In response to some graphics card sellers misusing or unauthorized use of the "Star Emperor" gameās promotional images, Tianba Studio issued a warning.
The warning was quite effective.
At least on a certain e-commerce platform, you can no longer see third-party sellers daring to take risks and fool newbies with promotional images or videos of "Star Emperor."
But this is just third-party sellers, while higher-level and smarter graphics card manufacturers have already got the point.
Unauthorized, huh?
Why not just ask you for authorization?
No, no, no! Itās not just authorization, bro, your game is awesome. I think we can collaborate and launch a "Star Emperor" co-branded graphics card. What do you think?
Chen Ba hesitated symbolically for a second, then nodded in agreement.
He offered too much!
Judging by the current trend, "Star Emperor" is not far from flopping, and to salvage as much as possible and gather development funds for the next new game, this is acceptable.
Thus, with mutual consent, Daren Shuo quickly launched a new co-branded product ā the RTX 3080 Star Emperor Edition!
"Star Emperor" still has its popularity.
Although the pre-emptive experience version didnāt sell many copies, and a bunch of fresh optimization bugs discouraged many low-config players, itās a first-rate superstar in the graphics card community.
Regardless of the gameās sales and mostly negative reviews, you canāt deny its high discussion heat!
Daren Shuo also saw this point and specifically approached Tianba Studio to launch the so-called "Star Emperor" co-branded graphics card.
And indeed, this collaboration was quite successful.
The design in materials, fan blades, ultra-cooling process, and the barely acceptable price made this co-branded 3080 graphics card sell like hotcakes.
Of course, this isnāt the main reason.
The real reason for the cardās popularity is actually because the 30 series had a mining card scandal that scared off most players.
Coincidentally, a co-branded card was released, positioned as a high-end flagship, and everyone thought the co-branded card had a low chance of failure, hence its high sales.
The success of the RTX 3080 Star Emperor Edition also made Refused Protection Jia, Desolate Rainbow, and Shrunken Star graphics card manufacturers smell a business opportunity.
In this time when the 30 series was assumed to be full of mining cards, everyoneās graphics cards werenāt selling well. Seeing Daren Shuoās co-branded card on fire, wouldnāt they follow suit?
Driving one sheep is leading, driving a herd is also leading!
With an open-all-comers approach, Chen Ba agreed to all of it.
Only, because it was agreed upon with Daren Shuo, the "Star Emperor" name can no longer be used for co-branding.
But no biggie.
Even though "Star Emperor" canāt be used, thereās still Emperor of the Long Night and Emperor of the Universe!
Running out of emperor names?
No worries, thereās still Alien Race Venerable! As long as you want a co-brand, Tianba Studio can definitely come up with a co-branding plan that will satisfy you!
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[Major Update: Desolate Rainbow X Star Emperor to launch GeForce RTX 3070Ti Profound Turtle Venerable Edition, more details...]
You call this a major update?
Having just installed a new graphics card and entrusted his 1070Ti to a trusty fellow, Guo Mo couldnāt wait to log into "Star Emperor" to test the new cardās performance.
As soon as he entered the game, he was rendered speechless by a barrage of game update notifications.
The last time he felt so speechless was when "Living Under Someoneās Roof Simulator" released a dozen patches in a row to regulate housing prices.
This time got better!
Itās not regulating housing prices, and Dubhe canāt speculate on real estate either. This time itās graphics card co-branding, with five or six consecutive update announcements, all notifying various co-brandings.
"Anyone who didnāt know might think, is this a graphics card manufacturerās official website or something..."
After mocking Tianba Studioās flashy maneuver, Guo Mo didnāt even look at the remaining co-branding announcements and directly opened the game match interface.
"Arcade mode?"
The newly added arcade mode in "Star Emperor" immediately caught Guo Moās attention.
Upon checking the mode description, he realized: "So itās a mode disabling Extreme Sublimation, supporting 1V1, 2V2, and 3V3 entertainment games."
Seems pretty interesting.
In arcade mode, apart from disabling Extreme Sublimation, 1V1 isnāt different from the normal mode.
But 2V2 and 3V3 are special.
In the multi-player mode, death allows unlimited resurrection, and you can change characters during the resurrection time.
The game map also becomes larger, and the planets on the map are indestructible. Players in the Venerable camp can absorb life essence, while those in the Great Emperor camp need to safeguard all beings.
Planets absorbed by a Venerable can be rejuvenated under the Great Emperorās protection. Both Protection/Slaughter are individual skills that require a charge time before release.
In 10 minutes, the faction with more captured planets wins.
Basically, itās a point capture deathmatch mode!
Disabling Extreme Sublimation, supporting up to 3-player teams is a nice highlight, but thatās about it.
Equipped with his new graphics card and feeling great, Guo Mo wouldnāt bother with arcade mode. He wants to re-challenge the Path to Immortality.
"In this life, I shall become immortal!"
With a 3080 in hand, Guo Mo thought that on the Path to Immortality, there shouldnāt be many who could be his opponents, and surely his name would be among those who become immortal this lifetime.
"What the heck, someoneās already become immortal?"
Accidentally opening the leaderboard, he saw a string of seven or eight lifetimes of Red Dust Immortals and an Immortal King, swallowing his saliva.
Damn! Who are these people?
Calculating the time, from the "Star Emperor" early access release to now, itās only been twenty days, right?
To reach Immortal King so quickly, overlooking eternal years, and stepping on Venerable Emperors, this player named [Love Driving the Cullinan] is definitely not an ordinary person!
If others used such an ID, Guo Mo might doubt its authenticity and question whether the person really had the prowess to drive a Cullinan.
But this Immortal King master, well...
Perhaps they really do have a Cullinan in their garage!
"No matter, Iām not ranked!"
Guo Mo was very calm, after all, he only played two ranked matches, both of which he lost, and now heās just at First Heaven of the Great Emperor.
No matter how strong the masters on the board were, could they still rank higher than him?
Donāt kid me!
With this 3080 graphics card, at least below the Celestial Emperor rank, heās invincible.
Entering the match, the opponentās ID revealed a high concentration of anime-like clichĆ©s, obviously a miserable shut-in, and their rank, like his own, was at First Heaven of the Great Emperor.
[Buried Love Xiaomo]: "You should surrender; I donāt want to hurt you!"
[Saberās Dog]: "Just bought a 3090. Heard this game is good. Why does everyone speak so harshly here?"
Oh, putting on airs, are we?
With such an ID, you tell me you have a 3090? If youāre going to pretend, make it believable!
Guo Mo could hardly contain his laughter, canāt be bothered to bicker, went straight in with Extreme Sublimation, activating the supreme 12G memory Emperor Technique and 350W power consumption forbidden Secret Technique at full blast.
One minute later.
Staring at the rebooted game client, Guo Mo lit a cigarette expressionlessly, lost in thought amidst the swirling smoke.
Miscalculated!
With such a tacky name, some little guy at First Heaven of the Great Emperor didnāt even brag...