BB Ji | wen
If it is placed in the past few years, "how to spend Chinese New Year's Eve" will be a headache for Xiao A.
After many years of working in a big city, he no longer has the motivation to run in front of local landmarks and shout "Happy New Year" at crowded streets. Because of working in a new media job, every holiday node, it is the most urgent time to work overtime, and after reviewing the copywriting materials, the clock has missed the prime time.
At this point, going back to the rental house and taking a hot shower may give even more comfort. Approaching late at night, he opened "Glory of Kings" in the sofa, pulled friends to open the black, no matter whether he won or lost, he would send a stalk picture in the group of relatives and friends, which should be the greatest respect for the new year.
But this year, Xiao A has a different idea, he wants to go on a trip.
A few days in advance, he arranged his work (referring to the promise that he could work online at any time), and his usual playmates set a trip to Shenzhen, and went to the Happy Coast during the day to "stagger the peak", where there was a New Year's Eve event with the theme of "Glory of Kings", which was the place with the strongest game atmosphere that day.
When I arrived at the scene, it was simply "I'm surrounded by Yao Mei after the end", and the rumors of Yao Mei step by step did not deceive me. Next to the hugging tree and under the prayer tree, the Happy Coast is full of players who come to check in. In the lively event, Xiao A also decided to participate, and the result was also very "satisfying" - successfully bypassing the figurines, laser bags and other awards, and mentioning a postcard.
In the evening, several people booked an e-sports hotel, but the computer game categorically couldn't be played, so everyone put the New Year's Eve party of station B on the screen as the background sound, and consciously picked up the mobile phone and turned it black.
Zhou Shen is Xiao A's favorite singer, and he sang "The Covenant of a Thousand Lights (Yunmeng Version)" at this year's New Year's Eve party at Station B
As expected, the game of New Year's Eve still lost, but counted down together "3, 2, 1." 2024!" is also in place. "Win and go to sleep!" I don't know who shouted the taboo slogan, this night is destined to be extraordinary...
In fact, whether it's New Year's Eve, Chinese New Year, or other special days, it's not uncommon for people like Xiao A to choose to spend time in the game. Playing games during the holidays is not the stereotype of "isolation", on the contrary, it is now more like an emotional connector, breaking down physical barriers and formal limitations, allowing people with different situations and needs to intersect.
At the node of strong emotional demand on New Year's Eve, "Glory of Kings" will naturally not be absent. Around New Year's Day, in the hot searches related to the king, there are wonderful offline activities, CCTV cross-night martial arts programs, celebrity artist hero cos shows, game characters, New Year's greetings from e-sports players, etc. It can be said that "Honor of Kings" accompanied players and spent this Chinese New Year's Eve together.
In order to better understand this large and complex player base and the New Year's Eve story of "Honor of Kings", in the first few days of 2024, we interviewed some people who spent New Year's Eve with "Honor of Kings". The stories they tell give us a look at pure, simple, sincere emotions that are born, grow, and don't stop at play.
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This is perhaps the most common type of king player portrait: I was introduced to Honor of Kings by a friend, and I have played it as my favorite game until now. For them, Honor of Kings is not only a game, but also a social currency. They have established a variety of social relationships through kings, and they see gaming as one of the bonds that meet their need for companionship. The New Year's Eve experience of the little goose is inextricably linked with the short two words "Shanghao".
"Upper number" is the tacit slogan of Little Goose and his friends.
Little Goose is a native of Foshan, working in a hospital in Jiangmen, although the physical distance between the two places is not far, but after busy with the work of the hospital, he often feels lonely, such as "there is no place to go to the festival", so as long as there is a holiday, he will almost play "Glory of Kings".
On Chinese New Year's Eve this year, Little Goose also spent in "Glory of Kings". A "number" in the group of friends, it is time for the brothers to charge together to open the black, the winning rate is not high, but there is a lot of joy.
"A bunch of masters of the big festival also came out. This is the main reason for the dismal win rate of Little Goose on Chinese New Year's Eve, he sent his personal record when he did not open black with his friends, and the subtext is probably "The person in the pit is not me".
He told me his story about why Little Goose is keen to meet his friends and "masters" on Chinese New Year's Eve. In Little Goose's view, the social value brought by "Honor of Kings" is far greater than "playing games" itself.
In 2016, Little Goose first learned about "Honor of Kings", and at the recommendation of another college classmate, downloaded the game, and has been playing it by Xi until now.
The old classmates in the early years haven't met a few times after graduation, but they will chat every day in "Glory of Kings". "Honor of Kings" has also become a bond for Little Goose to maintain various emotions, "No matter how far apart, this game connects us tightly, and time will dilute a lot, but as long as there is this channel, greeting will not be a problem." ”
Now he occasionally plays stand-alone and online games on the PC, but the playing Xi of other platforms is still not as stable as the king, "it takes time to open the computer to log in, and the accelerator may also be disconnected, and you may not want to play after tossing, and the king plays with a mobile phone, only needs to shout the number in the group, and they are all here." ”
One year, during the Qixi Festival, there was a friend in the group called "Shanghao", and the little goose couldn't help but complain: "I see when you can not get on the number, everyone has a girlfriend." Saying this, he was a little conflicted in his heart, "It's very gratifying that they can still think of coming to me after they accompany people." ”
Breaking the ice with friends who haven't seen each other for a long time, and being able to find teammates who are "on the list" at any time, perhaps it is these warm memories of "Honor of Kings" and friends that make them gather here on New Year's Eve.
New Year's Eve is no different from usual
On the afternoon of January 4th, I left him a message on Little Goose's WeChat, wanting to confirm the details of the story, but waited until the evening, only to receive his reply, there is no doubt that he was "on the number" at the time, but this time on the number, doing something different.
After finishing work that day, Little Goose opened "Glory of Kings" as usual, and then was pleasantly surprised to find that the new version of "Yunmeng Youling" was updated in the New Year, and before opening the black with his brothers, he did something different...
In this updated Sky Dome Festival wishing event, he didn't have to worry about it for long before he chose his wish and shared it in the usual open black group, "I'm not too greedy." ”
With the ridicule of his brothers' "You must not find a girlfriend" and "We will still be on the number together on Qixi this year", he was a little unwilling, and planned to see what the wishes of these bad friends were, and waited for an opportunity to carry out some counterattacks.
In addition to a number of funny wishes such as "the light boat has backflipped", the goose also saw a special lantern. The wish in this lantern comes from a side brother in the group, who usually doesn't talk much, and the old master is rampant in the diamond bureau. "Find a group of black partners", it's hard to imagine that this kind of ruthless people on the side will have such delicate thoughts...
"Later, I thought about it, forget it, and don't fight back. Little Goose said to me, "If the New Year's Eve number is not ridiculed by this group of people, I will feel that something is missing." ”
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In the player circle of "Honor of Kings", there are many people who are fascinated by the game's plot and character stories. Compared with the advantages of gameplay and mobile media, they pay more attention to finding their connection with heroes and historical events through high-quality animation CG, literature, and community creation. Therefore, at the special moment of the New Year's Eve, "Glory of Kings" also appeared in the form of a cultural carrier in a timely manner, conveying friendship, family affection, love...
On New Year's Day this year, although Brother Crow did not have much free time, he still played a few "Glory of Kings" with his girlfriend on Chinese New Year's Eve. But what impressed him the most was not the victory or defeat in the game, but when they watched the CCTV New Year's Eve party while playing the game, they saw a familiar program - "Qi Yun Wind and Fire".
Ling Yun, the intangible inheritor of Emei martial arts, and Yang Shunhong, the world champion of Taijiquan, played Yun Ying and Zhao Huaizhen respectively, performing Emei gun and Tai Chi, combining one move and one style of virtual and real, which is both poetic and handsome, and even reproduces the scene of Huaizhen and Yun Ying meeting to learn martial arts, and the sense of CP is full.
He later rewatched the show on the video website, "It turns out that it's quite interesting to knock CP with so many people." ”
In addition to appreciating it, he also felt a little pity, "The artistic sense and martial arts tension of "Qi Yun Feng Huo" are online and in place, but the show is a bit short, and it is still unfinished!"
In fact, Brother Crow has always paid attention to the plot of "Glory of Kings", and he has long watched the program "Qi Yun Wind and Fire", but he didn't expect that this time the show could be on CCTV. Talking about the reason for paying attention to the plot of "Honor of Kings" and "Huaiyun", Brother Crow said that this also starts with his game aesthetics.
"Fairy Sword, Warcraft, and a wolf, the games I play are actually quite miscellaneous, but the common denominator is that the story is better. Raven said. Brother Crow has been partial to text-oriented works since he was a child, and his favorite games are "The Legend of Sword and Fairy" and "The Legend of Jin Yong's Heroes", and he also likes to read online novels. He is now engaged in a job as a director, responsible for making commercials and promotional films, and to a certain extent, it is also a continuation of his literary and artistic character.
In recent years, he found that "Honor of Kings" has rich expansion and expansion of the world view, background story, and heroic plot, and the official will also invite cross-border creators to participate. Brother Crow had a novel called "Apocalypse Forecast" that he liked to read earlier, and its author "Fengyue" created the novel "Chang'an: Qinglian Sword Song" for the hero "Li Bai".
Since then, he has paid more attention to the narrative of the king, and he has been impressed by the heroic stories of Baili Shoujo, Di Renjie, Lian Po, and Wu Zetian, and the new version has a new hero, and he will take a look at the story, CG, and the same people.
But if you want to talk about his favorite heroic story, it must be the story of Yun Zhongjun and Yao. "It may be related to the works I came into contact with before, fairy swords, ancient swords, etc., all have some fate in the past life, and the feeling of reunion in this life is in it," Brother Crow said, "Besides, Yao's cute girl image, you don't need any reason to like her." Then he added, and sent me a series of pictures, mostly of his private collection of Yao's wallpapers, as well as a few pictures of this New Year's Eve star Cos.
"I would like to share with you a group of Yun Yao's works that I like very much this year, which is very restorative. Brother Crow looked a little excited, "Although I don't chase stars, I'm still a little happy to see that celebrities have come to Cos, and my favorite characters." He concluded.
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On New Year's Eve, people look back on the past and look forward to the future. In addition to their own growth and luck, what people look forward to the most is the relationship with other people. Countless people will reunite in scenes related to "Honor of Kings". Distance, age, class, or background don't prevent players from becoming teammates. The connection between teammates may last only one game, or it may be a lifetime. When teammates are not only online playmates, but also close friends, people can gain strength from them, overcome difficulties and obstacles, and wait until special days to relive old dreams.
On New Year's Day and New Year's Eve this year, Ah Le and his partner made an appointment to open the black, and opened the microphone in the voice to shake each other's pots. He heard that a friend had received a New Year's Eve blessing call from Shen Teng, and he was a little envious, "Hey, I've always been very bad (unlucky)." On the phone, Shen Teng said, "I hope my Angela skills will be better", which made everyone laugh.
Shen Teng once practiced hard for Angela for four months to participate in the competition, but Angela was banned in the game, which became a widely circulated meme, and the related video was played tens of millions of times on station B
He learned Shen Teng's tone to call his game friends and send his blessings.
"How do you know that I'm Ah Le, not Shen Teng. ”
"I have your phone number in my address book, and your name will be displayed here. ”
After laughing and hanging up the phone, Ah Le whispered "thank you" in his heart.
For Ah Le, the trajectory of his life is nothing more ordinary. As an ordinary job, his daily work is not too heavy, and because of this, he met his game partner, which also occupies an important place in his life in another way.
In a game of "Honor of Kings" a few years ago, he met a teammate who operated "Han Shin". "I'm very impressed, his level is the kind of flying. After the game, the two added friends in the game, pulled and played together, and a few weeks later, in order to facilitate communication, they added QQ WeChat to each other.
After chatting a lot, Ah Le found that this game partner was about the same age as himself, but his mind was very delicate, and in daily communication, he could feel Ah Le's mood swings, and when he encountered unhappy points, the partner was also very enlightening. The topics they talked about were not limited to games, but also went deeper into work, hobbies, and life, and gradually became close friends.
"I'm probably not the same as ordinary people, I don't pay much attention to combat power, rank, etc., and the main thing is still a companion. Ah Le said to me.
During the New Year's Eve interview, Ah Le and I always chatted intermittently because he always had different things to do, and I was always interrupted by some sudden topic.
"I may not reply later, Qi Wei is about to start the live broadcast. ”
"Later, Brother Teng may have to call me (with a dog head in the back). ”
"I told me that there was Zhou Shen on the night of Station B just now, and I went to look at the schedule. ”
"Hahahaha, Wu Xuanyi said that he wanted Cos Huang Zhong to die laughing, did you see that?"
And so on and so forth, so that this interview is piecemeal and not so overnight. But the enthusiasm mixed with a few words is still impressive.
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The vast majority of the gamer readers we asked had the experience of being with Honor of Kings on New Year's Eve.
Sometimes Honor of Kings isn't necessarily the game they play the most. There is a civil engineering brother who has been graduating for a long time, but he clearly remembers the many details of military training in college, and during breaks, lying on the lawn with his roommates.
Sometimes, the level of proficiency does not affect the enthusiasm to participate in the New Year's Eve activities. There is an old player who has been playing for many years and can't beat the king, and his favorite heroes are all full skins, and he has also formed an online team to often organize group friends to play games, and has successfully matched several pairs of couple players in the group.
On social media, search for "Honor of Kings New Year's Eve", and you will find a large number of posts and comments sharing heartwarming stories. With a huge player base, "Honor of Kings" has become the biggest common divisor of many people's games and even social lives.
This may be the meaning of "Honor of Kings" "New Year's Eve" - so that different types of players can find a sense of belonging during the New Year's Eve and form a huge emotional resonance. "Honor of Kings" also has the motivation to take the initiative to create a field with all-round coverage, and pass on the warmth and happiness to a generation of players.
Offline, from subway transportation, to e-sports competitions, to landmarks and Internet celebrity check-in places that young people love to go to, there will be "Glory of Kings";
There are also rich and multi-dimensional activities online, the New Year's version of "Cloud Dream Youling" in the game, the programs of major platforms outside the game, and the celebrity interaction, all of which are illustrating: everyone may come from all over the world, but they can get together because of the label of "Glory of Kings Players" and enjoy the dreamy New Year's Eve atmosphere.
New Year's Eve itself has little meaning, it is people who want to believe in farewell and new life.
As I enter 2024 with "Honor of Kings", the need for companionship, the bond with heroes, and the fate from passers-by to close friends are all fulfilled at the New Year's Eve moment, and I also have reason to believe that in the next year, "no one is an island" in the festival of "Honor of Kings".
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