What should players do if there is a serious mistake in the official design of the game?
In the game, the official will inevitably make some big or small mistakes, and players who find problems will be happy to point it out, but there is such a thing in the history of the game, the player in order to correct the official error, eventually led to his own sentence of 14 years in prison, today let's review this incident.
Military warfare as an important factor to promote the development of human society, these years in the field of games have also produced countless impressive excellent works, especially when it comes to hardcore military war games, many players may first think of "World of Tanks", "World of Warships", "Armed Assault" and so on. In the internet era where MOBA and FPS are popular, this kind of hardcore military theme game seems to have a small audience, and in the eyes of ordinary players, it can basically be equated with the small circle of unpopularity.
However, the unpopular also has the benefit of being unpopular, that is, the quality of the game tends to be better than the popular genre. If you want to attract hardcore military players, the quality of the game is important, but at the same time, the simulation of equipment, especially various military weapons, is also a big killer to attract players. Of course, the developers of the game are designed according to the public information at most, and there will inevitably be some problems, but these problems are generally difficult for players to find, after all, even hardcore military fans can see the aircraft tanks in the minority, let alone understand the internal functions and specific data.
However, in 2019, such an incident occurred in "War Thunder", when the first 10.0-weighted 7 main battle tank , Challenger 2 , was launched in the game. This is the third generation of tanks developed by the United Kingdom in 1993, mainly for export, developed by the British Vickers Defence Systems Group, powerful and has great potential for improvement, and soon became one of the best models in the world. Since its release, this famous tank has caused a heated discussion in the player community.
And in July 2021, finally someone couldn't help but point out the in-game bug. A player posted on the game forum that Challenger 2's model details are not correct, and challenger 2 is easily penetrated by enemy fire in War Thunder, while in reality, Challenger 2 can do better. In addition, he said that the internal structure of Challenger 2 is very complicated, and he wants to point out the mistakes of the game production company and hopes that the game company will make changes that are realistic.
To prove himself, the player attached a screenshot of the British Army Equipment Support Manual: Challenger 2 as evidence. Not only that, the player even said that he was a former member of the British Army's Armor Test Development Department, and in order to prevent himself from being checked by the water meter, the player was quite clever to give P some confidential file logos in the screenshots to non-confidential documents.
In this regard, the developer of "War Thunder" is of course cautious, and excitedly said on the spot that we want to contact the British Ministry of Defence. Soon after, a senior technical director of the game revealed to the media that the game official has contacted the British Ministry of Defense, the British Ministry of Defense officially notified the game developer in writing, the document provided by the player is the real tank structure map, as for the player of course to be prosecuted, once the crime is implemented, at least 14 years of small black house.
The developer of the "War Thunder" game said that because these data are confidential, they will not be adopted, and Challenger 2 in the game is still in a abused position, which can be said to be in vain. If this big brother knew about this in the little black room, it was estimated that he would be killed alive, right?
It would be naïve to think that such a thing can only happen once.
Only two months after the British big brother broke the news, "War Thunder" staged a similar plot, but the protagonist was replaced by a French tank. Still the official forum of War Thunder, and not knowing who started it, players began to eagerly discuss the difference between the French Army's Clare main battle tank S1 and S2.
Combined with the content of the game, everyone discussed the turret speed setting of the current French Army tank in the game, and many players began to analyze whether the 40 degrees per second setting in the game was possible in reality according to their understanding of the ordnance. With no official figures, the players' discussion gradually turned into a debate.
Originally, this was at most the imagination and rhetoric of military fans, but soon one player lost patience and first identified himself, a French Army tank soldier who operated the Claire main battle tank S2. Arguing with people on the Internet is that everyone will, if you want to really outperform others in momentum, you still need some real evidence, so this player directly announced the correct answer in his hand, the real situation is 31 degrees per second. In addition, he also uploaded some photos and handbooks related to Clare tanks, including important data such as the rotation speed of the turret and the thickness of the armor.
Finally, he also reported the falsification of the data released by the official in real name, which was afraid that he would not be taken away. This tank undoubtedly belongs to the national military secret, this player has achieved a short victory, after all, even the manual has been taken out, unless someone also comes up with the same manual to argue with him, but at this time the player's attention has begun to turn to what he published, whether it is the same as the last time is a leak.
After a few hours, the official attitude towards the leaker can be said to be quite skilled, not only patiently advising him to delete the post, but also saying that the data did not help them make the game. Although the French side did not respond to this, the official handling of this kind of thing by "War Thunder" has been regarded as a mastery, after all, the last leak was caused by the Ministry of Defense.
But then again, an exposure can also be said that the player's blood boiling can not control themselves, but the British big brother fourteen years of the incident has just passed less than two months, so soon it is the turn of the French players to explode, it seems that the temper of these players will still have to be honed more in the future.