[TS] The Return of The Gamer - Chapter 98
First BroadcastMy room, my chair.
As I leaned back into the familiar comfort, memories of the past began to flash before my eyes.
The beginning of the memory was when I first received an offer for a tryout from YSG.
I was truly happy then.
I was so happy that I didn't think twice and went straight to YSG.
Life at YSG wasn't bad.
I had some complaints about the environment, but every day was fulfilling.
However, I felt that it wasn't the place for me.
So I was going to leave YSG, but YSG offered me incredible conditions to keep me.
I agonized.
No, I became greedy.
-You can leave anytime? Then I can just gain some experience and leave if it's not for me?
I admit it.
It was such a selfish thought.
Even though I was going around saying that I wanted to become a pro every day, I was actually taking the fact that I was a pro too lightly.
You can quit anytime… How could that be a pro in the world?
As a result, many people were harmed due to my recklessness and greed.
I have nothing to say.
If I get the chance, I want to apologize to everyone who was harmed because of me.
‘……No, let’s do it now.’
I made a message to Director Choi Tae-dal, Coach Park Tae-hyeong, and the Die Hard Choi Woo-jin, seizing the moment.
[I'm sorry.]
It wouldn't change what happened with just this, but I hope their hearts would be relieved even a little.
"Hoo……."
I barely escaped from the memories of the past and slowly turned my gaze to the monitor.
[ON AIR]
The red light indicating that the broadcast is in progress.
Yes, I was broadcasting now.
It's just that I was alone, spacing out because there were no viewers.
[Number of viewers: 0]
For now, this was the situation, but I wasn't really planning on starting the broadcast without any thought.
I had also been planning a plan for this for a long time.
Internet broadcasting is a kind of process.
My real goal is to create a new team.
‘Building the reputation of Outlaw through broadcasting, and also promoting team member recruitment.’
A Legend of League pro team can only be maintained with the support and cheers of fans.
That's why the existence of an e-sports pro team was in the first place.
Of course, the team I'm trying to create now might be a little different in form, but that's just the details, and the basic framework isn't much different.
In other words, I want to secure the fan base, which is the largest support base of a pro team, through this no-end broadcast.
In addition to that, I also had the idea of recruiting promising prospects I meet in solo queue while conducting the no-end broadcast.
‘Well…… frankly speaking, it's hard, but. Still, I have to give it a try.’
I have one month.
Even if more time is given, I don't really intend to broadcast for longer than that.
No matter what, my real goal was to become a pro gamer.
That was also the context of why I specifically told my father I needed one month.
The limitations I impose on myself, to myself.
‘I will become a pro.’
Although I may temporarily go back due to various things I’ve experienced recently, I will eventually do so.
‘It’s going to be hard… but I have to try.’
I'm sick and tired of giving up without even trying.
And…….
It's been an hour since I started broadcasting in earnest.
But why is this happening?
[Number of viewers: 0]
The number of viewers isn't increasing.
Of course, there's nothing that changes if I get anxious, but I didn't expect it to get stuck from the very beginning.
“…….”
Could it be that I thought of this too easily?
「“Yujin, a billion won is a lot of money.”」
「“No, some people even lose their lives for this money. You don't know how scary money is.”」
「“Ha… Yujin. A billion won is a lot of money, but so is a hundred million won. You're going to earn that much money in a month?”」
My father's words pierce my heart.
At this rate, it might be hard to earn even ten million won, or even a million won, let alone a hundred million won.
‘…I didn't expect this.’
To be honest, I had a baseless belief that I would succeed very easily if I started broadcasting.
But, it was a delusion.
The broadcasting ecosystem wasn't as easy as I thought it was.
‘……Let’s just play a game.’
I thought that maybe the viewers weren't increasing because I was doing nothing and spacing out, so I turned the queue after waiting for about an hour.
Of course, it didn't catch right away, as always.
“…….”
As I stared at the broadcast screen and the game screen back and forth, the queue caught.
[Game found!]
[Accept / Reject]
No need to think about it, it's an acceptance.
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Dayou TV 015745 has joined the lobby.
BOQ Corporal has joined the lobby.
Outlaw has joined the lobby.
GTD GuGu has joined the lobby.
3MinuteTopGodHonorWorshiper has joined the lobby.
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“Huh?”
Maybe because my tier is around Grandmaster, I was starting to see a lot of familiar nicknames.
Among them, the most familiar ID was, as expected, 3MinuteTopGodHonorWorshiper.
‘……I meet him here.’
3MinuteTopGodHonorWorshiper.
A top laner who was on my friend list when I was a Prisoner, and an amateur who was quite close to me.
Although his unique top-worshipping skills caused the game to go to waste quite a few times, objectively and subjectively, 3MinuteTopGodHonorWorshiper was a pretty good top laner.
‘I feel so happy to see him like this.’
I want to greet him, but unfortunately, 3MinuteTopGodHonorWorshiper and I are not friends now.
‘Well… He might send me a friend request as soon as this game is over.’
Should I accept it at that time?
My reason is telling me not to accept, but somehow, I had a strange feeling that I couldn't reject it.
‘Let's focus first.’
The bans were completed.
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[Bans list]
Kammal / Re-sinned
Maokai / Ezreal
Shaku / Xayah
Ashe / Ellison
Ellison / Tahm
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Our team’s side is the Red team.
The upper side and second pick.
[Nidalee]
The opponent’s first pick was Nidalee.
It's a pick that depends on the composition as it doesn't have its own CC, but it's also a pick that can be picked as a first pick depending on your confidence.
‘Hmm…….’
Our team's 1st and 2nd picks were Kayle and Leona.
[Kayle]
[Leona]
As the bottom duo was the first pick, they picked solid and good picks.
‘Not bad.’
[Aphelios]
[Thresh]
And, finally, it was my turn.
‘Are both sides showing up bottom?’
Since the opponent's bottom duo was the second pick, we could say that the bottom lane matchup was a little better for the opponent's bottom duo.
Aphelios had some aspects that countered Kayle, and Thresh countered Leona.
‘Then…….’
It would be meaningful in the ban pick if I get ahead of the jungle matchup.
‘Okay, let’s go with this.’
[Rek'Sai]
Strictly speaking, Nidalee is actually a little more advantageous in the Nidalee vs. Rek'Sai matchup.
Because, basically, Rek'Sai is a walk champion, so when they meet, if Nidalee kites while measuring the distance openly, there's no answer.
Of course, that's from Rek'Sai's point of view, and from Nidalee's point of view, Rek'Sai is a pretty scary opponent.
For now, if you measure the distance on a flat ground, there's nothing to fear, but if you get ambushed or accidentally give up the distance, it means you'll be one-shot.
In other words, although Nidalee is basically a little more advantageous, Rek'Sai can still handle the matchup.
‘Well… Even so, I wouldn't have picked Rek'Sai against Nidalee if it were the usual day…….’
Furthermore, the opponent's team also has Thresh, who can be seen as the soul counter of Rek'Sai.
Nevertheless, why did I pick Rek'Sai?
The answer was simple.
‘Because… I’m going to keep getting stomped if I don’t go top.’
-3MinuteTopGodHonorWorshiper
I know very well what kind of play style that troublemaker has.
「3MinuteTopGodHonorWorshiper(0/11/3) : jg chw jg chw ooo」
In other words, I'm saying that I'm already bound to have my pick and route forced to some extent from the moment I enter the ban-pick window.
Rek'Sai has different advantages in early ganking depending on the side.
First of all, the champion itself is very strong with the red 3-camp gank, so when you're on the lower side, bottom ganking is strong, and when you're on the upper side, top ganking is strong.
In that sense, the reason why I picked Rek'Sai, which has a strong top gank as a second pick, was all because of that troublemaker.
‘Ugh.’
But I didn't feel bad.
It didn't seem bad to give our troublemaker the role of serving after a long time.
‘This isn't bad either.’
The ban pick was completed.
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[Our team / Enemy team]
Top: Kennen / Nasus
Jungle: Rek'Sai / Nidalee
Mid: Galio / Renekton
ADC: Kai'Sa / Aphelios
Support: Leona / Thresh
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[Please select a champion!]
[Please select a skin!]
The game began.
Up to this point, it was a very normal solo ranked game, just like usual.
-?
-Wow
Until the first viewer of my first live broadcast came in.