FYN Chapter 49 begins with a single chat log.
Chapter 49 begins with a single chat log.
Late at night, a new post appeared on StarNet's largest gaming forum—
I think no one would disagree that the hottest game this year is "囍" (double happiness).
Floor 1: I've been following this holographic horror game competition since it started. I've played at least 80, if not 100, of the top 100 games during this time, but honestly, I'm very disappointed.
These games all have very similar gameplay, and they all follow the same old formula of battling monsters, collecting items, and building camps. Even the number one ranked game, "Dawn of the Apocalypse," is the same, with the only innovation being the weapon gameplay.
So when I saw the "囍" (double happiness) symbol, you have no idea how excited I was! This is the real horror game! All the other games in the competition are just fighting games disguised as horror games!
The original poster really doesn't understand why a truly good game like "囍" is ranked lower than "Dawn of Doomsday" in the competition.
2nd floor: It's very simple. Just look at the competition time for "囍" and you'll know.
When "囍" entered the competition, half of the competition time had already passed. It's amazing that "囍" was able to catch up in such a short time.
3rd floor: The person upstairs actually answered seriously... I advise the person on the 2nd floor to stop being so kind; the original poster is just trying to start a fight.
reported.
4th floor: At first I really thought the original poster was here for discussion, and I even read it carefully for a while, but when I saw the ending... I feel like I'm a clown.
5th Floor: What the hell?! You like to hype up those "double happiness" marketing games, fine, but why are you dragging down our "Dawn of the Apocalypse"?!
6th floor: You idiot, 5th floor. I wholeheartedly agree with you criticizing the original poster, but what do you mean by saying "囍" is a marketing game?!
7th floor: ...This hook is so straight, how come people still take the bait? I don't understand.
8th floor: Okay, this thread is going to get hot.
……
And indeed, it turned out just as the prophet on the 8th floor had predicted—
I don't know if the person on the 5th floor notified the others, but soon enough, fans of "Dawn of the Apocalypse" flooded into the thread and started cursing the poster who was comparing "Dawn of the Apocalypse" to "囍".
The insults were so harsh that even some players who were initially just observing and who liked the "double happiness" symbol couldn't stand it anymore and joined the fray.
231st floor: The biggest joke of the year—"囍" is a marketing game, hahaha...
310th floor: Does "囍" need marketing? Not long ago, it was revealed that other game producers colluded to target "囍", hiring online trolls and hiring game bloggers to deliberately leak information to prevent "囍" from gaining popularity. Did your "Dawn of the Apocalypse" leg hair eat it?
574th floor: "Dawn of the Apocalypse" is just a reskinned game. What exactly are the fans of "Dawn of the Apocalypse" so upset about?
……
1325th floor: ...No, I'm totally confused. What are they arguing about?
I've played both "Dawn of the Apocalypse" and "Double Happiness"... They're not even the same type of game, how can they be arguing about this?!
1326th floor: What's so hard to understand? It's just that the popularity of "囍" (double happiness) is getting higher and higher, more and more people are playing it, and it's threatening the position of certain games, so they're getting anxious...
1486th floor: I don't even want to say it... Didn't any of you people who started arguing notice that the original poster disappeared in an instant?
1487th floor: I feel like the original poster is laughing hysterically behind their computer right now.
……
The thread got higher and higher, and the number of pages kept increasing. Eventually, some people who loved a good show moved it outside the thread, attracting even more people to the post.
The match was ultimately ended by the message posted on the 3861st floor—
3861st floor: It's really funny to see you all arguing like this. Don't you know that "囍" is a rip-off of "Dawn of the End of the World"?
3862nd floor: ...Suddenly I don't know what to say, so I'll just go downstairs.
3863rd floor: No, buddy, you're making a fool of yourself.
3909th floor: Arguments are fine, but "plagiarism" shouldn't be joked about. It's a serious accusation for any creator.
3976th floor: I can't tell for a moment which side the guy on the 3861st floor is on.
4012th floor: This made me laugh. The reason why fans of "囍" and "Dawn of the End" are united is because of him!
4024th floor: I've only played "Dawn of Doomsday" and never "囍", but just from watching videos, I know that "囍" and "Dawn of Doomsday" are completely different in terms of game world view and specific gameplay.
You call this plagiarism? You're quite the character!
4115th floor: Speechless. If you're going to accuse someone of plagiarism, at least provide some evidence! You just accuse them of plagiarism, but when asked for evidence, you say it's unnecessary since everyone knows it anyway. It seems like you people who just spout nonsense have already said everything, right?!
4190th floor: This is hilarious, I want to move this post outside.
……
I don't know if it's because someone moved it outside, but unexpectedly, someone actually went to the personal account of the "Dawn of Doomsday" game producer to ask.
To everyone's surprise, the producer of "Dawn of the Apocalypse" actually replied!
However, the content of his reply... was a little subtle:
He neither admitted to plagiarism nor denied not plagiarizing; he simply posted a screenshot of a chat log.
The chat log contained only one sentence: someone went to the producer of "Dawn of the Apocalypse" to ask why a map of a creepy old house in the game was missing.
After the chat logs were released, everyone was stunned.
"Can anyone tell me what the author of 'Dawn of the Apocalypse' meant by sending this chat log?"
"Old house, horror, map... Good heavens, is this what I mean?"
"Judging from the date on the chat log, this seems to have happened before the game '囍' was released..."
"Can't you all understand this?"
A knowledgeable commenter chimed in, "What they mean is that 'Dawn of the Apocalypse' already included elements like the haunted old house in the game before the 'Double Happiness' event was released."
"The 'double happiness' architecture and style that you've been praising to the skies are nothing more than scraps from 'Dawn of the Apocalypse'~"
"Seriously? People actually believe that? They don't think a single chat log can be used as evidence, do they?!"
"Exactly! If you're saying '囍' plagiarized 'Dawn of the Apocalypse,' at least provide some evidence! Since you've already responded, wouldn't it be faster to just show the evidence?! What's the point of this ambiguous and divisive rhetoric?"
"This is called 'stirring up trouble'? That's laughable. Lost Whale (the producer of 'Dawn of the Apocalypse') was just being considerate of 'Xi' because we're all in the same industry, and didn't want to openly confront them. But you guys are taking advantage of my kindness... You really are like your idol."
"Exactly, if such a map really exists, 'Dawn of Doomsday' has been on the charts for so long, and so many players have played this game, so why didn't anyone come forward to say they'd seen a map similar to 'Double Happiness' in 'Dawn of Doomsday'? Did they only start posting chat logs after 'Double Happiness' became popular?"
"I've discovered that you '囍' fans are truly shameless. Are you trying to claim that 'Dawn of the Apocalypse' is trying to ride on your '囍' popularity? Don't you even look at the date on this record? You can't expect whales to know the future, can you? You can't find it in the game simply because the whale deleted the map, right?"
"Is it possible that the whale had no idea someone could be so shameless as to take deleted game content, make a game out of it, and then flaunt it in front of him, which is why he finally couldn't take it anymore and spoke up?"
"After all that talk, you still have no evidence, right? Providing a save file or game logs as proof isn't difficult, is it? Why haven't you done so much? Is it because you don't like it?"
Supporters of both games were arguing fiercely, and even passersby who were just watching the drama got caught up in it.
Just as the argument was reaching its peak, someone suddenly shouted, "Everyone, stop arguing!"
"New evidence has emerged!"