¿QUÉ PASÓ CON AGAR.IO? DE DOMINAR INTERNET A DESAPARECER

A 19-year-old announced it on 4chan, nameless and without any marketing. In three months, it was the most searched game on Google that year, surpassing Fallout 4. Today, its servers are full of bots, and almost no one remembers it. The complete story of Agar.io and those who destroyed it. Do you remember Agar.io? The browser game where you controlled a cell in a Petri dish, ate dots and smaller cells to grow, divided to hunt other players, and became the king of the server or were devoured in seconds. No download. No registration. Just your mouse and your brain against the world. A game written in JavaScript and C++ by a 19-year-old Brazilian student who announced it by sharing his IP address on the 4chan gaming forum. A game that, within weeks, had 5 million daily players. That was the most searched game on Google in 2015, surpassing Fallout 4. That reached number one on the App Store in 32 countries simultaneously. It appeared in House of Cards. And today, its servers are overrun with bots, making it nearly impossible to find a real player. What happened? Who destroyed Agar.io? In this video, I'll tell you the whole story: how Matheus Valadares created the game in a few days and sold it to Miniclip, why Miniclip was already owned by Tencent when it acquired the game and what that meant for its future, how the bot invasion destroyed the competitive experience that made the game special, why Miniclip's monetization decisions alienated the community that had made it go viral, and how a game that went from zero to dominating the internet in weeks ended up as an empty shell filled with ads and automation. On another note, check out my digital store, it really helps the channel :D https://ggpick.com/es/cerebro?pick=106 10% Discount Code - CSH10 SOCIAL MEDIA:   / sinhuesocerebro     / discord   CONTACT: [email protected] TIMESTAMPS 0:00 0:59 INTRODUCTION TO AGAR.IO 0:59 3:20 BIRTH OF AGAR.IO 3:20 5:53 AGAR.IO IS ADDICTIVE 5:53 8:32 MINICLIP AND THE PROBLEMS 8:32 11:15 AGAR.IO BOTS AND LAG 11:15 13:01 THE BIG MISTAKE