This Is Not a Bug but a Game Feature-Chapter 58: Co-Branded Graphics Card
In response to some graphics card sellers misusing or unauthorized use of the "Star Emperor" game’s promotional images, Tianba Studio issued a warning.
The warning was quite effective.
At least on a certain e-commerce platform, you can no longer see third-party sellers daring to take risks and fool newbies with promotional images or videos of "Star Emperor."
But this is just third-party sellers, while higher-level and smarter graphics card manufacturers have already got the point.
Unauthorized, huh?
Why not just ask you for authorization?
No, no, no! It’s not just authorization, bro, your game is awesome. I think we can collaborate and launch a "Star Emperor" co-branded graphics card. What do you think?
Chen Ba hesitated symbolically for a second, then nodded in agreement.
He offered too much!
Judging by the current trend, "Star Emperor" is not far from flopping, and to salvage as much as possible and gather development funds for the next new game, this is acceptable.
Thus, with mutual consent, Daren Shuo quickly launched a new co-branded product — the RTX 3080 Star Emperor Edition!
"Star Emperor" still has its popularity.
Although the pre-emptive experience version didn’t sell many copies, and a bunch of fresh optimization bugs discouraged many low-config players, it’s a first-rate superstar in the graphics card community.
Regardless of the game’s sales and mostly negative reviews, you can’t deny its high discussion heat!
Daren Shuo also saw this point and specifically approached Tianba Studio to launch the so-called "Star Emperor" co-branded graphics card.
And indeed, this collaboration was quite successful.
The design in materials, fan blades, ultra-cooling process, and the barely acceptable price made this co-branded 3080 graphics card sell like hotcakes.
Of course, this isn’t the main reason.
The real reason for the card’s popularity is actually because the 30 series had a mining card scandal that scared off most players.
Coincidentally, a co-branded card was released, positioned as a high-end flagship, and everyone thought the co-branded card had a low chance of failure, hence its high sales.
The success of the RTX 3080 Star Emperor Edition also made Refused Protection Jia, Desolate Rainbow, and Shrunken Star graphics card manufacturers smell a business opportunity.
In this time when the 30 series was assumed to be full of mining cards, everyone’s graphics cards weren’t selling well. Seeing Daren Shuo’s co-branded card on fire, wouldn’t they follow suit?
Driving one sheep is leading, driving a herd is also leading!
With an open-all-comers approach, Chen Ba agreed to all of it.
Only, because it was agreed upon with Daren Shuo, the "Star Emperor" name can no longer be used for co-branding.
But no biggie.
Even though "Star Emperor" can’t be used, there’s still Emperor of the Long Night and Emperor of the Universe!
Running out of emperor names?
No worries, there’s still Alien Race Venerable! As long as you want a co-brand, Tianba Studio can definitely come up with a co-branding plan that will satisfy you!
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[Major Update: Desolate Rainbow X Star Emperor to launch GeForce RTX 3070Ti Profound Turtle Venerable Edition, more details...]
You call this a major update?
Having just installed a new graphics card and entrusted his 1070Ti to a trusty fellow, Guo Mo couldn’t wait to log into "Star Emperor" to test the new card’s performance.
As soon as he entered the game, he was rendered speechless by a barrage of game update notifications.
The last time he felt so speechless was when "Living Under Someone’s Roof Simulator" released a dozen patches in a row to regulate housing prices.
This time got better!
It’s not regulating housing prices, and Dubhe can’t speculate on real estate either. This time it’s graphics card co-branding, with five or six consecutive update announcements, all notifying various co-brandings.
"Anyone who didn’t know might think, is this a graphics card manufacturer’s official website or something..."
After mocking Tianba Studio’s flashy maneuver, Guo Mo didn’t even look at the remaining co-branding announcements and directly opened the game match interface.
"Arcade mode?"
The newly added arcade mode in "Star Emperor" immediately caught Guo Mo’s attention.
Upon checking the mode description, he realized: "So it’s a mode disabling Extreme Sublimation, supporting 1V1, 2V2, and 3V3 entertainment games."
Seems pretty interesting.
In arcade mode, apart from disabling Extreme Sublimation, 1V1 isn’t different from the normal mode.
But 2V2 and 3V3 are special.
In the multi-player mode, death allows unlimited resurrection, and you can change characters during the resurrection time.
The game map also becomes larger, and the planets on the map are indestructible. Players in the Venerable camp can absorb life essence, while those in the Great Emperor camp need to safeguard all beings.
Planets absorbed by a Venerable can be rejuvenated under the Great Emperor’s protection. Both Protection/Slaughter are individual skills that require a charge time before release. 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮
In 10 minutes, the faction with more captured planets wins.
Basically, it’s a point capture deathmatch mode!
Disabling Extreme Sublimation, supporting up to 3-player teams is a nice highlight, but that’s about it.
Equipped with his new graphics card and feeling great, Guo Mo wouldn’t bother with arcade mode. He wants to re-challenge the Path to Immortality.
"In this life, I shall become immortal!"
With a 3080 in hand, Guo Mo thought that on the Path to Immortality, there shouldn’t be many who could be his opponents, and surely his name would be among those who become immortal this lifetime.
"What the heck, someone’s already become immortal?"
Accidentally opening the leaderboard, he saw a string of seven or eight lifetimes of Red Dust Immortals and an Immortal King, swallowing his saliva.
Damn! Who are these people?
Calculating the time, from the "Star Emperor" early access release to now, it’s only been twenty days, right?
To reach Immortal King so quickly, overlooking eternal years, and stepping on Venerable Emperors, this player named [Love Driving the Cullinan] is definitely not an ordinary person!
If others used such an ID, Guo Mo might doubt its authenticity and question whether the person really had the prowess to drive a Cullinan.
But this Immortal King master, well...
Perhaps they really do have a Cullinan in their garage!
"No matter, I’m not ranked!"
Guo Mo was very calm, after all, he only played two ranked matches, both of which he lost, and now he’s just at First Heaven of the Great Emperor.
No matter how strong the masters on the board were, could they still rank higher than him?
Don’t kid me!
With this 3080 graphics card, at least below the Celestial Emperor rank, he’s invincible.
Entering the match, the opponent’s ID revealed a high concentration of anime-like clichés, obviously a miserable shut-in, and their rank, like his own, was at First Heaven of the Great Emperor.
[Buried Love Xiaomo]: "You should surrender; I don’t want to hurt you!"
[Saber’s Dog]: "Just bought a 3090. Heard this game is good. Why does everyone speak so harshly here?"
Oh, putting on airs, are we?
With such an ID, you tell me you have a 3090? If you’re going to pretend, make it believable!
Guo Mo could hardly contain his laughter, can’t be bothered to bicker, went straight in with Extreme Sublimation, activating the supreme 12G memory Emperor Technique and 350W power consumption forbidden Secret Technique at full blast.
One minute later.
Staring at the rebooted game client, Guo Mo lit a cigarette expressionlessly, lost in thought amidst the swirling smoke.
Miscalculated!
With such a tacky name, some little guy at First Heaven of the Great Emperor didn’t even brag...
