To be honest, I lost my reason for a moment.
I think the influence of female Kim Suhyun was pretty big in this whole thing.
Back when I was male Kim Suhyun, I'd never gotten this angry over a game.
But the endless cycle of winning and losing.
Teammates fighting every single match.
People making mistakes and then getting angry instead—classic blame-shifting. Picking fights over nothing, swearing, dragging families into it.
Maybe I just have terrible team luck.
Even if it's a "disease game," can it really be this bad?
Anyway, this is the conclusion.
[Ah… you're a woman.]
"Yes."
I ended up making a money bet with the guy who kept mocking me and pinning all the blame on me while refusing to acknowledge his own mistakes.
Fifty thousand won.
It's a big amount for someone like me who doesn't even have a part-time job, but after a moment's thought, I accepted.
And the reason I hesitated wasn't the money.
A burdensome amount?
On the contrary—if I win, that money goes straight into my account.
The real problem was my voice.
I'm an audition participant.
Sure, yesterday's broadcast barely had a hundred viewers, but I'm confident that number will grow.
Now imagine this—me appearing on another streamer's broadcast, trading insults with some random gamer, and that gets found?
That's more than enough to become a controversy.
'But still…'
Sure, it'd be controversial—but would it really be a minus?
Getting exposed immediately might be bad. So I cleared my throat, deliberately lowered my voice, and killed my energy.
On my own stream, I raise both my tone and energy, so the contrast should make it hard to recognize me.
[Then shall we hear both sides' arguments first?]
And well…
If I've come this far, shouldn't I at least take the 500,000 won?
"…Honestly, this wasn't so much the ADC's fault. The support was expecting too much.
Yeah, noona didn't do anything wrong Sorry, it's the man's fault 😢 LoL men, it's you again?
Gangcheol said this and stopped the replay of the previous match.
To cut to the chase, the winner of the bet was Su-hyun.
It wasn't really that one side played badly—they both played fine.
But the male player expected play above Su-hyun's tier, and when she didn't meet those expectations, he started complaining in chat. That's what sparked the fight.
"So, do you both accept this conclusion?"
[Yes, that's very accurate. As expected from a former pro.]
[…I accept it too.]
At Gangcheol's words, Su-hyun—who had asked for mediation—sounded pleased. The man looked annoyed, but he agreed anyway.
Noona sounds excited She's happy Her voice is so nice
[ㅇㅇ님, thank you for the 1,000 won donation!]
"Ask her if she knows Gangcheol, the udjeotbbar-jwa."
Gangcheol glanced at the donation message and nodded.
"By the way, miss… do you know who I am?"
[Ah, yes. You're a pro player, right?]
Damn lol Great Gangcheol
To be honest, Gangcheol's mood lifted as well.
I mean, as a man, wouldn't your spirits rise if a woman with such a nice voice knew who you were?
"Oh… do you watch tournaments?"
[Nope. I don't watch tournaments. I just searched you up when the bet started.]
"Ah…"
Small Gangcheol Just… washed-up trash! Why would a noona like that watch Worlds lol
[Money sent…]
[Thank you~]
At that moment, unlike Su-hyun, the man—whose energy had dropped—announced that he sent the money. After receiving it, Su-hyun's tone rose slightly, clearly in a better mood.
"You seem happy?"
[Of course I am.]
Noona's energy shot up lol
[Then can I go now?]
"Ah, wait a moment."
Just as Su-hyun, energized from getting the money, said she'd leave, Gangcheol stopped her without thinking.
[Why?]
Don't goooo lol Just end it and review the match again It's a shame to just let her go lol
"Well… um…"
He doesn't wanna let her go lol
"You're actually the first female guest on Gangmuncheol. I'll give you a chicken gift coupon—would you do a short interview?"
[Then make it Kyochon?]
"Ah, sure. I'll send a set with cola too."
[Good.]
"Good" lol Hard to resist chicken Look at her picking the expensive one
Gangcheol inwardly cheered at Su-hyun readily accepting the interview.
Chicken? At most, that's 30,000 won.
But this video would get at least 200,000 views.
[So… how does the interview work?]
"Ah, it's simple. You just answer questions from the viewers."
Gangcheol was already imagining the video title and thumbnail.
"Gangmuncheol TV's First Female Guest? Interview After the Incident."
[Sounds good.]
***
"Ah, okay. Got it. Let's start taking questions from the viewers."
Gangcheol watched as the chat exploded, messages pouring in faster than he could read.
Filter out anything crossing the line…
Stick to basic questions only.
The other party was just a regular person. If even one question went too far, that'd be enough to earn him a shiny new "controversy" entry on his wiki page.
"Hm… first question. When did you start playing League?"
[League? Uh… I think around Season 6?]
"Wow… that's a long time."
[I guess so? I like games.]
"Oh? Then besides League, what other games do you play?"
[Just whatever. I buy random stuff on Steam and play.]
"Oh… I see your League tier is Diamond. You must be pretty good?"
[You just saw it.]
"Pardon? Ah—right, yes…"
Why is a Diamond 4 scrub so confident? If noona says so, then so be it Most of you are Bronze–Silver–Gold anyway lol A woman who buys Steam games, damn
[You don't sound convinced.]
"Well… it's just that, you know—I'm a former pro. To be honest, players around your tier all look pretty similar to me."
Gangcheol was a former pro. And not just any—he'd been fairly successful in his time.
So to his eyes, players who weren't even at the very top of the amateur ladder all blended together.
[…Pretty similar?]
But those words crushed Kim Su-hyun's pride.
More precisely, they trampled on the pride of female Kim Su-hyun, who had poured years of her life into League.
And even as male Kim Su-hyun, who shared those memories, it didn't feel great either.
She's pissed lol Hot take: Diamond 4 is mid ㅇㅇ If you're mad… you know what to do
Gangcheol glanced at the chat and noticed Su-hyun's mood souring—but he didn't care.
We're never going to see each other again anyway.
If that was the case, wasn't it better to just squeeze out some good content?
"Honestly, it's true. My smurf's in Diamond, and watching those kids just makes me sigh."
[I'm different.]
"From what I saw earlier, well… yes, I suppose."
LMAOOOOOOOO Look at him poking her on purpose Just… rude!
And this was Gangcheol they were talking about—a former named pro.
Most League players tended to accept whatever he said at face value.
Of course, not everyone did.
[Want to do a 1v1?]
Su-hyun was one of those people.
"A bare match? If I lose, that's a pretty bad deal for me."
[Lose what? You'd get content out of it.]
Gangcheol flinched slightly. Sure, everyone knew he was farming content—but usually people didn't say it out loud.
"Come on, we've already got enough."
[Then forget it.]
"What?"
[Then I'm leaving.]
"W-wait a second."
Ding—
Without hesitation, Su-hyun left the call.
"Ah—"
LMAOOOOOO Should've just accepted You're throwing away content? Wow, you actually let her go
Only after she'd left did Gangcheol feel like he'd missed something important.
Come to think of it, there was no way he'd lose a 1v1 to a random player, was there?
"Wait—she didn't even take the chicken."
He tried calling her back, mentioning the chicken gift coupon—but Su-hyun had already left the Discord server entirely.
"Damn it… I should've just done it."
"Damn… that was close."
I'd lost my temper and talked back to a former pro.
If I hadn't come to my senses and dipped halfway through, I might've gotten absolutely destroyed in a 1v1 in front of thousands of viewers—and permanently immortalized in a video.
Just thinking about it sent a chill down my spine.
Sure, people probably wouldn't mock a regular player for losing to a former pro.
But this was about my pride.
If you pick a fight and get utterly crushed, how is that not embarrassing?
"Still… the chicken was a waste."
I'd even done a short interview and everything.
"Whatever."
That aside, my own stream was starting in just a few hours.
I flopped onto my bed and pulled out my phone.
I usually streamed in the late afternoon, but some of the other participants had already been live since midday.
I scrolled through the list of contestants I'd pre-followed, hopping into a stream with a lot of viewers.
[Anna – Day 2!]
Anna.
***
She was a former musical actress, and right after the first audition, the community had already dug everything up—videos from her musical days, her face, her real name, her age. Everything was laid bare.
But ironically, that exposed "past life" only worked in her favor. She was pretty, she sang well, and among the current audition participants, she was easily top-tier.
"Yeah, she'll probably make it."
Her defining trait was simple: she sang better than anyone else.
Maybe it was because of her musical background, but her projection was solid, powerful—clearly on another level. Honestly, it made you wonder why she was even doing vtubing in the first place.
Well, she had her reasons, apparently. I didn't dig into them.
Compared to her… well.
I had potential. Yeah.
If I kept going to vocal lessons and practiced singing more, I could probably reach that level someday.
"Should I quit smoking first?"
I'd read somewhere that smoking causes excess mucus buildup in the throat due to inflammation, which can alter your voice.
Vtubing is a profession that begins with the voice and ends with the voice.
If anything, I should start taking care of my throat now.
With that in mind, I decided to stay away from carbonated drinks—supposedly bad for the throat—and headed outside.
"Hiss… exhale…"
Quitting smoking could start tomorrow.
["A gimlet in a beg" or "A telent that cannot be concealed".]Miro – Day 2]
"Hi everyone."
hihi Welcome back, Miro~ What did you do today?
As soon as I went live, people poured in.
Forty viewers.
For a second-day broadcast—even with the audition boost—that wasn't a normal number.
"If I were doing this alone, I'd probably have one or two viewers on day two… if that."
The hardest period for streamers is always the beginning.
Hours of talking to an empty room. Weeks, even months, not knowing if anyone will come in—many streamers stay stuck in single-digit viewer counts for ages.
Compared to that, having dozens of viewers already watching meant things were going extremely well.
"Though it's definitely the audition carrying me."
After chatting casually with viewers for a bit, I decided to do an "Ideal Type World Cup" again.
It was easy, low-effort content—just choose between two options and explain why.
"Hm… should we do this today?"
As I casually set things up and opened the site off-screen, a ding rang out.
[ㅇㅇ님, thank you for the 1,000 won donation!]
Miro, did you see the Taesan controversy yesterday?
"Ah—thank you for the donation!"
I paused for a moment, thinking about who Taesan was.
"Ah. Yesterday."
He was the streamer who had briefly served as an interviewer during the second audition, showed up in my stream yesterday, and got banned. The same guy who was getting flamed in the community when I checked that morning.
I glanced at the donor's username.
Unfamiliar. Completely new.
Instinctively, I realized this wasn't a regular viewer—it was someone who'd come over from the community.
One wrong word here, and it'd get clipped, edited, and uploaded straight back there.
They probably wanted me to criticize Taesan, even just a little.
Maybe they thought I held a grudge because I banned him yesterday.
"Controversy? What happened?"
I pretended not to know.
From female Kim Su-hyun's memories—someone who understood internet broadcasting culture—it was always a bad idea to let people know you actively checked community forums.
I turned my gaze to the chat.
Let's just do the content You don't know about the controversy? It's about you though? How can you not know Why are people acting like this? Ignore them, Miro
Among the familiar usernames who'd been watching since day one, new names—ones I'd never seen before—were firing off messages rapidly.
Ignoring it would've been the right move here, but…
I thought of streamer Taesan.
Sure, his chat had gotten out of hand in my stream yesterday—but wasn't that the viewers' fault? Even if he'd neglected moderation, I hadn't felt particularly upset.
And during the interview, he'd rolled with my sudden antics pretty well.
"Hold on. Let me check."
"I'll help him just this once."
I typed the controversy into the search bar—right where I'd been setting up the Ideal Type World Cup.
Since it had only happened yesterday, traces of the community firestorm were still everywhere.
Honestly, it didn't feel like something worth this much outrage.
And I voiced that thought out loud.
"Hm… does this really deserve to blow up like this?"
?? ? Weren't you the one who banned him?
As I muttered in confusion, the chat grew even more active.
"I mean, it's true he disrupted the broadcast—but does that really qualify as a controversy?"
Isn't disruption already a problem? Looks like he just let it happen This one's definitely on Taesan
Seeing the unfamiliar usernames suddenly flooding the chat, I smiled inwardly.
They were probably waiting eagerly for something they could post on the community.
"So honestly, wasn't it just a few viewers crossing the line, rather than something Taesan himself did?"
I decided to meet their expectations.
"Or maybe not. Who knows~"
Not long after, my words were posted on the community.
I switched the chat to followers-only mode.
[Thank you for the follow, Elderly Go Hall Pebble Thief Taesan.]
[Thank you for the follow, Grandma Cart-Flipping Master Taesan.]
[…]
[…]
[..]
That day, my follower count doubled
.And as the chat grew increasingly chaotic with time, I ended the stream early and logged off.