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Mavi's video streaming website was booming, thanks to the strong advertising effect he created with just over a million dollars. It was far more effective than traditional, expensive advertising because he was the first to do sothing like this, which naturally drew a lot of attention.
Just as his streaming platform was taking off, he received more good news via a phone call. "Chairman Mavi! The 'Counter-Strike: PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds' ga you had us develop last year is currently in testing and will officially launch in two days!" the president of Blizzard Entertainnt reported proudly.
This news was a perfect fit for Mavi's streaming platform, giving it another popular ga to feature. The in-ga monetization, or "pay-to-win," elents gave Mavi an idea: what if he did a live stream where he went on a crazy spending spree? He could burn through a ton of money right in front of the viewers.
This would be a win-win situation, as it would promote the new ga, Counter-Strike: PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, and create a huge buzz for his streaming platform, VKe Live.
Mavi had never done a "pay-to-win" stream before, but he rembered a popular strear in his previous life who opened Hearthstone card packs live, drawing in over 200,000 viewers. The lively atmosphere and crazy comnts were unforgettable.
"Okay, I understand. Great job. By the way, get a beta account. I'd like to try it out when I have so free ti," Mavi told the Blizzard president.
His words seed to catch the president off guard. He wondered when his boss had started playing the gas they developed. After all, when Counter-Strike, Warcraft III, and World of Warcraft were released, Mavi only looked at the performance reports and never ntioned playing them.
"Oh! Of course, Chairman Mavi! I'll have the IT departnt set it up for you imdiately!" The "setup" the Blizzard president ntioned was more than just a beta account. First off, Mavi's account would co with a full set of costic items in the ga, both rare and non-rare.
On top of the costics, his beta account would have special privileges. For example, if he was playing and saw soone he didn't like or suspected of cheating, he could kick them offline or even ban their account outright. This kind of account couldn't be bought for any amount of money because Blizzard wouldn't sell it, and they wouldn't even tell anyone about it.
Two days later, the Blizzard IT departnt got an earful from their boss (the Blizzard vice president). The reason was that the big boss, Mavi, had way too many costic items in his inventory. This would completely ruin his pay-to-win stream, as there would be nothing for him to actually "pay for."
So, they were told to imdiately remove all the costic items while keeping the other special privileges. They were also told not to secretly adjust the drop rate of the costic loot boxes. He wanted them to be normal so that he wouldn't get a rare item every ti he opened one.
Despite these "odd" requests, the Blizzard IT departnt had no choice but to follow orders and make the changes. They secretly wondered, "The big boss's thinking is really hard to figure out. Having a full set of rare costic items would look so cool in the ga, even if he's not good at playing. Why would he not want them?"
Mavi, on the other hand, couldn't be bothered with what his employees were thinking. He was busy opening up the VKe Live streaming app on his desktop computer, logging into his backend account, and getting ready for his first pay-to-win stream.
The account he was using was the one he'd spent $1.15 million on two days earlier, "Mavi", a premium "emperor" account with 135 followers. One of those followers stood out: the female strear "Annie Hatherley".
Because Mavi was the big boss, his VKe Live account naturally had special privileges. As soon as he created his pay-to-win stream room, it instantly appeared on the hopage of the streaming platform. There was also a sitewide announcent, so without doing anything else, Mavi's stream drew in a huge number of viewers. The number of people online in his room shot up to over 500 in the blink of an eye.
"Huh? What does a 'pay-to-win' ga stream an? Is that even a ga?" one person asked in the comnts.
"Strear, why is your screen black? Where are you? Or where's the ga screen?" another person asked.
"I think 'pay-to-win' is the term for Thorium in World of Warcraft, right? Could the strear be playing World of Warcraft?" a more knowledgeable person chid in. It's safe to say, real-ti comnts were a great thing. They made interaction between viewers more imdiate and increased their engagent with the site.
The term "pay-to-win" did, in fact, originate from World of Warcraft. Other terms, like "Thorium-infused" (氪金) or "Thorium-fueled" (氪金狗眼), also ca from the community.
Just as the viewers were having this discussion in the stream, Mavi finally finished setting up his software, and the screen switched to his desktop. Mavi himself didn't show his face, only his voice could be heard every now and then.
"The pay-to-win stream is about to start. I'm going to play a new battle ga that just ca out today, Counter-Strike: PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds. The 'pay-to-win' part is that there are paid loot boxes in the ga that can give you rare costic items. I'm going to start by topping up my account with $200,000. Let's see what kind of good stuff I can get."
Mavi's voice was calm as he spoke on the stream.
This might have seed like a normal thing for him, but to the 800 viewers in the room, it was like a thunderclap that instantly sent a flood of comnts.
"What? Did I hear that right? The strear said he's going to spend $200,000? Does this ga cost that much?"
"I rember the key for 'Counter-Strike: PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds' only cost $49. Strear, are you sure we're playing the sa ga?"
"After hearing what the strear said, I secretly looked at his account. 'Mavi,' a level 56 'emperor' account. He's the sa rich guy who gave Annie $1.15 million the other day! No wonder he's willing to spend $200,000 on a ga. Rich guy, please accept my respect!"
As more and more people recognized Mavi's account, no one dared to question his claim of spending $200,000 on a ga. After all, he still held the number one spot on the VKe Live rich list, leading the second-place person by over $600,000.
His stream was promoted all over the site, and in less than five minutes, the number of people watching his stream had already surpassed 1,000 and was still climbing. So enthusiastic viewers even started sending him the "silver chests" they had won over the past couple of days to show their support and boost his popularity, affectionately calling him "Emperor Ma."
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