Pei Qian wanted to switch to a different hero, but it was already locked in, and the game was about to start.

No choice but to make do with it.

Before even entering the game, Pei Qian had already noticed a rather ominous sign.

Everyone had very tacitly chosen their lanes!

There was a tag next to each person’s avatar, and the other three players quickly adjusted their tags to display: mid lane, roamer, and bottom lane.

Ma Yang also self-importantly changed his tag to “commander.”

Pei Qian opened the tag options and found only one tag left: “top lane.”

Pei Qian was startled—wasn’t this the classic lane distribution mode from his memory?

Something wasn’t right.

Pei Qian suddenly had a feeling of time travel.

The names of the top, mid, and bottom lanes hadn’t changed, but “jungler” and “support” had been renamed to “roamer” and “commander.”

In Pei Qian’s recollection, LOL’s lane distribution had already appeared in Season 1.

Although the game hadn’t completely taken shape in S1, and lane distribution was still in a chaotic state, by the S1 World Championship, Europe’s top teams had already figured out this lane distribution system to maximize team resource utilization.

Afterward, this lane distribution method was called the “EU flow,” which continued to develop and later was officially endorsed by Riot Games as the standard lane distribution for the game.

Facts proved that the benefits of this lane distribution far outweighed its drawbacks.

The biggest advantage was that it greatly reduced the learning curve for newcomers.

Each lane had clear standards, suitable heroes, and gameplay styles. Even if new players didn’t understand the game well, as long as they faithfully fulfilled their responsibilities according to their lanes, five random players could achieve good team coordination.

It prevented teams from fighting over resources internally and starting conflicts before the battle even began.

But regardless, this strategy shouldn’t appear for at least another year.

How did it appear so early in GOG?

Although the specific terminology was different, the actual effect achieved was no different.

And who knows who was being so clever—the support wasn’t called support, but commander.

No wonder Ma Yang, someone who loved to steal the spotlight, was willing to play this position…

Pei Qian sensed something wasn’t right, but after thinking about it, he still felt he shouldn’t panic or rush. He had just entered the game, and only after experiencing the game fully could he make a judgment.

Pei Qian first looked at the skills of this “Money-Throwing Hedgehog.”

The passive skill was spending money.

Q Skill was throwing money after being backstabbed.

W skill was dismissing employees to prevent overtime work.

E’s skill was sending employees on vacation.

R skill was continuously backstabbing himself…

Pei Qian’s face turned green as he read.

Who was this designer? There was a serious problem!

This was allusion, absolute allusion!

If this were in the bad old days, it would be a case for the literary inquisition!

But Pei Qian thought again, now it’s the bright new society, and as a boss, he should be more magnanimous.

Fine, let bygones be bygones. Later, he would just arrange a paid vacation to the East African Rift Valley or a haunted house surprise package.

As the game progressed, Pei Qian discovered more issues.

Compared to “Divine Awakening,” this game’s difficulty had been significantly reduced!

You could get gold even with terrible last-hitting, you didn’t lose money when you died, killing sprees had additional bounties, and the map was completely reduced in size, making teammate support faster…

Pei Qian felt somewhat uneasy.

The learning curve had been lowered a lot!

But as he continued playing, Pei Qian also discovered some more optimistic factors.

First, the game’s balance was a mess.

Pei Qian found that this Modiste was incredibly powerful!

Not only was he very tanky, but with normal development, his base damage numbers were also very impressive.

During team fights, as long as he activated his ultimate and chose a suitable time to enter, he could wreak havoc, using his W skill to block the enemy’s retreat path, then charge into the crowd and throw money around like crazy.

Even when escaping, he could damage enemies while running.

He could even use his E skill to throw Old Ma into the crowd, which was very fun.

Of course, Old Ma quickly took revenge by using Taotie to swallow Pei Qian’s hero and spit him into the enemy crowd.

However, the results of these two actions were vastly different.

Pei Qian, as a very tanky top laner, could continue to deal damage while taking hits. Old Ma spitting him into the crowd was equivalent to a perfect initiation.

While Old Ma’s Taotie was just a relatively tanky support, after being thrown in by Pei Qian, he was quickly focused and beaten badly.

Of course, the opposing team didn’t dare to finish him off, just symbolically hit him a bit before letting Old Ma escape.

After all, they didn’t want to lose their jobs.

After feeling things out a bit, Pei Qian discovered that GOG currently seemed to completely disregard balance issues.

Or perhaps they had considered it, but not enough.

The gap between powerful heroes and weak heroes was too large, making weak heroes completely unplayable.

Secondly, although the game was playable, it still had some small bugs from time to time. While they didn’t affect normal gameplay, they were certainly annoying.

Moreover, some details weren’t done perfectly.

For instance, the heroes’ models, animations, art style, and some specific in-game mechanisms all had many areas that needed improvement.

In short, this game was still just a half-finished product, and far from being complete.

At the end of the game, Pei Qian gave a comprehensive evaluation of the current version of GOG.

If you asked what advantages this game currently had, it would only be the fixed lane distribution and the changes in-game gold acquisition mechanism.

But for the most important aspects of a MOBA game, including game balance, quality, character IP, and other areas, GOG wasn’t doing well.

Moreover, even in terms of “lowering the game’s entry barrier,” GOG had not yet achieved the ultimate goal.

Honestly, the current GOG still has a long way to go.

Pei Qian felt slightly reassured. In the short term, this game probably wouldn’t cause much of a stir.

As for the issue of Modiste maliciously alluding to Boss Pei…

Pei Qian decided not to pursue it further. After all, the hero was so strong and so useful, which showed that the designer still had a conscience.

But while the hero could be overlooked, the game couldn’t.

Because the game still had hidden dangers.

Looking at the half-finished GOG, Pei Qian fell into deep thought.

The most urgent task was to figure out who these changes originated from…

He Desheng, approached: “Boss Pei, how about our suggestions? Not bad, right?”

Pei Qian: “?”

He was momentarily confused.

“Your suggestions? What suggestions?”

He Desheng was stunned: “Game modification suggestions! Increasing minion gold, reducing map size, fixing lane distribution… these were all our modification suggestions!”

“Although the original intention was to give Boss Ma a better gaming experience, from the results, it seems quite successful!”

He Desheng’s face was full of pride.

After all, since Circle Dream Ventures had invested in Finger Company last time, they had been idle.

Although He Desheng and his colleagues’ direct superior was Ma Yang, everyone knew that Boss Pei was the real boss.

Even if they served Boss Ma well, if Boss Pei wanted to lay people off, it would all be for nothing.

Therefore, He Desheng wanted to seize this rare opportunity to show his worth in front of Boss Pei.

He had to let Boss Pei know that although Circle Dream Ventures had no work recently, they were still serving Tenda Group wholeheartedly!

Moreover, this wasn’t just seeking credit—these things were indeed the result of everyone’s collective efforts, and they had indeed achieved good results.

Compared to the regular version, Boss Ma’s special version of GOG was more popular in Slackin’ Internet Café, which was clearly reflected in the data.

He Desheng figured that even if Boss Pei didn’t immediately give everyone a raise, he’d at least silently remember their contributions.

Sure enough, Boss Pei’s lips curved into a meaningful smile.

“Yes, your suggestions were very good and very helpful!”

He Desheng was a bit embarrassed: “Boss Pei, you’re too kind. This is just what we should do!”

Pei Qian’s face was smiling, but internally, he was sneering.

Caught the dog!

And this time, it came to bite the hook on its own!

Pei Qian hadn’t even considered this angle. He had originally thought that GOG’s game changes must have been the work of Li Yada’s design team—what could they have to do with Circle Dream Ventures?

As a result, He Desheng had exposed himself, confessing voluntarily!

You, He Desheng, I should never have kept you just because of your name!

Pei Qian maintained his smile: “How did you come up with the idea to submit modification suggestions for GOG?”

He Desheng smiled and explained: “Actually, our original intention was just to make sure the game mechanics no longer limited Boss Ma’s excellent gaming talent.”

“Also, we didn’t just provide modification suggestions to GOG; we sent the same suggestions to Finger Company too.”

“Boss Pei, don’t worry too much about it. We were just trying to contribute a tiny bit within our capabilities!”

He Desheng, looked very modest.

Pei Qian was momentarily stunned, his train of thought changing.

What he cared about wasn’t He Desheng’s pleasantries, but the middle sentence.

They sent them to Finger Company, too?

Didn’t that mean IOI and GOG were once again at the same starting line?

No, IOI must be more advanced than GOG, after all, Finger Company had more investment, longer development time, and more manpower.

Hmm… false alarm.

Since IOI was still far ahead of GOG, there was no need to worry too much.

In the end, there could only be one winner.

Even if GOG could make some money in the short term, as long as they kept buying copyrights diligently, they could spend all that money and not cause any trouble…

Thinking of this, Pei Qian felt a bit relieved.

Thank goodness, this He Desheng’s crime wasn’t worthy of death.

Pei Qian had almost arranged for him to go on a vacation to the East African Rift Valley.

Since that was the case, he could be spared from death, but not from punishment.

They absolutely couldn’t be allowed to play the game again!

Pei Qian looked at Ma Yang, then at the gold-level companions around him.

Thinking carefully, where did all these problems originate?

GOG was modified to be more newcomer-friendly because He Desheng and his team made suggestions.

They made suggestions to cater to Boss Ma’s gaming experience.

And Boss Ma played games every day because…

He had nothing else to do.

Why did Ma Yang have nothing to do? Because after he spent those 20 million, Pei Qian hadn’t given him any more money, and Circle Dream Ventures had completely stalled.

Pei Qian pondered how it was that, after thinking about it over and over, the culprit was still himself.