A Wemade Entertainment company spent millions of dollars in order to promote "Legend". It never thought that this game would not be popular with European and American players at all. Now it has suffered a heavy loss.
And there is a plug-in in China, which makes many Chinese players leave with hatred.
On December 5th, something happened that made Shanda and Wemade Entertainment so angry that they vomited blood, and a "private server" appeared on the Internet.
I don't know when, the "Legend" server program was leaked, and soon someone used it to develop "private servers".
What is private service? Private server is a network server set up after illegally obtaining the server-side installation program without the authorization of the copyright owner. It is essentially network piracy, and the result of piracy is naturally a direct diversion of the operator's profits.
Private servers are very simple. Many Internet cafes can set up private servers in the local area network to charge for it, which has no relationship with Shanda Company.
The private server can be set according to your own requirements. The explosion rate of the equipment can be set to a ridiculously high level, and the attack power can be hacked to kill the final boss. Usually, when playing on the official official server, it takes a few hundred yuan to rush to the primary stage, but in the private server, you may be an advanced player as soon as you go online, and the consumption cost of the private server is much cheaper than the genuine one, even free. , so it is liked by many players.
As long as the first private server appears on the Internet, the second and third private servers will appear next... Private servers are like a flood of beasts, and they cannot be stopped. Especially in the current Chinese environment, even if you go to the court to sue them, it will be of no use, and the court will not accept any complaints after you have caused losses in private servers.
At the end of 2001, due to the strong harassment of private servers and plug-ins, the online players of "Legend" fell seriously. From the previous hundreds of thousands of online players to less than 100,000, it will continue to decline in the future, until the game is abandoned. All turned into a "ghost town" with no one!
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Los Angeles, Beverly Hills.
Outside the house was cold and windy, snow was flying, and the earth was covered in silver.
In front of the European-style fireplace in the villa, an incomparably expensive Persian rug was spread on the ground, and Li Zetian sat on the floor, burning a fire while reading a book. During this Christmas period, I have no plans to travel, and it is good to stay at home.
"Legend" is about to collapse, and Li Zetian is very happy.
Frankly speaking, the influence of "Legend" is too great, which has seriously impacted Flamingo's position in the Chinese game market.
Other companies have seen Shanda's introduction of Korean games and made so much money, and they have followed suit. On the one hand, this has increased the pressure on Flamingo, and on the other hand, Korean game developers have grown stronger.
Therefore, it must be suppressed!
"Dad, what book are you reading?!" Leisurely walked up, hugged Li Zetian's arm, and asked curiously. Now, Xiao Youran has grown up, with a height of 170cm, slim, fair complexion and beautiful, completely inheriting Yu Jingqiu's beauty, with the color of the country and the city. Currently studying at Harvard University.
Li Zetian smiled and said, "An online novel, now published, is very interesting. The book is called "The First Intimate Contact"."
"Internet novels..." Lean said casually, obviously she wasn't interested in online novels.
Li Zetian smiled and said: "This novel is very powerful, the language is funny, the story is touching, and it is popular on the Chinese Internet. It is the first best-selling novel on the Internet. Well, it can be said that "The First Intimate Contact" opened the Internet novel. The first of its kind!"
After hearing this, Li Youran was startled, and couldn't help being a little interested in "The First Intimate Contact". Then he returned to his room, opened his notebook, and searched for "First Intimate Contact" on the Internet.
"The protagonist, the ruffian Cai? What's the name? It doesn't sound good at all~"
Muttering leisurely, she continued to look down, and she was fascinated by the stories in the novel without realizing it. She couldn't help but read some interesting sentences: "If I have 10 million, I can buy a building. House. Do I have ten million? No. So I still don't have a house. If I have wings, I can fly. Do I have wings? No. So I can't fly. Can't put out the flame of my love for you. Can the water in the whole Pacific be poured out? No. So I don't love you."
"I danced softly in the crowd.
You project a strange look.
Surprised or admired.
It never messed up my dance steps.
Because what makes me fly is not your gaze.
but my young heart. "
Li Youran lost sleep and food while reading, and the servants told her to eat dinner and couldn't move, until Yu Jingqiu went out in person.
Li Youran didn't have the time to eat dinner, all his thoughts were on the book. After hurriedly eating dinner, Li Youran immediately returned to her room and continued to read. At first, I was very happy to see the ruffian Cai and Qing Wu Feiyang start dating, but after seeing Qing Wu Feiyang leave without saying goodbye, Li Youran immediately burst into tears.
"What did you write, it was so well written before, why did you write the heroine to death in the end? It's really abusive~~" Leisurely complained while wiping away her tears.
Early the next morning, Li Youran found Li Zetian "aggressively" and said, "Dad, I'm in a bad mood now!!"
"What's the matter, baby girl?" Li Zetian asked in surprise.
"Hmph, why are you still asking, what kind of novels are you recommending to me? I cried all night!" Li Youran puffed out her cheeks and complained.
Li Zetian shook his head, speechless, and gently stroked her long hair, comforting: "Okay, good daughter, Dad is wrong, okay? Come, come, sit down and have breakfast first." , Li Zetian pulled out a chair and let her sit down, put a fried dough stick on the plate, and poured a bowl of rice porridge.
After comforting her daughter, Li Zetian picked up the newspaper and read the news today as usual. This habit has been cultivated for a long time.
Due to the emergence of "Legend" and Shanda Company, Li Zetian suddenly thought of the Qidian website and online novels. The book "The First Intimate Contact", Li Zetian read it once in his previous life, and he couldn't be moved in his memory. This is a rare and good book, so he specially sent a copy of "The First Intimate Contact" come over. Of course, it can be read on the computer, but Li Zetian prefers to read with paper books.
The heavy snow outside the house has stopped, and four or five servants are cleaning the snow on the ground. After Li Zetian finished reading the newspaper, he walked outside the door and blew a cold wind.
"Many novel websites have appeared in China, such as Fantasy Sword Book Alliance, Longkong, Under the Banyan Tree, etc., but it seems that the most famous starting point website in the previous life has not yet been established..."
Even though Li Zetian doesn't read many online novels, he also knows the name of Qidian Chinese website. The novel website platform is a very important IP incubator and should be in your own hands!