Chapter 14
It definitely made a huge difference whether something involved human hands or not.
Whether that was a good thing or a bad thing, though.
In this case, I’d say I was lucky.
Let’s take a look; what I did ended up with this result.
No, in this case, let’s just say my choices were good.
A streamer with insight.
Pretty cool, right?
Since the chat manager came in, there were absolutely no chats that anyone would find unpleasant.
I guess the quality of the chat room has changed.
Rain.
The new manager of my room and the one who sponsored me 200,000 won.
Suddenly donating 200,000 won and asking to be made a manager, I temporarily gave him the authority.
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Is this person good at their job?
The chat room did look clean, at least from my perspective.
The viewers didn’t seem to have much complaint about the new manager either.
To be precise, the people who had complaints had been somewhat purged.
[Ah haha, if you’re annoyed, then donate! I’ll make you a manager!]
[Is there someone who wants to become an unpaid slave for 200,000 won?]
[I have no complaints ^^]
[Your handling is quite tidy!]
[Is this… the taste of power?]
[Message deleted]
The chats expressing discontent about the sexual harassment, spam, and manager selection methods that I mentioned were all quickly deleted.
What kind of person is this?
At this point, it was almost like a production line.
They were so quick that I started to suspect it was AI doing the work.
For me, this was conveniently the easiest way to choose people, so I didn’t mind.
No matter how much I spun the roulette, if the selected person couldn’t handle the work neatly, it was utterly useless.
I imagined the scenario from when I spun the roulette for a moment.
Spinning the roulette again because the selected person was unsatisfactory.
With each spin, the chat room would become messier.
And my head would start to hurt even more.
The sponsor who donated 200,000 won turned out to be the perfect person as a manager.
Could there be a more comfortable situation than this?
No matter how much money you give, the important thing is whether you can manage the chat room well.
If it wasn’t managed properly, I would have to choose someone again, but Rain proved his abilities, and thanks to that, I was able to proceed with the broadcast comfortably.
“Alright, then today…”
Today was already the third broadcast.
So far, I had been conducting a rank broadcast for EOW.
Since the trigger for the first broadcast was EOW, it’s a natural result.
Continuing to rank and hitting Challenger would also be a good choice.
However, I just wasn’t feeling it today.
It’s not that EOW broadcasts are bad.
EOW is a popular game that can attract many viewers.
It would become the foundation of my broadcasts in the future.
I had played it so much that I was proficient.
Though I had played multiple times, it was still ambiguous to say that I was tired of it.
I wanted to add a little change, to put it correctly.
While mindless ranking is good, today I felt like doing something different.
Was there content that both I could enjoy and the viewers could enjoy?
Something caught my eye.
Sua: Hello, Mollru. This is Streamer Sua… Personally, I have something to apologize for, so I’m leaving a whisper.
It was packed with switch whispers as the broadcast started.
Most were one-sided praises or harassment, so I hadn’t properly checked, but a new message had come in.
Streamer Sua.
The one who suspected me of hacking and helped me get into broadcasting.
She had sent me a whisper of apology.
She probably had some impact since she took the lead in labeling a decent gamer as a hack user.
Didn’t she say she would take a period of reflection?
I think I saw something like that during a broadcast I passed by.
Public sentiment hadn’t completely plummeted, but growth had temporarily stagnated.
She had suffered a setback due to the incident related to me and was now asking for my help again.
Sua: I’m really sorry for suspecting you of hacking, Mollru. This is entirely my fault…
– So, I’d like to do a comeback broadcast with you, Mollru, as an educational broadcast. Would that be possible?
The sentence began with a polite apology.
By the end, she was asking about something else.
A proposal for a joint broadcast came in.
The hacking incident was indeed largely influenced by Sua.
Yet, it felt wrong to just pin all the blame on her.
My play at that time had been abnormal for my tier, which led to the incident.
And seeing her apologize like this, she seemed quite conscientious.
Even after casting a false accusation of being a hack user, she could’ve just ignored it, mumbled that she was mistaken, and carried on.
That was how the positions of big-name streamers worked.
Sure, their image might get slightly tarnished and some viewers may leave, but they could continue broadcasting.
In reality, many streamers did exist.
Those vile folks who act oblivious while wearing a mask, even if they’ve harmed others.
Sua could have made that choice, but she insisted on truly reflecting and reaching out to me for help.
To restore her damaged image.
An educational broadcast, huh.
I pondered over Sua’s proposal.
It was a pretty good suggestion.
Though I had skyrocketed in growth, I was still a rookie streamer.
Through the collaboration with Sua, I’d get to learn how she conducts her broadcasts, and it would help fill any audio gaps due to my inexperience as a newbie.
And most importantly.
It looked fun.
Even if they called out to me as “teacher, teacher” in the chat room, they wouldn’t know.
That I used to be a real teacher.
A teacher teaching EOW, no less.
Lacking in innate physicality but blessed with experience.
A master of the subtle strategies of winning games.
These were words I had been evaluated with in the higher tiers.
In reality, I had conducted numerous consultations.
Most were successful.
There were even gamers who soared from the low ranks to professional thanks to my consulting.
That’s how familiar I was with teaching.
It was also something I missed dearly.
There was no reason for me to refuse Sua’s proposition.
*
Sua was watching Mollru’s broadcast.
Having sent a whisper, she was waiting for Mollru to check it.
She knew instinctively.
That Mollru had just seen her message.
From the brief moment of asking the viewers to wait a second.
“Will we be able to collaborate?”
She didn’t want to get her hopes up.
It wouldn’t be strange for Mollru to reject her since she had pushed an innocent user into being labeled a hacker.
If things hadn’t worked out, Mollru would have had to live with the reputation of being a hacker for life.
Sua wanted to apologize to Mollru.
Not for the sake of her image but for her own peace of mind.
The impact on her own reputation hadn’t been huge.
Just “sorry,” once.
A perfunctory apology and nodding her head would end the matter.
But there was a discomfort somewhere inside her.
Thinking about how she had harmed an innocent person made it hard for her to concentrate.
She had a surprisingly delicate heart for a broadcaster.
She wanted to help him somehow.
Thus, she came up with the idea of an educational broadcast.
A content with the premise of enhancing Sua’s lacking skills.
It would also shine a light on Mollru’s outstanding abilities.
Since it was Sua who proposed it first, there was no way he would refuse.
“I’m sure collaborating would be helpful.”
She had amassed viewers over the past few years.
Dividing the audience was something a broadcaster might usually shy away from, but Sua didn’t care.
Because she wanted to apologize no matter what.
So, Sua quietly watched Mollru’s broadcast.
Waiting for a positive response.
And her wish was granted.
Mollru: Sua, are you there? It shows you’re online.
Sua: Yes. I’m watching the broadcast right now.
Mollru: That’s great. I think the educational broadcast you mentioned would be fun, so can we do it today?
Sua: Today?
Mollru: Yes, if possible, right now.
“Right now…?”
It was a little different from her expectations, but.
*
The EOW community was buzzing with activity today as well.
From who did what to discussions on who the top-tier agents were and how they should be nerfed.
Amid such discussions, a new piece of gossip appeared.
The announcement of Sua’s comeback broadcast.
[Sua broadcast starting in 5 minutes lol]
[Breaking News) Sua Returns]
[Is Sua starting her broadcast?]
About 30% of the gallery population, the investigation squad, cheered.
They were those who had lost their way during an uncharacteristic period of reflection.
People who had turned into derelicts, just throwing around nonsense in the community.
Those who had been tired of such mundane life headed toward Sua’s broadcast with anticipation.
After about a week without a broadcast.
What would Sua look like now, and what kind of broadcast would she do?
Would it be a soothing, grinding broadcast?
Or would it be a game broadcast from her early days?
It might even be something entirely different.
Category: EOW (Agent of War)
The viewers thought as they saw the set broadcast category.
“Is it back to the early days of EOW?” they wondered.
Going into the broadcast with those thoughts.
What unfolded on the screen quickly shattered their expectations.
“So you shouldn’t move like that over there. You need to read your opponent’s mindset.”
“It’s too hard, teacher. I can’t think while playing the game!”
“You just have to keep getting hit until you succeed, what choice do you have?”
“Yes?”
Sweating profusely, Sua was currently getting beaten up in a mirror match by some swordsman.