"Let's put it this way: if Boss reached Stage Five, then he'd get fifty cards. If Liu Liu reached Stage Six, then she'd get sixty."
Wu Wei then added:
"But there's one thing to note: whatever stage you reach is the highest stage whose illustrations you can receive."
"Boss has reached Stage Four now, right? His forty cards would be illustrations from Stages One through Four. He doesn't get the later ones."
Wu Wei was truly crafty.
All the mouse pads were being kept secret.
Those were stage-clear rewards. Even if you were a major streamer, you couldn't leak them ahead of time!
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It had to be said, Wu Wei's move was absolutely ruthless!
Even Old Zhang had to raise a thumb and praise him: "You really are a bastard."
This was a form of indirect hunger marketing and competitive incentive.
Since he was using the illustrations as one of the selling points, he naturally had to make the most of them.
It all came down to ability.
Wanted mouse pads to give back to your fans?
He'd give them to you!
But whether you could give your viewers the greatest possible rewards depended on your performance as a streamer!
All four of them were streamers, so naturally they wanted to secure more benefits for their viewers.
Besides, after Old Zhang announced the news, both streams exploded!
The chats were flooded with Rockets and planes, urging their own streamers to go all out!
For a time, even many die-hard supporters with high-level fan badges who usually lurked invisibly in the streams appeared one after another!
'Boss, charge! If you don't get fifty today, don't come back!'
'One rocket per fifty cards, no upper limit. Just go for it!'
'Liu Liu! You can't lose, not when little painter is involved!'
'Old woman, crush them for me!'
'Win and I'm booking a King. My word is my bond.'
There were countless comments like those.
Under such immense pressure from their viewers, even though they knew they shouldn't focus so heavily on one game at this game expo,
the streamers were already stuck riding the tiger.
Not to mention that they had all been drawn in by the game and didn't want to give up in the first place.
Before long, the four streamers spontaneously split into two teams. Ah Yin played for one team, while Liu Liu played for the other.
Dai Xiaomei and Cousin cheered on their respective teammates!
Tap tap! Tap tap! Tap tap tap tap tap!
"Ahh—"
With an annoyed sigh, Ah Yin once again fell at 85% progress on Stage Four.
This game was really too damn vicious!
Even Ah Yin, who usually had a good temper, couldn't help cursing the designer in his heart at that moment.
This damned game seemed to be deliberately messing with people's mentality!
Whenever you had just gotten used to the rhythm loop, it would suddenly change tempo and catch you completely off guard!
At the beginning, it was fine. At worst, you just had to retry a few more times.
But as the stages increased, the difficulty kept rising!
There were not only Rabbit Grids and Turtle Grids representing rapid and slow tempos, but also annoying mechanics like the Vortex Reversal Grid.
He was already left scrambling by the fast-paced rhythm, and adding a Vortex Reversal on top of that was enough to make anyone explode.
'Hahahaha, I'm dying. How many times has this been?'
'Twenty-seventh time. Don't ask. I've been watching from the start.'
'Liu Liu's side is stuck in the eighties too.'
'That Vortex Grid is so sinister. It reverses you right when the tempo changes.'
'Boss looks like a gorilla playing the piano. His hands are everywhere.'
'Hahahahaha, who said gorilla playing the piano? What do you gain from making me laugh to death?'
'This game is way too tormenting.'
'But it really looks fun. Way more fun than that rhythm game Boss tried before.'
'The key is that these illustrations are so gorgeous.'
'I'm getting addicted just watching. I'm waiting for Boss to clear this stage before buying the game.'
'This stream feels just like Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy.'
'A series about a mentality gradually changing.'
'I wonder whether this designer was influenced by Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy.'
'Anyone who makes games like this is an Old Coin.'
'You all curse so enthusiastically, but you'll pay faster than anyone else.'
'Boss, hold steady!'
'A fifteen-stage game, and you're already struggling on Stage Four? Is that some 10%-off skill level?'
'...'
Ah Yin looked at the chat and seemed a little weary.
But more than that, he was unwilling to accept it.
Why?
He had clearly already reached 85%!
He was about to see the full illustration of the man and woman meeting, with a love letter fluttering in the background!
So why did he keep failing here?
He simply couldn't accept it!
"No, listen,"
Ah Yin took a drink of water and waved his hand as he explained:
"Let's be fair here. I already completely understand how this game works,"
"But it still comes back to the old issue with rhythm games,"
"As far as the controls go, they're already tuned pretty well,"
"but it still feels like it's just a little lacking, especially during rapid tapping. It always feels like the response is slow."
After hearing Ah Yin's words, the chat filled with just two words: 'Excuses.'
Clearly, the viewers didn't believe Ah Yin. They thought his mentality had cracked and he was merely making excuses for himself.
"Let me say something fair here,"
Liu Liu and Dai Xiaomei on the other side also temporarily stopped playing.
"Boss is right. It's a rhythm game, after all. This is a common issue,"
"You can't exactly call it a problem. It's mainly a matter of how the controls feel."
At that, Old Zhang, who had been watching with great interest beside them, suddenly slapped his forehead!
Fuck!
I completely forgot about that!
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