Master Swordsman’s Stream - Chapter 107

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Chapter 107

[Beginning stream]

Seo Jun’s stream went live at 5:50 PM, earlier than usual.

[Collaborative broadcast with streamer Kim Tae-woo (assignment)]

A new type of game.
Essentially his first sponsored broadcast.
‘When you think about it, is this the first time we’re playing a game together in a collaborative broadcast?’
While today’s result might not matter much, with so many unfamiliar elements coming together, Seo Jun felt a thrill of anticipation.
“Hello.”
He was going to play a variety of games, but it wouldn’t be easy getting viewers to watch all of them.
A main game.
It was a game that occupied the largest portion of a broadcaster’s airtime, and even a comprehensive game streamer needed one.
But.
‘I have no intention of being tied to just one.’
There are so many games in the world.
He just wanted to broadcast playing whatever he felt like.
He didn’t want to broadcast out of obligation, making excuses about his audience or worrying about revenue.
And yet, he didn’t want to become a broadcast nobody was looking for either.
So.
Rather than having people search for Seo Jun playing a particular game, he needed to make them seek out Seo Jun himself.
‘How could I possibly do that?’
He didn’t know yet.
But if he kept streaming steadily, bit by bit, he’d figure it out someday, wouldn’t he?
“Am I no longer the Heavenly Demon? That’s right.”
At Seo Jun’s casual tone, the viewers laughed.

-So decisive lol
-Keeping the character outside the game is kinda lol
-Abandoned Demonic Cultists in tears lol

If his main game had been For the Sect, it would be one thing, but in this situation, the image of the Heavenly Demon sticking too strongly was bad.
“What’s the Heavenly Demon? I genuinely have no idea.”
So while he’d adopted a character when dealing with players from that game, he’d consistently maintained his streamer tone with viewers.
So people wouldn’t identify the streamer Seo Jun with the player Celestial Demon14.

-Blatantly and shamelessly drawing a line lol
-I dunno
-I really don’t know, okay? If you keep following me I’ll report you! You’re a cult!
-Fact) The Demonic Cult is actually a cult

That didn’t mean he needed to actively avoid talking about For the Sect.
Once they started a different game, viewers would naturally bring it up anyway.
“So, should I accept an invite? Oh, you don’t need to tell me how to invite people in chat.”
Someone had been pasting long instructions in the chat about how to get to another streamer’s lobby and how to send invites.
They were clearly teasing him.
Seo Jun deftly found the invite window with a notification and opened it.

[Kim Tae-woo has invited you to the lobby.]

-He’s totally mastered this
-Kyaa!!!! Master!!!
-I’m moved
-I used to ask Alpaca directly because I couldn’t find this lol
-The master was definitely an Assassination professor but his credibility tanked back then

The stark white room with its bare furniture began to transform.
‘I should change my lobby too.’
The lobby was frequently used as a meeting place when inviting other streamers.
Since there was no suitable space in-game for chatting before or after collaborative broadcasts.
That’s why streamers put quite a bit of effort into decorating their lobbies.
Like streamer Alpaca, who’d actually implemented a habitat of real alpacas with the animals themselves, set against a high-altitude backdrop.
“You’re here.”
“Hey.”
“Me too. Hello, everyone watching this guy.”
And Tae-woo’s lobby now had the simple appearance of a secluded resort.
Emerald-colored sea and beach.
And a hotel visible along a wooden boardwalk over the water.
“Wow.”
Seo Jun let his mouth fall open slightly, his face showing genuine admiration.
He really did feel like he’d arrived at a resort.

-Like a Neanderthal seeing fire for the first time lol
-Ah, so this is civilization
-Master change your lobby too gg
-But is Neanderthal right?

Seo Jun looked around and said,
“Wouldn’t it be Homo erectus?”
The first humans to use fire.
But he had no idea what that had to do with anything.
The real reason he hadn’t changed his lobby was simply that there was nothing he wanted among the presets sold in the store.
It wasn’t that he’d put it off out of fear that changing and configuring the background would be difficult.
That’s rough, really.
“What are you talking about?”
“Oh. The viewers said I’m like a Neanderthal seeing fire for the first time.”
“Heh. How do you like this one’s lobby?”
“It’s nice. But is it stock?”
The chat said they had the same one too.
Tae-woo put on a sad expression, feigning pity.
“Yeah. Nobody wanted to make one for me….”
But he was quickly exposed.
“That’s not true? Someone’s saying in chat that they sent you a mail but you ignored it.”
Why suddenly act pitiful?
Tae-woo’s expression immediately changed.
“Who is that? Tell our loyal followers to come over here instead of staying over there.”
“They said they’re not loyal, so they won’t come.”
“Hmm….”
“That’s fair.”

-lol
-The fact that his viewers won’t come over because they’re not loyal is hilarious lol
-If the master showed off a performance here his followers would exist but Tae-woo, you don’t have that!

“Man. Anyway, hurry and come over.”
He said he doesn’t want to.
If that were the case, you’d already be in your room right now, Tae-woo.
“Anyway.”
“Yeah.”
“You got the game downloaded?”
“Of course.”
The exact time the game would unlock for play was 6 PM.
One minute left.
‘Since it’s an indie game, there probably aren’t many players who want to pre-download and jump right in.’
If it were from a famous developer, they might have drawn gamer interest even before production began.
If a distributor had pushed it hard, claiming it was guaranteed to succeed, they could build awareness even before launch.
But this game was neither.
So their advertising was absolutely crucial.
‘We could have scheduled the broadcast after release to see what kind of game it is, so why did we specifically choose to broadcast on launch day?’
Probably confidence?
That had to be it.
Anyway.
“Everyone, you can buy this game on the stream. I mentioned it in the announcement too.”
Seo Jun said this while watching the time change.
“Starting now.”
He launched the game.

[Two Heads are Better]

The game’s logo appeared first, followed by the start screen.
The start screen was split into two sections, with Seo Jun’s name on the right side.
“Do I just send an invite?”
“I think so?”
Tae-woo, who’d been staring off to the side, responded to his question.
“Then Seo Jun, should I invite you?”
“Never mind. I’ll invite you.”
“Why?”
“Just because.”
“No, seriously why?”
Just because, really.
“Heh.”
“What?”
“It’s not like I’m being considerate because you’re terrible with technology, so go ahead and do it, do it. Hahahaha!”
He’s already starting to get under my skin.
What do I need to do.
And Tae-woo.
This is a cooperative game.

-lol
-They’re already trying to fight before we even start
-The fact that they bicker over nothing like this means they’re real friends lol

Seo Jun, finding no point in continuing the exchange, cleanly ignored Tae-woo and sent him an invite.
“I sent it.”
“Got it. Oh, here it comes.”
The names Seo Jun and Tae-woo appeared on the screen that had been split in two.
And the game start button below became active, sharpening and lighting up.
Seo Jun shrugged and said,
“Looks like you need two people to start the game. Honestly, if you don’t have a friend….”
Tae-woo laughed and cut him off.
“Hey, don’t say things like that.”
What?
Oh.
A friend.

-ㅠㅠㅠㅠ
-A game you can’t play without a friend
-Stop it
-lol The viewers without friends got sniped out of nowhere and freaked out lol
-Game max setting: Friend
-No multiplayer? No multiplayer? No multiplayer? No multiplayer? No multiplayer? No multiplayer? No multiplayer?

Seo Jun acknowledged his mistake.
He hadn’t respected the concept of viewers who constantly complain about not having friends.
In any case, people who complain about not having friends are never actual loners, so he should just move on.
“My apologies. Everyone, you can just play with your significant other then, right?”
Seo Jun said this seriously.
“Seriously? Are you doing this on purpose?”

-???
-He really did just say that?
-Master, your address please…
-Even for a pure-hearted person, you can actually be too cruel
-Like they’d have a significant other

And from Tae-woo’s chat, similar reactions came flooding in in real time.

-Why are we targeted too? lol
-Stop the broadcast right now!
-Hmph. Kids these days have no shame at all… Sob.
-lol

Tae-woo watched Seo Jun raise his finger toward the start button and shook his head.
“Starting?”
“Yeah. You cruel bastard.”

[Seo Jun – 19,000 viewers]
[Kim Tae-woo – 15,000 viewers]

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[Seo Jun – 19,000 viewers]
[Kim Tae-woo – 15,000 viewers]

“It’s started.”
A man sitting in an office took his eyes off the broadcast he’d been watching intently just moments before and began scrolling down.

(Paid promotion included)
(Paid promotion included)
(Paid promotion included)

One particular marking that filled the chart caught his eye repeatedly.
It was the label indicating that the current streamer was live with an assignment broadcast.
In terms of ratio, about 40 percent of the streamers in the weight class currently broadcasting had that label, which was certainly an unusual sight, but.
It was also a sight that appeared around this time every year.
Now that large-scale content like Battlefield had ended, a brief dopamine drought had set in among gamers, and the competition among game distributors to capture their attention was at its fiercest.
This was one of the most competitive periods.
It was called Super Week.
The most anticipated games would launch, massive funding would be poured into bringing those games into the spotlight,
And this was the period when sales performed best.
This fierce week, which had become the norm about five years ago, had transcended the pride of two major platforms and become capable of profoundly impacting the next year’s revenue, the fortunes of indie game companies, and the careers of practitioners.
And at a point in the latter half of that week, Seo Jun had appeared.
Even if it was just a brief two-person sponsored broadcast, the person in question was the one who’d pulled off something impossible in the large-scale content just prior to this.
So naturally, those involved couldn’t help but be on high alert.
But what if that person’s company was Crown, the top-ranked rival of Stream, the game distributor Seo Jun had chosen?
Would they feel uneasy?
Or perhaps.
“Has your prediction not changed, Manager Kim?”
The man who’d been looking at the monitor just a moment ago lifted his head.
“You mean that two-person cooperative game? Or that broadcast content?”
“Both.”
“No. It hasn’t changed. Both will fail.”

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