Chapter 52

Posted by Kuze, ? Views, Released on January 2, 2025

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After grinding solo rank diligently, I finally reached Diamond 1.

Since I was hungry, I ordered army stew and checked my follow list.

[Monsters are chasing me]

It was Bunny Run’s stream title.

Is it a horror game?

Curious, I turned on the stream, but Bunny Run was in the middle of solo ranking in <Eternal World>.

Maybe she was planning to play a horror game after a quick match.

“It’s almost summer, should I try playing a horror game like Bunny Run?”

—

It’s July now, let’s do it in August.

Horror games are scary, can Yoorim even handle it?

Your follow list is empty? Don’t you watch other streams?

—

At the viewers’ comments, I checked my follow list.

Mos, Pape, Bbangbbang, Bunny Run, Ga Joon-sik, Rozon—that was it. Compared to a typical viewer’s follow list, it was pretty humble.

“I do watch other streams.”

—

You watch without following?

Isn’t it inconvenient to search every time?

—

“That’s why I mainly watch streams that pop up at the top. I also use categories.”

Like the <Resurrected Students Also Need Love> category, the <Excel Busters> category, or the <Fantasy Life> category.

It feels pretty good to see the games I made added to the streaming platform’s categories. If I get the chance, I should try it sometime.

—

Who’s the last streamer you watched? Not the ones you follow.

—

Not the ones I follow?

After a moment of thought, I slowly spoke.

“It’s a secret. I’ll just say I’ve been watching a lot of VTuber streams.”

—

Suddenly VTubers?

You watch that stuff?

—

“I’m a VTuber too, you know?”

For viewers with bad memory, I should make a brain health game soon.

Ding. A donation came in.

<YabangEunTtoAnHanayo donated 100,000 won>

-(A 10-second donation clip from Han Yoorim’s MTube night stream)

Even watching it again, AR technology these days is pretty decent. It might lag behind VR, but the level of immersion is something I couldn’t have imagined before the world changed.

Can’t I make a game with this?

I should look into related technology more next time.

I opened a plum-flavored highball I had set aside to eat with the army stew and spoke.

“Thank you, YabangEunTtoAnHanayo, for the 100,000 won. I probably won’t do it for a while.”

By the way, 10,000 won per second was supposed to discourage video donations, but they just went for it.

I opened the settings and changed the video donation rate to 100,000 won per second.

This should stop them from using it.

While I was at it, I opened an internet browser and pulled up my newly revamped MTube.

“Please check out my MTube too.”

—

Finally made it, damn.

Already hit 50,000 subscribers lol.

Aren’t you making a fan café?

—

“I’ll think about it.”

I don’t prefer closed communities like fan cafés, but if viewers really want it, I might consider it.

Ding dong. The delivery arrived.

I brought the army stew to my desk and turned on Bunny Run’s MTube.

“Let’s watch this while eating.”

—

Watching again?

Why are you always watching Bunny Run instead of your own MTube, lol.

—

I put Bunny Run’s MTube on the main screen and used the sub-monitor to handle work.

First, I checked my emails.

Among various business emails, one subject caught my eye.

Subject: Hello, Han Yoorim. Regarding inquiries about game streaming.

Game streaming? I hadn’t prohibited it, so this was the first time someone inquired about it.

Who could it be?

Curious, I checked the sender and immediately understood.

Sender: NovelLive

NovelLive was a VTuber company created by Novella, the developer of <Eternal World>.

Corporations are different from individuals.

Streamers are like individual entrepreneurs. They have freedom.

But corporations don’t.

Things that are fine for individuals can often become problematic for corporations.

That includes game streaming.

Usually, it’s fine, but if it’s not, it can lead to legal battles.

That’s why corporate VTubers only stream games approved by their company.

They need permission from the developers to bring a game to their stream.

But Novella’s headquarters is in Japan, so NovelLive should be a Japanese company, yet the email was in Korean.

Well, Novella is a global company with its headquarters in Japan. NovelLive is the same.

I replied that streaming was fine and closed the email.

Now, the most important task remained.

A task so important I saved it like the strawberry on a cake.

Lurking in the community.

I opened the VR Broadcasting Gallery and turned on the page navigation feature.

Around page 103 should do.

The last post I saw appeared on the screen.

This precise control. Even I’m scared of myself.

I slowly enjoyed the community posts.

<Jung Byung-ryeon’s concept is making me sick>, <Pusik is lost in the labyrinth again>, <Han Yoorim’s games are all rip-offs lol>, <Han Yoorim finally made an MTube>, <Bunny Run has been boring lately>, <Isn’t it about time for a platform-integrated tournament?>…

After binge-reading all the posts to page 1, I nodded.

Seems like nothing much happened today.

Should I binge the VTuber stream gallery now?

*

<Han Yoorim is a perfect upgrade over Arena>

Han Yoorim is 2 years younger, better at games, and has a better voice.

Their streaming concepts are similar, but Han Yoorim’s tools are superior. Is there any reason to watch Arena?

-Arena uses a cam, and Han Yoorim is a VTuber. Isn’t Arena the upgrade? Did the VSubs crawl back in?

┗Even with a cam, it’s only turned on a few times a year. Most of the time, it’s just illustrations.

┗┗Still, it’s a different level from someone who doesn’t even show their face.

-Arena is natural, while Han Yoorim feels like she’s acting.

┗Hmm

Arena, who had been ego-searching in the community, bit her lip.

Lately, she kept seeing posts with this template.

Arena clicked dislike and continued browsing the VR Broadcasting Gallery.

Han Yoorim, Han Yoorim, Han Yoorim—everywhere she looked, it was about Han Yoorim.

This was highly unusual for the VR Broadcasting Gallery, which typically rejected VTubers.

Well, it was fine. Arena wasn’t originally the gallery’s queen. She wasn’t mentioned much to begin with.

For a woman to become the gallery’s queen, she needed superstar power like Bunny Run, so it was natural.

So, Arena had no reason to get angry just because others were mentioned more in the VR Broadcasting Gallery.

But the problem was that every time Han Yoorim was mentioned, Arena was dragged into it too.

VR Broadcasting…

Exploring galleries was one of Arina’s hobbies.

As a broadcaster with quite a high status, she rarely mentioned that the VR Broadcasting Gallery wasn’t her taste, but secretly, she found it more entertaining than most places.

But not anymore.

Every time her name came up, and her comments were often turned into food humor, it became unbearable to watch.

After spending a long time reading posts about Han Yoorim in the VR Broadcasting Gallery, Arina suddenly checked the time and closed the community.

It was time to broadcast.

[Challengers below, don’t breathe]

—

Finally, I can breathe, finally, I can breathe, finally, I can breathe, finally, I can breathe, finally, I can breathe.

If you’re a broadcaster, don’t take breaks, if you’re a broadcaster, don’t take breaks, if you’re a broadcaster, don’t take breaks.

Finally, my world is “moving,” finally, my world is “moving,” finally, my world is “moving.”

—

The chat was flooded with spam.

For a typical broadcaster, this would be a situation to avoid, but Arina ignored it and casually brought up everyday topics.

<CamOn's 1000 won slurped>

– CamOn

Then, a regular viewer-like donation came in.

“Cam? Got it.”

Arina adjusted the settings and turned the cam on for a second, then off.

The angle only showed the keyboard, not her face.

“There. I turned it on.”

—

LOL

Seriously, she’s savage

That’s more than enough

—

The viewers loved it.

Seeing that, Arina slightly frowned.

Not turning on the cam was better. She didn’t have to manage her expressions.

Arina sighed inwardly and continued the broadcast.

People generally wear masks.

The difference is whether the mask is thin or thick. No one exists without wearing a mask.

Broadcasters are no different.

No. Broadcasters take it to the extreme.

Broadcasters have a separate “broadcast voice.”

If you see yourself on camera, you’ll realize that the way you think you look and the way you appear on camera are usually different.

Specifically, everything shrinks the moment it’s captured on camera.

Actions, voice, everything.

So, broadcasters exaggerate their actions. They deliberately raise their voice tone.

That’s the only way to appear natural to viewers.

Broadcasters already live wearing two masks.

Adding another mask here wasn’t too strange.

In Arina’s case, besides the basic broadcaster skills, she wore an additional “savage” mask.

It felt like using a “mesugaki” RP as a VTuber.

Since it didn’t fit well with Korean sensibilities, she tweaked it here and there, but the original concept was “mesugaki.”

It wasn’t for nothing that Arina was dragged into conversations whenever Han Yoorim was mentioned.

At a glance, Han Yoorim and Arina had a lot in common.

<ㅇㅇ's 1000 won slurped>

– A guy who does whatever he wants without any pretense ㅇㅇ

“Broadcasts should be as natural as possible. Even if you try to set a concept, it’ll show.”

—

LOL

True to her beliefs

Wow

—

And then came the donation.

<CatLeaf's 100,000 won slurped>

– Is that so?

Seeing the nickname of the donor, Arina’s eyebrow twitched.

CatLeaf. A notable viewer in Arina’s broadcast who uses a cat-ear avatar, a sort of chairman.

He always donated big, so most regular viewers knew him.

‘That guy. He’s been showing up in Han Yoorim’s streams a lot lately.’

Every time he spied on Han Yoorim’s streams, he donated 100,000 won, so he’s been scarce in her own streams recently.

It was annoying, but she didn’t show it. Unlike Mirinae, on V-TV, maintaining a friendly relationship with viewers was crucial. Making a fuss over titles like “chairman” would only create awkwardness.

“100,000 won slurped. I’ll use it well.”

So, this level of reaction was just right.

Just as Arina thought, “Today’s broadcast went smoothly enough,” something happened.

<ㅇㅇ's 13,000 won slurped>

– (Full video of Han Yoorim’s Thierry mad movie compilation)

A video donation came in.

Her expression twisted, but since Arina wasn’t on cam, it didn’t show on the broadcast.

—

Wow

Insane

Even though the opponent is a Challenger, the level is just different

—

Han Yoorim and Arina have a lot in common.

As a female, being a Challenger-level player is rare.

As a female, holding the City Core position is rare.

As a female, having such a playstyle is rare.

A relaxed broadcast atmosphere.

A similar savage concept.

All these were points shared by Han Yoorim and Arina.

Because of this, Han Yoorim and Arina overlapped in viewership.

In fact, currently, Han Yoorim is absorbing various viewer demographics, so any broadcaster would have overlapping viewership, but no one had their viewers pulled away as noticeably as Arina.

The only one who came close was Pape? But even Pape, when he streamed, most viewers came back to watch him.

Unlike Arina, who had even lost her chairman.

Everyone in the chat loved Han Yoorim’s mad movie.

I guarantee it. There wasn’t a single viewer in Arina’s stream who didn’t follow Han Yoorim.

Feeling slightly awkward, Arina quickly launched <Eternal World>. She anticipated something might happen if she kept chatting.

Arina chose the City Core position and started the game. Boom. The game matched instantly.

This fast?

Something felt off, but <Eternal World> moved to the ban/pick screen the moment the game was found. The die was cast.

Arina banned the current OP character and picked her main.

The opponent picked too.

It was Thierry.

…Thierry?