The complete handover of "Marble Storm" to the players caused a stir in the entire gaming circle.

Consequently, everyone’s curious eyes are on the lookout, eagerly anticipating what changes might occur once the game "Don’t Go Home: Marbles Storm" is entirely operated by the players.

Is this a good thing or a bad thing?

As a popular game with a daily active player count consistently exceeding a million, if the Play Committee takes over and suddenly daily activity plummets, bringing the game to the brink of shutdown, does it prove that professional tasks should still be handled by professionals?

"Think from another angle."

"If after taking over, the daily activity of ’Marble Storm’ continues to rise, and the game thrives more with each passing day, it proves we made the right decision."

Chen Ba explained: "You have to believe in the players, especially those adept in strategizing and palace intrigue within the ’Marble Storm’ player community."

For other games, implementing similar measures would likely result in chaos.

The reason is simple: players are ultimately players. They might be good at playing games, but making or operating a mature game might be beyond their reach.

In this regard, "Marble Storm" is somewhat different.

Firstly, the player base of "Marble Storm" mainly consists of office workers, particularly from the IT and internet industries, so they are not entirely ignorant in this regard, and there are quite a few technical experts among the players.

Secondly, the players of "Marble Storm" have weathered many trials; what situation haven’t they faced?

They have walked through the era of autocrats, and now with the "Play Committee" as a balancing mechanism, the likelihood of major issues is very low.

"That’s true..."

Yang Dong, who just returned to the company after getting married and was too lazy to go on honeymoon, nodded after hearing this, "The existence of the Play Committee indeed reassures us a lot."

Without the Play Committee, power would be imbalanced.

The result of power imbalance naturally leads to the comeback of autocrats in each zone, bringing back the period just after the game launched.

But with the Play Committee, autocrats will never revive, and the current gaming environment doesn’t provide them any space to exert influence.

Indeed, think about it.

Previously, lacking such awareness was forgivable, but after the establishment of the Play Committee, players widely awakened their "sense of ownership," and who wants to have an unnecessary hierarchy over their head when playing games?

"The Permission Bead now is more a symbolic item."

Yang Dong lamented: "Thinking back to the past when whoever held this bead could command the entire zone, that era is completely gone."

The Permission Bead is the core item that created the current game environment in "Don’t Leave After School: Marble Storm."

At that time, whoever got the bead could establish a grand dynasty in their zone, even more impressive than the Martial Arts Alliance Leader!

But not anymore...

The existence of the Play Committee greatly curbed the influence of the Permission Bead. Only those who earned the Play Committee’s approval can use the Permission Bead’s authority, and the bead can exert its intended effect.

If not approved by the Play Committee, even if you acquire the Permission Bead, in essence, it’s useless.

Why say this?

Because the Play Committee represents the collective will of all players in the zone. Without its recognition, it means standing against the entire zone.

If it were ancient times, it would be like a new emperor ascending the throne, yet the courtiers, commoners, and even the palace’s eunuchs and maids do not recognize him as the emperor...

Then comes the problem!

Standing against the people, even if holding the Heirloom Seal of the Realm, you aren’t the emperor, and can’t be the true ruler.

After all, only with support does a throne need inheriting. Without support, if everyone opposes you, sitting on the throne just makes you a clown playing pretend!

"Certainly transformed into a symbol."

Chen Ba nodded affirmatively, "Now each zone has refined the nomination and election procedures for the Bead Holder. Only elected Bead Holders have the authority to lead the entire zone."

No one thinks the "Bead Holders" in these zones rely solely on holding the Permission Bead to ascend to this position, right?

Which came first, the chicken or the egg?

First become a Bead Holder, then obtain the Permission Bead to become the actual leader of the zone, instead of obtaining the Permission Bead first and then becoming the zone’s leader.

Understanding this causal logic explains why Yang Dong said the Permission Bead has lost its original meaning, becoming a spiritual symbol.

I’m a doctor because I can heal, therefore I become a doctor!

No one thinks grabbing my lab coat and stethoscope, putting it on, enables you to heal and replace me as the new doctor, right?

Don’t fool yourself!

Everyone desires the Permission Bead; the difference is, previously, they wanted to grab it themselves, now they can’t grab it, they can only slowly labor to gain the approval of the zone’s players step by step.

"Under this model or system, the final elected Bead Holders won’t be too foolish, at least not suddenly mess up and cause the game to die."

"Indeed..."

"So I’m very much looking forward to these Bead Holders working together, pooling ideas and efforts, to collectively develop ’Marble Storm’ into the world’s leading online game one day!" 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚

Chen Ba was filled with optimism, "It doesn’t need too much; reaching 5 million daily activity should suffice."