Chapter 55
Chapter 55
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 055
Chapter Title: First Live Broadcast (2)
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Live studio in the main building of Enson Korea.
Right now, the place was buzzing with activity in anticipation of the live broadcast.
Sitting in the spot right in front of the camera, flipping through the script, I could hear the voices of staff members doing their final checks around me.
"Hey, hey! Check the angle on camera 2 like I told you! Didn't you hear me say to turn off those two side lights?"
"Confirm the admin accounts and open the chat room—five minutes left."
Hearing the staff member's voice from afar, I glanced at my laptop screen and saw the broadcast waiting screen.
Among the various bits of info displayed on the screen, the first thing that caught my eye was the viewer count.
Even though it was a weekday afternoon, over 2,000 viewers were already tuned in, and the number was climbing rapidly in real time.
Just then, the chat window opened, and as I checked the messages from incoming viewers, I quickly spotted one issue.
'The chat's scrolling way too fast...'
The viewer count was surging, and since it was users from active communities flooding in, the chat scroll speed was impossible to keep up with.
To the point where I couldn't even make out what any of the messages said.
I tried to read the chat somehow but gave up and called over a studio staff member to switch it to slow mode.
Only after limiting it to one message per minute did the chat finally calm down.
Relieved by the noticeably slower scroll, I checked the time—about two minutes until broadcast.
After one final scan of the script, the remaining time ticked down to seconds.
30 seconds, 20 seconds, 10...
With about five seconds left, I composed my expression at the signal from the staff member standing behind the camera.
As the countdown hit zero and the waiting screen switched to the camera feed on me,
I looked straight at the camera in front and opened my mouth.
"Hello, everyone. I'm Ji Hojin, director of Reverse Arcadia."
🔴 LIVE CHAT -OPEN THE DOOR!!!!! -Let’s goo~ Let’s goo~ Let’s goo~ Let’s goo~ -Whoa, first time seeing you IRL dddddd -Jiha~ -Light Ho Jin As I greeted the commanders at the start of the broadcast, chats poured in like a response.
The vivid energy, something you couldn't feel in a recording, brought a smile to my face naturally.
"This is the first time meeting you all via live broadcast, right? Some of you might be wondering why a live stream all of a sudden, but don't worry—nothing too serious on the agenda."
🔴 LIVE CHAT -Phew, glad~ -This Hojin's stream? lol -Thought something bad happened with the sudden live -Full of Korean lol "First off, I want to express my deepest gratitude to all the users who love our game so much. That was the top thing on my list for this live stream."
🔴 LIVE CHAT -ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ -Kyaㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ -Great Hojin -Hojin boss!!!! -Light Hojin! Light Hojin! Light Hojin! Light Hojin! Light Hojin! Light Hojin! Leaving the ecstatic chat behind, I continued.
"The reason for today's stream, as I'm sure many of you guessed... yeah, the recent probability controversy making waves, right? That's what I want to talk about."
Pulling out the hottest topic in the mobile gaming world right now, the chat started buzzing.
No viewer watching could've imagined I'd go straight for it like this.
"Honestly, I was pretty shocked to see the Japanese users test our gacha rates with 250 pulls. Let me take this chance to thank them again."
I bowed my head briefly to the camera before going on.
"That said, some felt their results weren't fully reliable or the sample size too small, so we prepared our own data."
Finishing up, I hit the remote for the beam projector I'd set aside earlier.
A stats graph appeared on one wall.
"This is a compiled stats graph of every sample from the current Henrietta pickup gacha event in Reverse Arcadia."
🔴 LIVE CHAT -Whoa dddddd -Am I seeing this wrong? 250k samples? lol -Henrietta's quality is insane lol -Crazywwww -Doesn't look much different from the Japanese stats? "If you compare our stats graph here with the one from the Japanese users... you'll see there's no big difference."
I paused deliberately so viewers could compare, then spoke again.
"I fully understand the concerns from users worried about this probability manipulation controversy. But at least for those playing our game, please keep enjoying it without worry."
🔴 LIVE CHAT -Kya dddddd -We believed in you Light Hojin ddddd -Evil haters and manipulators BTFO! -We believe Light Lordㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ The overwhelmingly positive reactions in the chat were a far cry from before my regression.
It really hit different seeing that.
"Oh yeah, some folks discovered some wild stuff while verifying probabilities, right?"
🔴 LIVE CHAT -It's here wwww -Why hide such a generous system?? -Pity ceiling is real? -Official confirmation? ddddd "Straight to the point: yes, there is an unofficial pity system. I'll explain it step by step from here."
I hit the remote to switch slides and began explaining the pity system.
Of course, it was already public knowledge, but some might not know, and explaining it was part of my bigger picture anyway.
But since it's a pretty complex system, the chat split between those who got it, those who didn't, and confusion from mixed Korean and Japanese.
"I explained it, but... honestly, it's kinda complicated, right?"
🔴 LIVE CHAT -Fr it's too complex -Shoulda just made it official like Girls Memorial -Feels sus? -dddddd "For all you confused folks, we've decided to overhaul the system for easier understanding and make it official."
Remote click—screen changes again.
It showed the revamped pity system explanation.
"First up, we won't change the 3-star probability mechanism itself—for your benefit. Instead, we'll display the 3-star probability on screen so you can track stacks to pity."
🔴 LIVE CHAT -Oh... -God patch lol -3-stars before pity means higher effective rate, generous af -Light Hojin "Second, the pickup breakthrough prevention at 200 pulls—20 pity—is too harsh for players, so we're changing it to 150 pulls."
🔴 LIVE CHAT -Not just pity prevention but nerfing it too?? -Just light... -Giving away everything, what's left for you lol -This is huge wtf -Light Hojin! Light Hojin! Light Hojin! Light Hojin! Light Hojin! Light Hojin! The chat exploded at my words.
No way they could hear, but it felt like cheers echoing from the screen.
◇◇◇◆◇◇◇ With a strong start, the rest of the stream flowed in a warm, friendly vibe.
Questions about in-game story, merch intros, hidden character Easter eggs, you name it.
Before I knew it, time to wrap up.
"Alright, commanders, did you have fun today? Time flew by already."
🔴 LIVE CHAT -Already??? -Holy 2 hours gone lol -Time flies dddd -Don't go Light Hojinㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ "I'd love to keep going, but studio schedule says no... Instead, I have a gift for those feeling shortchanged."
The word "gift" stirred the chat.
Grinning at it, I pulled out two roulettes from under the table.
"It's roulette time again!"
🔴 LIVE CHAT (Cheers explode) "Rules same as open stream roulette—no need to explain, right?"
The chat unanimously said no, and I nodded.
"Then straight to it, no intro. Three, two, one!"
I spun the roulette vigorously with the count.
Whirring spin, slowing down, then stopping on core enhancement material right next to the 10-pull ticket.
A rare in-game item that's hard to get—normally a cheer, but...
So close to 10-pull ticket, the chat groaned.
"Sucks it missed the 10-pull right next to it, but not bad. On to the next?"
🔴 LIVE CHAT -Let’s go! Let’s go! Let’s go! Let’s go! -Last chance fr -Pls ALL!!!!! -Believe in Light Hojin ddddd "Right into the next count. Three, two, one...!"
Whirring again, spinning hard, slowing, stopping.
"Let's see... x3."
🔴 LIVE CHAT -Aah -Of all places lol -Too far for rigging lol -Argh fml Dead opposite ALL, chat in despair.
If it'd been adjacent like before, maybe a nudge, but opposite—no dice.
Seeing the crushed chat, I slipped my hand secretly into my pants pocket.
Felt cardboard piece.
Pulled out the roulette-shaped cardboard and stuck it over the x3.
It said ALL, FYI.
Tanaka said no rigging... but different method, doesn't count?
"Congrats to all the commanders who hit ALL again!"
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