Chapter 21
[Is the Wayo Emperor joining the large server??]
(Shanks meme)
Should we go find her.. One Piece
-Kyaㅋㅋㅋ
-Great Wayo Emperor
-Is she really joining?
ㄴ She's showing interest
ㄴ Kyaㅋㅋㅋ
ㄴ What does “interest-dor” mean?
ㄴ I thought it was confirmed, damn;
[The point where Zizijik is totally screwed..]
The Wayo Emperor is joining the large server and will grind it endlessly, so the streaming scene is doomed..
-How do you even grind a server in the streaming scene?
-It's a genuine emergency..
-She's going to win every Ballon d'Or nowㅋㅋㅋ
[The guys who are truly screwed in real time]
First up, the Wayo hounds <<<
They kept saying, “What if she only does large servers?”
“Collab streams are the real deal,” blah blahㅋㅋ
What are they going to do if their master fumbles around on the large server after all this Lonely Island Award nonsense??
-Would our Wayo Emperor do that??
-Ah, the Wayo Emperor says collab streams are the real dealㅋㅋ
-Has Wayo gone insane or what
[Are you guys really insane?]
(Wayo's stream)
I went to the stream after seeing the forum buzz, and there were 140 viewers, you fuckersㅋㅋ
You've really started circulating a topic about such a microscopic streamer
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-No, it wasn't that bad;;
-For real, the Wayo Emperor is a total nobody..
-It's because she played Phone World;;
ㄴ For real;;
ㄴ If she'd played Rell, she'd have hit 200
[Can't the Wayo Emperor just not join the large server…?]
Fuck, we can't even call her the Lonely Island Award winner anymore
-For realㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Ah, she's a nobody because she doesn't do collabsㅋㅋ
[These guys are fucking hilarious]
Who said they'd even let a nobody onto the server?
-Ah
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-For real, they might not let her in..
-The Wayo Emperor gets rejected at the door…?
ㄴ (No way that's happening meme)
[Why the Wayo Emperor won't get rejected at the door]
(Minecraft collab sworn-brotherhood meme)
The Wayo Emperor has the strongest connections tooㅇㅇ
-Who are those guys
ㄴ You don't know Haehwang, the god of networking??
ㄴ Both are top-tier clout chasersㅋㅋ
-Is she friends with those two?
ㄴ Yep
ㄴ Wow, fuck, birds of a featherㅋㅋ
[But are those girls still friends with Wayo?]
What's with the fuss over one brief collab from way backㅋㅋ
-They were the ones the Wayo Emperor fed and housed;;
ㄴ Info) Wayo was a rookie back then
ㄴ Back then she was a nobody among nobodiesㅋㅋ
-Do you take the Peach Garden Oath for a joke??
ㄴ For real, that trio of bosses is the real deal
ㄴ “Three bosses,” my assㅋㅋ
[Wayo had fewer than fifty viewers during the Peach Garden Oath]
Are all fifty of them here? Fuckㅋㅋ
-Not much different from nowㅋㅋ
ㄴ ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
ㄴ Ah, it's because she came back from a break and lost viewersㅋㅋ
[The Wayo Emperor's dignity is taking a nosedive...]
Now she's even having to leech off those lackeys..
-Wasn't Wayo the leech back then too?
ㄴ No, Wayo had the most viewers at the end
ㄴ She sucked them dry during the collab, fuckㅋㅋㅋ
ㄴ ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
ㄴ Anyway, she had a lotㅋㅋ
-For real, those kids used to lick her boots;;
[But we're really watching those girls get leeched nowㅋㅋ]
They're gods at leeching off big streamers.
-For realㅋㅋㅋ
-Being a mosquito to a leech is the Great Wayo Emperor
ㄴ That's what Wayo isㅇㅇ
-Great Wayo
-Isn't the large server the one leeching off the Wayo Emperor??
ㄴ Is this guy a genius??
ㄴ That's exactly itㅋㅋ
ㄴ (99+ missed calls from mit)
ㄴ The Wayo hounds have finally lost itㅋㅋ;
**
Large server.
I'd never seriously considered joining one before, but this time was different.
For one thing.
Before, I hadn't seen any reason to join, and the viewers hadn't seemed all that interested either, so I'd stayed out.
But now the stream was in a drought, and hadn't those important viewer bastards all left?
Then was there any reason not to join the server?
Besides, now that I'd broken free of my Rell addiction, I had nothing else to do.
So I thought, Since it's come to this, maybe I should experience a large server for once, and tentatively brought it up on stream….
-??
-?
-Are you really going?
As expected, the backlash started rolling in.
“Ah, fuck, the stream's dead. We have to save it, don't we?”
-Did we kill it???
-No, you took two weeks off, you bastard
-Are you leaving us too..?
“Leaving? What are you talking about? And wouldn't it be a good thing if I joined a large-scale server?”
But the thing about these people was, they were funny.
What was so wrong with joining a large server?
Wouldn't it actually be a good thing to go?
It was a server made with massive capital; there was no way it could be boring.
“We should be shoving you in there, not treating you like a turret.”
-...Huh?
-No, exactlyㅋㅋ
Once I explained what I meant.
The viewers who had reflexively opposed it realized that something had gone wrong.
“They say the fans who pretend not to be simps are the scariest….”
-??
-???
-I'm a simp??
“The bone broth's just pouring out of you. Want me to play Rell and stitch your head back together?”
-ㅗ;;
-So you do know that playing Rell patches your head back together
-Fuck off
Anyway, separate from the viewers' reaction, I was still only considering it.
I hadn't even filled out the application.
Unlike what Haega had said about it being simple, the application had a surprising amount to fill out once I actually opened it.
There were plenty of fields just for my introduction, as well as ones I had to fill in for my role on the server.
Looking at it, everyone seemed to be playing on a concept server where they stuck to their RP.
I suppose you could say you lived as a citizen in the city of a famous open-world gangster game.
So I had to create a new name and concept, among other things.
The occupation could be selected from a prepared list.
“Still, it's not confirmed yet. I'm just thinking about it.”
-But will they accept you??
-Even if you want to, can you get in?
“I'm just filling out the application.”
[I'll write you a recommendation, so just apply, Pingping!]
Well, judging by Haega's message, all I had to do was apply.
For reference, Pingping was the nickname that friend used for me.
‘You Miaping-like bitch.’
Actually, it used to be “Miaping bitch,” but after getting a taste of the mainstream, that friend started calling me that.
What a worldly bastard… No wonder I don't do collabs with that friend.
“So, I'm going to fill out the application for now.”
This server was even being sponsored by Zizijik, and since they were promoting it in all sorts of ways, the application had already been made public.
So I showed it on stream without censoring anything.
“I have to choose a concept and occupation here.”
-The day we'd see this on Wayo's stream has finally comeㅋㅋ
-Go gangsterㅋㅋㅋ
-It has to be gang, no matter what
Since the game hosting the server was a gangster game, gangster was boldly listed among the occupations.
That was probably where most people would flock.
It looked like there would be plenty of incidents for content too, and more than anything, wasn't there a primitive sort of fun to it?
Games were fun because they let you do things you couldn't do in real life.
In that sense, gangster was exactly the kind of occupation that fit that essence.
“Tsk, but I'm a law-abiding citizen.”
Of course, I wasn't particularly tempted.
-Law-abiding, my ass
-Then why didn't you obey broadcast law and take two weeks off??
-Then will you be a cop??
A cop? That wasn't a bad choice either.
I did like shooting guns, after all.
But… hmm.
“For a server like this, I kind of want to do something ordinary.”
A cop or a murim fighter would be fine too.
But precisely because it was that kind of server, perhaps an ordinary-citizen occupation would be fun too.
“More importantly, there are a lot of professional jobs.”
-Yeahㅇㅇ
-Then you can't just be an office workerㅋㅋ
-Those kinds of jobs are probably more fun
“But there are too many occupations… I'll think about it.”
If the list had been shorter, I probably would have chosen quickly.
But with every occupation under the sun, it only made things harder.
Could this streamer really fill every one of these occupations?
They'd called it the largest server ever, and it really did seem to be a colossal server.
-What are you going to name yourself?
-The concept and name matter too
“My name? Can't I just use Seongwon?”
-Seongwon hyung is a lock
-You're going to play a male character?? That's a no-go;;
It was a shame there was no manual laborer occupation.
Han Seongwon would be perfect for a manual-laborer concept.
I was confident I could show them the true taste of local flavor, too.
“Tsk, but is that too much of an in-joke?”
A shame was a shame, so I typed Han Seongwon into the name field, then paused.
I'd meet other streamers if I joined a large-scale server.
Having the three syllables Han Seongwon, completely unrelated to my name, stamped there might confuse people.
I'd have to give a long explanation every time someone asked.
-Then you'll make up a new one??
-It would be fun to make an entirely new one
“Okay, I'll go with a new name this time.”
-Kyaㅋㅋㅋ
-I ordered chicken
-Hold on, I need to call all my relatives
“Huh?”
-I woke up my sleeping grandma
-Wow, I'm really looking forward to this
-How is she going to name herselfㄷㄷ
-Wayo Emperor's naming sense is something else bb
These bastards, they were setting themselves up for the kill…?
I'd forgotten, having turned the stream back on after so long.
Naming a streamer was a trip between heaven and hell.
-All my relatives are here!!
-We're all watching together in the living room
-I slapped my little brother, who has a test tomorrow, and told him to watch this before bedㅋㅋ
Drip, drip.
Seeing the chat suddenly speed up after it had been sluggish just moments ago, I regretted giving them the opening.
But what could I do? This was a streamer's fate.
So after thinking for a moment.
I typed two characters into the name field.
[Name: Wayong]
-?
-??
-So fucking boring;
-She took a break and lost all her touch
-How does she even stream with this kind of touch??
“Wa-Wayong.”
-..?
-Streamer Wayo.
-This isn't something you can smooth over with cuteness;
-All right, let's leave~
You fucking bastards.
The next day, after much deliberation, I submitted the application.
**
Time passed, and the day the large server opened arrived.
“Shall we go?”
I logged into the server when it opened and got into the black car prepared in advance.
-Yes, boss
-Let's get inㅋㅋㅋ
In the end, I turned off the stream and chose the occupation by myself.
There were a lot of candidates, so I agonized over it, but this one seemed the best.
[Wayong]
“Didn't the character turn out well?”
-Yeah, looks coolㅋㅋ
-Why isn't it a female character;;
The occupation of this male character, who wore black sunglasses perched on his nose and had his neatly styled hair slicked back, was….
Vroom-
“Let's go~”
A taxi driver.