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miHoYo! One version! 170 free draws!?

You get 10 more pulls than when Punishing: Gray Raven was first released!

If this were at the start of the game, let alone at the start of the game, even six months ago, it would have been something we wouldn't have dared to even imagine.

To use a somewhat inaccurate analogy.

This is similar to the scene in anime where a delinquent teenager holds up an umbrella and feeds stray cats.

miHoYo did this.

Many miHoYo fans immediately stood up.

They even went so far as to engage in cross-dressing under the news articles about Punishing: Gray Raven.

"Thank you, Kuro. I appreciate your kind gesture, but I won't be eating at this banquet. I'm afraid my Bronya might misunderstand."

This argument, led by "those with ulterior motives," is being used.

It quickly became popular.

People simply treated this quote as a meme and it started circulating.

At this point, Punishing: Gray Raven's biggest weakness was exposed.

Although anime and manga games are games, as Dawei said, they are something you pay for out of love.

The emotional value that Spark has always touted occupies a very important part of its anime-style games.

Since 16, countless imitators of the Battlefront Girls have emerged every year.

But in the end, no one survived.

why?

Because of the character design of the Battlefront Girls, players have already resonated with the character's name and experienced a lot together. Now you're bringing in a new game and want me to switch?

Why?

Similarly, because Punishing: Gray Raven is a new IP.

Even with good character design and interesting-looking combat gameplay, it's still possible to make people call her their waifu just by watching the PV.

But this is, after all, a new IP.

Honkai Impact 3rd, after all, is a game that has been running for 3 years.

Bronya, Mei, Kiana, Yae Sakura, Hill, Theresa.

Honkai Impact 3rd may be known for its pay-to-win elements, but as one of the top-tier anime-style games in terms of graphics, combined with its main storyline and numerous derivative works, it still boasts impressive visuals.

These characters are very popular even among people who don't play games.

Not to mention the players who are still playing Honkai Impact 3rd.

They genuinely criticize miHoYo, and they genuinely love these characters.

Now, miHoYo is bringing back good memories for players by giving away freebies and having "thoughtful people" around, which has naturally led to the current situation.

And when miHoYo uses this move, it's appropriate.

This really left Kuro somewhat at a loss.

Just as Qin Yi guessed, the launch benefits for Kuro were already maxed out.

But Kuro is not Spark after all.

If it were Lin Li, he would simply choose not to generate income and instead fight Mihoyo head-on, since he'd be happy to give it away.

However, Kuro's operations team.

After three rounds of competition with miHoYo, I managed to bring my freebies up to 190 draws.

After seeing miHoYo pull 210 times in one go, drawing cheers from the audience, Kuro didn't follow suit.

This is mainly because miHoYo's hedging strategy this time is a departure from their previous stingy approach.

Mihoyo is a coward when it comes to fighting Spark.

But when it comes to fighting Kuro, miHoYo isn't backing down at all.

Almost instantly, miHoYo follows up every time Kuro announces a bonus event.

This imposing aura startled Kuro.

The final decision is to postpone it for now.

miHoYo probably never imagined that their previous pressure to spend money would create a stingy impression on players, which would one day become an invaluable asset in helping them turn over a new leaf.

For miHoYo...

The current situation is not just good, it's excellent.

After several rounds of hedging and promotion, Honkai Impact 3 not only did not collapse, but its popularity actually increased.

This is truly unbelievable; I don't know where to turn for justice.

"210 pulls! Old Mi has finally been driven crazy by Spark!"

"What are you waiting for? If you don't come back now, when will you?"

"Just who is Punishing: Gray Raven that it could force miHoYo to use his ultimate move?"

For a time, both sides put a lot of effort into their publicity and promotion.

The media began to hedge their bets.

Online trolls are everywhere.

Because both sides' publicity campaigns were highly targeted.

So much so that ordinary players can't tell which organization an article belongs to just by looking at the title.

For example, the first one, Old Mi was driven crazy by Spark.

You might think this is a promotional article for miHoYo, but when you click in, it's full of analyses of miHoYo's decision to give out 210 pulls without changing the gacha pool at all.

The article also mentioned that even after 210 pulls, you won't get anything good. It also explained that miHoYo requires 14 characters to achieve SSS rank, and if they don't change the miHoYo pool, Honkai Impact 3 is doomed.

The third article asks, "Just who is Punishing: Gray Raven?"

You think it's a promotional article from Kuro, but when you click in, it's all about how Kuro's combat is complicated, immature, and rushed, and the experience isn't as good as Honkai Impact 3.

Both sides' operations teams are very skilled at using titles to lure other players in and then killing them.

Anyway.

In any case, Kuro and Mihoyo finally completed a duel between short swords that should have happened in their previous lives, but which never occurred due to the vast difference in their strength.

What was Lin Li doing at this time?

To be honest, Lin Li was particularly interesting at this time.

He acted like a typical bystander on the internet.

I'll give a thumbs up to the announcement that Honkai Impact 3rd gave away 10 more pulls, and say something like, "Give us a little more. Don't be so stingy with your 100-pull pity system. Giving away another 10 pulls wouldn't hurt."

A moment later, someone left a comment under Punishing: Gray Raven's Bilibili post, asking why miHoYo was giving away gifts but not you? Are you broke? If you're broke, I can lend you some!

He would occasionally summarize the benefits that both sides had given each other on his Spark platform.

Got to the back.

Lin Li even held a lottery event on the Spark platform.

Players are encouraged to guess which game, Honkai Impact 3rd or Punishing: Gray Raven, will have a higher number of concurrent players on the Spark platform on the day of the server launch, the 25th.

For this purpose, the Spark Operations Department created a special event page.

Each player who logs in can receive one coin.

You can choose to vote for Honkai Impact 3rd or Punishing: Gray Raven.

As long as you vote and enter either of these two games on the 25th.

You will receive a free recharge coupon for 10 yuan off purchases over 50 yuan.

The winning team will have Lin Li call the development team live to ask the players for benefits, guaranteeing a minimum of 10 free draws for all players on the winning server.

This activity is really malicious.

At this moment, Xinghuo and Linli are all about having fun, and they don't mind having too much fun.

Chapter 160 An Excited Heart

However, some people analyzed the situation afterward.

The idea that Lin Li did this is essentially diverting traffic that originally belonged to Punishing: Gray Raven and Honkai Impact 3rd to the Spark platform.

Some people refuted it.

This is actually using Spark's traffic to promote Honkai Impact 3 and Punishing: Gray Raven.

Some have also analyzed whether, in Spark's series of actions, Honkai Impact 3rd or Punishing: Gray Raven received more traffic.

all in all.

Whether Xinghuo is just watching the drama unfold or trying to boost the popularity of the Xinghuo platform, most players still find watching the excitement quite enjoyable.

It's lively.

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The next day.

The highly anticipated Punishing: Gray Raven vs. Honkai Impact 3rd.

It finally happened.

Xinghuo is also very talented.

The homepage of the Spark platform features an image of two female mascots throwing punches at each other.

The title is...

Kiana vs. Lucia

At this moment, both Punishing: Gray Raven players and Honkai Impact 3 players couldn't help but laugh when they saw this homepage.

They had no idea.

Xinghuo put in a tremendous amount of effort to create this scene of everyone "making dumplings" together.

It's unclear, it's somewhere the player can't see.

How intense was the clash between the two sides?

It's said to happen in the next day or two.

The two companies have inflated the advertising prices on various forums, websites, and Douyin by more than ten percent.

The online army was mobilized in full force.

Fortunately, anyway.

At least everyone can save face.

It can also make players laugh.

Spark also put on a special program, live-streaming the new version of Honkai Impact 3 and the new game Punishing: Gray Raven.

Numerous media outlets were also watching the real-time online number table for both sides that Xinghuo had created on the event's webpage.

Kuro and Mihoyo were mediated by Lin Li.

They all chose to open the server at 10 AM.

Actually, miHoYo didn't want to do this. It's an old game, and they could have easily done maintenance a day in advance and opened the server first thing the next morning to seize the advantage.

Unfortunately, miHoYo's overseas servers and PC servers are still controlled by Spark.

In addition, Lin Li called Dawei.

David had to give him some face, too.

This ultimately led to the situation described above.