Chapter 134

It wasn’t as if questions about Seo-jun’s synchronization rate had never come up before. There were often chats asking about it too.

But Seo-jun had simply ignored them, and since it didn’t have much meaning, everyone had just let it slide.

While it would be nice if synchronization rates were high, ‘generally speaking,’ low rates didn’t show any obvious signs, nor could they serve as an absolute indicator of gaming skill—that was the prevailing opinion.

‘Generally speaking,’ that is.

Most people didn’t publicly disclose theirs anyway, and people rarely asked about it either.

They would just assume that anyone who played games exceptionally well probably had a high rate.

Moreover, in Seo-jun’s case, most of the gameplay he’d shown so far had been the type that involved physical movement.

Did having a high synchronization rate improve swordsmanship skills?

Of course not.

This was gameplay that came from a gamer’s inherent skill, not the kind of gameplay you could achieve just because your brain connected well.

Even with that understanding, the reason it was becoming quite a hot topic now was simple.

Eric was a hero who used skills through mental association, and Seo-jun had drawn that much attention.

[Synchronization rate fanatics are pathetic]

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Just look at his skills—why do people care about the synchronization rates of good players?

What difference does knowing make?

It’s not like it’s your synchronization rate anyway. How high it is doesn’t matter to you.

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So posts like this appeared too.

[Anyone genuinely curious about his synchronization rate?]

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I know it’s meaningless.

But I’m fucking curious about how high it is lol

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And posts like this appeared as well.

Some people want to know common numerical standards for measuring skill.

Others want to make comparisons.

Ultimately, humans are social animals, so being good at figuring out where others stand is advantageous for survival, which is why they like that sort of thing.

So posts asking about synchronization rates received strong responses.

Of course, people’s interest wasn’t limited to synchronization rates.

People who had known about his existence since the Kael incident but had quickly lost interest, along with those seeing him for the first time, started trying to properly learn about Seo-jun.

In that process, they went through the exact same procedures that existing viewers had experienced.

[This guy was insane? Holy shit lmao. Every single thing he’s done is crazy]

[18 and Korean university student?]

[18 and that’s really his face?]

[Guys like this shouldn’t be good at games too! Lol]

[What a fucking annoying bastard… makes you feel deprived]

[One thing’s for sure—his Eric right now would be at least Challenger level.]

People naturally started connecting him to LOS.

[Is that streamer going to be in LOS too?]

[Existing viewers are saying he’s definitely eyeing LOS]

[He’s a master at finding sweet deals, whether it’s the battlefield or this lol]

[If he appears, he’d be at least A-tier]

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The management team would never let Seo-jun go.

If he came out as B-tier, it could be a disaster lol

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-For real lol

-A Challenger-crushing B-tier? I’d immediately dump all my Points into him lol

-It’s a bit ambiguous though?

└We saw him crush Spoon

[Reasons why I think Jin Seo-jun would be somewhat ambiguous merchandise if he becomes A-tier]

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If he were B-tier, it would definitely be right to buy him no matter what, even if you had to go all-in. So there’s no disagreement about A-tier.

But would the winning bid really be high even at A-tier?

1. First off, Spoon is an ADC user. Mid and ADC are definitely different

2. While Spoon got ganked, looking at how he’s fighting now, he’s playing it safe. If he’d known from the start, he wouldn’t have gotten caught so easily

3. What Seo-jun showed with Eric was insane prediction shots. This seems like it’s beyond Challenger level. But? Just ban it. It’s natural to use ban cards against A-tier, and Eric probably won’t appear much anyway.

4. Same with Kael. I think this will just get nerfed

5. He’s a gaming physical genius, sure. But game knowledge? A-tier users need to take leadership roles in games and make calls. B-tier could do it too, but going without Challenger calls and strategy would be a bit ambiguous for teams.

6. Just because he showed it in one game doesn’t mean he’ll be good at everything else, right? Well, this remains a random box

Conclusion.

Ambiguous.

Don’t know if it’ll be high or low

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Currently in the friendly match, Spoon had been playing thoroughly safe from behind after getting beaten by Seo-jun.

Since Seo-jun wasn’t pushing hard either, it was a fifty-fifty situation where only teammates kept dying.

-The roster isn’t even out yet and they’re already analyzing

-It does make sense though

-I guess looking at the current situation, he doesn’t seem capable of carrying a game where his team is falling apart?

└Originally in League, the team is your enemy lol

-I think it’ll be high. His potential is enormous and there’s definitely going to be a team captain willing to gamble on that

└That Eric really seems strongest in 1v1s. Worth gambling on at that level

The new controversy on LeagueCommunity was now slowly getting sorted out.

To questions about whether Eric was actually good, the tiny minority of Eric users explained that prediction shots were difficult.

To questions about who Seo-jun was, existing viewers provided information starting from For the Murim and leading with The Second Assassin of Joseon.

And speculation posts about the LOS situation appeared as well.

Now all that remained was enjoying the match through the live stream.

[Spoon getting hit by chains while trying to land one basic attack lol]

[His pride wouldn’t let him, so he got predicted and backed off]

[Meanwhile, teammates died again]

[Method to counter someone who ganked a Challenger = teammates]

[Ha Yoon-ho’s team turned into apologizing parrots lmao]

In the end, Seo-jun’s team lost.

His teammates kept dying continuously, and Spoon showed stable play.

Seo-jun fought moderately enough not to die, so the game didn’t turn around.

But Seo-jun could be said to have achieved multiple objectives.

[Viewers – 35,000]

This was Seo-jun’s current viewer count.

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Think about it.

Why exactly did the viewer count increase this much?

There were also many more chats asking about synchronization rate.

And why do these people keep apologizing even though he keep saying it’s fine?

“Sorry. Sorry. Sorry. Sorry.”

The support, top, and jungler stood in a line side by side, chanting in unison.

Ha Yoon-ho stood shamelessly one step away from them, laughing.

Even though he went 0/11/0 and 1/13/5.

Seo-jun couldn’t help but laugh at the scene unfolding before his eyes.

“It’s fine. Good work today, everyone.”

Even if Seo-jun had tried seriously, he couldn’t be certain he would have won, but today Seo-jun definitely didn’t have any intention of actively trying to win.

It was part of concealing his power.

“Hahaha. See you next time!”

“It was fun.”

“Alright, let’s go now.”

After they disappeared, the person who approached Seo-jun wasn’t Ha Yoon-ho.

Spoon.

He came up to Seo-jun and offered a handshake. Seo-jun extended his arm too.

“Spoon-nim. The match was enjoyable today.”

“Haha… it was pretty tough for me.”

Looking at him now, Spoon was an honest person.

-???: Seo-jun-nim. I’ll give my all, but do you think you can win?

-He must have had a hard time lol

-He just got completely crushed

“You played well from the second game onwards though.”

“Actually, it seemed like Seo-jun-nim was conserving energy? Anyway, now that the game’s over, I feel relieved. At least I didn’t show any mistakes in the second game.”

“You were truly Challenger-worthy.”

“Me? Actually, Seo-jun-nim was the unbelievable one.”

Spoon hadn’t banned Eric in the second game.

Instead, he chose a hero with the longest range that isn’t used in mid and showed extremely safe play.

As if determined not to suffer any more humiliation.

Spoon shook his head as if it had been difficult.

“Well then, see you next time. I’ll let you have Eric next time too. I lost today, but I need to get proper revenge.”

By “next time,” he must mean LOS.

He left out the subject, but not only Seo-jun and Spoon standing there, but both of their viewers understood.

-Nice

-Spoon’s going too lol

-They can’t be on the same team anyway, so next time they’ll meet in different lanes

-They’re setting up LOS previews through this match lol

-What if both of them fail to make the roster lol

ADCs are weak early game and get stronger as time passes.

If Seo-jun and Spoon meet next time, the collision would happen in the mid-to-late game after some time has passed.

There’s a reason he said he’d let Eric live.

-Spoon’s team’s mid is in trouble!

-For Spoon’s revenge, their mid will have to face the streamer’s Eric lol

-Insane lol

-If they saw today’s footage, they’d probably just ask to ban it lol

Spoon left.

After finishing greetings with the other teammates, Ha Yoon-ho approached.

They were currently in Ha Yoon-ho’s lobby.

Now it was time to finish talking and for Seo-jun to leave.

The two exchanged looks in silence.

‘I will definitely buy him!’

‘Is going to that team really good? Wouldn’t Tae-woo be better?’

Their thoughts crossed.

Ha Yoon-ho grinned and tapped his ear.

It meant to block out the sound from viewers.

Seo-jun moved his hand in the air and touched the settings.

The viewers cried out in protest, but they stopped when Seo-jun threw out a word.

“Should we end the stream then?”

-No

-Rather than ending the stream now, it’s better for you two to talk and end it a bit later

-What kind of secret conversation are you trying to have!

-Viewer training lol

End stream.

It was a magic word.

“Ready now.”

“Me too!”

“You wanted to talk about the auction, right?”

“Right. I really enjoyed watching today. During the gank, I had an intuition. Ah, I need to buy this guys no matter how much it costs.”

“Haha, is that so?”

Suddenly I’m getting the urge to discourage him.

“And I realized one more thing then.”

“What?”

“Ah, if he wins the game too, the value will skyrocket uncontrollably.”

“You didn’t let us lose on purpose, did you?”

Seo-jun’s eyes narrowed.

“Of course not. I just couldn’t do it.”

I see.

Seo-jun thought about it again.

Was the old official better?

“Hahaha. But intentionally arranging the opposing team to be a bit better was definitely planned.”

“Huh?”

“Actually, even if Seo-jun-nim didn’t show much in 1v1, the goal was to create a stage where you could show something through strengthened enemies. Well, it ended up becoming the reason our team lost.”

No wonder.

“The opposing tiers seemed similar though?”

“But there are skills that don’t show in tier alone, aren’t there? Matchups exist too. Seo-jun-nim intentionally lost the game too, right? Or more precisely, you were more deliberately casual than when you’re just playing for fun?”

Seo-jun was momentarily surprised.

He’s unexpectedly sharp.

While everyone wouldn’t play as seriously as in tournaments, Ha Yoon-ho was pointing out that Seo-jun had gone further than that.

“In the first game’s large teamfight, you killed two enemies and survived to escape. You could have won that fight, couldn’t you?”

He has good game sense and is quick to catch on.

The old official being better wasn’t true.

“You never know how it would have gone.”

“I don’t think so. Anyway, that was a very good choice.”

“Was it?”

“Yes. Whether I become teammates with you or not, cheaper is better.”

“Ah, I’m planning to reveal something today.”

Since people are asking about it anyway.

“What?”

“My synchronization rate.”

“Huh?”

“I said my synchronization rate was 10, remember? If I reveal this, people will probably bid lower, right?”

There was no particular reason to hide it or reveal it, so it had just stayed as is, but now things were different.

Actually, not hiding it might be better.

“Uh… that was real?”

Ha Yoon-ho’s eyes grew incredibly wide.

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[(Notice) Many people couldn’t believe the synchronization rate I mentioned when ending the stream, so I’m attaching proof photos. This is a capture from my VR management app showing the measured synchronization rate.]

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(Photo)

The average is 10, right? Haha

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-It’s real?

-Streamer, how have you been playing games all this time?

-This has to be Photoshopped. Please tell me it’s fake

└For real lol. Looks like he erased the 1 from 110 lol. How could someone’s synchronization rate be 10? Even at the lowest it should be 40

-This bastard was really a monster?

-Holy shit

-Fucking bubble burst lol. Synchronization rate was trash

└That means if you fought the host in real life, he could beat you in even more bizarre ways than in virtual reality

-What kind of fights have you been in, sir?