Chapter 457: Unbelievable Data
Chen Mo shook his head. "Not sure. But from the footage, this Origin is definitely top-tier."
Li Jingsi asked curiously, "Don't you want to fight him?"
"Fight him?" Chen Mo shook his head again. "No point. My job is a designer; I only play games to promote them better. I have zero interest in pure competition like this."
Li Jingsi raised an eyebrow. "So that's why you don't take our matches seriously?"
Chen Mo: "..."
...
The player with the ID Origin caught the attention of Warcraft players worldwide, but only within the niche circle of Warcraft itself.
After all, RTS games had long since degraded into a niche genre. For the vast majority of mainstream players, the question was: "Warcraft has a prodigy? What does that have to do with me?"
So, this incident didn't generate much influence.
Moreover, even within the Chinese server's Warcraft community, the news didn't stir up too much of a storm, since Origin was rampaging through the weakest server—the American server. In the Chinese and Korean servers, the difference was razor-thin. In many people's eyes, if Starlight had gotten better loot during a crucial creep camp, he might have won.
Of course, the most important takeaway from this match was that it told everyone: Light was real, and he was stronger than Starlight!
This news shocked Warcraft players worldwide. Had the American server really produced an RTS genius? And was he challenging the entire world?
...
At the experience store.
A massive amount of data was displayed on the computer screen in front of Chen Mo, who was frowning deeply.
Li Jingsi sat nearby, silent.
After thinking for a long time, Chen Mo leaned back in his chair, puzzled. "That doesn't make sense."
Zou Zhuo leaned in. "What's up, boss?"
Goph also asked, "Can you find out? What's Origin's background?"
Not only Li Jingsi and Zou Zhuo, but also Goph, Wanfeng, and several other veteran Chinese server Warcraft players had traveled all the way to Chen Mo's experience store.
On the day Light appeared, Li Jingsi had sent the relevant replays to Chen Mo and explained her doubts.
And almost everyone present shared the same question: Who the hell is this?
If it were any other game, they'd have to rely on guesswork. But since Warcraft's designer was someone they all knew, why not have Chen Mo check it out?
So, these people hoped Chen Mo could glean some clues from the backend data.
Chen Mo himself was a bit curious. Since this Light was real, then he must be a newly emerged prodigy, right?
However, Chen Mo had a strange premonition. Watching Origin's replays gave him an uncomfortable feeling.
Although the play was very structured and the tactics were clear, Chen Mo always felt there was a hint of deviousness in Origin's patterns, often making it hard to understand his intentions.
Chen Mo tapped a few keys on the keyboard, pulling up a chart and a string of data.
"This is the APM chart," Chen Mo explained.
Zou Zhuo nodded. "Yeah, we know. It's already all over the internet. Origin's APM is insane—peaked at 600, almost on par with you."
The APM chart looked like an electrocardiogram, with peaks and valleys. During team fights, the APM would spike sharply, then drop again afterward. Overall, the average hovered around 400, which was roughly on par with most top players' APM.
Chen Mo tapped a few more keys. "And this data—is it online?"
"Th-this is..."
The people behind Chen Mo stared at the new data table, all too stunned to speak.
Zou Zhuo said incredulously, "Effective action ratio... 98.3%?!"