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Dream Entertainment's World of the Brave had already become the world's number one online game.
However, the start of the World of the Brave was not ideal.
At the very least, it was different from what Shi Lei had predicted.
Before the World of the Brave opened, Shi Lei had made some predictions.
He had used the results of Crossing the Frontline as a reference and predicted that there would be at least thirty million registered users and twenty to twenty-five million active users.
However, the number of registered users in the World of the Brave had only exceeded ten million, and the number of active users was only about seven million.
Both the number of registered users and the number of active users were only about one-third of what Shi Lei had predicted.
Although the World of the Brave had been officially open for less than half a month, Shi Lei was still not satisfied with such results. He hoped that the results of the World of the Brave would be better, at least eighty percent of what he had expected.
Unexpectedly, the World of the Brave did not meet his expectations, which made Shi Lei feel rather strange.
The World of the Brave was a Wuxia style game, which suited the tastes of Xia Xia's players the best.
However, why was the total number of players in Xia Xia less than the total number of overseas players?
Shi Lei had been looking for the reason, but he had not been able to find it.
Is the World of the Brave not attractive enough?
Although the World of the Brave is more focused on the physical controls, the traditional gameplay has been specially optimized, so the physical controls are not bad!
Shi Lei had originally thought that the normal gameplay of the World of the Brave was a keyboard and mouse game, which would be very troublesome to control.
However, Shi Lei had tried it and found that the normal gameplay was not troublesome.
In fact, it was more scientific and convenient than most games.
"Izur, show the percentage of the player's age structure!" Shi Lei ordered Izur. He was going to analyze the player's age structure.
"Yes, sir." Izur controlled the image on the projector and showed the percentage of the player's age structure.
Shi Lei observed the age structure of the players in the World of the Brave and found that most of the players were 18-24 years old, followed by 25-30 years old, and then 31-40 years old. There were very few players under 18 years old.
Why had Crossing the Frontline been so successful?
The reason was that there were a large number of underage players in Crossing the Frontline, which was known as the dream of 300 million underage players.
The purchasing power of these underage players was very strong, and they were not inferior to some of the higher level players.
Shi Lei rubbed his chin and thought for a while. In the end, he shook his head and gave up the idea of crossing the frontline to attract underage players into the game.
Mahua Teng could go against his conscience and earn money from underage players, but Shi Lei would never do something so immoral.
'Boss Ma, Boss Ma, you're more successful than me in one aspect.
You know how to attract underage players, but I'm not willing to do that! 'Shi Lei sighed in his heart.
Since he couldn't take the path of crossing the frontlines, Shi Lei chose a completely new path to encourage the World of Bravehearts to attract more players.
The Hero's World already had many factors that attracted players, including an excellent story, a large number of online player interactions, exquisite graphics, intelligent non-player characters, and so on.
Shi Lei only needed to add fuel to the fire of the Brave World and make it famous all over the world.
"Izur, what's the highest level of players?"
Shi Lei asked Izur. Before adding fuel to the fire, Shi Lei needed to understand the situation in the World of Bravehearts.
"Sir, in the World of Bravehearts, the highest level of players is Level 16. There are a total of 1462 players who have reached Level 16.
There are more than 20,000 players who have reached Level 15. "
Izur gave a rough reply. It wasn't that Izur didn't know the exact numbers, but that Shi Lei wouldn't remember the exact numbers he reported to Shi Lei.
If Shi Lei needed accurate numbers, Izur would naturally report them again.
Hearing that the highest level was only Level 16, Shi Lei nodded in satisfaction.
The difficulty of leveling up in the World of Bravehearts would increase as the level increased.
If the players quickly reached the maximum level, then the game's attractiveness to the players would greatly decrease.
"Izur, announce a piece of news on the official website."
Shi Lei paused for a moment. "Modify the prize money for the first Wulin Tournament. The amount of the prize money remains the same, but the currency unit will be changed to USD!"
The prize money for the first Wulin Tournament of Bravehearts was originally 3 million Xia Xia dollars for the first place, 300,000 Xia Xia dollars for the second to fourth place, 100,000 Xia Xia dollars for the fifth to tenth place, 10,000 Xia Xia dollars for the eleventh to hundredth place, and 1,000 Xia Xia dollars for the 101st to thousandth place.
If the currency unit of the prize money was changed to USD, the exchange rate between Xia Xia dollars and USD was one to eight, which meant that the prize money would increase by eight times!
A full eight times!
If a player from the Xia Xia region won first place, they would receive 3 million USD!
Even if they deducted 20% of the accidental income tax, they would still receive 2.4 million USD, which was equivalent to 19.2 million Xia Xia dollars.
In 2007, 19.2 million Xia Xia dollars was an astronomical figure in the eyes of ordinary people.
Even in Lijian Province, 2.4 million USD was a huge sum of money for ordinary people!
Shi Lei planned to invest a huge amount of prize money to lure players into the World of Bravehearts.
It did not matter why these players entered the World of Bravehearts, even if it was just to participate in the first Wulin Tournament and to win the prize money.
Once players entered the World of Bravehearts, Shi Lei was confident that the World of Bravehearts could retain players.
Moreover, those players who entered the World of Bravehearts to participate in the first Wulin Tournament would not be able to defeat other expert players without investing in it.
That was simply bullsh * t!
If one wanted to obtain victory in the first Martial World Championship Tournament, they would need to be a true genius player. Moreover, they would also need heaven-defying luck. Only then would they be able to enter the Martial World Championship Tournament and obtain first place in the end.
Otherwise, how could they compete with high-level players?
Just the super tycoon Storm had half a Level 40 Legendary Equipment Set, Endless Glory. As long as Storm reached Level 20 and equipped half of the Endless Glory, even Level 30 players would not be Storm's match!
"Sir, are you sure you want to update the official website?" Izur asked again.
Shi Lei nodded. "Yes!"
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After the opening of the World of Bravehearts, Dream Entertainment's official website rarely made any major announcements.
Even if there was an announcement, it was to announce the achievements of the World of Bravehearts.
Most players no longer paid attention to Dream Entertainment's official website. Instead, they stayed on the official player forums.
On the official player forums, they could exchange game experiences with players all over the world.
Especially when it came to quests. Although Izur had automatically generated the logic of the quests, players could still find some patterns to help them complete the quests.
On May 13th, at 9: 09 PM, Dream Entertainment's official website updated the prize money of the World of Bravehearts' first Wulin Tournament.
Since not many players paid attention to the official website, Izur made his own judgment and made a world announcement in the World of Bravehearts.
"World Announcement: Dream Entertainment has made corresponding adjustments to the prize money of the first Wulin Tournament.
For more information, please pay attention to Dream Entertainment's official website. "
The world announcement was broadcasted three times. Some players who were fighting in the World of Bravehearts guessed how Dream Entertainment would adjust the prize money.
Many players pessimistically believed that Dream Entertainment would lower the prize money of the first Wulin Tournament.
After all, Crossfire was no longer a threat to the World of Bravehearts, and the World of Bravehearts had become the world's number one online game.
Dream Entertainment did not need to invest too much in a player's activity.
There was a fundamental difference between the World of Bravehearts and normal online games. When players were fighting in the wild, they could not casually exit the game.
Exiting the game required a safe period of three minutes, which meant that players could not be attacked and their in-game characters could not move too much.
It was because of these three minutes that some players started thinking nonsense!
The players in the city quickly returned to their in-game character's personal space. In the World of Bravehearts' personal space, they could directly browse Dream Entertainment's official website and the game forum.
Some careless players only stared at the specific data of the prize money and ignored the monetary unit. They immediately clamored on the official player forums, protesting that Dream Entertainment was cheating the players. The prize money of the first Wulin Tournament did not change at all.
However, most players discovered that the prize money of the first Wulin Tournament in the World of Bravehearts had changed from Xia Xia yuan to US dollars. These players went crazy on the official player forums.
A large number of players also started calling Dream Entertainment's official customer service, attempting to verify with Dream Entertainment whether the prize money of the first Wulin Tournament in the World of Bravehearts had increased by eight times!
Dream Entertainment's official customer service center was still managed by Izur.
Izur knew more details than the customer service center, and his replies were more accurate. Moreover, he could receive a large number of player inquiries at the same time without the emotional problems that the customer service center would have.
When a large number of players received Izur's reply, they all posted on the official player forums to verify the information.
Some players entered the World of Bravehearts and told the players who were still in the game about this news.
In less than half an hour, almost all the online players in the World of Bravehearts knew that the prize money of the first Wulin Tournament in the World of Bravehearts had changed from Xia Xia yuan to US dollars. The actual prize money had increased by eight times.
Three million USD! Even some of the tycoon players could not keep their cool anymore!
Perhaps to the super tycoon Storm, 3 million USD was nothing, but to the rich tycoon Thunderbolt, it was quite tempting.
As for normal players, three million US dollars was an astronomical number. It was a number that could change their fate.
In Dream Entertainment's official player forums, all the discussions were related to the first Wulin Tournament.
In the World of Bravehearts, the players who had obtained a high level position became the topic of discussion on the official player forums.
Especially the current number one player, One Thought Demon — Jun Wuhui!
Jun Wuhui was not the first batch of players to enter the game, but he was able to reach number one on the level leaderboard.
Fortunately, Jun Wuhui was not number one on the combat strength leaderboard.
Number one on the combat strength leaderboard was the super rich Storm!
Other than the players paying attention to the increase in the prize money of the first Wulin Tournament in the World of Bravehearts, there were also some people paying attention to Dream Entertainment's situation.
For example, the news media that was constantly monitoring Dream Entertainment …
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