Lily Emerson urged, "No problem, just the relatively strong ones among the common cards will do."
Alex Parker said, "Alright, try this setup: Mourning Wood Tears, Silly Buns, Blood Little Cheap, Wild Druid Shinzo, Divine Stick Virtue. This is called the Raven Squad combo."
Lily Emerson said, "Uh, but Wild Druid Shinzo costs quite a bit to get..."
Alex Parker said, "Uh, then let's go with the Five Little Heroes lineup: Barrel Bull, Mu Si, Female Thief, Auntie, and Five Fireball Sect Leader. These are easier to acquire."
Lily Emerson noted it down, ready to collect these cards next.
In fact, Alex had completely reworked the entire value system. It was not entirely the same as the previous world, so the strength of the lineups was also different.
However, Alex still retained a few classic lineups and made some adjustments to their strength based on their acquisition difficulty.
Jessica Thompson asked, "Is there really a lineup that can beat the Absolute Master combo? I played that combo during testing and it felt unbeatable!"
Alex Parker said, "Well, I won't tell you. Otherwise, the big spenders won't spend money if they get beaten."
Jessica Thompson said, "Just give me a hint! How about this, you give me a hint, and I'll spend money to get Big Sister!"
Amy Johnson said, "I think 2000 yuan wouldn't be enough to buy off the manager..."
Alex Parker said righteously, "Of course not, 2000 yuan is not enough to buy me off. I won't tell you to use the Falling Goose and Chairman for a physical insta-kill combo!"
Everyone: "..."
Manager, your integrity is really cheap!
Jessica Thompson stood up, "Alright, I'll give it a try!"
Alex couldn't help but laugh to himself. Actually, the strategy he mentioned could work. The physical insta-kill combo could indeed beat the Absolute Master lineup, but it depended on the level of card development!
The Falling Goose and Chairman combo is actually the "Master Hand" lineup, which includes Falling Goose, Chairman, Closing Moon, and Winter.
However, one thing Alex didn't mention was that to beat the big spender's team with this lineup, you must have two top-level Falling Goose cards.
Two top-level Falling Goose cards placed in a vertical row, with their single-target bleeding skills, can greatly increase the damage the target takes from warriors. Combined with the Chairman's Whirlwind Slash and Winter's healing reduction, it can deal massive damage to the enemy's Big Sister, instantly killing her in the first round and creating a five-on-four situation.
Moreover, to play this lineup, the amount of money spent on development is also considerable. Otherwise, having the lineup but no strength would still result in being crushed by big spenders.
Alex believed Jessica Thompson could successfully develop this strategy, hmm.
...
In the days leading up to the end of the month, Ben Quinn had been closely monitoring the reviews of "I Am MT."
By now, the rating of "I Am MT" had dropped to 7.1, with a noticeable increase in one-star reviews.
"Trash game, wasting my money!"
"I've never drawn a good card! Never!!"
"You can't beat others without spending money! Liars, where's the promised free game?"
"Turned from fan to hater!"
"How can you develop such a game? Doesn't your conscience hurt?"
Ben Quinn flipped through these one-star reviews, puzzled.
What does this mean? It seems like these people have spent a lot of money on this game? And they don't seem very satisfied?
Isn't it a free game? And it gives away so much money every day; there's no need to spend your own money, right?
Ben Quinn was confused.
Suddenly, his assistant rushed in from outside, "Something's wrong! Something's wrong! Look at the bestseller list!"
Ben Quinn was startled, "What's wrong with the bestseller list?"
He took out his phone and looked at the bestseller list of mobile games on the official app store, instantly stunned.
The fifth place on the official app store's mobile game bestseller list was "I Am MT"!
Ben Quinn rubbed his eyes. No mistake, it was "I Am MT"!
Unbelievable!
"Impossible, there must be some mistake! How could it rush to the top ten of the bestseller list in just a month! This makes no sense!" Ben Quinn muttered to himself in disbelief.
Previously, Ben Quinn hadn't paid attention to the official app store's mobile game bestseller list because he thought neither "Holy Spring Guardians" nor "I Am MT" would make it into the top ten.
The bestseller list on the official app store is very hard to manipulate. To get into the top ten, a game must be a phenomenal hit, a perennial classic, with monthly sales easily exceeding a million units!
"Holy Spring Guardians" did make quite a bit of money, but most of it didn't come from the official platform; it was mostly from the Generation Entertainment platform. So, "Holy Spring Guardians" didn't even rank on the official app store's bestseller list.
Ben Quinn never thought "I Am MT" had any chance of making the bestseller list, so he never paid attention to it.
But now, "I Am MT" not only made it onto the bestseller list, it shot up to fifth place!
Ben Quinn looked at the games in fourth and sixth places, which were both classic mobile games from Infinite Entertainment, each priced at 10 yuan, with monthly sales stable between 1.5 to 2 million units.
This meant that the first-month revenue of "I Am MT" was already close to 20 million!
Ben Quinn still found it hard to believe, but it was evidently true because the official app store couldn't be manipulated. Moreover, he didn't think Alex Parker had the power to fake results with the officials.
Therefore, the only explanation was that the first-month revenue of "I Am MT" indeed reached 20 million!
"How could this be? Why?"
Ben Quinn stared at the 7.1-rated "I Am MT" on the leaderboard, speechless.
...
It wasn't just Ben Quinn who was shocked. All industry insiders, game media, and onlookers following "I Am MT" were astonished.
Since "I Am MT" appeared on the bestseller list, it started skyrocketing like a rocket, eventually reaching fifth place by the end of the month, just before the bet deadline, and quickly solidifying its position!
There was no need for Alex Parker to reveal specific numbers. Most people could roughly estimate the monthly revenue of "I Am MT" based on the revenue of other games on the list.
Twenty million!
Moreover, the puzzling part was that the rating of "I Am MT" fluctuated between 7.1 and 7.3, sometimes even dropping below 7.
In contrast, the other games in the top ten bestseller list had ratings above 8.5, with several even above 9.2!
A rating of 7 was already considered poor, yet "I Am MT" could still remain in the top five of the bestseller list, with its download numbers still climbing!
Many designers and game media personnel felt something was off. They had never seen a game that earned money while being criticized so much!
After seeing the success of "Holy Spring Guardians," many thought the outcome was decided. They didn't believe Alex Parker could create a game with double the monthly revenue of "Plants vs. Zombies."
Later, when Alex Parker went into anime production, even fewer people believed in him.
But "I Am MT" broke into the top five of the bestseller list, leaving everyone dumbfounded.
What was going on?
What was happening?
Did I lose my memory? Did I miss something?
A game that seemed doomed to fail suddenly turned around and crushed "Holy Spring Guardians"?
This defied all logic!