LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 42
[So what are we doing today?]
[Quick, turn on the Abyss!]
[Handcam handcam handcam handcam handcam handcam handcam!]
[I just watched a tournament, but isn’t there any chat rules in this room? You can spam all you want and not get banned?]
[The owner is pretty relaxed about things.]
[Could you at least turn on the handcam? ㅠㅠ]
A collective monologue from the viewers.
It’s only natural since they are all different people, but how is it that they only say what they want to say?
Still, in the midst of that, I managed to find a common theme, a question.
That theme was: What is today’s main theme for the broadcast? What kind of broadcast will it be today?
“Well, today, I haven’t really planned anything. I’m just bored and wanted to hang out with you guys.”
[Wow]
[A diligent streamer kayak ㄷㄷㄷㄷ can’t stop this!]
[Looks like we were wanted!]
[You could just say you wanted to see us honestly, haha.]
[It feels like the concentration of sweet broth has drastically increased lately, or is it just me, teacher?]
[With a kayaker, it’s expected to be a tier-1 durahan woman, of course there’d be broth ㅇㅇ.]
[Subtly training the viewers, huh… schpuls,,,]
[The broth is bubbling…]
[Turn on the Abyss, aren’t you supposed to go for that?]
[Chat with us, please! Do a Q&A!]
[Why haven’t you turned on the Abyss? Why? Why? Why?]
Most of the opinions in the chat were leaning towards turning on the Abyss, which was only to be expected.
From the beginning, the foundation of my broadcast was the Abyss, and now with the increased number of viewers, totaling 2,300, most of them likely came to my broadcast because of the Abyss.
But today, I didn’t really want to turn on the Abyss.
Maybe it’s because I’ve been playing Abyss day and night recently, or maybe it’s because I’ve been playing it without missing a day for a long time.
Anyway, with no team practice today, I didn’t want to play it. I wasn’t even at a level where I needed personal practice.
[Disappointed, teacher….]
[How can love change like this?]
[Back in the days when I had 3,000 concurrent viewers, Kayak was tirelessly promoting Abyss.]
[How can a person just eat home-cooked meals? Haha, you gotta eat other things too!]
[Abyss dogs, get out lol!]
[Rewatch the semi-finals from Kayak’s perspective?]
[Then are you gonna play a different game?]
[Here comes the unstoppable final game streamer, Kayak ㄷㄷㄷㄷ!]
[Chat chat chat chat chat chat chat!]
[That damn chat, go watch a female streamer who just turns on the cam all day and talks for hours!]
[Chatbot, right?]
[For real lol]
“Is there really a need to rewatch the semifinals? I mean, I checked back on the custom match perspective yesterday and found that watching the commentators was way more fun. My chat… well, I’m not exactly the best at talking. Yeah. Originally, chatting and communicating is what I’m doing right now, don’t you think?”
When not playing games, chatting is the communication, right? So, in that sense, both rewatching and chatting can be dismissed. All that’s left is to turn on another game.
I’ve always had a decent interest in other games anyway.
My main and favorite game is Abyss, but I generally like games as a whole.
Every now and then, I give a shot to those games that users rave about, saying you must play this one.
Now that I think about it, I’ve bridged over three years already. Within that time, there must have been significant changes in Abyss, not to mention tons of new games released that I didn’t even know about.
“Is there anything with a decent playtime that I can finish in a day?”
Still, I couldn’t play a game that was too expansive. After all, I had to return to Abyss for the team practice scheduled for tomorrow.
Pass on masterpieces with long stories that stretch playtime. I’ll save that for a day when I have no schedule.
Today, I was looking for a game that took about 6 to 8 hours max to complete, or maybe even less.
[Abyss <<< A timeless legendary game, just the GOAT] [Teacher, is a cute game okay?] [The Car <<< It’s on sale right now and it’s a fun racing game] As soon as I declared I’d play a variety of games, viewers started raising their hands, sharing their opinions one by one. It was a complete bazaar. Perhaps because the viewer count shot up compared to before, the pace at which suggestions flew was absurd. Looking at how many different games were popping up, the notion of a pure Abyss player in my room seemed quite rare. Most were mixing and matching different games. I started searching for the names of the games popping up in the chat online to see what kinds of games they were. "Hmm, they all look fun. It's a dilemma." Whether it’s the fast-paced racing game someone recommended, the zombie-bashing game, or the serene farming game, they all looked enjoyable. Showing. For someone like me, who subtly suffers from choice paralysis, picking one thing was quite the challenge. You know, having too many options can be a problem too. So there I was, pondering what to try out, like choosing a dish at a restaurant. [The RacingFan just donated 10,000 won!]
– The car. Escape the stuffy room and zoom around on fresh roads in a racing game. It’s easy to control and friendly!
A donation from someone.
Even if I’ve swapped genders and ended up in Camilla’s body, one thing remained unchanged.
That is, this society is still a capitalist one.
When money comes into play, um, it feels like there’s more sincerity behind it, or maybe I should say it truly conveys genuine feelings.
Naturally, my heart had no choice but to lean in that direction. After all, it’s a rule that sincerity should be met with sincerity.
Moreover, while the chatbox had to fiercely compete for my attention, the donation window could solely convey the game’s content to me, which made it even more appealing.
“Aha. The car? Is that how you read it? A racing game. Hmm. A racing game wouldn’t be bad. My car zooms along the Autobahn. Vroom vroom.”
In this harsh world, how could I dare to ignore someone who’s handing me money while asking me to play a game?
Just as I was about to install the racing game with the hefty 10,000 won donation, I received another notification.
[So. Much. Fun. just donated 30,000 won!]
– A plate of roguelike? Not too long in playtime and can be paused midway. Seems like it involves some physical skills, so the host should do well, right?
…30,000 won?
Suddenly, a roguelike burst onto the scene.
This donation was a whopping 20,000 won more than the racing game’s 10,000 won.
Oh. This feels serious.
I instinctively sensed that something had shifted. A game of some sort had opened up.
From the moment the racing game got a 10,000 won donation and then the roguelike followed with 30,000 won, it seemed that something had ignited.
As if this was some sort of signal, the donations began to pour in one by one, promoting their games.
[GumboGame just donated 50,000 won!]
-I want to hear Kayak’s cute screams…
[OneShotOpportunity has donated 60,000 won!]
-“Never again war! Never again war!”
[It’s so. Darn. Fun. has donated 70,000 won!]
-“Roguelike kkieeek!”
Later, the donation messages became irrelevant.
Messages were just filled with random notes as they took turns raising their donation amounts like an auction.
“Huh… huh…”
For me, all I could do was cheer along, thinking, “This game seems fun,” or “That game seems fun.” But now, I could only laugh.
Have big corporations been broadcasting in this kind of environment until now?
Did everyone throw money like this, begging, “Please, play my game”?
[Seriously, is money just growing on trees?]
[So suspiciously wealthy and really into the games…]
[Honestly, gaming is a bourgeois hobby, you know? Really poor people can’t even play.]
[That’s why I can’t subscribe to Kayak’s broadcast and I’m watching for free with my sad eyes. Planning to get my vicarious satisfaction again today.]
[Just being able to watch a broadcast is a blessing—really poor kids can’t even watch and just work all day.]
[Why are we suddenly talking about depressing stuff?]
[Either way, it’s good for the host.]
[Since the Teacher is having fun, I’m happy too.]
[Kayak’s cash collection broadcast ㄷㄷㄷㄷ]
[Laughing sounds ㅗㅜㅑ….]
[Just laugh out loud already.]
[Why does this person keep blowing into the mic?]
[It’s an ASMR broadcast~]
[Ah, ㅋㅋ It feels good because money can multiply; how could I not feel good?]
An unexpectedly unfolding cyber auction. The topic was what game Kayak would play.
It didn’t take long to decide the winner.
[BearGame has donated 150,000 won!]
-I want to see Kayak play a horror game….
I clapped my hands and opened my mouth again.
“Alright, today we’re doing a horror game. Everyone okay with that?”
Of course, I poured money into the pot, but I planned to play the other games that lost bids as well. After donating so much, it’d be too rude not to play them at all.
Later, when I have some free time, sure. I can play when I have leisure.
I just don’t know when that will be.