This Is Not a Bug but a Game Feature-Chapter 206 - 149: Purely for Fun, Don’t Take It Seriously!
The time has come to May.
With the arrival of summer, the temperatures across the country are gradually rising, starting to have that hot summer feeling.
The animation of the same name, adapted from the game "Star Emperor" and produced by Xuanji Animation, has finally finished broadcasting its first season.
This work started airing in January of this year, and at the pace of two episodes a week, it should have finished broadcasting in April.
However, due to the interruptions for the Chinese New Year and Lantern Festival holidays, it was cut off for two whole weeks, so it wasn’t until this May that the 24 episodes were completed.
The animation tells the passionate story of a young man with the surname Ji, born with the rare Star Sky Body, who rises from adversity, overwhelming divine talents, and ultimately proves to become a Great Emperor.
That’s right!
The plot is mostly original...
There’s no other choice, the main storyline of the "Star Emperor" game is really thin, and if the animation production team didn’t create original content, this animation truly couldn’t be made.
But although it’s mostly original, the animation also respects the game’s plot, with the basic character settings and story background not changed too much.
The first season has only 24 episodes.
In just 24 episodes, it’s definitely impossible to portray the grand life of the Star Emperor, and at the end of the first season, the Star Emperor hasn’t even broken through to the Saint Realm...
Quite awkward!
In the game, the first scene of the main storyline is the Star Emperor breaking through to the Saint Realm and then attacking the Star Sacred Land for revenge, personally destroying this human Holy Land that stood for hundreds of thousands of years on Dubhe.
But in the animation, over 20 episodes in, the protagonist Ji Xingkong hasn’t broken through to the Saint Realm, leaving Chen Ba speechless.
Of course!
Though he finds it absurd, he can actually understand the rationale of the animation production team. After all, the game story spans a large arc, and if they really followed the game’s plot, the climax would be reached by episode 12.
By laying more groundwork in the early stages, especially by shaping the villain of the Star Sacred Land, the second season will have a more satisfying feel of revenge when the Star Emperor breaks through to the Saint Realm and attacks the Star Sacred Land!
The story is still quite good.
Xuanji genuinely put a lot of effort into this animation; from production to storyline, all aspects have reached the industry’s top level.
Ji Xingkong, born extraordinary.
Seen as the hope for the family’s revival at birth, who would have expected his Star Sky Body to also bring doom to the family.
The family perished, parents and relatives died miserably before his eyes, and the young Ji Xingkong prematurely experienced the cruelty of the cultivation world, vowing to seek revenge on the Star Sacred Land...
Afterwards, he mistakenly entered the dojo of the Emperor of the Long Night, gained the inheritance of the Great Emperor, and met a gentle and playful red companion.
Then a story of cat and mouse unfolded, honing him to become a distinguished talent, his fame spreading across Dubhe.
"The animation’s ratings are quite high."
Yang Dong curiously asked, "Based on the cost investment mentioned before, has the animation recovered its production costs?"
"No!"
Chen Ba shook his head.
With such a large investment, how could it easily recoup the production costs?
But that’s not the point; even if it hasn’t recovered costs, it won’t affect the continuation of this animation into a second or even third season.
Don’t ask, if you ask, it’s because there’s money!
Tianba Studio has money, graphics card merchants also have money, everyone is not short of money, so naturally, they won’t easily give up on this series; they are definitely going to continue making it.
During the months when the animation aired, "Star Emperor" truly rode a massive wave of popularity and traffic; from this perspective alone, the investment is already worthwhile.
"Speaking of which..."
Yang Dong said with a smile, "Unknowingly, ’Star Emperor’ has already become one of the top-ranked online games globally."
"It really is!"
Lu was quite surprised and said, "Based on the ranking of simultaneous online users, ’Star Emperor’s ranking is indeed quite high, with so many active players."
Here involves a concept.
Total registered players and active players are mostly in a proportional relationship, meaning the more registered players, the more active players.
But there are exceptions.
For example, a game like "Star Emperor," although the registered players have not yet surpassed ten million, still maintaining around a few million.
But whether it’s online count or the number of active players, they are all comparable to games with tens of millions of registered players, mainly because of high player engagement.
This is also related to the GAL League.
Who made this competition so popular? It’s almost become the F1 of the e-sports world, with such high attention outside the arena, it’s hard for the game not to be popular.
Speaking of the GAL League, Chen Ba suddenly sighed.
It’s becoming a golden league!
This year’s summer transfer period, someone has already offered a nine-figure transfer fee for Xu Xiaofei who is currently playing for the NVIDIA team.
Nine figures!
A transfer fee exceeding a hundred million truly shocked many people, although this is the transfer fee and not the money the players can take, nine figures is still too outrageous.
"It really needs to be restricted..."
Chen Ba felt that if it continues to develop so wildly, the entire league might not even have a few players left.
The main issue with grabbing players like this is how small businesses and clubs are supposed to play? They’ll all turn into nourishment for giants, won’t they?
Moreover, it’s not conducive to the subsequent development of a newly emerging competition if it’s hyped as such; in the end, nobody will be able to play, resulting in nothing but chaos.
Therefore, a salary cap is a must.
If restrictions aren’t imposed, teams like AMD, Intel, and NVIDIA can easily overpower other teams, leaving no suspense at all.
By placing the shackles of a salary cap on them, strictly limiting so-called Galaxy Battleships, bottom-tier teams will also have opportunities for surprising upsets, and the league will become more exciting and appealing.
