The Fate-Seeing Genius Streamer - Chapter 78

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【77. [Infinite War] Not Just One Shot Anymore? (2)】
The power of aggro is proportional to its intuitive provocativeness.
Creating a sense of discord so absurd it seems nonsensical, or even violent in its incongruity.
Yet the stronger the stimulus, the more one cannot help but maintain interest in elements that refuse to let go of curiosity.
For example───
《 [Infinite War], Complete Beginner VS Lord of Marshal Arts (※Beginner-Friendly Playable Character Recommended) 》
━Joo Seo-jin (wntjwls)
*Viewers: 21,238 (※SUPER HOT!!!)
…A skilled player who reached Master tier in [Infinite War] in just a single day, now positioning himself as a beginner to challenge the champion—that sort of thing.
Despite a gap of 3 tiers or more, or rather, a score differential so vast it might as well be called a chasm between heaven and earth, the matchup that materialized was sufficient to draw aggro all on its own.
Quite a lot of it.
[Dustnet (=Category: {Game / Streamer}]
Real-time [Infinite War] legend big event happening right now lololololololololol
└Author: Anonymous (Poster)
━{ Photo }
━When I merged with Geomhu, I achieved master tier and was just a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a while.
It’s only been 2 days since I started ranked, and I got matched with Rooma in queue—what an insane legendary event lol
【Comments】
-〔Anonymous〕: ?;
“Anonymous: You’re lying”
-〔Anonymous〕: Cut the nonsense
[Anonymous]: What’s with this Roman and Master and Q getting caught, if you’re gonna lie then do it with some decency, asshole.
-〔Anonymous〕: The aggro is so ridiculous that it’s funny. What’s the point of Mattag getting cued with Roma?
-〔Anonymous〕: Don’t post nonsense like this pretending it’s a relay post; even if you brought locals from the deep sea and told them this, they wouldn’t believe it;
Interest began to gather when a post went up hyping up the broadcast of a match against Lord of Marshal Arts during streaming.
But it was negative interest, not positive.
In [Infinite War]’s in-game system, the matchmaking rating—that is, MMR—does occasionally arrange matches that transcend a player’s tier, but there are limits to such things.
There wasn’t even a reason to fact-check whether this was true or false.
[Anonymous]: Do you really think it makes sense that on day 2 Madtack and Rooma get matched up against each other lololol
-〔Anonymous〕: Did you think this could happen even with experienced newcomers coming from other games? That’s delusional.
-〔Anonymous〕: Ugh, I should just block all you Seo-jin fanboys, every time you open your mouths you’re performing some miracle for Seo-jin
Anonymous: At first they mixed in made-up brain farts while pretending it was fact, but now they’re just straight up lying lol
-〔Anonymous〕: Did your brain break?
As communities tend to be, lies crafted with great effort overflow, so without any fact-checking, everyone simply dismisses them all as lies and tells them to at least put sincerity into their falsehoods.
Nothing more, nothing less—they simply thought it was a lie made to gather attention and dismissed it without concern, but that dismissal didn’t last long.
[Dustnet (=Category: {Game / Streamer}]
*Post title: Teacher Seojin, was it real that you were cued with Roma?; Let’s watch the broadcast right now ㄷㄷㄷㄷㄷㄷ;;;;;
└Author: This Is Dark Templar (Poster)
━{ Photo }
I thought they were blatantly using photoshopped pictures, lol
━I just got curious and went in, and seriously, Lord of Marshal Arts and I are queued together, it’s absolute chaos;;
【Comment Section】
-〔Anonymous〕: I think I saw a similar post earlier, hmm;
-〔Anonymous〕: I saw something about Lord of Marshal Arts and Madtak getting queued with I earlier too, is it an alt account?
-〔Anonymous〕: ..?; Is this being pushed as a meme?? Why is this suddenly fabricated nonsense?
[Anonymous]: Seriously, I set it up and went to check it out, but when the actual matchup comes out, it’s a loss for real;
└[Anonymous]: This is the real
With an ominous atmosphere, public opinion shifted rapidly.
Fact-checking was something that could be done quickly, after all.
[Dustnet (=Category: {Game / Streamer}]
*Post Title: Why is this real; [Infinite War] Lord of Marshal Arts and Joo Seo-jin matchup actually confirmed??;
└Author: KihabGusulGulleogaYou(OP)
━I don’t know why this is actually real;
━The stream was on, so I went in and seriously Lord of Marshal Arts and I are queued together;
━How high did the MMR go for this kind of bug to happen?????????????
【Comment Section】
-〔Anonymous〕: ? That wasn’t a lie?;
└[Gihapgu Seulguleo Gayu (author)]: ㅇㅇ; If you go into streaming, you can see that the Roma matchup is waiting.
└[Anonymous]: Does that even make sense? No matter how high the MMR, Lord of Marshal Arts and Master getting queued together..?
└[Anonymous]: ㄴThen,, it makes sense to beat up the Grand Master with your bare hands and become a Master after just one day of playing the game.
└[Anonymous]: Nah you’re totally right lol
└[Anonymous]: nah nah; going undefeated straight to Master in ranked is just insane skill, these guys are crazy;
“└[Anonymous]: No no no, ugh, these lying bastards need to shut their mouths lol”
Thanks to that, those who had been stirring up public opinion vanished without a trace, and only genuine interest remained.
[Dustnet (=Category: {Game / Streamer}]
*Post title: I can clearly see the number of viewers for Teacher Seojin’s broadcast slowly rising haha.
━Looks like the fighting game enthusiasts are starting to flow in, and there are quite a few new viewers coming because of the Lord of Marshal Arts match;
Once the match with Roma really gets going, we’re gonna see a crazy influx of new players lol
━Partner Streamer status probably gets taken today
【Comment Section】
Anonymous: This is just common knowledge, so… ;;
-〔Anonymous〕: Are you going to criticize a partner streamer for winning today???????????? Go all the way to the hall, you bastard hahahahahaha
└[Anonymous]: In Korea, this could be the case of the fastest Partner Streamer acquisition and Hall of Fame entry ever;
[Anonymous]: The horror is that this might actually be real, not just a joke
└[Anonymous]: Yeah, if they put on a legendary performance even once, there’s nothing that’s impossible lol
And then───
-〔MochaLatteSingleTool〕: Hmm, the [Infinite War] community has been spreading rumors about who Lord of Marshal Arts is that got matched with Seo-jin… if the speculation is true, viewership could multiply;
└[Anonymous]: ?; I searched the Lord of Marshal Arts ID on the stats site and it was someone I’d never seen before, but rumors were spreading like that??;
└[Matcha Latte One Tool]: ㄴGamchal Arts fighting bastards are not idiots for nothing; They have already created a table analyzing the activity cycle and MMR potential range of Korea-Seop Roma and are excluding them using the elimination method haha.
└[Bean Candy in Wonderland]: ㄴㄴㅇㄱㄹㅇ; They’ve already completed most of their guesses and argued among themselves that there is no possibility of an exception. Damn. They’re just crazy like those who snoop around in the professional scene;
“Are you guys Sherlock Holmes or something? lololololol”

Alongside this, speculation about Lord of Marshal Arts—the opponent matched against Joo Seo-jin’s side—circulated just as vigorously.
-〔Pure Skill Favors Kensin〕: Hmm.. Is that so..??
Well.
Of course, though not quite as intense as before, there were those who expressed subtle displeasure, but I found it rather delightful.
Even those who openly displayed jealousy, envy, or something akin to prejudiced discomfort were themselves a fine seasoning.
“In terms of pure skill, Kensin has the advantage, right? But honestly, does it really matter who it is? I mean, even if we say Rooma, the opponent isn’t exactly World Star level anyway lol”
“Well… Worlds Star is still Worlds Star, you know”
└〔Pure Skill Favors Kensin〕: ??..
└[Matcha Latte One-Trick]: The global fame is exceptional, so it hits different
└〔Pure Skill Favors Kensin〕: ??????????????;;
└[Matcha Latte One-Trick]: Well, you’ll know once it’s revealed.. but if Lord of Marshal Arts’s identity is real, that’s a crazy big shot;
Especially in a situation like this, it was all the more so.
-〔Matcha Latte One-Trick〕: And for good reason—the opponent’s Lord of Marshal Arts.. it’s a different game, but they’re a former professional gamer.
An unexpected massive wave was approaching, creating synergy.
-〔Matcha Latte One-Trick〕: Moreover, a star player who was the MVP of the World Championship finals two years running?
Like a butterfly effect, so to speak.
***
Meanwhile.
At that same moment, Joo Seo-jin wore a gentle smile as an endless stream of donations poured in.
‘Hmm—. The reactions are hotter than I expected? This is excellent.’
Thanks to my natural broadcasting instinct—or rather, my talent for monetization—I was pulling off a win-win scenario I’d never anticipated.
Ding, ding, ding───.
[【Canned Tropical Fruits】 donated ‘30,000 won’.]
━Dragon Fighter, right?
[【The Nationwide Kung Fu Masters Association Exists】 donated ‘30,000 won’.]
Let’s become Kung Fu masters. Natural Elephant Form is overpowered because offense and defense are one, and the balance is perfect—it’s seriously fun, for real.
[【Imbalance Hater】 donated ‘30,000 won’.]
━Let’s go with Anti-Gravity Psycher. It has surprisingly fun potential and gets picked in the pro scene too.
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…
Lord of Marshal Arts.
I had declared I would face one of the absolute strongest players in the entire world within [Infinite War] and have my playable character chosen.
The moment I announced I’d select my playable character based on the total donation amount and proceed with the match, donations flooded in.
Choosing a playable character I’d never used before against one of [Infinite War]’s strongest had apparently triggered considerable earning potential—or rather, a wave of voluntary donations.
To an extraordinary degree.
Well.
Of course, if I’m being honest, it wasn’t solely because I was using a playable character against Lord of Marshal Arts.
I had stubbornly clung to the “Nameless Monk” for so long that everyone naturally wanted to see a fresh playstyle.
‘Well, I’ve only ever played the Nameless Monk until now. Even if no one said it outright, they must have felt a bit tired of it.’
Because I had utilized it in such diverse ways, no one had dared voice fatigue—yet the viewers themselves had secretly hoped I would switch to a different playable character.
‘Actually, I was planning to expand my playable character roster soon anyway… so this timing works out well, I suppose?’
I knew it.
Joo Seo-jin had already sensed that even he had received advice from Geom-hu on such matters.
Because of that, I had thought it wouldn’t be bad to handle one or two additional playable characters.
I had simply used the Lord of Marshal Arts as a catalyst to more actively expand my playable character roster.
‘It’s an idea I came up with, but it’s a pretty solid concept.’
Indeed.
Even thinking about it myself, it truly felt like a clever idea.
I was also pleased with how I had cleverly refined the streaming title to a higher standard.
《 [Infinite War], Complete Beginner VS Lord of Marshal Arts (※Beginner-Friendly Playable Character Recommendations Accepted) 》
━Joo Seo-jin(wntjwls)
*Viewer Count: 23,238 (※SUPER HOT!!!)
‘Twenty thousand. …For solo streaming, this is the first time I’ve hit this many viewers.’
Twenty thousand.
After changing the streaming title, new viewers flooded in explosively, and I shattered the record.
Excluding the joint broadcast with Geom-hu, I had never hit over twenty thousand viewers—yet I had set this record solo.
‘I was worried I might lack broadcasting sense, but it seems that wasn’t the case.’
Though I had been somewhat uncertain, it was undeniable that I possessed a refined sense of meta-awareness.
But then—.
“…Phew. Your writing skills are, well. It’s painfully obvious you have no talent for it. Where on earth did you learn to title broadcasts like this?”
“?”
…Somehow, as if directly contradicting that thought, Hikaru frowned with visible distaste.
What was it?
For a moment, Joo Seo-jin blinked and asked her to clarify what she meant.
“Is there… perhaps a problem? The broadcast title seemed fine to me…”
“Fine? What do you mean fine. Even setting aside the lack of romance, the overall level is just too much…”
“Ah. It might be a bit too trend-conscious—”
“You reek of an old person pretending to be sensitive to trends…”
“?”
“Like, how do I put it. That…”
Hikaru glanced sideways with a ‘psst’ and muttered softly.
“…It’s like the vibe you get from grandfathers who used to frequent PC Bangs back in the day. You’ve got a bit of that, you know.”
“…”
For some reason, the formal speech I had chosen to use now grated on my nerves unbearably.
It was like discovering that someone you thought was only a year or two younger was actually an elder with enough generational gap to make you feel it.
Worse still, there was an undertone of ‘Surely there aren’t people other than grandfathers who still go to PC Bangs these days?’ which made it even more cutting.
Since the current era’s mainstream culture centered on capsule hotel rentals, PC Bangs carried the strong image of being a relic of the old generation, so I had nothing to say in response.
If there’s a problem, it would be just one.
“…It’s actually quite fun to visit occasionally, and it’s not a place only elderly people go to, you know.”
“….”
That is to say, it was true that Joo Seo-jin did indeed frequent places like PC Bangs fairly often.
In a moment of irritation, I spoke somewhat curtly, but the response that came back wasn’t harsh.
Quite the opposite.
Rather, unlike before, his posture shifted and he reacted with a startled, surprised expression.
“…That can’t be right. There are actually still people who go to places like that? What on earth is your age—”
“?”
“…Oh? No, that’s not what I meant. I, of course, believe that age is merely a number.”
“….”
‘?’
Spoken with slightly more courtesy than before.
‘…What is this? Just now I felt my resistance to formal speech diminish, but was that just my imagination?’
…Somehow, it felt as though I were receiving respect and consideration that I didn’t particularly welcome.

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