00:00I woke up this morning, opened my Facebook page. And guess what? I'm Woft a million times!
00:06A million times I'm Woft!
00:07I can't give up on this Woft game. Unfortunately, there aren't any good games on this channel.
00:11Let me check. A million times I'm a Woft fan!
00:14A million times I'm Woft!
00:15Hello, I'm Hüseyin Karoğlu. I've been playing Woft for 2 years.
00:19Woft'im's Facebook page has reached 1 million followers.
00:21And I was very happy about that.
00:23I will explain the reason for this in the video I made for you.
00:28There was a time when you'd walk into an internet cafe, your headphones would be broken, your mouse would be slippery, and the letters on your keyboard would be worn off.
00:33But nobody cares. Because everyone's in the same game, my Woft.
00:36No game at that time could give that feeling.
00:38Shouting, swearing, and the sounds of people entering the lamppost from the next table.
00:41The game wasn't just on the screen; it was in the room.
00:43But today you enter the same game, the lobby is empty, nobody is talking, nobody is shouting.
00:47It's as if that game never happened.
00:49So what happened?
00:50How did my game Woft, once the king of internet cafes, become a game nobody visits anymore?
00:54Today we'll talk about how a game reaches its peak and how it ultimately destroys itself.
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01:04Woft'im was developed in 2007 by Softinix, a South Korean company.
01:09So it's not a small project, there's experience behind it.
01:11Softinix was a team that had previously made online games.
01:14But what they did in Woft was different.
01:16Because back then, the FPS games were well-defined.
01:18Grab a gun, aim, shoot.
01:19But Woft said, what if the player suddenly dropped their weapon and transformed into an animal?
01:22And the human-wolf mechanic emerged.
01:24It actually seems very simple.
01:26But it was an incredibly bold idea in game design.
01:28Because it's difficult to strike a balance.
01:29The game is spoiled if the wolf becomes too strong.
01:31If humans become too strong, wolves become meaningless.
01:33But when it first came out, this balance wasn't bad.
01:35That's why it worked.
01:37And when he came to Türkiye, the game exploded.
01:38But how did it explode?
01:40Let's be honest now.
01:41The point of my Woft wasn't graphics or anything like that.
01:43Looking back, it wasn't very good anyway.
01:45But here's the point.
01:46The game was fun.
01:48You're playing a normal FPS game.
01:49Then suddenly you turn into a wolf.
01:50People are employing tactics.
01:52You instantly transform into a clever wolf and leap onto the men, spinning around and around.
01:55This feeling of freedom, that was the point of the game.
01:57But this is the main point.
01:58My game Woft wasn't a solo game.
02:00This game was played with friends by shouting.
02:03Turn your back!
02:04On the left, base inputs.
02:05The game was incomplete without these shouts.
02:07That's why most people played at internet cafes instead of at home.
02:09Games could be better today.
02:11But that environment doesn't exist.
02:12And that's a huge difference.
02:14Then, as with all good things, a decision was made.
02:17The game said...
02:18Skills are great, but money is even better.
02:19And that's when everything changed.
02:21The pay-to-win system has arrived.
02:22It started small at first.
02:24We said it wouldn't affect it much.
02:25But then, with names like Yiğit Demir, Hamadah, Elverici, Zahid Sev, Losyon, Mosyon, we suddenly realized...
02:31This game is no longer level.
02:32The man with money is faster, stronger, and takes fewer hits.
02:35You're walking around with a gun for free.
02:37And you think to yourself...
02:38Why was I marked as spam here?
02:40And do you know what the most painful part is?
02:42In the past, a good player was defined as someone with good reflexes.
02:44Then, all of a sudden, we saw that the guy who got his mother's credit card had become a great actor.
02:48The man is playing with the balance, not the slope.
02:49We're walking around with it in its torn state.
02:51The man opened the cupboard.
02:51She's wondering what to wear today.
02:53Is this really a game?
02:54You're trying to lower your supply.
02:55The man is putting together an outfit.
02:56That's when you understand.
02:57Not everyone is equal in this game.
02:59Some people go shopping, not playing the game.
03:01I will never forget it.
03:01When I took a break from the game and logged back in, I saw that my message box was full.
03:05I was curious what these were.
03:06The game sent approximately 50 pages of free data.
03:08There's all kinds of premium content.
03:10And he sent it not just to me, but to everyone.
03:12Those who remember this event, please leave your comments.
03:15And this is the worst part.
03:16This system didn't stop there.
03:17New items were constantly being added.
03:19More powerful features were constantly added.
03:20So this is how the system worked.
03:22Today's most powerful weapon will be garbage tomorrow.
03:23What does this mean?
03:24To progress in the game, you need to invest money, not just grind for skills.
03:27At this point, the game was no longer about competition, but about economics.
03:30And the players noticed something.
03:32No matter what I do, the man opposite me will be stronger than me.
03:35This feeling is the feeling that ends a game.
03:36You're saying, "Okay, I won't pay, but I'll level up my skills."
03:39You join the game, and before the guy even sees you, he starts shooting.
03:41You die before you even turn the corner.
03:43And that classic lie is coming from the heavens.
03:45I meant sound.
03:46Brother, you're talking about sound, but I haven't even joined the game yet.
03:48As if the army of cheaters wasn't enough,
03:50Anti-cheat system, wow, this guy isn't playing Mini Web.
03:53It's not like it's flying around with its radar on, like an air defense system.
03:56Anti-cheat is sitting there, munching on sunflower seeds.
03:58You spend hours practicing your curves, and this guy bought a gun from the VIP shop and put together an outfit.
04:01That's the difference.
04:03Wolf Team has evolved from a skill-based game into a shopping simulation.
04:06Then there was what we call unplugging.
04:07I would join the game, and my brother would wait behind the counter.
04:10When I gave the signal, he would unplug and plug the Ethernet cable back in.
04:13Everyone in the game froze.
04:14Those I killed at that time would be dead when the connection was restored.
04:17Normally, he should have kicked him out of the game in this situation.
04:20Leave a heart if you've unplugged it before.
04:22What happened next?
04:23The players started to leave.
04:24To where?
04:25Towards fairer games.
04:26For example, Counter Strike.
04:27Nobody there asks you how much money you deposited.
04:30The only important thing is whether you have an arm.
04:31That's the difference.
04:33What did you get in Wolf Team, and what are you playing in other games?
04:35The players naturally made their choices, and all that was left were the blind and the deaf who had money in their pockets.
04:41What keeps a game alive isn't graphics, weapons, or the company.
04:44They are actors.
04:45And the game doesn't suddenly die when the players leave.
04:47Things will get worse.
04:49He falls silent.
04:49You might find the lobby isn't full.
04:51There's only an echo.
04:52Where there used to be shouting, there is now silence, and this is the moment when the game is truly over.
04:57Wolf Team didn't go bankrupt because it was a bad game.
05:00It went bankrupt because of wrong decisions.
05:02Because people invest money in the game.
05:03But he will not tolerate injustice.
05:05Is anyone still playing today?
05:07Yes.
05:07But that old spirit remained in that internet cafe.
05:10If you remember those days, leave a memory in the comments.
05:13Some games don't close.
05:14The players are leaving.
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