Please Do Your Debauchery After You Die - Chapter 269

Episode 269: The Flow of the Server

February 2nd, Thursday.

Mr. Lena’s Land had a time to talk about the newly introduced ‘Arena’ content in the live broadcast.

If assembling a myth-grade equipment set was the end content of Lena World, then ‘Arena’ was the content of pride competition that allowed officially overpowering other companies using the upgraded specs.

Although WWE got mixed in, after losing to Owang Company, Buck Minam Park Bong-sik’s true feelings exploded and a member expulsion show was held.

It was such a significant event that viewers and streamers alike became deeply immersed in it, making it the largest scale content in Lena World.

On the day the arena opened, the server connection rates always achieved record highs, so the level of immersion should be easily understood without additional explanation.

“This time, the arena is scheduled to start at 8 PM on Sunday, February 5th. I considered Saturday too, but for now, we will go with Sunday this week and think about the future schedules. Ah! And this week, the Purge Day is off.”

Both Purge Day and the Arena fundamentally shared the common denominator of competing with ‘power.’

So, holding them on consecutive days didn’t make much sense.

Moreover, Mr. Lena’s Land planned to gradually discontinue Purge Day in the long term.

There were increasing numbers of viewers pointing out operational flaws and protesting.

– “But if during the 4th Purge Day, people just run away like BraCom, won’t it be boring? I want to see intense fights.”

– “For real, if they keep running away, there’s no restricted area.”

– “The image photo terror was fun, but we’ve used it once, and repeating it going forward is a bit…”

At the time, there was a delayed public dissatisfaction surfacing as they enjoyed it while believing that the major company streamers remaining in the main base weren’t getting the attention they deserved.

Mr. Lena’s Land, who had been quiet, was in a position of being unjustly slapped.

Moreover, there were streamers trying to trouble and subtly change the rules to be more favorable for themselves.

Purge Day was starting to look like a bit of a burden for Mr. Lena’s Land.

“It would be much cleaner to replace it with the Arena. Having a designated area makes it easy to capture key moments on one screen, and the host’s discretion is increased.”

It would be a content approach perfectly suited to Mr. Lena’s Land.

So, to raise the public’s responsiveness towards the Arena over Purge Day, Mr. Lena’s Land implemented several measures.

First.

“I plan to significantly increase the prize money for the Arena compared to Purge Day. Myth-grade equipment has been introduced, and everyone needs money. It’s meant to encourage further immersion.”

Unlike Purge Day, which hovered around 10 million Lena, the championship prize was set at 20 million Lena.

The runner-up prize was also 10 million Lena.

Second.

“And a betting system to predict the winner will be prepared for the Arena. Before the match starts, you type ‘!’ in the chat and then write down the company you’re cheering for and the amount you’re betting.”

The heat from the casino, which had largely subsided since its initial introduction.

While there were still users, the amount of currency being recovered had decreased significantly.

That’s where the betting system prepared by Mr. Lena’s Land, who was always earnest about currency recovery, came in.

Though money will circulate among streamers, a 1% fee ensures the stable collection of currency.

Moreover, unlike in a casino, the betting does not have an upper limit on the amount invested, so even a 1% fee couldn’t be ignored.

– “Oh, this sounds really fun.”

– “If I bet well, wouldn’t I make more money than the winning team?”

– “But wouldn’t Owang Company win for sure? How many people does Battle Chicken have?”

“I plan to diversify the types of competitions to prevent one company from monopolizing the win. Considering many variations such as 1:1 tournaments, 3:3 team matches, individual matches, company battles, and item-free matches, please show a lot of interest.”

Viewer responsiveness was bound to be high.

They were always searching for new dopamine.

Posts related to the Arena quickly dominated the community.

At a similar time, Suna Land also announced a casino and Bitcoin system, garnering some fleeting interest, but was quickly overshadowed by the intensity of the Arena’s announcement.

As a result, Yuseona could only grit her teeth.

The premium difference between the two servers of major company streamers was too significant.

– “Objectively, our server is more pleasant and has more content!”

Yuseona likely vented her frustration thinking this way.

Indeed, it was not an incorrect statement.

While Mr. Lena’s Land started with the idea of a small server and gradually expanded with support from Pangea TV, Suna Land had aggressive investments from the start thanks to Yuseona.

However, unfortunately, in the streaming community, the existence of the streamer was alpha and omega.

Having a pleasant server and diverse content was merely a secondary issue.

From the moment major company streamers and their fandom settled into Lena World, the competition had heavily tilted in their favor.

“Ultimately, the audience pie for the platform is limited; once they get cornered, they can only be at a disadvantage. It was the same with Vtopia, but Yuseona always seems to be a few steps behind.”

It was akin to boarding an already high stock from the shoulders.

Of course, Yuseona worked hard to reverse the situation.

She updated various contents and aimed to operate an unrestricted server with freedom in its platform.

While Lena World became a platform-exclusive server due to Mr. Lena’s Land receiving support from Pangea TV, Suna Land operated on Yuseona’s personal funds, so it had no such restrictions.

Thus, Yuseona worked hard using her connections to recruit popular streamers from LebitTV or famous YouTubers to the server.

She realized they had lost the pie of Pangea TV and were seeking a new breakthrough.

In reality, such strategies showed some effectiveness.

Kang-ji, the president of a notably sized domestic virtual company and a popular streamer, visited the server, and streamers recognized from LebitTV like Lady Radi-yoon, Mr. Yang-tti, Lady I-chu-nyang, Mr. Ak-nyeon, Ms. Ji-nyu knocked on the server’s door after receiving invitations.

However, that strategy would soon be frustrated due to various problems despite being effective at first.

“Firstly, the fact that those streamers were popular on LebitTV but almost unknown on Pangea TV played a significant role. There was no interest on this platform.”

Nevertheless, LebitTV viewers did not show interest either.

They had no reason to watch a server bustling with Pangea TV streamers.

They might peek in out of curiosity on the first day of the exploratory visit, but…

Moreover, a negatively impacting incident occurred with Lady Radi-yoon, who briefly visited to seek a YouTube clip.

Having considerable recognition as a popular YouTuber and streamer on LebitTV, the day she visited Suna Land, one clueless streamer, Hakkochu, insisted on guiding her around as if through a personal tour.

At that time, the underground gallery was in chaos.

They argued that such an oblivious Hakkochu should be dragged out and executed for embarrassing the platform.

During that time, Lady Radi-yoon, unable to even turn down such persistence, ended up being dragged around Hakkochu without capturing any decent YouTube clips and in frustration.

It was only natural that external visits to Suna Land decreased afterward.

“It was unreasonable to try and gauge interest in a place filled exclusively with streamers from a different platform. It would have been better to at least match a 2:1 ratio.”

Though it might be a future event, Suna Land’s such strategy ultimately returns to failure.

For me, it was a favorable flow.

If Suna Land became prosperous, that would only divide the flow of viewers, which would inevitably strike our crew, who were already all-in on Lena World.

In that sense, I was hoping that Mr. Lena’s Land would successfully navigate Lena World as he did before returning.

Huh? Is that all there is?

I’m sorry, but I don’t know what happens next.

Even the major company streamers continued causing troubles to the extent of being difficult to manage; how could I deal with that?

It’s not like I could just order them around because I’m a returned person.

“To put it simply, Mr. Lena’s Land is like Sayoh. A grateful presence that sets up the stage but cannot stay until the end… No, if I express it this way, it sounds like I’m some kind of shadowy figure.”

As an exemplar of kindness that could live without the law, that wouldn’t be the case.

Anyway, Mr. Lena’s arena promotion broadcast ended successfully.

With just under four days left including today, it was time to start preparing intensively.

“If we lose in a split second of carelessness, all the money bet will fly away.”

Owang Company or MuYang Group could recover from such damage due to their overwhelming numbers or the residuals from major company streamers, but we could not.

The moment we fell behind even once, competing in the upper ranks would mean the end.

Then, naturally, the viewers would leave.

Their interest in us stemmed from wanting to see how an ‘underdog’ would perform.

There wouldn’t be any viewer enjoying watching us genuinely lose.

Ultimately, as long as we maintained our current stature with the viewers, even a single mistake could be deadly.

“If I’m resentful, I have to raise our tier. I’m not the only one. All the current major company streamers have gone through this process to grow.”

As I emphasize time and again, for streamers, the tier is everything.

Average viewership, candy power, recognition, connections, and so on.

“It’s about building them one step at a time.”

Today, I also contemplate my resolve for the future.