Monsters Are Coming
Chapter 64 - 62 Lottery Event_2

Chapter 64: Chapter 62 Lottery Event_2

How to implement this was already clear in Qi Sheng’s mind.

He had come up with this plan when creating the Challenger System and was just waiting for a shortage of sacrificial power to use it.

That is, a lottery!

Before traveling to Monster World, Qi Sheng had played many games on Earth.

He had referenced many game settings when designing the Challenger System.

He discovered that various types of games generally have a mode of spending real money, like drawing from blind boxes, card packs, roulettes, loot boxes, or playing board games, encouraging players to spend more.

This pay-to-win approach has three advantages.

Firstly, it satisfies the psychological needs of players. Humans inherently have a gambler’s mindset, curious and expecting about unknown results. This mechanic uses that trait, allowing players to enjoy the thrill of "winning big from small investments" through payments.

Secondly, when players obtain rare or precious virtual items through the lottery, they experience intense joy and fulfillment. This positive feedback prompts them to continue participating in the lottery.

Lastly, the lottery mechanism usually includes various rewards, from common to rare, providing diversity that keeps players excited and surprised during the drawing process, catering to different kinds of players.

These three advantages make the lottery system a mainstream method for game developers to generate player spending.

However, unlike game developers, he doesn’t need cash from players, just their sacrificial power.

Releasing a probability-based lottery can solve this problem well; as long as he adjusts the odds, he can ensure steady profits.

Once this model is launched, players’ stockpiled sacrificial power will inevitably be converted into his revenue.

Compared to other pay-to-win games, Monster World has an inherent advantage when it introduces the lottery mode.

Players won’t doubt the odds and won’t perceive the in-game lottery as being forcefully pay-to-win or deceptive.

This is because Monster World doesn’t have a cash payment channel for in-game currency; it only consumes currency produced within the game.

With these ideas, Qi Sheng immediately contacted Guidance to initiate a virtual lottery event.

That afternoon, Challenger Tips alerted all players’ minds, with the information also posted on the official forum:

[Random Event Activation: This event is called "Lucky Roulette", and players can start it through the functional panel, this feature will disappear after the event ends.]

Poster: Guidance (Officially Verified)

Event Description: This round of the event is triggered randomly. During the event period, players can spend 20 sacrificial power to start the Lucky Roulette and receive random rewards, without any guaranteed rewards.

Event duration countdown: 23 hours 59 minutes 57 seconds.

Event rewards are as follows:

The prizes for this event are divided into six categories: white, green, blue, red, purple, and gold.

Gold category prizes include:

1, Body Refining Level +2 (only for those whose Body Refining Level is below 10; if already at level 10, directly receive 20,000 points of sacrificial power)

2, Large Sacrificial Power Pack (upon opening, directly receive 18,000 points of sacrificial power)

3, Star Vein Growth Pack (upon opening, gain +4 Star Vein Level)

4, Power of Growth (upon activation, increase hunting monsters’ evolution points and sacrificial power income by 15%, lasts for 30 days) (Note: Power of Growth is limited to increased gains from hunting; sacrificial resources, items have no extra income feedback)

Purple category prizes include:

1, Infinite Pickaxe (shop price 5000 sacrificial power, infinite durability, and auto-repairs when damaged)

2, Large Ration Pack (shop price 3000 sacrificial power, contains 3000 canned foods of various flavors)

3, Earth Splitting Slash (shop price 3500 sacrificial power, quality: 39)

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The sudden game notification immediately attracted significant attention from players.

They were all leaving messages and discussing under the official post.

Dark Night Will Come: Hiss~ I smell a strong scent of scamming for krypton... oh, it’s Dark Land, never mind, this game doesn’t have a cash channel.

Cherry Little Calf: Looking at the event introduction, it says there’s no protective mechanism, doesn’t that mean if you’re extremely unlucky, you might always get white squares? I was about to start cursing, but then I remembered that this game doesn’t have any built-in cash channel, how could the Moon Eclipse Clan possibly scam the sacrificial power from me? (awkward scratching head.jpg)

Die Once and Sleep:

Guys, after my analysis I think we can go for this event, here’s why.

1. In other games, the lottery mechanism is used to get players to recharge with real money, but Dark Land doesn’t have this problem, so the probability of winning should be reliable.

2. Apart from scamming for krypton, the lottery mechanism also exists when the game currency is too abundant, it’s a way for the game officials to recycle the game currency and ensure normal prices. However, in Dark Land the output of sacrificial power is terribly low; there isn’t even an inflation issue, I actually think the output is too little and needs to be increased, so this event is definitely not about recovering sacrificial power.

3. The Moon Eclipse Clan’s last game also launched a lottery event, following past practices, the chances are very fair and reliable, everyone has the opportunity to win big prizes... Of course, there are also players who are particularly unlucky, and if there’s no guarantee, you can’t blame the officials.

Annoyed by Picking Network Names: After all your analysis, why don’t you guys go and try it first, then come back to the forums to share your feelings (funny.jpg)

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Regarding this lottery event, players expressed their own opinions.

Although the vast majority of players think there’s no problem with the lottery, there are still some players who are cautious about trying it.

It’s not that they suspect the officials of cheating, but they’re worried about the loss of sacrificial power.

Even though sacrificial power is produced within the game, it’s seen by all players as an important game resource that can be converted into cash.

The cost of trying once is too expensive, they don’t dare to take the risk impulsively.

At this moment, a tip popped up in the all-channel, sparking heated discussions among players.

[Lucky Wheel Event Tip (All Channel): Congratulations to the player "Don’t Tell Your Troubles to Mom" for winning the golden reward, obtaining a random content: Great Sacrificial Power Gift Package.]

This tip immediately blew up the voice channel.

"No way... bro, you’re too fast, the event just went live less than 5 minutes ago, and you’ve already snagged a sacrificial power gift package, 18,000 points of sacrificial power, are you playing with your life? You really deserve to die!"

"It makes me clench my fists, if this game had a cash recharge channel, I’d definitely curse you out as a scamming dog, my good mood for the day was ruined by you, I’m going to try my luck, and if I don’t get it, I’ll come back and curse."

"I’m afraid my red-eye disease can’t be cured anymore, why can’t such an opportunity to get rich include me, could the officials please turn off the all-channel tips, or change the content to show how much sacrificial power a player has lost due to some action, stop displaying other people’s good news, I don’t want to hear it."

"I was originally planning to save up to buy a Taunt Soul, but seeing the lottery event, I knew I couldn’t save it, happy gambling disk, here I come, give me a golden one!"

"Going crazy, seeing the tip I quickly opened the wheel and tried twice, used up 40 points of sacrificial power and got 2 cans of food worth 1 point of sacrificial power each in the store, damn Moon Eclipse Clan, compensate me 38 points of sacrificial power (throwing a tantrum.jpg)."

"Hahaha, lucky, first try got a blue prize pool, gave me a weapon worth 120 points of sacrificial power (attached: Frost Sword)."

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Qi Sheng added a setting to this lucky draw event.

As long as a player wins a prize of purple quality or above, a 3-second pinned tip will pop up in the regional voice channel.

This was done to attract those players who were still hesitant.

The lottery event started not long ago, and everything went as predicted, more and more players participated in the lottery.

During this period, although some players were very lucky and won high-value items, the winning probability set by Qi Sheng ensured that he was always in a profit-making situation.

The total sacrificial power didn’t decrease; it just nominally belonged to the players but was moved to his own account by Qi Sheng through legitimate means.

For Qi Sheng, who fully controlled the Sacrificial Pool, he could indeed use the portion of sacrificial power that belonged to the players at will, even if there was an issue of not being able to pay, he could find an excuse.

But he views such practices of fooling players as very stupid.

Even if players accepted his reasons, he still had to quickly fill the gap in the overdrawn sacrificial power, which also damaged the players’ gaming experience.

So, if you can scam, why bother robbing?