Chapter 53:
Psychic Watch: A 20-Year-Old Veteran Female High School Student Enters Battle!
Seo Juhwan had come up with what he considered a winning title after two days of deliberation.
"Psychic Watch: A 20-Year-Old Veteran Female High School Student Enters Battle!"
He was secretly pleased with himself, thinking the title he'd created was perfectly optimized to attract attention.
However.
[Viewers: 1]
Five minutes in, there was only one viewer.
-♣Jomaem: Why is the title like this?
-♣Jomaem: You made this, right? Did you seriously think people would click if you used "female high school student" as bait?
-♣Jomaem: Sorry to be honest, but the title is really cringe.
"Hey, you're being pretty rude to someone who's helping you out?"
-♣Jomaem: ㅎㅎ. Sorry;;
The one viewer they had was Seo Juhui, the manager.
"Oppa, do you really think people will click just because I'm a female high school student...?"
Looking at her skeptical expression, Seo Juhwan avoided her gaze.
'Is this not it...?'
Why? Didn't throwing out something about a veteran female high school student usually bait people? That's what happened on Tricky TV that I watched?!
Seo Juhwan decided to trust his experience as a stay-at-home streamer and wait a bit longer.
'People will come if I play some games, right?'
He launched Psychic Watch, which he'd downloaded in advance.
Truth be told, the "veteran female high school student" part was half a joke. The real bait was "Psychic Watch" at the beginning.
'There's no way people won't come.'
Psychic Watch had been highly anticipated by countless gamers even before its official launch. Moreover, the game's fun factor had already been proven during the first closed beta test. This was why users were flooding in, eager to wait for the open beta.
On this very day when the second beta test of Psychic Watch was starting, he puts "Psychic Watch" in front of the title?
For Tricky's viewers, who grew up watching game broadcasts, this was a title they couldn't help but click.
'Originally I couldn't even participate before regression.'
Seo Juhwan's selection as a beta tester wasn't due to normalizing his situation. He'd been selected as a beta tester even before regression. Since winning something for the first time felt remarkable, the memory of his excitement back then was still vivid.
However, because of Han Soo-ah's death at that time and the trauma it caused, he hadn't been in the mindset to play games.
This was why Seo Juhwan only started playing when the game was nearing its end.
What this meant was that he already knew all the synergies and tricks that would be revealed later.
It wasn't long after the game launched that viewers started coming in.
[Viewers: 2]
-(Helper): What. I thought it was bait, but it's really a beta tester?
-♣Jomaem: Welcome, Helper!
"Oh! Oppa, someone came in. Welcome!"
"Yeah. Helper, welcome. Gomi, say your nickname."
Gomi was the alias Han Soo-ah used on broadcasts. To be precise, her broadcast nickname was "Han Gomi," a combination of her surname and "gomi" (bear).
Han Soo-ah nodded quickly and bowed so her crown was visible.
"Helper, welcome!"
-(Helper): ㅋㅋㅋㅋGomi streamer is cute.
-(Helper): But which one of you two is the room owner? Now that I look at it, the title is terrible ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
A viewer who took the greeting well and was actively chatting. Seeing how he was keeping his manners, it seemed like they'd caught a good first viewer.
"The room owner is this little one here. I'm just a neighborhood friend helping with the broadcast."
"Ugh. I'm not little?"
"Yeah, next 149 centimeters."
"It's 150!"
"Yeah. 150-ish 149 centimeters."
-(Helper): ㅋㅋㅋㅋ How is someone's height 149cm ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
The viewer started teasing Han Soo-ah as if they'd caught dirt on her. She made a sad face in response, but it was a planned reaction.
When you catch onto a concept like this, it becomes a kind of meme and becomes a tool to quickly get close to viewers in the early stages of broadcasting.
"Why don't my bones grow...?"
...It didn't seem like acting, but seemed genuine, but regardless, it was a good development.
-(Helper): But Gomi, you said you're 20, but you're a high school student? A year behind?
A question from the viewer.
"Oh, that's not it. Actually, this room's manager is a really old friend of mine, you know? When we were kids, we wanted to go to school together with my brother, so we delayed my elementary school entrance."
-(Helper): Wow! A delinquent! Scary!
"No, that's not it! Anyway, I'm a December baby, so it was fine for me to start school late!"
-(Helper): Oh, that reaction is great ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
Han Soo-ah was communicating better than expected without being too nervous.
Before the conversation could drag on further, Seo Juhwan spoke up.
"Alright. Shall we start the game then?"
-(Helper): Oh right, I came to watch a game;;
"Haha. Let's communicate while we play too. After all, we're beta testers for Psychic Watch, so we can't just keep talking about nothing, right?"
-(Helper): Good at talking, good at games. Certified.
-(Helper): At first I thought it was bait when you said Psychic Watch, but I was surprised it's real.
From what the viewer was saying, there were apparently a lot of malicious broadcasts using Psychic Watch as clickbait these days.
Clickbait was okay if you were actually playing the game, but when you actually entered the streams, it was mostly high school girl broadcasters doing reviews of Psychic Watch or spouting random gossip about it, just baiting for clicks.
That's why viewers weren't coming in quickly.
'Well, most of the Psychic Watch broadcasters right now must be on Paprika.'
While beta tester access codes for Psychic Watch were distributed quite generously, the application rate was so high that the odds of winning were terrible.
Occasionally, they'd gift beta tester access codes to famous broadcasters for promotional purposes, but since Tricky TV hadn't grown into a major platform yet, there weren't many game companies giving them out to Tricky streamers.
It was a judgment call that it was better to give the codes to famous BJs on Paprika than to Tricky streamers.
From Han Soo-ah's perspective, this was actually good. Hadn't Seo Juhwan brought the winning code? Right now was the perfect time to capitalize on a gap in Tricky TV's market.
[Viewers: 5]
[Viewers: 10]
[Viewers: 20]
[Viewers: 50]
[Viewers: 100]
Once they put the game's lobby screen as the thumbnail, viewers started flooding in steadily.
"Welcome Noonmat Gambler. Welcome Gya Oh Oh. Welcome Coin Expert. Welcome Stingy Cucumber. Welcome Hawa Waman High School Boy..."
Han Soo-ah's face showed surprise as she kept greeting the incoming viewers.
"Gomi, if you keep doing that, it'll never end. Pick out the chats you want to answer, and only read the nicknames of people who pressed follow."
"R, Really? This is the first time this many people came in..."
"Of course, everyone?"
As the number of viewers increased, the number of chats increased as well.
With every word they said, chats streamed up.
-(Helper): Yeah, I wanna watch the game soon. For a moment I thought the promotion was a waste ㅡ.ㅡ;;
-(Heavenly Demon Kim Knight's Nymph): ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ It's been so long since I saw Gomi, it feels so fresh. Let's get to the game ㄱㄱ
-(Glasses Fanatic): The woman is the room owner, right? Gomi, are you really 20? You look so young.
-(Madrid): How many rounds of Psychic Watch have you played? Or is this your first time?
It seemed like the viewer count had suddenly increased, and it turned out to be because the first viewer who had come in promoted it.
Han Soo-ah thanked the viewer who promoted her, and Seo Juhwan answered the other viewers' questions.
"Glasses Fanatic, even though she looks like a middle schooler, she's definitely 20."
"...Middle schooler?"
"Well, she didn't grow because she didn't want to grow. Let's just move on."
"...Oppa?"
"Now, let's start the game. I'll find a match. Oh, Madrid asked a question. We haven't run even one round yet. This is brand new."
"..."
-(Coin Expert): This house is good at banter ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-(Yujeong Hwa): OK then let's move on.
-(Nietzsche Sio): She really does look young ㅋㅋㅋ But wait, Hwan? Where have I seen you before? Are you originally a streamer?
"Oh, I'm not a streamer. I just came to help. The Psychic Watch account is mine."
At the mention of looking familiar, Seo Juhwan felt a bit of a shock inside, but decided to let it pass.
They'd already said they were going to play the game and considerable time had already passed.
There was no point in trying to draw more attention here, he thought.
Before long, they found a match.
"Found a match. Now, let's go! A 20-year-old veteran female high school student enters battle!"
-(Sion): No way ㅋㅋㅋㅋ You were a high school student? ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-(High Two): As expected of a veteran, she's reliable ㅋㅋㅋ
-(Khaki Code): A veteran female high school student. Hmm...
-(Helper): Finally starting!
The game began.
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