ROSGT Chapter 61: Once You Start Playing, You Can’t Stop!
Volume 1
Chapter 61: Once You Start Playing, You Can’t Stop!
“This is called a game? It’s not fun at all. It doesn’t compare to Professor Cha’s games in the slightest!”
In a school classroom, a bald teacher was lecturing, but not all the students were paying attention. One boy at the back of the class was secretly playing a game on his portable Guangnao.
Games had become hugely popular in the past month, and this boy was a fan. With new games constantly being released, he had tried them all but found none as enjoyable as Professor Cha’s games.
He had just downloaded a game called Find the Differences, but after a few minutes, he was bored.
Did they think slapping the “Look” name on anything could compete with Professor Cha?
“I really hope Professor Cha releases a new game soon,” the student murmured to himself.
The Look series by Professor Cha was fantastic, but after a month of playing, even the best games could get tiresome. He was eagerly waiting for Professor Cha’s new release.
Habitually, the student logged into the Software Alliance forum. If Professor Cha had released a new game, it would likely be announced there.
As he logged in, he remembered, “SB Guangnao’s heavily promoted Kung Fu Kid is releasing tomorrow. Since there’s no news about Professor Cha’s new game, I’ll have to look forward to Kung Fu Kid. Hopefully, it won’t disappoint…”
Just as he scanned the game forum posts, something caught his eye.
“Whoa!”
He couldn’t help but exclaim.
“Xiaoming, what’s the matter?” the bald teacher asked, clearly annoyed.
“Nothing, nothing,” the student, Xiaoming, quickly replied.
“Pay attention, or get out of my classroom!” the teacher warned coldly.
Usually, Xiaoming liked to antagonize this teacher, but now he was too excited to bother. He obediently nodded and focused on the Guangnao screen, his eyes sparkling.
“Professor Cha’s new game is out! After a month, it’s finally here!”
Barely containing his excitement, Xiaoming downloaded the game immediately.
Seeing Xiaoming’s excitement, his classmate Tong Dawei turned around and asked, “Xiaoming, why are you so excited?”
“If I tell you, you’ll be excited too—Professor Cha’s new game is out. It’s called Stack-Em-Up, and I’m downloading it now,” Xiaoming said gleefully.
“What?” Before Tong Dawei could respond, another classmate, Zheng Chao, exclaimed softly, “Professor Cha’s new game? I’ve been waiting a month for this. Give me the link!”
“Me too!” Tong Dawei quickly said, already turning on his Guangnao.
“Me too,” added another classmate, Fan Wei.
“No problem, I’ll post the link in our class group chat. Anyone can download it from there,” Xiaoming generously offered.
“Thanks!” Fan Wei shouted, and Zheng Chao and Tong Dawei also expressed their gratitude.
“Not a problem!” Xiaoming replied.
“Professor Cha’s new game is out. Check the group chat for the download link!” Fan Wei announced, spreading the news.
Soon, many students followed suit, ignoring the ongoing lecture.
Halfway through the class, the bald teacher noticed most of his students were looking down at their Guangnaos instead of paying attention.
How could they do this? Didn’t they respect him at all?
“Bang!”
He slammed his hand on the desk. “Class time is for learning, not playing on your Guangnaos! Turn them off now!”
The students were reluctant—Stack-Em-Up was incredibly addictive, even more so than Professor Cha’s previous games like Lianliankan, Xiaoxiaokan, Find the Differences, and Jigsaw Puzzle combined.
Once you start, you can’t stop!
Some students reluctantly turned off their Guangnaos, but several others, including Xiaoming, couldn’t bear to stop. Their eyes remained glued to the screens.
The teacher was furious. “I’ve never seen such unruly students. If I catch anyone playing again, you’re out of here!”
With that, Xiaoming stood up, eyes still on his Guangnao screen, fingers tapping away, and walked out of the classroom without a word.
Following Xiaoming, other students, including Tong Dawei, Zheng Chao, and Fan Wei, also stood up and left, eyes glued to their screens, fingers tapping.
In no time, more than half the class was empty, leaving only the top students who were so engrossed in their studies that they didn’t care about anything else.
The bald teacher was dumbfounded. He had been teaching for decades but had never encountered such a situation. He was both furious and curious about what was so captivating on their Guangnaos.
He stopped the last student leaving the class and had him send the game over.
Soon, Stack-Em-Up was installed on the teacher’s Guangnao. With a critical mindset, he opened the game and started playing.
Moments later…
“Sir, can you continue the lesson?” one top student asked.
“Go about your business and don’t bother me!” the teacher snapped, eyes fixed on his Guangnao screen, fingers tapping away.
Wow, this game is amazing! Once you start, you can’t stop!
…
That morning, similar scenes played out everywhere.
After a day of modifications by Fang Nan and Fang Xi, Roberta’s Building Blocks had been transformed into the Tetris that Ye Chui envisioned. Despite waking up with a hangover, Ye Chui had uploaded the game to the Software Alliance forum.
As expected, the game became an instant hit.
The download count surpassed the record set by Xiaoxiaokan.
Ye Chui uploaded the game at 9 AM. By 11 AM, when he checked again, Stack-Em-Up had been downloaded seven million times in just two hours!
Seven million downloads—what did that mean?
When Lianliankan was released, it had about sixty to seventy thousand downloads in the first two hours, which was considered a miraculous record.
When Xiaoxiaokan was released, it hit 3.6 million downloads in two hours.
Stack-Em-Up had nearly doubled that number!
This wasn’t just because Professor Cha’s fame had grown but also due to the immense appeal of Tetris itself.
Without any hired hands to artificially inflate reviews, the comments were overwhelmingly positive.
#1: “Stack-Em-Up is insanely fun! This is my favorite game ever!”
#2: “Hey, didn’t you say the same thing when Lianliankan and Xiaoxiaokan came out?”
#3: “Haha, I said that too, but Professor Cha keeps creating miracles!”
#4: “I was wrong. Stack-Em-Up isn’t my favorite game ever; Professor Cha is my favorite person ever!!”
#5: “Professor Cha, I support you!”
#6: “Number five speaks the truth.”
…
Among the comments, someone discovered an Easter egg Ye Chui had hidden in the game.
“I reached level six, and a system reward popped up—a mysterious video…”