Chapter 33
Chapter 33
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 33
Chapter Title: RE: Fleecing the Ants. START.
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*Ding-dong*
Day 2 of streaming, morning.
I'd tossed and turned all last night due to worries.
The reason was tied to the stream I'd started yesterday.
My provocation of the boss and Chan-ho had unexpectedly garnered a huge response.
But that made me anxious. Such behavior might give a quick dopamine hit and seem fun at first...
But by most standards, more people would feel repulsed by my malicious antics.
Thus, the more viewers I gained, the heavier the pressure.
As it shifts from a minority to the majority, it draws closer to the average.
The moment I woke up, I booted up my computer and checked my stream page.
The numbers had clearly surged since I'd last seen them at the end of yesterday's broadcast.
How? I hadn't even turned on the stream during the night. Why had the favorites and alerts spiked?
I had to admit it.
I'd underestimated internet streamers addicted to dopamine.
Even the song and drawing streams I'd done to trim down favorites meant nothing to them.
So I pondered.
How could I piss them off and make them stop seeking me out?
It couldn't cross the line too far, and it had to fit my public image.
Then, a solid idea hit me.
I quickly moved the mouse and clicked the [Start Stream] button.
A stream with zero hype.
Only those with alerts set or favorited would notice it pop on.
[????]
[Whoa lol morning stream wtf???]
[Day 2 and already this dedicated lololol]
[Kya lololol this crazy bitch lolololol]
[hi]
These people have no real lives? A ton poured in the second I went live.
I waited a bit for the room to fill up decently.
Soon, it surpassed yesterday's 170.
I cleared my throat and spoke.
"Ah. Can you hear me okay? Good morning."
[But seriously why Kim???]
[Morning? It's evening for me??]
[We're happy lololol]
[If the 0 AM crew hasn't slept yet it's fine lolol]
[Fr lolol]
"Why'd I suddenly go live? Well..."
I moved my hand and clicked a button on screen.
The button was labeled [End Stream].
Taste some bell bait, you lot.
Bet you won't cancel alerts after this.
You always loved watching others get teabagged from behind the screen, right?
I aim for viewer participation content, so here's your chance to experience it firsthand.
And this won't be the last time.
At least until the alert count halves.
I'm planning at least 5+ rounds of bell bait.
"Let's see who wins, you or me."
(Screenshot of SOFT stream alert window spamming identical start notifications)
Kang Nari you fucking bitch manage your friends!!!!
(Photoshop of a spatula smashing Kang Nari's head)
(Screenshot of Yoo Seo-ha's trashed stream chat)
Up to 7 she at least said hi lololol
Real stone-cold bitch lololol
I don't watch her when will this bitch's bait stop????
(Screenshot showing stream time past 10 minutes)
Stream over 10 mins and still not ending
What the hell?
?? She's got mic on?
Adaptation.
Dictionaries define it as a genetic survival strategy where organisms change to fit their environment, but for humans, it carries another meaning.
On a personal level, assimilating to specific stimuli or resisting them to maintain psychological balance is also called adaptation.
Thus, no matter what new stunt I pull, viewers will eventually adapt.
No matter how much I repeat bell bait, they'll grow numb and ignore alerts.
So, how to delay this adaptation?
By planting expectation.
Like slipping one winning ticket into 99 duds.
"Hello. New streamer Yoo Seo-ha here. Starting Day 2 stream."
[Crazy bitch]
[Bell bait again??]
[Watching to see how long lololololol]
[See you in collab later ㅇㅇㅇ]
[Know Yoo Seo-ha? Best troll I've seen....]
- uuuuww13 donated 1,000 won!
[10 sec till stream off]
"Huh? Oh. I'm new to streaming, so... I was messing with settings and accidentally turned it on a few times. This one's real."
[Spit some saliva at least f@ck lololololol]
[Who greets after 'accidentally' starting a stream??]
[No way I'm falling]
[I'll believe one last time]
[Prep to die]
No one believing the shepherd boy's cries.
Silently, I launched Triachia.
I needed points anyway, so might as well play a few games while streaming.
Viewers' reactions shifted seeing this.
Past bell baits were just desktop screens popping on and off.
Now with the game launching, they sensed something different.
- Seoha Broth donated 10,000 won!
[??? Real stream??]
"I turned it on, so obviously? I said it was a mistake earlier."
[What fr stream ON??]
[F@ck no idea now lololol]
[Seems real this time]
[Ha fml.......]
[Where do I even start believing??...]
- aa937aa donated 1,000 won!
[If that was a mistake, no more bell bait ahead? You're used to it now]
"Well, can't say for sure. I'm clumsy with controls... Pfft, clumsy. Might happen a few more times?"
[= Will bell bait more]
[Lying fail f@ck lololololololol]
[If hiding just hide fully lololol]
[Not normal this girl....]
- uuuuww13 donated 1,000 won!
[You doing real streams just for bell bait hype??]
"No rumors. This stream's not to trick you into bell bait. I swear on my parents."
[Got parents you can swear on??]
[You ain't got no fam fml lololololol]
[Basically admitting hype play lololol]
[Damn, it's trash but damn lolol]
Today's target: 2,800 points.
Post-tourney, pro gamers who'd been cheetahs on rest rejoined the race.
Rank 1's score rose to 2,850 from last time.
Now that Triachia tweaks felt natural,
Top 10 seemed within reach.
"Ranked games till collab starts."
[Ugh score too damn high no snipes]
[Pls get rekt educating her]
[At this score opponents are mostly streamers right??]
[Y former pros]
[Triachia scene really small lolol]
Come to think, first time streaming while gaming.
Hard to focus fully, but low viewer count from successful ant fleecing via bell baits was a silver lining.
After a short wait, match found.
Opponent: Dragonkin.
I lightly stretched my hands and dove in.
People admire pro gamers because it's a seat you can't just buy with time investment.
What it takes to grasp peak skill after honing to the extreme.
Thorough self-management goes without saying, and you need a special edge over others from the start.
If anyone could grab it easily, no admiration.
Beneath media spotlights on glamour...
Lie graves of countless hopefuls.
Oh Min-seong, born with some talent, was fated for one such grave.
His light dimmed compared to those at the top.
But he twisted fate.
Not quitting like average hopefuls for normal life,
He carved another path.
Thus, run-of-the-mill second-rater Oh Min-seong became 'streamer Oh Min-seong'.
"Ugh! Why's Magic Academy so brutal?.... Golden Ring ends here today. Bros, let's grind some Triachia ranked to rediscover beginner's mind?"
[Decent for 1-try lolol youth in 20s is nice]
[Tteokbokki again??]
[Personality stop at clear]
[What triachia f@ck]
"No! Already roasted as weakest mentor lineup in Apprentice CK, gotta farm empty ranks for points!"
[She the only semi-pro??]
[Y other mentors ex/current pros]
[Semi-pro fits you personality lolol]
[Your apprentice Lee Ye-rin like 3rd in girlcamp no excuses]
[lololol STL prelims let you teach plenty? Drink~]
- Minjundak donated 1,000 won!
[Nah got another mentor cuz Chan-ho's tourney break. Not only semi now]
"Huh? Real? Chan-ho hyung? Nari's mentor? Our 16-strong matchup."
[Fr?]
[Nari has 2 mentors?]
[Fills Chan-ho off days only SOFT ok'd]
[Ye-rin safe to semis at least]
[Y not scared of semi-pro mentor (not sniping Minseong ㅎㅎ)]
[lololololol]
"SOFT approved so fine. Tsk, feels uneasy. What if Ye-rin actually loses?"
[No bait]
[3rd girlcamp 16-strong exit? You suck at teaching lolol]
[Vs that Nari lolol cursed hands lolol]
[Nari new mentor streamer sneak watch]
Oh Min-seong enjoys solid popularity despite skill level.
Cuz his stream focuses on raw fun, not skill.
E.g., beats noob girlcamp under 'teaching' guise, spews unfiltered roasts for laughs.
Got 'strong-weak-weak-strong' meme, but...
Popularity soared.
Viewers nicknamed him 'Personality' blending name and antics.
That fame landed him on Apprentice CK mentor list despite lacking skill.
"Streamer? Later spy on Nari's new mentor for intel. Bros, ranked till Ye-rin arrives."
Ignoring complaints, pushed ranked.
His score: 2,640. Way below other mentors.
User maps (*custom maps by players with unique rules) main meant neglected ranked too long.
Match found.
Glanced at nick: unfamiliar.
Rare. Top Triachia users mostly know each other.
"What? Ttalpi Reader? Winrate insane.... Whose alt?"
[Gasp]
[Fml matched right away?? lolol]
[Who?]
[She's Nari's new mentor lololol]
[~2800? High queue sniped ㄷㄷ]
[The one we talked bout opponent??]
"She's Nari's mentor?"
[Y lolol]
[Apprentice CK 16-strong mentor match gal lololololol]
[Crazy lolol]
[Dead if gg then Ye-rin gets plucked lololol]
- StopWithPersonality donated 5,000 won!
[Same faction?? ㄷㄷㄷ]
"Not same faction. Me Dragonkin, opp Humanity."
[lololololol same faction ok lololololol]
[Is same lolol]
[She's like you lolol]
[??? Tell me]
- Task667 donated 1,000 won!
[Just checked she's orphanage grad too ㅎㄷ]
"What. Orphan fam?!"
27-year-old streamer Oh Min-seong.
He too grew up in an orphanage young.
Only orphanage Triachia streamer till now.
Before Yoo Seo-ha entered.
Thus today. Miracle match gifted.
'Orphan' shields nullified... Same-faction war in many senses.
Yoo Seo-ha vs Oh Min-seong. Who self-taught family values better? Showdown time.