EBE Chapter 15 Chicken Pot
Chapter 15 Chicken Pot
"Three cannons, eight fire sunflowers, three rows of Gatling guns, and all sorts of walls—how are you going to lose this round?"
Because Tangren Media provided a test version, most other streamers had already finished testing the content by this time.
So all the other viewers who are interested in Plants vs. Zombies are now stuck in the only live stream that's still running.
Old Immortal excitedly shouted at the screen, but the comments on the screen were completely different from his live stream content.
"I thought it was a sure thing, but after what the old master said..."
"The only difficulty that prevents Lao Xian from passing the level is his own mouth."
"Wait, are they trying to play the 'poisonous milk' character here too? With this lineup, as long as the old immortal doesn't intentionally feed, we're guaranteed to win."
Those interested in Plants vs. Zombies are mostly viewers from the console gaming community, and they have more or less heard of the console game "Old Boys".
Unlike his brother Bancheng, Laoxian's style is that he's a bit less skilled, but he's smart. However, his mouth is too sharp, and what he says always changes the established situation.
Some classic examples include:
"Brazil thrashes Germany!"
"How can you lose when Gundam is right in front of you?"
There are even abstract operations like reviving the dead.
Lao Xian naturally saw the discussion in the comments, and he laughed, as he never believed in any unfounded jinxes.
"Okay, with this lineup, I can get through at least five rounds. If I can't, I'll just randomly select twenty viewers from the chat to treat them to chicken hot pot, okay? Of course, if I do get through, new viewers have to follow me!"
Because of Plants vs. Zombies, tonight's audience is about twice as big as usual. Lao Xian decided to take this opportunity to increase his fan base.
Of course, his lineup also supports him in doing so. Even if he does nothing now, as long as he fires the cannons on time when they are off cooldown, he can easily get through ten waves.
The new audience members expressed their dissatisfaction.
"Just say you don't want to smoke."
"Even if my grandma came, there would be ten more waves."
"Seriously, is this how you try to get attention?"
The veteran viewers burst into laughter.
"Thank you for the chicken hot pot, Master!"
"Old Immortal, Old Immortal, I've been your fan for ten years, can you cheat on me?"
"He still can't forget his chicken stew."
The comments were highly polarized, and just as Lao Xian was about to say something to save face, his mouse suddenly froze.
"No, stop messing around..."
Before he could finish speaking, the screen suddenly went black, and the image of various plants floating around on the screen disappeared.
The old immortal was instantly dumbfounded, his face turning deathly pale.
"Don't worry, it's just a brief lag. This game has in-game saves, so you can just restart from here."
Those who had previously accused Lao Xian of cheating for attention were now stunned; they never imagined the game could end like this.
So, does that mean your words will become law?
When Lao Xian re-entered the game, the progress he should have made up to wave 18 had disappeared.
The science-believing anchor collapsed onto his desk in despair.
At that moment, a paid message appeared in the live stream.
Binhai Half Street: Are you there? When are you going to draw chicken pot?
The entire live stream fell silent for a moment after those words, then all the comments filled the chat with:
Are you there? When are we going to draw chicken pot?
"Wait, bro, aren't your kidney stones hurting anymore? How come you have time to kick me when I'm down!"
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Looking at the chicken pot redemption code he had just won, Tang She put the half-opened instant noodles back and ordered chicken pot directly from the food delivery platform.
Although the Plants vs. Zombies livestream became a huge hit, he wasn't worried at all; in fact, he had expected it.
Given the level of attention Tangren Games receives, it's impossible for others not to stream their new games.
Since that's the case, we might as well take the initiative.
The games Tang She released were all modified versions.
The guide version is set to the highest difficulty by default, the gacha version is likely to give you useless cards, and the hybrid version is prone to crashing.
As for the hybrid version?
The fusion version is still using the Primordial Chaos Wooden Stick to fight the Mystic Ice World-Destroying Lobster.
It's not attractive at all.
Therefore, these games all have some minor flaws. Players can enjoy watching them, but when asked to play them themselves, most will wave their hands and refuse, repeatedly saying "no, no, no".
First, leave them with the impression that Plants vs. Zombies is poorly made.
Then there's the pricing. A price of 58 is practically the maximum the system can tolerate. If it weren't for Tang She creating so many versions of the game, no one would have agreed to this price.
This is the third step, and also the most crucial one.
Even some more forgiving players, who don't care about the various minor bugs in Plants vs. Zombies, or its price which is far above the market price, are still affected.
At that point, they will find that they can't play the version they want at all.
The version that the streamers received can only be unlocked after completing the normal version.
Admittedly, the standard version is a good game, even better than those modified versions.
But you have to admit that the various versions that came with preconceived notions have already raised the bar for players.
They've already seen all sorts of novel ways to play, so asking them to go back to the first level and plant peas to fight zombies would likely be something they'd refuse to do.
At that point, even these tolerant players will lose their temper and demand refunds.
Meanwhile, Tang She didn't give up on the Three Kingdoms Kill game either.
He selected two divine generals, Zhang Liao and Guan Yu, from the pool of divine generals, while the other two ordinary generals were Cao Ang and Sun Luyu.
The first two divine generals are of average strength and have low popularity, while the divine Guan Yu is basically someone that everyone wants to fight.
Cao Ang and Sun Luyu were designed specifically to counter the previous batch of generals, effectively eliminating Da Bao and Liu Yan.
Without Da Bao and Liu Yan, these two generals are only so-so in strength.
This design not only resulted in lower general strength, but also made players feel that the previous "Tiger Talisman" was not as valuable as they had imagined.
Even if the existing generals are strong, they will be countered by newly released generals.
But if you don't buy it, that won't work either. You'll realize your mistake when you encounter powerful generals that you can't counter.
After thinking for a long time, Tang She finally managed to reverse the situation that might have occurred in the previous plan.
After finishing the chicken hotpot in front of us, it was already past midnight.
The newly released Plants vs. Zombies has already sold two thousand copies.
This game costs 58 yuan.
Although Tang She went through great lengths to bring the development and marketing costs to nearly 800,000.
But after selling 30,000 copies of the game and deducting the platform's share, it will definitely break even.
Keep in mind that it's midnight now, and the game has only been on sale for a little over ten minutes.
If sales continue at this rate, the game might break even by this time tomorrow night.
But Tang She wasn't worried. He was confident that his arrangements were absolutely correct and that the games would definitely be refunded by tomorrow morning.