Streamer Crazy About Slaughter - Chapter 118

There is a phrase called “relative.”

The observer, or the subject of the action, may all perceive, see, and think differently.

In a broad sense, even if they are looking at the same thing, spending the same time, and taking the same actions, how they feel or think about it can vary based on the subject taking the action, the people observing, and the target of the action.

Even if different subjects perform the same actions, how they feel or think can still differ.

The more you dig into it, the more difficult and complicated its definition becomes, often leading to varied personal interpretations.

To put it simply, it means that people’s perspectives differ.

……

A professional gamer with overwhelming fans.

The fact that the term “overwhelming” is attached signifies that their popularity is special.

Moreover, a player who surpasses their team’s status to a level that can be considered a “brand” signifies that they possess significant influence.

After Another World became a popular game, if one had to name a professional gamer with overwhelming recognition,

nine out of ten would choose one player.

The representative professional gamer of Another World.

Joan of Arc Yoon Eunha.

Historically, there have been countless precedents of players becoming famous or gaining overwhelming popularity.

Even outside of esports, in sports like football, basketball, and tennis, there have always been players who gained overwhelming fame, emerging anew every year.

Thus, it might be inevitable that the original meaning of TSJ, which stands for “Team SJEntertainment,” transformed into the humorous expression “Team Solo Joan of Arc.”

The team exists solely for Joan of Arc and is considered to exist because of her.

Hence, when Joan of Arc suddenly declared an unexpected break and disappeared during the season, the average viewership of 200,000 which TSJ usually took for granted noticeably dropped, leading to various additional incidents.

Both within and outside the game, TSJ’s coach and players had to suffer significant impacts.

Clearly, even now, two weeks after Joan of Arc’s departure, TSJ’s overall performance hasn’t significantly declined.

The team’s player pool is strong, and even without the absence of the team’s symbol and core strength, Joan of Arc, the other players’ value didn’t diminish.

In fact, if they had joined another team, each player could have received attention and been confirmed as ace players or regulars in every match.

However, despite this, the absence of Joan of Arc caused a considerable drop in viewer numbers on match days for TSJ, and various individual fans of Joan of Arc flooded TSJ’s coach and players with countless slanders, threats, curses, and even personal attacks on social media.

It also had a lot to do with the statement Joan of Arc made in her last interview before disappearing.

With just one phrase, “I’m tired these days,” countless fans speculated and started to belittle the TSJ players.

Players and coaches began to be scrutinized for their actions towards Joan of Arc. Whether they did something to her or imposed excessive burdens…

All the questionable actions during the matches and seemingly meaningless trivial actions began to be scrutinized.

And the longer Joan of Arc delayed her return to the team, the more severe the defamation grew.

This meant there were many people wishing and supporting her, and that Joan of Arc was someone difficult to meet, as she rarely appeared outside her accommodation.

……

Click.

Serin, who was deeply reading an article titled “The Living Legend of ACK – Joan of Arc. Huge impact just from taking a simple break,” showed a strange expression at the end of the long article.

“Why does such a great player want to meet me?”

This came from a sudden chat with Sua before the broadcast began.

Sua said that the player Joan of Arc actually wanted to meet her—this chat even now after the broadcast ended made Serin ponder.

“A financially strong saint.”

Even today, after finishing the broadcast, Joan of Arc once again donated 1,000,000 won during the broadcast.

“Lin, please shout out ‘Joan of Arc fighting!’”

She surely must have known that I know she is Joan of Arc, but I wondered about the intentions behind her generous donation, feeling grateful for the support.

While expressing small gratitude for the ‘Joan of Arc fighting’ support, her feelings were odd.

While saying she wanted to meet me, she continued donating large sums during the broadcasts.

She even used her real name, Yoon Eunha, as her support nickname, but none of the viewers thought she was Joan of Arc.

They just assumed she was a big spender who liked Joan of Arc, admiring her wealth and generosity in the chat.

“Hmm…”

Honestly, I thought it was right to refuse someone, no matter how great a player, if they said they wanted to meet me.

I had responded to Sua with “I’ll think about it,” while discussing Joan of Arc, but I was leaning toward refusing.

However, after today’s broadcast, carelessly searching about Joan of Arc and learning about her—she seemed more remarkable than I had realized, shaking my thoughts a bit.

Memories of the support I had received from her over time came to mind, and she was currently the number one ranked player in Another World, a monstrous player who had never lost her position since the game’s release three years ago.

Moreover, overwhelming career stats with victories in all ACK leagues since the launch of the Another World tournament.

The more I learned, the more interested I became in Joan of Arc as a player.

After all, I had already seen the moment-to-moment judgments and individual skills of players during the professional match I watched just yesterday.

BS’s tactics of adjusting strategy according to opponent player picks were fascinating, and G1’s determined choice to stick with their picks, trusting their players, had its own charm. The contrast of fortunes in the final match depending on matchups was also quite enjoyable.

When Kang Hyuk achieved a reverse k*ll in a situation where everyone expected failure, even Serin let out a small cheer.

Yet a player with even more overwhelming skills and performance than them.

A person whom the majority of fans want to meet but cannot.

“Yeah, she definitely wouldn’t do anything foolish if we met in person.”

It seemed silly to judge someone before meeting them, but someone with such a known social status and reputation was unlikely to engage in odd behaviors.

This world wasn’t filled with dangers like Black Arc.

There were no monsters, nor any malicious beings who killed for fun like an outlaw.

It was just a simple meeting request, but I felt like I was being overly cautious about it.

Maybe Joan of Arc wanted to meet me out of curiosity about me, and it might just be a fleeting interest.

After all, why would someone like Joan of Arc do anything strange to me?

Even though she had recently gained a lot of fame, she was still in the early stages, while Joan of Arc was a player known not only to Another World users but to the public as well.

At least I didn’t feel like I would be at a loss from meeting her.

It could provide editors with a conversation starter, and I was also curious about what a socially successful person would be like in person.

“But then, why did she act so humble when we met in Another World?”

At that time, I didn’t know her skills or social status, so I hadn’t cared much, but I wondered why Joan of Arc treated me so humbly.

If I were a pro player with that level of status, I would have boldly expressed my curiosity and asked questions right away.

I was inclined to meet her just once now.

As I settled my thoughts about Joan of Arc.

“Today… it seems like many people came to my room because Lin’s broadcast ended early.”

From Sua’s broadcast, which I had playing like a radio, I heard Sua’s voice, sounding surprised.

“…?”

“I heard Lin was live longer than usual yesterday; she must have been tired.”

Closing the article tab and clicking on Sua’s broadcast, I saw Sua speaking with a calm expression.

[No, they filled it up and ran away, LOL]

[Lin was really full of herself.]

[Why are they saying that here?]

[Why is Plea talking about Lin? LOL]

[Plea could mention Lin since she’s friends with her, right?]

[But today was truly legendary?!]

[After broadcasting for 1 hour and 40 minutes, collecting money, and then running away, that’s insane, for real! LOL]

[Let’s just ban them all ASAP; they seriously need to curb their mentions of Tas.]

“…What’s wrong with these guys on Sua’s broadcast?”

My voice leaked out without me realizing it, sharp with irritation.

Since today’s broadcast ended with a quick interaction with viewers after a long session yesterday, I cleanly settled into the Diamond tier in Another World without any losses.

That broadcast lasted less than two hours, a short time indeed.

Despite the short length of the broadcast, the chat was ablaze just before I ended it, but honestly, I felt I was becoming too serious in my broadcasts lately, so I ended the stream without hesitation.

While living as a streamer focusing on broadcasts wasn’t bad, it was practically impossible for me to hold long broadcasts every day due to this trashy body, so I tried to pace myself.

I had no idea my viewers would rampage over on another streamer’s broadcast.

“Dear viewers, if it keeps getting heated, there will be immediate bans!? Regarding Lin, I honestly can’t control it as it’s another streamer but… Let’s focus intently on Lin for just 10 minutes! After 10 minutes, anyone who suddenly mentions Lin will be banned without mercy.”

As Sua smiled and proceeded with her broadcast, I subconsciously felt guilty watching her.

“…Account balance for donations: 1,900,000 won.”

Then I noticed the balance in my donation account I had topped up previously.