Swordmanship Veteran's Game Stream Chapter 160
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Mental's team was classified as a strong team.
The team name was Heavy Mental.
Streamer Mental had recently gotten married, and the fact that he had gained weight during his honeymoon period was meme'd, and viewers said the team name was undoubtedly derived from that meme.
Since they had cleverly changed "heavy metal" to indirectly mock the team leader, it was indeed typical of the hexed Travel, which planted a heap of toxicity in the hearts of everyone who logged on.
Seo-jun sincerely thought that there was surely something wrong with this site.
'They've all gathered.'
It was when Seo-jun was looking at the game start interface and memorizing the names of the opposing team.
Was it because of what he had said earlier?
An in-game league message arrived for Seo-jun.
[Pado: I was sorry about back then. And since I know your skills, Seo-jun, I will do my best. Even if it is a practice match. Today, I will definitely bring out your full power.]
The sender of the message, which he checked away from the viewers' eyes, was Pado, the mid laner of the team he was about to face.
Seo-jun's eyes narrowed.
What did "back then" refer to?
The past? Or Ground Zero? The water deer?
'Indeed. That was a bit too much. Wind Sword should apologize quickly.'
Although he did not know for sure, Seo-jun just left him on read, thinking that if it was important, they would talk about it later.
Or, while playing the game.
The word "full power" was, well...
In the last game, of course, it was not that he had struggled to win, but people tended to interpret that not as Seo-jun going easy on them, but as him giving up because there was nothing he could do.
There were those who thought so not only among community users but also among the commentators. Just like right now.
Perhaps Pado sending such a message now was due to the influence of the commentary.
[“It might be that he didn't know how to play out the game. Player Seo-jun is an A-grade newbie, after all.”]
[“Are you saying he's a max-level newbie!”]
That was Taeyang's evaluation. And Bangju's useless addition.
[“There is such a thing as macro in The League. It's not that there are no rules for running the game in Ground Zero either. However, Ground Zero is a battle fought in realistic terrain and environments. The rules of the game are based on the reality of shooting and hitting. So even if you do it for the first time, you can get a feel for it... Come to think of it, you can't, can you?”]
[“Right. Strictly speaking, if you have that kind of experience in reality...”]
There was a brief silence.
-That's what I'm saying!
-No wonder the first game was an assassination game chills chills
-Is it finally being revealed!
Until just a moment ago, hadn't they said he was a pro player who washed his identity through plastic surgery?
This time, was it a secret intelligence agent?
Actually, this was something that happened all the time.
“No, why don't you believe me even when I tell you? I'm telling you, I was the Sword God.”
Seo-jun explaining things like this now was also one of those things.
-lololololol seriously lololololol
-No matter how much of a streaming concept it is, it really seems like he has a mental problem lolololololololololololololololol
-Guys, the streamer's condition isn't good, so I think we should at least keep telling him he's a normal college student to remind him lol
-We at least need to pull ourselves together!
Pull themselves together? What did they even mean.
[“Yes... even if it's not reality, FPS games are mostly similar anyway...”]
[“He is a newbie at those too, though? As far as I know, the games Player Seo-jun has played are...”]
[“Yes, I understand. Anyway! The League is more complex, and it's possible that Team Wealth Gap lost because their ace didn't know how to play out the game.”]
[“Then how do you see today's match? The opposing ace is the mid laner! It's a head-to-head lane match between the team aces. The composition is completely different from last time!”]
[“Although it's originally hard to see...”]
[“...Especially in this LiOS, a lane battle between aces can only be seen in the mid lane. If even one of the two teams falls in the group stage, this game might be the last ace-to-ace lane matchup!”]
The real meaning of those words was.
-lol if they lose here, they might not be able to get their revenge lolol
-If that happens, they get a lifetime defeat achievement, I guess
-No chance to make up for it! Let's go, battle of pride!
-Show us the clash of two titans
'Well, it's only a possibility, though.'
He thought he did well to make up his mind to play properly.
[“The ban-pick phase begins!”]
He turned on the concentration mode and turned off the voice output to the viewers.
“The goal is victory! Wealth Gap, fighting!”
The ban-pick phase began along with Rumi's bright and cheerful voice.
In a situation where the coach was already set, there was nothing they could do in the remaining practice matches except do their best.
Since they had no strategy to hide, or anything else.
Of course, there was a strategy of Seo-jun going to a different lane, but today's opponent was a mid laner.
And though they would have to see this ban-pick phase, even if Kael or Eric survived, Seo-jun intended to win today without fail using a new hero.
Zen, at least in Seo-jun's eyes, was a hero with high carry potential, so it seemed possible to win unconditionally at least the first time.
‘Though I have to do well to some extent, too.’
Seo-jun had always considered matters that depended on him to be the easiest things in the world.
This had nothing to do with Seo-jun's skill.
It was simply because in any matter, there were too many external variables, and the only thing he could control was himself.
It was probably similar to the reason why some people said studying was the easiest.
Anyway, what was the reason for using such a hero now?
‘I just need to work my teammates hard so we can win the championship even if I don't.’
Then it would be a victory.
Seo-jun looked around to his left and right with satisfaction.
The teammates flinched and trembled before they knew it.
[Banned Hero – Kael, the Agent of Radiance]
“Huh? The opponent is banning Kael right from the start.”
“Is a triple ban coming for you, Seo-jun?”
There were three ban cards.
Using all three of them to check a single person was rare, but if the opponent's ace was good at three heroes instead of four, this method was highly effective.
“Everyone, the number of heroes I've revealed isn't even three.”
For Seo-jun, two were enough!
So a triple ban was nonsensical!
“But Seo-jun, should we also check the opponent's Pado a bit?”
Alpaca, who was carefully looking at the interface in front of him, asked.
“No. Pay more attention to the other lanes.”
Alpaca followed Seo-jun's words.
Subsequently, the opponent's second ban came out.
[Banned Hero – Escaped Prisoner Eric]
“They're really checking you openly.”
One could read a sense of wonder in Wind Sword's voice.
“This is going to drive the chat of Pado over there crazy, won't it? Saying he's scared. Hehe.”
Ha Yun-ho thought of public opinion.
“To do this in a battle of pride! He already lost before starting!”
Rumi clenched her fists tightly.
Lastly, Seo-jun was not flustered.
Of course, he had not expected them to come out like this, but it did not matter.
Ha Yun-ho stroked his lips.
“Are they trying to uncover more of our hand?”
To be exact, it was Seo-jun's hand.
However, at present, Seo-jun's hand was practically the same as Wealth Gap's hand.
“Indeed. It seems they thought we would make it to the main tournament anyway. They see us as a strong team, to the extent that they need to properly check at least one of our hands.”
Seo-jun subtly encouraged his teammates.
Only Ha Yun-ho, who was stroking his lips, was excited.
In any case, the ban-pick phase proceeded smoothly.
Wealth Gap's ban cards were concentrated on the jungle and top lane.
And now, it was time for hero selection.
The order of selecting heroes was, when setting each team's players as 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5.
It proceeded in such a way that only the first pick was chosen by number 1 of the first-pick team, after which it went over to the opposing team, and from then on, two players from each team selected in turn.
The turn of each teammate was not important because they could secure a hero for a teammate with a later turn and swap before the game started.
“Huh? The opponent's Pado isn't locking in his mid hero?”
“Are they going to decide after seeing your pick, Seo-jun?”
“Wow... They really clenched their teeth for this.”
If one chose later than the opponent, they could, of course, select a hero that was advantageous to deal with and easy to counter.
“I didn't expect them to go this far, but it doesn't matter.”
Besides, what the opponent picked wouldn't change what he had to do today.
“What difference would it make even if they pick a hero with a matchup advantage?”
“Kya, that confidence!”
“The viewers should be hearing this.”
“As expected. But Seo-jun, you said those kinds of remarks are a concept for the stream. The audio isn't being broadcasted right now, you know?”
“I'm still broadcasting right now. That's why I'm like that, see. My original personality is not like this.”
Seo-jun chuckled as he reached his hand forward to select the pre-determined hero.
[Sword God – Shadowmancer Zen]
-Whoa, wait, is Pado really going all out? lolololololololol
-It's a battle of pride in the mid lane, so he should at least do this much
-Hasn't he already lost just from that situation?
-No way. He just needs to win after this. And even if he at least draws, we, the streamer's viewers, have to acknowledge Pado
-ikr lolol Even preparing like that against the streamer isn't enough!
-Everyone is out of their minds lol your streamer lost the last match lol
-New viewers, get lost
Seo-jun could not see it, but that did not mean the chat window was stopped or not active.
-lolololol if Pado, who took the last pick and even chose a counter, is pathetic, upvote lolol
-Pathetic, upvote? This is a total hit
-Definitely not a hit
The hero Seo-jun chose was an assassin-type character who used shadow secret arts.
With his background setting also being an assassin and his in-game category classified as an assassin, he could be seen as a purebred assassin.
In The League, heroes with high instantaneous burst damage and outstanding mobility were called the assassin position.
Instead of actually dealing continuous damage and fighting while taking a moderate amount of hits, they played the role of watching for an opportunity and digging into the weak spots of the enemy team.
He was a hero who could summon a puppet body made of shadow and control that body to fight in his place.
Additionally, the damage dealt by the caster while the shadow was summoned could deal additional damage in proportion to that amount after the shadow was unsummoned, and the positions of the shadow and the caster could be swapped once.
-I didn't expect him to play Zen here with Eric and Kael banned
-Doesn't that fit perfectly with what he said earlier? Doing the work of two people by himself?
-lolololol that was foreshadowing? But even so, the streamer has always done the work of more than two people anyway
-And Pado is dead meat now
-Pado is picking the counter to Zen
-So what, just binge-watch the stream, newbie
-Yeah, but your streamer lost recently, you know?
-Even if we tease him, we are the ones who do it
One way or another, the game started.
-I came here after hearing this place is a battlefield
-Even if you turn on the broadcast room for sound, a true Teusu has to wander around and troll in the chat
-Doesn't the manager here catch the newbies?
-Why is the guy who lost to Dokkaebi acting up? Why is the guy who lost to Dokkaebi acting up? Why is the guy who lost to Dokkaebi acting up?
-But you can get banned for spamming, just so you know
The trolls flocked in, thinking they could have a fun fight in Seo-jun's room.
Regardless of what Pado did from the start, the current fight was a battle of pride between A-grades.
It was not the kind of fight that the gossip-loving Teusus could bear.
If Seo-jun lost here, far from just paying for his karma, he would become a clown itself.
Tournament villain? My foot.
“Ah, ah. Come out quickly.”
Seo-jun, who quickly adjusted his settings, spoke.
Pado, who was standing in front of Seo-jun waiting for the minions, pointed a finger at himself and tilted his head.
-Is he saying that after looking at the chat?
-He has concentration mode turned on right now
-What kind of BM is he trying to pull????
It was an eccentricity.
Everyone had a question mark floating over their heads, wondering who on earth Seo-jun was talking to.
Another voice was heard on Seo-jun's broadcast.
[“Did you summon me, successor of later generations?”]
“Yeah. So, explain some things to me.”
Pado was greatly flustered. What on earth was it?
“What are you doing?”
What Seo-jun turned on was the dialogue mode.
In fact, it was a function that was barely used properly except in the very early stages of the game. It was of little use and only hindered progress.
However, there was one more use for this dialogue mode.
Of course, this was also a function used only in the very early stages.
Of course, even so, no one in the game used it.
Furthermore, it had never appeared in a tournament. Really. Not even once.
And Seo-jun managed to pull off that difficult feat.
Seo-jun's face was no different from his usual shameless self.
How could there be any shame in seeking learning?
-Mister, no matter how much of a scrim it is, everyone is watching, so please do some prep in advance! lolololololol
-'Is he crazy?' <-- This is said every single time lolol
-That's because he does crazy things every single time lolol
-Is this for real? lolololol
-What the newbies wanted = A chest-swelling battle between physical geniuses clashing even before the minions arrive
-Reality = The crazy streamer's giggling tutorial lolololololololololololol
-I'm not even going to support the Demonic Sect today! I'm embarrassed!