Chapter 003: The Open Beta Begins
On the basketball court of No. 1 Middle School, Zhang Ming and Pan Jun played a team, Meng Xiaofan and Li Pet played 2v2. I saw that Zhang Ming ignored Li Chong's defense, threw the ball outside the three-point line, basketball, and hollowed into the net. "Hehe, I just like to fight you, it's not difficult, and then watch you get punished. It's already 3 balls, spring, Xiaofan hurriedly did 10 push-ups. After Zhang Ming saw the ball scored, he said to everyone with a smile.
"Are you bullying us with your height, it's not difficult, and you still play with us every day." After speaking, Meng Xiaofan leaned down and prepared to do push-ups.
"You've heard of Blizzard, right?" Zhang Ming looked at the two people who were still doing push-ups and suddenly asked.
"Blizzard products must be high-quality. Who doesn't know, Dark, Interstellar, Warcraft, it's all out of it. Standing on the side, Pan Jun glanced at Zhang Ming, not knowing why he would ask this question.
"Blizzard has released its latest online game, World of Warcraft, and it will have an open beta test on the mainland tomorrow. I mean, let's all play together, and I'm sure you're going to love it. Zhang Ming looked up at the sky and said indifferently, he had been waiting for this day for a long time.
The next day, April 26, 2005, the day that all Chinese players had been waiting for finally came. The World of Warcraft continent region represented by Trench City (pure spoof, 9c forgive me) began public testing, and countless players sat down at the computer and began their journey.
In a spacious room, there are five top-of-the-line computers, four of which sit in front of four young men, they are still immature, some have grown a few sparse beards, they are Zhang Ming and his friends. And the room in the community next door to the school was also the real estate of Zhang Ming's father's real estate company one year ago. So Zhang Ming asked his father for a set, saying that he would not go home at noon every day in the next 6 years of junior high school and high school, but would return to this home to rest, for which he also hired a part-time worker to be responsible for food and room cleaning at noon every day. And from today on, there will be a few more people in this room at noon every day, and they are the sworn friends who accompany Zhang Ming to fight in the World of Warcraft.
"Brother-in-law,Your computer is very good.,More than my NB at home.,Look,Ben Si 3.0,Independent graphics card,2G memory,120G hard disk,21-inch "liquid" crystal screen。。 Good stuff, good stuff. It was Meng Xiaofan who spoke, and since he entered the house, Meng Xiaofan sat in front of the computer and studied it.
"Da Ming, you can afford to play with you now, I don't care if I live or die in the future." Pan Jun said to his family today that he was not riding home at noon but taking a lunch break at Zhang Ming's house to review, and the family agreed when they heard that the child was so keen on learning, and gave Pan Jun 100 yuan, saying that he would buy more things for Zhang Ming's family, and he couldn't eat and live in vain, but if they knew that their son didn't go home every day to play online games, they didn't know how they would feel.
"Don't worry about this, I'll find some famous teachers for you on Saturdays and Sundays, I'm opening a small stove for you, and then in your free time you are going to play World of Warcraft, and the high school entrance examination is definitely a problem. I forgot to tell you that I plan to take a leave of absence from school, go home and study as planned, and then go back to school when the time comes for the exams. Zhang Ming said to the people who were still studying the computer.
"You don't even want to go to school now, what should I do for the high school entrance examination?" Li Pet is actually similar to Pan Jun, and he also lied to his family, saying that he had the first buddy in his age to tutor him, and his family only let him go.
"I really don't care about the high school entrance examination, even if I am asked to take the college entrance examination now, I am not afraid. Now, I want to know, can you support me, fight with me, maybe you don't know that I have been waiting for this day for a long time. Zhang Ming said sincerely.
"Brother-in-law, you are different from us, and I don't know how your brain grows, I have never seen you take the second exam, you have always been the first, you were in elementary school, and you still are." Meng Xiaofan didn't want to go home when he looked at the computer, and he wanted to talk about things like Zhang Ming and review them by himself, but he knew that his mother would definitely not agree.
"Well, I've answered this question many times, I'm a genius. Hey. This explanation is classic. Zhang Ming replied with a smile. He also knew that he didn't care about the high school entrance examination, and it was impossible for others not to care about the opinions of their families, even though his group of sworn friends had spent more time in the Internet café in their previous lives than he had spent in Internet cafes.
"Daming, we can only do so much now, after all, we are still junior high school students, if our parents know, it is estimated that we can peel off a layer of my skin." Pan Jun was also very helpless, he really didn't want his family to be unhappy because of this. "I know, if you can come today, I will be very content, we are all brothers, and I won't say anything else. Come on, let's start our first day in World of Warcraft. ”
"Da Ming, how do you get this in, I don't have an account." Li Pet looked at the login interface and said helplessly. The client for 5 computers was downloaded by Zhang Ming long ago.
"You search the ditch city, this time the World of Warcraft is their agent, go to their official website and quickly register an account, this public beta also has a number limit, and you can't register in a few days. Each of you signs up for a few more in case you need it. Zhang Ming hurriedly instructed them to register accounts. ,I remember that in my last life, the registration time only existed for a few days, so much so that later there were people selling public beta IDs on the Internet, as if it was 5 yuan for a number.
"Gutter City, that's a funny name. Brother-in-law, I'm registered. Which district should we choose? Meng Xiaofan Mali registered an account, and then didn't know which region to activate.
"Stupid, let's this is Netcom fiber, of course we chose Netcom Zone 2, didn't I see that Zone 1 is Telecom. Later, let's all go to the Demon Slayer Valley server in Region 2. Zhang Ming said.
(PS: The previous part of this article has been overhauled several times, but each time it is unsatisfactory, and in the end it can only be like this.) Here's a reminder for some new readers, because it was a little whimsical at the beginning, and I wanted to write some emotional drama, but it was written so well, if you can't stand it, jump over, and there will be a lot of O texts behind. As for why Rebirth played Warcraft, in fact, it was just because I wanted to write a Warcraft memory essay, YY, it's just a matter of setting. Recommendation and collection are your greatest support for Drifting, are the motivation for Drifting to continue writing, if you have extra tickets on hand, please support Drifting, thank you again and again. )