Chapter 1
Chapter 1
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 1
Chapter Title: Is This a Dream Too?
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Is this a dream too?
Internet streaming is incredibly hard to pin down with a single personality trait.
That's because the vibe of a stream changes drastically depending on the streamer.
And from that perspective.
"Why isn't anyone coming into my stream?"
My stream was the epitome of a low-tier underground broadcast.
When I went live, maybe ten viewers if I was lucky.
Chat moving at a one-on-one pace with the viewers.
Revenue so low that even minimum wage felt like a fortune.
And after years of streaming, the viewership never growing.
All of that combined to shape my current stream.
So there were basically no limits on how crude my comments could get.
"If some new viewers showed up, I'd just suck 'em right in, slurp slurp."
- Crazy bastard lololol
- As always, that trashy flavor is no joke
- Is this why you haven't realized you're a low-tier after three years?
"Shut up, banning the guy who just said that."
- Ttarandda donated 10,000 won. Thank you.
[ You little shit, go ahead and ban me lololol ]
"...Ah, Ttarandda, thank you so much for nullifying the ban with 10,000 won... truly grateful."
A thousand won gets your message to the streamer.
Ten thousand forgives all sins.
That was the world I'd created.
'Why don't I have any streaming talent?'
After three years with a peak of thirty viewers, maybe it was time to quit for real.
Maybe I needed to jump into the job market already.
I'd done my military service early, saved up that money to buy streaming gear.
Before I knew it, I was in my mid-twenties messing around.
High school grad, military vet, three years streaming—a disastrous spec sheet that might need to be retired.
- Why does your voice sound so wrecked lol
- Low-tier special: no cam, empty audio, stream vibe always total garbage lol
"It's not like I want it this way...."
- So your stream tanking is our fault?
- But why did this guy get invited to the Mark Server and not network at all, end up a total loner, then come crying to us?
Mark Server invite.
The very reason I'd hit a peak of thirty viewers.
The word that made me think, for a second, my streaming life might change.
Low-viewership streamers—low-tiers like me—usually don't get invited to Mark Servers.
But through some insane lottery luck, I'd broken through and made it in.
'But what good does getting in do?'
Everyone else was already tight-knit, and I was completely alone.
Having never done a Mark Server before, I figured I should just quietly grind.
The result?
- Total noob lololol just grinding like crazy and missing every networking event?
- Does this idiot think Mark Server is literally for grinding Mark?
- You could grind moderately, but why go all the way down to the deep underground and fuck up? You could grind moderately, but why go all the way down to the deep underground and fuck up? You could grind moderately, but why go all the way down to the deep underground and fuck up? You could grind moderately, but why go all the way down to the deep underground and fuck up? You could grind moderately, but why go all the way down to the deep underground and fuck up?
- Piece of shit right? Piece of shit right? Piece of shit right? Piece of shit right? Piece of shit right? Piece of shit right? Piece of shit right? Piece of shit right? Piece of shit right? Piece of shit right? Piece of shit right? Piece of shit right?
Forget new viewers—my ten core toxic fans were the only ones sticking around.
Missing that one joining wave felt like... showing up to school two months late after everyone else started the semester?
Of course, if I had the social skills to shrug it off, it'd be different.
'If I did, why would my stream still only have ten viewers?'
Unfortunately, I didn't have that kind of charm.
So what I was doing now was.
["Na na na na~"]
On the final day of the Mark Server.
At the concert made to celebrate the server shutdown.
Hiding in some corner, taking video donation reactions from viewers.
- Crazy bastard lol at a time like this you want video reactions?
- If you react well, you might even get clips from YouTubers, but you don't give a shit lololol
"Who's gonna clip a ten-viewer stream... Just chill, watch some video reactions, enjoy the concert."
- Your mindset is pure low-tier, you're done for
- Yeah yeah, can't resist chowing down on donations, I'll show you the fatty right now
The key to video reactions is nailing them no matter how industrial-strength they seem.
- Ttarandda donated 10,000 won video. Thank you.
[ Tubby, I've been waiting for a guy like you forever. Skinny, actually me too.... ]
"Hmm, as expected, gotta watch our stream's starter video reaction, smoosh smoosh."
You have to draw out the reaction hard.
Get annoyed, make a disgusted face, spit out exclamations.
Give the donor that rush of making you react.
That was basic courtesy for donation reactions.
After a few rounds of gross video donations.
After some time passed, gradually.
- Kyaa lololol
- Check out Oliver
- This is it, this is it, this is it
- Whoa, is that a watermelon or a melon?
Videos that heal the heart, mind, eyes, and brain started rolling in.
Then suddenly.
- What? Stream froze?
- ?
- ?
A minor broadcast glitch hit.
My junk PC—figures—I muttered and smacked it a few times like always.
And then.
- Oh it works lol
- Machines gotta get smacked, yeah
- Heard the thumps and it fixed right up lol
The stream came back to normal.
I dove right back into reacting to the wholesome videos.
"Kyaa, look at those tits, just wanna suck 'em nonstop and bury my face in 'em."
["Can you hear me, my voice~! Leel!"]
At the Mark concert venue, the top female streamer was belting out a song right now.
And here I was, half-listening with one ear while doing lewd video reactions.
'Even in the same cyber space, you can really feel the wealth gap in moments like this.'
Maybe I really needed to quit streaming.
Lost in that thought.
"Mammaries like that are insane, huhu, grab 'em tight and nipples peek through fingers first, then tit fat spilling out."
I clapped and cheered the hot cam girls' dances like usual.
- What the hell?
- What's this low-tier doing?
- As expected, low-lifes always ruin the vibe lololol
Suddenly, unfamiliar chats started popping up.
"...?"
Distracted by the video reactions, I finally noticed my viewer count.
'A hundred...? No, two hundred...?'
And it was still climbing nonstop right now.
Suddenly?
Reacting to videos in the Mark Server and viewers surging?
This was absolutely not a good sign.
As if praising my gut feeling.
- Dude, you're killing the vibe around you
- Fuck, can't hear Lera sing cuz of you
- Jerking off to tits during highlight
- Your mic is ON, asshole
A few of the influx viewers pointed out the cause.
That instant, I checked the Mark mic.
'Fuck!'
Somehow during the PC smacking.
The Mark mic was unmuted.
So my reactions had blasted out live during someone else's performance?
During a big-name singer's song?
- Guy's singing his heart out and you're watching videos fuck lol
- If you lucked into here via low-tier lottery, shouldn't you try even harder?
- What the hell makes you live like this? lololol
- Can't fix this with hide-and-seek
- Time to die~
- Time to quit streaming~ Time to quit streaming~ Time to quit streaming~ Time to quit streaming~ Time to quit streaming~ Time to quit streaming~ Time to quit streaming~ Time to quit streaming~ Time to quit streaming~ Time to quit streaming~ Time to quit streaming~ Time to quit streaming~ Time to quit streaming~ Time to quit streaming~ Time to quit streaming~ Time to quit streaming~
Time to peak viewer record: about 15 seconds.
Time for chat to explode: about 20 seconds.
"...."
The best call I could make right then was one thing.
That was.
[ Broadcast has ended. ]
- ?
- ?
- ?
- ?
- Crazy bastard pulls this shit and bails?
Bounce first, think later.
+++++
First thing after killing the stream: straight to the community boards.
'Please... please....'
Hoping it ended as a simple mishap.
Praying it'd be brushed off as a minor broadcast accident, not even mentioned.
I rushed to check the trending posts for real-time reactions.
[Trending Post][Title: Total Disaster at Mark Happy Village Final Day Server Celebration Concert]
[Poster: Geobmokduk]
(Video of bullshit audio during the song)
-Kyaa, look at those tits, just wanna suck 'em nonstop and drink the milk.
-Can you hear me, my voice~! Leel!-Mammaries like that are insane, huhu, grab 'em tight and nipples peek through fingers first, then tit fat spilling out.
Was listening to the highlight part and suddenly this dogshit voice comes in, turns out
Some low-tier had his Mark mic on while reacting to videos
For real, isn't this insane fuck?
Lera finally gets in the mood to sing in front of everyone after so long and some low-tier mc-shithead lol
So ridiculous
Who even invited him? Turns out he hit the 0.002% lottery luck low-tier lolololol
This is why I always say never let low-tiers into these servers, they have zero sense
Today my hypothesis is proven
[Upvotes:326][Downvotes:0]
ㄴI heard this live, pure legend
ㄴNo wonder he's low-tier after three years streaming?
ㄴNot a total dumbfuck for nothing yeah
ㄴLera panicked, pushed high note and cracked midway
ㄴThis fucker needs to get properly roasted
ㄴMost disgusting is ruining the vibe then not even apologizing, just bailing?
ㄴQuit and bailed, that's the grossest
ㄴFr
"...Ah."
I realized I was getting trashed on an unbelievable level.
If it was just me getting flamed, fine—but starting from my parents, ancestors to descendants.
They were tearing me apart from head to toe.
In this situation, all I could do was.
[Downvote:1]
Hit the downvote.
'Guess I really need to apologize properly.'
Turn on cam and apologize?
No cam? Then buy one?
'Should've sold cam access before quitting.'
Maybe some pissed Lera fans would've sent angry video donations.
Could've taken that money to buy a cam.
A bunch of thoughts swirled.
But the first one was 'just sleep it off.'
'This has to be a dream, this is ridiculous....'
Definitely a shitty nightmare.
No framejob like this.
God's cruel prank.
All sorts of thoughts bubbled up.
I turned off my phone and hit the bed.
Maybe from the stress.
My eyes closed fast.
My brain decided to escape reality too.
+++++++
The morning after the worst framejob ever.
Unlike my hopes, yesterday wasn't a dream.
The community boards were still flooding with hate about me in real time.
If it wasn't enough with flaming me, now the trending post guaranteed more.
'Me turning into the cheat code for trending.'
Absolute worst.
Hell.
Had to apologize first.
Super humiliating, but no choice.
'Time to buy a cam.'
Thinking that, I stood in front of the bathroom mirror.
"...What the hell is this now."
I couldn't help but freak out.
"Who are you?"
The guy in the mirror.
"...Is this a dream too?"
Looked ridiculously handsome.