Episode 192
On the tenth day, the closing remarks of the broadcast echoed.
"Good work, everyone."
"Tomorrow is the group stage."
"Coach! Thank you for everything so far!"
-Lee Dong-soo! Lee Dong-soo! Lee Dong-soo! Lee Dong-soo! Lee Dong-soo!
-We learned a lot of training methods.
-Great job, pro!
-A truly precious person going this far ㄷㄷㄷ
-He came in every day for the last 4 days! Ha!
-But compared to other teams, we didn't really do much lol We didn't even do practice games
-Ha Yoon-ho the connection king is holding it in
-For real lol He's the type to get prickly if he doesn't call his company streamers
'He's always busy waving carrots around, when would he have time to invite people?'
Ha Yoon-ho read the chat and protested inwardly.
Actually, there was another reason.
"Tuba."
-Alright everyone, place your final bets
-Still supporting the streamer? lol
-Not me though?
-Tuba
-ㅂ
The broadcast ended. It was the last day of practice.
With that, tension, worry, and anxiety crept in.
"So, is it really okay for us to do it like this?"
"Lumi, trust me."
Seo-jun said confidently.
"Was not playing a single practice game really the right call?"
"You all practiced your main heroes, didn't you?"
And this time, Lee Dong-soo answered.
"Even if we practice our main heroes, if they get banned... Ah, but that doesn't matter."
At Wind Sword's words, everyone's gazes clearly turned to one spot.
After all, the ban card would be used on Seo-jun.
"Even so, not having any strategies set up makes me a bit uneasy. Shouldn't we at least think of something from now on?"
"Wind Sword, I'm telling you, don't worry. Since we don't know how the enemy will come out, it's all meaningless. We're not here to attack the enemy, we're here to counter their attacks."
That's what Seo-jun thought.
A strategy of analyzing each team's weaknesses and exploiting them to seize victory?
That's hard to pull off at their level from the start.
The problem isn't just the ability to analyze, but the lack of data to analyze is even bigger.
These are teams that were just formed for this tournament.
Of course, if they had relied on Lee Dong-soo's help and focused on that strategy over the past ten days, they could have significantly raised its success rate.
They could have won that way.
Actually, other teams were also considering such strategies.
They didn't have many other options anyway.
But Seo-jun had the ability to make a choice with an even higher probability.
That is precisely.
"Our team has become strong. And attacking is something the weak do."
Becoming strong.
When you become strong, all problems are solved.
Isn't there a famous saying?
When the body is good, the head doesn't suffer?
"So, I'm saying that doesn't seem right..."
"Should we just discuss among ourselves, excluding Seo-jun, even now?"
"The coach might help us for some reason."
"To be honest, even player Lee Dong-soo seemed unsure if this was the right way."
The reactions were cold.
Seo-jun looked at his teammates with puzzled eyes.
The teammates seemed genuinely like they needed to do something.
Lee Dong-soo tapped Seo-jun's shoulder from beside him.
"Hyung. You're wondering why everyone's worried right now, right?"
"Yeah."
"No, think about it. First of all, improving skill in just ten days is absurd in itself, but let's set that aside."
Set that aside?
"Think back to the past time. Did the teammates' days change? Did they step up gradually? Or did they just consistently get beaten by you, hyung?"
Ah.
"I see."
Now he understood their worries.
Since they got beaten every day, they unconsciously thought that they hadn't changed and that the past ten days were wasted in grueling hardship.
No matter how much Seo-jun said they had grown, if they didn't feel it themselves, it couldn't be helped.
"Then we'll find out tomorrow."
"Straight into real action?"
"Yes."
"You really are amazing, hyung. One slip and it's 100 million."
And so, the next day arrived.
* * *
Points.
The memories of viewers, the money of viewers, the honor of viewers, confidence, or everything.
Who is the wealthiest person on Travel who has collected the most of it?
To this question, viewers would point to one wealthy figure without hesitation.
I Am Joseon's Assassin.
A legend of Travel who earned 25 million points by betting 250,000 points on a 1% underdog in a single match.
After that, he kept betting without even reading the content and collected another 5 million points.
An overwhelming first place.
Moreover, by betting those 30 million points all at once, now there was no one who didn't know him.
There were even viewers who said he should be hailed as the king of channel point predictions or forever honored as the god of gambling, even if he lost all his wealth.
Naturally, things like these.
Were extremely annoying to the second-richest point tycoon.
[EmptyWallet]
Current points held.
[14 million points]
Before Joseon's Assassin appeared, he was a figure who was the first to collect 10 million points and enjoyed fame as the unrivaled one under heaven.
This user's specialty was utilizing time as abundant as the wealth of the world's richest.
He was a time Bill Gates and had memorized even the smallest habits of all streamers who frequently opened point predictions.
Based on that, he predicted and multiplied points.
His accuracy rate was 70%.
Even if the ratio of winning each time differed, a 70% accuracy rate was enough to multiply points.
That's how he became the best.
"Until that bastard showed up..."
Unlike him, who had detailed analysis, animalistic intuition, and the heart of a beast, that user was just brainless.
Truly brainlessly betting and instantly taking a position twice his.
"Joseon's Assassin."
He spat out the words as if he'd chew him up.
His monitor was filled with details of what the participating teams in Rios had done over the past 10 days.
"If I can't catch up this time, it's over."
The opponent had already blindly thrown in another 30 million points.
He saw this as an opportunity to turn the tables.
"Idiot."
So he started analyzing.
Of course, if he concluded that Wealth Gap would win, everything he had done so far would be for nothing.
Half a year until the next Rios.
Would a streamer named Jin Seo-jun appear then? And would Joseon's Assassin go all-in then too?
The chances are low.
He'd have to give up cleanly.
But after analyzing, he saw hope.
"This has potential. No, it's overflowing."
In his opinion, Wealth Gap didn't have a very high chance of being the winning team.
Then?
He could just sit tight.
"I did something stupid. Betting without even looking."
Because first place would lose everything.
"Nevertheless, I'll have to do that stupid thing too."
EmptyWallet decided to bet. His entire fortune.
[The last train is slowly arriving. What are you all betting on?]
==
I am Jipaljikkon!
Tae-woo, cheer up!
==
-Why did you bet there?
└Because you can win the most (post author)
└lolololol Madman, if they don't win, you just lose it all?
-Since when was the betting content about which team would be eliminated in the group stage? lololol
└As a fan of Jipaljikkon, that's a bit...
└So, did you bet on Jipaljikkon as the winning team?
└No. Am I crazy enough to believe in Tae-woo?
-Ha. But really, what happens if Wealth Gap wins? ffs lololololol Joseon's Assassin gets 4.54x lololol
The percentage of points bet on Wealth Gap was 22%, second place.
Even though Joseon's Assassin bet 30 million points, if the 300,000 viewers watching Rios bet just 1,000 points each, that's 300 million points.
And 1,000 points is really the bare minimum, and above all, while regular bets have a limit of 250,000 points at a time, tournament bets don't, so much more points come in.
In other words, even with 30 million points bet, he might not be first.
In fact, looking at how much the biggest bettors on each team put in, it was in the millions.
[If Wealth Gap wins, seriously]
==
A serious wealth gap will form on Travel.
One person has over 130 million points? This really makes me want a revolution due to deprivation ^^
==
-Uh-oh...? He's turning red
└That revolution was the proletarian revolution? Gasp
└Report the spy lol
-I just believe in that Joam bastard. The god of betting. Betting that much is insane. Everyone else is going all-in following Joam lololol If it weren't for Joam, people would have just bet moderately
└What about EmptyWallet?
└He's a has-been now lololol When this guy earned 4 million, Joam earned 5 million. If not for Joam's fan sentiment, the gap was gonna keep widening. He still hasn't bet his whole fortune lol He might have bet on Wealth Gap but didn't show up on the list of top bettors? He's just a has-been, stop caring
These comments.
This public opinion.
EmptyWallet absolutely hated it.
The perception that Joam was the best when it came to channel points.
To overturn that.
"I'll bet my entire fortune too."
His mouse moved to the top right and closed the community. Then the Travel screen appeared.
There, he entered the page related to channel point predictions.
At the very top. Who will win Rios.
Time left until betting closes: 1 hour.
His eyes become bloodshot.
If he loses this, he doesn't know when he can recover.
Is this how real gamblers feel?
No.
It's not about wanting to win. It's about reclaiming his spot.
He has no interest at all in how many times the points multiply if he succeeds. Only first place. That position.
"Right. The champion said it many times. If Pado just gets coached, he can block enough."
And the difference in teammates can't be ignored.
[HeavyMental] - 23%
[MentalBreakdown – 4.72 million points]
Wealth Gap hadn't shown anything.
Other teams had practice games and received feedback using the pro's eye for the game, but they didn't do practice games at all.
In other teams' practice games that could occasionally be seen, you could feel their teamwork gradually improving, but Wealth Gap had none of that.
Even during broadcast time, they casually played around with pro Lee Dong-soo.
Saying it was mentally hard or something.
So the relationships among teammates seemed the best, but would that intimacy translate to in-game teamwork?
Everyone knows it absolutely won't.
Try playing duo ranked with a close friend, you'll know.
It's separate from having compatible game styles.
So the possibility is sufficient. The team other teams watch out for most is Wealth Gap.
Perhaps the strategies might work perfectly, and they could be eliminated in the group stage, making today the last day.
People might not think so, but he saw it.
"Hoo."
With trembling hands, he clicked the mouse.
[HeavyMental] - 24%
[EmptyWallet – 14 million points]
He cleanly dumped it all in.
[One hour before the group stage starts, EmptyWallet's entry!]
==
Bet my entire fortune!
==
-Has
-Has
-Been
-HeavyMental? Smart
└So what? He's a has-been. Just not betting and staying still would have had the highest chance of being first place lolololol
And an hour later.
The group stage began.