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Episode 135 – The Devil Wears Purple (2)
Late evening.
The webzine Metagamer provided a variety of gaming communities. And the types of communities were not limited to capsule and mobile games.
Games for PC and consoles that were mainstream before the release of capsules, and now considered 'classic games', also had community bulletin boards.
One of them is the Demon Must Cry community, 'Demrk Meta'.
[I should be thankful that they even maintain the bulletin boardㅋㅋㅋ]
[Everyone has left here now ㅠㅠ]
[It's been a while since I've been here haha I'm getting married]
[The interval between Glyzens is 3 months]
As virtual reality became mainstream, there were few community users.
The gap between the latest and previous posts was not in hours but in months, and the main users were older and had families.
It was a place I had no doubt would become like that.
[Demuck's Resurrection! Demuck's Resurrection!]
[Wow lol, there's still life here]
[Wow lol the video and screenshots are all included in the strategy guide]
[It's been a while since I've been here to read a story ㅋㅋㅋ]
[The community comes back to life!]
In an instant, posts began to skyrocket. People who recalled old memories after seeing the news revealed by V-STAR came back.
And it wasn't just console gamers who found their way here.
[Is Demerk such an awesome game?]
[Oh lol, there was a bulletin board like this]
[What the heck lol it was a total gathering place for old men]
[Haha! Get the clean water!]
[Aww! I'm a baby! Summarize the story!]
Even gamers who had previously only played virtual reality games began flocking to get information about the games.
The coexistence of old and newbies has caused the time interval between posts to change from 'months' to 'minutes'.
Soon, the administrator's post was posted in bold letters on the notice board.
[Must read for all the babysitters!]
[Wow… … I can’t believe how long it’s been since there were this many people here
First of all, I am the administrator here.
Well, I'm not asking for a favor since I've been busy in this life and only come once a month to cut out shitty viral ads, lol
Anyway, I'm touched in many ways and I want to talk about old stories a lot ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
Anyway, I'll just say '-틀-' so I'll pass
Maybe what the fans want is the console version of the story.
The best thing to do is to just play through the console version, but since there are 5 games in the series, it's difficult due to time constraints.
Besides, it'll be hard to get a console right now lol
I will post a notice summarizing the story on the strategy board.
Even the Debungs who haven't been here for a long time can go and have a regular run again ㅋㅋ
Of course I will do it too lol
And new teasers keep coming out, but I can't explain it right now lol
To begin with, what Gaegeum has revealed is too little, f*ck
All of the items that appeared in this teaser video are items belonging to the main character, Durante.
Seriously, that's it lol
It's not that the devs are bullying the newbies right now, they really don't know ㅋㅋㅋ
So there is only one thing for old vegans, new vegans, and devs to do.
What is that?
Are you watching the story and waiting for Purple to air? Okay?
3-line summary of the scroll-down Devongi
1. The console version story is posted on the strategy board.
2. No one knows about the new work
3. Shut up and wait for Purple Broadcast
Oh, and since there are a lot of people, if you try to be friendly like before, you'll get banned right away^^]
[-I will now begin praising the administrator]
[LOL, it's neatly organized]
[That's why everyone is working in career positions]
[Nyaik lol. Is this something you got while working?]
[You've really become an old man, lol]
[-Ah lol this is also viral]
[What the hell?]
[I'm the manager of the story video that was posted on the strategy board. LOL]
[What the heck, abuse of power? LOL]
[No viral? You're not doing admin work, lol]
[The negative view came out right away lol]
[-Ah haha so when are you going to do the Purple broadcast!]
[You didn't answer right away on the metagame broadcast, so I'm a little anxious?]
[ㄴㅈㄹㄴ I'll definitely do Godple. I'll do it anyway!]
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[N, eat some food, lol]
The interval between posts has become a bit shorter with the administrator's notice. It was clear that most of the newbies had gone to watch the story videos.
Meanwhile, the remaining Old Bees talked about something else.
[What do you think the new work will be like?]
[Those fu*king assholes are really driving people crazy, f*ck ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
No; shouldn't you at least tell us if it's a remaster, a reboot, or a sequel?]
Expectations for this new release.
Opinions were broadly divided into three groups.
[-Maybe this is a remaster?]
[Oh lol I thought the same thing too]
[This is real, you can catch both newbies and oldbies]
[N Seriously ㅋㅋㅋ Just remastering it in virtual reality is sure to make the fans faint]
[It's still fun even if you know the story lol]
A 'remastered' version of the existing console version ported to capsules.
[-No matter what, remastering is crossing the line lol]
[If that piece of shit has a conscience, they should reboot it, s**t]
[Haven't the console version developers already retired?]
[Console controls and virtual reality are completely different, so rebooting is the best]
A 'reboot' version that keeps the core of the series but starts with a different story.
[-Not really lol There's already an example of bark, what's the big deal?]
[ㄹㅇㅋㅋ Didn't you see Ryan Kim in the Bark Jin ending?]
[You don't subscribe to Pertube?]
[When did you first become a foreigner here?]
[Foreign community, okay lol]
[It's just that the numbering isn't connected, but it's a sequel that continues on]
[ㄴ개검 : Okay]
A 'sequel' version that unfolds the story after the previous Biocrisis.
The community expressed even more anticipation by advancing these three opinions. The discussion concluded with one conclusion.
[I want to watch Godple broadcast soon!]
[Hold your breath until the public broadcast starts!]
[Breaking News] Suspicious Asphyxiation Accidents Rise, Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency: 'You Must Breathe First']
In the end, the answer was that the only thing that mattered was the broadcast of 'Purple'.
Amidst the overheated speculation, expectations, and interest, new news was delivered.
[Metagame Official Released!]
[Open the portal right away lol
<The Devil Wears Purple>
Look at the headline lol]
The news has been officially published by Metagamer.
[-ㅁㅊ It's not Demerk, it's purple lol]
[-Are you saying you want to ride the purple coin openly?]
[-Hyeonmyeongchu]
[-The content itself is not much different from Boosta]
[- News about the contract signing?]
[-Woof! Godple, please help me with my homework!]
[-I trust Godple! Godple will do everything!]
[-Phelllujah! Phelllujah!]
The article came out, but people became even more upset. And as a result of the article, the number of people living in the community began to increase.
[Real-time Meta Community Rank]
[1. Mystic League]
[2. Gunner Ground]
[3. Demon Must Cry]
…
As evidence, the community bulletin board rankings skyrocketed in an instant. It was unusual for a console game community to rank within the top 5.
Surprisingly, the upward trend actually began to accelerate.
[Crazy lol the overseas reactions are amazing!]
A new post that came up shortly after the Metagamer article came out.
People immediately clicked on the post.
[I translated and uploaded an article about metagame from an overseas webzine. LOL
Is it really like they gave it to Gaegum exclusively?
I left the content as is, and just captured some of the comments and translated them ㅋㅋㅋ
(Demuck is back? This is the most amazing thing in my life!)
(The headline is weird. Why is there 'purple' in it? Demerk's main color is red!)
(ㅋㅋㅋ 'Purple' is a translation mistake. It's actually 'Perfect Play')
('Perfect Play' is the streamer's name? What the fu*k is that?)
(What the hell is this? You don't know about that 'perfect play'? He's a fu*king awesome player!)
(Yeah. If you don't know him, you're not a gamer. He used that 'eclipse' in Elden Soul and cleared Bark without any damage or rocket launcher. Get out now, you fake gamers.)
(ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ That's right. He is totally qualified. There's no refutation.)
This is the English-speaking part, and below is some reactions from the archipelago part ㅋㅋㅋ
<バカな！これをに任せるの?>
(Stupid! You're leaving this kind of work to a Korean?)
<Are you doing this?>
(Are there only idiots in that company?)
<バカは国さえれば〒る君たちなんだwww>
(You fools are the ones who get angry just by seeing Korea lol)
<Go straight to the right, go outside and go out.>
(You far right monkeys, please get out of the room)
<ああ、またにKorean language translation>
(Ah, I have no choice but to ask my younger sibling to translate into Korean again)
<おいおい, エルドンソウルに続き歴史を書くつもりか。>
(5252, Are you planning to rewrite history again after Elden Soul?)
Comments are skyrocketing everywhere right now in real timeㅋㅋㅋ
Those who can speak a foreign language should definitely watch this ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
It's seriously so much funㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ]
[-Oh my gosh lol, that's how you translate purple lol]
[-What is the translation of ignorance?]
[-This is to say that there were also scraps of game webzines]
[-There's a perfect play right in the text, but you don't know it?]
[-Ah ㅋㅋ It's common for people all over the world to only look at the title ㅋㅋㅋ]
[-Is it true that foreigners say they don't know how to play Gotpl?]
[-Stop the hidden camera!]
[-Ah haha this is a rise in national prestige]
[-Really ㅋㅋ Wow, that's so impressive!]
[-Is this the power of culture?]
[-Even if it's a celestial country, it can't beat a country that owns purple lol]
[-Purple holding countryㅋㅋㅋㅅㅂㅋㅋㅋㅋ]
[-Ah lol, there's no Godple in that country? Are you jealous?]
[-In the meantime, the far right are getting cursed at by fellow Japanese peopleㅋㅋㅋㅋ]
[-Immediately suppressed lol]
[-What is Korean Wave! We have Purple Wave!]
People did not hide their satisfaction with the overseas response. However, not everyone was happy.
[-not;; but if it's like this, I'm a bit worried about the broadcast]
[What the hell is this?]
[All those foreigners are waiting for the Godple broadcast, lol]
[If this is the case, the chat window will definitely be in chaos during the broadcast, right?]
[I feel like I'm going to get dizzy]
[ㄴAㅏ…]
It was almost a given that foreigners would flock to the public broadcast. As a result, Purple's broadcast would be noticeably different from before.
[-Well, there's nothing I can do about it lol]
[N King Chi Man… … Is Godple too awesome to be locked up in Korea?]
[If ㄴㅇㅇ Godple was a foreigner, I probably wouldn't have been able to watch the live broadcast]
[lol I'm so touched]
[ㄴ???: Always be thankful.]
[Nah lol, cheer for Godple and support them diligently]
Even if the broadcast is different from before, there is no choice but to accept it. There was regret, but people soon agreed.
* * *
The next day.
CAP COMPANY KOREA headquarters.
Lee Kyung-bok and Park Joo-ho visited here to sign a contract.
“It’s true that that kid couldn’t sleep in the end.”
“That’s why.”
“I told him to just use an assistant editor, but he wouldn’t listen.”
The two friends spoke while recalling their friend Choi Byeong-hun, who could not attend the event.
Unlike previous broadcasts, the V-STAR exploration broadcast itself had a long running time, so editing took a long time.
Thanks to this, he was still devoted to editing even at this time.
“Come this way.”
The two were led into the conference room with great hospitality. As they entered, the three people waiting bowed deeply.
“Hello, Purple!”
"welcome!"
“Thank you for coming.”
One was a male employee I had seen on a game show, and the other was a female employee.
Among them was a middle-aged man who appeared to be of the highest rank.
Lee Kyung-bok greeted the female employee and turned his attention to her.
“Oh, by any chance, when we first signed the contract… …”
“You remembered!”
Her face showed genuine emotion at Lee Kyung-bok's words.
She was the first employee who came to us for the Biocrisis advertising contract.
“Because firsts are always special.”
“Wow… …! As expected, every single word is perfect.”
“Oh, really. I’m going to Busta.”
Park Joo-ho laughed inwardly at that sight.
'Is this a business meeting or a fan meeting… … '
Everyone was friendly, but he kept his cool. The atmosphere was good, so there was nothing wrong with it, but what he had to focus on was the contract itself.
Soon, the explanation for this public broadcast followed. After hearing the details, Lee Kyung-bok nodded to his friend.
'As expected.'
'hmm.'
Park Joo-ho had looked into the company's requirements before visiting the headquarters, and indeed, they fell within that category.
'What matters now is the amount.'
He looked at the holographic contract passing by and quickly thought about it.
I had already prepared a list of prices that would be appropriate for the requirements. I just remembered the list.
'At this rate, I think I could ask for at least 20 million won.'
20 million won.
It was the average advertising price of 1 million YouTubers.
'In the current situation, raising it by 300,000 is sufficient.'
Currently, Pertube has 700,000 subscribers, and the original price was around 15 million won. Park Joo-ho decided that it would be right to receive at least 5 million won more than that.
Depending on the situation, we were thinking of using 20 million won as a Maginot Line and proceeding with the negotiation.
“Now comes the most important part.”
The middle-aged man spoke with a hollow laugh. Park Joo-ho opened his eyes wide and waited for the next words.
But what soon appeared as a hologram were not documents, but diagrams and graphs.
He smiled as he looked at the two people who were wondering.
“Normally, we don’t disclose such internal analysis indicators, but I will explain them together with Purple to avoid any misunderstandings.”
“Internal analysis indicators?”
“Yes, would you please look at this graph first?”
Instead of the middle-aged man, a male employee answered. He expanded the graph.
[Perfect Play Q-Tube Channel Trend Analysis]
Along with the extension, the attached name of the graph appeared.
“On the first day of broadcasting, the Pertube channel reached 100,000 views in one day. This is a very unusual record.”
It was extraordinary from the start of the first graph.
The slope of the graph was virtually vertical.
“Since then, it has shown steady growth. And whenever an issue arises, the number of subscribers skyrockets.”
The graph, which was trending upward, soared like a volcano here and there.
“This alone is amazing, but… … ”
As the male employee manipulated the smart link, new graphs began to appear one after another.
“We decided that a more multi-faceted analysis was needed.”
It wasn't just the number of subscribers that they analyzed.