Game development begins with destroying Girls' Frontline.

Spark has announced the detailed schedule for this year's Spark Carnival.

The strategy of holding simultaneous events in four cities around the world almost instantly overshadowed all the previous promotional materials released by Tencent.

The promotional video garnered tens of millions of views worldwide in just 24 hours.

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The promotional video was released at the same time.

France.

Paris.

Wang Tianyi jumped right off the bed.

"Holy crap, there's a venue in Paris too!!!"

"I'm so lucky!"

Wang Tianyi felt he was very lucky.

You can even participate in the Spark Carnival in France.

Just a few days ago, I wouldn't have dared to even think about it.

Wang Tianyi is a student at the University of Rennes in France.

University of Rennes, France.

It is a relatively open school, and every year international students from all over the world arrive here.

It has a history of several hundred years and is a comprehensive university with a wide range of majors to choose from.

Besides studying.

After spending a year in France, the biggest change in him was his hobbies.

Wang Tianyi was only obsessed with it for a period of time in junior high school. In high school, his parents were stricter, and the girl he liked was an outdoor sports enthusiast.

So I became a half-baked outdoor sports enthusiast.

However, he has now been forced to become a gamer.

There was no other way but to study abroad alone.

Unless you are an exceptionally successful social person, your social circle will definitely shrink.

Wang Tianyi was the same, and at his university, international students were in separate classes.

After a year of university, I didn't make many French friends.

I did get to know quite a few guys from China and a few from Africa.

The shrinking of his social circle, along with a certain opportunity, led him to rediscover his love for gaming.

And this opportunity arose from a senior student.

The two met on WeChat; the senior had been chatting with him since before the start of the semester.

After school started, I helped him move his things.

Although in the end he got a local phone card, a global credit card, and a complete set of bedding from this senior student.

However, this beautiful senior student did indeed help him a lot.

The two now occasionally play games together.

They were still playing Spark's games.

At the time, Wang Tianyi was quite surprised.

He later learned that the current group of overseas students, regardless of which country they study in, is a diverse group.

Anyone who plays games.

I have some basic experience with Spark games.

Because of Spark's games, in addition to relieving stress, you can also meet some local friends.

When Wang Tianyi first heard this argument, he didn't quite understand what it meant.

It wasn't until later, after he played Spark games himself for a while, that he understood why Spark games were so popular among international students.

On the one hand, Spark's games offer rare global data interoperability.

No matter where you are, as long as you have one account, you can continue your progress. This global server data interoperability is incredibly convenient for international students like him. Secondly, as the senior student said...

When you are playing the game, the system will automatically match you with a nearby chat room.

Online matchmaking also involves playing against nearby players.

If you really want to meet some locals, then starting with players who share the same interests might be a good beginning.

Wang Tianyi still remembers what his senior said.

"Choose those with high levels, many characters, and especially many skins; those are more trustworthy."

In the anime/manga community.

There are often those who say, "Anyone who likes XXX can't be a bad person."

This statement may not be entirely accurate.

But to some extent, it makes sense.

Players with high levels, multiple characters, and significant spending are likely to be hardcore gamers who are both wealthy and have a lot of free time.

Furthermore, hardcore gamers are often quite familiar with Starfire.

Those who are familiar with Xinghuo (a Chinese science and technology organization) also have a certain understanding of China.

Thinking about it that way, there is indeed some truth to it.

Wang Tianyi even actually used this method to find a local friend.

Even though it's said to be local, it doesn't seem quite the same.

Because the person he knew was a Brazilian man who lived in France.

The two often chatted enthusiastically in the game.

We've never met in person.

After all, they're all grown men, and neither of them really wanted to meet.

This Brazilian guy had previously mentioned the Spark Carnival, saying he really wanted to go, but the journey from France to China was too far and too expensive, even with airfare subsidies.

Then he asked Wang Tianyi if he had ever been to the carnival.

After learning that he hadn't been there either.

The Brazilian guy laughed back, saying, "You're Chinese, why don't you go when you live so close?"

Wang Tianyi replied.

"Although I am Chinese, I am currently in France. Do you think the airline would give me a free ticket just because I am Chinese?"

This reply made the Brazilian guy burst into laughter.

The two finally agreed to watch the live stream together.

Of course, this is together.

It refers to two people being together "online" while each of them is at home.

Just when the two of them felt that the offline activities of the Spark Carnival were no longer relevant to them.

Who admits it.

This year, Spark actually adopted a branch venue model.

This is the first time Spark has adopted a 1+4 model to host the carnival.

The so-called 1+4.

It refers to one pre-show venue plus four carnival venues.

The four carnival pavilions are Shanghai (China), Tokyo (Japan), Los Angeles (USA), and Paris (Europe).

Xinghuo has set up offline venues in these four locations.

This has resulted in an extremely high number of tickets sold for this year's Spark Carnival, spanning four venues worldwide over three days, with each venue capable of accommodating tens of thousands of people.

In addition, the carnival is still the same as last year, with three sessions each day: morning, noon, and evening.

Nearly one million tickets were distributed accordingly.

The ticket numbers were released.

Many media outlets feel that Xinghuo has really gotten a bit arrogant.

They take themselves too seriously.

As a result, no one expected that the million tickets would be sold out so quickly after they went on sale.

When Wang Tianyi looked, more than half of the tickets for France had already been sold.

He was so frightened that he quickly bought a ticket.

He then looked at the tickets for other areas.

You won't believe it until you see it, and it's truly shocking.

Within 24 hours of the promotional video being released, hundreds of thousands of tickets had already been sold.

At this rate, it should sell out in less than two days.

Don’t say anything else.

The ticket sales alone are already comparable to those of many games.

In addition to the four carnival pavilions.

There is also a performance venue for the pre-Spark event, but this time the venue is not located in China, but in Japan.

To be precise, it was established at Tokyo Dome in Japan.

The decision was made by Lin Li.

The stated reason was to allow as many people as possible to experience the charm of Xinghuo, but in reality, there was some concern about overseas players gathering in China.

This will create a butterfly effect, causing masks to be distributed in China ahead of schedule.

Although masks shouldn't be available yet according to the timeline, it's always better to be safe than sorry.

At last.

And that's precisely because face masks are coming soon.

This final celebration, of course, has to be a big one.

Anyway, the budget is enough, so let's just go for it.

Because four venues are used.

Model enthusiasts worldwide are very excited.

Before this, they had already learned about what the Spark Carnival was like online, and many players actually wanted to participate.

Just like that Brazilian guy.

Not everyone can afford a plane ticket.

Even if Spark provides subsidies.

The most excited were naturally the Japanese players, as this Spark Night was held at Tokyo Dome in Japan.

Moreover, the Japanese venue is the Tokyo Big Sight, which is the Comic Market's exhibition hall.

The venue is large enough to accommodate a large number of people.

However, not all Japanese fans were happy.

For voice actor fans, it's quite disheartening.

Because the venue was divided into four sections, the offline guests in each location were different this year.

The details are clearly displayed on the ticket purchase page and on the Spark Carnival's information page.