[Open Recruitment: We are publicly recruiting influencers to participate in the 2051 Fall Event / Payback Tournament Season 2.]
[Prize Pool: 50 million won per category, totaling 300 million won across 6 categories.]
[Recruitment Period: April 10, 2051 (Monday) ~ Additional notice when closed.]
[Event Period: End of May ~ Beginning of June.]
[Categories: Resonance / World of Arseria / Legacy of Legends.]
[Eligibility: Must stream on Twish or V-tube; tiers refer to the attached operational plan for each tournament.]
[Applications are only accepted via email ([email protected]), and participants will be notified separately upon completion of the selection process. Thank you.]
With the support of Letterbox, the “Payback Tournament” is the largest event held on Korean Twish.
Current esports casters and analysts will serve as commentators, with coaches made up of former pros who made their mark in esports history—this is a prestigious tournament.
Despite various rumors and controversies during Season 1 of the first half of 2051, the staff was fervently recruiting participants for Season 2 after it concluded successfully.
“Ugh, this is really ambiguous…?”
As the planning team leader, who was evaluating participants’ applications at Letterbox, sighed deeply.
“What’s wrong? Did someone lie about their tier to join again?”
A junior employee, who was still regarded as a newcomer even after nearly a year, approached and asked.
Each category was divided into two types of tournaments.
There was the “Fall Event,” where celestial realm streamers participated en masse, and the “Payback Tournament” for streamers ranked from Silver to low Diamond.
Most issues arose in the latter, particularly after the introduction of a team member auction system.
In fact, it was not uncommon for those with ambiguous skills—around high Diamond or Master—to intentionally lower their tiers.
However, the team leader shook his head.
“No, it’s not that. This time, a streamer applied for both categories.”
“Both? Which ones?”
“LoL and World of Arseria.”
“Then just let one drop. I don’t know about the Fall Event, but there might be unknown people in Payback, causing practice to be a nuisance, right?”
“Oh, it’s frustrating to give one up while missing the other. And it’s just that World of Arseria was selected for Payback, not Fall Event.”
“What tier are they?”
“Unranked, but they say they’ll be up to Silver before the tournament.”
“Isn’t Silver manageable? We still have plenty of time before the team member auction.”
“That’s not the problem. Just come and see for yourself.”
After chairing the team leader’s seat, the junior scanned the monitor screen.
“Yikes! That’s the person, right? The one who set the world combat power record in Korea…!”
“Yep. Moreover, she’s the youngest partner streamer in Twish Korea’s history. I heard she’s fourteen.”
“Wow, NoName is also participating. Wait, the youngest? Really?”
The man, clicking his pen, leaned back and pondered.
The reason the team leader couldn’t give up on NoName was due to her viewer demographic.
She was a streamer with an unusually high ratio of foreign viewers.
While other broadcasters had 1% or 2%, her stream had a staggering 50% of viewers being foreign.
Despite not having the translation interface provided by Twish set up, viewers still had to find their own way, creating a barrier to entry but still achieving this scale.
The prize pool for Payback was steadily growing, but as an event solely maintained by Letterbox and a few corporate sponsors, new capital was necessary.
And the task assigned to the team leader was also to increase foreign viewer engagement.
“But this person’s skill can’t be Silver.”
“Exactly! Even if she’s balanced for combat power during the tournament, do you really think someone who overhauled the story mode would only have Silver skills?”
“Doesn’t physical prowess at least get you to Diamond?”
“Could even reach Master if done well.”
Yet there was no justification to refuse.
Why? Because the account she was using was her main.
If they just turned her away, it would cause controversy. Balance issues were unavoidable.
Furthermore, playing story mode and team games were entirely different realms, making it hard to gauge true skills accurately.
The man had heard that she was new to World of Arseria, which meant her basic operational knowledge was likely nonexistent.
But it was also a fact that she was a huge catch to let go.
After much contemplation, the team leader brought the paperwork to his superior.
“Her peak viewer count was 30,000? Pick her. What’s there to think about?”
The team leader, swayed by such a simple logic, sent an acceptance reply.
Now, no matter what happens, it’s not my responsibility.
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[NoName Official]
[Evolution #WorldOfArseria (5/5)]
[Best Comments]
-(19:34) To save humans, it’s humans themselves…! [Likes: 5.3k]
└ Ning-gu, ning-gu, ning~ [Likes: 5.8k]
└ You’ve gone crazy, right? HAHA
└ LOL
└ I really didn’t see that coming, HAHA
└ Seriously, I can’t even…
-She is Korean [Likes: 2.8k]
└ Wow, have the Yankee bastards finally come to their senses?
└ NoName is truly Korea’s treasure.
└ wtf is she really 14 years old?
└ Yeah, right! That’s the terror of Korean middle schoolers!
-An ordinary academy top student wouldn’t match up, LOL
└ Where do these hidden masters keep coming from? Is this the martial world?
└ Isn’t the real bubble the Korean academy?
└ This time, Altena Academy high schoolers got a perfect score in the international olympiad for the first time, what nonsense is that?
└ Are you a student at the academy? Why are you so triggered?
“Ning-gu, ning-gu, ning!”
“Hey, Pyo Min-jun! Stop it! Why are you always teasing Na-me?”
“Can’t you just do one of either laugh or stop, Shia?”
“Ah, I’m sorry! I don’t usually laugh, but once I do, HAHA!”
“I think Yu-shia is the most evil among us.”
Regretting the decision to participate in the Fall Event with these guys now.
After pondering how to build recognition in one go, I decided to try participating in all the tournaments I could manage.
Plus, since the clan members I knew from LoL were all streamers, I decided to team up with them for the Fall Event.
I submitted my application for Payback without any particular expectations for World of Arseria, but was surprisingly approved easily.
“Middle school syndrome is real; it’s that age.”
Min-jun kept nodding his head.
“Hurry and break the fortress.”
“Oh no, without our ADC, I think our DPS might fall short? But hey, NoName. Aren’t you out of line? How come you talked to me casually on the first meeting?”
“Uh, that last line sounded so cringy, right Na-me?”
“Shia, you too, get lost.”
“AHHH, did Na-me get upset? Huh? The older sister is sorry! Here, I’ll even shoot my ultimate ability. Grow big!”
“If you’re going to do that, just grow my height quickly.”
Rattle-rattle-
Rattle-rattle-
With each round from my machine gun, the enemy fortress was peppered with holes like a honeycomb.
The enemies seemed nonchalant as their base was shattered, readying for the next game. Their morale had clearly shattered long ago.
[Victory]
“Way too overwhelming, huh?”
“Bro, honestly, even if you put just any random Master tier mid-laner here, we’d win, for real!”
Mir and Min-jun were already hyping up.
But who could blame them with how smoothly this game turned after facing a Challenger team always holding a 5-man queue?
The only randomly matched mid-user scratched his head in confusion.
“Are you guys really going to the Fall Event like this?”
“Yeah, yeah! How did we do?”
“The girls are clearly outperforming the boys, how can you even lose with this?”
Interestingly, in the Fall Event, there was no tier limit, but there was a restriction that required at least two female streamers on each team.
Yet still, Shia had maintained Challenger for years, and I had enough games under my belt to hold my own against them.
Even Min-jun and Mir had reached Challenger, creating a ridiculously strong combination.
“There are former pros in the Fall Event too.”
“So what? How much does it matter if one lane is Diamond?”
“True.”
“Well, I hope you win! Oh, and NoName, I’m such a huge fan! Even though I dropped about 400 points when I played mid-Asteria back in the day, it was still fun watching that build.”
“Why in the world are you using Asteria mid? Hey, NoName, do you even realize how much crap you left in the LoL scene? And now you run away to World of Arseria?”
“When did I do that?”
“AHHH, that was exhausting.”
Shia stretched her arms, signaling it was time to wrap up.
“Can I upload today’s video to my V-tube?”
“What? Were you recording, Pyo Min-jun? Already thinking about leeching off Na-me’s viewers?”
“Isn’t this just the norm in this industry?”
“AHA! So that’s why trying to sell someone’s private info almost led to ruin is standard practice here?”
“Hey, I was also scammed! It’s so unfair!”
“Anyway, no way. Our Na-me is precious. I won’t show her to anyone.”
“Yeah, you go become a big corporation on your own. We’ll be stuck as ‘hakkos’ forever, sigh.”
Shia wrapped her arms around me, blocking my view.
With her pink hair constantly poking my nose, I felt an impending sneeze coming on.
Mir, having to leave right after the practice game for a promise with acquaintances, quickly took off, leaving Min-jun alone without much to talk about, which made him log out after a few quick words.
“But what do you mean you almost fell into ruin? Does that relate to your self-restraint?”
“Oh, you know! Ugh, just thinking about that incident angers me!”
Out of nowhere, Shia started thumping her chest and expressing her frustration.
“Do you know BeBeGood? Oh, you don’t? Anyway, those guys from that crew suddenly suggested we collaborate with other female streamers. They promised to edit the video for free if we handed it over.”
“Really?”
“Yeah! I obviously declined. But Min-jun was so swayed he almost bowed down in gratitude, and Mir, he’s always been a blank slate.”
Later revealed, collaborating with the female streamers meant the logs of the extension programs they used would also show up on our capsules, and they were trying to access private information through hacking tools, according to Shia’s explanation.
“Seriously psycho, right? The ones trying to sell it and the ones agreeing to buy it. I was horrified when I heard they could even find home addresses.”
Unfortunately, the topic came up during a drinking collaboration with our clan members, and BeBeGood, unaware that the mic was on, got plastered in the Tree Wiki controversy category.
“Why should the backlash fall on us when the wrongdoers are those people?”
At least Shia tried to gauge the situation as a woman and reappeared after a month, but it seemed her opinion of Min-jun and Mir was still quite bitter.
BeBeGood himself had initiated it, but he couldn’t pretend to be unaware, and negative media attention started pouring in. Streamers who were victims even filed civil lawsuits.
The conclusion was that the principal offender BeBeGood had faced criminal punishment, so it definitely caused quite the uproar.
“Scary.”
“That’s why you shouldn’t casually collaborate with anyone. You never know what sneaky methods they might use to steal private info.”
Though Twish promised thorough measures to prevent recurrence, Shia was still filled with distrust.
[Whisper]
[186 Unread Messages]
[Kariri: Let’s collaborate!]
“Yeah, I’ll definitely keep that in mind.”
[You’ve blocked Kariri.]
“But didn’t you say you were attending an academy? Shouldn’t you be in exam period right now? It’s late April, how are you even playing?”
“That’s why I’m taking a break from streaming lately.”
“…? We’re playing a game right now, though! What does that have to do with broadcasting?”
“Maybe not. I’m good; I don’t really need to study more.”
“Wow, this is why they call you geniuses…”
