LIGHTNOVELSTORY Chapter 22 - Need for New Content (3)
Chapter 22: Need for New Content (3)
I had honed my basic skills through bot matches and immediately jumped into ranked games.
“When I was young, idiots were just cute and overlooked. Isn’t everyone too harsh these days? Honestly, if Koreans can’t curse while gaming, they’ll explode from the stress.”
I had been voice banned throughout my bot matches.
The first ten minutes were understandable, but the second ban felt truly unjust.
A viewer sent 10,000 won, asking for some “industry reward,” so I just reacted with a single “You bastard!”
But a ban? Seriously?
It was too much.
I had no idea how someone like me, an unwholesome streamer, was supposed to make a living.
– “Back in my day” mode on
– Lol, how old are you to be saying that?
– 26? Lol, even if you played the PC version, you’d have been just a kid then.
– Even back then, swearing got you instantly banned.
Viewers were picking apart my words, mocking me mercilessly.
It didn’t matter much since it was just a bot match, but if my voice was blocked in an actual ranked game…
It would be tough.
The broadcast wouldn’t be as entertaining.
But this serious concern of mine was surprisingly resolved in the simplest way.
‘GoodExplainer’ donated 1,000 won!
[You can set voice chat to activate or deactivate. Go into settings and make it respond to a specific action. Most people use their left eye for this.]
What?
There was such a great feature?
I gritted my teeth as I read the donation message.
“Why didn’t you tell me sooner? Are you really my viewers? Phew, you bastards.”
– ???
– Suddenly switching tone like that?
– Lol, 1,000 won for a massive industry reward. Honestly, isn’t that a great deal?
– The newbie is so cute.
– Our little Shazzy is so adorable, I want to nibble on them. Kisses too. I wish we could be secret friends.
– Oh shit, lol
The chat was still full of crazy people.
Finding a sane person there might be harder.
It was also partly because troublemakers tend to be very active in chat.
Anyway, I followed the viewer’s advice and set it up.
Blinking my left eye once would turn the game voice on or off.
In other words, if I wanted to curse, I just had to blink my left eye once.
[Settings have been completed.]
Fortunately, it looked like I wouldn’t lose my livelihood.
If there was a teammate worth cursing at, I’d turn off the voice and curse them out.
Honestly, half of the people who watched my stream were obsessed with these “industry rewards.”
Hmm, maybe I should focus today’s broadcast on that.
[Ranked game matching has started.]
[The line you selected is top.]
I originally preferred the top lane in LOS. Occasionally, I went mid, but the place where I felt most comfortable was undoubtedly the top lane.
It was a line relatively less influenced by the jungle, and I liked the feeling of facing off one-on-one with the opponent.
It wasn’t that I couldn’t play other lanes, but for the first game, I wanted to choose the lane I was most familiar with.
[The game is starting.]
[Welcome to the Summoner’s Rift.]
The game started, and soon, my teammates for this game were summoned one by one around me.
The most vocal person was the player in the jungle position.
“Guys, this is my promotion match. Please just do your part. I’ll carry hard.”
Listening to the earnest plea, I laughed softly and responded pleasantly.
“Wow, times have really changed. People openly talk about their promotion matches these days.”
“What are you talking about?”
“Nothing. Just do your best.”
In ranked games, you shouldn’t mention if it’s your promotion match.
There are so many people who hate seeing others succeed.
If you said it was your promotion match, most people would try to ruin it.
I glanced at our team’s jungler with a slight smile, and the viewers started commenting.
– Lololol
– Let’s troll and set the tone.
– Imagined getting promoted just now, lol.
– What? No way.
– No chance.
– Lol, seriously, times have changed. Promotion match = Troll time?
– Let’s set the tone strong.
There were some established recipes for taming a jungler during their promotion match.
There was a method I often used when I reached Challenger back in elementary school, which was still valid as long as the game system hadn’t changed.
I smiled at the jungler and spoke in a very soft voice.
“Jungler.”
“Yes?”
“If you don’t come top at least three times in the first ten minutes, I’ll just do whatever I want.”
The rookie frowned at my words and responded.
“This is my secondary account. Just trust and follow me.”
– There it is.
– The classic “secondary account.”
– Secondary account, lol.
– Oh lol, industry reward coming.
Whether it was the PC version or the virtual reality version, there were always guys like this.
Annoyed by the jungler’s retort, I couldn’t help but show my true feelings.
“Then lose.”
“What?”
“I’m a man who keeps his word. Remember that.”
After saying that, I blinked my left eye once and let out a hearty curse.
“Damn it, this jungler piece of shit talks too much. Don’t you agree?”
– Lolololol
– Is this Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde?
– Lol, was he a top lane prodigy in elementary school?
– Industry reward, ooh.
– Bro! Can you curse a bit more?
– Today’s theme is legendary, lol.
– Multiple personality Shazzy, lol.
This should be enough to set the tone, so let’s move on to the next stage.
Leaving the now sour-faced jungler behind, I leisurely walked toward the top lane.
You just had to earn money diligently, buy items, and destroy the opponent’s Nexus.
There were several ways to earn money, the most basic of which was to kill the periodically respawning minions.
Additional methods included killing enemy heroes or destroying towers.
[Minions have spawned.]
With a simple notification sound, minions arrived at the top lane, and soon, the enemy hero appeared.
The ‘Noxian Butcher,’ wielding a massive axe.
It was a hero occasionally used by top lane users, often called ‘top lunatics.’
In contrast, my hero was the ‘Berserker.’
Although also wielding an axe, it was smaller than the opponent’s.
But I had one in each hand.
– Which one has the advantage?
– The one who breaks the skull better wins.
– Honestly, in VR LOS, there’s no such thing as match-ups. You can even dodge basic attacks.
The biggest difference between the PC and VR versions of LOS was that even basic attacks could be parried or dodged.
It was an unavoidable measure to enhance the realism of the VR game, which in turn raised the entry barrier.
Unlike the original, where anyone could excel with a mouse and keyboard, it became more like other FPS games.
However, LOS continued to be popular because the fights were far more entertaining to watch.
Just like now.
KABOOM!
I narrowly dodged the opponent’s axe swings, continuously striking their armor with my axes.
Their hero was definitely strong at level 1.
At least in the PC version.
– The opponent has auto-attack enabled.
– Isn’t it more common for users to have auto-attack enabled?
– Yeah, only crazy players dodge every attack. There are so many patterns, you can’t dodge them all unless you memorize them or have insane reaction speed.
– Pro gamers fight like this guy.
– They shoot epic duels even in solo queue.
– That’s the level you need to be a pro gamer.
In the VR version of LOS, physical skill is everything.
To win the lane, you had to be better physically than your opponent.
Even with a weaker hero, good physical skill could overcome it.
After reducing the opponent’s health to a sliver, I focused on dodging attacks.
The viewers went wild at the impromptu circus show.
– Changed the game genre again, lol.
– It turned into a fighting game instantly, lol.
– The opponent’s face is red.
– About to explode, lol.
Normally, you’d retreat if your health was low.
But the opponent was swinging his axe furiously in rage.
The reason was simple.
“If I say I’ll hit hard, I mean it. Can’t you trust a person’s word?”
I kept provoking the enemy top laner through the open voice channel.
No swearing, of course.
But there were countless ways to enrage an opponent without swearing.
Especially if they were struggling in the game.
I kept poking at his nerves and having fun, and when I got bored, I ended his life.
The opponent fell to the ground, spouting harsh curses.
“Damn ba… umph.”
“Yep, you’re banned.”
This is why people with weak mentalities shouldn’t use open voice chat.
The opponent got solo-killed by me five more times and ended up losing their tower before the ten-minute mark.
After smashing the top lane, I checked the other lanes’ situations.
Mid was an even fight, and bot was a complete mess.
AD carry and support combined had 7 deaths.
The jungler, who had confidently declared it was his secondary account before the game, had 3 deaths.
“Ah, I can’t play because of bot. Why can’t you even go even? Are you guys human? Is it so hard to
play safe?”
He even started blaming others.
Listening quietly to our jungler’s voice, I calmly asked.
“Jungler.”
“What?”
“What’s your main account rank?”
“Master.”
“I’m streaming, so please shut up. Any dog or cow can reach Master.”
“Did you win the lane against a weak player and think you’re something? I’ll beat you in a one-on-one. I’d love to crush you.”
Oh shit.
Content handed to me on a silver platter?
“Do you really want to one-on-one after this game?”
“I’m sending a friend request now. You’re so cocky for a local player.”
[‘Sangshin High’s Lee Sung-shin’ has sent a friend request.]
I naturally accepted the request, and our Sung-shin spoke with a rough voice.
“Twipod streamer Sha? What’s Sha, you nerd. Do you think you look cool with ‘streamer’ in your name? Probably have less than ten viewers, you noob.”
Our cute Sung-shin, your tongue is quite long.
– Our Sung-shin does whatever they want, lol.
– 20,000 viewers and still considered a noob, lol.
– Ah, Sung-shin is my friend, sorry about him. He’s just an idiot, lol.
– Embarrassing Sangshin High, lol.
– Is our villain only this famous? Disappointing.
After glancing at the chat, I chuckled and nodded.
It seemed the god of broadcasting was guiding me today as well.