Chapter 637 Duel Rules

"President, are you free now?"

Meng Lang, who had just finished filming a fight scene, suddenly received a call for help from Shi Sen. When he called it a day and drove back to the company, the conference room was already packed with people.

The relevant persons in charge of the five subsidiaries of PD Games, PD Comics, PD Animation, PD Toys, and PD Printing and Publishing Group sat in a circle, and their faces turned red. Ma Teng and Shi Sen, who presided over the meeting, held their own opinions and no one could convince the other.

There is a whiteboard in the conference room!

It was full of words, among which the four words "Dark Game" caught Meng Lang's attention.

"Aren't you allowed to make the rules?"

He pointed at the whiteboard and asked Ma Teng and Shi Sen: "We have something to say, why are we arguing?"

“The problem is, there’s so much disagreement!”

Ma Teng spread his hands and said helplessly: "Animation and comic companies attach great importance to plot and let the rules serve the plot. But toy companies attach great importance to gameplay and want the plot to serve the rules..."

So there was a quarrel?

Meng Lang glanced at Ma Teng and Shi Sen and couldn't help but sigh.

Shi Sen focuses on content, while Ma Teng focuses on profits.

Even the decision-makers have differences and conflicts, let alone the ordinary employees below. Sure enough, this matter was not as easy as imagined.

"Okay, I'll host the meeting!"

After driving Ma Teng away from the main seat, Meng Lang sat down, picked up the meeting minutes, looked at it, and said with a stiff expression: "You guys discussed this whole thing all morning?"

Both sides of the duel have 2000 LP each.

Monster cards are divided into different attributes, different star levels, different races and different attribute values. They can be summoned in the duel venue regardless of star level, and cannot attack directly...

Ignore the star rating and don't need to summon sacrifices. At least the original version has similar rules. But the subsequent "mutual restraint of races" and "mutual restraint of attributes" are a bit taken for granted, aren't they?

"Take this off!"

Meng Lang crossed out the mutual restraint rules for "attribute races" and said with a displeased look on his face: "The rules must be simple and clear to lower the threshold for getting started. If you make it so complicated, can children understand it clearly?"

"But this is necessary for the plot..."

Ishimori opened his eyes and argued: "With the restraint of attributes and races, a plot twist can be created. Players cannot remember the restraint rules at the beginning, but they will remember them after reading the comics and animations a few times."

"I repeat it again!"

Meng Lang raised his index finger and said, "Lower the threshold for getting started and don't make Yu-Gi-Oh! a niche card for self-entertainment."

"I...I understand!"

As Ishimori gave in, the heads of the toy company and the printing company showed a proud smile on their faces, as if they were sure of victory.

Look!

Mr. Meng is indeed biased towards us!

The plot is king. If you can't make any money, it's the younger brother who has no right to speak. Our toy company will always be Mr. Meng’s favorite child...

"This one can be adopted!"

Just when they straightened their backs and planned to completely kill the "plot party" with the support of Mr. Meng, Meng Lang picked up his pen and ticked the rules of the "dark game".

Everyone: "..."

Who is Mr. Meng from?

The rule setting of this dark game is a typical example of "rules serving the plot". It should be removed. Why was it adopted?

"Gameplay is only one aspect!"

Meng Lang clasped his hands and explained: "No matter how good the gameplay is, it's useless if no one plays it. Only when comics and animations become popular can our formulated gameplay be deeply rooted in people's hearts."

So, dark games can remain.

The setting of reducing LP and causing damage to the duelist is quite classic.

Although the early Yu-Gi-Oh animations had shortcomings such as "mouth nonsense", "on-the-spot printing of cards", and "magical dogs". But "Dark Game" is still a shining point that many viewers still remember.

This setting well explains the reason why "Muto Yugi" tries his best in every duel.

If you lose, you will die...

Can it be done without working hard?

Moreover, "dark games" have little disruptive effect on gameplay. After all, there is a dimensional wall. Even if there is no dimensional wall, you still have to find a thousand-year artifact, right?

"LP changed to 4000! You can continue to add more in special circumstances or competitions. High-star monsters are usually summoned. Depending on the star rating, different numbers of monsters need to be used as sacrifices..."

Meng Lang pointed out the problem and put forward his own suggestions for modification. Others were busy writing at their desks, writing down Mr. Meng’s speech with pens or keyboards.

This meeting lasted until nine o'clock in the evening.

In view of the fact that there are not many cards that appear in the early stage, even "effect monsters" are rare cards, and most monster cards are "blank slate" cards. There are no particularly complicated chains or special calls, so it is not very difficult to perfect the rules.

It’s hard to tell later…

As cards are constantly updated, "effect monsters" become more and more common, various deck routines are developed, and duel rules become more confusing.

"That's it for now!"

Meng Lang picked up the "Duel Rules" printed on A4 paper, handed it to Shi Sen and said, "This set of rules is not perfect. You have to look for more loopholes in actual application. When we hold competitions in the future, we will have to launch a more professional version. rule."

"Hey Yi, I got it!"

Shisen took the A4 paper, pondered for a moment and then asked: "President, I just heard you say that the character's hair should have a strange shape and colorful colors..."

"yes!"

Meng Lang said matter-of-factly: "The fancier your hair and hair color, the better your poker skills will be. Is there any problem with this?"

"No...no problem!"

Ishimori thought for a while and finally gave up his protest. Although he felt that hair had nothing to do with playing cards, it was Mr. Meng's suggestion after all.

In Pengda, Mr. Meng is the king!

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With specific duel rules, the corresponding story background and character settings must be determined for comics and animations.

The first is the name of the protagonist.

Muto Games are not suitable for China. It would feel much better if the last name is deleted and the word "game" is retained.

As for the grandpa of the game, his real name is set to "Yu Liu", and he can be called "Liu Ye" to the outside world. Jonouchi changes his surname to "Chen", Kaiba is still Kaiba, and Kyoko is still Kyoko.

As for others, just change part of it.

In order to reflect the popularity of "Duel", people like Bekas, Tapirang and others were directly set as foreigners, and it became normal to have such names.

Anyway, the protagonist group is the most important.

Except for the protagonist group, Meng Lang didn't care whether the others were dead or alive.

The story of the first season follows the original Duel Kingdom chapter.

It roughly tells the story of the gentle and kind-hearted Yugi and another Yugi (Pharaoh), who went to the Duel Kingdom to find trouble with Becas in order to save their grandfather whose soul was imprisoned.

Of course, the plot changes.

Becca is still the inventor of the "Duel Monsters" card and still holds the Millennium Eye. However, his company has been "seized" by Mengzi.

Except for the name "Illusion Technology", other places are exactly the same as the PD in reality, even the headquarters building is the same!

This is also considered a kind of advertising placement.