Is It Because I'm an Orphan?
[ Rue ] : Regarding How I Became the VTuber Emperor Overnight
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[ Rue ] : Regarding How I Became the VTuber Emperor Overnight
Viewers : 2530
Just chatting
Having finished preparations, I turned on the stream.
In the short time it took me to grab a glass of water, 2,500 people had already entered.
Judging by the speed it was filling up, I guessed I might hit five digits today as well.
After moistening my throat, I turned on the microphone.
"Ah, ah. Can you hear me?"
I had played my own stream for testing, and equipment really did seem to matter.
Starting with the sound quality, it was on a whole different level compared to streaming from home.
"That's a secret, so I can't tell you."
"I met with the lawyer and finished all the contracts. The reason I ended the stream earlier was because they said it's fine to leave VODs now, so I turned it off to restart."
"Since it's such a massive amount, there are various procedures, so they said it will take nearly a month. I think I'll be streaming from the US until then."
[ Daltokkitokkiya ]-nim has donated 1,000 won.
"The avatar I normally use isn't on this computer."
"Having my personal identity revealed is a bit...."
We engaged in warm-up chat.
Thinking that a black screen wasn't really right, I put up at least some fan art of the avatar I usually used.
Fortunately, fan art drawn by a viewer a long time ago was still saved on the channel.
"By the way, how is Korea right now? Have I gotten a bit famous?"
Searching for it, there were definitely a lot of articles about me.
[ Korean VTuber Rue Wins Powerball... ]
[ Record-High Powerball Jackpot of $2.6 Billion, The Winner Is a Korean ]
[ Internet Streamer Wins 3.5 Trillion Won on Live Stream? The Authenticity Is... ]
"At this rate, doesn't the entire nation know me?"
It was almost reaching the point of being slightly overwhelming.
I glanced at the clock.
Around this time, the sun would be high in the sky in Korea.
[ Rue ] : Regarding How I Became the VTuber Emperor Overnight
Viewers : 15002
Just chatting
Even though it was a weekday afternoon, the viewer count was 15,000.
I still couldn't believe that this many people had come to see me.
Fearing that things might go south, I brought up the main topic despite my dread.
"Well, today I turned on the stream to talk with you all about what I should do once I receive the money."
"Of course, just talking about it would be boring, so...."
I entered the fan cafe I had set up before starting the stream.
[ Rue Fan Cafe ]
Since the streaming platform's community tab was inconvenient to manage and had become too chaotic, I opened a new fan cafe.
"I'm thinking of spicing things up with a bit of content."
I displayed the announcement post I had written in advance.
[ What Should I Do When I Get the Money? Recommendation Contest ]
Author : Rue (M)
Hello everyone, this is the fan cafe's first announcement.
As you all know, I won 1st place in the Powerball, so I am overflowing with money now.
However, since I'm a broke little bastard, I don't really know what to do with this money.
Please leave your ideas in the [ Recommendation Board ].
I will select 6 people among them and give each of them 2,000,000 won.
3 people I like, 3 viewer picks
1. You must post in the Recommendation Board. Posts in the Free Board will be disqualified.
2. The prize money distribution date will be announced separately after the Powerball winnings are received.
3. For overlapping content, only the very first post will be accepted.
( However, if the content of the post is entertaining, it will not be deleted even if it overlaps. )
4. However, just because a suggestion wins doesn't mean Rue is guaranteed to actually do it.
Is it because I've never owned anything before? I'm quite greedy.
I can only be satisfied when both the money and the viewers are entirely mine.
The number of fan cafe members grew at a rapid pace.
[ Rue Fan Cafe ]
Members : 3,420
Members : 5,923
Members : 7,012
Posts sprouted up like mushrooms in the Recommendation Board.
"The time limit is 1 hour starting now."
[ Recently Released Supercars.list ]
[ Good Houses to Live In ]
[ Buying Parents a House ]
[ Buying Chicken for the First 1,000 People ]
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The speed is way too fast.
"The participation rate is way too high, isn't it?"
Even for large streamers' cafe content, people didn't gather like this.
Was it because of the amount?
Well, it wasn't like there was no solution.
I immediately created a board.
[ Temporary Manager Board ]
"First-come, first-served for 10 people...."
[ s ]
[ 1 ]
[ n ]
[ k ]
[ 1 ]
[ 2 ]
[ Hand ]
[ Me ]
[ asdfgh ]
[ GO ]
"I didn't even finish speaking, what is this seating speed?"
"Even one of them is CheekSlap?"
Giving Manager permissions to CheekSlap was a bit annoying, but.
Well, he made the first-come, first-served cut.
"Anyway, the ten of you here are temporary managers for today's content."
[ Yay ]
[ What do we do? ]
[ Huh? ]
[ Yes ]
[ Do we get paid? ]
I granted cafe manager permissions to the ten users.
Now they could delete posts at their discretion.
"Please delete all duplicate content and troll posts. For example, if there are 4 posts saying 'Let's buy a supercar', delete everything except the first one. However, if a post suggesting to buy a supercar is written much more entertainingly than the very first post, you can just leave it alone."
[ What's the criteria for funny? ]
"If at a glance it's a long, funny, well-written post, you can just leave it even if it's a duplicate."
[ Confirmed ]
[ OK OK ]
[ Yep ]
[ OK ]
[ How much do you pay? ]
"I'll pay you 500,000 won each. Naturally, I'll give it after receiving the jackpot winnings, is that okay?"
[ Working hard for 1 hour for 500k won, total sweet deal LOL ]
[ You're really giving it, right? ]
[ No suddenly quitting streaming ]
"I made 1 trillion won, would I really be stingy over 500,000 won?"
One hour until the main content started.
What I did until then was purely dependent on my capability.
"...Next, epiphytic cacti don't grow in the deserts we commonly think of, but attached to trees in rainforests."
As expected of my half-a-year streaming experience, my mouth spewed chatter without resting for a single second.
"This one has relatively soft thorns..."
"Ah, time is up."
Nice.
I changed the stream title and started the main content.
[ Rue ] : Receiving Recommendations on What to Do After Collecting 1 Trillion
Viewers : 24025
Just chatting
Wow
"The temporary managers worked really hard."
Indeed, the thousands of posts had been condensed significantly.
At this rate, I should be able to read through them all in about two hours.
I read through them one by one starting from the very first post.
"Then, here is the first post."
[ Give it to me ]
Author : fsdlffd04
I don't even have money to buy snacks T_T
The reaction wasn't good.
I didn't want this kind of post either.
"Hmm, let's look at the next person."
The next post, and the post after that, were a continuous streak of boring posts.
The 8th post.
As soon as I clicked in, the long scroll bar caught my eye.
The pictures glimpsed during loading raised my expectations.
[ How about donating the entire 1 trillion won to an orphanage? ]
Author : Goa Aehoga
Hello Rue-nim.
I would like Rue-nim to donate the entire sum to an orphanage.
The reasons are as follows.
The time was none other than this morning.
I took annual leave from work claiming an urgent personal matter.
Because the moment I woke up today, I felt in peak condition.
( Meme of a green frog smirking and holding up a thumb.jpg )
It felt as if God was pointing out that today was the day I would reach my dream Diamond rank.
( Photo of Diamond Tier Logo.jpg )
The Diamond promo matches I had prepared in advance.
I queued up immediately, banned Renekton, and picked my soulmate, Yasuo.
( Meme of Yasuo twisting Hwei's arm from behind.jpg )
Diamond promo, solo kill within 1 minute.
I achieved a whopping 6 solo kills in the laning phase and spread my influence across the game.
But then the bot lane suddenly started arguing, and wouldn't you know it, one person threw the game?
That's right.
A GOA appeared.
( Meme of green frog trembling in fear.jpg )
No matter how great I am, I couldn't win a 4v5—no, a 4v6 game.
And the game ended in a futile defeat.
It's fine. Today's condition is at its peak. I just need to win 2 games.
So I queued up the next game.
And in the next game, our top laner went 0/10/0.
The next game.
And the next game after that...
( Match history full of red.jpg )
Ah...
( Meme of green frog sobbing uncontrollably.jpg )
Rue-nim.
Do you know that there are this many GOAs in South Korea?
There are way too many poor GOAs who haven't even received proper home upbringing!
So if Rue-nim donates 1 trillion won to an orphanage, Legend of League will become a slightly cleaner game, and Korea will also become a better country to live in.
Thank you.
( Meme of gentleman frog offering a glass.jpg )
"Pfft."
Perhaps because effort and a story were mixed in, it was entertaining.
It had a lot of likes, and the viewers' reaction wasn't bad either.
"Pfft, this person's feelings really come across vividly."
This seems good enough to put on the nominee list.
"Especially the part about 'poor orphans who haven't even received proper home upbringing' really touches my heart. Is it because I'm an orphan myself?"
At the casual comment I uttered without much thought.
The chat window froze.