Chapter 31
Chapter 31
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 31
Chapter Title: No More Freebies
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What is the Righteous Path?
It means the proper way—the righteous principles essential for a community to survive and thrive.
The Righteous Path is necessary everywhere.
A life without the right path is mere wandering, and a community without principles will collapse before long.
Especially in a community where multiple people live together, order and principles aren't optional; they're mandatory.
When order crumbles, power takes over. When principles vanish, profit replaces justice.
So, if you're asking why I'm suddenly spouting this crap philosophy...
⚙ SYSTEM NOTIFICATION ⚙ [Anonymous donated 1,000 won!] [Making chat rules?] "Yes."
It seemed like my stream finally needed some order too.
💬 Chat — Viewer Suddenly? lololol — Viewer Yeah, looks like you need it watching you manage the room. — Viewer Chat's been a total mess, needed management. — Viewer Time to start, yeah. Up until now, my stream's chat had been a complete lawless zone.
A chaotic hellhole where comments that would've gotten you blacklisted instantly on any other stream flooded in nonstop.
I did personally block the spamming or pad-lipping that crossed lines...
But it was way more efficient to have clear rules upfront than manually kicking people one by one.
"Honestly, I don't really care if I get flamed."
Back before enlistment, maybe I would've. But after awakening to the truths of all humanity in the military, I could stay calm no matter the insults.
"Still, if the chat gets too filthy, it'll bother you guys, right?"
But if it started harming the stream, it was on me to fix it.
— Viewer Damn — Viewer Suddenly acting like you care about us?? — Viewer Ooo... — Viewer You ain't Seongna "Anyway... that's why I'm setting some rules for my stream."
After streaming consistently every day for the past week, I'd built up a solid core of loyal viewers—my concrete layer, as it were.
📰 Gallery Post Seongna Stream When?? 📰 Gallery Post Cried cuz Seongna didn't come early... 📰 Gallery Post TBH if Seongna did 24/7 non-stop it'd be peak lol Even the Seongna Gallery, which started mostly with hate and mockery, had turned into something like my fan cafe.
I lurked the Apocalypse Gallery, Ias Gallery, and Seongna Gallery daily without fail. They seemed to have given up flaming me after that counseling stream.
People who'd gotten pissed because of me cooling off through my advice and stopping their bad behavior.
Wasn't that a beautiful sight?
Ahem... Anyway, back to the point. Why did I suddenly have this thought?
⚙ SYSTEM NOTIFICATION ⚙ [... Making stream rules?] It was because of a conversation with Suha Yam a few days ago.
◇◇◇◆◇◇◇ That day, as usual, I'd finished streaming and ended the broadcast.
[Suha Yam: Seongna, mind a quick call?] I'd done a PVP stream to sharpen up for the tournament, and after ending, I saw a DM from Suha.
"Huh."
Not a message, but a call request, of all things.
Thinking it over, we hadn't done a one-on-one collab since the first joint stream.
For master and disciple, that was a bit much.
"Hello?"
["Yes, Seongna! Long time no talk. How've you been?"]
"Yeah, well... thanks to you looking out for me..."
I figured she'd called to chew me out for ditching my disciple to prep for the tourney alone—
"Sorry. Been so busy with PVP prep I haven't coached you."
["Huh? Oh... no, that's not why I called!"]
"Huhm?"
It wasn't that at all.
["Thing is, I watch your streams a lot."]
"Uh... thanks?"
["But... don't you think it's time to manage the chat?"]
"...Manage the chat?"
Internet streaming is all about communication between streamer and viewers, above all.
So I always checked chat during streams to gauge real-time reactions and ensure things were running smoothly.
And from what I'd seen in my chat so far:
— Viewer Hey crazy bitch — Viewer Can't room owner just smack her hard once for real?? — Viewer Ah her voice is so hot — Viewer Noona pls ASMR just once — Viewer ㅗㅜㅑ ㅗㅜㅑ ㅗㅜㅑ No issues, no matter how I looked at it.
"...No real problems, right?"
What was there to manage?
["No problems?!"]
"Ack, you scared me..."
Why yell all of a sudden...
Scaring people.
["...Sorry, just too dumbfounded for a sec..."]
"It's fine."
["So you're saying you see zero issues in chat right now?"]
"Yes."
["Even with stuff like 'Hey (bleep) bitch, f(bleep) bitch, wanna beat the shit outta you'?"]
"Yes."
That was totally normal, right?
No pad-lips at least.
["Seongna, you're totally ho— Ugh, hate saying it myself, but honestly, that's straight-up sexual harassment."]
"Hmm... but isn't it kinda a compliment?"
["Seongna-nim—!!!"]
I genuinely didn't get why she was so worked up.
I thought a big-corp streamer like her would've seen it all.
Honestly, this level of chat was just cute, no?
["Ha... I know your stream style lets that stuff slide generously."]
"Yes."
["But per platform rules, profanity or hate speech is grounds for suspension."]
"...I didn't curse."
["Not you!! The ch! at! ters!!"]
"...Ah."
So, summing up Suha's point:
If I didn't regulate my chat at all, the stream could get banned?
["If it were tagged 19+ it'd be fine, but that's not what you want, right?"]
"...Was my chat 19+ level??"
["Not quite, but... honestly, it's borderline."]
No way, really?
To me, it was just average gallery comment level. Weren't the rules too strict?
["...FYI, this level of moderation is totally standard, so don't get weird ideas."]
"Wasn't thinking anything weird."
["What were you thinking then?"]
"That the platform rules are too harsh."
["..."]
In the Republic of Korea, where freedom of expression is guaranteed, not even being able to chat freely.
Poor all the internet stream viewers out there.
["Anyway... I figured it'd be good to manage chat going forward. Wouldn't wanna get banned unjustly?"]
"Thanks for the advice, Sensei."
["Asking cuz I'm really worried... how do you plan to manage it?"]
Hmm...? Obviously.
"Ban everyone cursing or harassing, right?"
Media suppression.
["Oh lord... you planning to ban them all by hand one by one??"]
"...Is there another way?"
["Of course! Announce stream rules first!"]
After that, Suha explained how most streamers managed chat.
["In my chat, I blanket ban profanity or hate aimed at others. But I allow it as exclamations."]
"Ooh..."
["No need to copy me exactly, but it'd help to reference."]
Honestly, our master-disciple thing was mostly nominal.
No real reason for her to treat me this well, yet why was she so nice?
"Feels like I'm just taking from you. Haven't done anything for you."
["...Weirdly normal talk from you. Feels awkward."]
They say the most dangerous people are those who do good without reason.
["Just... think of it as an investment. To me, you're a surefire winner coin."]
"You into coins?"
["No, not like— Ha... anyway, pay me back when you're big later."]
But somehow, Suha felt trustworthy.
Like Pastor Kim or the deputy director... that oddly reliable vibe.
"I'll make sure you never end up in the Han River."
I'm not one to trust easily, but my eye for people is solid.
In the army, if I thought 'this guy's chill,' he was trash; if 'seems decent,' usually an ace.
["Music to my ears. Anyway... use this chance to tidy up overall stream rules."]
My instincts said Suha was good people, so I trusted her.
Worst case, whatever.
More urgent was:
"Ah, this'll work."
Making new chat rules.
◇◇◇◆◇◇◇ ["Anyway... that's why I'm setting rules for my stream."]
Newbie streamer Seongna declared she'd make stream rules.
Not everyone who loved her freewheeling chat vibe welcomed it.
But reactions were mostly positive.
Honestly, her chat was pretty dirty.
After that, instead of announcing rules,
["What do you think a capitalist world is?"]
She abruptly asked about capitalism's definition.
— Viewer Suddenly?? — Viewer Political talk? — Viewer What'd she eat wrong this time? — Viewer ? Of course, viewers with a week's big data knew this wasn't new for her.
["Capitalism is ultimately a world run by money."]
That was Seongna's style: lull viewers, then drop the real point out of nowhere.
["This capitalist world runs on supply and demand. High demand raises prices... low drops them automatically."]
⚙ SYSTEM NOTIFICATION ⚙ [Anonymous donated 1,000 won!] [Wtf so what's the point this time] — Viewer Fr lol — Viewer Economics lecture again? — Viewer When she was reciting Bible verses last time I thought she was nuts for real — Viewer She is a crazy bitch yeah ["Okay, question: Anyone here who's never cursed me even once?"]
— Viewer As if lol — Viewer No way lol — Viewer Zero chance ["Yeah, probably none. Means high demand for cursing me, right?"]
⚙ SYSTEM NOTIFICATION ⚙ [Anonymous donated 1,000 won!] [Prof, so how's this related to stream rules??] Very important connection.
["From now on, cursing starts at 5,000 won, folks."]
— Viewer ? — Viewer ? — Viewer ? No more freebies.
Cough up the cash, everyone.
["Oh, and FYI... sexual harassment starts at 100,000 won?"]