Chapter 14 : Sayo’s Dream

Pangea TV’s partner streamer Sayo often watched Rabbit TV’s broadcasts.

She had transferred platforms due to concerns but returned to Pangea TV,
because she still thought Rabbit TV had strengths considering the diversity and scalability of games.

In fact, as a general game streamer, Rabbit TV was more in tune with her style.

However, the problem was that the market for general games itself was very small.

It was already a small pie, and Rabbit TV had many peers competing for that pie,
making the competition for viewer numbers and income very fierce.

In the end, Sayo returned to Pangea TV for practical reasons.

After that, things were not bad.

Pangea TV’s general game market was even smaller than Rabbit TV’s, but there were fewer fierce competitors to worry about.

She steadily grew her broadcast, and before long, she became a mid-tier streamer just below the big companies.

She was a well-known name on Pangea TV, averaging 4,000 to 5,000 viewers.

But Sayo was not satisfied with this level.

She wanted to grow more and escape the stagnant scene to lead a new trend.

“I’ve been in the streaming scene for 10 years now. It’s time for a change.”

It wasn’t an impulsive thought, but something she had been pondering for years.

So she diligently explored broadcasts on the competing platform, Rabbit TV.

She believed she could find hints for new trends to bring to Pangea TV from Rabbit TV.

And Sayo really found a hint.

Virtual streamers had appeared on Rabbit TV at some point.

At first, they were ignored and persecuted not only by general streamers but also by the so-called “Durahan” streamers in that community.

In fact, general streamers were so different in style that they just ignored each other, like cows and chickens.

But with Durahan streamers, it wasn’t so simple.

With the arrival of virtual streamers, they naturally became a lower-tier alternative,
and since the broadcasting pie overlapped, resistance was inevitable.

To put it bluntly, it became a fight over the food bowl.

A fierce conflict that had been going on quietly for a long time.

Then, a special event tilted the balance of this fight to one side.

A virtual idol audition held by a major streamer on Rabbit TV.

Contrary to expectations that the project would likely fail, it achieved amazing success and brought a new breeze to the streaming world.

Watching this process gave Sayo inspiration.

What if such a project could succeed on Pangea TV as well?

But contrary to that hope, the reality was harsh.

Pangea TV users were older and less familiar with virtual culture, which is based on subculture, compared to Rabbit TV users.

If she challenged now, it was obvious she would be ignored from the start, let alone succeed.

“Wait, are there even virtual streamers on Pangea TV? That’s the real problem.”

It was not even easy to find applicants in the first place.

In the end, Sayo had no choice but to carefully fold away that humble dream.

Someday, I’ll make my dream come true!

A year passed after that.

“Huh?”

In September, when the hot summer had passed and cool breezes blew,

Sayo happened to see:

[(Newcomer) Debut Broadcast: Going All In on Pangea TV]

#newcomer #stock #virtual #talk

A virtual streamer proudly taking the number one spot in viewers.

At that moment, Sayo’s long-dormant dream started to flare up again.

“So, the nickname is… Seo Ah? Is that the real name?”

The two syllables ‘Seo Ah’ were deeply etched in Sayo’s mind.

The first holiday after starting broadcasting was sweet.

Thinking back, when I was a viewer, I was somewhat dissatisfied.

I didn’t think broadcasting was physically very demanding, so why were there so many breaks?

But as a broadcaster, I could fully understand.

Just for ‘vocal cord care’ alone, breaks were essential.

I was trying to increase my broadcast time little by little every day, but maybe that was too ambitious for a newcomer.

I thought the slight pain was just an adjustment period, so I kept pushing through, but yesterday, my vocal coach scolded me.

If I kept overdoing it, I would damage my voice.

I thought I was doing well, so it was really embarrassing.

“If I had gone into the audition with vocal nodules… just imagining it is terrifying.”

As a result, I skipped yesterday’s lesson.

I listened to a sermon for nearly an hour but was taught how to take care of my voice instead.

Drink tea that’s good for the throat and keep the room humidity constant.

And the key to voice care is to avoid talking as much as possible except when working.

Thanks to that, I ended up doing a silent retreat I never expected, but if it helps maintain my condition, it’s okay.

Personally, it’s sad, but since I don’t have anyone to talk to outside of broadcasting, it’s not so bad.

Don’t pity me like that.

I’m not lonely; I choose to be a lone wolf.

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#newcomer #stock #virtual #talk

By the way, from today, I decided to reduce the amount of trollish broadcasts little by little.

Now, next month, I’m going to apply for the virtual idol audition, so it’s about time to start managing my image.

• Kk? What kind of new trolling is this?
• Wow, Heroes of the Storm! You know about the Storm of Time.
• Is virtual supposed to be like this? In the neighboring community, people dance and sing in VR and stuff.
• Why on earth is this person acting like this? There must be a reason.
• Forget all that, when is the cam stream happening?
• Wangko is doing PUBG content at 8 PM today, want to apply?

The chat room is pretty chaotic.

Still, it has improved a lot recently.

First, the temporary manager introduced by Oh Young-jun agreed to help for about another month.

Definitely, having a chat manager made a big difference.

We only managed severe profanity and disparaging comments toward other streamers, but the chat became much cleaner compared to before.

Ah, of course, that doesn’t mean it became a completely pristine zone.

It just means it got much better than before.

And there’s a second reason for that.

As the number of viewers decreased, the malicious ones naturally disappeared, and normalization followed.

Huh? Why did the number of viewers decrease?

Some people seem to misunderstand, but actually, it’s natural for viewers to decrease over time.

If you look at the long history of internet broadcasting, even non-corporate streamers had thousands…

And some streamers even had tens of thousands of viewers.

The problem was that those numbers were only temporary hype caused by trolling or the overflow from corporate streamers.

It was the same for me.

A ‘virtual streamer’ I first saw on Pangea TV.

And from day one, a rookie just starting broadcasting bought 15 million won worth of Pangea TV stocks, attracting a lot of trolling.

All of that synergy brought in over 8,000 viewers on the first day.

But how long can that novelty and trolling last?

Unless I continuously give them something to talk about to keep the fire burning, the interest will gradually fade.

“Wasn’t it 3,326 viewers on the 5th day before the break?”

That was the peak number, and the average hovered around 1,700.

This is where it got important.

Light, casual viewers and trolls left in droves, and the remaining viewers were either interested in virtual or attracted to ‘me’ as a streamer.

A lot of the trolling left, and even with breaks, people kept coming back.

That number was 1,735.

Ah, now two people less.

Anyway, if even 10% remain by October, I’d consider it an average success.

20% would be a real win, and if 30% were possible, that would be a huge success.

10% means about 170 people.

Seeing it from tens of thousands down to this, three digits might seem small, but in the streaming world, it’s significant.

Before I returned, in the ‘Panbugal’ where I used to be active, there was a saying:

From 100 regular viewers, it’s a mountain.

Ah, of course, after Rabbit TV ended its domestic service and true ‘mountain’ virtual streamers transferred, that saying became meaningless, but before that, it was definitely true.

Aside from overflow from corporate streamers, virtual streamers who passed 100 regular viewers on their own were very rare.

As far as I remember, there were barely ten.

So don’t get caught up in decreasing viewer numbers, think positively.

Now is the time to shed excess and build solid muscles, like training.

Of course, blindly staying positive without knowing you’re falling is a problem, but I knew the future.

“In October, many opportunities will come. So don’t overdo it now. As a beginner streamer, you need to take care of your voice, and since I’m the only virtual on Pangea TV, image burnout happens fast.”

I use the remaining two weeks of September as the springboard to leap in October.

• Hey, Seo, what are you doing! Hurry and bring out today’s content.
• After a day off, you totally lost your touch, kk.
• Wasn’t today supposed to be Q&A content? I waited so long without eating.

“SeoTodayWhatAreYouDoing, what question would you like to ask? I’ll answer before the content starts.”

You donated 10 candies. SeoTodayWhatAreYouDoing

• Open fan?

[SeoTodayWhatAreYouDoing was forcibly removed.]

“……”

So, these are the kinds of fans I have to make permanent, huh?

Nothing in this world is easy.