.
"It's a pity that ......"
At this time, Zhou Xiaoqiang said with a little pity.
"I didn't expect Mr. Zhou to know so much about our Blizzard products, but I don't know what Mr. Zhou regrets?"
"It's a pity that although Warcraft has added a series of ideas, the confrontation of real-time strategy is not very strong."
In fact, before Warcraft 2, Blizzard had been subjected to bad reviews of plagiarism. It wasn't until Warcraft 2 came out that Blizzard formed its own style of play. For example, the right-click to move, the left-click selection of the operating system has also been established after the launch of Warcraft 2.
"Mr. Zhou really got the eye, it is precisely because of the various flaws of Warcraft 2 that we also began to develop Warcraft 3. To this end, we have also added different races to Demon Craft 3, making the gameplay richer and more strategic. But I'm really sorry, Warcraft 3 is under development, and we can't take Mr. Zhou to visit. ”,
"It's okay, I don't know if your company has ever thought about integrating a hero's horn into Warcraft."
"Heroes?"
Several R&D members shook their heads, not understanding what Zhou Xiaoqiang meant by heroes.
"I have a plan here, and I'd love to study it with you."
Originally, it was just to visit Blizzard, but after Zhou Xiaoqiang mentioned the game, several people began to discuss the game again.
You know, Blizzard's employees are game freaks. If you don't know how to play games, you will not be recruited. When it comes to gaming, almost everyone has a hobby. For the hero that Zhou Xiaoqiang just proposed, they are also more interested in it. Of course, as the president of Blizzard, Mike also thinks that it is a good choice to listen to the opinions of Tang Dynasty Network.
In this way, the group of people gave up and continued to visit and returned to the conference room. At this time, Zhou Xiaoqiang took out a piece of information. Then he said, "This is the frozen throne of Warcraft planned by our Tang Dynasty network, and I originally wanted to come to your company to buy the plot of Warcraft 2, but after we learned about the quality of your game, we were deeply moved by your professionalism, and we are also very willing to contribute this plan." If we can, we at Tang Dynasty Network hope to be able to jointly develop with Blizzard. ”
Hearing Zhou Xiaoqiang's proposal, Mike did not agree, but said apologetically to Zhou Xiaoqiang, "Wait a minute, let's take a look at your company's plan first." ”
What kind of cooperation or not, let's read this plan first.
With that, Mike opened the document and took a serious look at the plan.
It should be said that the setting in the Frozen Throne is in the same vein as the Warcraft series. So, when Mike looks, it's easy. Just by looking at it, you can understand the meaning of the document. After just watching it for three minutes, Mike's eyes suddenly lit up and he felt that this plan was good. Ten minutes later, Mike moved a little. Half an hour later, Mike finally put the document down. I saw that his hands were trembling, as if he couldn't help it, but then he shouted, "GOOD, how did you Tang Dynasty Network think of this?" ”
Although there are some plans in this plan, Blizzard also thinks of it. But as Mike, he didn't think that the Tang Dynasty network plagiarized Blizzard. Because the game has been developed to a certain extent, there are some settings that everyone knows, but they just don't implement this function. That's not the main thing, though. The most important thing is this plan, but it throws out one of the most classic strategic gameplay.
After reading this plan, Mike realized what Zhou Xiaoqiang meant by the hero just now.