Chapter 53: The Honest Man
"This is the famous "Honest Man"?" He An faced these old-fashioned bookshelves made of solid wood, and saw the publications printed with cartoon girl characters on them.
Let He An feel like he was back when he was a child.
He reached out and picked up a volume, stroked the smooth cover, and weighed the classification of this 'newspaper', giving him the feeling that this was not so much a newspaper as a magazine like "Manyou", "Science Fiction World", and "Popular Software".
'A little, a little nostalgic. ’
He An muttered quietly, as if he had returned to the summer of eleven or twelve, in front of the rotating fan, turning the pages of the magazine to himself.
"Brother An, do you suddenly remember when you were a child?" Li Jin said with a smile on the side, but seeing He An nodded mechanically, he explained:
"One issue once said that the founder really wanted to publish a newspaper with some new news and some new rules."
"But then they found that there were too many things they wanted to express, so they changed the newspaper to an irregular magazine, but the name is said to be very reluctant to be changed by the founder, so it is still called "Honest People's Daily".
"These contents are the stories of the editorial department that are told about Diyou."
"What? And the story of the editorial department? He An asked a little messy.
And Li Jin put on a reasonable look and said:
"Yes, without an editorial office, how did this magazine come about?"
"Anyone else editing?" He An took a deep breath, he felt that he had underestimated the system a little.
He had thought that the battle royale system was just a cold program created by the gods, but now it seemed that he had completely mistaken his thoughts.
He An looked down at the magazine in his hand, and his eyes just fell on the buoy in this issue.
It was typed in pale pink font with a heart symbol: 'To the love of you.' ’
This cute art style is a bit out of place with the brutal system, but it's surprisingly acceptable.
"That, Brother An, if it's okay, you can read the magazine here for a while, and I'll go over there to go on the Internet for a while."
"Hmm." He An's eyes were firmly fixed on the magazine, and he nodded a little mechanically, and only after saying that he reacted and raised his head and asked:
"Surfing the Internet?"
Seeing this, Li Jin raised his hand and pointed to the deepest part of the library hall, where there was indeed a computer, and the monitor was still the old-fashioned 'big head' model.
"It's nostalgic too." He An couldn't help but sigh.
And Li Jin said with a smile as he walked over there:
"Yes, it's been a long time since I've been online, and I still feel the best with this kind of computer."
After saying that, the others walked quickly into the depths, leaving He An alone to face these magazines.
He An rubbed the cover with his index finger, waited for the surroundings to be completely quiet, took a deep breath, and then slowly opened the magazine in his hand and read it out quietly.
Table of Contents:
"The key to battle, the art of winning a hundred battles."
"Interview with the designer, the principle and basis of card hierarchy."
"Latest Frontiers: Tasks will be divided into Class AB."
"Huh?" He An was suddenly stunned when he saw this, he remembered that Li Jin said that the tasks were divided into three categories, and now this book said that the tasks were just about to start being classified.
In other words, this is a very early version of the magazine, so early that it has not even appeared in the C category.
He An looked back at the cover, and then noticed that under the main and subtitle, there was a line of dark gold words, which read "Third Issue".
Since the rules of the system are constantly changing, magazines from too early ago are not worth reading.
He An casually put the third issue back on the shelf, and then he stepped over a few copies and took out an eleventh issue from the bookshelf and put it in his hand.
He An noticed that the cover design of the eleventh issue of the magazine was much better than that of the third issue, not only in addition to some eye-catching subheadings in the cover part, but also in the cartoon characters drawn more beautifully and gorgeously than in the early days.
He An calmly opened the cover, his gaze still staying in the catalog area:
"Mall Upgrade: Limited Time Spike Giveaway."
"Interview with the Battle Designer: Thinking Less about Balance."
"The story of the editorial department: newcomer Xia Li, come to report."
He An's eyes were firmly fixed on the three words of balance, although he knew that this was also an old journal, but for the core issue of balance, he believed that the system would not make much changes.
So, according to the guidance of the table of contents, He An flipped to page 18.
I saw that in addition to the above title, a two-headed cartoon girl was also drawn on the right side of the title, she held a big horn and wrote: Xia Li Interview Part 1. ”
And then there's the body part:
"Hello everyone, I'm Xia Li, a rookie editor full of vitality, and I'm honored to invite ...... today"
He An looked back and suddenly frowned, because the text behind that should show the name of the interviewee turned out to be a set of hieroglyphs that he couldn't understand.
'Is this an encryption method? So it's better not to say it directly. He An looked around and scratched his head, but he didn't pay attention to this, so he crossed the group of names and quickly flipped down.
He looked beyond the useless opening lines, and after flipping through a page, he finally saw useful information:
"The balance of the battle is the most critical part of the system, and it is inevitable that the strength of the participating teams will be strong and weak, but if you must let the strong team beat the weak team, and let the duel become the brainless output of the participating parties, then I think this is a major failure of the battle design."
He An nodded when he saw this, and he firmly believed in the concept that 'the system does not create a game that must be lost'.
"So, we take the following aspects into account when we design."
"1. Matching principle: try to match teams with similar levels to play."
"Second, the conditions for victory should create a variety of winning possibilities for all parties and avoid the confrontation turning into a rigid war of attrition."
"Third, the battlefield environment should be moderately tilted towards the weak side, which can provide a battlefield environment that is favorable to the weak team."
"Fourth, the role of the task, to make the winning team grow, not only combat effectiveness, but also willpower, adaptability, planning ability and execution."
"Fifth, accurate evaluation should be able to effectively summarize and analyze the performance of all parties and further optimize the battle strategy."
He An quickly flipped through the article, quickly skimming over other contents that did not mean much, and finally on the next page, he saw the following:
"Thinking about the tilt of the weak, for example, the weak team is good at stealing the body, then we will arrange jungle battles, street battles and other battlefield environments as much as possible, so that the weak team can deal with the opponent by creating traps, sneak attacks, etc."
"Or if the weak team is suitable for water warfare, then we will arrange water combat missions to limit the performance of the strong team and increase the chances of the weak team winning."
"Remember, balance is the essence of the battle mission, and if you lose it, you lose the meaning of the system."
Seeing this, He An nodded with satisfaction, and sure enough, as Brother Liu Zheng said, this "Honest People's Daily" is very useful.
He flipped through the eleventh issue at random, and when he saw that it was full of trivial content, he immediately closed the magazine.
Begin to reach for the latest installment.