Chapter 34 - Lololol Master Drop Fest
"Shut up, all of you. Please."
Why did things turn out like this?
I thought everything was going great after hitting Grandmaster. I was a bit tired, sure, but I was holding steady, and the streams were doing well.
Today was the worst day of my 17 years as Seo Seohui—Crisu. There might've been a few similar days a couple months back, but right now? This took the cake.
I'm pissed as hell, but viewers just wanna scratch at me all day, games keep losing, I'm stuck at Master, how could I not be mad? But wait, Tsukan said that? For real?
"Please be quiet. No, but did Tsukan really say that?"
Ugh, so annoying. Tsukan probably wasn't trying to rile me up on purpose, but why this timing, of all times?
A sigh escaped me.
"...No, but this loss wasn't because I sucked, right?"
"You guys only wanna troll me, huh? My chat wasn't like this before—what the hell happened?"
No, it wasn't this bad before.
At first, I was thrilled about the viewer spike, but is this the responsibility that comes with big-corp scale? We weren't even a real big team yet, just a few hundred viewers, but my head was already spinning.
"It was chill when it felt like a Yeocam stream vibe, but why do only the LoE crazies flood in as the stream grows? Seriously."
"Yeah. Would've been fine just being a super pretty high school girl, but nope—gotta be good at games, studies, smart, great streamer... sigh."
"Yeah, cuz I don't study. If I did, I'd be at SNU."
Anyway, time for drastic measures. I'd held Grandmaster for months, dropping to Master on a sudden loss streak? Doesn't make sense.
I didn't want to, but no choice.
"No helping it. Streaming non-stop till Grandmaster."
"I'm ending this today. What? No stream end? Two hours, cut cut cut."
I said it like a joke, but I meant it.
Non-stop LoE till back to Grandmaster. School tomorrow? Whatever, school ain't priority.
Nope. Games are.
And two hours passed.
"Why?"
"Why am I losing?"
First demotion from Grandmaster I took lightly, but after 5 losses in a row? No more.
"No, but I'm seriously pissed, for real. Why does enemy team get pros and smurfs, but ours just trash? Lose as ADC, lose as support—what do you want from me?"
"You git gud at chat too. Bye."
"Watch your words from now on, Risoo fans. Martial law, effective immediately."
Just a temp ban, though. I knew if I'd perma'd or multi-day banned, viewers wouldn't react like this.
"Queue... gotta. Sigh."
Said I'd stream till Grandmaster, so gotta follow through. If I can't make it, crash time—but not yet. Queued again.
Queue popped, bans started. Looked at comps, picked Astrologer. Yeah, time to go aggressive.
"Stop the suppress. I'm decent at Astro. Think: enemy has Blazebow Forestkeeper—strong laning champ's pointless. Better get kills in fights, scale, sweep. Support's Guardian, grab fight timing and we win easy—Astro perfect."
Dice...? What?
Checked after chat mention—support's username: PudgeDice.
Probably not the real one, just similar name sparking nonsense. But it made me uneasy anyway. Still,
"Whoa!! Kya, Guardian 5-man stun insane!! Yap! Yap! Oh! Yap! Kya, this is LoE! This is gaming!"
Sorry for doubting, oppa!!
Guardian drops 5-man stun in invade—how do you lose that?
"Feels good. Btw our Guardian oppa's so innocent."
Normally I'd call out the naive act, but 3 kills? Just cute. Yeah, fed 3 kills—that's oppa material.
"No suppress. ss is nice shot short. Got it?"
"Told ya—can't hang with noobs who didn't game as kids."
Anyway, my Astro got 3 kills!
Didn't seem losable, and Guardian seemed solid too.
Time to end the streak. Let's go!
"Watch close, Astro insane carry incoming."
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"Why?"
"Why'd we lose, seriously... I really wanted to win. Sniff."
Not actually crying, but the whimper slipped out. 6 losses? Too much. Did I play that bad? No way.
Ugh, but honestly, support did a bit better and we'd have won.
"No, Guardian was good, just didn't mesh with me..."
Not fully disagreeing with chat, but as streamer, can't blame outright. Wasn't Guardian bad—just bad synergy, common in solo queue. Plus, match history showed not even a support main. Oh well. So close, though.
Wait, weird chat reactions spreading—what? Streamer? Girl? That Guardian?
"For real? She's a streamer?"
"Ehey, no more other streamer talk, guys. But real girl? Kinda nice."
Hard to see girls in LoE streams besides me. Lost the game, but nice surprise anyway—or so I thought, till weird chats caught my eye.
"...No, for real? She said that?"
Obviously chat exaggerating or slandering, but steam rose anyway. Probably not total fabrication—similar vibe maybe real.
After 6 losses, rational? Hard.
Impulsively friended PudgeDice.
"Not impulse. Just wanna befriend fellow girl, yeah? Friending for that."
One "misunderstanding" explanation and done. PudgeDice accepted, chat popped.
Hmm, how to start? While pondering, she messaged first.
...Trolls, huh. Figures—a streamer wouldn't flame openly. Steam gone instantly. Good I didn't jump the gun. She got it quick too—probably smooth end.
"When did I? Seems like a nice person—don't fabricate slander."
"Anyway, resolved. Last game just regrettable."
"No weird talk, let's game."
No special feelings toward PudgeDice yet. Bit of gladness, curiosity? Sorry for troll-based suspicion.
Then, a video donation dropped. Game replay with recorded voice looping.
"Can't you hit that? Can't you hit that? Can't you hit that? Can't you hit that? Can't you hit that? Can't you hit that? Can't you hit that?"
...Huh?
Then another video donation, same donor, another voice clip.
"I know. What misogyny. Women just can't game."
...Huh?
Looks like the chat's gonna drag on.
But her voice is kinda cute.