Reborn in the Internet: Starting with Games

Urban · Business · Technology · Regression

What happens when a game-playing programmer is reborn into 2002? Chen Hao has something to say.

[Starting out] He heavily mods a Legend private server, bringing out a hit like Blue Moon years ahead of time, earns his first bucket of gold, and founds a company.

[Finding his footing] He rises through publishing online games. Miracle, Ragnarok Online, Crazy Arcade, Legend 3—just a few tweaks are enough to make them explode across the entire internet and crush other games of the same era.

[Growing bigger and stronger] Once he has capital, he starts making in-house games: Romance of the Three Kingdoms OL, Three Kingdoms Kill, Wuxia OL, Wuxia World. He forces World of Warcraft to retreat to the sidelines and occupy only a corner.

Chen Hao can’t help but sigh: players of this generation are truly blessed.

[Creating new glory] Starting from games, he expands in all directions into other internet fields—YY, Century Security Guard, Taoyoubao, Century Portal, investments, charity... all of it reveals his ambition.

Shanda? Legend is no longer legendary.

NetEase? Boss Ding should just go raise pigs.

Kingsoft? Lei Busi is already making phones with me.

Tencent? Want to copy me? Go ahead. I’m only afraid your copying speed won’t keep up with my pace of progress.

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[Drawing the sword and looking around, lost in vast emptiness] Years later, above the domestic internet giants appears a true super-giant: S. It towers over both the old and new BAT giants, stands at the summit looking down on everyone, becomes a unique existence in a class of its own, and turns into a thorn in the side of overseas internet titans.

On February 22, 2002, a man who wanted to dominate the internet world was reborn, and many internet big shots suddenly felt their fortunes wither as their destiny was stolen away.

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