Why the bug I wrote became a core gameplay mechanic?!
Chapter 227 - 226: Whose Fault?

Chapter 227: Chapter 226: Whose Fault?

Of course, Gu Fan had another thought in his mind, which was, "President Li, it’s not Nitiandang’s efforts that were in vain, but yours. The whole staff of Nitiandang is quite happy, and even already looking forward to next month’s bonus."

But of course, he didn’t dare say it out loud, after all, even a cornered dog can jump over a wall, and who can guarantee what a demon in desperation might do?

Clearly, Lilith could not accept such a failure.

"Gu Fan! What on earth is going on?"

"I was wrong, I should not have doubted you, you are indeed my right-hand man, without you, the game has caused such a huge mess!"

"This Zhou Yang... must not stay!!"

"Let me see how to fire an employee..."

Watching Lilith take out her phone seemingly ready to do something drastic, Gu Fan hurriedly stopped her.

"Hold on a moment, President Li, don’t be hasty, the company should first identify the root of the problem, and then decide who should be responsible."

Lilith temporarily put down her phone, "Fine, then let’s identify the problem first! Make this Zhou Yang die convinced!

"I, Lilith, in Hell, am known for clear rewards and punishments!"

Gu Fan thought to himself, he didn’t believe a single word of what Lilith was saying.

But as a qualified corporate worker, when the boss is boasting, of course, Gu Fan wouldn’t say anything.

He just began to analyze the root cause of the problem objectively.

"President Li, I think the appearance of this problem mainly involves two reasons. First is the in-game streaming feature, and second is the motorcycle."

Upon hearing this, Lilith’s interest was piqued.

"Right!

"Now that you mention it, I remember, this idea of an Internet celebrity profession, it was your suggestion, wasn’t it Gu Fan?"

Lilith narrowed her eyes slightly, looking at Gu Fan with a doubtful demeanor.

Gu Fan fell silent for a moment, "President Li, your memory is really not bad."

Lilith crossed her arms, "Of course! Don’t compare me with you humans who have such forgetful minds!"

Gu Fan continued, "But... President Li, think back for a moment, I believe I just mentioned that Internet celebrities could stream their driving in the game, but wasn’t the specific design of this feature laid out by you in the concept draft?"

Lilith’s brows furrowed, "Wait! That’s what you had said!

"Internet Celebrity: Can stream their driving content, but it depends on how many people are watching! The streaming is done within the game, and the players also watch within the game. You only earn money if a lot of people are watching, otherwise, you won’t make a penny.

"That was definitely what you said!

"Do you mean to say that wasn’t what you intended with the current design?"

Gu Fan cleared his throat softly, "President Li, could you please think about it again?

"I said Internet celebrities can stream their driving in the game, and the more viewers they have, the more income they earn, but I never said the viewers had to be real people!

"I indeed said that players could watch streams in the game, but I never said that they would be watching another player’s stream!"

Lilith was shocked, her eyes wide and her mouth slightly open, her brain momentarily crashing.

Not giving her too much time to react, Gu Fan continued, "My original idea was like this: Players can stream in the game, but their streaming content would not be visible to other players, only virtual NPC audiences, and the exact number and popularity of the audience would be determined by the backend, ideally unrelated to the player’s streaming content.

"Players can also watch streams in the game, but they also cannot see other players’ streams, only NPC streams.

"Isolating the interaction between players completely, ostensibly having a streaming function but not fully implementing it, in doing so, when players realize this, they will definitely be struck dumb, generating a vast amount of negative emotions."

Lilith was even more surprised, her face displaying three big characters: Is that possible?

Obviously, she hadn’t at all anticipated that Gu Fan’s meaning was that player streaming and player watching were separate!

Thinking it over, this seemed indeed likely to harvest more negative emotions.

After all, most people, upon seeing the built-in streaming function in a game, would subconsciously think that it was for players to watch each other, right? Who would have thought it meant players streaming for NPCs to watch and NPCs streaming for players to watch?

With this setup, the current situation with the viral in-built streaming would not have occurred because the players were in actuality completely isolated.

It’s a design that kills several birds with one stone!

Lilith instantly became irritated, "Then why didn’t you make it clearer!!"

Gu Fan spread his hands, his expression very innocent, "President Li, you didn’t put me in charge of the specific design! Besides, if we’re looking at it from the perspective of collecting negative emotions, this approach is a no-brainer, right? How could I have foreseen that you wouldn’t think of it?"

Lilith was unable to voice her intended questions, choking them back without a word.

Indeed, Gu Fan made a lot of sense!

Previously, Gu Fan had only mentioned it in passing during a casual chat with Lilith, but after all, it wasn’t a detailed game design proposal, and many details weren’t finalized; the specific meaning could be interpreted in various ways.

If Gu Fan had been asked to do the design proposal and had clearly written that "players can watch other players’ live streams," then the blame would justifiably be on him.

But since Lilith didn’t ask Gu Fan to work on the proposal, she could only shoulder the blame herself!

Moreover, even if Gu Fan’s words did indeed have ambiguity, if Lilith had truly grasped this layer and considered it from the angle of creating negative emotions, she would inevitably have separated the live streaming feature between players and players.

It’s just that she had completely failed to consider this layer and merely treated the live streaming feature as an insignificant option within the game, leading to the current consequences through a series of mishaps.

Lilith was very frustrated, "And the second reason?"

Gu Fan continued, "The second reason... is the motorbike.

"If there were no motorbikes in the game, then naturally, we wouldn’t have the current gameplay, because live streaming cars can’t possibly speed as rapidly, nor shake off NPC vehicles chasing behind, and certainly can’t generate such high popularity.

"This motorbike... who designed it?"

Lilith kept a grim face and said nothing.

Obviously, the motorbike was a model that Gu Fan never mentioned; it was her own addition!

The reason for the addition was simple: Lilith believed that motorbikes inherently tend not to follow traffic rules in reality, so adding motorbikes to the game could undoubtedly further exacerbate players’ road rage, thus generating more negative emotions.

Of course, this isn’t because motorbike riders generally have low quality; it’s determined by the characteristics of the motorbike itself.

According to normal driving rules, motorbikes shouldn’t lane split but should be considered as vehicles and follow the traffic normally.

However, in practice, the act of motorbikes lane splitting is highly controversial.

Some people think that if it is currently a traffic jam, motorbikes lane splitting can improve traffic efficiency, but if you don’t do it, you’re occupying a space that could fit a small car, leading to the cars behind being stuck, which is rather counterproductive.

When the traffic flow is still moving at a decent speed, riding a motorbike and lane splitting is very dangerous and uncivilized, and accidents can easily occur.

But there are also those who argue that motorbikes should never lane split under any circumstances. Can you really consider yourself as a regular vehicle when discussing road rights and expect other vehicles to keep their distance, but then emphasize your right to lane split freely during a traffic jam? Isn’t that just having your cake and eating it too?

Therefore, this issue is highly controversial, and currently, lane splitting is illegal in domestic regulations, but this behavior is widespread and difficult to enforce.

However, in some other countries or regions, motorbike lane splitting is allowed, considering it a time-saving measure that can improve traffic flow and more reasonably utilize road resources.

But no matter how you look at it, the action of motorbikes lane splitting is sure to infuriate car drivers and easily trigger road rage.

It was precisely because of these considerations that Lilith resolutely added motorbikes to the game.

Additionally, the courier occupation in the game was also designed by Lilith herself because she felt these couriers riding electric bikes on the roads could also effectively provoke players’ road rage.

And thinking of the courier’s electric bikes naturally led to thoughts of bicycles and motorbikes.

In any case, no matter how you slice it, this was Lilith’s own original design, inspired by reality, and it had nothing to do with Gu Fan.

If there were no motorbikes, could Heilong and Chen Tingquan’s gameplay still be viable?

The answer, of course, is no!

Because the very reason Heilong was speeding so fast was that he could lane split with his motorbike.

If he were driving a car, he would inevitably encounter situations where vehicles parallel in front would prevent quick overtaking, and rear-end collisions would be likely. Once the speed dropped, the idiotic cars respawning behind would easily catch up, forcing an accident.

Moreover, the entertainment value of live streaming with a car is far less than with a motorbike!

In other words, if either of these two elements were absent, there wouldn’t have been such a tremendous surge in popularity, and naturally, there wouldn’t have been such a significant impact on the collection of negative emotions.

But damn it, these two rules just happened to collide!