Chapter 14
Chapter 14
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 14
Chapter Title: It's Not Trolling Advice, It's Just Advice
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No matter who I was, I couldn't spend all day just playing Ias or lurking on the community boards.
Ias was a shit game that released new content disgustingly late, and the Ias gallery only really came alive after office workers got off.
Of course, warriors like me didn't have jobs, so we could lurk on the gallery 24/7, but an empty stage is meaningless without an audience.
As a result, from 9 a.m. after finishing my raid homework until 6 p.m., those became my emptiest, most boring hours.
But humans are animals of adaptation, aren't they?
With unyielding determination to somehow find the right answer, I managed to pick up a new hobby to kill the boredom.
"Whoa, this is such bullshit! Why is the pattern so dirty!" "Whoa, they're actually killing it."
That hobby? Internet streaming.
I'd watched popular streamers now and then, but I wasn't the type to check them out regularly.
Watching the gallery idiots suffer was way more fun than any broadcast.
But after tuning into live streams consistently, I found there was plenty to enjoy.
"Uwaaaah! Why only me?!" "Aigoo, poor thing."
Watching suffering streamers felt just like peeking at the real faces of gallery randos in agony.
[Pure Advisor donated 1,000 won!] Why'd you use Mobility there? Shouldn't you have saved it for that last pattern? Especially the real-time interaction with the streamer—that was the real draw—
"Argh! Stop with the coaching already!" [You have been kicked.] "Ah."
They kicked me.
"Sigh... why'd I get banned?"
'Wasn't that solid advice?'
Anyway, lately my routine was starting the day with streams, trolling chats, then hitting the gallery again at night before bed. Perfectly settled in.
That said, I've been way too diligent lately. Maybe it's okay to slack off a bit?
Nah, Pastor Kim said diligent folks are bound to succeed eventually, so I'll keep at it for a while.
Yeah, sounds good.
Reaffirming Pastor Kim's teachings in my mind and reviving my diligence, I hunted for another Ias stream that hadn't banned me yet.
But I'd been banned from every streamer airing at this hour, so finding a new one was tough.
I could lurk offline, but no chatting means no fun.
Just as I thought the day was ruined, even in pitch darkness, a candle eventually appears.
🟢 LIVE Suha Yam LIVE ON: Today, no matter what! + Starting a bit earlier lol "Oh."
My savior had arrived to save my entertainment.
◇◇◇◆◇◇◇ "Hi hi, started a bit early today." 💬 Chat — Viewer Ooo
— Viewer Why so early???
— Viewer Early start doesn't mean early end, right???
— Viewer Suha
Streamer Suha Yam, or just Suha.
Suha was a big-corp streamer who unusually mained trash flops like Ias in the streaming scene.
With her stunning looks, laid-back personality, and rock-solid mentality to tank viewer attacks, she was the all-around perfect streamer.
Thanks to that, Suha boasted massive popularity across all ages and genders.
"Psh, as if. I just missed you guys, so I fired it up early." [Anon donated 1,000 won!] You aren't doing Sentinel today too, right? Lately, Suha had been grinding Sentinel clears with a One-Handed Sword Saintess, obsessing over chaining Perfect Guards.
"Of course I am. Gotta do it." — Viewer Ant farming ON
— Viewer How many more times do we gotta see that Ice Turtle?!
— Viewer Why, just why after coming early for once
— Viewer At this point, hate that Saintess Nice who spread this build...
Of course, her viewers didn't love it much.
If repeatedly suicide-rushing the Ice Turtle counted as content, then Ias was overflowing with god-tier stuff.
"Eh, why the bad vibes? I swear this time it'll work. Feeling's super good." Well, I was all for it.
"Here we go~" Undeterred by viewer complaints, Suha stubbornly entered Sentinel.
I quickly grabbed my prepped snacks and a Monster energy drink.
— Viewer How many deaths today?
— Viewer 20 deaths then "boring" switch games
— Viewer No spoilers lol
"Found it." The moment she encountered the Ice Turtle, Suha looked dead serious.
Then, as the Ice Turtle charged her character—
-Ting!
⚔ PERFECT GUARD! ⚔ Suha Yam successfully Perfect Guarded against Ice Turtle! —she timed it perfectly and nailed the guard.
— Viewer Oo
— Viewer She's improved
"What 'Oo'? I nailed encounter guard yesterday too!" — Viewer Thought you'd fail
— Viewer Lmao
— Viewer Skills holding up, cheers~
Suha easily guarded the fixed encounter pattern.
Now, what about the next one?
"Mm..."
This flavor sucks, though.
Gotta buy a different one next time.
"One, two... now!" -Ting!
⚔ PERFECT GUARD! ⚔ Suha Yam successfully Perfect Guarded against Ice Turtle! As I cleared my snacks, Suha nailed another Perfect Guard.
"Saw that? You saw it, right?!" — Viewer Why you good now?
— Viewer What's this? Different from yesterday?
— Viewer Oo
"Oh... she's really gotten better."
This was exactly why, among Ias streamers, I favored Suha's broadcasts.
Others felt like they played Ias just for the stream, but Suha genuinely loved and cherished the game—you could feel it.
Otherwise, no one would suicide-rush the Ice Turtle for 5 hours straight, tormenting viewers.
...Tormenting?
Wait.
Is she doing it on purpose?
Controlling others' emotions like this.
Suha had real warrior potential.
☠ DEATH ☠ Suha Yam was killed by Ice Turtle. While I pondered the true purpose of Suha's Sentinel streams, she failed a Perfect Guard attempt and died.
A Saintess's frail defense couldn't tank a guard failure—she exploded.
"Ah! Wasn't that timing perfect?!" In the bottom-right cam feed, Suha thrashed around, venting her frustration with her whole body.
— Viewer Cut now lmao
— Viewer Swear I've seen this exact clip yesterday
— Viewer 0K 1D
— Viewer Log it in the ledger!
It was pretty disappointing.
Her growth was obvious compared to yesterday, and that pattern was a hair too early on guard for success.
"Ugh... first fail, right? Next one's guaranteed better." — Viewer Agreed
— Viewer Good start
— Viewer 2 in a row from the top lol
— Viewer That was bullshit tho
Still...
[Pure Advisor donated 1,000 won!] You should've guarded the swing, not the smash... Kinda disappointing. — Viewer Lmaooooooo
— Viewer That guy's back
— Viewer On the dot
— Viewer Pure좌 strikes again lol
— Viewer Crazy bastard lmao
◇◇◇◆◇◇◇ — Eder I asked her, but she said no recent need for cash so turned down the teacher request for Saintess Nice. — Suha Hmm... guess can't be helped then. A few days after getting rejected via a streamer acquaintance to teach Saintess Nice.
Suha had poured countless hours into mastering the Saintess build.
[Pure Advisor donated 1,000 won!] You should've guarded the swing, not the smash... Kinda disappointing. Of course, practice wasn't going smoothly.
The donation chime rang right after the guard fail.
'This guy's back...'
Suha steadied her dizzy head at the predictable trolling advice in the donation.
Pure Advisor.
A frequent visitor to Suha's streams lately, a hardcore advice troll who donated every death or mistake.
Rumor was he'd been banned from other streams multiple times for the same.
Suha hadn't banned him because he at least toed the line.
Her chill chat vibe helped too.
— Viewer Lmaooooooo
— Viewer That guy's back
— Viewer On the dot
— Viewer Pure좌 strikes again lol
— Viewer Crazy bastard lmao
But the biggest reason? The 'streamer tormented by advice troll' dynamic was surprisingly good content.
Chat roasted her alongside the troll instead of calling him out.
"...Pure Advisor, come to 1:1 chat for a sec."
Of course, Suha wasn't one to just take it lying down.
— Viewer ㄷㄷ Final defense ON
— Viewer Death row! Death row!
— Viewer Can Clippy survive again? lol
— Viewer What again?
A Suha stream staple: the 'final defense,' where she'd 1:1 troublemakers for last words—like a mock execution content.
[Pure Advisor entered 1:1 chat.] — Pure Advisor O — Pure Advisor We meet again Though to some, it was just recess.
"Yeah, we sure do."
— Pure Advisor Yeah lol "...Anyway, I can't see any issue with my play this time. Could you point out even one mistake?"
— Pure Advisor Hm, just one? — Viewer *Grinding teeth*
— Viewer Hear that grinding Suha??
— Viewer Just one? Lol
"...Sigh... fine, spit it out. What'd I mess up?"
It was called 'final defense' because if Suha deemed the claim valid, she'd lift the ban.
Pure Advisor had survived it multiple times, and viewers loved watching Suha agonize over freeing the 'criminal' despite the pain.
Thus, to Suha, he wasn't just a troll—he evoked a love-hate mix.
Plus, his advice tangibly improved her skills.
— Pure Advisor Do you know what that Turtle pattern was? "Duh! Arms swing a couple times then smash down!"
— Pure Advisor Then you know which hits hardest. "Obviously the smash."
— Pure Advisor So why guard the smash? "...Huh?"
— Viewer 'Huh?' lol
— Viewer Brain freeze ON
— Viewer (Huh, true?)
— Viewer (Yeah, it is?)
"Th-the smash is easiest to time! Not bullshit this time?"
— Pure Advisor Nope. — Pure Advisor Know the exact risk of Perfect Guard fail? "Uh... well, you see..."
— Pure Advisor Hm. — Viewer Why you getting schooled lol
— Viewer Pure talks like a damn teacher, hilarious
— Viewer Who even is Pure? Vet for sure
"Oh, oh! Got it! 50% extra damage, right?"
— Pure Advisor Yep. "So how does that relate to risk and not guarding smash..."
— Pure Advisor Hm. Ah.
Smash hits hardest, so no need to guard it specifically?
— Pure Advisor For Perfect Guard attempts, better to try on weakest hit—less risk, right? "...Y-yeah?"
[Anon donated 1,000 won!] Always say this but you keep buying his BS so he ramps up — Viewer Lmao fr
— Viewer Her retard reactions kill me
— Viewer (Am I the fool?)
— Viewer (Yeah lol)
— Viewer Lmaoooo
"No, he wasn't wrong... Ugh, I dunno anymore!"
— Pure Advisor Survived again? "...Yeah, annoyingly so."
— Pure Advisor Glad to hear. — Viewer Lmaoooooooo
— Viewer Da?hrang
— Viewer Suha wrinkles incoming
— Viewer Not guilty! slam slam
— Viewer Mod why grinding teeth? Curious af
In the end, Suha had to let the vile advice troll go free once more.