Chapter 27: The Charm of Total Greed
Obviously, the appearance of this video made netizens feel a little unexpected.
Lecturer Ding had to choose to block the barrage before he could see the operation in this video clearly.
The video is more than 30 minutes long, but for players of the game "Sisyphus", it is incredibly short.
Because the best record on the whole network created by the anchor Black Dragon is also 49 minutes!
At first, Lecturer Ding subconsciously thought that this video did not run the whole way, after all, the time was too short, and the official list ranking was not refreshed.
But after watching the whole video, Lecturer Ding was silent.
This 33-minute video really finishes the whole process!
The reason why there is no official record is that this player chose to push a large rock off a cliff just before arriving in the Garden of Eden, so this result was not recorded.
Why?
Lecturer Ding is also not clear.
Regardless, the video is really uncut and proves that the fastest playthrough time for Sisyphus can be compressed into 33 minutes.
What shocked Lecturer Ding even more was that this person's gameplay could be described in two words.
That's ......
All greedy!
What is greed?
This concept comes from the speedrunning player community.
In the process of pursuing "the fastest way to clear a certain game", players will fix the clearance process and continue to optimize it.
And in the process of clearing the level, players often encounter a dilemma many times: should they choose a safe but longer route? Or take a dangerous but shorter route?
This dangerous but short-lived route may require the player to solve a special bug, or to take advantage of a special game mechanic, or simply to require a high level of player control.
It often comes with a high level of risk, and failure can be lost.
When players choose to try these high-risk operations in order to shorten the clearance time, they are called "greedy".
For the average player, they tend to be more rational and conservative about the question of "whether to be greedy or not".
Take the two anchors "Black Dragon" and "Lao Lu" who are competing for the first place at this time.
They never go for the fastest route without thinking, but prefer to break the record by "squeezing toothpaste".
The reason is simple.
First of all, the fastest route is necessarily the riskiest route, and there are many points that can be greedy in it, which is actually very uneconomical. It may not have half the success rate, but even if it does, it will increase the recording time by a minute at most.
If the success rate of each of the five key points is less than half, then the success rate after the superposition will be less than 3%, which is a simple math problem.
Records can be broken by optimizing elsewhere, so why take such a big risk to push the limit?
To successfully run out of total greed, it may take two or three days to run, and the risk is too great.
It takes not only extreme skill, but also a strong mindset and a little bit of luck, and even the latter two are far more important than the former.
Secondly, slowly breaking the record by squeezing the toothpaste can maintain the heat to the maximum.
Like many Olympic champions, in the absence of strong competitors, even if they have the ability to directly improve the world record, they tend to hold back and slowly break the record.
Therefore, all things considered, whether it is from the perspective of the game or from the perspective of reality, "total greed" is not a rational choice.
But the master in this video doesn't seem to understand these unspoken rules at all.
Directly chose "All Greed"!
In other words, all the places that can be optimized and improved in the current route have chosen the faster road, regardless of how high the probability of failure of this road is!
And the most shocking part of this "total greed" gameplay is, of course, the theme of this video, "Five Dragons Flap Their Wings".
Lecturer Ding watched the five dragon wings over and over again without saying a word.
It can only be said that it is amazing!
As the discoverer of Long Flapping Wings, Lecturer Ding knew better than anyone how difficult this operation was. Whether it is the timing of the start of acceleration, the distance, or the position of the jump, there are very strict restrictions, and the difference can be a thousand miles.
Of course, players will definitely choose to "mark the point".
But just like the driver's license test, even if you remember the point, you should panic when you really get to the test room, and you will still fail if you fail.
But the person in the video is like an unmistakable machine, although there are some small flaws and small mistakes, but in the process of the five dragon wings flapping, it is almost perfect!
Five consecutive dragon flapping wings, the visual effect is simply off the charts, and each time it will arouse the audience's amazement.
After watching the video, the audience in the live broadcast room was also stunned.
"I'll go, where is this sacred?"
"Who's playing Tai Chi!"
"A casual game to do such a volume??"
"It's really silky!"
"I've opened my eyes with a knife, can this game still be played like this? This shell lang flew in the sky with a dung ball all the time? ”
"I thought this game was polio for everyone to play, I was wrong!"
"Only people who have never played this game will think that this operation is very awesome, and those who have played it have already knelt down, this is not an operation that people can play at all!"
"This is a race, all greedy brother is awesome! Unlike the two forces of Heilong and Lao Lu, they squeezed the toothpaste every day, squeezed from 53 points to 51 points and then to 49 points for three days, and now it's okay, Brother Quan's greed will give you all sharks directly! ”
At a time when everyone was shocked by this "all greedy brother", Hei Long and Lao Lu, two anchors who specialized in live broadcasting the "Sisyphus" race, also felt unprecedented pressure.
Because of this video, the recording of the game was greatly reduced from 49 minutes to 33 minutes.
Although I don't know why the author of the video finally took the initiative to push the big rock off the cliff and gave up uploading the record, the video is here, and all players have recognized it.
In other words, all Sisyphus players who want to pursue the limit and become the new number one must meet two conditions at the same time: first, complete the five consecutive dragon wings, and second, the time is shorter than 33 minutes!
Otherwise, it won't be recognized by anyone.
Heilong and Lao Lu were already sweating, they each silently lit a cigarette, and then started running the speedrun of "Sisyphus" again.
And this time, their goal has all become 'Five Dragons Flapping Wings'.
And by the time Lecturer Ding watched this video, the wind direction in his live broadcast room also changed 180 degrees!
Originally, the audience was a little tired of watching, but now that Lecturer Ding has successfully scored 12th place, and has also made a successful dragon flapping wings during the period, everyone feels that it can almost be over.
But the appearance of this video made their challenge soul burn again!
"Xiao Ding! See, there are already five dragons flapping their wings! ”
"Like, we can't afford to lose! It's still 10 minutes away from the world's No. 1! ”
"Now that you, Heilong, and Lao Lu are on the same starting line, it's up to you to break the world record first."
"Run! Keep running! Let everyone see the strength of our Ding family's army! ”
Seeing that the sailors in the live broadcast room were so united, Lecturer Ding was also quite moved.
"Good! Brothers, since you are all so optimistic about me and support me, then I will fight again!
"Although there are no more orders for this game, I will continue to broadcast it for another week! Our goal is to challenge the five-in-a-row dragon to flap its wings and challenge the world's first in this game! ”
Lecturer Ding felt that his blood was about to boil, and he reopened the game "Sisyphus" and began to challenge again!
……
"Poof!!"
Seeing this scene, Lilith almost spurted out a mouthful of old blood.
She never expected that Lecturer Ding would continue to broadcast the game even though she had stopped giving money.
And she didn't expect that the impact of this incident would be far more than that!
Gu Fan looked at the various negative emotional prompts that appeared in his field of vision, and it was obvious that the situation had changed a little bit.
Originally, with the withdrawal of a group of old players, the negative emotions generated by this game showed signs of recovery, but now, the negative emotions began to fall down rapidly, and they became worse!
Obviously, this video didn't just make the streamers sweat and make Sisyphus's top racing track even more rolling, it also brought a large number of veteran players back to the pit!
Why did these old players who would cut their negative sentiment points quit the pit?
To put it bluntly, it is a temporary loss of purpose in the game.
But now, they have a new goal, and this video of "All Greedy" inspires everyone who is playing "Sisyphus"!