I Quit Being an Idol and Became a Youtuber - Chapter 29

Today too, Live Stream was peaceful and quiet due to the lack of people.

In Korea, where Switch dominated most of the streaming scene, it was merely an insignificant streaming site, but a few days ago, an incident that stirred the internet occurred there.

[I’m alive]

-I’ll turn on today’s stream around 5 PM too.

This was the stream announcement notice posted three days after Cheongha fainted.

[-Open the doorrr]

[-Rattle rattle]

[-Streamer, you’re alive, right?]

[-You are alive, right?]

[-Are you sure there’s nothing wrong with your body?]

[-Give us a sign if you’re alive]

The viewers, who had been somewhat worried about Cheongha since the fainting incident, quickly jumped into the stream as soon as it started.

【Kim Cheongha】 On Live : [Explaining the Fainting Incident]

After a brief sound of microphone adjustment, her unique avatar appeared.

“Ah ah, hello?”

[-Streamer finally logged in]

[-You were alive!]

[-Still, it’s a relief nothing serious happened.]

As Cheongha finished setting up and greeted them, welcoming responses from the existing viewers returned.

Of course, not everyone was like that.

[-Is this the stream of the person who fainted while playing a horror game?]

[-She’s really streaming with that title up…]

[-Fake stream legend, seriously lol]

[-You believe she fainted?]

[-You believe she fainted?]

[-You believe she fainted?]

[-Hundred percent a lie lol]

[-Isn’t it obvious she faked it to get donations?]

[-It’s so obvious]

[-Ugh, trolls again?]

[-Do the cafe guys have nothing better to do these days?]

[-Still, the number of people did increase since a big incident happened]

“Sorry?”

“A big incident?”

“What kind of….., ah.”

Suddenly, she realized.

That the fainting incident would have bigger repercussions than expected.

An event seemingly straight out of an animation happened in this stream room a few days ago; there was no way those dopamine chasers would miss it.

‘What?’

‘Someone fainted on a live broadcast?’

‘And not because of an accident, but because of a horror game?!’

‘……Even I would come to watch this.’

Anyway, many people had come to see her out of curiosity, likely driven by such thoughts.

“Um, first, let’s get things organized.”

As the chat window became increasingly chaotic, Cheongha finally stepped in to direct traffic.

“First off, it’s true that I fainted back then, so I’m currently in rehabilitation.”

[-??? What, were you badly hurt?]

[-Unnie, don’t be sick…]

[-Noona, are you leaving us?]

[-If you’re leaving, give us the avatar before you go]

“No, not that kind of rehab.”

“I’m just watching horror game videos.”

“I’m watching other people play, but it gives me the creeps.”

[-What the f*…]

[-Should’ve just said so earlier]

[-Too bad]

[-So when are you giving us the avatar?]

[-Like she would lol]

It was the moment when the gazes of both the new arrivals and existing viewers turned towards her.

[SolTree donated 500,000 won!]

“Ah, SolTree, thank you for the donat…..?”

At the familiar nickname she seemed to have seen somewhere, Cheongha, who was reacting to the donation, tilted her head.

‘I’m not sure what Sol means, but Tree means tree, so—?’

The moment her thoughts reached that point, the nickname of the streamer she had met before flashed through Cheongha’s mind.

The former FPS pro streamer she met in CreWar, from whom she even received aim practice.

“…..Solnamu-nim?”

[-?!?! What, is that Solnamu?]

[-What’s that guy doing on Live Stream?]

[-As expected of Korea’s top Vtuber class, acquainted with a 1st generation broadcaster]

[-What, I checked Switch, it’s really him]

Solnamu, who had sent a smiling face emoticon in the chat, soon sent another message.

【SolTree】

-[Would you like to play a round of game together?]

“Ah, a game?”

She couldn’t help but be flustered.

Wasn’t this what they call a collab request?

Unlike meeting by chance last time, it was unprecedented for a major streamer to formally request a collaboration with a small-timer streamer.

‘No, more importantly, how does this person know I’m streaming…..?’

When they met last time, I clearly introduced myself as unemployed.

So how could he come to my stream and say something like this?

It didn’t take long to find the answer.

[-Lol Those cafe guys work fast]

[-Your clip got exported…]

[-Of all things, the clip of you playing CreWar with Sol lol got uploaded to the cafe]

The Oak Tree Cafe was the personal fan cafe of the major streamer Solnamu.

The fact that my clip was exported there meant one thing.

‘Looks like a cuckoo visited my stream for a bit?’

A cuckoo is a bird that engages in brood parasitism, pushing into another bird’s nest to lay its own eggs instead.

In internet broadcasting, it referred to the act of a viewer relaying news to another streamer while the broadcaster was streaming.

It generally had a bad reputation because it often broke the broadcaster’s flow or interfered with content, but it seemed a cuckoo had been hiding somewhere in my stream too.

‘No wait, I never said not to make clips….. so maybe it’s not a cuckoo?’

Like any broadcaster, Vtubers also got clipped.

Among them, people who specialized in clipping Vtubers were mainly called Clippers, and it was no exaggeration to say these people played a part in bringing new viewers to Vtubers.

I myself was one of the people who got into Vtubers through such clipper channels.

‘Still, this is a bit much.’

No matter how much you like a certain Vtuber, randomly exporting clips to unrelated people was a nuisance to both sides.

‘I never thought I’d get clipped, so I didn’t make detailed rules, but I’ll need to fix that later.’

Just as Cheongha resolved to add new regulations, Solnamu’s message popped up.

【SolTree】

-[I’m just doing this because I want to.]

-[I want to make a good impression on Cheongha-nim]

[-What’s with you]

[-Sol-ssi, you wanna die?]

[-Isn’t that guy already in a ‘We Got Married’ type thing?]

[-Are you cheating?]

[-No way Solnamu would actually mean that lol]

At his words, the chat window instantly began to burn.

Perhaps because the number of viewers had steadily increased, the speed at which the chat scrolled down seemed to get faster each time it caught fire.

“Yes, well….. I don’t mind.”

Now that it was revealed to Solnamu that I was a streamer anyway, rising from a purely small-timer streamer through my own efforts was practically impossible.

‘And, maybe I’m not exactly a small-timer anymore, right?’

Cheongha cautiously glanced at the viewer count.

[Viewer Count: 354]

Perhaps because many attention-grabbing incidents had occurred, the viewer count in my stream hadn’t dropped below 100 recently.

This meant, conservatively, 100-150, or broadly, around 200 were my average viewers.

On Live Stream, which didn’t have many users to begin with, this size was enough to rank within the top 100.

‘It’s a bit much to live as a solitary island forever.’

A solitary island refers to a broadcaster who makes a living with their own content without collaborating with other streamers.

She didn’t want to pursue loneliness here as well.

If I try collaborating like this, maybe I can learn how to arrange collabs with other streamers in the future too.

“Yes, a game sounds good.”

“What game will you be playing?”

A short while later, a reply came back from Solnamu.

【SolTree】

-[By any chance, do you know Golden Watch?]

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Golden Watch.

It was an FPS game made by Snowstorm Company, strikingly similar to a certain game from her past life.

‘It was quite popular too.’

It had a history of surpassing even League of Xgends to take the number 1 spot in PC bang market share, and it consistently held official tournaments.

She could easily predict that it was a popular game here as well.

And that prediction hit the mark perfectly.

“Is there a tournament or something happening?”

“Ah, yes.”

“There’s a tournament being held on Switch this time.”

A tournament hosted by a famous streamer in collaboration with Switch Korea.

The collab he proposed this time was essentially practice for that.

‘Besides, the game is free, isn’t it?’

The game’s popularity was good, and apart from things like skins, it was free.

There was absolutely no reason not to participate in this collab.

‘This was also quite a famous game, but I was so focused on Battle Field that I didn’t think about this one.’

“Well then, please wait just a moment while I download this.”

Once the collab was decided, Cheongha immediately went to the Snowstorm website and started downloading Golden Watch.

“Thinking about it, I think this kind of game suits you better than just standard FPS, Cheongh.”

Before entering her stream, Solnamu had skimmed through all her video clips.

‘Well, the one with the biggest impact was obviously the horror game, but….’

To him, a former FPS pro gamer, other things also stood out clearly.

‘Certainly, her gaming skills have improved more than back then.’

Although it was somewhat lucky, placing 4th in the first round.

Recording decent results in the next round too couldn’t be explained away as just luck.

‘This, just needs a little more nurturing, huh?’

From Solnamu’s perspective, she was no different from an uncut gem.

Moreover, the game they were playing this time was Golden Watch.

Unlike other FPS games where you simply shoot opponents with guns, games like Golden Watch had special systems.

‘Each character has skills and an ultimate ability.’

Each character possessed unique abilities and ultimates, and these held the potential to turn the tide of battle in an instant.

“Still, my aim has improved a lot, you know?”

“You can look forward to it this time.”

“Yes, I’ll look forward to it this time.”

“I saw you playing Battle Field too, Cheongha.”

Nettled by his words, Cheongha subtly showed off her skills.

Of course, in the eyes of a pro gamer like him, it might look like a child bragging about a toy, but what did it matter.

‘I have to show him with skill.’

No matter how many ultimates and skills there are, ultimately, the most important thing is aim.

You have to be able to shoot first before you can use skills or pop an ult, right?

Now that her skills had genuinely improved, she was confident she could pull her own weight.