[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-this-is-not-a-bug-but-a-game-feature":3,"chapter-this-is-not-a-bug-but-a-game-feature-this-is-not-a-bug-but-a-game-feature-chapter-270":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","This Is Not a Bug but a Game Feature",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1472248,1919,"Chapter 270 - 181: Cherry Dynasty, Seventy Years of Rule","this-is-not-a-bug-but-a-game-feature-chapter-270",270,"\u003Cp>Players didn’t spend a penny playing the game, and some even made money from it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tianba Studio made money on each game sold, charging exactly what they should, so their due revenue didn’t decrease.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The advertisers didn’t lose either. Their advertisements met the exposure targets and even performed better than expected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So here’s the question!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who lost out?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Initially, Chen Ba didn’t know who was at a loss. He thought it was a win-win-win situation. But it wasn’t until he was reported that he realized who was losing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Other advertising platforms were losing!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every company’s advertising budget is limited; they can’t advertise infinitely. Since the budget is limited, if they advertised in \"Don’t Leave After School,\" naturally, they’d have to reduce spending on other platforms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tianba Studio became the most unwelcome outcast in the advertising industry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You, a game developer, accepting ads is understandable; everyone can grasp that concept. After all, there are so many advertising channels, anyone could take ads.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But why did you have to share the money with players?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s breaking the industry rules!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Damn Chen Ba, how disgusting is he? Not only does he not eat, but he also smashes others’ bowls. Is this something a person would do?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon learning that their advertisers were leaving, and the culprit turned out to be a casual puzzle game, the ad department manager of a certain portal website was so angry he broke two ashtrays.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s a disaster!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had been in the internet advertising business for almost twenty years and had never seen a more nauseating advertising platform than \"Don’t Leave After School.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why, when you advertise for others, don’t you charge ad fees, and instead share it with users?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who does that?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tianba appears to be the good guy, making himself look righteous, but what about the others? What are they supposed to do?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t Leave After School\" spread like a plague across the advertising industry. Advertisers liked this model because advertising here not only worked well but users also affectionately called them \"golden daddies.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Users also liked this model, since they got a share of the ad money, why wouldn’t they like it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Golden daddy, give a bit more, next time I buy something, I’ll definitely buy from your brand, I’m committed to you!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But for those internet companies that used to make a mint from ads, this novel model left them pulling their hair out, wishing they could fly to Jiangning and set Tianba Studio on fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harming others and oneself, ruining the industry!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many ground their teeth in hatred but couldn’t say much because advertisers were happy, users were happy, and if you disagreed, who the heck were you?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Actually, those who took the biggest hit weren’t these internet companies, but the games embedded with tons of ads.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were the true peers in trouble!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In some brainless money-sucking game, akin to \"Legend,\" featuring rampant ad pop-ups, a guild leader who spent over 200,000 couldn’t stand this mindless game anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Originally, such games weren’t friendly to small spenders or zero-cost players, so few people played them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The \"Divine Realm\" guild he established had only 170 members in total.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But these 170 people had dwindled to 41 over the past two months, with the rest declaring Away from keyboard, or \"A game\" as commonly known.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These players who left couldn’t stand the endless money-gouging events in this lousy game, and most importantly, the advertisements were just too much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Don’t want to see ads?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No problem! Buy a lifetime card for 198 yuan and you can skip the ads.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Making \"ad-free\" a mode of spending, this game disgusted countless people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But most games out there are similar, either grind-intensive or money-intensive. People didn’t have many options, sticking around just to kill time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But with the sudden emergence of \"Don’t Leave After School,\" many zero-cost and low-spending players were shocked to discover they didn’t have to suffer, and watching ads could earn them money?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why bother playing then? I’m out!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The guild’s players left in droves, and as the guild leader who spent immensely, the game experience deteriorated along with it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn’t stand it anymore; he only cared about two things in games, the crowd and being in the limelight!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now the game was losing players fast, despite spending millions, what was the point? I’m out; I’ll go compete for the throne in \"Don’t Leave After School.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fun fact: big spenders follow the small spenders and zero spenders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When a game gathers a massive audience of small spenders and zero spenders, rest assured, there are plenty of top spenders, supporting the whole server.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t Leave After School\" is no different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a surge of players and the news that the game would soon be free, Chen Ba was shocked to find that the number of wealthy players had increased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the five zones, originally only Zone Four had a wealthy foreigner supporting the whole server.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, Zone One, Zone Two, and Zone Five all saw the emergence of \"astonishingly wealthy\" players rallying their district’s enthusiasm to compete for the throne.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why isn’t there anyone in Zone Three?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu was intrigued; other zones had rich players popping up, and Zone Three, being the most popular, surely must have some, right?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Zone Three does have them!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As you said, Zone Three is the hottest zone, so there must be more than one top spender.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Ba shook his head and said, \"With so many wealthy players gathered, do you think Zone Three would be as peaceful as usual?\"\u003C\u002Fp>",923,"2026-06-06T03:03:37.618Z",1,"novelbin.me","4e2daf3edfbfe3c519c134b279ac7e0ad2eb94a73bc974a34c0f31f9a0226e06","this-is-not-a-bug-but-a-game-feature-chapter-271","this-is-not-a-bug-but-a-game-feature-chapter-269",479,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthis-is-not-a-bug-but-a-game-feature-cover.jpg"]