That night, while most people in China were asleep, a new clarification video appeared on the largest video platform on the other side of the ocean.
【This is not a team effort, nor is it a bot; this is a clarification video.】
The user of the video is called "xiaohei".
At first, many people didn't know what this meant, until the account of the organizer and platform blogger liked and shared the video, and other people in the circle finally heard about it and came to the scene.
The video is quite long, lasting over two hours. It recreates the production process of the rendering competition entry "Mech Battle" at 100x speed. Only the time spent waiting for rendering and the time spent switching the computer on and off during the intermission have been edited out. The rest of the video perfectly presents the entire production process of "xiaohei".
This video has no background music, or rather, the video creator simply couldn't be bothered to add any. The description simply states: "I'm a complete newbie. This competition is just for practice. I have other things to do in real life. This account is only for clarification. Please don't follow me."
Foreign viewers were completely confused, while only those who knew the situation and had participated in the discussion were stung by these words.
【Oh, so xiaohei is just a newcomer?】
【He's so arrogant!】
【My God, how can a newcomer have such amazing production skills? Absolutely incredible!】
【A newbie? This feels like a pro player disguised as a newbie. Their skills are way beyond what a newbie should have.】
【Actually, he seems a bit like a beginner, because in the video, some of the steps are things beginners like to do, and it seems that xiaohei wasn't very familiar with some key bindings at the beginning, but became more and more proficient later on.】
【Okay, so he's a genius. I'm heartbroken.】
【Why did you all provoke him? Now look what's happened, nobody's happy.】
【We've mentioned this before; the incident blew up so much, yet the organizers didn't say anything, which definitely means the other party is innocent.】
【No, this doesn't necessarily mean Xiaohei is without fault, right? Besides, this clarification is a joint statement with the organizers, which confirms what was said before: the organizers leaked the questions in advance.】
【@viker, what do you say? Do you have any further evidence? If there's no evidence, it's just spreading rumors.】
【@viker.】
This guy named Viker was the one who first spoke out against Xiao He's work. He was originally a participant in the rendering competition, but his ranking wasn't very high. He taught courses on various platforms for many years, essentially acting as an overseas course-selling instructor.
His malice towards Xiao He came out of nowhere. At first, he may have just wanted to create some buzz and gain some traffic, but since Xiao He never came forward to respond, he seemed to have seen the secret to gaining traffic and began to take advantage of the hype surrounding the competition to relentlessly attack Xiao He's work.
Of course, he didn't just criticize Xiao He's "Mech Battle". He also criticized several other creators, but these creators' works were not well-known and did not generate much buzz. After being criticized, they withdrew from the competition, which actually confirmed that Xiao He's works also had problems.
Unfortunately, no matter how much he jumped around, Xiao He ignored him, making him look like a clown.
The organizers did try to communicate, but due to Xiao He's "indifference," they did not respond for a long time. The other companies that were watching the situation °• N 𝑜 v 𝑒 l i g h t •° were naturally unable to step in and help, so they just observed the situation from the sidelines.
However, after reviewing the project documents submitted by this contestant, most people felt that there were no problems with the contestant.
Even at the same level of technical skill, everyone has different habits. To take a somewhat inaccurate but easily understood example, for the same file name, some people prefer uppercase, some prefer lowercase, some prefer mixed uppercase and lowercase, and some are simply too lazy to rename each file and just use the default serial number... These are all individual habits without a unified rule.
This is why many programmers joke, "No one can understand my code except God and me."
So a few years later, the programmer left the company, and the new programmer who took over looked at the "code decryption notes" left by the older generation, packed his bags and ran away overnight.
Although it's just a joke, there's actually some truth to it.
So whether there's a problem or not, you can actually find clues by carefully observing these details.
This is why the organizers agreed to help clarify things after Xiao He approached them.
Once the clarification is complete, the direction of public opinion is no longer their concern.
...
The clarification video quickly gained huge attention on the internet. After observing everyone's feedback and finding no other abnormalities, Xiao He left the site.
For Xiao He, a practice match was not something particularly noteworthy, and it didn't even require much of his time.
This matter could be considered closed for Xiao He, but it sparked a huge wave of public opinion for Viker.
The next morning, Xiao He got up to film as usual, but at noon he received another email from the organizer.
Xiao He really didn't expect that things would become more and more complicated.
"They accused me of using AI modeling?"
Xiao He was stunned for a moment, then laughed in anger after a brief silence.
This Viker really wouldn't let it go. After he released a video to clarify, he released another video, accusing him of using AI for modeling, otherwise the production efficiency wouldn't be so high.
"Don't you organizers have any judgment of your own?" Xiao He questioned. "The engineering documents are very clear, and the clarification video is also very clear. These materials are all used within the scope permitted by your event. You can also clearly see the individual model files. I don't understand what your purpose is in continuing to make this call. Does the other party have any evidence?"
"Is it the other party's unfounded speculation that has left you at a loss, or do you want to continue to rely on this topic to maintain the popularity of your personal accounts? I now have serious doubts about your impartiality and problem-solving abilities."
After being mercilessly criticized by Xiao He, the other party was somewhat embarrassed and could only apologize repeatedly before hanging up the phone.
"Tsk."
Xiao He looked at his phone with extreme displeasure.
"What's wrong, Brother Xiao?"
Xiao Chen, who had just brought in lunch, looked at Xiao He with a puzzled expression, "Don't you want to eat with the crew today?"
"fine."
Xiao He rubbed his temples. "It was just something I did casually, but I got entangled with an idiot. It's a bit annoying."
If he had encountered something like this back then, he wouldn't have bothered to spend the time submitting his article.
That's hilarious. Who does he think he is? With his skills, if he were to manually create AI-assisted modeling and large-scale world structures, would it still take him several days?
Xiao Chen didn't know who Xiao He was talking about, but could only comfort him: "Brother Xiao, don't be angry. Since it was just something you did casually, it means it wasn't a big deal for you. When you encounter an idiot like this, just hit him back without a second thought. There's no need to take it to heart."
Upon hearing Xiao Chen's words, Xiao He rested his chin on his hand and began to ponder.
