As early as December 2021, QQ Tang officially issued an announcement announcing that it would stop the operation of the national service on April 20, 2022, and officially shut down the server at 11:00 a.m.
At 11:00 on April 20, QQ Tang officially stopped the operation of the Chinese mainland, and the game server, game official website, forum, and exclusive customer service were closed. For "QQ Tang" players, Tencent has also prepared compensation activities, which can be redeemed in games such as "Everyday Show fight" and "Let's Catch Demons Together".
As part of countless 80s and 90s youth, the suspension of "QQ Tang" has triggered a "nostalgic wave" on social media, and related terms are at a high position on Weibo, Tieba, Zhihu and other platform hot searches, and countless players are difficult to say goodbye, "Grandpa Qing knotted whining" "When I was a child, the technology was too dish, and now I am finally bald and stronger, but it can't stop playing." Some players said that "our youth and childhood will forever stay at 11:00 on April 20, 2022", feeling that time is no longer there.
"QQ Tang" was born in December 2004, is a casual competitive game under Tencent, which has been operating for more than 17 years, and its gameplay creativity comes from the classic game "Bomberman".
The game is mainly based on PVP, the player controls his character, moves through the arrow keys, the space bar releases the blisters, the blister explosion will form a water ball to control the surrounding characters, and after 5 seconds, the character will be eliminated if he fails to escape. However, if a companion passes by, the trapped player can be rescued, but if the opponent passes, the player will be eliminated immediately until one side is eliminated and the game is over. After the buildings in each level are broken, props will appear, greatly improving the playability of the game.
However, there are rumors that "QQ Tang" has been marginalized for a period of time, and the relevant investment is also shrinking, and it can persist to this day, mainly because the relevant personnel cannot bear to give up" for many reasons and voluntarily carry out maintenance behavior.
"QQ Tang" at that time there were many reasons for the explosion, first of all, the dividend of the times, in 2004, the development of domestic online games just started, but also let many people feel novel about it, and the Internet café has also become the first choice of countless people in that era, especially countless young people's preferred entertainment venues, playing online games has also become their main purpose.
The second is the product itself, as a casual competitive game, "QQ Tang" and the same explosive "Bubble Hall" and other products at that time, jointly filled the market gap in this category. In addition, the simple kernel of the game reduces the difficulty of getting started, the update of the novel content ensures the stickiness of the user, and as a competitive game, the product ensures the most basic fairness, and the victory or defeat depends on the experience and skills accumulated by the players themselves.
Of course, "QQ Tang" naturally also holds the social advantages of Tencent's products, especially in that year, QQ has become the core product of young people's social behavior, so qq hall that can log in by simply entering the QQ account password can naturally spread quickly in different groups.
However, with the rampant plug-in and content limitations, "QQ Hall" has gradually become the tears of the times, and today's short bloom may be the last time it ripples in the online world.
However, it is interesting that the old enemy of "QQ Hall" "Bubble Hall" has also been on Weibo hot search today.
Through the observation of related terms, it can be seen that the reason why "Bubble Hall" is hotly discussed is that on the one hand, it is also the youth of the 80s and 90s, and the appearance of parting makes players feel the preciousness of "people around them". On the other hand, it is out of hatred.
In the early years, "QQ Tang" was sued by agent Shanda Games (now "Sheng qu Games") and South Korean developer Nexon for similar names and gameplay to the "Bubble Hall" game. Therefore, in the eyes of many players, "QQ Tang" is a plagiarist, and the reason why the topic of "Bubble Hall" has been raised is because the plagiarists are dead and unhappy.
Although the users are not as good as that year, "Bubble Hall" is still updated, constantly launching new versions, new gameplay, new activities, and even held a birthday celebration in early April, and prepared a grand live broadcast, but for some reasons had to postpone, but the official also promised that although it was late.
The times are progressing, the end of the game will be inevitable, it is undeniable that many products have been brilliant, but when the wheel of history rolls forward, living in memory, may be their best destination.