[TS] The Return of The Gamer - Chapter 172

Baek Seong-an said.

"Um, I'm going to stick with Getback, just like before. Doesn't matter, right?"

"Ah, yes, yes. It's good if you just use it."

Occasionally, there are cases where pro gamers change their nicknames to mark their retirement or similar events, but this is only a minority.

Most pro gamers don't change the nicknames they chose at first.

It's easier for existing fans to recognize, and if you change your nickname for no reason, you have to start building your name from scratch.

Well... in that sense, there are cases where pros with a negative image change their nicknames when they go overseas and come back... but in the end, pros prove themselves with their skills and performance.

‘Getback might be okay.’

Although Getback has almost finished his years as a pro gamer, his reputation among E-sports fans isn't so bad.

Although some fans say he's bland, he's proven his ability by holding a mid-tier rank in the domestic first-division league, where top mid-laners are running wild.

"Then I have to schedule scrims, so I'll go make a quick call. It seems like our rumors are spreading a little bit."

"Already?"

Baek Seong-an added with a smile.

"BOQ guys have a wide network."

Since the average age of BOQ players is quite high, not only in the domestic first division league but also worldwide, it's known that they naturally have many connections in each team.

Furthermore, the BOQ players themselves were also very sociable, which also contributed to this.

In other words, they have loose lips.

"...Did you deliberately choose BOQ first?"

"What do you mean? I told you, BOQ's scrims just happened to be open."

"I don't think so..."

"You're making me sound so scary. That's not it."

He said so, but Baek Seong-an's sly smile felt somehow strange.

‘...It must be a coincidence.’

Even while thinking that, I also felt like all of this was a scheme set up by Baek Seong-an.

In the end, it will naturally be in a way that benefits our team... It was something, something.

‘For now, my ID can just be Outlaw…’

Since I had intended to debut as a pro from the moment I created my ID, I didn't have to worry about my ID.

‘The problem is... the other three.’

3-MinuteTopChurchHonoraryDisciple.

OpenYourMouthPlease.

TimidsomePerson190.

They sure gave their IDs pretty names, and if I left the naming to those guys, something irreversible would happen.

"Um, just in case, I'm asking, does anyone have any IDs in mind?"

"Uhh... I don't."

3-MinuteTopChurchHonoraryDisciple Seo Yeon-woo answered first,

"Not particularly."

TimidsomePerson190 Kim Ji-hoon answered second,

"PrinceJaemin!"

Finally, OpenYourMouthPlease Kim Jae-min proudly replied.

…The two who didn't have any, I expected that, but what's with PrinceJaemin?

"...Really? That Prince something. You're going with that?"

This guy, is he serious?

It was a fatal naming sense that made me doubt.

"Yes. I've been thinking about it since the tryouts, and since the ADC is the prince of the game, right? And then I put my name on it─"

"No."

"Why? It's my nickname, you know?"

"That, ah! Just a little more... let's think about it carefully."

Of course, it's up to the player to choose their nickname.

But… I don't want to give PrinceJaemin a bonus and have him as our team's ADC.

"I like it though..."

"No, let's think more carefully. There are so many people here, there must be a better idea. Right?"

I looked at Seo Yeon-woo and Kim Ji-hoon and asked for their agreement.

Seo Yeon-woo nodded actively, and Kim Ji-hoon subtly avoided my gaze.

It was truly a consistent sight.

"Top, so you haven't thought about anything at all?"

"Yes, not yet."

"Support?"

"I don't have anything special either."

Uhhmmm…

This is a tough situation.

‘Okay.’

I immediately opened an internet browser and searched for various words that seemed usable.

"Let's choose from here."

*

"How about this?"

"Um, not good."

I don't like this either.

"That one?"

"That's a bit..."

I don't like that either.

"I don't care much about what I name it. But I think I should go to the gym soon..."

I'm even getting annoyed now.

"No, we gathered here to avoid just throwing something together. It won't take long, so go to the gym later."

"Uhm. Okay."

A lengthy exchange of opinions went back and forth.

Of course, there wasn't much that was usable.

"Um, Top, so you... 3 minutes... like 3min, how about that? Like, the meaning that you'll kill the enemy within 3 minutes..."

"...I don't like it."

"Why?"

"Too short... no, anyway, I don't like it."

Seo Yeon-woo, who usually only shows a gentle appearance as much as his pretty appearance, strangely showed a dislike.

Is the 3-minute nickname that bad?

No, didn't he originally have the nickname 3-MinuteTopChurchHonoraryDisciple?

"Then? Do you have anything in mind?"

"...I'll think about it a little more."

"Alright."

I subtly turned my gaze and asked Kim Ji-hoon.

"Do you have anything in mind?"

Kim Ji-hoon is 22 years old.

He is younger than Getback Baek Seong-an (24 years old), who is the oldest in the team, and me (23 years old), who comes next, and older than the other two.

It's still somewhat awkward to speak informally to Kim Ji-hoon, but strictly speaking, I was a year older, so it wasn't that I couldn't.

"I was thinking, Timidperson, a direct translation of TimidsomePerson, would be good. It's safe."

"That doesn't sound so bad..."

It also feels like it's not very interesting though...

‘Well, we're not naming nicknames to be fun.’

It's definitely good if the nickname has some deep meaning and looks cool.

But it was also true that there were many nicknames that were just average.

In fact, if the player themselves shines despite having a mediocre nickname, it doesn't mean much.

"If there's nothing else, we'll go with that, but let's think about it some more for now."

"Yes."

Kim Ji-hoon answered, but he didn't seem to be thinking much.

He was just doing some light exercise, or rather, not-exercise, holding a dumbbell that he brought out of nowhere.

‘Where did he get that dumbbell?’

I was about to say something, but when I saw those bulging muscles holding a 40kg dumbbell effortlessly with one hand, I couldn't bring myself to speak.

‘…Is that even possible?’

I don't know what my weight is now, but I felt like Kim Ji-hoon could throw me with one hand anytime.

Regardless of whether Kim Ji-hoon actually has the personality or reason to do so, the fact that someone who could do that was right in front of me was a strange pressure.

‘Never mind.’

I turned my gaze.

Kim Jae-min had been fidgeting, looking like he had to go to the bathroom since earlier.

"Did you pick anything?"

"PrinceJaemin..."

"...Do you really have to go with that?"

"JaeminPrince?"

"..."

Why is he so obsessed with Jae-min and Prince?

"What's with the prince thing anyway? Do you really want to be a prince?"

"ADC is... the prince..."

"Then how about Jae-minspoon? Like a spoon. Strictly speaking, in the current meta, a spoon is closer than a prince."

"...Not a spoon."

"Just kidding."

This guy, getting serious.

It seemed that in the current meta, the word spoon was a certain offense to ADCs.

"Anyway, think about it more."

"Yes."

And I turned my gaze again.

To 3-MinuteTopChurchHonoraryDisciple, Seo Yeon-woo.

"Have you thought about it?"

"Yes."

And then, Seo Yeon-woo showed me the nickname he had written on a memo beforehand.

Top Believer.

The greatest believer.

And another meaning is...

‘Top Shin-bong-ja?’

Oh ho ho...

This isn't bad?

The nickname is interpreted as both the original meaning of the greatest believer and the Top Believer.

Looking at it, it seemed to have a double meaning, and it seemed very good.

‘Above all... it's also fun.’

The original meaning is the greatest believer, but perhaps most people who read that nickname will read it as Top Shin-bong-ja.

It looks both sincere and humorous... anyway, it was a much better nickname than I thought.

"This is good, this."

"Right?"

Seo Yeon-woo jumped, whether he was happy to be recognized by me or satisfied with the nickname he had worked hard to create.

That, what should I say... in many ways, it was something, something, something.

"Shall we change the nickname right away?"

"Ah, yes. Anyway, it's good to match the nicknames by the time you apply for the preliminaries. And after applying for the preliminaries, you can't change your nickname in the middle. You know?"

"Yes."

[OLZ TopBeliever]

The greatest believer has appeared in the lawless land.