Conquering OtherWorld Starts With a Game Chapter 13: Open Beta

Earth, October 5, 2019, Saturday.

During the National Day holiday, netizens had more free time than usual.

When people have nothing to do, they tend to create unnecessary problems, capable of making a big fuss out of nothing, let alone when there are already existing issues.

Qin Guan got up early, slightly past seven in the morning. Before his eyes were even fully opened, he had already reached for his phone and unlocked the screen. All his social media apps were still showing the bright red 99+.

If this had happened a few days ago, Qin Guan would have been secretly delighted to see himself "trending" like this.

But now… he would rather not have attracted attention at all…

Three days ago, after discovering that he had become the target of nationwide ridicule, Qin Guan, in anger, uploaded an unedited six-hour gameplay recording (only censoring the part where three players exchanged real-life contact information) to the Internet.

This was undoubtedly a strong counter to the conspiracy theories that claimed "fake black technology game deceiving the feelings of Chinese people and exploiting foreign investors." However, despite that, public opinion didn't swing in reverse.

The reason was simple. Too many people are only willing to revel in the misfortune of others, but have no interest in themselves being proven wrong. The long video Qin Guan released afterward hardly gained any significant traction…

On the third day, "OtherWorld" shamelessly postponed its server opening, without offering any explanation or even bothering to come up with an excuse for unforeseen circumstances for the delay. The frantic influx of questioning, doubting, and insulting comments on the message board was completely ignored too…

The pressure Qin Guan felt during these past two days was beyond imaginable.

The lack of any response or feedback by the irresponsible development team to netizen's criticism for the delay was one reason; the second being that the other previously ignored 290 closed beta slots and login helmets only garnered

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