Chapter 2
Chapter 2
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 2
Chapter Title: Have You Ever Seen Such a Crazy Game?
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I was a baseball player.
Not some legendary figure etched into history, just decent enough to get by.
Scrub scrub—
"Damn it, when did this get so dusty again?"
I roughly wiped the dust off my Cy Young Award and Major League championship ring from the shelf crammed with trophies, then plopped down in front of the computer.
"Hmm, what should I stream today?"
Having retired young, I killed time now and then with internet streams. My username was 'Ha Bangjang,' slapping 'Station Master' onto my surname Ha.
"Hey everyone, your station master has arrived."
💬 Chat — Viewer1 Hey — Viewer2 Come on in, station master~ — Viewer3 What game today? My gimmick was a 'baseball game specialist' stream. Truth be told, having spent my whole life on this ball game, I barely knew anything else.
So I stuck to baseball games, and mixing that with my pro-player swag and chat skills kept steady viewers around 1-2k.
"Recommendations for today's game, please."
— Viewer ??? — Viewer No way, you should come prepared, station master; My offhand comment while picking my nose drew a flood of hooks. It was just for fun, so unplanned streams like this were common. Made me even bolder.
"If you guys served up something fun to play right away, I wouldn't have to think about it, right?"
— Viewer Station master blaming others again; — Viewer Always like this, seriously~ — Viewer Change stream name from Ha Bangjang to Ha Loser ㅊㅊ Viewers started whining.
Crushing that was easy.
"Dropping chicken. Dig up something worth playing."
— Viewer Love ya bro, you know my heart? — Viewer Coming at light speed bro — Viewer Nice 'gimme' approved. While macro-hunting and bullshitting with chat, a viewer donated a game.
⭐ Donation — Dugeunakgwi: 1,000,000 KRW! Station master, 'Doki Doki Baseball' is hellishly delicious. "Hmm?"
First time hearing the name.
Not your typical sports game title, either.
Sure enough, as I suspected.
Browsing the intro page, my brow furrowed instantly.
"Goddamn it, it's a Moe game. You wanna die or what?"
The entrance was packed with cute girls. I rage-quit cursed on stream.
But my viewers, used to it, loved it.
— Viewer LOLOLOL station master Moe allergy ON — Viewer Bro even typos make you human! "No need to look further."
Gamers have instincts. One glance at the intro tells if it's mass-produced trash or not.
This screamed pure Moe with '0.01% baseball flavor.' I moved on.
"Next game..."
⭐ Donation — Dugeunakgwi: 1,000,000 KRW! Bro no need to play. Just watch the intro vid please... "One... million!?"
I'm not that oblivious to donations. This size doesn't drop often.
— Viewer Whoa, gotta watch this one. — Viewer LOL bro watch it. Chat vibe: 'We know you hate Moe, but check this.'
"...Okay, let's take a peek."
I give credit where due.
Clicked play on the intro video.
The Moe girls vanished, replaced by serious subtitles and a deep male narration.
🎥 Promo Video "Hello, baseball fans." "The common knowledge you have about baseball? All wrong." "Oh? Coming in hot."
🎥 Promo Video "Who invented baseball? Do you know?" "Who invented baseball...?"
— Viewer Station master know? — Viewer LOL dude, you've been to majors, gotta know. "No clue?"
— Viewer ??? — Viewer If you don't know who does? "How should I? It's never been revealed who."
— Viewer LOLOL station master innocent — Viewer ??: Wasn't invited, how could I go — Viewer Even origin country unclear?
>ㄴ Nah USA right?
>ㄴ Modern baseball started in US but origins unknown "So no right answer?"
— Viewer ㄷㄷ What'll it say — Viewer For real...? 🎥 Promo Video "Truth is, baseball was invented by..." "Joseon's great king, King Sejong!" "...What the fuck!!"
What bullshit is this?
Chat exploded in hooks too.
— Viewer ???????????????? — Viewer For real? LOLOLOLOLOLOL — Viewer Never imagined that reveal ㄴㅇㄱ — Viewer Sejong: What's baseball ffs; — Viewer Chink noses LOL taste Northeast Project too Chat buzzed, then narration resumed.
🎥 Promo Video "You're probably thinking now:" "Brain break?" "National pride overdose?" "Even for a game, messing with history is too far?" "All true. But here's the thing." Video spun through images: soccer, basketball, overseas leagues.
🎥 Promo Video "How long must we gawk at our players abroad like 'Amazing he's on that team!'?" "Wouldn't it be great to have pride in our sports, some national hype?" — Viewer Uh...? — Viewer Makes... sense...?! Some swayed, chat split 50/50.
Video hit main point.
🎥 Promo Video "Let's dream together." "Sejong invented baseball. 400 years before anyone else!" "Honed for centuries, elites and theory emerge naturally." "Result? Modern Korea's baseball is world #1!" — Viewer ㄷㄷㄷ — Viewer Wh-what...? — Viewer Local punching bag in my world is top dog here...? 🎥 Promo Video "Korean league, world's best. Korean mandatory. Slackers get weeded out." "Learning Korean is basic for the top league."
>— John Frank (Ansan Phillies, US rep) "Almost no Japanese HS prospects skip Korean studies."
>— Ohtani Kohei? (Gangbuk Dodgers, Japan rep) 📰 In-Game News Fans of region-named teams hold Gald Cups worldwide. — Johhny Rodriguez Brothers, ordered 10 Busan Cups jerseys.
>New signee Dojin Kang, betting 15+ wins. — Hamato Tora Bullshit www Busan can't break 105-year 'Seagull Curse' again wwwww
> ㄴ Jackky Rouise: Traced log, Daejeon Athletics fan lol
🎥 Promo Video "You might think:" "Baseball popular? Just US/JP/KR/TW filling seats elsewhere." "Y'all dominating your league, so what?" "Fair. But our game? Different!" Numbers shot from 4 to 200.
🎥 Promo Video "Baseball: world's top sport! Europe, Africa, Arabia join the madness!" 📰 Breaking News [Breaking] Africa's baseball hero Nmbaku Kundakandi's words end Ivory Coast war, netizens hail 'miracle'. 📰 Breaking News Oil tycoon Abdul III seriously considering 11T KRW buyout of Cheorwon Rockies... 📰 Breaking News France rep Julien Reno: World #1 Korea, Europe #1 France.
> ㄴ Spain rep Ivan Sanchez furious: "He ate something bad. Europe's Spain."
🎥 Promo Video "Well?" "Impossible in reality, so more beautiful, right?" "See it now in Doki Doki Baseball!" Fade to black. Thought that was it.
🎥 Promo Video "Oh right." "Plus diverse Moe girls drawn to Amazing Korea!!" "Meet them now!" Poof. End.
I was speechless. Numb in the skull, but not from Moe. Thought 99% girls 1% baseball—instead reverse. Unimaginable.
"Feels like visual novel as shield to do whatever."
— Viewer Fr, get mad and you're the VN hater — Viewer Historical accuracy for sim games only~ — Viewer ??: Dating sim? Ours is VN right? — Viewer No Sejong timeslip tho. Cheers~ "Yeah, total brain break. True, but..."
Listening, even I thought, 'Wish it were real...?'
Majors one year, but homesickness and culture shock? Lie if painless.
Decision: Play this game.
"Gonna dip my toes."
— Viewer Letsgooooo — Viewer Thanks bro — Viewer Hype pulled hard, must play or riot lol Good game? Perfect. Trash? Stream gold.
Started lighthearted.
"Hmm, tried a bit. Not bad."
— Viewer Quick? Dip? — Viewer Station master ate bad food? — Viewer Just eat shit game loop all day — Viewer Sob, poor bro... Weird chat reaction. Checked playtime—shocked.
"Playtime what?"
2300 hours. Months of casual, but error? Nah.
— Viewer That's your record. — Viewer Abandoning viewers for game ㄷㄷ — Viewer More feed for grinders like me, yay. "Aha."
Yeah, 10+ hours daily, stream or not, all Doki Doki Baseball.
"Minor mix-up. Anyway, today's the last."
— Viewer ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ — Viewer Sad now it's ending — Viewer Was fun ㅜㅜ After thousands of hours, I cleared every achievement first among all players.
— Viewer These achievements pure pervert — Viewer Ideas impossible for normies — Viewer No nutjob like station master, half not cleared. Game blew up, story streamers many, but I did freak feats for achievements.
"Hehe, what's fun in just clearing?"
Hunting secrets polarizing, but dopamine hits? Normies miss it.
All achievements done, ready to ditch—then:
Ding!
Business-only email pinged.
Station Master Ha Bangjang, deepest respect and thanks. Congrats on full achievement clear no one thought possible. With admiration, one privilege: Anything you want, added next patch. Awaiting reply. — Doki Doki Baseball Dev Team "What the hell."
Shared email on stream, chat rioted.
Many played cause of me, wild requests flooded.
— Viewer Bro add heroine plsplspls — Viewer Afterstory mode...!!! — Viewer Leader mode top priority...! Loudest: heroines. Even allergic me saw appeal.
"No heroines, you know."
— Viewer ㅠㅠㅠㅠ — Viewer True heroine skipper station master — Viewer Virgin king, why forsake us No means no. Game fine without routes.
Easier with, but normal play bores me.
Banned a virgin-king chatter, dropped bait.
"You know my fave char?"
— Viewer Station master has fave? — Viewer Not girl, who — Viewer No idea Most ???? But OGs guessed.
— OG Viewer No way — OG Viewer The one I'm thinking? Spot on.
"Yup, Geum Seong-muk."
Baseball saying: Drag Left-handed Fireballer from hell if needed.
Geum promising southpaw, but I loved the character.
Blond, tanned muscles, heavenly thug face. Quintessential 'blond tanned delinquent.'
Appears only year 1.
15-year span (3 HS + 12 pro), super brief.
Why impact? Why that short time memorable—
"Woo-hyooo~!!"
Strikeout hip thrust weird cheer.
Plus playboy swapping stands girls.
Hated by players/viewers, but
"Pfft...!!"
Perfect taste for me. Why need more? Fun.
Surprise: Mid-4s ERA mid-boss early.
— Viewer Dude tricky to face — Viewer Eyes flip, gets savage;; — Viewer K'd with 'woo hyoo' ragequit real One-tool fastball, easy strat, but early impact solid.
— Viewer Moe hater station master simping Moe meme char... — Viewer Can't play or sign, pure meme char; Issue: Chases girls, skips training, big injury end year 1, vanishes. No more story.
Lingering regret, once sank ~100h in 'Recruit Geum' project. Hidden traces tough.
Found adult NPC story.
— NPC "Geum Seong-muk stole my girl, that bastard!" — NPC "Listen. I was seeing two girls. Picked the one I liked more, dumped the other..." — NPC "That's when Geum approached her!" — NPC "She refused at first. But weakened, then..." — NPC "Blond bitch now. Sob, my pure girl corrupted." — NPC "Geum, unforgivable...!" Chat reaction:
— Viewer You dumped first...? — Viewer Phew, NTR def changed on me. — Viewer Aah, pure salvation love. No more traces post-NPC. Gave up recruit.
Now this chance. Answer set.
[Make Geum Seong-muk playable.] Replied instant.
Got it. Applying next patch. "Oh...?!"
Lightning reply. Under a minute.
Usually deliberate, right?
'Good is good.'
Brushed off, shared reply, ended stream.
Postponed quitting Doki Doki. Promised Geum play next.
— Viewer Station master byebye — Viewer Oba~ — Viewer Seeya Powered off. Never streamed again.
Woke in another world.
"No, what the fuck...?"
As game char I requested: Golden Sun, Geum Seong-muk. Possessed.