The “Conflicted” Life of Jorge YaoMany of us have heard of the online mobile game called “Clash of Clans”. The concept of the game is quite simple: you manage a village and steal other people's resources in order to improve your base. We have surely seen dozens of these games roaming the mobile app store. But the shocking fact is that developer Supercell makes $2.5 million a day from Clash of Clans, thanks to tens of millions of active players who have the opportunity to spend their own money in order to speed up their troops and upgrades . Here is a brief history and concept of this popular game. This game came out of the ground to be available on the App Store at the beginning of August. This online-only multiplayer game allows players to build their village, train military troops, and attack other players to steal resources to improve their bases and defenses, which protect them from other attackers. Players can reduce their trophy count to "farm" resources (e.g. gold), or win battles to increase trophies for showing off, while meaning attacking and defending against more difficult bases. Players can join groups called "clans" to which players can give advice and strategies in the clan's private chat. And this is where a user named Jorge Yao comes in – a well-known hero among experienced and amateur gamers alike. He was the first player to cross the 4,000 trophy mark and held the top spot for 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 – immigrated to Philadelphia from China. His father taught at the University of Pennsylvania and his mother worked in a pathology laboratory. George himself said...... middle of paper ......n that there are many stories of couples getting divorced or going bankrupt because of Clash of Clans or another multiplayer game in line. It all finally ended when six months later, in June 2013, he put down his three iPads and quit smoking. However, as it seemed, all his dependence, efforts, patience and fortune were not in vain. In his farewell speech which he posted on his social media site, he accepted his side 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 "coming out on top like Mike," referring to Michael Jordan. "Looking back, I think I must have been crazy," he said. he said. “I was so immersed in it at the time, I knew it was abnormal, but never to the point that I see it now.” “Now I can’t even bear to open it. the application, to see it He said..