I believe that most of the readers who clicked on this article are relatively familiar with slang terms such as "leeks", "krypton gold", "weak and soft", etc., but I wonder if you have ever thought about these in Where does the slang that is widely circulated in the domestic mobile game circle come from? Without further ado, let’s dig into the origins of these slang words.

leeks

Among all the slang related to mobile games, "leeks" is definitely the most widely circulated and the most used one, and this slang has a "long history" The origin is also quite historical.

(Family portrait of the characters in "Battleship Girls R")

Thinking back to those days, there was no R behind "Battleship Girls", Huanmeng was only responsible for the development of the game, and as for the operation work, It was handed over to the more experienced Paiq. But we all know what happened later. With the success of "Battleship Girls", the relationship between Huanmeng and Paiqu quickly deteriorated, resulting in quite serious interest disputes. It can be called "the earliest domestic two-dimensional mobile game". A case of quarreling”.

(Both parties even waved the banner of law)

During this massive scolding war, Huanmeng once published part of the chat records with Paiqu. Here we will not discuss whether this behavior complies with business ethics, just look at the content:

To put it simply, the operator at the time believed that the depth of payment in the game needed to be increased, but Huanmeng believed that this was the case His approach is tantamount to fishing from the marsh, and he said the famous saying "Today's players are not fishing from the marsh, but harvesting leeks."

When we ignore the mess between the two companies, we have to admit that this sentence is indeed a very vivid description. At that time, the mobile game market was not big yet. When the company entered the game, it was still a blue ocean market, so players at that time did not have many games to play. As long as your game did not have any fatal problems, you could always make a lot of money.

After this statement spread among the players, some players began to regard "leeks" as a self-deprecating self-title, and then slowly spread, and now it has become a term together with "Krypton Gold". The most widely circulated mobile game slang.

So, where did krypton gold come from?

Krypton gold

Nowadays, what we generally call krypton gold is the transliteration and misreading of the Japanese "_金 (かきん)". The word "gold" in Japanese is generally used to refer to the profit model of using cash to purchase in-game resources in games, which is what we usually call in-game purchases.

So, how did "_gold" become "krypton gold"?

To discuss this topic, we have to start from the distant Azeroth——

Seriously, in the game "World of Warcraft" there is a kind of "Khorium" In the first expansion pack "The Burning Crusade" of "World of Warcraft", the game added this rare ore, which is translated as krypton gold in China, and unlike the ores in other games, krypton gold mine It has been widely used for a long time, and its rarity has not been increased. Therefore, krypton gold has had an extremely high price for a long time. After the rise of mobile games, some players began to mix words with similar pronunciations - _金 and 氪金.

(Krypton gold mine)

By the way, the krypton gold in the classic "My krypton gold dog's eyes were blinded" refers to the krypton gold in "World of Warcraft" Krypton Gold, as for why there is this meme, it is a story about the three-year Burning Crusade on the national server...

(There is no player-made prop "hardened Krypton Gold Dog Eyes" in the game ")

Weak Ruobao

"Weak Ruobao" is an abbreviation. If I remember the whole sentence correctly, it should be: "I feel like I am not playing a game now, I am making a game." "Retarded nanny software". This sentence came from Yu Zhong, the producer of the mobile game "Girls' Frontline", complaining in an internal group.

What exactly happened in "Girls' Frontline" at that time is unknown. It can only be seen from a few words that it was related to the changes to the expansion system planned by "Girls' Frontline" that year. But regardless of the reason, this statement does reflect a common problem in mobile games at home and abroad: step-by-step nanny-level novice tutorials.

This should be something that most mobile game players criticize. Almost any mobile game will take the trouble to tell you that you should click here at the beginning, and then click here again. Some even The game will simply draw a big circle and lock the operation of all other buttons, only allowing you to click the button mentioned in the tutorial.

(This is also the case for Shaoqian himself)

To be honest, I never understood the significance of this level of novice tutorials for a long time, until I taught my mother last year I was playing "Animal Crossing" but couldn't even figure out how to keep moving for a long time before I realized that mobile games are an extremely accessible game type. Developers can never be sure whether the players who download the game have any gaming experience, and for For players who have never played the game, they really need you to teach them step by step from where to click. Failure to do so will inevitably lead to a large number of players with no game experience who will be blind after entering the game, and may not even know how to move the character. As for the so-called "subtle guidance" of "Mario" that many players admire, it actually requires game experience.

(For some players, even the guidance of the first generation Mario 1-1 is a bit difficult to understand)

Oh, by the way, in "Girls Frontline" and "Girls' Frontline" In the linkage event of "Cyberpunk Bartender Action", "Girls' Frontline" almost completely copied the bartending gameplay in "Cyberpunk Bartender Action". As a result, many players did not know how to operate it at all, and even experienced operational problems. The spectacular scene of two consecutive announcements explaining the gameplay in the evening can be regarded as a practical illustration of the correctness of this theory.

Up after the holidays

Since we have talked about "Girls Frontline" and Yu Zhong, let us look at another classic speech by Yu Zhong.

On the eve of the National Day in 2016, "Girls' Frontline" had a serious problem with the iOS9 system, causing a large number of users who updated the system to be unable to play the game normally. This situation occurred and The subsequent protracted maintenance of the Fangbo network caused dissatisfaction among players. Many players claimed that they would no longer recharge for the game, and even announced that they would abandon the game. After the National Day, Yuzhong faced the dissatisfaction of players and said this lightly in the internal group:

And then on October 17, when the aftermath of the iOS9 incident had not yet dissipated, "Girls Frontline" officially released the skin previews of the in-game characters Haruta, G11 and Mk23. This did not cause much negative reaction among players. After all, it is a two-dimensional mobile game on the market that is all about skins. "Girls' Frontline" It's strange that there are no skins in "Frontline". The most discussed issue among players is how much the skins cost. But in the official live broadcast on the 25th, the official statement caused an uproar among players - sorry, we don't sell skins, we only smoke them.

(Comments under the official Weibo at the time)

The two consecutive waves of outrageous actions undoubtedly completely ignited the anger of players. For a while, both the post bar of "Girls Frontline" and the official Weibo Blog comment sections were filled with angry gamers. But you want to say whether this massive protest has affected the flow of "Girls' Frontline"... This game is still taking advantage of it, what do you think?

Mobile game players have always been a group that is very willing to laugh at themselves, so we can see that many slang words with different origins are widely circulated among the player group, and sometimes it is not a bad thing to find the stories behind these slang words. Fun, at least it's pretty good to watch now.