Brother Niu, the director of the research institute, I just finished attending the World of Warcraft player symposium, but I didn't expect the whole process to last 3 hours...... Now I share it while eating a late-night snack. I see that NetEase Leihuo UX has also officially announced some of the content of the offline symposium in Hangzhou in the past few days, let's take a look.
I have to say that this place is really good, and the location is probably in a very beautiful place in Hangzhou's well-known scenic spots. Antique Chinese building, three floors up, with a huge pictorial of the Lich King at the door.
Those who went were indeed lucky, because according to Netease Lei Huo, a total of 13,641 registration questionnaires were received. There are 1,737 local registered users in Hangzhou, and Lei Huo invited a total of 40 players to participate in the event, and the winning rate is only 2.3%. Therefore, those who draw offline are all chosen ones!
Players who want to go should not be discouraged, Lei Huo said, there will be several rounds of offline seminars, and players who have filled out the questionnaire before are still in this library, waiting to be drawn. So if you want to go, remember to fill out the questionnaire!
Some Warcraft-themed delicacies were carefully customized on the spot, and they tasted delicious. It was the player who went in the evening, saying that because we went early, we didn't have time to eat dinner. In the future, can you prepare more "dry goods" for the players who participate in the discussion in the evening, and fruit snacks are only suitable for afternoon tea. As you can see, these desserts are carefully customized for Warcraft players, with the Warcraft logo and logo, as well as bread specially customized according to the recipe of World of Warcraft. It's that this donut is only tribal, said the alliance player at the scene......
The players at the scene were very enthusiastic, and there was a lively discussion before the event began, and there was no sense of distance between them! Some are hardcore players who have been involved in World of Warcraft since its inception and have been playing for 20 years; There are also some post-00s players, although they only started to get in touch with this game later, but once they enter the pit, they can no longer extricate themselves; There are also some husband-and-wife couples who have become acquainted with World of Warcraft, and they have all shared their stories with the game.
Indeed, for us, World of Warcraft is no longer a game, but an emotional sustenance, and I believe that for many players, Warcraft is not just a game.
Let's take a look at what players have shared, as follows:
One of the players was a husband and wife, who said, "The whole family is a die-hard fan of Warcraft, they only play Warcraft, they don't play other games, even their children." (Sure enough, the family just wants to be neat!) However, they said that the child had less time to play during this time, and we wondered if it was because he was about to take the college entrance examination. As a result, the father told us that it was actually because the child was about to enter elementary school...
Yes, you read that right, this kid has been fighting Warcraft since kindergarten, and his parents are professional coaches, and his current level is probably much stronger than Xiaobian! I don't know when everyone started playing Warcraft?
At the scene, we also noticed a mother who was pregnant with her second child. Our staff are very careful, supporting her throughout the whole process, the mother is very excited to see our staff, she said: "My only worry is that when the Warcraft national service returns, I will not be able to play the game for the first time, but I will also play during the confinement period." Everyone was touched by her love! Xiaobian is also very envious that this baby has a mother who loves to play Warcraft, and it is really cool to be able to play games with her mother in the future~ I think that when Xiaobian played games, he was chased by my mother.
Another player said: "I have played the game for so many years, and this time I feel particularly respected." This also touched the user researchers on site. Over the years, Leihuo UX has always insisted on contacting players on the front line, listening to the voices and feedback of every player, and every activity and research is also a two-way process. Being able to get the recognition and encouragement of players makes us more convinced that all player research is very valuable, which is also the motivation for us to work harder and strive to bring a better game experience to players!
Of course, when the server will be launched is also the topic that players are most concerned about, and at the end of the event, the player also joked: "I hope to surprise us today, tell us that the server will be launched in the next second", this player you are really naughty.
Netease Leihuo was also very cautious about the report on this symposium, and did not mention other content at all, such as the time of opening the server that we are most concerned about. And also emphasized
Since Brother Niu also signed a confidentiality agreement, the specific content of the symposium cannot be said yet, so let's wait slowly! But I have some objective feelings that I can share with you. First, there was a lot of content discussed in the symposium, and some of the content was beyond imagination, indicating that the new team still wanted to fight. Second, this symposium is only the beginning, and it is said that there will be many rounds of forums in a larger area later, and it is full of sincerity. The third is to hope that the players who will participate in the symposium will boldly put forward their own opinions, and the symposium will be of great significance for the official launch of the national server in the future! There is a good saying: starve the faint-hearted, support the courageous!
The biggest problem for our group today is that we neither ate nor saw bread in the evening. I hope that NetEase Leihuo will be able to share more cakes in the future, so that we can see the progress bar when we wait, and we will not be so anxious.