"Zhang, did you know that Dota has gained a lot of love from gamers since it was completely updated. Many people now play Warcraft and designate the Dota map. Moreover, in major Internet cafes now, you can see friends who play Dota together with 5 seats from time to time. I never imagined that Dota would one day be able to reach such a point. Zhang, thank you very much, because this qiē is all your credit. ”

This is a letter written by Ice Frog to Zhang Ning.

After receiving the email, Zhang Ning knew that his League of Legends plan could be launched.

Zhang Ning wrote back to the Ice Frog and asked him to add his MSN number.

"Zhang, is that you?"

When Zhang Ning's MSN number was added, the ice frog couldn't help but be excited.

The one in front of him is the genius he has always admired.

"Yes, hello."

"Zhang, it's okay for you, when can I meet you, if you don't have time, I can come to China."

I don't know why, although Zhang Ning rejected the ice frog, the ice frog still wanted to see Zhang Ning very much.

"I'm sorry, but I can't show up for the time being. We'll see each other soon, though. ”

"Really?"

"Really."

"That's great, I'll give you a surprise when we meet."

"Surprise, what surprise."

"Well, I can't say that yet. By the way, Zhang, do you have something to say if you asked me to add your MSN number? ”

"Yes."

Zhang Ning nodded.

"Ice frog, I want to ask you a question."

"What questions, you ask."

"Why did you want to develop Dota maps before?"

"This ......"

Ice Frog thought for a moment, "I just felt that the original Warcraft was too difficult to operate, so I changed the original setting of operating multiple heroes to operating one hero. But, as you know, the idea didn't work out at all. If it weren't for the series of updates you mentioned, I'm afraid that not many people would know about Dota at all right now. ”

"No, your idea is pretty good, it's just that you're not perfect. That's not what I'm asking, though. What I want to ask is, now that Dota is so popular, do you have any other ideas. ”

"Other ideas?"

"What else do you think?"

"Are you just going to let Dota go on like this?"

"Isn't that great?"

The ice frog didn't know what Zhang Ning wanted to say.

"Khan ......"

Zhang Ning burst into tears.

Could it be that the ice frog on the other side didn't find the value of Dota at all?

For this reason, Zhang Ning also said directly, "Haven't you thought about opening a company?" ”

"Start a company?"

The ice frog was still stunned.

"What kind of company to open, is it possible to open a company like Dota, this doesn't seem to work?"

The ice frog seems to have some clear answers.

"Why not?"

"Dota is just a map, so it's too simple to turn it into a separate game."

"Simple?"

Zhang Ning smiled and said, "Is CS simple?" For me, Dota is a lot more complicated than CS. Isn't CS just a first-person battle game that shoots at someone with a gun, he can be a game, why can't DOTA? ”

"Zhang, it seems that you are right."

Although the ice frog still disagrees, it can't refute it.

After thinking about it, the ice frog continued, "Well, there's still a problem. Our copyright issue, Dota is based on Warcraft, and many of the heroes in it refer to Warcraft. If we make Dota independent, I'm afraid Blizzard will appeal against us. And, even if they don't sue us, they just use a Dota that is not compatible with us. Then, our Dota is going to be doomed. ”

"So, we had to use our own game engine, and we had to develop the entire Dota game separately, that is, we could run Dota without relying on Warcraft. Also, we had to get permission from Blizzard before we could develop Dota. That said, we had to find a way to get Blizzard to recognize the legitimacy of Dota Maps. ”

"I'm afraid it's a little hard."

The ice frog shook his head.

"Blizzard has adopted a custom map setup that allows all players around the world to customize the map. However, they will never admit that it is not an official Blizzard map. ”

"That's just before, it's now, not necessarily."

"I've made a trip to Blizzard these days, maybe they will not only agree, but on the contrary, they will give you a sum of money for nothing."

……

Blizzard.

"Mohan, good news, super good news."

Bobbi, co-founder of Blizzard, excitedly said to the other founder, Mohan, who is the CEO of Blizzard.

"Do you know what our Warcraft sales numbers are for May?"

"How much?"

"1,000,000 sets."

"What ......"

Mohan was shocked.

Although Mohan has felt that Warcraft has become popular again recently.

However, Mohan only thinks that this is the result of the excavation of the essence of Warcraft.

However, when Poppy said the sales figure of 1 million, Mohan was stunned.

You know, this is a 1-month sales figure.

And, it's not the first month that sales have started.

Often after the first month of sales, some of the following months, the table xiàn is average.

However, at this time, there is a record of sales exceeding 1 million copies in a single month.

Miracles, absolutely miracles.

"Mohan, the sales record in May is up 300% from the previous month and 450% compared to the same period last year."

Poppy kept reading the number jù, and the whole office was filled with joy.

"Great."

"As soon as the monster comes out, who will compete."

"What other game can compare to our Warcraft?"

"With such a powerful number, what does it matter if the Chinese side is completely defeated?"

For such a number, both of them are overjoyed.

However, after the two were overjoyed, Mohan asked strangely, "By the way, Bobby, has there been any investigation into the specific reason?" ”

While you're happy about the surge in sales, as a game developer, you also need to figure out why it's up to you.

On the one hand, it makes the heart more steady.

On the other hand, I also want to figure out the reason before moving forward.

"Like, it has something to do with Dota."

Poppy said uncertainly.

“dota？”

Mohan felt a little amused, "Bobby, no, Dota is just a map." Moreover, he is not a map that we developed, and he has so much power? ”

Although Mohan also saw that many people have been playing Dota recently, Mohan is not impressed.

Dota is so simple, just in pursuit of killing, not strategic at all.

It's okay to play such a map, but to say that such a map has caused players to buy a lot, Mohan doesn't believe it.

"I don't think so."

"But we could do a survey. Take a look at some of these new users who bought our Warcraft for why. ”

"Yes, we have to do this investigation, we have to figure out why."

A few days later, Mohan and Bobby were dumbfounded when they looked at the random inspection numbers fed back by the marketing department.

Among them, 30% of players find Warcraft fun and buy it.

However, the other 70% of players do not know how to play Warcraft, and they also say that they are not old users of Warcraft 2 or 1 before.

When asked why they bought Warcraft, they unanimously replied that they were interested in Dota.