In any ranked ga, you're bound to encounter so people with questionable ntal states. It’s inevitable when playing team gas. Still, this was getting ridiculous.
“Why does everyone just give up on playing?” Jihoo muttered.
It was frustrating how many teammates were throwing in the towel. Sure, the ga wasn’t going great, but the opponent was bound to make mistakes. They weren’t in the higher tiers, after all. Yet, so players seed eager to surrender at the first sign of trouble.
[Omniscient Cthulhu: But hey, we won anyway.]
[Omniscient Cthulhu: Cheers to that.]
[Hwanhee: True, lol.]
[As long as you win, nothing else matters.]
[But seriously, are we sure their main is gold? Their plays don’t look like gold-tier.]
[Dama’s playstyle is just built different, honestly.]
Jihoo had only been playing Reore for a short while, but he was already starting to understand how to win most gas—provided no one intentionally threw. He didn’t expect to pick it up this quickly, though.
“Still… spoiling them with victories like this only reinforces bad habits,” he sighed.
Jihoo recalled seeing a post on Ifrit Gallery where soone said, “Winning like this just gives them bad habits.” At the ti, he’d been skeptical. Winning was good, wasn’t it? But after playing Reore for himself, he couldn’t disagree. Too many players seed to have pawned their sense of responsibility for short-term rewards.
“Well, one more win, and I’m done for today.”
Recently, Jihoo had been enjoying Reore so much that he’d played longer than usual. But today, with the quality of gas being so poor, he decided to rank up one last ti and then call it a night. Maybe he’d stick around afterward for so casual chatting with his viewers—talking about current events could be fun.
While the "tier" mattered a lot in gaming, Jihoo didn’t obsess over it. Players were placed where they belonged based on skill. There was no need to get worked up over it.
“Alright, let’s play mid lane for the last ga.”
After spending the entire day in the top lane and enduring the complaints of his teammates, Jihoo felt like his prefrontal cortex was drying up. He wasn’t a babysitter, after all.
Glancing at the viewer count, Jihoo was pleasantly surprised.
[Viewers: 79]
His viewership had grown considerably since he started streaming. While unexpected, it felt like the perfect number for a casual hobbyist strear. The audience size was manageable for aningful interaction.
‘Let’s see who’s watching,’ he thought.
Streaming was about connecting with people, so Jihoo scrolled through the list of viewer nas. While viewers couldn’t see who else was watching, Jihoo could—one of the perks of being the host.
That’s when he spotted it.
[Mangming]
“Huh.”
The sa nickna he’d seen earlier popped up again. Jihoo was a little startled. Why was Mangming watching his stream again? Earlier, Mangming had ntioned dropping by for fun, but now?
“Mangming’s watching my stream,” Jihoo announced thoughtlessly.
The chat imdiately exploded.
[Omniscient Cthulhu: Seriously?]
[Omniscient Cthulhu: Why is that guy here?]
[The stream is fun, though.]
[Mangming, why’d you rage quit your own stream to watch this? Mangming, why’d you rage quit your own stream to watch this? Mangming, why’d you rage quit your own stream to watch this?]
[Hwanhee: But honestly, announcing it like this is hilarious, lol.]
[He was quietly lurking, and you just called him out, lol.]
[Kang Hoo-min: The quieter they are, the more tempting it is to roast them.]
[Classic innocent bystander massacre for psychological satisfaction, lol.]
It dawned on Jihoo that he might’ve made a mistake. The chaos in the chat was understandable, though—if Mangming had ended his stream only to quietly watch soone else’s, it was bound to stir things up.
‘This might get annoying,’ Jihoo thought. But what was done was done. He just hoped it wouldn’t spiral out of control.
anwhile, in the Red community, a niche gallery called the Mangming Gallery was blowing up.
As the na implied, the gallery was a fan club dedicated to Mangming. But this wasn’t your typical fandom. Many mbers had a love-hate relationship with him, frequently mocking him while remaining oddly loyal.
[Post by User: ㅇㅇ (110.12)]
[Title: If you wanna strangle Mangming, upvote ㅋㅋ]
[Content: I swear, I just wanna choke him out.]
L: Gurgle gurgle
ㄴ: Squeeze
ㄴ: Cough cough
ㄴ: Dude, say sothing, lol.
ㄴ: …Well, that escalated.]
[Post by User: ㅇㅇ (58.9)]
[Title: A song that sums up my feelings toward Mangming.]
[Content: Murder on My Mind
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