Living in a Room Becomes Easier When You’re Handsome - Chapter 1

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Is this also a dream?

Internet broadcasting is extremely difficult to define with any specific characteristics.

Because the nature of each broadcast varies drastically depending on the broadcaster.

And from that perspective.

“Why doesn’t my stream get any viewers.”

My stream was a typical bottom-tier underground broadcast.

When I turned on the stream, maybe 10 people would watch at most.

Chat speed so slow it was basically one-on-one conversations with viewers.

Revenue so low that even minimum wage felt like a fortune.

And despite years of broadcasting, my streaming skills never improved.

All of this combined to create my current broadcast format.

So there was practically no filter on what I said.

“If viewers come in, I’ll just suck up to them completely.”

– Crazy bastard lol

– As always, your vulgarity is no joke

– Is this why you can’t realize you’ve been bottom-tier for 3 years?

“Shut up, ban whoever just said that.”

– Thank you Ttaranta for the 10,000 won donation.

[ Try banning me, you bastard lol ]

“…Ah, Ttaranta has nullified the ban with 10,000 won… Thank you so much.”

A world where 1,000 won can deliver any message to the broadcaster.

And 10,000 won can absolve all sins.

That was exactly the broadcast I had created.

‘Why don’t I have any broadcasting talent.’

If my highest viewer count in 3 years is 30 people, should I really quit now?

Should I finally jump into the job market for real?

I finished military service early and saved that money to buy Broadcasting Equipment.

Doing this and that, I’m already in my mid-twenties.

The catastrophic resume of high school graduate, military service completed, 3 years of internet broadcasting might need to be retired.

– Why does your voice sound so dead lol

– Bottom-tier special) No Camera and crappy audio so the broadcast atmosphere is always shit lol

“It’s not like I want to be like this…”

– So you’re saying it’s our fault your broadcast failed?

– But why does this guy get invited to Merc Server but doesn’t do any networking or socializing at all, becomes a loner, then takes it out on us?

Merc Server invitation.

The reason I was able to achieve a whopping 30 peak viewers.

The phrase that made me momentarily hope my broadcasting career might change.

Generally, broadcasters with low viewer counts, meaning bottom-tiers, don’t get invited to Merc Server.

But through truly extreme odds, I broke through the bottom-tier roulette and proudly gained entry.

‘But what’s the point of getting in.’

Everyone else was already close friends while I was completely alone.

Since this was my first time on a Merc Server like this, I thought I just had to silently do my work.

The result.

– No response lol Just mining like crazy and missed all the events, right?

– Does this bastard think the Merc Server is really just a place for mining?

– You could just mine moderately, so why the hell do you go all the way underground? You could just mine moderately, so why the hell do you go all the way underground? You could just mine moderately, so why the hell do you go all the way underground? You could just mine moderately, so why the hell do you go all the way underground? You could just mine moderately, so why the hell do you go all the way underground?

– Idiot, right? Idiot, right? Idiot, right? Idiot, right? Idiot, right? Idiot, right? Idiot, right? Idiot, right? Idiot, right? Idiot, right? Idiot, right? Idiot, right? Idiot, right? Idiot, right?

Forget about gaining new viewers – the toxicity of my concrete 10 viewers who still watched my stream just increased.

Once I missed the flow of joining in like that, how should I put it.

Like coming to school about 2 months late and not being able to fit into the new semester groups?

Of course, if I had enough social skills to ignore all that, it might have been different.

‘If I had that kind of ability, why would my stream still only have 10 viewers?’

Unfortunately, I didn’t have that kind of talent.

So what I’m doing now is.

[“Na na na na~”]

The last day of the Merc Server.

I came to the concert venue created to commemorate the server closure.

Hiding in some corner, just receiving video donations from viewers.

– Crazy bastard lol You want to get video donations at a time like this?

– If your reactions are good, YouTuber video clips might pick it up, but you’re completely uninterested lol

“Who’s going to come clip a stream with only 10 viewers… I’m just comfortably watching video donations and the concert.”

– Your mindset is fucking pathetic, you’re screwed

– Yeah yeah, you can’t resist video donations, I’ll show you some spicy stuff right away

The key to video donations is that no matter how much you get cursed at for industrial-grade reactions.

– Thank you Ttaranta for the 10,000 won video donation.

[ Fatty, I’ve been waiting for a man like you, skinny guy, actually I too… ]

“Mm, as expected, I have to watch the opening video of our room’s video donations, slurp slurp.”

You have to give a passionate reaction.

You must show annoyance, make disgusted expressions, or let out exclamations.

Making the person spending money really feel the thrill of spending money.

That was the proper etiquette for donation reactions.

After several rounds of disgusting video donations continued like that.

When some time passes, gradually.

– Wow lol

– Let’s go

– This is it, this is it, this is it

– Wow, is this a watermelon or a melon

Videos that make people’s hearts, minds, eyes, and brains healthy follow.

Then suddenly.

– What? The stream stopped?

– ?

– ?

A minor incident occurred where the stream stopped.

I muttered “typical junk computer” and hit the computer a few times as usual.

Then.

– Oh it works lol

– As expected, you gotta hit machines yeah

– Made some banging sounds and it got fixed right away lol

The stream returned to normal again.

I boldly started reacting to the continuing pleasant videos.

“Damn, look at those boobs, just nom nom nom, I just want to bury my face and drink.”

[“Are you listening, my voice~! Lee!”]

At the Merc Concert Hall, a female streamer who’s currently at peak popularity is singing.

And here I am, listening to that with one ear while reacting to lewd videos.

‘This is a moment where you really feel the wealth gap even in the same cyberspace.’

Should I really quit streaming?

While thinking that.

“Ugh, isn’t this crazy? Hehehe, just wow? So diverse, really stimulating my 18+ dating sim fantasies, huh?”

I applauded and responded as usual to the hot dance moves of the female cam girls that followed.

– What’s this?

– What’s this loser?

– As expected, ruining the mood is what low-tier streamers do lol

Suddenly, unfamiliar chats started appearing.

“…?”

I had been distracted watching the videos, and only then did I notice the viewer count.

‘A hundred people…? No, two hundred people…?’

Even at this moment, the viewer count keeps rising endlessly.

Suddenly?

My viewer count is rising while reacting to lewd videos on Merc Server?

This was definitely not a good sign.

As if to praise my correct intuition

– You’re totally ruining the atmosphere around you

– Because of you, damn it, we can’t hear Lera’s song

– Talking about boobs during the highlight

– Your mic is ON, you idiot

Among the flood of viewers, a few mentioned the cause of this situation.

And at that moment, I checked my microphone.

‘Crazy!’

In the process of hitting the computer, something must have happened.

I discovered that the microphone had been unmuted.

So my reaction just now was transmitted live and loud during someone else’s performance?

And that too while a major corporation was singing?

– Someone’s singing earnestly and this guy’s watching Zero Degree going “fuck” lol

– If you got in through the noob roulette, shouldn’t you be trying even harder?

– What the hell are you trusting to live like this? lololol

– Gun-fi won’t be enough to solve this one

– Come on, let’s die~

– Come on, end the stream~ Come on, end the stream~ Come on, end the stream~ Come on, end the stream~ Come on, end the stream~ Come on, end the stream~ Come on, end the stream~ Come on, end the stream~ Come on, end the stream~ Come on, end the stream~ Come on, end the stream~ Come on, end the stream~ Come on, end the stream~ Come on, end the stream~ Come on, end the stream~ Come on, end the stream~

Time it took to break the record for highest viewer count: about 15 seconds.

Time it took for the chat to break: about 20 seconds.

“…”

There was only one best decision I could make here.

And that was.

[ The broadcast has ended. ]

– ?

– ?

– ?

– ?

– Crazy bastard, you pull this shit and then run away?

Running away first and dealing with it later.

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As soon as I turned off the stream, what I did was immediately go to the community.

‘Please… please…’

Hoping it would just end as a simple mishap.

Praying that people would just think of it as a brief broadcast accident and it wouldn’t even be mentioned in the community.

I immediately checked the featured posts to see the real-time reactions.

[Featured Post][ Title: Today’s Merk Happy Village Final Day Server Anniversary Disaster ]

[Author: Turtle Neck]

(Video of bullshit being heard during singing)

I was listening to the highlight part when suddenly I heard this fucking awful voice, and when I looked

Some noob had Merk’s microphone on while watching Zero Degree and shitting out reactions

Isn’t this really fucking crazy?

Lera finally decided to sing in front of people after a long time and this fucking noob bastard lol

I was so dumbfounded

I was wondering who invited them, but turns out it was a noob who won the 0.002% roulette lolololol

This is exactly why I’ve always felt that you should never let these noob bastards into servers like this because they have absolutely no sense

Today my hypothesis has been actually proven

[Upvotes:326][Downvotes:0]

Dude I heard this live and it was fucking legendary

Do you think I’d suck at this after broadcasting for 3 years for nothing?

Not a fucking idiot for nothing lol

Even Nayeon got flustered and went off-key while trying to hit the high notes

This bastard really needs to be properly burned/destroyed

That disgusting bastard should at least apologize after fucking things up, what’s with running away immediately?

Being indulgent and acting out is the most disgusting thing

For real

“…Ah.”

I realized I was getting cursed at on an absolutely ridiculous level.

It would be fortunate if they only cursed me, but starting from my parents to my ancestors and descendants.

They were cursing me so thoroughly it was like they wanted to completely tear apart everything from my head to my toes.

In this situation, what I could do.

[Downvotes:1]

Was about as much as clicking the downvote button.

‘I really do need to apologize first though.’

Should I turn on the camera and apologize?

I don’t have a camera though? Then should I buy a camera?

‘If it was going to come to this, I should have gotten camera money before ending the stream.’

Among Lera’s angry fans, there might have been someone who could send hate donations.

I should have taken that money to buy a camera.

Various different thoughts come to mind.

But the first thought that came to me was ‘let’s just sleep for now.’

‘This must all be a dream, this is ridiculous…’

I must definitely be having a really bad dream.

There’s never been such unfair treatment as this.

It must be God’s nasty prank.

While various different thoughts were all coming to mind.

I turned off my phone for now and lay down on the bed.

Maybe it’s because I was under a lot of stress.

My eyes closed quickly.

My brain had also decided to escape from reality.

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The morning after the worst unfair treatment occurred.

Contrary to my expectations, what happened yesterday wasn’t a dream.

Even now, insults about me were pouring out in real-time on the community.

Since insulting me gets them featured posts, they can’t help but curse me out.

‘To think I’ve become a cheat key for featured posts.’

This is truly the worst.

It’s hell.

I need to apologize first.

The situation requiring an apology was extremely humiliating, but I had no choice.

‘Let’s go buy a camera.’

As I was thinking that and stood in front of the bathroom mirror.

“…What the hell is this now.”

I couldn’t help but be flustered.

“Who are you.”

My appearance in the mirror.

“…Is this also a dream?”

Because I had become impossibly handsome.

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