Chapter 20
Chapter 20
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 20
Chapter Title: First Broadcast
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Actually... to be honest,
💬 Live Chat — Viewer Room leader, your mic isn't coming through — Viewer Mic mic mic mic mic mic mic mic mic — Viewer Please look at the chat for fuck's sakeeeeee "Ah, I messed up the settings."
I'd known from the start that the mic wasn't working.
I'm not an idiot; with the chat window completely flooded with 'mic not working,' how could I not notice?
The only reason I hadn't fixed it right away was... just simple curiosity.
I wanted to see how these people would react.
— Viewer Hey stop the damn logging and turn on the mic first — Viewer What the hell is this, logging ASMR? — Viewer Is this a gaming stream or a documentary? As expected, people couldn't hold back their frustration and started spamming profanity in chat.
And when I poured fuel on the fire by starting to log trees, the chat ignited even more fiercely.
This was the moment when normal people might panic at the sharp reactions, but for me, a strange sense of satisfaction welled up instead.
I control these people's emotions!
As expected, the blood of trolling runs through my veins.
— Suha Yam Hey Saintess! — Suha Yam Your mic audio isn't transmitting right now! Of course, even trolling has its limits.
There's a saying that going too far is worse than not going far enough at all.
Especially since a senior like Suha was sending urgent DMs, it meant I was hitting a precarious deadline.
Come to think of it, didn't she say she was off-streaming today?
Why is she watching my broadcast?
"What? The mic wasn't on?"
I timed it perfectly, staging it like I'd just noticed and fixed it, then casually checked the chat.
— Viewer Oh — Viewer Finally — Viewer Fuck finally fixed it — Viewer You've arrived Instead of scolding me with 'about time you fixed it,' the viewers seemed relieved, like 'at least you fixed it now.'
Hmm, definitely the right attitude.
People should learn to be grateful for the little things in life.
It was a relief that my stream viewers were such spiritually mature folks.
So, to honor that maturity,
"Man, why didn't you guys tell me?"
A gentle spoonful of blaming others.
— Viewer ????? — Viewer You crazy bitch we've been spamming it — Viewer Don't tell me you didn't notice lololol — Viewer Wow.. Oof, can't let this slide?
"It's fine, stuff like that happens."
It's okay... This is our first meeting, so we're just slowly learning each other's boundaries.
Today was a day for both me and them to get to know one another.
"Since it's the first day, I'll let it slide."
— Viewer No seriously.. wtf — Viewer What a bitch; — Viewer I have so much to say but I'd get sued — Viewer You crazy bitch we spammed it!!!! — Viewer Thanks for letting it slide? Controlling others' emotions is one of the virtues of a true warrior.
◇◇◇◆◇◇◇ Maybe the logging prank was a bit much after all; the viewer count had halved from the start.
👥 Viewer Count 71 Still, half remained—not bad at all.
This is decent.
Etching the formula 'one troll = half viewers gone' into my mind, I continued the stream unfazed.
[Chop. Chop. Chop. Chop.] — Viewer So you're not gonna do anything?? — Viewer Fuck stop mining trees already — Viewer Start the stream you little shit ...I was just about to.
Now they're rushing me, and suddenly I don't feel like it.
Sigh... hold back.
If I troll once more now, the remaining viewers will all evaporate in a disaster.
Suha went out of her way to help, so I can't ruin everything just because I can't control one urge.
[Chop. Chop. Chop. Chop. Crack!] It was an impromptu stream without a plan, but I had prepared at least one piece of content for the debut.
That was,
"Um... anyway, hello everyone?"
— Viewer Your greeting is way too late lololol — Viewer Now you say it? Self-introduction time.
"Since it's the first stream, I won't drag it out too long—"
[Normally, first streams don't draw crowds, but your case is a bit special, Saintess.]
[Have you ever seen a VTuber? Oh, you haven't?]
[Anyway, they do pre-debut teasers and short intros before their debut stream.]
"Today, I plan to keep it short: just a quick intro about me and what future streams will look like."
Following Suha's advice, today's stream was set to be a brief introduction format.
— Viewer Sorry but I couldn't hear over the tree chopping — Viewer Chopping sounds are way too intense lololol — Viewer At least stop chopping first Stop the logging...?
[Chop. Chop. Chop. Chop.] "I need to mine gold."
Why are they ordering me around?
— Viewer This crazy bitch — Viewer Logging over streaming? lolololol — Viewer You guys don't make money but logging does [Chop. Chop. Chop. Chop. Crack!] "I'll lower the game audio instead—how's this?"
— Viewer ...Uh.. thanks? — Viewer Good good — Viewer So we have to thank you now? — Viewer Fuck my brain feels like it's breaking down more and more "Ahem, as those in the know probably know, I'm Saintess Nice, mainly playing a Saintess character in Ias."
— Viewer Who here doesn't know that — Viewer We all came from the coords right? — Viewer We all know you bitch lol "Future streams will mostly focus on Ias... probably raid runs or one-handed sword build guides."
— Viewer Oh — Viewer Can I ask about the build?? — Viewer How the hell did you discover one-handed sword? — Viewer But are you really a girl? "Are you really a girl?"
Am I a girl?
I've heard this question so many times already.
"Hmm... that's an ambiguous one. Depending on whether you define gender by body or mind, the answer changes—it's super vague."
— Viewer ? — Viewer ? — Viewer ? "For example, would a gay man who likes men see himself as male or female? Or an asexual who likes neither..."
— Viewer Fuck who asked that — Viewer End the lecture fuck — Viewer My bad everything's my fault They asked, so why are they mad now?
I was answering sincerely.
"Biologically speaking, I'm a woman."
— Viewer Non-believers search 'Saintess' on the fruit gallery — Viewer These guys haven't seen the certified pics lol — Viewer Hehe... one more certified face pic? It was still hard to define my gender perfectly,
but with the two lumps on my chest and the lingering sense of loss in my lower body, I guess I'm a woman?
Probably.
"How was getting backstabbed on the Mythic Weapon? I wanted to grab gasoline and head to SG HQ."
— Viewer lolololololololol — Viewer That was legit legendary — Viewer CEO backstabbing users shoot As I answered viewers' questions one by one—
— Troll Running Goroshi spam then girl confirmed boner ON lolol Goroshi spam girl boner ON lolol — Troll Why spam hate pics on the forums? Why spam hate pics? Why spam hate pics? As the stream got properly underway, the trolls started trickling in as expected.
— Troll Came to see what the gold farmer bitch is streaming — Troll Explain the aimbot fuck Explain aimbot fuck Explain aimbot fuck — Troll Aaaah Kimocchi! Aaaah Kimocchi! Aaaah Kimocchi! — Viewer Wtf is with the spam — Viewer Crazy bastards; "Whoa..."
What a mess.
Other people's streams have such orderly chats—why does mine look like a gallery comment section?
These must be the types Suha mentioned who hate me.
[To be honest, it's awkward for me to say this, but... you should address the community trolling at least once as a streamer.]
[It might come back to bite you otherwise.]
My past as a ho1ganic on the forums would eventually grab my ankle,
so Suha had subtly suggested apologizing or explaining when the time was right.
'An explanation, huh...'
An explanation is ultimately describing the reasons and circumstances behind an action.
So if there's no reason for the action, isn't there no need to explain?
"I did nothing wrong."
— Viewer ? — Viewer ? — Viewer ? "How do you feel when you see hate pics?"
— Viewer Obviously like shit — Viewer Fuck is that even a question — Viewer What is this blindfolding?? — Viewer I still can't forget that chubbyXskinny kiss pic you posted — Viewer Oh that one fuck "Right? Your eyes feel like they're rotting, and you curse your past self for clicking it."
But, but!
"Do you really take damage again from a hate pic you've already seen once?"
People build tolerance to stimuli they've experienced before.
Of course, some irregular hate pics remain awful no matter how many times you see them.
Those are treated as tactical nukes under the Geneva Conventions and avoided as per community unspoken rules.
"In this brutal community, hate pics are like inevitable cockroaches."
Me stopping won't prevent them from appearing in the gallery.
"I just wanted to prepare various kinds to build up your tolerance."
— Viewer ? — Viewer What kinda bullshit is this — Viewer No fuck no matter how I hear it it's nonsense — Viewer ..almost? — Viewer So I'm not the only one? They still don't get my sincere intentions.
"Shall we dive deeper into the relationship between the community and hate pics?"
◇◇◇◆◇◇◇ After nearly an hour of Saintess's passionate rant,
— Viewer Fuck stop talking about hate pics already — Viewer IDK but sure you're right — Viewer Our bad ㅇㅇ please end it — Viewer How is the hate pic explanation longer than the stream intro?? People started sympathizing(?) with Saintess's words bit by bit.
Is this the power of communication?
["Haa, I'm tired. Maybe I overdid it for the first stream.."]
The viewers understanding her intent was satisfying, but in return, Saintess's body was screaming in fatigue.
The planned stream time was 2 hours, but only 1 hour and 30 minutes had passed.
["Guess I'll just eat ice cream and end early today... this is tougher than expected..."]
A bit later than planned, but Saintess decided to end the stream early.
— Viewer Ice cream??? — Viewer Oh — Viewer Big one incoming — Viewer Thank you thank you thank you thank you ["Hmm? Yeah, I ordered ice cream. You like it? Love it."]
The viewers reacted intensely to the word 'ice cream.'
["...Why are you guys happy when I eat ice cream? Weird..."]
Whether they came to curse Saintess, out of curiosity about the player Saintess, or just to stir aggro—
Anyone who knew of Saintess had watched this video at least once.
[Saintess Moan Mad Movie]
Suha's collab stream, the moan that slipped out while eating ice cream.
That seductive voice, stirring carnal instincts, was enough to unite all three types.
["Oh, it's here. Leave it over there, please."]
— Viewer Here we go~ Here we go~ Here we go~ — Viewer Saintess I'll use it well.. Saintess I'll use it well.. — Viewer Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! — Viewer Recording ON — Viewer Season 2 lololol Everyone waited breathlessly for 'that sound.'
At that moment.
⚙ SYSTEM NOTIFICATION ⚙ The broadcast has ended. Saintess's stream ended.
— Saintess Forgot the end slate lol. — Saintess See you tomorrow at 6 PM ^^ Perfectly nailing it, leaving no room for mistakes or accidents.
— Viewer You fuck — Viewer How do you end it here; — Viewer Turn it back on while I'm being nice — Viewer You crazy bitchhhhhhhh — Viewer Wow her footwork is different; — Viewer This bitch trolls even on her own stream lolololol — Viewer What the fuck “Hngg... ahh... so cold...”
But delicious.
The ice cream, and their reactions.
All delicious.