Building a Gaming Empire From Scratch

At the time when Mavis informed him, Lincoln had already come home from work.

He felt a bit tired these few days and didn’t have the mood to look for food in the different specialty restaurants according to the information Mavis had found after work.

He ordered a takeaway casually, just to fill his stomach.

After eating, he ran to the familiar virtual world’s Spaceship and without saying anything, slumped down on the small sofa, not wanting to move.

But just as he lay down, Mavis squatted by the sofa and whispered into Lincoln’s ear: “Master- You’re on the Hot Searches again! ”

Mavis’s breath made Lincoln’s ears ticklish.

But when his slightly slow brain reacted to what Mavis had said, he suddenly sat up.

“What the hell? I’m on the Hot Searches again?” Lincoln was at a loss, “What did I do?”

This time he was genuinely certain that he hadn’t done anything.

The last time he inexplicably made it to the Hot Searches was because Super Tomato posted a video.

And the time before that when he made it to the Hot Searches, at least he had posted a thank you to the players for their letters.

But this time, he’d been so busy working for several days straight that he hadn’t done anything at all!

Did someone else post a video or something?

Mavis brought out a holographic display, held it adorably with both hands, and showed it to Lincoln.

“Look, Master, Mavis wouldn’t lie!”

Mavis indeed wouldn’t lie to him. He was just a little astonished.

Lincoln was amazed as he swiped through the holographic screen, with post after post passing in front of his eyes.

Some were ordinary players expressing their love for “Traveler of the Wind,” while others were talking about their desire for the PC, home console, or VR version to be released.

There were also large Vs with plenty of likes and comments, suggesting a full platform release.

The media posts followed with analyses and reports weighing the pros and cons of various options for Cloud Dream. Yet, all of them reached a conclusion that Cloud Dream should maintain its reputation among players by releasing “Traveler of the Wind” on all platforms.

“Hmm…a full platform release of ‘Traveler of the Wind,’ huh?” Lincoln didn’t agonize over it too much, “That’s not impossible.”

He had only put the matter out of his mind because he had forgotten about it.

When they initially released a trial version for all platforms, it was just intended as a promotional preheat.

Not to mention that the trial version didn’t get very good word of mouth, which made him even less interested in dealing with the issue.

But something was still not right about this!

Lincoln had played games before, and in his previous life, he had frequented forums and followed other players in charging at game companies. He had done all this before.

It was because he had done it that he knew very well: this kind of thing could not be achieved by players alone.

First of all, dissatisfied players with demands on the game company would have to face their first opponent – other players with different opinions.

Unless the game company had really done something outrageous that angered everyone, there would definitely be an internal player conflict first.

Only by winning this battle could the flames of war spread out of the forum and throughout the internet.

Moreover, game streamers, large Vs, and video uploaders representing players’ opinions couldn’t possibly have such a unanimous opinion as they did now.

And the involvement of the media was even more outrageous!

Do you really think the media’s clients are players, and that the Chief Editors all pursue serving the players and helping them fight for their rights? Give me a break!

The media has to get advertising, interviews, and information from game companies!

Game companies are the bread and butter of the media!

Now, if only one or two game media outlets came forward to petition for the players, it could indeed be possible that they were just trying to ride the trend or genuinely had the players’ best interests in mind.

But when, in such a short period of time, eight media outlets together get involved in petitioning for the players, it’s absolutely fishy!

Only those who have never stood from a player’s perspective and charged at game companies would think this is normal and take it as the truth.

So the question now is, even if Lincoln doesn’t mind releasing the game on all platforms, can he really indulge these people?

What a joke!

“Mavis! Update the blacklist! Add those eight game media companies and the 12 inexplicable big Vs first!”

Lincoln had never had any good feelings for those big Vs who relied on “Chinese-to-Chinese” translations of second -hand news and didn’t even play games themselves, and had no original output.

You claim to be game self-media? Just go on the blacklist with the game media companies.

Isn’t that giving you enough credit?

“Okay!” Mavis cheered and immediately started working.

“Don’t forget to pin it!” Lincoln planned to give those forgetful media a hard time.

Public execution, let’s see if they can remember!

As for the streamers and video uploaders, it would not be nice to blacklist them directly.

Because some people genuinely want to help ordinary players speak out and hope that Lincoln can make “Traveler of the Wind” available on all platforms so more people can play it.

Blacklisting everyone might cause collateral damage.

“Master, there’s a video uploader called Super Tomato who posted a status saying someone offered him money to help petition on behalf of players,”

“Oh?” Lincoln was surprised. “Did he openly say that someone offered him money to join the petition team?”

“Yeah!” Mavis replied while pulling up Super Tomato’s latest post for Lincoln to

See.

Lincoln found that Super Tomato’s response to the amplified rhythm from the player group was quite cautious.

‘Just an hour ago, someone approached me, hoping I would join the team petitioning Cloud Dream to release a multi-platform version of “Traveler of the Wind”.

I think it’s great to let more players enjoy such an unparalleled game.

However, I also believe that this day is not coming soon. After all, Cloud Dream is a commercial company, and they need to consider the sales of their consoles.

So I declined.

But what surprised me was that the person immediately replied, “Just post a status update, and you’ll get 300,000.”‘

Honestly, friends, I was indeed tempted for a moment.

After all, just a status update with thirty characters would earn me 300,000, which is a pretty high payoff!

Moreover, this would actually help some of my fellow players speak up and be heard, so it seemed like easy money.

However, as we all know, there’s no such thing as a free lunch.

If someone is willing to spend 300,000 to do something, then they must have a target worth more than 300,000.

I believe they approached more people than just me, and the total amount they offered must be more than 300,000.

And their target here is Cloud Dream.

So my heartfelt hope is that we can look at this issue more rationally.’

After reading Super Tomato’s post, Lincoln nodded in understanding, “Indeed, only a wise person wouldn’t be used as a pawn.”

“So, what should we do, Master?” Mavis asked Lincoln worriedly.

“Could you find out if those leading streamers and video uploaders criticized our game before the release of “Traveler of the Wind”?”

“I’ll look into it,” Mavis tilted her head, her eyes staring into the void, seeming suddenly lost in thought.

Lincoln couldn’t help reaching out and rubbing her adorable pink head.

“I found it!” Mavis excitedly informed Lincoln. “There are many people here who have spoken ill of us! Although they deleted their comments later, many netizens still have screenshots of the records!”

“Good, except for those who have always helped players speak out, blacklist anyone who participated this time and had previous offenses on record!”

“I’ll write the announcement myself!”

You want to play the “people’s will” game with me?

I can satisfy the genuine “will” of the players.

But as for you paid ringleaders, try testing the sharpness of my axe!