Overgeared

Chapter 133

Thanks to the great success of Satisfy, the S.A. Group became the world’s best group. They had two billion loyal customers and hundreds of affiliated companies, so there was no group with more influence and wealth in history.

And South Korea was very dependent on the S.A. Group. South Korea had a small land mass and limited natural resources, so the jobs that the S.A. Group created and the numerous charitable projects were like a ray of light.

Just yesterday, South Korea’s government brought a new request to the S.A. Group. It was to invite Satisfy’s rankers to South Korea, where a national competition would be hosted.

“The opinion of the government is as follows. Users of the top 100 ranking will be invited to South Korea in teams for each country, where a competition consisting of raids, pet marathons and other contests will be held. It will be organized by the Korean government, and they hope that the planning, public relations and sponsorships will be handled by the S.A. Group.”

A meeting room in S.A. Group’s headquarters in Seoul.

Some people showed negative reactions.

“I don’t know if we can continue to do favors for the Korean government. Are we a charity? I don’t like their attitude of always asking us for things.”

“A Satisfy competition can be hosted by companies and broadcasting stations in various countries. Why should we invest our money and manpower?”

“And why should we invite rankers to South Korea when it can be done online? What do they think the top 100 rankers are? The rankers are too busy raising their level and won’t move for a small amount of money. Hundreds of billions of won would be needed to bring 100 people here.”

Yoon Sangmin was watching the executives giving negative comments and finally opened his mouth.

“You should note that it will be a national competition. Competitions that pit countries against each other such as the Olympics and World Cup have always gained popularity around the world. More than one-third of the world’s population is interested in Satisfy, so the popularity of various sports has fallen, yet the ratings for the Olympics and World Cup are still high. A national contest involving Satisfy… It is content that can become a global issue.”

Kim Jiyoung, the branch manager of the South Korean branch, also gave a positive opinion.

“It’s a good idea to invite rankers offline. If there are events such as stage greetings or an awards ceremony at Seoul Olympic Stadium in front of many spectators, it will give interest to the middle-aged people who think that Satisfy is just a game, and give them a real feeling of immersion.”

President Lee Hoonyi was smiling.

“The rankers are stars and will attract crowds, so we don’t need to worry about selling tickets. If they can see many famous rankers in one place, many tourists will come from all over the world. We can also sell the broadcasting rights to each country at a high price, so the profit will be good. This is the aim of the South Korean government.”

Lim Cheolho was proud.

“If we compete by ranking each country, the people of each country will support their rankings and inspire patriotism. It’s very desirable to build patriotism through Satisfy.”

The expressions of the executives giving negative opinions changed. The decision seemed to have been made.

Kim Jiyoung drove in the wedge.

“Starting this year, we should hold a Satisfy national competition every year. We can think of unique events that can only be carried out within Satisfy and gradually expand the number of participants, so that the Satisfy national competition will someday become a prestigious event like the Olympics and the World Cup.”

Lee Hoonyi clapped.

“Good, good. We won’t receive any damages, no matter how much money we invest.”

Now everyone’s attention focused on Lim Cheolho, the top decision maker. Lim Cheolho nodded.

“Tell the South Korean government that we will approve their request.”

At that moment, Yoon Nahee, the head of the operations team, quietly raised a hand. She didn’t shrink back under the gazes of all the executives and expressed concern.

“We need some improvements because we approved the government’s request.”

Yoon Nahee was Yoon Sangmin’s younger sister. Yoon Sangmin knew how meticulous and competent she was, so he listened to her words.

“Tell us.”

Yoon Nahee explained, “First of all, if we divide the top 100 rankers by country, it won’t be balanced. For example, there are 23 Americans in the top 100 ranking and only 2 Koreans. Since it’s a national competition, the number of participating players must be raised, but the gap between countries is too big.”

“What if we limit the participants to the top 30 instead of the top 100?”

“It is an extreme situation that will reduce the number of participating countries. Then it will be too small to be a competition that the world will enjoy.”

The executives were agitated.

“I don’t want the competition to be limited to rankers. Rather, those who stand out in each event should be selected, just like sports…”

time to divide the two billion users into countries and examine

addition, inviting the rankers to the first competition will help it succeed. Who will be interested

of this confusion, Yoon Nahee brought up another

at 23:55, Yura

“Hah…”

top rankers really

in the unified rankings have gone above level

is rewarding. Yura’s achievement will be good news

When I was young, various gaming competitions were held and the Korean teams

pleasing. Isn’t the level up of

of Supercomputer Morpheus has once again missed the mark. Check the reference materials in front of you. Morpheus was expecting the

“Really. This is serious…”

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by users because the amount of experience required to level up increased exponentially. Nevertheless, it was surprisingly that this didn’t limit the level up speed of the

Satisfy began, a number of Morpheus’ predictions have been wrong. Is

seems like a major

shook her head while the executives were feeling

expected. If we take this into account and reset the error range, Morpheus’ predictions won’t be

terrific are

comprehension are different from ordinary people. They hunt close to impossible monsters relatively easily and level up efficiently. Even the user called ‘Regas’ has a fast level up speed and is in the top 30, despite the fact that he doesn’t use weapons and is hunting with his bare

Yoon Sangmin frowned.

Master Regas? Is he

of martial artist was less dependent on weapons than other classes. By default, their skills had a high attack power and passive skills that could penetrate the

few times better than fighting with bare hands. Regas had a record of not using weapons since starting Satisfy. Therefore,

“He is Taekwondo obsessed…”

history as an Olympic Taekwondo

he thinks that the user of weapons violates

why are you suddenly

mentioned after stating that Yura reached level

did you suddenly talk about

looked questioning. Yoon Nahee explained

are, they will reach level 300 in the next three months and achieve the third

users, there weren’t even 100 users who were above level 200. At that time, the level of users within the top 5 of the unified

users who reached the second advancement and the users in the top 5 were almost at level 300. This would lead to a major disruption

it will take at least three

the seriousness

I see. If the competition is held after the third

The gap between the second advancement and third advancement users is so big that the games will

third advancement class are far superior to the skills

sky and earth. If a level 99 user was

and third advancement was more than that. The third advancement classes had a skill tree that was comparable to a few hidden classes. The third advancement classes were deliberately set up to be stronger, in order to minimize the sense of deprivation for regular users who didn’t

of the contest? Do we have

invest more money and hire more manpower, we can shorten the preparation period. But there must

Nahee spoke awkwardly, then Branch Manager Kim Jiyoung

difficult to confine the number of participants in the national contest to

Jiyoung’s opinion

informed about the national competition. This would naturally cause a

to participate in the events of the national competition through the quests. The progress of the users’ quests would be monitored

care of the selection of participants. It is also suitable for raising the interest of users and making the national competition a big

All of them

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sanctum. A priest approached the head

is someone requesting a

time? One of

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a sacred ritual that could only be given to select people. He would select from one of the followers to receive the god’s blessing once a year, but now a third party was asking for the blessing? The

explanation since Rhona was making an

paladin of the Judar Church. In addition, he has a

“Hrmm…”

Church? The religious leader was interested and rose from his spot. Then he met the