The Swordsmanship Veteran's Game Stream - Chapter 134

Chapter 134

It wasn't that talk of Seo-jun's sync rate hadn't come up before. Chat messages asking about it had popped up from time to time.

But Seo-jun just ignored them, and since it didn't mean much, they'd brushed past it.

While a higher sync rate is obviously better, the prevailing opinion was that 'generally' a low one doesn't really show, and it can't be an absolute measure of gaming skill.

'Generally' speaking, that is.

Most people didn't bother to reveal it, and they weren't asked much either.

It was just assumed that if you were exceptionally good at the game, your rate must be high.

Moreover, in Seo-jun's case, most of the play he had shown so far involved physical movement.

Does a high sync rate make your swordsmanship better?

Of course not.

That kind of play came from the gamer's innate skill, not from having a well-connected brain.

Even with that perception, the reason talk had become quite a hot topic now was simple.

It was because Eric was a hero who used skills through the act of 'association', and because Seo-jun had drawn that much attention.

[Sync rate zealots tsk tsk]

Just look at their skill. Why are you curious about a good player's sync rate?

What difference does knowing that make?

It's not even your own sync rate. Why do you care how high it is?

So posts like this appear too.

[People genuinely curious about the sync rate?]

I know it's meaningless.

But if you're super damn curious how high it is, hit like lol

And posts like this appear too.

Some people want a common metric to judge skill by.

Others want to add it and compare.

After all, humans are social animals, so they like that sort of thing because it's advantageous for survival to gauge others' standings.

So posts curious about the sync rate received a huge response.

Of course, people's interest didn't stop at the sync rate.

Those who had learned of his existence during the Kael incident but quickly lost interest, and those who were seeing him for the first time, started trying to properly learn about Seo-jun.

In that process, they went through exactly what the so-called existing viewers had experienced.

[Is this guy a psycho? srsly lol every single thing in his past is insane]

[18 Korean tournament?]

[18 That's his real face?]

[Guys like him shouldn't be good at games! lol]

[What a bastard... making people feel deprived]

[One thing's for sure, Eric now seems at least Challenger level.]

People naturally started linking it to Rios.

[Is that streamer going to appear on Rios too?]

[Existing viewers say he's definitely eyeing Rios]

[The way he roams the battlefield finding exploits is an art lol]

[If he appears, his rating will be at least A]

The management team would never exclude Seo-jun.

If he came out as B, a catastrophe might happen lol

- For real lol

- A B who smashes Challengers? I'd go all-in on points right away lol

- It's a bit iffy?

└ You saw him trash Spoon, didn't you

[Reasons why I think Seo-jun as an A would be a slightly ambiguous pickup]

If he were B, it'd be right to go all-in and buy him no matter what. So there's no disagreement that he's A.

But would his winning bid even be high as an A?

1. First, Spoon is an AD carry. Mid and AD are clearly different.

2. Spoon got ganked, but seeing how he plays now, he's playing safe. If he'd known from the start, he probably wouldn't have fallen for it easily.

3. What he showed with Eric were crazy prediction shots. That feels beyond Challenger level. But? Just ban him and it's over. Using a ban card against an A is natural, and for someone like Eric, he probably won't show up much.

4. Same for Kael. I think he'll just get nerfed.

5. Physical genius in the game, yeah. But game knowledge? A users need to play a leader role and give orders. B could do it, but going without Challenger-level shot-calling and strategy is a bit ambiguous for the team.

6. Just because he showed it in one game, will he be good at other things? Well, that remains a random box.

Conclusion.

Ambiguous.

Can't tell if it'll be high or low.

Currently in the in-house game, Spoon was playing ultra safe from the back after getting beaten by Seo-jun.

As Seo-jun wasn't overextending either, it was a stalemate, and only his teammates kept dying.

- The roster hasn't even come out and they're already analyzing

- Seems about right

- Yeah, looking at the current state, he doesn't seem to have the ability to overturn a game where his team is collapsing?

└ In the league, your own team is the enemy lol

- I think it'll be high. His potential is enormous, and there'll definitely be team owners wanting to scratch that lottery ticket

└ His Eric really seems the strongest in 1v1s. With that level, it's worth scratching.

The new issue of Riven was slowly being sorted out.

To questions about whether Eric was actually good, a very small number of Eric users explained that prediction shots were difficult.

For questions about who Seo-jun was, existing viewers flew in information starting from 'For the Rift' to the 'Second Joseon's Assassin' and so on.

And finally, speculative posts about the Rios situation appeared.

Now, all that remained was to enjoy the in-house game live.

[Spoon getting hit by a chain for trying to land one auto unnecessarily lol]

[His pride wouldn't allow it, then got predicted and backed off]

[Meanwhile, his teammates died again]

[How to counter a guy ganking Challengers = his teammates]

[Ha Yoon-ho's team becoming 'sorry' parrots lol]

In the end, Seo-jun's team lost.

His teammates kept dying, and Spoon showed stable play.

Seo-jun fought just enough not to die, so the game wasn't overturned.

But Seo-jun could be said to have achieved multiple objectives.

[Viewers - 35,000]

That was Seo-jun's current viewer count.

* * *

He ponders.

Just why had his viewers increased so much?

Chat messages asking about the sync rate had multiplied too.

And why were they apologizing even though he said it was fine?

"Sorry. Sorry. Sorry. Sorry."

The support, top, and jungle were lined up in a row, chanting in unison.

Ha Yoon-ho, meanwhile, shamelessly stood a step apart, laughing.

Despite having gone 0/11/0 and 1/13/5.

Seo-jun couldn't help but laugh at the scene before him.

"It's fine. Good work today."

Even if he had played seriously, he couldn't be sure of winning, but today Seo-jun clearly had no intention of actively winning.

It was part of hiding his strength.

"Hahaha. See you next time!"

"It was fun."

"Alright, let's go now."

After they disappeared, the person who approached Seo-jun wasn't Ha Yoon-ho.

Spoon.

He approached Seo-jun and offered a handshake. Seo-jun extended his arm as well.

"Spoon. Today's match was enjoyable."

"Haha... I had a bit of a hard time."

Now that he saw, Spoon was an honest person.

-???: Seo-jun. I'll give it my all, but do you think you can win?

- He had a hard time indeed lol

- He just got wrecked

"You did well from the second game on."

"Actually, it seemed like you were conserving your strength? Anyway, I feel relieved now that the game is over. At least I didn't show any mistakes in the second game."

"That was indeed worthy of a Challenger."

"Me? It was Seo-jun who was ridiculous."

Spoon didn't ban Eric in the second game.

Instead, he brought a hero with the longest range, not normally used in mid, and showed extremely stable play.

As if he would suffer no more disgrace.

Spoon shook his head as if it had been hard.

"Well then, see you next time. I'll leave Eric alive for you then too. Even though I lost today, I have to get proper revenge."

By 'next time', he was probably talking about Rios.

He'd spoken without a subject, but not only the Seo-jun and Spoon standing here, but both of their viewers understood.

- Whoa

- Looks like Spoon-boy is going in too lol

- There's no way they'd be on the same team, so next time they'll meet in different lanes

- They're giving us a Rios teaser in an in-house game like this lol

- After all this, both of them get eliminated from the roster lol

AD carries are weak early and get stronger as time goes on.

If Seo-jun and Spoon meet in the next game, the clash will likely happen around the mid-to-late game.

It wasn't for nothing that he'd leave Eric alive.

- Spoon's team's mid in crisis!

- For Spoon's revenge, you have to face the streamer's Eric lol

- Crazy lol

- If they watched today's video, they'll probably just say ban him lol

Spoon left.

After finally exchanging greetings with the other team members, Ha Yoon-ho approached.

They were currently in Ha Yoon-ho's lobby.

It was now time for Seo-jun to leave after finishing the conversation.

They exchanged glances in silence.

'I'll definitely buy!'

'Would it really be good to go to that team? Wouldn't Taewoo be better?'

Their thoughts crossed.

Ha Yoon-ho grinned and tapped his ear.

It meant to block out the viewers' sounds.

Seo-jun moved his hand in the air and adjusted the settings.

The viewers grumbled, but stopped when Seo-jun tossed out a single remark.

"Shall we end the stream, then?"

- No

- It's better to end the stream a little later after you two talk, rather than now

- What the hell kind of secret conversation are you trying to have!

- Viewer training, top tier lol

End stream.

It was a magic word.

"It's done now."

"Me too!"

"Is this for talking about the auction?"

"That's right. I really enjoyed watching today. During the gank, I had an intuition. Ah, I must buy this no matter the price."

"Haha, is that so?"

Why did he suddenly feel like dissuading him?

"And I realized one more thing at that moment."

"What?"

"Ah, if he even wins the game, his value will skyrocket uncontrollably."

"Then you didn't die on purpose, did you?"

Seo-jun's eyes narrowed.

"Of course not. I just couldn't do it, that's all."

I see.

Seo-jun thinks once more.

Was the old official the famous one?

"Hahaha. But it's true that I intentionally set up the opposing team to be a bit better."

"Huh?"

"Actually, even if Seo-jun couldn't show much in 1v1, the plan was to set up a stage where he could show something against fed enemies. Well, in the end, it caused the team to lose."

No wonder.

"The opponents' tiers looked similar though?"

"But there's skill that doesn't show just by tier, right? Matchups matter too. You also threw the game on purpose, didn't you? No, more precisely, you played much more nonchalantly on purpose compared to when you play for fun, right?"

Seo-jun was momentarily surprised.

Unexpectedly sharp.

While everyone hadn't played as seriously as in a tournament, Ha Yoon-ho was pointing out that Seo-jun had gone a step further.

"In the first game's large-scale teamfight, you killed two enemies, survived, and ran away. Honestly, couldn't you have won that fight?"

He had an eye for the game and was quick-witted.

The saying that an old official is a famous one wasn't true.

"You never know how it'll turn out."

"It didn't seem that way. Anyway, it was a very good choice."

"Was it?"

"Yes. Whether you end up on my team or not, it's better if you're cheap."

"Ah, in that sense, I'm planning to reveal it today."

There are plenty of people asking, after all.

"What?"

"My sync rate."

"Huh?"

"I said my sync rate was 10, remember? If I reveal this, people will undervalue me more, right?"

There had been no reason to hide or reveal it, so he'd maintained the status quo, but now it was different.

Actually, not hiding it might be better.

"Uh... that was real?"

Ha Yoon-ho's eyes grew enormously wide.

* * *

[(Notice) Since many don't believe the sync rate I revealed at the end of the stream, I'm attaching proof. This is a screenshot of my sync rate measured by my VR management app.]

(Photo)

Average 10 in value, right? hehe

- It's real?

- Wait, how have you been playing the game up until now, streamer?

- This is photoshopped fabrication, right? Say it's fabrication.

└ For real lol, it's so obvious you erased the 1 from 110 haha, how can a person have a sync rate of 10? Even at worst it's 40

- Is this bastard really a monster?

- Wow shit

- What a damn joke lol, his sync rate is trash

└ Doesn't that mean if you pick a fight with the streamer in reality, you'll get beaten in even more bizarre ways than in virtual reality?

- Just what kind of fights have you been in?

Swordsmanship Veteran's Game Broadcast - Episode 134

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