+25 Meeting

"So without further ado let's start our meeting."

I was sitting on my table , the only person I could see was Rick. He didn't look like the friendly person I saw that day instead he truly looked like the President of I.G. Group. His voice carried power , power to control the beta testers. After clicking some things on his laptop my screen was split into 2 parts the left side showing a photo and on the right was Rick.

"As you can see on the left side of your phone the photo contains all the new features we've added and the changes we've made. We've already mailed it to you right now but it will be easier if you hear it from me right?"

Nobody replied to Rick's question that was because everyone present here knew Rick's authority and where he stood. We were in no position to stand on same level as his , we were never meant to answer this question. Seeing no one reply he said ,

"Good. The let's start from one of the biggest feature we have added to this update it is the class selection. Class selection was something we didn't add in our first version to see how only species/race has impact on the game and should we add classes or not."

"And seeing how some tester's used magic and weapons at the same time , made us realize that it was indeed necessary. There is possibility of special class quest but we have not added those in beta version as in the global release it will be too easy for the testers. The classes come with techniques you will be given once chosen. Let's take a Mage as an example."

Pressing a button on his laptop Rick showed us a new image which had the details of Mage class. He continued ,

"The image you see tell us about the skills , HP and all other details of a human mage. D-rank magic skillbook will be already given with some basic spells , you can get upgraded version of skill books as you complete quests and level up. Special skillbooks can be obtained through special quests which will be only available in global release same goes for all the classes special skillbooks."

"Now coming to Bloodlines the only two people who were able to awaken their Bloodlines were Finn and Yuki. Bloodlines can be awaken through interactions with a certain person , item or just a thing related to a that bloodline. Bloodlines are only unlockable to humans as all the other species already have one. The testers with other species than human can upgrade their Bloodlines you've to find the method on your own."

"Bloodlines require a certain level we decided that level 300 as one of the requirements. We provided 4 pro gamers with a level boost so that they could report us any bugs or some balance issues which were present on higher level. Finn and Yuki were able to meet the requirements and hence were awakened."

Hearing President Rick's explanation I understood the reason why Yuki was so strong but I didn't think she'd unlocked her bloodline.

'Or was it when I took a break from the game.'

Thinking about her bloodline was meaningless right now , so I returned to hear Rick's explanation.

"We have made some changes in system too the Exp needed to level up have been increased , the Exp rewarded by killing monsters have been decreased , same goes for the weapons , items and skills. We are also adding brand new 'time accelerator' which basically was just 1 day in real life =2 days in game"

'This change will have the biggest impact on the game , but I couldn't object this update because the game was indeed imbalanced because of how easy it was to level up.'

The time accelerator was quite common in VRMMORPG so it didn't surprised me that they added it.

Rick continued ,

"That's where the major changes ends if you want to learn about the minor changes we've already mailed you a video explaining them it's a 1 hour video created by managing team. Also we would like to tell you that the accounts you created in beta version 1.1 will be deleted as of now."

""""Huh!?""""

All the players in the meeting were shocked with this unexpected development of course I too was surprised. But I could see the reason why they did it.

'The unbalanced system made it easy for us to level and most of the testers should be pretty high level cause of this. They wanted to see what how much time it will take for is to reach a certain level like time taken to reach level 50 , level 100 and so on. Based on that analysis they would balance the system so that they could get a player to level up at the pace they want.'

A lot of the testers present in the meeting started shouting and criticizing President Rick for his decision.

"How the f*ck does this makes sense? You are saying we wasted our time grinding for nothing."

"I obtained so many AA-Rank weapons and items what about that?"

"This isn't fair to us President Rick."

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Hearing there comments Rick had enough and stood up from the chair he was sitting on. You could really see the anger in his face with his angry face he said ,

"LISTEN , you are here to beta test for our game. We have every right to do what's good for the game , we are not just giving you the custom weapon/item/skill for just enjoying our game. You are beta-tester and it's your job don't forget that. If you want to leave you are welcomed to do so but remember you will not get any custom weapon and you cant leak any of the information we've provided you."

Taking a deep breath he continued ,

"This type of situation could occur in future too , so if you want to quit you should do it right now."

Out of all 45 testers present 13 of them left on this day and that's how the meeting came to end. No news of beta tester recruitment was seen that meant I.G. Group didn't needed any new gamers to fill the place instead they wanted the remaining 32 testers to see the end of beta testing.

After hearing that the level were supposed to be reset and it was going to be hard to level up fast I thought of Dark Lord.

'I was planning to grind by myself to level up faster and slay that Dark Lord but with this update and with Dark Lord's level it will not be possible to kill Dark Lord during beta testing. Guess I will just start those story quest mentioned in the video.'

Right after the meeting I watched the video sent by I.G. Group and was able to get some extra information. Story Quest was a big long quest which was broken into sub quests. The Final rewards for the story quests were a big help for beginner's to level up , the reward depended on you level , class and race based in this data they would give you a good item which will help you to progress faster.

During the beta version 1.1 I didn't do any of the story quest and only killed random monster's with no goal in my mind. But this time I wanted to experience and understand the game more , there was no better option than completing story quests. While I was planning how I was going to play with the new chance I was given the game was being updated.

After few minutes the game was updated , but by then it was time for dinner so I went upstairs to dine with my family. We talked about a lot things like How's Rika was doing in her studies , about the meeting that was held today , etc. It felt good having a proper dinner with my family.

After eating my dinner we watched some shows on TV and everybody went ahead to sleep. But for gamers the night was just the beginning.

One time while I was surfing through the gaming community I came across a post which talked about 'How to be a gamer". I don't know if it was just joke or not , cause most of the people in the comments agreed with it. The post had top of 7 points

1. Never sleep during night these holy hours are blessed by God when nobody comes to bother us.

2. Try to get a girlfriend key word here being 'try' cause you probably can't.

3. Stack up on those energy drink.

4. Eye bags shows our determination never hide those.

5. Act sh*tty towards males and females are goddess.

6. Should be a virgin (Not mandatory but preferred)

7. And play games.

To those with all the points checked out I now grant thou the title of 'Gamer'

Surprisingly the comments agreed to the points he made.

'I really went off the point.'

I laid down on my bed and started 'Infinite' the bright light teleported me to a black room in which the two transcendental beings appeared before me and asked me in their cold voice ,

"Choose child , With whom do you wish to move forwards?"