Master Swordsman’s Stream - Chapter 148

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Chapter 148

The League of Streaming was the most representative tournament among all events that streamer participated in, boasting both the largest scale and the highest buzz.
It got its name because the main game was The League, but in another sense, the scale was more than fitting for that title.
Once the tournament began, it was safe to say that virtually any other topic of conversation would have difficulty surfacing elsewhere
—or rather, it would be buried.
With the shift to virtual reality, the streaming market had grown so much that barely any users played games without broadcasting, and the transition of gamers to streamer status had been quite successful.
The hallmark of streamer culture was that they couldn’t resist watching tournaments featuring other streamers.
Even if it was a game they didn’t know, they’d learn it by watching.
But The League was a game virtually everyone knew.
Moreover, several famous streamers always participated.
So it wasn’t strange that from the start, nearly everyone had flocked to The League category.

[Something feels off with the auction…?]

That was a post that had come up when Tae-woo bid 750 points on the A-tier player Seo Jun.

-Yeah, right lol
-Weird, there are two captains with weird team strategies lol what lol
-That’s why the tournament ops divided them by skill level. At least try to keep your team’s power level balanced lol

But that wasn’t it.
If you divided players by position, you’d inevitably end up recruiting all participating players from similar tier ranges, which severely restricted your recruitment options. That was the biggest reason.
Plus, there was a bigger risk of the auction failing as things stood.

[To bid that much from the start, that streamer is a bit…]
[Sigh. The mental guy seems to have dropped out of that competition]
[Ugh, come on. Historically, when auctioning A-tier players in Lios, Jungle is always the best position…]
[Honestly A-tier is fine for anything except Top]
[What’s wrong with Top!]
[Either way, the Harmony rate is 10, right? Bidding everything all-in right from the start seems so dumb]

The public opinion of those who’d been talking didn’t change even after the bidding on Seo Jun ended.

[Even if the commentators cover for it, this doesn’t make sense]
[Did he really go all-in? Don’t let Yun-ho be captain next time]
[But actually, if you think about it, there are 3 captains who went all-in…]
[Phew! Almost lost the mental guy!]
[Wow but from now on Yun-ho’s team can only pick the people everyone else threw away lolololol]

That’s right.
Everyone was still viewing it skeptically.
And as the results came out as everyone had suspected, the public opinion grew even stronger.
It was inevitable—the results turned out even worse than expected.

[ABC as 3 Mid-laners? I knew it.]
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Of all things, the best players are 3 Mid-laners. And guys who got unsold because they only play Mid lolololol
Looks like the worst team in history is born
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-There’s always a reason for being unsold
-I knew it would turn out this way, special. Nah, I didn’t know it would
└This time everyone really did predict it lololol
-But this is really rough. That A guy at least has outstanding physical mechanics, maybe he’ll learn other lanes?
└It’s a loss that he can’t go to his main lane but what can you do. B’s Wind Blade went to another lane, and if he’s really terrible at it, then A should sacrifice for the team lolol
└Yeah that’s why you shouldn’t go all-in

[Honestly Seo Jun <–this guy getting attention for some reason really gets to me]
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His Harmony rate is 10, too.
I'm a streamer with a higher Harmony rate than him, yet he's at Lios, the 'best tournament for streamers,' and managed to catch the attention of 'three thriving S-tier captains in our region,' and it just really bothers me
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-This guy's real lololol
-But I get being annoyed
└Just say you're annoyed because he's handsome
└Now that I think about it, that might be right? (OP)
-Anyway this auction seems totally botched

[Tae-woo <–this guy's actually ㅈㄴ smart when you think about it]
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He can go Mid himself as a secondary position and concentrate all the strength on Bottom. Plus he screwed over his friend. Total genius.
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-Isn't the real motive the last part though?
└Isn't that the same guy who said he was annoyed seeing Seo Jun earlier? lololol Seems like the OP just hates good-looking guys
-Tae-woo definitely isn't good-looking. So whatever he does doesn't really bother anyone lol
└Why are you doing that to Tae-woo lolololololol

That's right.
After the auction results came out, people gave their quick takes, and the conclusion was that Ha Yun-ho's team clearly had plenty of problems.
And a small minority said this:

[Seo Jun needs to prove himself]
[Yeah, quit whining and carry if you already ate all the points]
[If we crash in groups, it's this guy's fault]

Of course, those posts didn't get recommendations and were quickly buried.
Because they stirred up conflict. And the responsibility for the auction lay with the captain anyway.
In any case, the reason they'd tuned into Lios today wasn't just for the auction.
The preliminaries.
Technically, the real preliminary round comes from scrims, the practice matches, but since this was the first real competition right after the teams were formed, you could at least see who plays the game best.
Besides, if you missed this moment, it'd be like not watching the earlier episodes of a drama.
So the first E-rank game, which existed purely for entertainment, passed.

[Basically just a fun competition lololol]
[That's why the training camp meta came out lolol]

When the next game, Ground Zero, was revealed, people flocked en masse to the Ground Zero community.

[Ah. Taste this overwhelming firepower offensive]
[You rural backwater communities, THIS is the true 'weight class' of The League]
[Stop spamming!]
[Excuse me, we're still in the top ten games, right? Battle Royale #1 doesn't look that bad]
[Still, you're all provincial hicks compared to The League, right?]
[Our main is Ground Zero but just for now, if the trolls from The League join us here, I'll upvote lololol]
[Go stir things up in The League community!]
[Might as well cause chaos in both places. We've got the numbers anyway]

The fact that they'd occupied the space didn't mean the innocent Ground Zero users suffered harm.
Why? Hadn't they said so earlier?
That while it was The League's tournament, it was essentially a tournament for streamers.
And that most game users were streamers.
So except for a small few, everyone here was from The League community to begin with, just pretending to be victims of occupation.
In any case, the Ground Zero community users began making predictions in small groups about the game's results.

[Personally I'm betting on Wave. He's absurdly good at this game. This is just a given.]
[Wave's definitely a sure thing.]
[Spoon Fuse]

For a moment, Alpaca’s mind filled with a question mark.
Wait, that was right? A person?
“Oh. Was I supposed to aim for the engine room?”
Seo Jun smiled sheepishly, keeping his eyes on the scope as he fired the next shot.
Bang!

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