He clicked into his cloud drive account and was surprised to find that someone had already sent him a message from the backend.
— He is the manager of this cloud storage product, and he said he had called Mingyan.
However, Mingyan has recently become a prominent figure, receiving far too many harassing phone calls, and had no choice but to open a blacklist.
The cloud storage manager had no choice but to put the whole situation into a private message.
The situation is quite simple:
So many people are downloading! They've overwhelmed their cloud storage!
The interstellar era cloud storage only offers 20GB of small games, which should theoretically be more than enough to handle hundreds of thousands of downloads.
The problem is that this traffic surged up all at once within a short period of time.
Their technology can only support a slow, steady flow, like a small pipe. But the game download requests are like the Yellow River and the Bohai Sea all flooding in at once—how can that work? It'll cause anal fissures!
As expected—
It exploded; it exploded in the middle of the night.
The cloud storage was in complete chaos, and they had to work overtime all night to temporarily redirect the links to other locations and temporarily restrict the incoming traffic, which barely saved the server.
However, this means that some users may not be able to access the corresponding page.
Now there are even people on blogs criticizing their cloud storage for being unreliable...
Mingyan was both amused and exasperated, so he sent a private message back to apologize to the cloud storage provider.
He didn't expect this situation either.
He had barely sent the message when he received a reply.
The cloud storage operations team was also very apprehensive. After explaining why they had to limit the traffic, they politely compensated Mingyan with five years of free membership.
Firstly, Mingyan has already activated his membership and paid for the corresponding products, so legally he has no problem. On the contrary, the cloud storage service did not provide him with the corresponding service.
Secondly, it's clear that they've actually brought in a large number of users, but they themselves can't swallow such a huge benefit...
It's like Pigsy eating ginseng fruit; if he ends up breaking his teeth, he can only admit that he's not strong enough.
Mingyan also felt helpless; he had no choice but to accept the traffic restrictions.
"Hachiko's Story" is a small-scale, short-running game that is meant for a one-time experience. It is estimated that the download boom will only happen in the next day or two, and then it will stabilize a lot.
The principle is similar to the first month after a movie is released in theaters.
He returned to his blog, ready to send a message explaining the situation.
Unexpectedly, he found that hundreds or even thousands of people had tagged him as soon as he logged on.
Upon closer inspection, Mingyan realized that he had misread the label; there was actually another label related to Hachiko.
#SaveBeatoDogs#
The Beto dog is the dog model used in the game, and Hachiko in the game is based on the Beto dog.
Unexpectedly, this was a breed that was quite popular in the Chaoyang Alliance in the past, but it suffered a terrible situation a few years ago due to the decline in popularity.
A large number of Beto dogs are abandoned by their owners and become stray dogs, which harms the ecological environment;
Back then, the Beto dogs bred by low- and mid-range kennels were difficult to sell and were eventually euthanized in large numbers.
Some Beto dogs are bought at low prices, slaughtered in groups for their meat, and then sold cheaply on the market...
It's all because back then, it was considered a treasure, and profit-driven merchants multiplied it in large numbers.
Now that they've been discarded like worn-out shoes, we have to spend manpower and resources to fix them.
The hashtag #SaveBeatons# has sparked calls for help to save Beatons from certain death.
This tag came from behind and quickly rose to the top three most popular tags.
Many people are saying they want to donate to a suitable organization to house a group of Beagle dogs, saving as many as possible.
Some people said they had already contacted kennels and were willing to adopt a Beagle to reduce the burden on kennels and at least save a dog that was about to be euthanized.
Some of these people actually projected their love and longing for "Hachiko" onto the similarly shaped Bitot dog.
Of course, there are also very rational people who are already popularizing knowledge about raising pets and dissuading some people from acting impulsively.
In short, a vigorous discussion about public welfare unfolded on the blog.
This spontaneous public welfare label has also prompted follow-up reports from relevant media outlets—which is a great thing!
Many players have also left feedback on Mingyan's blog.
The most upvoted comment is this: "Hachiko's Story is a truly charitable game. The architect didn't take a single penny, opening the game to everyone so that the loyalty and kindness of pit bulls could be known to more people. Hachiko's death shocked us all—if the pain of losing its owner was so profound, how much more so for those pit bulls abandoned by their owners? We should think deeply, reflect, and consider the architect's deeper meaning in creating this game! #SavePitBeatles#, it's our responsibility!"
His words made Mingyan feel ashamed.
In reality, he is just an old fossil unearthed from Blue Star, and he still doesn't fully understand the customs and culture of the Chaoyang Alliance, let alone the details of a particular dog breed.
After thinking for a moment, Mingyan took out a business card and made a phone call.
"Hello? Mingyan?" Xia Cheng's voice came from the other end.
It was 12 a.m., and Xia Cheng was probably working out, as heavy, rhythmic breathing could be heard coming from over there.