It’s not that kind of malicious broadcast

After Lee Yena, who had secured the first place in the first season, left a brief post and then collapsed into sleep, her WeTogether experienced unprecedented prosperity.

Due to the people who were captivated by her relentless effort to achieve the top rank, the atmosphere had changed with the influx of new viewers. Among these new comers were trolls posting malicious comments to subtly assert their dominance, and those who merely cared about her ASMR broadcasts, asking when she would do another sleep broadcast.

Despite representing extremely disparate groups, they shared some commonalities: an interest in KoK and an emotional investment in “GetDevoured” in some form.

Therefore, the announcement of the new patch while these groups chatted in WeTogether could only be considered a bombshell.

『Author: ReformedGwangjil』

『Title: Fucking Shitty Assholes at Faraday Games Have Lost Their Minds』

『Does this patch even make sense?

It’s like they chopped off all the limbs.

They need to go easy, fuck.

I had a bad feeling ever since Orthodox boasted about Rogues being OP during the victory interview.』

– This is how a Rogue should be.

– ㄴ Get out, you bastard.

– Hmm… Is it that bad?

– ㄴ You get out, too.

– Oh… Is GetDevoured not broadcasting? I want to hear her cry…

– ㄴ Why don’t you tell this guy to get out too?

– ㄴㄴ This guy’s so damn transparent, for real.

– They gave a proper buff to the treasure chest opener role, what’s the problem?

– ㄴ Is a 0.5-second buff really a buff, you fucker?

– ㄴㄴ Seriously?

– ㄴㄴ Give your address instead of getting out; I’ll come and scratch your mouth myself.

『Author: ㅇㅇ』

『Title: Confused as Hell After Reading the Patch Notes』

『??? What is this???

The priest buff is good, but…

Isn’t the Rogue nerf a bit too harsh?』

– The priest buff is more of a problem.

– ㄴ Shutting up the ignorant ones.

– Potions have no speaking rights, apparently.

– ㄴ “I’ll stop eating the bait.”

– “Is it really bait if you point out every single one?”

ㄴ “I’ll stop eating the bait.”

– “But… won’t CravingWarmAmericano feel hurt? ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ”

– ㄴ “22222222222222 Seriouslyㅠㅠㅠㅠ Anyone can see it’s a targeted attack. Does it make sense to get punished for doing so well???”

– ㄴㄴ “I thought CravingWarmAmericano was some girl again, seriously you crazy bastards. If you can’t even say GetDevoured’s ID, please go back to your female-heavy forums.”

– ㄴㄴ “Stop gagging yourselves with a towel;; This isn’t the forum ^^”

– ㄴㄴ “Ah, fuck, just look at this fucking board.”

『Author: ㅇㅇ』

『Title: When’s the next broadcast of GetDevoured crying?』

『I’ve got my recorder on and I’m waiting with my pants down.

It’s getting cold, when’s the broadcast starting?』

– “Sniff… sniff… Th-this is… too much….”

– ㄴ “Whoa….”

– “If my kid was beheaded, they were beheaded, but it wasn’t my kid.”

– ㄴ “The game’s company said they’d nerf it; whose head are you going to behead? LOLOLOL”

– ㄴㄴ “I don’t know, maybe they’ll just behead any random viewer?”

– ㄴ “Honestly, I’d like to physically behead this bastard. How much spamming do they have to do? Should I block keywords while crying?”

『Author: ㅇㅇ』

『Title: Did you see GetDevoured’s ranking run in that game day?』

『The sudden nerf was unexpected.

I thought they’d take their time and test the waters, but they just went straight for the jugular.

Was GetDevoured’s 80% win rate making too much of an impact, reaching Challenger rank 1?』

– “I also like GetDevoured, but it’s not to that level LOLOLOL This is because of Orthodoxㅇㅇ.”

– ㄴ “It’s frustrating enough that a minor team made it to the Worlds finals, but they snatched V7, the top in popularity, and won with a boring 3-0 sweep? Yeah, that’s a reason to want to kill.”

– ㄴㄴ “Honestly, isn’t that racism?”

– ㄴㄴ “Esports has always been about celebrating ‘we beat the originating country, Korea’, as a norm for a long time.”

– “That’s one thing, but since the start of the trend in the Challenger tier with 2-Underground Rogue, rogue’s pick and win rates went insane..”

– “To what extent?”

– ㄴㄴ “Write about it.”

『Author: ㅇㅇ』

『Title: Fact: If they don’t nerf the 2-Underground Rogue, we’re screwed』

『KoK’s match data collection system was so broken that it was hard to gather statistics, but toward the end of the season, the win rate for 2-Underground Rogue combinations was going through the roof.

(Photo) Please excuse the poor image quality; there are strict size limits.

Currently, in the Challenger tier, 2-Underground Rogue combinations are showing win rates of 60-70% against all other set-ups. Honestly, the 70% figure is a bit skewed because of GetDevoured, but 60% is accurate.

(Photo)

In the Platinum to Diamond tiers, there are simply too many games to individually verify the presence of 2-Underground. However, if you just look at Rogues, the win rate was rising from the low 40s to the high 40s by the end of the season. Obviously, this was due to gaining proficiency over time, so it’d continue to climb.

But the real issue comes when you send a Rogue and a Holy Knights underground; the remaining four characters essentially become fixed. You end up with 3 Holy Knights, 1 Rogue, 1 Archer/Mage, and 1 Priest, with no other viable set-ups.

Moreover, everyone is almost forced into specific roles. So everyone ends up just locking in their positions and playing the game. If they don’t patch this, it’s going to be a broken game.

Forget the Rogue Revival Movement nonsense; the game needs to survive first.』

– If Rogues die, so does KoK.

– Was it that bad?

– Not from my experience in Gold tier.

– Anyone here speak Korean?

– How can they patch based on Challenger tier when the vast majority of players are in Gold?

– Eventually, it’s going to be similar in Platinum and Diamond tiers too.

– They should patch it based on average players, not just those in higher tiers.

– Those win rates are insane.

『Author BloodyMary』

『Title: The Correct Patch』

『Underground was originally meant for the true alpha character, a Warrior, to heroically fight enemies alone on the battlefield.

Seeing couples holding hands like they’re going to the bathroom together was absolutely disgusting.

KingGodPatch 100% approved.

I’m queueing up right now; I feel fantastic.

If anyone tries to go 2-Underground Rogue, I swear I’ll break their heads open, so be prepared.』

– Preseason doesn’t apply to ranks for 8 weeks, you moron.

– I’m not playing for points; I just fight because there’s a battlefield.

– The post-season also doesn’t apply for 2 weeks, you moron.

– ?? What nonsense. Just because your Rogue got nerfed doesn’t mean you should deny reality.

– The nerf patch is only applied in two weeks, you moron.

– Where are you hearing this crap from, moron?

– “It’s written in the patch notes, can’t you read?”

– “No, it’s just an average logger.”

『Author: ㅇㅇ』

『Title: This is why you shouldn’t play crappy games』

『A company that used to make indie roguelike games suddenly got big, and now they have no idea how to balance things, damn it.

They’re not even capable of live service for online games from the start. This isn’t just about rogues getting screwed over.

It’s just pure lack of balancing ability, so nobody knows what kind of ridiculously overpowered character they’ll release next or who’s going to get absolutely crushed.

I’ll switch games as soon as a decent one comes out, seriously』

– “Wanna play PoaGle with us…?”

– “It’s a ‘game’.”

– “No, PoaGle is still a game… it even has ranking matches…”

– “It’s a ‘corpse’.”

– “Don’t say bad things…”

– “They just got startled by the win rate skyrocketing and slashed everything like crazy.”

– “They should’ve either nerfed the 2-Underground or buffed others to go 2-Underground, but they just crippled the rogue.”

– “This is crossing the line.”

Posts were pouring in at a rate comparable to major galleries. In this situation, the small WeTogether board had become one of the hottest communities, leading to restrictions on video and photo uploads due to capacity limits.

Even still, as traffic continued to surge excessively, weTogether’s admin sent a third email to Lee Yena, pleading for action.

It was practically begging them to create an independent fan cafe and move away. Managing such a large volume of users was impossible for a broadcaster to control.

Especially considering they were GetDevoured’s fans. It wouldn’t have been hard to predict that if she said, “Please stop posting on WeTogether for a while.” the rate of posts would explode.

Thankfully for the admin who was tearing his hair out, the overwhelming traffic suddenly plummeted with a single message.

『CravingWarmAmericano has started their broadcast!』

『Emergency Meeting』

It had been so long since Lee Yena’s broadcast started so frequently and quickly. After two consecutive days of non-stop broadcasting, it was a broadcast without rest.

It was a sign that even someone as seemingly indifferent as she was deeply affected by the patch.

《Ah. Can you hear me? You should be able to.》

Even her greeting was somewhat different from usual.

Many newly-incoming viewers through G-Tube or ranking climb broadcasts considered the banner of the Rogue Revival Movement that Lee Yena raised to be a kind of gimmick. It was a reasonable thought. The various antics during the early days of broadcasting with just a handful of viewers hadn’t spread widely.

《So. Have you all seen the patch? It’s not a patch; it’s a murder. We can’t just leave it like this… Everyone, please freely share your opinions. Today, we need a variety of ideas and creativity, so, um… I’ll take opinions regardless of rank.》

But they gradually had to realize.

That GetDevoured was now very, truly angry.