This Is Not a Bug but a Game Feature-Chapter 172 - 132: Otherworld, Touch and You’re Toast!

Chapter 172: Chapter 132: Otherworld, Touch and You’re Toast!

August, Yu City.

After nearly a year, the 23-24 season’s Golden Era League of "Star Emperor" has finally come to an end.

It was originally supposed to end in June.

But due to the mid-season entry of console manufacturers, two additional locations were added to the league, extending it until August.

The final stop was Yu City!

AMD, with outstanding team cohesion, professional teamwork, and strong logistical support, won the Golden Era League S1 annual championship with a total score of 245!

It’s worth mentioning that NVIDIA also had over 200 total points.

But they really dropped the ball in the later stages...

With continuous battles and insufficient logistical support, NVIDIA’s performance in the latter part of the schedule was simply unspeakable.

During the South America Station, NVIDIA even faced a joke situation where console damage occurred, there were no suitable replacement parts, and they requested to pause the match to airship parts from North America to the competition venue.

That match pause lasted for 13 hours, leaving everyone baffled.

From then on, the GAL League established a new rule that any team without replacement parts would automatically be judged as lost, and could no longer apply for a match pause for this reason.

"Where Did NVIDIA Really Lose?"

"AMD Dynasty Established! GAL 23-24 Annual Champion!"

"Many professional analysts on Wall Street say: The GAL League will greatly change the market share of consumer PC hardware..."

"Intel CEO: We will launch a series of consumer-grade discrete graphics products in the future, aiming for the S2 annual championship!"

The impact of AMD’s championship win continues to ferment in the PC hardware circle, attracting reports from various media outlets.

It has to be said.

AMD invested a lot in this annual championship, with professional analysts estimating that AMD’s total investment was no less than a hundred million, ranking at the forefront of the GAL League.

From the results, this investment of over a hundred million was very worthwhile, as the influence and advertising effect of winning the GAL’s first annual championship can definitely offset this cost, and even bring huge profits!

Let’s not even talk about the stock price...

After AMD won the GAL annual championship, almost all A-series products experienced a sales boom, whether CPUs or GPUs, they were all the first choice for assemblers.

Market share increased slightly.

For AMD, this is undoubtedly a great joy. Old Huang looked down on those gaming folks, but Su saw their value!

The booming personal assembly market also boosted the overall brand image of AMD.

Previously, everyone said AMD wasn’t up to par, and was a bit lacking compared to NVIDIA and Intel. But now, one sentence can leave those two speechless.

AMD is the S1 annual champion, may I ask what championship do you hold?

"Damn it!"

NVIDIA and Intel are not to be trifled with, and after being taunted by AMD, although they didn’t say it out loud, they actually increased their investment in the GAL League. 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚

They’re not convinced!

Daren Shuo and Shrink Star manufacturers could admit defeat, but these two are leaders in their respective industries, how can they stand AMD stepping over them?

It is worth noting.

Sony and Microsoft, the two console giants, due to their late entry and the inherent disadvantages of the console platform, performed poorly in the field.

But both have declared that they will make efforts in the new year of GAL events to prove that their console platforms are not inferior, and they have their own cutting-edge technology...

"Is it true?"

"Of course it’s true!"

Chen Ba said with a smile: "These two console manufacturers, in terms of size and technology, are not much worse than others. If they really are willing to unleash their cutting-edge technology, they could definitely achieve results next year."

There is no doubt about it.

The console platform does have a significant disadvantage in the GAL League, but it doesn’t mean they can’t compete.

Sony and Microsoft, as long as they are willing to pile up materials and unleash their cutting-edge technology, could surprise everyone and change the stereotype that console performance is poor.

Of course, it also depends on their courage.

Not every manufacturer is willing to apply the latest technology to the GAL League and expose it under the spotlight.

For instance, Old Huang was criticized.

Many loyal fans of NVIDIA’s graphics cards say that the reason NVIDIA lost the GAL’s inaugural annual champion trophy was Old Huang’s penny-pinching mentality.

It’s one thing to be stingy with products, but are you seriously being stingy in a competition too?

AMD has brought technology that "might not be commercially viable even in ten years" to the table, and you’re still being stingy? Who are you showing off to?

"The GAL League is really on fire!"

At this point, Yang Dong couldn’t help but exclaim: "It feels like the popularity of this event and the total number of viewers on the internet have already far exceeded the total number of players of ’Star Emperor.’"

"Indeed it is..."

Chen Ba felt quite awkward too.

The GAL League, as an esports competition derived from "Star Emperor," ended up being more famous than the game itself, with spectators outnumbering the game’s players by ten times.

It’s just too something.

Have you ever seen a game’s professional tournament become more famous than the game itself?

Well, now you have!

"Star Emperor" is exactly that kind, where the competition is more famous than the game, and the top professional players have more fans than the active players of the entire game...

That’s right!

Xu Xiaofei, as GAL League’s top star player, has at least ten million fans on the internet, making the term "big internet celebrity" hardly an exaggeration.

But now, "Star Emperor" has only a million active players, who would believe that if they heard it?

"The audience watching the competition and the players playing the game have some overlap, but they’re not exactly the same group."

Yang Dong explained with a smile: "Liking to watch the GAL competition doesn’t mean they play the game; many people just watch the competition and don’t play the game."