Rookie Streamer Kangcheol (1)
Rookie Streamer Gangcheol (Part 1)
First of all, internet broadcasting wasn't something you could just start doing immediately just because you wanted to.
Of course, you could create an account on Paprika TV, make a suitable broadcast title, and press the start button to begin right away, but according to our Ye-rim sunbaenim, if you start that way without a broadcast concept or proper broadcasting equipment, nine times out of ten you'll fail quickly.
"By the way, I'd heard about it in advance, but you really have nothing..."
Ye-rim muttered while looking at the literally empty house with just the bare framework.
The place where we're currently together is none other than My Sweet Home.
After my 'Starting from today, it's day 1♡' declaration yesterday, when I conveyed my serious intention to start internet broadcasting, she offered to personally help with broadcast preparations if I didn't mind, and thinking "as expected, a capable girlfriend is the best," I readily invited her to My Sweet Home.
"I told you, I just moved in not long ago so I have nothing."
Actually, the real answer would be that it's not about moving in recently but that I haven't been in this world for long, with my body being all the baggage I have, but explaining the transcendental episode of a contract with a goddess would be a bit awkward, wouldn't it?
'Actually, even if I explained it, it would be fortunate if she didn't think I'm crazy.'
The fact that I had no money also played a part...
But thanks to the 'Bargain sale! 5,000 won each!' underwear I bought with the 2 million won Ye-rim transferred to me 2 days ago, and the drying rack that was almost sent to heaven after being thrown away at the recycling station that I frugally cleaned and am using, it somewhat smells like people live here compared to the first day, I guess?
"Well... even though we've become lovers, if you leave underwear in such a visible place... gulp!"
Since the spot that gets the most sunlight happened to be the living room area, I placed the drying rack and washed underwear there, and Ye-rim covered her eyes with both hands while muttering as she looked at them.
If you're going to cover them, cover them properly - I can see everything through your fingers, what are you talking about...
And you've already seen everything there is to see, and you're currently wearing see-through leggings while getting excited over 5,000 won plain underwear!
But since she was a guest visiting for the first time since I moved in, even before being my girlfriend, I lifted the lightweight drying rack with only underwear hanging on it and moved it to the bedroom.
"You didn't have to move them... what a pity..."
What's with the disappointment after I went through the trouble of moving them?
Somehow making a mental note to check if the underwear survived safely when she returns home tonight, I plop down on the living room floor without even a sofa, let alone a cushion to support my butt, and look at Ye-rim.
"First, for broadcasting equipment, I think it would be fine to use what I initially used and move it to the small room, but the problem is the broadcast concept."
As Ye-rim switches back into sunbaenim mode with a serious expression and brings up the topic of broadcast concept, I bring up the broadcast concept I've been thinking about since before.
"Nude broadcast... ju-just kidding, don't look at me like that?!"
I tried to joke around because she seemed too serious, but I'm startled by Ye-rim's expression that turns into the vicious cat face she showed me early yesterday morning.
Is this already about discipline just because we became lovers?
For a moment, the memory of my body floating up in the shower and being mercilessly stabbed repeatedly comes to mind, and goosebumps break out all over my body.
"You shouldn't say things like that in front of a woman, even as a joke! If you say something like that one more time, I won't let it slide?!"
Grrrr...!
Somehow I think I'm hearing auditory hallucinations of a cat growling - I need to be careful.
She knows I was joking, so she's stopping at this level.
If she had sensed even a bit of seriousness in my words, as indicated by the nipple bulging through the sports bra she's wearing as a set with her leggings, showing whether she got excited looking at my underwear earlier, she wouldn't have left my lower body alone.
"Just kidding, kidding! The real concept I'm thinking of is 'variety game streamer' - how about that?"
"Variety game streamer... hmm~"
Ye-rim strokes her chin and ponders about my real broadcast concept.
"Actually, if it's oppa, you'd probably hit it big just by turning on the broadcast and smiling... but oppa, do you know why I'm an FPS game specialist streamer?"
In response to Ye-rim's sudden counter-question, I answer immediately without hesitation.
"Just because you're good at FPS games?"
"That's the main reason, but the biggest reason is to secure fixed fans. The variety game streamer oppa just mentioned is already a red ocean, and while it might seem good at first glance because you can showcase various genre games, thinking about it conversely, it's a concept where you show mediocre results in everything and have difficulty growing significantly."
Oh... as expected, professional streamers are different.
Since all the YouTubers I usually watch are variety game streamers, I casually said I'd go with a variety game streamer concept, but apparently Ye-rim's thoughts were different.
"Of course, if you focus on just one genre like me, growth is fast but there's the disadvantage of having clear limitations. And the most important thing for a game streamer is game physical skills... is oppa good at games...?"
She says this while looking at me with a somewhat mysterious expression...
'Is this that thing? Like in the previous world when women would say "I'm good at games!" in front of men, but when you check their game account they're bronze or silver rank. That thing that just seems pathetic to men for whom game rank is more important than real-life achievements.'
Thinking about it, this is outrageous?!
She's looking at me with that expression? Me, who as a Korean man from the gaming powerhouse nation used to reach at least platinum rank and be a top ranker in every game I picked up?
"Ha! Ye-rim, are you that good at games? Follow me to the battleground(?)!"
As I huff and puff and fly into a rage, she maintains her mysterious expression with an added 200% provocation factor of 'this kid is kinda cute?' and I follow her to her room with three computers...
[DEFEAT!]
[YOU LOSE]
[Fucking noob]
"...Oppa, can't you just not be a game streamer? This is a bit severe..."
"No! One more game! I'm just not used to the keyboard yet!"
"For that excuse, you've lost dozens of games perfectly... sigh~ Okay, this is really the last one? Understood?"
I get even more angry at her tone that sounds like she's pacifying little kids visiting home during Chuseok.
But even after changing game types through the final game, the real final game, and the real real final game, the results don't change.
So much so that even when I provocatively tapped her thigh with my shortened leg in the middle, I couldn't get a single win.
Ah, by the way, thanks to that provocation, when an excited Ye-rim pounced on me, her father happened to bring fruit and discovered us, leading to my dramatic rescue - was that the natural course of events?
"So what concept would be good, oppa?"
As I fiddle with the stun gun her father gave me while saying it was his fault for raising his daughter wrong and to use it if the crazy girl attacks again, I remain silent without answering Ye-rim's question, a fist-sized bump having grown on my head.
'I'm a gaming impotent...'
What is the most important factor in gaming?
There would be several, but physical skills are probably the biggest factor that divides gamers' ranks.
And those physical skills would lie in hand-eye coordination and the hand-foot ability to respond immediately to it
'And my current physical ability is at FFF-class Attention Soldier level...'
At this point, wouldn't I just be disabled?
"Should I apply for disability rating while I'm at it? Then I'd get various benefits..."
"Oppa, what are you talking about! A man can be not so good at games~"
Ye-rim is startled by my muttering with the expression of someone who lost their country and comforts me.
But her comfort makes my heart even more gloomy.
"Am I that bad...?"
I could laugh off being called a fucking idiot by friends, but being told I'm bad at games is something my male pride cannot accept.
"Uh. Oppa is a man... so, so just a little bad?"
"Cough!"
Each word stabs like a coin!
Ye-rim, who would applaud and say "So cool!" even if I were to spray shit and piss, says I'm just a little bad.
That statement is the same as saying 'Dude, you're fucking terrible lol quit games haha' and with my mental walls collapsing, I clutch my chest and fall down.
"Do,don't worry oppa. Even if it's not games, there are plenty of concepts to choose from! Since oppa is a man, how about a 'lookbook' concept?"
"Look...book?"
If it's a lookbook, isn't that that thing.
Where voluptuous noonas wear underwear and change into various outfits like miss look or office look while setting men's hearts on fire.
Where that gets combined with OnlyFans or paid videos, transforming what should be a concept introducing women's clothing brands for female viewers into a concept for men.
"You said no nude broadcasts earlier. Now you want me to appear in front of viewers in my underwear?"
"No~! Why would you shoot a lookbook in underwear?! Oppa, haven't you seen lookbooks? For women it's normal to shoot wearing just panties, but for men it's normal to shoot wearing running shirts and underpants!"
I'm not a hot gay, so there's no way I've seen male lookbooks where guys change clothes in their underwear, and more importantly, women shoot lookbooks wearing just panties without bras?!
'I definitely need to look that up later, yes yes!'
A world where breast exposure is ok - awesome!
While making a resolution to have an intimate time with Longstone when I get home after so long, I shake my head at Ye-rim who has gone wide-eyed while imagining me in my underwear, expressing my refusal.
"I don't know about other things, but I don't like lookbooks. I'd rather do a nude broadcast than that - a man wearing underpants over his panties, ugh!"
"Huh? Oppa, you don't have underpants?"
Not just underpants, but aside from padding and shirts, I only have 5,000 won panties, miss.
"Then what concept are you going with besides lookbook?"
"That would be immediately..."