There is no direct flight from China to Poland city Katowice . If Chinese tourists want to go there, they have to leave from Capital International Airport and transfer via Frankfurt Airport in Germany, which takes more than 13 hours.
13 hours is not long compared to 5 years. "popolong" (hereinafter referred to as long) clearly remembers that 5 years ago, in May 2014, just one month after the "Home War" gameplay of " Conflict of Clans ", I was influenced by two colleagues and started my career in "Clash of Clans" and entered the "704 Tribe" named after the office door number.
At that time, "Clash of Clans" had been on the server for less than two years. And now it is the 7th year of this game. The "704 Warhead" where
long is located has become a member of the world's top tribes. In April this year, they broke through the siege and became the first tribe in China to be invited to participate in the Clash of Clans Global Championships. They spent 13 hours flying to Poland to participate.
This is just a scene for the 7th anniversary of "Clash of Clans". Life has changed much more than long because of this game.
There are also overseas players who are in a foreign country but have a connection with Chinese players; there are " mercenary leaders" who have temporarily left the game and were saved by the tribe; there are "militants" who have been rescued by the tribe and recreated the fun of the game; newcomers in the workplace who have been playing from college to entering society; there are also veterans who are keen on sharing game strategies and creating various high-quality formations to lead the trend.
They almost didn't realize that "Clash of Clans" has been 7 years old. They just turn on the game every day and experience it as a part of their life, and the passage of time in life itself is difficult to detect. In the seventh year of the launch of Clash of Clans, all players reached an agreement: Clash of Clans is still young.
The first Chinese tribe to participate in the global championship
"Clash of Clans" has been the highest-standard "conflict" between tribes is the Global Championship.
In the lobby of the Q Hotel in Katowice, the 5 members of the 704 warhead completed the first offline gathering of the tribe since its establishment in 2014. As soon as they looked at each other, the 36-year-old lawyer long found that he was the second youngest there...
No one expected that it would be a game that would allow them from all over the world to gather in a foreign country thousands of miles away.
Things are not easy. After experiencing the emergency visa application at the Polish Embassy and several transfers at domestic and foreign airports, they arrived in Poland to participate in the competition. Although the 704 Warhead did not win the championship at the end of the story, most people came with the mentality of fully enjoying the fun of the game. Although victory or defeat is important, it is not the only measure.
"Thank you for your hard work, looking at the faces of the five members present, I felt deeply awe. They are all real old players." Other players commented this way 704 Warhead
The members behind the tribe were also happy for them. "Crazy Potato" is a Chinese-American female player in Malaysia. She has some accents in Mandarin, but her conversations are generous and full of enthusiasm.
in the 704 warhead plays the role of team lubricant and external communicator. As one of the few female players in the tribe, she is more likely to detect the emotional changes of her members. And because she is overseas, it is more convenient for her to obtain official information and participate in official activities - the 704 Warring States participated in the Global Championships was the one she signed up for.
"I enjoy making friends more in the game than the fun of winning in the game." Tudou believes that the game level is still a little different than that of top players, but in "Clash of Clans", she found a position that suits her positioning more.
"I didn't have this kind of personality before. I communicated with everyone more in the game and became more outgoing." Tudou believes that "Clash of Clans" has changed her personality to a certain extent. For this game that I have been playing for several years, she still holds the same enthusiasm as she originally, and devotes all her spare time to the tribe every day.
The return of a tribal leader
What is the fun of "Clash of Clans"? Different people will have different understandings. But the word tribe is often the first.So, how much time should a player invest in his tribe?
player "Magnificent World" once invested a lot of time in his tribe, and then he temporarily left "Clash of Clans". The reason for leaving is very simple, in order to return to "life". The mighty world is summarized very lightly.
He came into contact with "Clash of Clans" in 2015, and by 2018, he was already a well-known representative in the circle. In June last year, after the former leader of his tribe, the "mercenary army" left, he took over the management work under the recommendation of his members.
The management of the tribe will take up a lot of personal time. The mighty world led the tribe to flourish, but he was under a lot of pressure. Under heavy pressure, he chose to leave.
When the world was the leader, the tribe's record was quite good
After he left, the mercenary army's record was declining. But in May this year, everyone in the tribe had no choice but to think of a solution. They asked the mighty world for help with a try-and-seek help from the mighty world, hoping that he would come back.
Magnificent world chooses to return to "Clash of Clans", and he chooses to devote his time to the tribe again. Because he found that after the window, he was still "very enthusiastic" about the game.
Retrieve the original happiness of the game
Similarly, 704's long said that his time invested in "Clash of Clans" has decreased, mainly because he has upgraded the tribe to the maximum level of "twelve books" and unlocked all the buildings and troops that can be used, "attaining the realm of nothing else."
At present, he only needs to spend more than an hour a day to maintain the lineup. And compared to the fun of the game itself, he pays more and more attention to maintaining good relationships among members of the 704 warhead. Therefore, he spent a lot of his thoughts on his daily communication with his members.
Compared with ordinary netizens, the friendship between tribal members who have been tempered by tribal battles in the game is more like a kind of comrade-in-arms. Since its inception, 704 has been in operation to this day, there are less than 5 members, but the good atmosphere among the members has been maintained on this ship of Theseus for a long time.
Another veteran player, "Half-drunk Jianghu", will be more touched by this.
is the tribe who "saves me". Ban Zui said that it is the tribe who let him regain the original happiness of the game from blindly pursuing victory.
Originally, Half Drunk was a famous socialite among the high-end Chinese tribes in "Clash of Clans". She has strong combat power and an extroverted personality. She can seamlessly integrate into the parties held by foreign "Clash of Clans" players, "almost got half drunk." In the past few years, he has also traveled to many high-end tribes and witnessed their entire process from rise to decline.
But in the final analysis, Banju was once a battle madman who put victory first. In "Clash of Clans", due to a good balance mechanism, large amounts of recharge cannot greatly improve combat power. Compared with money, game understanding, tactical arrangement, and combat strategies can all determine the victory or defeat of a battle.
未分 is not only competitive, but also knows how to win. The matching mechanism of "Clash of Clans" determines that the difference in lineup strength between players on both sides will not be too large, and they are basically players in the same ranks. In a battle, if one side can play "3 stars", it means that the person's game level completely crushes the opponent. For ordinary high-level players, it is not easy to win 3 stars in 4 battles, but Banju can often win 3 stars in 4 battles. "He is a man who is truly at the top of the world."
Finding the weakest point from the opponent's precise arrangement requires players to have extremely strong observation
, but belligerent brings greater desire. Ban Zui told me that he had half his foot stepped into the so-called "black technology" field and reached the point of "going into a devil" in order to win, until he joined the current tribe. The motto of the
tribe is "Happy Game", which wakes him up in time, "Just have fun here, just have fun games. We don't pursue winning streaks, nor do we pursue so-called high defense - this saves me."
"The more we pursue winning streaks, the more likely we will collapse once the winning streak is caused by a little setback and the winning streak is interrupted, the more likely we will collapse. Because everyone has no sense of belonging, they are all for winning. If you can't win here, you can't change the place."But a really good tribe can help a player regain the original fun of the game.
explores the ultimate game playability
, and some people can always discover the original fun from this game. Compared with the social attributes of the game, the comic captain values the excellent gameplay of "Clash of Clans", which satisfies him in all aspects of strategy, balance, and innovation. "I downloaded a lot of strategy games at the beginning, but now I only play "Clash of Clans". "
"Cartoon Captain" is the deputy leader of the tribe "Sun and Moon in the Sky". His tribe has just been upgraded to level 26, and is the first tribe in the world to be upgraded to this level. Before this, many of the world's highest levels were also broken through by the sun and Moon in the sky.
In the tribe, the comic captain is responsible for the tribe's newcomer review, tribe battle formation diagram creation, and tribe official account management.
He is a typical contrast between reality and the Internet. The bigger person: On the Internet, his figure is active on various platforms such as forums and WeChat groups; in real life, although he does sales work, he seems shy and sarcastic.
In "Clash of Clans", the base camp is the core of a tribe. The higher the level, the more buildings it can build, the higher the defense. The current highest level base camp is level 12, which players usually call 12 books. How to set up a defensive camp for 12 books is something that high-end players in the game must think about.
The strength of Captain Painting is that he has created more than 20 "Clash of Clans" formation strategies. A formation can become a strategy, which means it has extremely high reference value. Captain Comics is willing to share his understanding of the game on the tribe WeChat official account, and the reading volume is quite good. With a 12-book formation, he can constantly research and come up with different types of practical solutions, and explore the ultimate game playability.
5 years ago, Captain Comics played "Clash of Clans" for the first time on his iPhone 》, at that time he was a carefree college student, and could spend all his time outside of eating and sleeping on the game. After
5, he became a newcomer who had just entered society. His mobile phone had been changed, but the habit of playing "Clash of Clans" was preserved. Although the days of time were gone forever, he was still willing to spend an hour every day to build a world in the game.
7th anniversary, but he was still young
" for seven years, and he has been playing slowly until now. In a constantly changing world, what remains unchanged is still a sincere heart. "A player recalls the story of his relationship with "Clash of Clans".
Another player, who was just the first year of junior high school when he first started playing, "I went to the uncle's family to steal the Internet every day". He learned about "Clash of Clans" from his younger brother. Now he likes to donate troops. He dreams of becoming more powerful one day and becoming the leader of the tribe.
also has young players of 1998, and the same group of uncles formed a tribe. After high school, he secretly took his mobile phone to hide in the toilet and went to fight a tribe war. When he met the leader of the tribe for the first time, he They say that each other is "the most familiar strangers".
and college students who form a tribe with their dormitory roommates. The music loaded in the game will be played on time in their dormitory every day. Now everyone graduated from college and made their own lives, but "Clash of Clans" is still with him.
704 Long from the warhead said that he will continue to play the game "Clash of Clans". "Even if I only spend five minutes a day, I must keep it and not leave anyone behind. Unless the game is closed or everyone in our tribe is gone. Even if I just donate troops to other members of the tribe during dinner. "
Half-drunk, Tudou responded to him a little embarrassedly, "If this game continues like this, you will not be the one who stays until the end, because we will stick to the end together. "
The Mercenary Military Tribe Weiwu Tianxia chose to devote his time to "Clash of Clans" again; and the cartoon captain of the Sun and Moon Dangkong Tribe insisted on creating his formation strategy, "I think "Clash of Clans" will be promising. "He said that in the face of a game that has been around for seven years, the comic captain used the word "promising" because in his opinion, the game is "still young and charming."
has a conscience and stable operation, and the game is highly technical and playable. Many "Clash of Clans" players have truly commented on this work to me. On the 7th anniversary of the game, their stories helped me understand the game better.
It is obvious that for many players, the tribes in the game, the friendship they gained in the tribe, the happiness they gained in the battle, and the sense of accomplishment brought by sharing have become part of life. The distance in space, temporary departure, and length of time are no longer a problem for them and the 7th anniversary of "Clash of Clans". In a constantly changing world, there will be something that will always remain unchanged, making a game young forever.
