The “Extraordinary” Life of Jorge Yao Many of us have heard of the online mobile game called “Clash of Clans”. The concept of the game is pretty simple: you manage a village and steal other people's resources to improve your base. We've certainly seen dozens of these games roaming the mobile app store. But the shocking fact is that the developer, Supercell, earns $2.5 million a day from Clash of Clans, from tens of millions of active players who are given the chance to spend their money on speeding up troops and game upgrades. own army. Here is a brief history and gameplay concept of this popular game. This game was ported to the App Store from the start in early August. This online-only multiplayer game allows players to build their own village, train army troops, and attack other players to steal their resources in order to upgrade their bases and defenses, which protect against other attackers. Players can reduce the number of trophies to "farm" resources (e.g. gold), or win battles to increase the trophies to show off but at the same time attack and defend against more difficult bases. Players can join groups called "clans" where players can give advice and strategies in the clan's private chat. And this is where a user who calls himself Jorge Yao, a well-known hero among experienced and amateur players, comes into play. He was the first player to surpass the 4,000 trophy mark and held the top spot for a full six months. This all ended when Jorge announced his retirement in May, after spending hundreds of dollars on this game every week. The Beginning George Yao – his real name – emigrated to Philadelphia from China. His father taught at the University of Pennsylvania and his mother worked in a pathology laboratory. George himself has...... middle of paper ......n that there are many stories where couples get divorced or go bankrupt because of Clash of Clans or other online multiplayer games. All this finally came to an end when six months later, in June 2013, he put his three iPads aside and walked away. However, it seemed, all his dependence, effort, patience and luck had not gone to waste. In his farewell speech posted on his social media site, he accepted his parallel career as a game design consultant for Samurai Siege, similar to Clash of Clans, and moved to London. He thanked his clanmates, friends and fans and said he was "going to the top like Mike", referring to Michael Jordan. “Looking back, I think I was crazy,” he said. “I was so immersed in that moment. I knew it was abnormal, but never to the extent that I see it now." "Today I can't even bear to open the app, to see it." He said.