It's a Gender-Reversed World, But I Don't Go Out Anyway - Chapter 5
Chapter 5: 100 Viewers
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[Promoting the Honey-fun Daeju Broadcast~]
To be honest, I’m not sure if it’s really “honey-fun,” but thinking about it, when male streamers make money dancing weird dances, our Daeju broadcast that legitimately uses provocative “big weapon” and shota stream titles to bait viewers and makes money from donations from angry viewers might actually be the real honey-fun broadcast.
[Comments]
– Agreed
– Looking him up, holy shit his mental is like Buddha lol. No matter what toxic viewers say, he never bans anyone lol
– A monster rookie hitting 100 viewers on day one;;;
– This bastard has posted this promotional post 20 times already ffs. Someone do something about it
– Heh… sorry;; lol!
– Looks like a nobody, but his posts are everywhere. Doesn’t even seem interesting;
ㄴ Just jealousy
[Daeju’s Big Weapon Declaration]
(Video of Daeju declaring he has a big weapon)
Why is this actually true?
[Comments]
– Isn’t he just saying that because he’s a Duuhan anyway?
– For real lolololol but it’s kind of impressive how he just rolls with the sexual jokes casually
– True. Better than acting innocent while knowing everything as an adult
– Must be nice for Daeju getting approval from women scratching under their sweaty chests in their rooms lololol
ㄴ Acting like you’re not one of them lololol
ㄴ Still, praise is better than insults if you’re going to watch
ㄴ What are you giving birth to[1], you bone-empty[2] girl with childbearing hips
On a community site that discusses Twis streamers – second largest in size but known for gathering toxic users – a new streamer started being mentioned.
While only some people were talking about him, among them were those notorious even among toxic users, and someone who kept subtly posting promotional posts every 10 minutes to create buzz. Naturally, the general impression of the new streamer Daeju was settling on “let’s check him out once.”
At that time, Daeju was blankly staring at his phone.
Sweat was forming bit by bit on his forehead, covered by his hair. The hottest summer day of the year was no small trial for someone living alone.
“Man, it’s crazy hot…”
The one-room apartment I was renting had a ridiculously large window, but maybe because it was just a cheap window, it had absolutely no insulation, letting the heat flood in. So I tried opening it instead, but then the humid air would creep in making it uncomfortable, so I closed it again.
I was hanging in there relying on just one electric fan, but that too was soon reaching its limits.
At least washing my face with cold water and drying off in front of the fan helped beat the heat a little.
“I moved into this cheap one-room without air conditioning thinking I’d live in luxury…”
And then invested all that saved money into the computer. But when summer came, the heat from that computer was no joke either. I was looking at the delivery app on my phone. The target was ice cream for now. These days you can order it through apps so I’ve been using it often.
Of course, I could just walk a bit and buy it…
“Ah whatever, it’s too bothersome and hot”
Thanks to unexpected donations, I had enough money to buy ice cream right now.
It would be a lie to say the delivery fee wasn’t a waste, but more than that, I didn’t want to walk outside in this weather. I already hate going out, why would I go crazy and go out in this weather.
I ordered ice cream, filling it up with exactly 10 of just two types: Heat Hunter and Pollapo[3]. When it comes down to it, these were the fundamental ice creams called classics for hot weather. I’ve tried most ice creams since I like them, but nothing beats these when it’s hot. Honestly, there was some nostalgia factor too. The delivery would take about 60 minutes according to the app.
Maybe I should have just gone out to buy it after all.
“If things go well, I’m buying an air conditioner first, for real.”
I’d need to consult with the landlady about installing an air conditioner, but with this weather, wouldn’t she allow it?
If not, I might have to consider moving to a monthly rental with air conditioning. Anyway, my head was full of thoughts about air conditioning and ice cream because of the heat.
Winter all year vs Summer all year
If I had to choose between the two, I would pick winter without hesitation. Not only am I not very sensitive to cold, but when it gets this hot, it even affects using the computer. This might not be a big problem for others, but for me who spends most of the day in front of the computer, it was a huge issue.
“Ah, this looks fun.”
Maybe because I wasn’t feeling particularly motivated, I was just blankly watching a YouTube video at my computer. It was a League of Legends match between streamers for socializing. How should I put it, maybe because it was a friendly match between streamers who don’t usually play LoL, neither team seemed particularly skilled, but their expressions looked serious.
Among them there was even a Platinum player but-
“…I could probably take them on.”
Honestly, that’s what I thought. Of course, I might hit a wall if I actually tried. Whether it’s Omok[4] or Janggi[5], the spectator naturally has a wider view than the player. Maybe I felt it was doable because I was just watching.
“Since I don’t know when the ice cream will arrive… should I turn on stream and play one game…”
Watching the LoL broadcast somehow made my competitive spirit rise. If I was going to play anyway, it seemed good to maintain the recognition I built up yesterday while streaming, so without much thought I turned on the broadcast.
I removed the provocative element from the broadcast title.
[Strip broadcast because it’s too hot (but I don’t have a cam)]
As soon as I turned on the broadcast, it already filled up with 30 viewers.
Half of them were viewers I saw yesterday, and the rest were new names. I thought there might be fewer than yesterday since it was a different broadcast time and around lunch when there are relatively fewer viewers, but it was a needless worry.
[You made another crazy title^^ Good to see you haven’t changed.]
[Ah lol so you ended suddenly yesterday to stream early today. I believed in you.]
[Turn on cam turn on cam turn on cam turn on cam turn on cam turn on cam turn on cam turn on cam turn on cam turn on cam turn on cam turn on cam]
[Who’s asking for cam when he said he doesn’t have one lol So when are you turning on cam?]
“Of course the title is bait, and I’m starting LoL right away~”
[^^7][6]
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[Look at everyone just accepting it, tamed in just one day ㅜㅑ[7]]
Maybe because they were all aware it was clickbait like yesterday, everyone just went along with it.
Today was my Gold promotion series for the first time in years, so I turned on captions to display the promotion progress in the upper right. The promotion series is a system where you can promote to Gold if you win 3 out of 5 matches. Today my goal was simply Gold promotion. If I could just revive yesterday’s 5-win streak feeling, I should win easily.
“I’ll go for a clean 3-win streak.”
[Is it hung shota today too?]
[Is this person a leech?][8]
“Hey! What do you mean leech? Didn’t you see my play yesterday?”
[Hmm… I can’t remember well.]
[You just talked yesterday and ran away without playing LoL lol]
[Right, told some crazy person to send friend requests irresponsibly and ran away lol]
[Irresponsible pleasure ㅜㅑ]
They were pretending to forget my glorious 5-win streak and calling me by the dishonorable nickname “leech.”
“Can’t help it then, I’m going ADC[9] right away”
[Acting like you’re playing ADC reluctantly because of us is kind of gross^^]
“Hey! Aren’t you that person from day one? Should I use the ban hammer now?”
Glancing at the viewer count, already over 100 people were watching. The reason? I thought it might be because news spread about Yeonhee, the big company streamer, donating to my channel yesterday. With 100 viewers, it was about time to threaten with the streamer’s weapon – banning.
While the current chat atmosphere was good with lively content regardless of what was being said, sometimes it would get too heated and people wouldn’t distinguish between acceptable and unacceptable speech, so I needed a weapon to keep things in line. You can’t reason with beasts with words alone.
[Ah!]
[This man whose attitude changed in record time. Qualified as a streamer^^]
[Our oppa threatening with bans is powerful too^^]
[Where did the gentle lamb from day one go after hitting 100 viewers!]
[Fact) He wasn’t gentle from day one.]
Only after drawing out the club did the chat become relatively clean. This probably wouldn’t last even 5 minutes though.
[Everyone being scared of bans is cute lol sex sex p*ssy juice combination sex!]
[You bastard! Come at me!]
ㄴ [You have been banned.]
[? Why did that person get banned?]
“Well, the person above is a likeable viewer who donated 5000 won on day one, and the person below is someone I chat-restricted from day one.”
[If this isn’t someone crazy about money then what is it?]
[Like ranking cows and pigs, viewers are ranked by donation amount lol]
[Um, teachers[10] since you’re all whales[11] or pigs anyway, isn’t the host doing the right thing?]
[Want to meet a different fate today?]
It was actually a misclick, but I brazenly pushed forward. I didn’t feel guilty since I was planning to ban both of them from the start anyway. While everyone was distracted by my statement, I banned the other person too. As the game was found, this time I picked a character more familiar to me.
“I’ll take charge of this case.”
[? Playing a 5-tier ADC character]
[You call this thing a character?]
[Oh look at him picking a fun character lol Now he knows what broadcasting is about]
[For real lol Nice sense intentionally picking to lose since promotion series are more fun going lose-lose-win-win-win]
I picked Caitlyn, my unwavering first pick.
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(End of chapter)
T/N:
[1] Wordplay on incorrect spelling of “better” (낫다 vs 낳다)
[2] Empty-headedness
[3]Heat Hunter and Pollapo are Korean ice cream brands
[4] Omok is Korean Go game
[5] Janggi is Korean chess
[6] ^^7 is an emoticon salute
[7] ㅜㅑ is a emoticon expressing excitement
[8] “Leech” (숟가락) literally means “spoon” in Korean, referring to someone who takes advantage of others
[9] ADC = Attack Damage Carry
[10] “Teachers” is used sarcastically here
[11] “Whales” refers to big spenders in streaming websites