Chapter 113

"my name is allen_adham. Just call me Allen." The foreign middle-aged man laughed.

Yang Guo nodded and said with a smile, "Hello, Alan, you can call me Leon."

With that, Yang Guo suddenly felt something wrong. He frowned and asked, "Mr. Allen, how do you spell your name?"

"Allen, a_l_l_e_n, Adham, a_d_h_a_m." Allen gestured.

"Allen_adham," Yang Guo said twice in his mouth, and finally connected the name with the person in his memory. However, he had only seen relevant materials before, and had not seen photos, so he tentatively asked, "Allen Adhan, are you one of the founders of Blizzard?"

Alan? Adhan was also surprised. He stopped his awkward eating, raised his head and stared at Yang Guo's eyes, frowned and asked, "who are you? How do you know me? Are you a reporter?"

Yang Guo pointed to himself and his daughter and said with a smile, "is there a reporter like me?"

Shook his head, Alan? Ad Khan himself doesn't believe this inference, because he was very low-key in front of the media, and he hasn't had any news exposure since he quit the management of Blizzard several years ago!

If Yang Guo designed everything well and pretended to be so lifelike, and just wanted to interview him, it was also too lifelike! He believed his intuition more than that unreliable guess. Yang Guo was just a kind-hearted person he met on the journey.

"But how can you know me? I'm not a big star?" Alan Adhan asked strangely.

"Haha." Yang Guo laughed, "Alan, don't be nervous. I'm really not a reporter, nor any crazy fan of you. Of course, I admire your road to success. But I recognize you, just because of my damn memory, I can recite a lot of things I've seen. For example, I read a report about Blizzard before, so I wrote down your name."

"So it is." Alan Adhan smiled relieved. He struggled to "clip" a piece of mutton belly into his mouth, chewing it and saying, "don't think of me as someone from Blizzard. The person sitting in front of you is an ordinary Asian American."

"Haha, please rest assured." Yang Guo laughed.

"I'm actually a translator." Yang Guo explained, "because of work needs, I will read a lot of materials, so I know more."

"No wonder your English is so good, even better than me! I thought you grew up in America." Relax, Alan? Adhan joked.

As they ate, they pulled and talked, and the topic gradually turned back to the game.

At first, Yang Guo talked with him about shooting games, because many home game consoles could not enter the Chinese market, and many excellent games were unknown to the Chinese people. But when he recommended a well-known game in China, the anti terrorist elite of valve company, Allen? Adhan suddenly said with disdain, "what kind of excellent game is that? The really excellent game is Blizzard! Excellent games are carefully built. What kind of excellent games are rough games made like anti terrorist elite?"

Yang Guo knew that the anti terrorist elite really didn't do as good as Blizzard's game in terms of game effects, but it was one of his favorite games after all. He argued: "however, the anti terrorist elite's game design is very good! Its game principle and many maps have been used by many games until now."

"It can only be said that it is a classic, not that it is excellent. In the past, it was not excellent, and now it is not!" Alan? Adhan analyzed the anti-terrorism elites for Yang Guo from the perspective of a game designer. No matter what Yang Guo thought or didn't think of before, he listed more than 20 shortcomings of the anti-terrorism elites and made Yang Guo speechless.

It is an indisputable fact that the anti terrorist elite has fallen behind! As early as fiveorsix years ago, the anti terrorist elite has withdrawn from the ranks of mainstream games. In addition to Internet cafes and some old players' computers, where else does it have a foothold?

Yang Guo sighed, "you're right. A good game really needs a long time to polish if it wants to last for a long time. After more than ten years of development, such as Warcraft, StarCraft, worldofwarcraft and so on, it is still deeply loved by everyone, and it can't be separated from the silent efforts of the game developers behind it."

Is Warcraft Allen? Adhan was launched when he was president of blizzard. At that time, he was deeply involved in the dismal performance of Diablo. As a result, in Warcraft, Allen? Adhan fought a beautiful turnaround! This game is also a pride of him, so when Yang Guo talked about Warcraft, Allen? Adekhan's face showed a proud smile.

In a position willing to quit the president and only live in the position of game consultant, Allen? Adhan has a dedication to the game that transcends money and everything. He doesn't care about others' evaluation of him, but he cares about others' views on his game!

Speaking later, Yang Guo still didn't forget to tease: "I finally understand why Blizzard always jumps tickets. I think you often have to go to your own level?"

Alan? Adhan laughed and said, "indeed, we just want to keep improving. Every time a new game or new version is launched, we must make a breakthrough than before, surpass the past and continue to become an excellent work! If it is not good enough, we are willing to never push it to the market."

"I agree with you very much. I think so about my own translated works. I absolutely don't allow perfunctory situations." Yang Guo nodded seriously and said.

"But I have a little doubt," Yang Guo asked. "Blizzard released StarCraft 2 last year, but there has been no news about the update of Warcraft, which is the most popular. Is it still not good enough? But it has been released for eight years! Just updating and maintaining the balance can't keep this game at the forefront of the times forever."

Warcraft has always been the love and pain in the hearts of Warcraft fans.

When it was launched, it became popular all over the world. The concept of hero makes it more interesting and competitive than StarCraft. Even in the world E-sports competition, it has always existed as a major event.

Unfortunately, in the hands of Blizzard, there has not been much change in the past seven or eight years. Until now, it has gradually withdrawn from the world stage. Recently, there have been rumors that the next WCG will cancel the Warcraft project. What a pity?

Speaking of this, Alan? Adhan's expression stagnated, and even his happy expression was a little dimmed. He sighed slightly and said, "Alas, no, it's not that we don't want to launch a new version, but that this game really can't find a better breakthrough. Even if we launch a new version, it's just fried cold rice, which has not changed much from the past."

"Why not buy dota?" Yang Guozhi asked, "dota is based on Warcraft, and the story background is also born out of Warcraft. Now it also has a huge number of players. Why did valve give up such an excellent game?"

Alan? Adhan looked up and drank a mouthful of tea, slowly breathed out, and said with a wry smile, "it's not that simple. There are many disputes about interests, and I'm not the management, so I can't make a decision. If it was me, I would never let dota go."

Although Alan? Adhan is not the main designer of Warcraft, but he still looks at himself as if he were a grown-up child. How can I not be sad when I watch it gradually decline?

"I like Warcraft very much, among so many games launched by blizzard." Yang Guo said bitterly, "I've always had deep feelings. When I first came into contact with the expansion film of Warcraft, I thought I was interested, so I went to read all the novels of its background stories, ancient war trilogy, etc. I still remember that Tirion Fordring said 'race doesn't represent glory, I've seen the most noble orcs and the most despicable humans...'"

Speaking later, sadness turned into a faint longing, and even reciting the classic words in the background story showed deep longing.

Alan? Adhan also read with tears in his eyes: "the world no longer needs me as a guardian. The trauma of the earth will slowly recover by itself, and the future of all the races living here can only rely on their own efforts."

Yang Guo's eyes lit up and said, "guardian of Azeroth, Medivh!"

Alan? Adhan smiled and nodded.

"The scars of the world will slowly heal, but on this road, we are destined to walk a very difficult road, whether the enemy is a more powerful foreign enemy or ourselves." Yang Guo murmured.

He and Alan? Adhan looked at each other silently, and then all looked up and laughed, which attracted others to look sideways. Those who didn't know it thought they were drunk!

Qiqi didn't know why her father was so happy, nor why her eyes were still full of tears after her father laughed. She turned her head and looked at her father with her mouth open. She didn't know what she was thinking.

Although they have known each other for less than an hour, after this chat, Alan Adhan and Yang Guo seem to have known each other for many years. The two people have too much resonance. Their understanding of the game of Warcraft, their familiarity with the history of Warcraft, and their regret for the future of Warcraft are enough to make them become a pair of good friends from strangers!

Back to the hotel, Yang Guo said goodbye to Alan? Adhan returned to his room, holding his cell phone and lying on the bed, staring at the ceiling.

Allen is already in the phone? Adekhan's contact information, but Yang Guo thought of another thing.

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