Video content creation. It was a spontaneous suggestion by Zuo You. A spur in the mont topic that could blow away into forgotten lands by the ti the subject shifted again. But Su Xue didn’t want to forget it. Video content creation, and then specifically gaplay comntating, was on the up in China. There were many people doing it with great success. They would hire a professional or famous player and record gaplay with them, then comntate and finally prepare the video for release. This was another avenue for strears to get their na out there and beco popular enough, so that they could make a living by playing the video ga they loved to play!
The main gripe as a strear was that you could only attract viewers while you were online. It was the content that was created in the mont that got everyone together. If the strear was lucky, they could get a feature on the main page of their streaming website and more people would co and watch. Then there was word of mouth advertising and short clips on social dia. But beyond that, there weren't a whole lot of ways to find new viewers, because the only way they’d co and stay was if you were online and they liked what they were seeing.
It was completely different on a video hosting website like PlayMoreLoL. There was no need to be online at specific tis. People could co and watch a video whenever they felt like it. On top of that, PlayMoreLoL was at least as popular as the big streaming sites like HuyaTV. Content creators could reach an entirely different set of people who might enjoy their work! And who knew, maybe so of those new fans would co and watch the stream, or vice versa. The traction created through this would only make the content creators more popular. It was a win-win situation for them.
Su Xue enjoyed browsing PlayMoreLoL. She used to do it all the ti, before she started streaming. Though not so much anymore. She was struggling to find any free ti. And what ti she did find was spent preparing dinner for Lin Feng. Just getting in a good night’s rest sotis felt impossible. But she knew PlayMoreLoL. She knew how videos could easily gain traction and reach hundreds of thousands if not millions of views. Not to ntion the much larger number of featured slots on the frontpage. It also helped that Su Xue was already a strear. She could have her fans watch the videos, like them and leave a comnt. There was no way this plan could fail.
All of this information swirled through Su Xue’s head even long after Zuo You had left. She’d done the dishes, absentmindedly, and sat back down at the dining table. Just staring in front of her. Maybe. Maybe I really could? The more she thought about it, the harder it beca to see the negatives. Her mind focused completely on everything that could co from it. There were no negatives! Not that she could think of at least! It would be a success! There was nothing stopping her from becoming famous except herself! She looked into the hallway at the door to Lin Feng’s room and shouted, “Lin Feng!”
A few seconds later, the door opened and a head popped out. “Yeah?”
Su Xue beckoned him over with her hand. “Co! Co here! I want to talk with you about sothing.”
“Ok?” Lin Feng mumbled as he pushed open the door completely and walked over towards Su Xue. He sat down across from her and asked, “What is this all about? Is everything ok?”
Su Xue clasped her hands and looked at him. There was no smile in her expression. No joy. No anger. Just utter concentration. “What do you think of Zuo You’s idea? You know, the thing about making videos.”
Lin Feng ruffled his ssy hair. “Oh, sounded like a good idea. Probably going to be really exhausting though. Aren’t you already complaining all the ti about how little ti you have? It’s only going to get worse. You’re basically going to need twice the ti!”
“Don’t worry about ,” Su Xue replied. She breathed out, letting all tension escape her body. “I’m new to the scene. If I want to make a na for myself, I can’t chill. I can’t sit back and expect everything to be handed to . It’s going to take hard work. I’m willing to put in that hard work. I’ll make this a success.” She then turned to Lin Feng and looked him in the eyes. “But this plan from Zuo You. I can’t do it alone. If I’m going to do this, I’ll be needing your help. For the first bit at least.”
Though Su Xue had never done comntary videos before, she’d watched plenty of them to know what was important. A good video had two strong elents. The comntary and the gaplay. Both had to be of high quality. Comntary was sothing she would have to work on. All she had to do was put in the ti and effort to research how others did it and then create her own style. It was a lot of work, but it was doable. However, quality gaplay was sothing a lot more difficult. She couldn’t just start playing like a professional player. She wasn’t that good at the ga.
Quality gaplay was just as important as a good comntator. The Chinese people watching videos on PlayMoreLol were particularly picky about this. If soone new tried to break into the scene, the viewers would put this new video content creator under a loop. All it took was one mistake. One bad play. One bad comnt on a good play. And it was all over. Their hopes of becoming a video content creator would be ruined. Even Diamond players weren’t immune to this. Only the best players could create the gaplay the Chinese fans felt was worth watching. Anything else and they would take to the comnt section and write out their displeasure.
「I’d be embarrassed even uploading this garbage. What a waste of bandwidth.」
「Gold gaplay? Lmao. get out of here fucktard」
「lol, no point in watching this. Not even a quadra or penta…..」
「pls learn to play before posting this shit….. scratch that. just dont post and delete your acc」
「if your mom saw this shed off herself」
「I’ve seen two year olds with more personality than whoever this idiot is.」
Su Xue had read through these kinds of comnts many tis before. She knew how ruthless people could be on the internet. Even her stream saw it from ti to ti. But this example also showed why she needed help with procuring gaplay. Diamond players weren’t good enough. She was Platinum. It was absolutely hopeless if she tried to make so videos herself. Her only hope was that Lin Feng would be willing to step in and help her get quality gaplay.
Lin Feng didn’t need to think twice at her suggestion. “Sure! Of course I’ll help you!”
Su Xue smiled. She’d spent the last half an hour worrying how she was going to get her hands on quality gaplay if Lin Feng said no, and hadn’t co up with any solution. There really was only Lin Feng she could rely on for this. “Thanks,” she said. Then she added before he could say anything, “I won’t let you do this for free, of course! You’ve already helped out so much! I can’t keep taking advantage of you! How about this, if this ends up making money, we’ll split the profits 50-50?”
Su Xue and Lin Feng lived together. They shared everything together and were quickly coming to see each other as family. But just because they were so close, that didn’t an Su Xue felt good with Lin Feng helping her for free. She was making money for the ti he spent streaming! As long as it wasn’t more than a little here and a little there, she didn’t feel too bad. She’d just prepare him a little extra for dinner to thank him. But if it beca sothing more permanent, a deal where he would actively have to make ti free in his schedule to record with her, then it beca sothing different. She would have to pay him for his ti with money, or she wouldn’t feel good about it.
Lin Feng waved his hands. “No need. Let’s talk about money when you’re actually successful. You just go and find out how we can record the gaplay. It doesn’t really change much for anyway. I’ve been aning to get my own account and play so solo queue anyway!”
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Lin Feng looked at his laptop. He’d spent the last few hours finishing up his howork. But his mind was never really on it. Not after the SSK versus Dust ga the other day. That ga had helped him realize how far behind Rake he was. How much work he had to put in to reach those heights again. He would find his old form again and then only get better! His gas with Su Xue or High School 13’s esports team were only child’s play in comparison. They were good fun but wouldn’t really help him. If he wanted to achieve his goals, his first step would be to make an account and fight his way up the ranked ladder in solo queue.
The Koreans were the best players in the world right now. By that logic, their solo queue should also have the strongest players. It was the best place to get better. So Lin Feng chose to play on their server. He downloaded a VPN so that he could connect to it and bought a Gold-rank account that had finished its placent matches. Then he opened up the Korean League client and entered his new login information. The client loaded in. He took a deep breath. A smile spread on his face. Let’s do this!
Lin Feng had felt pretty comfortable about his chances of getting back to the top of the League of Legends scene, until that SSK versus Dust ga. That one ga had shook him awake. He realized how wrong his thinking had been. A four year hiatus wasn’t just him being away for four years, but also everyone else becoming better for four years. Rake was the number one player in the world. But the Rake of Season 5 was incomparably more dominant than the Rake from Season 1. They were like two different players. If Lin Feng wanted to have any chance against Rake, just playing a few gas here and there wouldn’t do. He needed to take this seriously. He had to put his all into this. And he would have to work every waking mont on improving if he wanted even the tiniest chance of catching back up again.
Lin Feng breathed in through his nose and then let it all out. It was ti to finally do this. He amped himself by moving around in his chair and then said, “I need to get better! That’s the only way!”
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In a small town in the Northeast of China was an almost abandoned apartnt building. That was how it looked, at least. No one could be reasonably expected to live here. But voices could be heard and lights were on. In one of the apartnts, in a dirty room with dishes piled up in a corner and a thick layer of dust, a man in shorts and a tank top sat on the floor in front of his computer. He had the QQ ssenger app open and was talking with soone.
Smut Sentinel:「Are you ready?」
Cup Noodles:「Okay, ready.」
Smut Sentinel:「Good. Get on voice.」
Smut Sentinel, or Old Huang as he was called in the outside world, lit up a cigarette and inhaled deeply, letting the smoke fill his lungs. Then he blew out rings of smoke, smiling brightly. His plan was a success. He’d found soone who could help him bring his videos to the next level!
Old Huang was still new to the whole video content creation scene, but he was already doing phenonal for himself. His choice of na in combination with his skillful comntating style that heavily leaned on his sexual humour got his videos to average 250,000 views. This was a very impressive number for a newcor. However, his viewers were never satisfied. They always wanted, even demanded, more from him. It was to the point where his channel was stagnating.
The comnts sections below his most recent videos all complained about the sa thing. Gaplay. The quality of the gaplay didn’t live up to the quality of his comntary. But his own rank was only Diamond 5, so he couldn’t use that. As for his friend who was helping him, he was high Diamond. That still wasn’t enough. So Old Huang had reached out to a Master player on the Ionia server and asked them to help him get so source material. To make it even more interesting, for this next video specifically, this mystery Master would play on the famous Korean server!
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