Chapter 86: Traffic Vortex! Terrifying Popularity!
Li Fan finished running this shadow, and didn’t live stream for too long, just said goodbye to the audience in the live stream room and went offline directly.
The reason is actually very simple; now most people in the live stream room have no interest in watching the live stream anymore, one after another they all want to go run QQ Speed Challenge.
Another reason is that it’s really too late now; if he doesn’t go back to sleep, it will still affect tomorrow’s live stream state.
These past three months he’s already gotten used to the various schedules; suddenly breaking them would make him uncomfortable for a long time.
The state would also be greatly affected.
Although he doesn’t play rank himself, in fact he maintains an excellent state at all times.
When the screen went black, the audience also greeted each other.
【Brothers, I’m heading out too, 100,000 yuan is waiting for me to claim.】
【Same here, same here, then first congrats to brothers for getting the 100,000 yuan bonus.】
Almost at the same time, countless players who had been waiting, whether curious strangers, confident masters, or professional masters like Jiang Zhangchuang and Liang Haihui, all inputted this string of code into the shadow challenge system in the game with the fastest hand speed.
However, not long after the challenge started, various wails and incredulous exclamations instantly flooded the major game forums, live stream rooms, and social platforms.
【Holy crap! What the hell is this start?】
【I just hit nitrogen, where’s his shadow? I can’t even see his taillights!】
【This is definitely a Board Car? This start speed is faster than my A car?!】
【I got flung almost a straightaway distance at the first corner? What the hell!】
For the vast majority of ordinary players, even many players who consider themselves masters, the challenge was already over as soon as it started.
Even if they were mentally prepared, seeing the shadow really filled their hearts with complete despair.
Can’t even catch the taillights… that’s ultimate despair.
Li Fan’s new running method and the subsequent smooth flowing route meant that by the uphill section, the distance between both sides was completely pulled open.
On their screens, there was nothing ahead, they could only watch the record time being constantly refreshed while they didn’t even have the qualification to imitate.
Of course, these players chatting about this here is mainly just for memes.
They know too well what their own level is.
Running Spring in two minutes and thirty seconds is already fast enough.
The gap from two minutes thirty to just over two minutes, even cheating might not catch up.
Despair, utter despair.
So running this map is more about joining the fun.
But with more people joining the fun, it adds fuel to the fire, hyping up the heat even more.
This attracts even more people to join in.
The ones really eyeing the huge bonus are actually still those professional players.
One by one with furrowed brows…
To be honest, Li Fan’s super drift cornering operation, many professional players still haven’t learned it yet; at this stage they still use lock tire cornering.
The vast majority of professional players’ records are over two minutes ten seconds; only top-tier can break ten seconds, and that’s impossible to run that fast in daily records.
While Li Fan’s brand new running method completely changed this status quo.
But now… Board Car can even kill into under two minutes five seconds.
These professional players’ experiences are even more profound and despairing.
Jiang Zhangchuang with furrowed brows, on the screen is his A car Renault and Li Fan’s Board Car shadow racing neck and neck at the start.
His start was perfect, even leading ahead thanks to the race car’s absolute stats, but when Li Fan used two extra nitro from the additional cards, not only catching up, but using super drift on the acceleration belt!
On the screen, that blue Board Car broke free like it was unleashed, turning into a blue afterimage, instantly flinging him off, the distance growing larger and larger…
“Fuck, why does he run this map so fast? Using Board Car like an S car.”
Even I can’t catch up with my A car, you damn league player, why not just play your League of Legends properly? Gotta come play QQ Speed?
Liang Haihui next to him had a similar expression and state.
“How to even learn this? This running method can’t be replicated by normal people, his nitrogen management and route choice… too heaven-defying.”
Both of them are the number one and two drivers of Subversion Team, they’ve never felt this powerless against other professional players.
“Can we ban this map in the quarterfinals?”
“Will the official ban this map? Feels like if he kills it, we’re completely done.”
Liang Haihui shook his head at this time.
This is still very difficult, because among the quarterfinals players, Unreal this guy’s heat is the highest.
Didn’t you see that this challenge match event was all about him, not choosing others; you know there are three consecutive champion Car King Luo Wei in the quarterfinals.
But they didn’t choose Luo Wei for this, which already shows the official’s attitude.
And then with this map generating such high heat, how could they ban it during the match?
On the contrary, they really hope this map appears in the match…
Hu Xu, Luo Wei and a bunch of other professional players, whether using Board Car or their own top-tier race cars, the results were all more or less the same.
Early on maybe barely keeping up, but once entering the acceleration belt and starting super drift, they’d be ruthlessly flung off, ultimately only able to look at that 2:04.88 record and sigh in admiration.
“Holy shit… how can he run so fast? Monkey, can you catch up?” Hu Baibing looked at Yin Junlin next to him.
“No way, I can’t even see the taillights, damn! Too insane, if he really mixes in QQ Speed, no doubt he’d be QQ Speed’s favored son.”
“Speed’s heat seems to be rising again now, how about we live stream Speed when we’re free?”
“Let’s give it a try, just right there’s this challenge match, we can live stream running this map.”
“Wait, let me ask how Liang Haipeng did.”
Hu Baibing thought for a moment, pulled out his mobile phone and made a call.
“…”
This seems like it’s not really a challenge at all, directly turning this map into a learning map for professional players.
Li Fan’s this shadow has become the ultimate teaching round.
Just one night later, posts popping up on major forums were endless.
《Is that QQ Speed Unreal challenge match something a person can pass?》
【OP already broke down, played Speed for three years, thought my skills were decent, ended up not even half of his!】
【+1, I didn’t even see how he took the first corner…】
【Even pro players with S cars would struggle, right? This record is too underworld!】
《Rational discussion, is Unreal’s this Board Car record the most ridiculous record in QQ Speed history?》
【Feels like unprecedented, and hard to surpass in the future…】
【This 100,000 yuan the official probably can’t give away.】
【Unreal: I’m just hanging onto this 100,000, not because it’s worth it, but to tell you all, you can’t take it.】
《Help! Unreal’s shadow is the dream I’ll never catch in my life!》
【Hahaha, got the participation award background board! Total win, no loss!】
【Me too, came for the background board, challenge? What’s that? Just do a participation award.】
【Background board looks pretty good, Unreal awesome! EDG awesome!】
A challenge craze sweeping QQ Speed and even the entire gaming community officially kicked off!
The failure of the challenge didn’t extinguish everyone’s enthusiasm; instead, because of its unattainable height, it generated huge topicality and viral effect.
Countless people shared their experiences of getting wrecked, complained about Li Fan’s inhuman operations, and happily showed off the co-branded background board from the participation award.
This led to… other games’ online player counts taking an impact, especially the currently super popular PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds.
You know PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds has been out for half a month now, with concurrent online players stably maintaining at one million.
But last night it dropped a million online players; although the reason is hard for everyone to believe, it really was because of this wave of impact!
Similarly… making countless game companies shocked at Li Fan’s influence.
This is a bit too exaggerated; just one person actually able to achieve this level?
Bringing so many players to a game?
And even suppressing what they thought would be the ultimate hit PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds?
This abnormal phenomenon naturally caught the attention of major game operations.
《Honor of Kings》 Timi Studio Group: “Our daily active data didn’t drop, but the growth curve has clearly flattened, discussion areas and fan groups are all spamming Unreal and QQ Speed… Linlang Tiantian this team successfully contacted EDG, I think our Honor of Kings can too, and even better cooperation, after all both are MOBA games, should be easy to pick up.”
《Dungeon》 project team: “We’re steady as a rock, but… this QQ Speed heat is too ridiculous? This new download volume equals half a year of their usual promotion, right? How about we post a video begging Unreal to play Dungeon? If he really comes, it’d be a huge win?”
《Jian Wang 3》 project team: “Envy crying, actually getting such exaggerated cross-game collab effect, should we find an esports star too…”
In an instant, Li Fan this name, in the eyes of gaming industry execs and operations staff, was no longer just a professional player with huge traffic, but a true nuclear-level resource that could sway the battlefield.
Truly letting QQ Speed successfully eat the first crab.
Before, many knew Unreal got exaggerated heat from playing other games, almost every EDG match ending would hit hot search.
But really no one specifically talked about cooperation.
As for the last time PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds trended on Weibo, the official just gave thanks.
So this gave many project teams quite a few ideas right now.
All wanting to see if there’s a chance to cooperate with Li Fan.
Mainly because they also took a hit from PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds.
All wanting to run an event to preserve daily actives.
And among the many companies, the most regretful were none other than Pig Farm’s Shu Tu Zhi Bin project team.
Project lead Wang Zhe looking at the data reported by his subordinates, compared to QQ Speed’s heaven-defying growth curve, his guts were turning green with regret.
Back then deliberately buying water army to stir Li Fan’s rhythm did indeed ride a wave of heat and bring brief attention.
But afterwards? Although Li Fan still played, he almost never mentioned it in live streams again, and his massive fan group thus lost interest in 《Shu Tu Zhi Bin》.
That wave of heat was like water without roots, came fast and left even faster.
Now the growth is completely not as good as before, even regressing.
In contrast, QQ Speed’s this collab is simply textbook level.
Utilizing Unreal’s gaming genius persona, through this highly topical and participatory high bonus challenge match format, not only instantly exploded the heat, but truly converted into amazing download volume and daily actives!
That 100,000 bonus seems a lot, but compared to this wave of promo effect, it’s just a drop in the bucket!
“Back then we… why did we only think of riding that one wave?” Shu Tu Zhi Bin operations department minister rubbed his brow, tone full of regret, “Clearly there were better ways to cooperate…”
Their one-sided buying traffic for heat benefited them but harmed others.
The office was silent.
When they decided to let it slide or even secretly push the black-red rhythm back then, no one expected this Unreal’s potential and influence to be this massive.
“Minister Wang…” an operations manager cautiously spoke up, “Now… is it still not too late to remedy? He might just have a suspicion, but no evidence it’s us, maybe we can contact EDG Club? Formally talk cooperation?”
Wang Zhe narrowed his eyes; this question was actually what he was thinking now too.
But others aren’t fools either; otherwise with that huge rhythm back then, why was Shu Tu Zhi Bin the only one without a live stream after, if they approach now their Zitai would have to be set very low.
Other games, no matter how harshly criticized, still got live streamed as usual.
In this situation, with the mentality of resistance, whether cooperation can be reached is uncertain.
But looking at QQ Speed’s enviable data, the huge profit prospects ultimately outweighed face.
“Contact them, contact EDG Club right away, set our Zitai low, show sincerity, at least change the current status quo, make Unreal willing to live stream Shu Tu Zhi Bin.”
Saying that, he opened Li Fan’s live stream room.
Clicked in and saw Li Fan still has a strong sense of responsibility, came to run maps early in the morning.
Mainly because QQ Speed side gave way too much.
Just run one shadow and get 300,000… and bonus based on subsequent effects.
To be honest this money is too easy, really feels a bit hot to handle.
Since that’s the case, Li Fan plans to start with QQ Speed from now on.
Anyway one round is just two-three minutes, doesn’t affect anything.
“Whoa, does my challenge count? I’m challenging myself, I cleared it in one go here… this is too easy, right?”
Challenge successful four big words already appeared in the center of the live stream room big screen.
2:04.54!
“Sure enough my state yesterday wasn’t great; with today’s state, I feel no one can beat this result.”
【Unreal I’m convinced!】
【No need to feel, no one can break your current result, I watched many Speed streamers, even with S cars they can’t beat it…】
“Hehehe, QQ Speed check-in complete, haven’t played CSGO in a long time, brothers want to see a high-end match?”
Thanks Idle to the Universe’s 10,000 gift, thanks boss
