EFB Chapter 219: Data Far Exceeds Expectations
Chapter 219: Data Far Exceeds Expectations
When Lu Ran came out after taking a shower, he found that Shen Yuege had already gone into her room and locked the door.
"Sure enough, all women have big asses."
Lu Ran thought to himself, feeling frustrated.
Unexpectedly, Shen Yuege is becoming more and more wicked, and has learned to make Lu Ran's heart itch.
Lu Ran could only return to his room in frustration.
Then...
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The TUTU Game Center went live on time at 9:00 AM the next day.
Lu Ran sat in his office, staring at the back-end data panel, with a steaming cup of coffee beside him.
"Mr. Lu!" The operations engineer's voice came from the doorway, slightly choked with excitement, "The data is off the charts! Within thirty minutes of going live, the number of concurrent users exceeded five million!"
Lu Ran calmly took a sip of hot coffee: "It's normal, no need to make a fuss."
The increase in data was definitely expected. The game's cap has been promoted on TUTU for several days recently, and related topics have also been pinned to the top of the community.
With the added promotion from Baidu, a surge in data after launch was inevitable.
"But..." the operations engineer gasped, "this data is 80% higher than we estimated!"
"How many?"
Lu Ran paused for a moment, holding the cup in his hand.
He put down his coffee and leaned closer to the screen to take a closer look.
indeed.
Concurrent online users: 5,234,891.
And it's growing at a rate of hundreds of people per second.
He hadn't realized it when he heard "five million," but now he noticed something was wrong.
Even though the game is indeed very fun, the fact that it saw such a large increase in just half an hour after its launch on the first day still exceeded his expectations.
Lu Ran's original plan was for the first batch of loyal TUTU fans to try it out first, and then recommend it to the people around them after they had experienced it.
Play first to inspire others to play later.
However, the current data already reflects their expectations for later players joining in.
"What about the server?" he suddenly thought of a question.
We mustn't allow any problems to occur on the server at such a critical juncture.
Although Zhou Mingzhe had assured him before that he didn't need to worry, he was still somewhat uneasy about the high numbers.
"CPU utilization is 68%, memory usage is 72%, and there's still bandwidth available," the operations engineer reported. "The large servers that Mr. Zhou rented last week are working well; things are very stable now."
Lu Ran nodded, silently giving Zhou Mingzhe a thumbs up in his heart.
This thrifty man has finally decided to spend money.
Although I don't know why it's coming in large quantities, it's always a good thing.
Just like some people who write novels and suddenly get a lot of views, even though they don't know the push rules, they are very happy to see a lot of reads, comments, and votes, and they will work harder to write.
Lu Ran felt this way. If they could continue to grow at this rate, he believed that, barring any unforeseen circumstances, it wouldn't be long before they became a large company comparable to Weibo.
He opened the game center page, where thirty games were neatly arranged on the homepage, each with its real-time online player count displayed next to it.
The top-ranked game is [Gold Miner], with 870,000 online players.
Second place: [Ice and Fire Forest], 650,000.
Third place: Rolling Sky, 510,000.
Even the lowest-ranked game, "Dress Up Girl," has over 30,000 players simultaneously.
Lu Ran clicked into the comment section of [Gold Miner], and more than a hundred new comments popped up as soon as the page was refreshed:
"I swear this was the last game, but it ended up lasting two hours..."
"Can't you claws do something right! You always loosen your grip just before you get to the hole!"
"You're not alone upstairs. I suspect this claw has its own ideas."
"The feeling of catching a diamond is even better than getting paid!"
"Can someone teach me how to catch the gold nugget hidden behind the rock in level 7?"
"Go back upstairs, grab the stone first, smash it open, and the gold nugget will be revealed."
"I tried, but the stone is too heavy to pick up..."
"Then you don't have enough gold coins. Save up and buy bombs to blow up the rocks."
"You can buy bombs? I'm on level ten and I didn't even know that!"
Lu Ran found it hilarious and clicked into the comments section of 【Ice and Fire Forest】.
The art style here is completely different:
"I spent the whole morning playing with my roommate, and now he's blocked me. What should I do? Waiting for advice online."
"Ice and Fire: The Ultimate Trial of Friendship."
"My partner and I are playing this game. She's in the living room right now, and I'm on the balcony, separated by a galaxy."
"I strongly suggest adding an 'apology mode' to the game!"
"+1 to the comment above. I never know how to explain myself when I mess up with my teammates."
"I was playing with my brother, and he said I was stupid, and I said he was dumb. Then my mom came in and scolded us both."
Looking at the comments, Lu Ran burst out laughing.
Zhou Mingzhe leaned out from beside him, adjusted his glasses, and asked, "What are you laughing at?"
"Laugh at our game, it's breaking up one family after another." Lu Ran laughed as she turned the screen to him.
Zhou Mingzhe glanced at it and said expressionlessly, "That's not called breaking up families, it's called promoting communication within the family."
"...Your perspective is quite unique."
"I learned it from you." Zhou Mingzhe turned back to continue coding.
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Meanwhile, at Weibo Technology headquarters.
Wang Huabing sat in his office, staring at the data on the screen, his expression not looking good.
Weibo Games Center has 873 million active users today.
It has decreased by 12% compared to yesterday.
He opened TUTU's page—there was no publicly available data, but judging from the trending topics and discussion volume, the other party must have gone viral today.
Even among their top ten trending topics on Weibo, five are related to TUTU Game Center:
#TUTU Game Center Launched#
#How exactly do you play Gold Miner?#
#Friendship-Ending Artifact for Players of Ice and Fire#
#How far can you get in Rolling Sky?#
#Rabbit Skin Limited-Time Exchange#
Wang Huabing clicked through each item one by one, his expression growing increasingly grim.
The comments section is full of praise:
"TUTU's games this time are really high quality; you can get immersed in every single one!"
"Gold Miner is so addictive, I spent my entire lunch break playing it."
"Ice and Fire and my roommate played together all afternoon. Even though they had a fight, they still wanted to keep playing."
"That fruit-cutting game is so satisfying! The fruit bursts open as you slide your finger across it, the feel is amazing!"
"Upstairs, is the 'Fruit Ninja' app you're talking about the same thing as the 'Fruit Ninja' feature on Weibo?"
"It's not the same thing, TUTU's is the real fruit-cutting tool!"
"That Weibo thing is a knock-off, don't even bother comparing it."
When Wang Huabing saw this comment, he almost coughed up blood.
You can praise TUTU if you want, but why are you criticizing us?
After looking at the gameplay of the fruit-cutting game, he picked up the phone and called the technical department.
"Hey Zhang, could you change the fruit slicer to a sliding mechanism?"
There was a two-second silence on the other end of the phone: "Mr. Wang, it can be changed, but it will take at least a week."
"A week is too slow, three days is better."
"...Three days is too tight; we can't do it very smoothly. We can only do our best."
After hanging up the phone, Wang Huabing leaned back in his chair and rubbed his temples.
He suddenly remembered a term: dimensional reduction attack.
He thought that games were simply about gameplay and graphics, and that copying a few classic games would be enough to retain users.
But now he understands that the real barrier to entry in gaming lies not in "what gameplay there is," but in "how it feels to play."
The smooth feel of TUTU's Fruit Ninja cutter, the satisfying sensation of your finger swiping across the screen, the bursting of fruit, even the details of juice splashing onto the screen—these are things they can't copy.
"Mr. Wang," the assistant knocked and entered, holding a tablet. "There's something I need to report."
"explain."
"TUTU has also launched an event, in addition to the game itself. If you complete certain achievements within a week, you can redeem a limited edition rabbit skin."
Wang Huabing was taken aback: "Rabbit skin?"
"Yes." The assistant handed over the tablet. "It's the rabbit from TUTU Pets. They did a collaboration where you play games to earn points, and then exchange those points for skins."
Wang Huabing stared at the activity page on the screen without making a sound.
They haven't finished the pet system yet, and when he looked at their pet draft, it was very rough compared to TUTU's rabbit.
Wang Huabing believes that even if their pets are launched, it will be difficult for them to compete with TUTU for users in this area.
Wang Huabing handed the tablet back to his assistant and waved his hand, saying, "Go out, I want to be alone."
The assistant gently closed the door.
The office quieted down, with only the hum of the air conditioner running.
Looking out the window at the hazy sky over Beijing, Wang Huabing suddenly felt a pang of regret.
I should have known better than to just copy "Happy Farm".
I should have copied that rabbit too.
But how many people know this in advance?
Moreover, the rabbit was released too late, and they didn't pay much attention to it at first, which caused them to lose to this one pet.
Just then, his phone rang.
It was an unfamiliar number, and the location displayed was "Shenzhen".
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