Chapter 4
Chapter 4
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 4
Chapter Title: New Content
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'Should've bought a good cam if it was gonna be like this?'
The compliments about my looks were pouring in that much.
I'd even gotten over five emails warning me not to get cocky just because I was handsome.
My ego search turned up nothing but praise for my appearance.
Good momentum.
To keep this going, I had to do a cam stream.
'But unfortunately, I'm out of money.'
Chroma key and cam.
Unexpected expenses from buying those two.
My bank account was bone dry.
Most streamers who used cams had lights set up and good equipment.
'Can't swing that right now.'
Regrettable, but at this stage, I had no choice but to give up.
Still, all hope wasn't lost.
The 5,000 viewers who'd come for the apple stream.
If even 1/10 stuck around and tossed me ten grand each.
'Quick math... about fifty million won!'
I'd be rolling in cash in one go.
Then I could ditch this tiny rented room,
buy a good cam, give some pocket money to my parents, get a girlfriend.
'Feels good.'
I'd drawn 5,000 people with just my looks.
Today was the start of something new.
With that anticipation, I fired up the stream.
[Current Viewers: 0]
"Hmm."
Reality hit me square in the face, same as ever.
Even though 5,000 people had watched yesterday.
My follower count had only gone up tenfold from before.
Meaning about ninety new followers.
But naturally, those ninety weren't really into me.
[Current Viewers: 1]
Their main interest was...
- You little shit crazy bastard wanna fight pretty boy? Did you really trash-talk Lera thinking your looks would save you? The apple stream too, you ruined the concert on purpose right? I don't know how a low-tier loser like you came up with that but you wanna get wrecked? /Inappropriate language detected by the cleaner.
"Stream's fucked."
Lera's malicious trolls.
Click click click click click click click.
For a full hour, I couldn't run any content and just kept dumping the toxic trolls into the ban bin.
In the meantime, my regular viewers trickled in one by one.
So after the influx from the apology stream...
[Current Viewers: 16]
"...?"
About six more viewers.
Huh? Can't get a high like this? Does that make sense?
That doubt didn't last.
- So why turn on the cam and make a big apology fuss? If you're gonna live as a faceless guy, stick to it.
I shot back at the next chat.
"You think this is my fault? No, you gotta show your face when apologizing..."
- The other person's a VTuber, so why not buy an avatar skin lol
"Where would I get the money?"
- Broke ass trying to get lucky with Lera lol what a psycho snap out of it and quit streaming /Inappropriate language detected by the cleaner.
"Already banned like fifty today, but these are usually the same people right? Saw one with like twenty accounts."
- Yeah there's that type
- Fr
- So that's why you haven't done shit the whole time?
"Banned for a full hour, what was I supposed to do? My content's best in a chill environment."
- Chill environment (3 years low-tier, peak 10 viewers lol)
- Main content: Tetris, Civ, walking some map no one's heard of, Runeterra, random Steam indies
- Why skip the part about your trash controls?
- Why skip that Tetris is the only thing you can kinda play?
- Do you even wanna grow this stream?
- Thinking about it, in 3 years not a single trending game, just shut up and suffer lol
"I just don't have the streamer personality, talking to myself takes time..."
- If you don't have the personality, quit quick why drag low-tier life for 3 years lol
- Why not mention ditching the stream for months to work a job when you couldn't pay rent?
- Lived like that, realized it wasn't working so you tried clinging to our Lera? Psycho /Inappropriate language detected by the cleaner.
"...."
I smacked down the malicious chats slipping through the cracks.
Remembering some old quote.
'Malicious comments are better than indifference.'
Having experienced it, nope.
Indifference is better.
They were wrecking the chat so bad I couldn't even run the stream.
If they'd at least donated some cash with their hate, I could've shrugged it off as hate-donos.
'No, these penny-pinching bastards who won't drop even a thousand-won bill are really pissing me off.'
Ban one and they come back foaming with a new account.
'Even after the apology, what's the problem? Is this worth getting this mad?'
I'd tried brushing some off lightly.
But every time they crossed the line, I got pissed and felt wronged.
- Wow but even your pissed-off face is handsome lol
- Look at those angles even without expression control lol
- Bet girls ask for your number on the street right?
"No one's asked for my number yet. I don't go out much anyway. I'm all about the stream, the ultimate Streamcel."
- Ultimate Streamcel bullshit
- Why abbreviate that garbage sentence?
- Pretending to be young, really suffering every disease huh
"Twenties is young you psycho, how old do you think I look?"
The bans were paying off.
With the chat cleaned up, I could finally chat with viewers.
But not for long.
Pababap!
[Current Viewers: 300]
Viewers spiked out of nowhere.
What the hell? What's going on?
That question didn't linger.
- Thanks for the 10,000 won video donation from Ttarantta.
[ Lera Mungki Apology Stream Clip Reaction ]
{"Oh really? You apologized? On video? You who never turns on cam turned it on...?}
{"No, uh... anyone can make a mistake, aren't you guys the ones making a fuss demanding an apology?"}
{"I'm totally fine, it's okay. I'll accept the apology no question! If you stir up more drama about this, instant ban!"}
{"If you go over there spamming toxic chats, I'll ban you all clean."}
{"And Mungki! I'm really fine so don't worry! It's fate, let's collab sometime later!"}
There was the video causing the 30x viewer surge.
"Ah, Ttarantta, thanks for the ten-grand donation. I turned on cam today so couldn't make a reaction vid. I'll do a ten-grand reaction as soon as possible."
First, bowed deep to the donor.
"Ah, um... truly living under the vast grace of a mega-corp as a lowly low-tier streamer. So grateful you accepted the apology, and if there's a chance, definitely wanna collab!"
Never miss a chance to suck up, so I answered the same way on my stream.
Reply directly on her stream just cuz a mega-corp responded?
That'd be insane.
Low-tier Rule #1: Don't overreach.
Low-tier Rule #2: Never forget Rule #1.
Feeling that.
'But why 30x viewers and chat's dead quiet?'
Chat was silent compared to viewer count, eerie.
No way.
"So... Lera told the trolls not to spam chat... so you're all just lurking without typing?"
- Gasp
- Gasp
- You said it out loud?
- Thought that was thought bubble material lol
- Lmao
- Balls of steel
- You think a loser like you could really collab with Lera? /Inappropriate language detected by the cleaner.
"Now down to 299... I'll screenshot toxic viewer names and email them to Lera. Manners please."
- Gasp lol
- Mega-corp prestige lololol
- Hiding behind a girl lololol
- Just naturally latching onto the mega-corp
"Not latching on, just following the mega-corp's orders... she said don't do it."
- But viewers 30x up, whatcha gonna do? Same old Tetris?
- 300's decent size even if flash influx yeah
- Gotta do something popular everyone knows now right?
Popular stuff everyone knows.
I nodded at advice from my loyal longtime viewers.
Cam was on, viewers up.
But these new ones were bloated from mega-corp runoff.
Not my core Concrete Fans.
'Turn half of 300 into Concretes and I'm golden.'
Needed content to satisfy the masses.
Old stuff wouldn't cut it, or back to ten-viewer days.
So right now...
"Stare at my handsome face for chill talk show then mukbang..."
- Low-tier level incoming?
- Proved two-digit viewers for 3 years in person right away?
- Oh
- ;
- Guts wrecked?
- Streaming ain't your job right?
- This a hobby?
"...not that."
Brain spinning fast.
What to do?
LoL? Iteri? St? Bad?
Tough choice.
Needed the perfect answer to satisfy 300 viewers.
Biggest crisis in 3 years of streaming!
No clue what to pick, right then.
Ding!
Ding!
Ding!
Alerts only I could hear.
Woke my brain even now.
'The one content only I can do right now.'
The unique topic no one else could touch.
"Tons of emails from troll bros, gonna do a mail reading stream."
Troll hams, time to slaughter.