Chapter 10
Chapter 10
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 10
Chapter Title: This Person Is Definitely a Helper
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Now, I went through my completely familiar routine.
Wake up in the morning, go to school and back, then head straight to the gym for an hour and a half of basic physical training. Once home, I hit the computer power button without a second thought.
My current tier was the entry point of Master.
With average team luck, I could probably escape Master and step into Grandmaster within the week.
People who are meant to climb do climb—that's the essence of ranked games—but how long it takes inevitably involves some team luck, so there's a fair bit of randomness to it.
That's part of what keeps players over-immersed in Rock in the first place.
The moment you can blame losses solely on teammates' mistakes or skill deficits instead of yourself, you become forgiving of your own errors and get a free pass for them.
It tricks you into thinking "if only my teammates were normal, we'd win," so even in defeat, you rage and queue up the next game anyway.
Because it feels like you'd win if the team was just normal.
Classic case of players who never reflect on their own skill and just overextend.
The types who yell nonsense like "I'd be Master if only this," or "Challenger if only that."
Of course, talking a hundred days won't change your tier.
"Ahem. Ahem. Alright, is everyone here?"
—lol
—let's gooo!
—hi
—doesn't this kid skip cram school?
—rock is life, cram school who?
"Going to cram school isn't bad, but it's a waste for me."
Setting aside my academic aptitude, I'm debuting pro in an academy before high school anyway—sitting at a desk solving problems is just wasting time and money.
Sure, there'll come a day when I pick up studying again, but like in my past life, I can worry about it then.
—already making bank off streaming, college who?
—problem is if other middle schoolers copy him, we're screwed
—fr lol
—avg viewers hit 1000 already
—how's a middle school stream pulling 1000??
—info: been streaming rock for less than a month
—truukkkk
—scary
—how far will this middle schooler go?
—feels like right now is peak tho
—what
I lightly ignored the chaotic chat and logged into Rock as usual.
—do i gotta buy champs with rp?
I caught the newbie's question amid the mess.
Filtering chats like this sometimes feels like focus training.
"All champs are free to play, skins are what you buy."
With over 160 champs already, who in their right mind would no-life buy them all with real money to start?
I heard during beta they limited champs and forced tutorials, but backlash made the devs scrap it quick—smart move.
What game forces newbies through tutorials and blocks their dream picks?
"So newbies just browsing don't need to spend money."
—clean explanation as always tru
—lol tell em to donate to me instead of spending
—skins go to tru anyway no profit
—fr lol
—world cup skin with your name does give royalties tho
—lmao
—how you selling a skin you don't have
—no wins no skin
—middle schooler but maybe someday
—no kingrim skin either
—soloq and team games different
—if this kid wins worlds i'll buy the skin
I definitely had three skins with my name on them in my past life, but couldn't brag about it anywhere—that was the pity.
'...Come to think of it.'
Even my prestige skin was on a champ that hadn't appeared in-game yet.
At best, a line or two in the lore.
Probably next season.
"Ugh, seriously."
—???
—why the sudden explosion
—idk what but sorry pls dont sue
"Nah, it's that I wanna play a champ but can't."
—no skin?
—basically donate request
—lol
—got it uncles lemme grab allowance from your wallets
—rock avg
"No, can't buy it with money. Hasn't released yet."
—? lol
—champ from imagination ddd
—surpassing the terror of hunters ganking from either twisted forest on mid line
—fucking lol
—def not normal
—knew from the cursing
—lol
—no normal rock players anyway
—fact: all
—if tru designed a total noob champ it'd slap
—rainbow reflection champ?
—fuck no that'd be game end update
—fr lol
I expressed regret that a champ with that childish rainbow reflection skill would eventually release, while pre-sending comfort that Rock wouldn't die for a while after.
"Alright, time for the roulette."
No matter how much climbing ranked is priority, once the stream's on, I gotta give viewers some fun.
That's where the roulette came in.
First game of the stream, pick is always whatever the roulette lands on from the listed champs.
No adjusting weights for donos even with my new high-end VR device—anyone drops 1000 won, it spins the fixed list.
'Gotta get a viable mid champ at least.'
Can't pick root-rotten ones, supports, or niche specialists—harms teammates in ranked.
Especially as mid laner.
Royalty has duties.
—ding dong ting
While I pondered, the roulette spun and stopped quick.
Pointed at a solid mid mage with clear strengths and weaknesses.
—lol
—turret champ
—hardcounters incoming?
Long attack range, near-global ult for kill secures—not bad.
But current meta had assassins rampant, stifling it.
"Eh, better than weird picks like last time."
First roulette, I goofed utility one-trick, lost—now I avoid trash, but memorable stream moment.
"This is fine."
Even has CC—stun skill—not targeting but decent.
"Let's go then?"
I queued up, accept popped soon.
—gmgmgmg
—15min stomps still won't climb lp lol
—master escape launchpad assemble
Roulette picks rarely banned, today no different—I locked it in easy.
My matchup: one of the raging assassin champs lately.
My longer skill range—long arms—lets me harass lane, but post-level 3 normals, stepping up outside turret means death.
Especially mid-game items—squishy mages lose lane on one shuriken hit.
TL;DR: theoretically favored, one slip and done matchup.
Opponent has way more chances than me.
No wonder these champs dominate.
But that's solo queue talk.
Pro scene maximizes theory at high execution rates—different story.
And I'd lived my gaming life there.
"Opponent never played assassin before or what?"
Two solo kills already—enemy hits 6, ults all-in, no chance.
Dodge first shuriken with stop-move, predict ult reappear, land CC.
Barely in tower range—stuns while tower chews HP.
Then diagonal weave dodging ult follow-ups.
Enemy backs low HP, global ult finishes.
"Lane over."
—godlike bug
—dodges all that?
—if you dodge all and land all you win lol
—real bug was our hands?
—fr
—what movement
—no handcam or it'd be helper cries
—fuck i couldn't even in vr
—not movement dodge, prediction dodge
—near precog
—buddha's palm vibes
Early stomp led to clean win.
But.
The one issue—
"What kinda movement is that... dude... impossible..."
My stream breezed past a normal ranked game, but elsewhere it blew up.
And just like that, I got stuffed.