The fact that Liu Chi Sheng didn't manage to get allowed to prove his concept to XCOM makes me sad.
So sad I wrote another omake.
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"Liu Chi Sheng said what?" Welewe Game Studio President and founder Arnold Rimer asked his customer relations officer Samwise Delaxroix.
"Liu Chi Sheng sent word that Tracers in the Sky is no longer as engaging as it was after he had been taken up into the sky for real by...he said he isn't at liberty to discuss who or with what, but he experienced a mock dogfight in the backseat of what he rode. So he has some suggestions to give us."
Rimer blinked and leaned back into his seat, troubled by what was just reported to him.
Liu Chi Sheng, better known online as MiGeek, served as the face of the professional gaming community that arose around Tracers in the Sky ever since one year after the game had been released, doing so by dint of how successful he was.
He was unstoppable, untouchable in the solo dogfight tournaments, winning matches with people who claimed to be real aces online but are unverifiable. And in the team dogfight tournaments, he was always the last member of Team Erusea to be shot down, when it was three on one or two on one.
To have the face of Tracers in the Sky saying he finds the game he plays no longer as engaging is going to make waves in the gaming community, and affect Welewe Game Studio's sales negatively.
"Alright. What is he suggesting?"
"He wants more realism in First Person Mode, by showing onscreen how it looks like when g-force is in play."
At the incredulous stare Rimer gave him, Samwise shrugged.
"I know, I know. He's talking blackouts, tunnel visions and grey outs. When I asked him why the players would be interested in something that interferes with the screen during play, he told me to package it as an expansion. He said to call it G-Force On expansion. Play campaign mode again in the world of Earth, with G-Force in effect, see how you perform when those are in effect. Or on multi-player. He said he would love to play on G-Force On mode during tournaments. And he also said another suggestion but..."
"But?"
"In light of the difficulties with our neighbors, he says its our choice if we go with it or ignore it."
Rimer spent a few seconds staring at Samwise before he shouted Belka in a tone mixed with shock and disbelief.
"Yes. He wants us to do Tracers in the Sky: The Belkan War."
"Oh come on! We invented a whole new planet, a whole different history so we don't get involved in politics! Now he wants us to piss Belka, Osea, Yuktobania and Ustio all at the same time?"
"I did point out to him how Emmerian and Estovakian players are still using Tracers in the Sky to refight the Emmerian-Estovakian War. Also reminded him of '
that match.'"
Rimer shivered as '
that match' got mentioned, when Team Emmeria and Team Estovakia fought in the semi-finals of the 2nd Tracers in the Sky World Tournament. Verusan Federal Police personnel had to escort the two groups to their chairs, and escort them out to prevent anything physical from happening. And the match results, in which the Estovakians won against all odds, sparked what was jokingly named by the rest of the world the "2nd Emmerian-Estovakian War," when the entire Emmerian and Estovakian player base, which had suddenly experienced an unnatural expansion of millions after '
that match,' waged a war of live streamed matches for eight weeks that almost crashed the Anean part of the internet.
The "2nd Emmerian-Estovakian War" ended in what was called either "The Battle of Raining Aircraft" or "The Anean B7R," when 5000 Emmerian players and 5000 Estovakian players fought in just one map, a match that ended inconclusively because the Anean Servers literally burst into flames because of the match up when there were 2004 Emmerians and 2006 Estovakians were left.
"And what did Liu Chi Sheng said to that?" Rimer asked.
"He said that the times have changed. We need to be both controversial and make the game so realistic that XCOM's pilots would be impressed when they play it. Rimer, just in case we do go with Belkan War, can our servers handle another Anean B7R?"
"Yes they can. We're now using Grunder Industries Zoey Supercomputers for our servers. We can now run ten "Battle of Raining Aircraft" at the same time if we have to."
"So...what's your decision Rimer?"
"...Liu Chi Sheng really wants Belkan War and G-Force On?"
"Yes."
"...ok. Let's do Belkan War and G-Force On."
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What do you think
@huhYeahGoodPoint? And what about my earlier questions?
