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[Old_Married_Vibes]: Family, who understands? This "old married couple" energy they have going on
[Culture_Connoisseur]: That's why a taken woman hits different!
[Salty_Sam]: Damn it, this is all for Max's benefit!
[Emotional_Eddie]: Damn it, I came here to be moved late at night, why am I eating your relationship content instead?! Max, if you want to compensate me, at least send me a Nero figurine!
[Me_Too_Mary]: Me too!
[Night_Owl_Nick]: Damn it, Max, what are you doing? End your stream! Or keep streaming—I'm already prepared to go until dawn!
[Correction_Carl]: Damn it, from dark to dark, right?
Counting it all up, this ranked match had only really given William two points, while everyone else had truly gained zero and lost zero.
The unluckiest one was Arash's Master—the Professor—who had even gotten two points deducted. Poor guy had his Servant sacrifice himself heroically, and the system's response was basically "lol minus two."
Talk about adding insult to injury.
It seemed there was still a lot to sort out for the ranking system. The current implementation was... rough, to say the least.
But for now, there wouldn't be any updates on that front.
The top priority was to quickly release the 7v7 online mode.
Thinking of this, Max couldn't help but smile.
The "certain glory" mobile game next door could at least claim fair competition.
But on his side? Even fair competition couldn't be claimed.
Because some Servants were truly so strong they could take on seven opponents by themselves, making the entire Holy Grail War completely unbalanced.
Beowulf, for instance. The man had literally fought without a skeleton and still won.
How do you balance that?
But perhaps that was the fun of the Holy Grail War. The chaos. The unpredictability. The "oh shit, that guy summoned WHO?!" moments.
Besides this, Max also wanted to get the Holy Grail Front mode up and running.
Wouldn't controlling multiple Servants at once be infinitely more fun?
As for FGO-style content, there was a lot to change.
If the original version were truly released as-is, there would only be story mode to play. And if the first five chapters of that story weren't changed... they were genuinely terrible.
But the key issue was that those early chapters also laid groundwork. Later plot developments kept patching and referencing the first five chapters, damn it!
It was like trying to renovate a house while people were still living in it. And the house was on fire. And the fire was also somehow load-bearing.
And besides all of that, there was also the Servant Space feature that fans had been requesting.
That could be worked on too.
It could only be said that there were too many things to do. Truly highlighting a long and arduous journey ahead.
At the same time, there was also merchandise production, various video promotions, and film/television adaptation discussions coming up.
Tomorrow morning, he also had to ship out those twenty figurines he'd promised as giveaway prizes.
Damn it, why is there so much administrative work?
I just want to make a game.
No, I'll set Goose Corporation on fire.
Thinking such rebellious thoughts while watching the flying chat comments, Max suppressed the various ideas swimming in his mind.
As he took off his VR headset, he also took the opportunity to draw the last ten figurine winners for the giveaway.
Finally, amidst the audience's reluctant "congratulations to those lucky bastards," Max successfully ended the stream.
And at that very moment, the system's notification and rewards appeared before his eyes.
[SYSTEM: Host has accumulated 300 million emotion points. Rewarding: Master-level Makeup Technique × 1]
How to evaluate this reward...
It was a bit underwhelming, honestly. Because the Count already knew a fair amount about makeup and disguise—for revenge purposes, such skills were completely normal.
It could only be said that the system had run out of creative ideas. Time for it to bite a lighter or something.
But it was also good in a way. These occasional pop-ups reminded him that he even had a system.
Sometimes Max genuinely forgot about it. The system had been so hands-off lately that it felt less like a cheat and more like an annoying notification app.
"Hey, you've accumulated points! Here's a skill you already basically have! You're welcome!"
Thanks, system. Very helpful.
Yes, although tonight's Holy Grail War had been fought beautifully—the battles epic, the emotions high, the chat going absolutely insane—
Emotion points could only be obtained when players actually played the game.
So no matter how beautiful the stream was, not a single emotion point could be obtained from the audience watching live.
But fortunately, the promotional effect had been achieved.
He expected a massive influx of emotion points over the next few days as new players flooded in.
Tonight's stream had been essentially a two-hour advertisement. The most expensive, most elaborate, most emotionally devastating advertisement in gaming history.
And it had worked beautifully.
The chat had been exploding. The viewer count had broken records. And by tomorrow, every gaming forum on the internet would be talking about that Beowulf fight. That Arash sacrifice. That final Excalibur moment.
Free marketing, Max thought with satisfaction. The best kind.
Thinking of this, a smile appeared at the corner of Max's mouth.
The stream had ended.
The Holy Grail War was over.
But the real work? That was just beginning.
7v7 mode.
Holy Grail Front.
Story mode revisions.
Servant Space.
Merchandise.
Film adaptations.
And apparently, arson against major corporations.
Max stretched, cracked his neck, and started planning tomorrow's schedule.
Being a game developer was exhausting.
But moments like tonight?
They made it all worth it
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