75: Chapter 75 Exaggerated Activity Rewards

During this time, the war of words between league of legends and dota 2 players had almost swept across the entire internet.

From internet cafe market share to search indices, and later to gameplay videos and the overturning of smear pieces, every topic could stay on the trending search list for an entire day.

So when the official league of legends Weibo account came back to life and released the "Battle Night" event teaser, countless eyes locked onto it immediately.

Less than ten minutes after the announcement was posted, the comment section exploded.

However, the tone of the top comments didn't express anticipation for this so-called Battle Night.

Instead, they were questioning why league of legends still wouldn't disclose its daily active users.

After all, as long as league of legends didn't disclose its daily active users, dota 2 could keep claiming that its daily active users were higher than those of league of legends.

"Finally, it's been almost a month, and you finally have some news."

"Battle Night? What kind of event is it? What are they giving away?"

"How many daily active users does league of legends actually have? Is it because you haven't surpassed dota 2 yet that you keep refusing to announce it? There's no need to be so secretive about it."

"Without data to back us up, it's really hard for us to argue with dota 2 players."

Among these comments, one was upvoted to the very top.

The poster's ID was "If You Don't Play, Get Lost," and the avatar was a cartoon figure standing on the edge of a roof.

"Without daily active user numbers, I can't win arguments against that group of dota 2 players."

"I'll say this right here today: as long as league of legends doesn't announce its daily active users, even if I have to jump out of a window and die right here, I will never log in!"

The replies below were all unanimously "You've got guts."

The number of likes on this comment broke five thousand in less than an hour.

league of legends players treated this comment as a weapon to pressure the officials, frantically upvoting it until it became the top comment on the official post.

But the official league of legends Weibo account still didn't respond.

Just an hour later, it posted another announcement.

Moreover, this announcement still wasn't about releasing the latest daily active user numbers for league of legends; instead, it detailed the specific rules for this Battle Night event.

Initially, many players were ready to speak up the moment they saw it wasn't the daily active user data.

However, the moment they saw the specific content of this announcement, any thoughts of daily active user data or online arguments were instantly thrown to the back of their minds.

There was no other reason.

It was simply because the rewards for this event were just too generous.

"Battle Night event reward details officially announced:"

"On the day of the event, stay online for one hour and complete at least one match to claim an Epic Skin Chest."

"Stay online for a total of three hours and complete at least three matches to claim another Epic Skin Chest."

"Finally, stay online for five hours and complete at least five matches to claim a Legendary Skin Chest, with two options to choose from."

"A total of three skin chests can be claimed."

"All chests contain permanent skins, not time-limited trials."

After this announcement was posted, countless players were silent for a full minute.

Then, the comment section exploded instantly.

"Daddy, you are my daddy!"

"Guaranteed Epic? Three chests? Two Epics and one Legendary?! Permanent skins? Not trial cards?!"

"Five hours to get a choice of Legendary skins? Am I seeing things?"

"dota 2 gives away accessories and some time-limited skins, but you come right out with three permanent skins, and there's even a guaranteed Legendary one!"

"Where's that guy from earlier who said he'd jump out a window rather than play? Come out and show yourself!"

Someone posted a screenshot of that previous comment, "Even if I have to jump out of a window, I won't log in," with only four words: "Where are you? Come out."

The comment section was immediately flooded with rows upon rows of "Where are you? Come out."

Not long after, the user with the ID "If You Don't Play, Get Lost" appeared in the comment section.

He replied with six words and an attached image: "Play, I'm definitely playing league of legends! Hehe, it's so fun, I love playing!"

The attached image was the view outside his window; it turned out the kid lived on the first floor.

Below it was a uniform stream of "Hahahaha."

"Didn't you want to jump off a building?"

"You jumped way too fast."

"It only took one minute to go from jumping off a building to 'this is so good'."

"I support you on this one; with three skins, I'd jump too."

After the league of legends reward details were released, the popularity of the Battle Night entry surged to the number one spot on the Weibo trending list in just half an hour, followed by a deep red "Explosive" tag.

Its popularity was several times higher than the dota 2 event announcement from the day before.

Immediately after, another entry surged onto the trending list: "What kind of trash is dota 2 giving away?"

Clicking on it revealed a screenshot comparing the rewards from both sides.

Under dota 2, it listed online draws for accessories, discounts on skin purchases, and Q-coins for logging in.

In contrast, the league of legends rewards were: stay online for one hour to get an Epic skin, stay for three hours to get another Epic skin, and stay for five hours to get a choice of Legendary skins.

Below the comparison image, the tone of the comment section completely spiraled out of control.

"I used to think dota 2's event was pretty good, but now it just looks like a pile of trash."

"dota 2 gives away accessories, league of legends gives away Legendary skins; the gap is just too huge."

"Accessories are just parts of a skin, and you even have to draw for them. league of legends is giving away complete skins directly, and they're Legendary grade at that."

"Tencent has been making games for so many years, yet they aren't as generous as a new game that just launched a month ago. You don't know until you compare; once you do, Tencent is truly stingy."

Under the official dota 2 Weibo account, the comments that were originally praising the event as good were all pushed down by new messages.

"Look at the league of legends event."

"Can't you guys be a bit more generous?"

"No wonder internet cafes are full of league of legends players; they deserve it."

It wasn't surprising that the players reacted so strongly.

After all, game developers in this world had always been stingy when running events, especially Tencent.

Giving away a few accessories, handing out some lottery tickets, or offering a ten percent discount on skins was considered "giving back to the players."

Even when they did give away skins, they were basically just time-limited ones.

When league of legends smashed out three permanent skins, including one Legendary grade skin, all the players' perceptions were refreshed.

This level of generosity was something players in this world had never even seen before.

So, in just a few short hours, the topic of Battle Night occupied almost every section on major gaming forums.

Countless players were already calling friends and organizing teams.

The term "The most luxurious game event in history" went completely viral, attracting the attention of a large number of players who hadn't played league of legends yet, and they were considering whether to log in and try it out.

After all, compared to the rewards of other games, the rewards for this event were so luxurious that one would feel like they were missing out if they didn't log in.

After the event announcement was released, the download count for league of legends soared once again.

Although there were still several days until Battle Night, the entire internet was already filled with an eager atmosphere.

Soon, the next day.

Stimulated by the league of legends Battle Night event, dota 2 urgently increased some of its event rewards.

They added login rewards of limited skin fragments and random skins for purchases over a certain amount.

Finally, they even added a few time-limited skins as gifts.

The official dota 2 Weibo account also posted a supplementary announcement.

The wording was polite, but the tone carried a hint of being forced into action: "dota 2 event upgraded, more benefits waiting for you to claim."

If it weren't for the league of legends Battle Night, these event rewards would have been quite good, enough to attract the attention of countless players.

But with the Battle Night rewards setting such a high standard, even with the increase, the dota 2 event rewards still fell short and were still a magnitude lower.

Therefore, this new announcement from dota 2 didn't even generate much discussion.

And amidst the anticipation of countless players, a few days passed quietly.

Finally, the weekend arrived.