The Villain is Too Good at Broadcasting

The VR Star schedule after the <Samurai Wars> event ended on a rather good note.

I found a few games that might be worth making content out of in the future and exchanged a lot of contact information with game company representatives.

Although ads or external work would be handled through Chicken Box, I figured there was no harm in getting friendly with industry folks.

After the first day of VR Star, I returned to the dorm and immediately lay down on the bed.

I didn’t want to think about anything.

Maybe it was because I had concentrated so intensely on playing <Samurai Wars> earlier, but I was utterly exhausted.

Dong-su, Shout, and Jin-hyuk were planning to go out drinking, so it seemed like I could just go to sleep first.

I wasn’t really in the mood to drink anyway.

When I’m this tired, there’s nothing better than lying in bed and scrolling through my phone.

Ever since I started streaming, there’s been nothing more blissful than taking a break like this.

Naturally, I accessed the internet and went to my usual gaming sites.

Discussions about the current VR Star event were in full swing there.

Autumn had already set in, and announcements of the major blockbuster games that would wrap up the year were underway!

Besides <Living Dead 2>, there was endless discussion about the games being ambitiously released by various game companies.

These people truly loved games.

“Huh?”

As I lazily and sleepily browsed through the posts, something familiar caught my eye in the ‘Today’s Hot Topics’ section.

[Title: Samurai Wars Still Hasn’t Learned Its Lessonㅇㅇ]

It seemed like it was about me.

Well, I should check it out just in case.

When I clicked on the post, the content spread out before my eyes in a moderately sized window.

[Content: I attended VR Star today. I heard <Samurai Wars> had a booth and was giving away capsules as prizes, so I participated in the event…]

The post quickly got to the point.

[Twitch streamer ‘Sha’ also participated in that event, but the difficulty level changed. When I played, even after getting hit by shurikens ten times, I didn’t die. But Na-young, who played with Sha, died after getting hit twice. Seems like the booth staff were clearly rigging it, lol. I’ll leave the link to our Evil Tube below so you can see for yourselves ㅇㅇ] ℞À₦ÔΒĘṣ

Thankfully, the poster had provided a link to the full version of the <Samurai Wars: Experience Mode> video that had been uploaded earlier.

These are my real viewers.

Thanks to people like this who promote on their own, I can save on advertising costs, can’t I?

Moreover, this post had already climbed to the top of the latest hot topics, showing overwhelming traffic.

Every time I refreshed, new comments were popping up in real-time.

-Stop with the delusions lol. Why would the game company bother rigging it for just one streamer? It was probably just a mistake by the staff, nothing more. lol.

└Making a pilgrimage here.

└The person who posted this comment said they broke their computer because they couldn’t delete it.

└lol stupid.

└We should investigate this guy’s nationality.

└If you’re Korean, you should support Sha lol.

└Hey, but watch the video. The guy’s insane. How can he dodge attacks like that?

Some netizens were saying there was no way the company would do that, but all the circumstances pointed to them doing exactly that.

Given the controversy here, next is…

Beep.

While I was leisurely checking the internet, a familiar name popped up on my phone.

Reporter Im Hee-su.

She was the one who wrote the article about me during the Three Kingdoms event.

A call at 8 PM.

Hmm.

Well, let’s hear what she has to say.

“Hello.”

As soon as I answered, her cheerful voice came through the phone.

-It’s been a while, Sha. How have you been? I was going to find you earlier, but you seemed very busy.

“Ah, yes, Hee-su.”

-I’m writing an article covering this VR Star as a reporter. If you have time tomorrow, I’d like to meet up. Is that okay?

Of course.

Thanks to the article she wrote last time, my image improved significantly.

To people who weren’t interested in internet broadcasts, I was perceived as a ‘righteous and wholesome patriotic youth.’

Anyway, Hee-su’s articles were fun and easy to read.

Given how she’s phrasing it, it seems like she found something noteworthy this time as well.

I stretched my legs and lay down on the bed while listening to her through the phone.

-I’m writing an article about the booths of various game companies at VR Star, and I have something to discuss about <Samurai Wars>.

Reporter Im Hee-su had a similar nature to mine.

In other words, an attention seeker.

Maybe it’s a characteristic of the journalism profession, but she definitely pursued stimulation quite a bit.

Of course, within the bounds of common sense.

Like with the Twipod Korea incident, she was merciless when it came to corruption and was more sensitive to trends than any other journalist.

I replied with a grin.

“What is it?”

-I’d like to use Sha’s video in my online article. It will be used for comparison. I also recorded a video while playing that experience mode.

As expected, she hadn’t missed this juicy tidbit either.

#### 2.

The next morning dawned.

Day two of VR Star.

Unlike the hectic first day, the atmosphere was more relaxed.

While the first day was dominated by major game companies, the second day was mainly about indie games created by small to medium-sized companies or individual creators.

Just because a game comes from a major company doesn’t mean it’s always fun, and just because a game comes from a small company or an individual developer doesn’t mean it’s not fun.

How many games that defined an era started as indie games?

Of course, indie games couldn’t match the scale of those from major game companies, but games don’t have to be massive to be fun.

I wandered around the event hall with a relaxed mind.

As expected of games developed by individual developers, unique games started to catch my eye.

“Excuse me… Sha, can I take a picture with you?”

“Of course.”

“Uh, can I also get a picture?”

“Come on over.”

“Ah! Then, is it also possible for you to blow air into my ear?”

“Of cour…se not. Hey, how old are you?”

The crowd recognizing me was not much different from the first day.

Still, they were my precious fans.

I tried to provide as much fan service as I could.

While I was moving, surrounded by fans, a man suddenly appeared in front of me with his head deeply bowed.

“Would you like to take a picture together…?”

“Um, um, could you perhaps play the game we made?”

“What?”

“Please play it for just 30 minutes! I beg you!”

It seemed like he wasn’t a fan of mine.

I looked quietly at the man who had approached me with embarrassment.

He seemed naturally shy, as his neck had turned red.

Just by looking at him, he appeared to be a game developer.

Although it’s not right to judge by appearances alone, sometimes you could just tell that someone worked with computers.

The man continued speaking with his head still bowed towards me.

“If you haven’t decided on a game to play yet… could you please visit our booth and try our game…?”

“I’ll go.”

“…What?”

“I said I’ll go. Lead the way.”

I’m not so cold-hearted as to ignore someone in such desperate need.

There’s always a reason behind such desperation.

– Indie Game Exploration ON

– See, even Evil Gang looks human in times like these.

– Trashy personality but surprisingly compassionate.

– ???

– If he has a trashy personality, shouldn’t he lack compassion too? lol

As usual, the stream was on, and viewers were chatting and joking around.

I followed the man to a small booth located in a corner of the event hall.

At most, there were five capsules prepared.

Other booths had at least ten or more capsules, but here, the opportunities to try the game were as small as the booth itself.

Unfortunately, that’s the reality.

Companies without power get overlooked even in places like this.

When I entered the booth, three men who were sitting with gloomy expressions looked up at me.

Their eyes widened as they stood up.

“Uh, welcome.”

“Hello?”

“You’re streamer Sha, right? Wow, I’m really… a fan of yours!”

“I can’t believe Sha came to our booth!”

The people in the booth looked much younger than I had anticipated.

Their eyes seemed a bit emotional.

No wonder, since a large number of people had gathered with me.

Glancing inside the booth, I noticed that none of the capsules were in use.

In other words, they had been having a rough time.

I lightly bowed to the people who welcomed me and then glanced at the pamphlets in front of the booth.

They contained a brief introduction to the game.

Unlike the high-quality introductions from major companies, it was difficult to grasp the game just from the pamphlets.

No wonder they were struggling.

Some companies go as far as hiring narration models, but here, it was just four guys guarding the booth.

Who would want to visit a place like this?

– Smells boring already.

– For real lol

– Let’s get out of here quickly!

– This is the first booth that looks boring from the entrance lol. Aren’t booths supposed to hype their games as great?

– Let’s quickly finish this and move to the next booth!

The viewers’ reactions were no different.

After glancing at the chat window, I looked at the man who brought me here and spoke.

“Could you give us a brief introduction to the game? The viewers are curious.”

Of course, none of the viewers had shown any interest or curiosity.

But because I felt sorry for these people, I wanted to give them a chance to promote themselves.

The man started speaking with a trembling voice.

“Well, our game is… really well made. The four of us worked our hardest to develop it. We meticulously designed it to meet the players’ needs…”

After that, he rambled on incoherently.

…Hmm, maybe I shouldn’t have come here after all.

Just as his boring and tedious explanation continued, he said something completely unexpected.

“We were recognized for our abilities during our school days and participated in the development of Gaia Online. Using that experience, we created this game…”

“Hold on a second.”

“Yes?”

“You participated in the development of Gaia Online?”

“Yes, that’s right.”

Gaia Online.

It might be the beginning of everything and it held many meanings for me.

I never thought I’d hear that name through this route.

But that wasn’t the end.

Soon, the man said something even more shocking.

“In the demo of our game, <Dark Spirit>, you can face an AI that perfectly replicates Shia, the strongest villain from Gaia Online.”

A completely unexpected name, at a completely unexpected moment, reached my ears.

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