If You Can Beat Mina

"On our stream, Mina's the one who's good at games, so it doesn't matter if I'm not. You guys can't beat her either, can you?"

"I'll always welcome a challenge, though."

"If you beat Mina, you get to come to the fan meeting too."

"Losing to Mina is the same whether it's me or you guys."

— Chat

She's hitting them with facts lmao

— Chat

Mina really is that good, though.

— Chat

You lose, I lose. lmao

— Chat

Even pro-level players can lose to her, so she's not wrong lmao

— Chat

Unless it's a game that's been completely solved by veterans, beating her is honestly tough.

"I've actually never beaten Jiyoung."

"Hehe. I've got a perfect record against Mina. Zero losses."

— Chat

Is that even possible?

— Chat

So she goes easy when she plays with Zero.

— Chat

I wouldn't be able to focus either if I was gaming next to Zero.

"I've never actually gone one-on-one against Mina. I'd obviously lose, so I don't."

"Jiyoung won't do one-on-ones."

"I'm the type who's happy just watching them. It's not like I have outstanding talent like Mina."

"If I played against Jiyoung, I wouldn't even be trying to win."

"I just hate it when people go easy on me."

— Chat

There are people like Zero who really hate it when you go easy on them.

— Chat

But if you're a gamer, doesn't it feel awful once you realize someone let you win?

— Chat

Sometimes at events a pro will throw a match against a celebrity, but other than that, ‍‍‌‌⁠⁠‌‍‍‌⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠‌‌‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠yeah, people hate it.

— Chat

But if you try your hardest, they can't do anything and just get destroyed.

— Chat

So which beat are we supposed to dance to here?

— Chat

Just go a little easy without actually throwing.

— Chat

Isn't that just toying with them?

— Chat

The whole thing of a top player bullying newbies is wrong to begin with.

"That's right. People of similar skill should play each other. No smurfing."

— Chat

Mina kind of looks like she's smurfing too.

— Chat

Yeah, but Mina puts prizes on the line.

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— Chat

That's true, lmao.

— ChoiShinTV

Honestly, if Mina went easy, fan meeting winners would be pouring in within a day.

— HwangHo

Fr, that's right. She should keep doing it like this.

— ChoiShinTV

Of course, if it's just gift cards on the line, she could go a little easy.

"But if you're a ranker, wouldn't you have a decent shot against Mina?"

— HwangHo

I haven't faced her yet. I don't think I'd win, though.

— Chat

Come on, if you're rank two, you'd win one or two out of five games, right?

— HwangHo

Thanks for saying that, haha.

— Chat

Rank three is here too T_T I want to try as well.

— Chat

Rank three really has no presence compared to rank two, lmao.

— Chat

Rank four has even less presence than rank three.

— Chat

Fourth place doesn't even get a medal at the Olympics, so they don't go down as medalists.

— Chat

On WeTV the chat delay changes starting from fourth place too, lmao.

"Would you two like to face Mina later? Today's not a gaming day, so next time."

"I'm always down for a match."

— HwangHo

Yeah. Let's definitely do it later.

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— Chat

Still so mad I couldn't get in last time, lmao. I didn't think I could break into the room, so I just kept queuing.

— Chat

I saw some analysis on the community boards saying Mina wasn't even trying for real.

— Chat

That's because not a single ranker has cleared stage nine.

— Chat

Honestly, getting into the room is harder than beating Mina, lmao.

— HwangHo

I was second in donations so I could participate, but how on earth did Siyeon even get into the room?

Getting into the room was insanely difficult when that many people were trying to join. Everyone wanted in, but the competition was ‍‍‌‌⁠⁠‌‍‍‌⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠‌‌‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠brutal. Not that we could change the system — that was the only way to keep it fair. Among all the rankers, Siyeon was the only one who'd managed to get a slot.

— ChoiShinTV

It's not like we can sell entry tickets through donations. Nothing we can do.

— Chat

Fr, that wouldn't be right.

— Chat

But if they actually sold them, people would be lining up.

— HwangHo

In my case, I donated consistently from the very first day of the stream, so I earned the perk.

— Chat

He probably wasn't aiming for a ticket from the start, so that's fair.

— Chat

I thought WeTV second place would be called Vice Chairman, but on WeTV only the first-place Chairman exists...

— Chat

Even if you're not Chairman, you still get chat delay perks, so it's not unfair.

"That's right. There's a gap between him and Shinye unnie, but he's still second."

"Is third place here, though?"

No matter how many times we called out, the third-place donor's chat never appeared. Maybe they were the type to donate and watch the stream in silence?

— Chat

First, second, third, and fourth through tenth all have badges in front of their names. I've never once seen third place chat.

— Chat

Fr, fourth through tenth chat pretty often, but third place is the one you never see.

— Chat

Probably going for a mysterious vibe, lmao.

"Is stage nine really that hard? Mina cleared it."

"It was insanely hard. Felt like they made it so only pros could clear it."

"Aren't rankers pro-level players?"

"The game hasn't been out that long, so maybe they just haven't reached that level yet. There's not even a Challenger yet."

— Chat

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There's nobody at Mina's level in matchmaking, so she has no one to practice against.

— Chat

Not like you can make an alt and just hope you get matched with her.

— Chat

I heard Mina sandbags in matchmaking?

— Chat

Fr, I saw posts about that on the community boards.

"I'm not trying to go pro or anything, so I don't think I need to try hard in matchmaking."

"Everyone except Mina is probably giving it their all."

"It's a hobby. I don't want to burn myself out."

— Chat

Mina, translated: I have talent, so I can win without trying.

— Chat

Fr lmao that's exactly how it sounds.

— Chat

Can't even argue because it's true lmao

"If someone who can beat stage nine shows up, I'll start trying."

"Mina's just flexing on the viewers at this point."

"But Animal Kingdom has been out for a while now, and I'm still the only one who's cleared stage nine."

"Someone will show up eventually, right?"

— Chat

Is stage nine really that hard?

— HwangHo

I managed to land attacks twice. Siyeon is probably around the same.

— Chat

I heard the max for rankers is two successful attacks.

— HwangHo

The reason stage nine is so hard is they cheaply start with three items right from the get-go.

— Chat

Wow, that's actually cheap.

— HwangHo

Nobody except Mina has even reached stage ten, so we can't even guess what it's like.

"I think the developers made stage ten so that nobody could ever clear it."

"I watched Mina do it, and it's true."

"Has anyone here ever picked up two or more of the same item?"

— HwangHo

I have, just once. There's a cooldown after you use one.

— Chat

Honestly, unless you're on an amphibian or reptile character, picking up an item twice is already hard.

— Chat

You lay down a water floor, and if an item spawns on it you can grab it — that's the whole charm of amphibians and reptiles.

— Chat

But the odds of that actually happening lmao

— HwangHo

I beat those odds and the odds of grabbing a duplicate item twice.

— Chat

Stage nine starts with three items, so winning is extremely hard.

— HwangHo

When I queue, I've never lost after picking up two items off the water floor. Items are hard to get, but they have a massive impact on win rate.

"That's exactly it. Stage ten has infinite of every single item."

"The developers are so cheap, right? Making it impossible to clear."

"The AI is different between stages nine and ten too, but you just can't win because of the item gap. Think of it as a lightning bolt dropping every time an item comes off cooldown."

"Just watching it, I thought it was straight-up Zeus. The lightning just keeps falling."

— HwangHo

Wow, that's no joke. Infinite? Still, I'm curious enough that I want to try.

— Chat

Has Mina ever landed an attack on stage ten?

— Chat

Even landing one would be insane, right?

"I landed one. Anything more than that is impossible."

"If any of you viewers clear stage nine and beat me in a one-on-one, I'll give you two fan meeting tickets."

"I'll even give extras to people who already have them. But only until early June."

— HwangHo

Honestly I'm not confident, but I'll give it a shot.

— Chat

I've landed two attacks on stage nine too, and the items you get seem to be fixed.

— HwangHo

Yeah. They're fixed.

— Chat

How did Mina even beat that? She's incredible.

— Chat

Someone will clear stage nine eventually, but probably not this year.

— Chat

Mina's talent is just overwhelming.

"I'm so jealous of Mina's gaming talent too."

"I'm the one who's jealous of Jiyoung's musical talent."

"Do any of you viewers have a talent you think you're better at than other people, like Mina?"

"I think Jiyoung's musical talent is more impressive than mine."

The world is a big place, and I think there are plenty of people with extraordinary talent. Most of them just never realize it. If it hadn't been for my sister, I never would have known I had a gift for the piano. And if it hadn't been for Mina, I never would have thought I could sing.

— ChoiShinTV

With this many viewers, nobody's confident enough to speak up.

— Chat

Being good at games is such an enviable talent.

— Chat

Fr, you can even stream with it. It's a talent anyone would want.

— Chat

Musical talent is insanely enviable too.

— Chat

And the looks to back it up are perfect on top of that.

"I'll even give gift cards to people who genuinely think they ‍‍‌‌⁠⁠‌‍‍‌⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠‌‌‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠have outstanding talent."

If You Can Beat Mina

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