This Is Not a Bug but a Game Feature-Chapter 302 - 197: I Am a Big Influencer

The launch of the "Duration Lock" was a solution to one of Tianba Studio’s major issues, relieving Chen Ba of his worries.

Players can accept it too.

If they can’t accept it, there’s no other choice. Apart from "Don’t Leave After School: Marbles Storm," which other game on the market would share advertising revenue with players?

Dream on!

This is as unique as a scorpion’s poop; no other game in the world shares ad revenue with players, so they have no choice.

"By the way, Ba!"

Lu asked curiously, "This Duration Lock, it won’t be migrated to other games, right?"

"Depends on the situation!"

"If it’s a game like ’Love Advisor Department’ where players are quite addicted and there’s a lack of competitors, we can migrate it over."

Chen Ba explained, "But for games like ’Star Emperor’ and ’Speeding Frenzy,’ don’t migrate it. Do you want too many players?"

The Duration Lock will make players very dissatisfied.

If it’s a fun and addictive game without substitutes, applying some restrictions to mitigate risks is okay.

But if it’s a game with competitors and players aren’t very enthusiastic about playing, adding this Duration Lock is tantamount to digging your own grave.

Speaking of which, Chen Ba seemed to think of something and casually asked, "What’s going on with the GAL League? Why the suspension for more than a month?"

"Busy arguing!"

"NVIDIA Club accused Intel Club and AMD Club of using unfair means to compete during the matches, requesting GAL Alliance arbitration. The incident is still under investigation..."

Unfair means?

Upon hearing this, Chen Ba quickly whipped out his phone to search the news, then called the GAL Alliance CEO to inquire about the specifics.

"Small matter..."

Chen Ba said speechlessly, "NVIDIA found the competition host’s CPU driver anomalous during the Mountain City Station match. They temporarily switched to AMD’s CPU, but the problem didn’t disappear, resulting in their eventual loss."

The Mountain City Station match was very important.

Because the champion of this station directly determines the overall champion of the 25-26 season since the point difference between the top and bottom is too vast for a catch-up.

In other words, NVIDIA atop the leaderboard only needs to secure the Mountain City Station championship; even if they forfeit the next two matches, they’ll still be the season’s reigning champion!

Champagne was prepared, the club had edited the victory tweet in anticipation of the early championship, but then this blunder occurred...

NVIDIA was unhappy, believing they were being targeted by AMD and Intel.

They couldn’t bear NVIDIA defending their championship, so they deliberately caused trouble, tampering with the driver, leading to NVIDIA’s failure in Mountain City Station.

"Things are really heated!"

The GAL Alliance CEO told Chen Ba on the phone that the three clubs were at loggerheads now, none willing to admit fault, heatedly arguing.

"Was it really AMD and Intel’s handiwork?" Lu asked curiously.

"Well, who knows!"

Chen Ba noncommittally said, "Remember, business is like war; NVIDIA has been too prominent these past two years, and someone surely doesn’t want them to defend their championship."

It’s likely untraceable anyway.

Such technical sabotage, if the opponent dares to do it, they’re confident it won’t be discovered, so the investigation will probably come to nothing.

NVIDIA might just have to swallow this silent loss, be more vigilant afterward, bolster defenses in the CPU area to prevent being sabotaged again.

"The match resumes next week!"

Chen Ba provided a definite date, comforting Lu and the vast audience and sponsors of the GAL League. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

Argue privately as much as they want, but the match must continue, and suspending it for a month is already absurd; the disputes of these three clubs can’t prevent other teams from competing.

Chen Ba decided to mediate a bit.

He mostly doesn’t manage GAL League matters anymore, fully entrusting them to the new event CEO.

But regardless of how uninvolved he is, the name Chen Ba is authoritative, and since he’s stepping in to mediate, these three graphics card merchants somewhat have to give face.

No choice but to give face!

Previously, a certain second-tier graphics card OEM brand clearly wasn’t too smart, forgetting to pay tribute to Ba when launching their new graphics card right away, resulting in constant mishaps during the evaluation phase.

What went wrong?

This card, no matter the test, seemed fine, but once on the professional evaluation software "Star Emperor," it flopped.

Players saw it and thought, "Wow! Why does your graphics card perform so poorly on ’Star Emperor’? Not even as good as last year’s old card? I’m not buying this!"

This is the consequence of defying Ba’s authority, with the new graphics card’s sales cooling, failing even at low prices...

Later, the brand realized and hurriedly paid protection money to Tianba Studio, which restored normalcy.

"Previously it was a driver issue, everyone just needs to update their drivers!"

After shifting the blame for unsatisfactory test results to the drivers, this graphics card regained favor among the players, who, after all, found it cheap and great to use after the driver update, so why not buy it?

Tianba Studio’s hold on the PC hardware discourse power isn’t a joke.

Not to mention graphics card evaluations.

Holding "Star Emperor," any hardware issues are entirely a matter of a game patch update.

Graphics card sales are the priority!

After years of development, Xianyu Digital has become the acknowledged first channel for purchasing PC hardware among gamers.

Buy computer hardware, go to Xianyu Digital.

Gou Dong’s self-owned goods aren’t as stable and reliable as Ba’s, after all, everyone knows Ba’s sourcing methods are quite different from other dealers.