77: Chapter 77 Comparison of the Popularity of the Two Activities

The entry for Battle Night had been trending at number one on all major platforms since the morning of this day. By evening, its popularity hadn't decreased; instead, it was even more exaggerated than during the day.

Countless internet cafes in Great Xia were packed on this day, with the screens of all machines displaying the Summoners Rift interface.

On Weibo.

The topic of Battle Night had broken through billions of views by eight o'clock in the evening.

The comment section was filled with players showing off the skins they had unlocked.

Some unlocked Steel Legion Garen, some unlocked Freljord Ashe, and others unlocked Nottingham Ezreal.

Every comment section showing off skins was filled with envy and jealousy.

Among these discussion threads, the ones that received the most attention were undoubtedly those from the lucky players.

The items they opened from the skin treasure chests were the best.

For example, the video with the highest number of likes.

The video was from an internet cafe in Shenzhen. A college student who had just finished his fifth game took out his phone, filming the screen while using the mouse to claim the reward.

On the screen, the claim interface for the Battle Night Legendary Treasure Chest quickly popped up.

He took a deep breath and clicked.

The chest burst open, and a golden light flashed.

A figure wearing golden armor and holding a Fangtian Huaji appeared on the screen.

Three Kingdoms series, Warring Kingdoms Jarvan IV.

In the splash art for this skin, the Prince wore beast-faced, swallow-headed interlocking armor, was riding a Red Hare horse, and the Fangtian Huaji in his hand shimmered with cold light.

Although the special effects of this skin couldn't compare to other legendary skins.

But players experiencing Battle Night for the first time didn't think that much; they only knew that the price of this skin was 199.

All the players in the internet cafe heard his shout.

"Holy crap! Warring Kingdoms Jarvan IV!"

Several people around him immediately gathered around, and some even leaned out from behind him to stare at the screen.

The figures in the video instantly became crowded.

"Is that for real? A 199 Warring Kingdoms Jarvan IV? What kind of insane luck did you have?"

"Did you record the screen? Did you post it on Douyin? You have to post this kind of luck!"

"This is too exaggerated, right? A 199 skin right off the bat?"

"Let me see, the quality of the Epic skin you just claimed is also good; adding this one, the skin value is already at 300, right?"

At the end of the video.

The entire internet cafe instantly became lively, and countless players who were opening treasure chests gathered around to watch the excitement.

Someone shouted from the side: "I opened Little Red Riding Hood Annie! Epic skin!"

Someone on the other side also raised their hand: "Debonair Zed! I opened Debonair Zed!"

The noise almost resounded through the entire internet cafe.

And as more and more players completed the Battle Night missions.

Such scenes were constantly being staged in internet cafes all over the country.

On Douyin.

Videos of opening treasure chests occupied half of the gaming category.

Some jumped off their chairs with excitement when they opened good skins, some sighed up to the sky when they opened unsatisfactory ones, and some specifically made compilations of opening treasure chests, editing the contrast between before and after into jokes.

The comment section of every video was packed with players who were also participating in Battle Night.

Countless players were showing off the skins they had claimed.

Overseas, on Twitter and various major gaming forums, it was also flooded with league of legends Battle Night.

Western players posted screenshots of their skins on Twitter, with the text all uniformly excited.

"This is the first time in my life I've gotten a legendary skin in a free game!"

"dota 2 made me spend 20 dollars to pull chests, league of legends just gave me a legendary skin."

"I love this game, I love Riot Games."

On this day.

Countless players asked each other what they had received, congratulated or comforted each other, and the entire global gaming community was completely ignited by this event.

And on this same day, the event that dota 2 had launched previously was almost not mentioned by anyone.

Occasionally, one or two players would mention it on the forum, but the replies were cold and sparse, sinking after at most one or two comments.

Everyone's attention was sucked away by the league of legends Battle Night.

...

Tencent Group headquarters.

The atmosphere in the conference room could not be called relaxed.

Vice President Chen Yongnian stood in front of the projection screen, holding the data report that had just been printed.

"With the help of the event we launched previously, the real daily active users of dota 2 have indeed rebounded in the past two days."

He paused.

"It has already returned to three million."

But his complexion was not good when he said this, as if he were reporting a number he didn't even want to mention himself.

Pony Ma leaned back in his chair, naturally noticing Vice President Chen Yongnian's strange expression, and looked at him coldly.

"Is this data fake?"

Vice President Chen Yongnian hurriedly shook his head, his voice lacking confidence.

"No, the data is real. We did use the event to pull back quite a few old players to log in."

"Then why is your face so ugly?"

Pony Ma frowned, not understanding why the other party seemed unhappy when the data was real.

Vice President Chen Yongnian was silent for a moment and turned the report over a page.

"That is because."

"The average playtime of dota 2 players has decreased crazily in the past two days."

"Compared to before, it has dropped by nearly one-third."

He looked up, his voice dry.

"Although the previous event allowed many returning players to log back into dota 2, they exited directly after claiming the rewards and hanging out the required time."

"Those who truly stayed to play a few games were very few."

The conference room was quiet for a moment, and everyone understood that the biggest reason for this was likely league of legends.

Sun Qiang took over the conversation from the side, his tone carrying a bit of helplessness.

"Most of these returning players are those who previously flowed from dota 2 to league of legends."

"They hadn't been in league of legends for long, so they still had memories of dota 2, which is why they came back to claim rewards as soon as the event came out."

"But these memories will fade over time. Now that we are holding an event, there are still returning players, but later with the same event, these returning players will become fewer and fewer."

"Because they will discover that even if they claim the rewards, they won't log in to play; they are still playing league of legends."

"Although the real daily active users seem to have increased, this number will likely drop very quickly later on."

No one in the conference room spoke.

Everyone understood the meaning of Sun Qiang's words.

It couldn't be stopped.

They were already somewhat powerless against the rise of league of legends.

"Who knows how many daily active users league of legends has now?"

Pony Ma's voice broke the silence.

Everyone looked at each other and then shook their heads.

"It's hidden very deep. Except for the official Weibo occasionally posting announcements, they never publish any data."

Vice President Chen Yongnian said, hesitating for a moment.

"But in all likelihood, it has already surpassed us."

Sun Qiang took over the conversation, his tone more straightforward.

"The popularity of league of legends Battle Night today is too exaggerated; it almost flooded the global player community."

"Giving away three permanent skins directly, including a legendary-grade skin—this kind of move has never happened in other games, which is why it exploded the global player community."

"The dota 2 event has almost no sound under the league of legends Battle Night."