Living in a Room Becomes Easier When You’re Handsome - Chapter 56
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Going to all the interviews
In fighting games, there’s a term called ‘See and Block’.
To put it simply, it means seeing and blocking.
It literally means seeing your opponent’s attack and blocking it.
In a way, it’s too obvious to even mention.
Because seeing and blocking your opponent’s attacks is the most basic of basics in fighting games.
However.
‘Generally, that’s not easy to do – it’s like saying you’ll get perfect scores by studying and reviewing well.’
In real-time fighting games, it’s impossible to see and block every attack.
While there are moves with big motions, there are also techniques that come out in just 0.something seconds.
But.
Ping!
– ?
– Did he Perfect Parry again?
– How is he so good at Perfect Parry
– Seems like he’s doing Perfect Parry as soon as he gets the timing down
– Is he really using hacks?
– How can you use nukes when they’re right next to you lololololol
– But how does he block 9 out of 10 low attacks
Chasakgang was currently experiencing the extreme limits of ‘See and Block’.
“Mungi… can you see my attacks? Like, these frames are all…?”
“Too slow? Too obvious? All readable? Worthless, Worthless, Worthless, Worthless, oh you’re approaching? Staff, Staff, Staff.”
“…”
– Hahahahahahahahaha
– Crazy bastard
– Found the Mungi I was looking for
– That cold, murderous expression on hahahahaha
– No, you’re so polite when you’re not gaming, so why when you start playing ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
– Well… because it’s fun
– Chasakgang… you raised a demon
– What the hell did you teach him
– Sad story) Mungi said he’d play Jongpil from the beginning
– Mungiiiiiiiii
The SF6 Jongpil character is specialized in long-range zoning that all fighting game players hate.
The better someone plays this character, the more angry and frustrated their opponent becomes.
And he’s good with that kind of character?
“If you approach, Staff, Staff, if you look like you’ll attack, Amnesia, immediate counter, Staff, Worthless, Worthless, Worthless. Body stiffened up? Command Grab and Whiff, approach with Staff, Worthless, Worthless, Worthless, big thorn.”
“…”
From the receiving end, you really couldn’t do anything and just died getting hit by Projectiles in the Corner.
The helplessness and anger I felt at this moment was on a level incomparable to any other game.
‘…This really feels like when I got hit with chip damage at the old arcade.’
What people commonly call cheap tactics.
If I had to make a comparison.
A mosquito that buzzes around your ear for 20 minutes without dying, right when you’re about to fall asleep.
A fly that suddenly appears in front of you only when you’re eating.
You want to kill it, but it just won’t die easily.
A truly sinful existence that gnaws at your nerves bit by bit and steals your attention.
“Mungi, are you planning to do that verbal harassment… at offline tournaments too?”
“Of course. Right now, as a student… I’m restraining myself, but at offline events I plan to unleash my skills more freely.”
– He’s going to do this? And even more at offline events?
– Pure verbal harassment < This is going to be an experience
– Chasakgang regretting summoning a demon lololololol
– This is why kids who summon demons always become sacrifices lol they can’t handle it
“…You’re serious?”
“Of course, did you think I wouldn’t notice you trying to exploit openings while talking? I immediately catch on, parrying, blocking, and when you’re about to attack I use amnesia, oh impact? I counter impact right away.”
– Good thing Mungi has a good body, at least he won’t get beaten to death
– Watching martial arts shows, I can see why they call Tang Family types like this Evil Sect
– For real, he’s strong but fights in such an infuriating way
– Throwing chip damage from afar, shooting poison like crazy, ambushing during meals, when taking a dump, while sleeping, and they sleep really well themselves
– Even wearing all black clothes for UV protection so their condition and skin are good too
– Mungi, are you a member of the Tang Family?
– This too is martial arts and chivalry
– How is this martial arts and chivalry, damn it
– lolololololol
Chasakgang felt momentarily dizzy from the mind-numbing verbal harassment.
So in FPS game terms, it’s like the opponent crouching and standing repeatedly while shooting your corpse every time you die.
In AOS-type games, it’s like spamming emotes and ‘lolololololol’ in chat every time they kill you.
Though these are extreme examples, so the verbal harassment wasn’t actually that unsportsmanlike.
‘It’s just people who know each other joking around with each other.’
But the intensity of stress I was feeling right now was similar or even worse.
“Mungi, could I… use my main character then? I feel like I need to properly establish my authority as a teacher.”
“Ah… then I’ll properly experience my teacher’s power for once.”
– Breaking news) Instantly promoted from sub-sub-sub-sub-sub-sub character to main character level lololololol
– Pathetic, so pathetic
– But he’s so damn good, what can you do? He sees and blocks all low attacks
– For real, seems like he doesn’t even know how to do combos but just does some things instinctively?
– When unknown techniques come out, he takes the hit first then immediately adapts next time
– Is he that monster who adapts to all spells and curses?
– Furube Mungra Mungra
– Eight Evil Swords otherworldly divine general, crumble ㄷㄷㄷㄷ
– Swift Impulse equipped
– Congo Mungon ㄷㄷ Swift Impulse ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
– If it was something like Kahn or Ryu-oh, it would’ve at least looked cool
– Jongpil’s gonna lose his mind lol hahaha so fucking dirty
– Your understanding of the game is incredibly high
– If you’re extremely thirsty, just drink water lol hahahaha
– Starting to discipline the student
So Chasakgang decided to change characters.
Right now he was playing Janggieff, a character extremely vulnerable to long-range attacks.
He thought that continuing like this would damage his authority as a master.
“I’ll show you the terror of Sagat, who can be considered the original Nigawa character.”
“Oh, is that a Muay Thai character? I know a bit of Muay Thai too.”
“…”
– Why would you say that
– Hahahahahahahaha
– He’s playing a Nigawa character and you’re cowardly talking about real fighting from the side
– Is that a threat???? Is it?????
– Hahahahahahaha
– But with that physique saying he knows Muay Thai is fucking scary
– As soon as I picked Sagat, this 190cm guy who clearly has like 10-12% body fat goes “I do Muay Thai too” lmaooooooo
– Thank you Kim Kim-pa for the 1,000 won donation.
[ Chasakgang run away this isn’t going to work ]
– Thank you Peak Fist for the 1,000 won donation.
[ Chasakgang if you do Nigawa you might get beaten to death ]
He had been planning to properly teach him a lesson.
But Chasakgang newly realized that real fists were too close to reality.
Of course, they were both just joking around WWE style like this.
‘…If those hammer-like fists gripping the joystick… landed straight on my jaw?’
He just couldn’t help but imagine it suddenly.
– Chasakgang don’t lose heart man you’re a major!!! You even got the partner badge!!!
– For real let’s show the power of a partner streamer
– You need to really teach Mungi who couldn’t even get the best streamer badge!!!
– Tiger Knee Tiger Knee Tiger Knee Tiger Knee
– Let’s show Worthless a real Tiger Knee
Maybe it was thanks to the viewers’ cheering.
Chasakgang quickly regained his composure and seriously faced off against Mungi.
And his experience playing Street Fighter 6 all this time didn’t go anywhere.
As soon as he brought out his main character, he finally began a devastating winning streak against Mungi.
“…Phew, did you see that, Mungi? I was actually holding back my power.”
“As expected… amazing. Master, I truly respect you.”
– Now he’s acting cocky after beating a newbie who’s been playing for 3 hours lolololololol
– 5 wins 23 losses: pulling the “you suck” card
– But he even lost the Nigawa fight and just approached with Sagat
– ㅠㅠ
– Mungi’s long-range zoning is fucking good, is he even human?
– Extreme praise
Of course, he was still losing badly in the overall match record.
Anyway, since he won with his main character, that was good enough, Chasakgang decided to think that way.
“From today until next week… we can’t do training camps often, but at least one more time before the tournament…? Then we’ll go to an offline tournament.”
“Great! I’ll show my best! I’ll prove that Master has the greatest teaching skills!”
“Huk… to go that far…!”
“And someday! I’ll defeat Master Chasakgang too!”
– Huk
– Wait wait
– What exactly are you going to defeat, please properly state that object
– Why is there only subject and verb
– Clenching his fist while saying that makes it really seem like he’s going to beat him up
– Breaking news: Chasakgang actually flinched in fear
– Wouldn’t you be scared too? Those fists really look like hammer heads
– You’d die if you got hit by those
“That… of course in Street Fighter 6, right?”
“Of course, where else would I beat anyone up.”
– Sakgang
– He’s right next to you, Mungi
– If it’s Chasakgang with his eyes rolling around, then it’s Mungchu
– Why is it Mungchu when it’s Sakgang?
– Because he turned on Mungi’s broadcast, you idiot lol
– Huk
– Are you coming to your senses?
After practicing for about 2 more hours.
“Master… I’ll return stronger.”
“…Yes, descend from the mountain.”
Mungi parted ways with Chasakgang with a polite farewell.
And four days later, Chasakgang and Mungi met once more for another collaboration stream.
“Yeah, obvious, I figured out the pattern last time, Tiger Knee Perfect Parry, Worthless, Worthless, Worthless, Worthless, big thorn, oh he’s approaching? Staff, Staff, Staff, Standing Strong Punch, Standing Strong Punch.”
“Ah.”
– The demon of Verbal Harassment
– He’s just insane
– No, it looks like he properly learned combos too?
– How is his low block success rate 90%?
– This guy is just insanely good at physical games lol
– In chess, he doesn’t even know what an opening is
– ??? : Chess has openings? I don’t have a separate song to sing? < Actually said this
– Right, right, that’s true. Mungi has never seen an ending without oxygen
– ??? : What, you die from just this much?
– Should have played Limworld
– (Roughly family photo content)
In just four days, Mungi had become a true demon.
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『 Street Fighter 6 Beginner Tournament.
Originally, it wasn’t planned to be held on such a large scale, so they were going to proceed lightly online.
But under the active support of platform 【Garden】, it was held offline.
Being an offline tournament, there was quite an audience.
With a first place prize of a whopping ten million won, it had all the elements of a properly scaled tournament. 』
“Oh, I see.”
On the day of the tournament.
I read Namuwiki to get detailed information about this tournament.
Originally, I should have done this as soon as I received the tournament proposal.
But I was so busy practicing Street Fighter 6 that I didn’t even think to check these things.
> Hey, did you check?
> Even if you’re going out as a player, you should roughly know how the tournament is held and conducted
> That way you won’t get embarrassed later when someone asks you about it ㅡㅡ
> And you wore the clothes in setting 11, right?
‘The manager is definitely competent.’
I had never lost out by following Ttaranta’s advice.
So I usually just applied the advice in practice.
< Checked
< But the audience seats seem pretty spacious, aren’t you coming?
> Why would I go there, are you crazy?
> Too bothersome, sorry
< Okay;;;;
So if I had the chance, I wanted to see their face and say thanks directly.
But they showed how much of a home corner Game Teacher they were, extremely disliking going out.
“Mungi! Welcome! I thought you weren’t coming!”
“Haha, Mungi has arrived!”
After walking around the tournament venue for a while, I met Chasakgang.
“Come this way. I’ve finished cleaning the waiting room completely.”
“No, Master… How do you cherish your disciple so much.”
“Haha, can’t I do at least this much for my disciple? That tournament starts in an hour, and you know the format, right?”
“Yes, I just need to start from the quarterfinals and break through smoothly.”
“That’s right.”
I memorized the tournament rules I’d heard several times and entered the Player Waiting Room.
And there.
“Oh, Mungpa?!”
“Oh, hello Jjining.
“Wow, nice to see you here, Mungi.”
“Even EV is here, oh.”
I met people I knew.
Well, generally speaking, fighting game players are often women.
Tournaments with only men bustling around tend to be unpopular.
It definitely wasn’t bad.
“How did you prepare for the tournament?”
“I can’t be a foolish general who reveals strategy to the enemy.”
“…No, at least your character…”
“Actually, don’t you already know to some extent? I know Jjining uses Mei and EV uses Jurin.”
“Oh, really?”
“…Wow.”
I finished greeting Jjining and EV who were surprised in turn.
Then I also greeted the other five people who were already in the waiting room.
“Hello, I’m Mungi!”
“Wow, I get to meet Mungi, Garden’s only face king that I’ve only heard rumors about.”
“My reputation has spread everywhere.”
We introduced our names in turn and had light conversation, but.
It didn’t stick in my head well because we were meeting for the first time and there was tension from the upcoming tournament.
Moreover.
‘Anyway, they’re all my enemies, so I just need to memorize their main characters.’
Right now when the tournament was about to begin.
There was no need to remember trivial information about opponents.
What mattered wasn’t their personal information but their main characters.
‘Hmm, first I’ll easily take down the person using Janggi Hef… and the people using Ryu Hwang and Kan too… mm, the variables are probably Blenky and Kyle.’
They’re all fighting game players anyway.
Cute level players who can’t even handle ranged attacks properly.
Could they really withstand the hot taste of my Jongpil’s Worthless?
‘Huh.’
Actually, I had very high expectations.
I wondered what expressions they’d all have when they lost.
It’s time to become a collector of defeat expressions.
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When watching people who are new to fighting games battle each other.
If you ask what kind of fun comes from that.
“Generally! Low-tier matches, so to put it really bluntly, sh… scrub! battles have this charm where both sides suck, you know? Making combo mistakes! Commands failing!”
“That’s right. They forget all the proper character management they should be doing, just wildly throwing out attacks or doing chip damage with Light Punch and Light Kick! Then just mindlessly throwing out Special Moves!”
It could roughly be summarized as above.
Don’t they say that scrub battles are fun to watch in regular fights too?
The psychological warfare, spacing, and setups at the highest level are certainly entertaining.
But the fights below that level, where both sides are grabbing each other’s heads and going crazy, also had their own viewing appeal.
Mudslinging fights!
Only serious to the beginners themselves, but hilarious to the spectators.
That kind of fun was exactly the charm of mudslinging fights.
But.
“Worthless, Worthless, Worthless, yeah mindless approach gets Standing Strong Punch, Standing Strong Punch, Crouching Medium Kick, Crouching Medium Kick, oh you’re frozen stiff, Crouching Medium Punch, Heavy Kick, Impact? Counter Impact, yeah blocking your mindless Special Move and Staff, Staff, Staff, won that round?”
What was unfolding before my eyes right now wasn’t that kind of thing.
One-sided slaughter.
The SF6 beginner offline tournament format mimicked the arcade battle format.
They deliberately set up two computers facing each other so they could hear each other’s voices at close range.
Which meant, in other words.
“Jump and you get Crouching Strong Punch immediately, I never mess up anti-airs, block it, Perfect Parry and when the spacing comes back it’s Staff, Staff, Worthless, Worthless, can’t hit me? Can’t approach? Oh rush attack? Straight to Amnesia, taking damage.”
The sounds Mungi was earnestly spitting out right now were reaching his opponent’s ears directly.
– What the hell is this
– Isn’t this abuse?
– Mungi’s played SF6 before, right? Is he really a beginner?
– Is the mouth damage insane lololololol
– I want to Chair Shot him but he has a body type that makes it impossible
– No but Munganu is cheating
– Wow even I’m getting pissed watching this
– I’m logging into SF6 today to beat the shit out of Jongpil
– How are you gonna beat him, Worthless, Worthless, Worthless, Worthless
– ㅠㅠ
– Just give us Mung Kiss please…
– Mung Kiss *3*
– Deep Mung Kiss =3=
One-sided slaughter.
A festival of long-range chip damage performed with ridiculous physical ability.
It wasn’t a skill gap that could be overcome just by starting a few days earlier than Mungi.
Quarterfinals best of 3.
Semifinals best of 5.
Here, Mungi played exactly five games total.
He completely crushed all his opponents and finished just like that.
When I came to my senses.
“…Phew, Jjining, you managed to make it to the finals.”
“Yes, I was lucky.”
“You were indeed lucky… since you were furthest from facing me… that’s real luck.”
– Crazy bastard
– But the point is he’s not exactly wrong
– For real
– Really lucky to avoid Mungi
– This is right
Before I knew it, it was the finals.
The finals took the form of a best of 7.
Moreover, since Jjining had made it all the way through close matches, her momentum and skill were in an explosive state.
– But we really don’t know
– For real
– Could be a good match?
– Anyway it’s low-tier Jongpil so who knows really
So people concluded that while Mungi had the advantage, Jjining could still put up some fight.
“Worthless, Worthless, Worthless, Worthless, lay down V-Heart, when body stiffens Command Grab, lay down another Whiff, Big Thorn, lay down Whiff and Instant Teleport Staff, Staff, Staff, oh Surprise Impact? React immediately with Counter Impact, straight into 3-Line Special Move shoot.”
From the commentary Mungi was pouring out, I realized how arrogant that thinking was.
I mean, it was like Health Clap that suddenly appeared in Tekken 8.
– Really reminds me of Health Clap
– Health Clap~ clap clap even newbies beat experts
– How dare an expert try to beat a beginner
– Overwhelmingly negative
– But the applause pours down
– If you know Hell Drop is coming you can just crouch and block (Mungi actually blocks it)
– So to compare the current situation to a restaurant, you’re eating and suddenly the owner starts shooting a machine gun
– That makes perfect sense
– True healthy Worthless that Health Fan doesn’t work on
Jjining’s character, Mei, can’t do anything and gets cornered, only blocking until the game ends.
And this gets repeated for 4 games straight.
When that happens, the result is naturally.
“Street Fighter 6… the beginner tournament winner is… Mungi.”
It led to Mungi’s victory.
‘The prize money is a whole ten million won.’
Mungi, who stood up before giving his victory speech, had a truly happy smile on his face.
Maybe it was because I beat her so helplessly and even added Verbal Harassment on top of it.
Jjining looked like she was in a bad mood.
So Mungi, feeling a hint of guilt.
“…Ms. Jjining, I’m sorry. My master Cha.Sak.Kkang told me that even this is part of strategy… that I have to do this.”
– Master betrayal is on
– How dare you bring out your main character against me and go on a winning streak?
– Bloody revenge
– This guy just likes insubordination
– You learned nothing even after seeing Director Dalgeun
He immediately sold out his master.
Originally, masters are supposed to cover for their disciples’ mistakes.
That’s right, isn’t it? That’s right.
‘Hmm, I’ll just treat everyone to a big after-party meal when it’s over.’
But when I glanced over, I think I saw that female fan of mine who wore sunglasses at Busan G-Star sitting in the spectator seats.
Did I see wrong?
Mungi, unable to resolve his final curiosity.
“Let’s go to the after-party! I’ll treat everyone generously!”
Left the arena.
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Sunday of the week when the Street Fighter 6 beginner tournament was held.
“Wow… the building is huge.”
For the first time in my life.
“I’m going to an interview.”
I prepared for a dating show participation interview.
I just need to go, do the interview, and come back, so nothing special will happen, right?
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