Ch.154149 – The List Revealed

# Enhanced Streaming Translation

ACK Pro gaming’s mid-season tournament between Spring and Summer seasons has already gathered massive attention from fans.

Especially with World of Arsheria’s recent match-fixing scandal, some viewers who became disillusioned with the professional scene have shown greater interest in streamer-organized competitions instead.

Despite being just a roster reveal broadcast rather than an official match, over 100,000 viewers have already connected to Letterbox’s official channel, eagerly sharing their thoughts in chat.

And they were rarely the type to wait quietly.

[10 Minutes Until Payback Tournament Roster Reveal lol][42]

We basically know who’s participating but hit like if you’re still excited haha

[Comments]

-Will this be another legendary Payback Tournament?

└ Please just don’t let any controversies happen

└ Last season was pretty decent

-I heard there’s an invasive species hiding among the participants?

└ OMG…! 14…!

└ LMAO

└ NoName’s obvious strategy to farm foreign viewers is just funny at this point lol

└ Wow, so now the platform is the one sucking money from streamers? Is this right?

-Almost everyone has been slowly revealed on their streams but there’s still one mystery person

└ This is a defeat for Twissy’s 1 million detective viewers…

└ If NoName is participating, could it be another rookie nobody?

└ How is NoName a nobody when she hit 30k viewers?

└ “Rookie” (8 months on Twissy) “Nobody” (peak viewers 34k)

└ Nothing you said is accurate lol

└ 34k for real? Why would so many people watch her solo WoA streams?

└ I get the confusion since she blew up suddenly after just a few streams

Every season, this event game generates endless controversies.

Last season’s controversy wasn’t small either, but people generally agreed it was something they could overlook.

[This Payback Tournament’s changes are pretty significant][89]

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They seem to have incorporated last season’s feedback well. WoA especially has many changes.

[Comments]

-Using 50k power accounts instead of 100k pro accounts is actually a great change

└ That’s a god-tier patch. Honestly, when Silver/Gold players used endgame characters, they couldn’t control their power

└ For real, where are those people who insisted game companies couldn’t implement this? It’s just proportionally reducing stats on your character, how hard could that be?

-Healers are going to be trash at 50k

└ Isn’t this basically targeting NoName?

└ Are healers at a big disadvantage?

└ They’re only OP in Master tier with 80k+ power, at 50k they’re just garbage

└ Healers can’t carry late game with the 50k power cap

-Wouldn’t no-healer meta be better at 50k?

└ No, teams must include at least one tank and one healer

└ Got it

-This is gonna be boring without the late-game burst damage

└ If mindlessly spamming skills is your idea of fun, go play Autumn Tale instead

└ 50k is perfect! Honestly, I hated when players just ignored walls and flew around

└ For real lol when you meet in a narrow path you should fight, not just climb walls and run away

└ Just imagining that makes me feel petty

Since this is an amateur tournament, players weren’t given pro accounts with full access to all traits, but they were provided with a “tool” to standardize each streamer’s character power for fairness.

While everyone had fought at 100k power in previous tournaments, this time they announced that despite criticism about potentially making the game too loose, all characters would be standardized at 50k power.

I jumped onto my newly upgraded queen-sized bed, shoving Adella aside.

“Eeyak!”

“Stop playing around and come help manage the chat.”

“This is animal abuse! According to Animal Protection Act Section 8-2, I’ll—”

*Bonk*

I lightly bopped the disobedient cat on the head and gave her manager permissions.

While she couldn’t log into the game, she could use a Twissy guest account to help out.

-Why is Adella so annoying? lol

-She really doesn’t listen

-(Adella): Sis is stupid and dumb! She’s so short I can barely see her!

-?

-LMAO

-LMAO

-?

-Just kick her out of the house, NoName!

-Don’t mess with your landlord, you little gremlin

-(Adella): If you guys keep being mean to me, I’ll b.a.n. a.l.l. o.f. y.o.u.

“I told you to manage the chat, not threaten them!”

*Bonk*

Ignoring Adella who collapsed clutching her head, I realized this was my first time participating in such a tournament, so I wasn’t entirely sure how everything worked.

I just received a text saying there would be a broadcast today and it would be nice if I could stream along with it.

-OMG OMG OMG it’s starting

-Wow 10 seconds!

-10

-10

-9

-9

-Let’s gooo~

-9

Everyone counts down together to the bouncy electronic music.

Adella’s tail, as she lay on the bed, swayed left and right in rhythm.

“I wish I could participate in tournaments like this too!”

She looked at me with sparkling eyes, apparently more interested than I expected.

“Do you want to try gaming?”

“Yeah. Honestly, watching games isn’t that fun, but playing them seems way more exciting.”

“I’ll ask the game company about it later.”

About creating a separate account for Adella. There would probably be countless complex discussions in the process, but whether the answer is positive or negative, I need to ask first.

Wouldn’t an AI participating in a gaming tournament as a streamer be a historical first?

[2051 SEASON 2 PAYBACK TOURNAMENT / DOWNFALL MATCH]

[Let’s Start!]

[Legacy of Legends – Payback Tournament]

The roster reveal order was LoL, WoA, Resonance for the Payback Tournament, followed by LoL, WoA, Resonance for the Downfall Match.

The roster introduction video, showing 3-second highlights for each streamer, was nearly 10 minutes long.

I heard that after the roster reveal, which would show all games together, the showcases would be split across three game channels.

[31st: Kariri – Assassin]

-Kariri?

-LMAO is this for real?

-Unexpected identity reveal

-Can’t believe Kariri’s in the Payback Tournament

-What a concept freak lol she’s competing with that garbage character, is she crazy?

-Assassin = such a generic class they don’t even have specialized job names

└ For real lol

-Getting Kariri on your team would be hell lol

-Amazing that Kariri kept this secret until the end

-The GOAT of bridging underground and mainstream

-Isn’t it GOA?

-You call that a highlight? lol

“It’s almost your turn, sis!”

The first highlights were from WoA. Being placed last among the 36 participants, I got a 5-second highlight instead of just 3 seconds.

[NoName – Priest]

The footage I provided to Letterbox was from my 10th duel with Mr. Kim Young-gwang.

In the intense battle scene, I made a dangerous choice to put myself in the path of an incoming power attack.

Before his heavy greatsword could cut me in half, I struck his wrist, determining the outcome of the game.

“How did you even think to step forward there? I don’t understand at all.”

Adella tapped the screen with her finger, questioning my move.

“He was certain I’d step back, that’s why he attacked like that. I could have moved forward or stayed still, but he ruled those options out without reason. That kind of baseless exclusionary play needs to be punished immediately.”

“But how do you do that? Don’t you flinch reflexively when you see movements like that?”

“No.”

“No way. How is that possible? Look at me, sis. What if I—HYAH!”

*Swoosh*

Adella’s two fingers stopped right in front of my eyes after cutting through the air.

Her expression immediately crumpled.

“Wow, you’re really something else. You didn’t even blink?”

“Want to get hit?”

“AAAH SORRY! MY TAIL! DON’T GRAB MY TAAAIL!”

-What are these two doing? lol

-They’re both so cute

-They’re barely paying attention to the video lol

-Once NoName’s part is over, we’ve seen everything important

-She’ll be on again later

-Adella’s asking for punishment lol

After about 3 more minutes, the streamers participating in the “LoL Downfall Match” were revealed.

Since teams for the high-ranked streamer tournament were predetermined, team names were also displayed.

[CallMeTheBannedBoot]

[Pyo Min-jun / Yi Mir / Miroking / NoName / Hyebam]

With Pyo Min-jun in top lane, Yi Mir in jungle, me and Yoo Si-a in bottom lane, the final puzzle piece of our Downfall Match entry was completed with the addition of Mirocell specialist “Miroking.”

-Isn’t Miroking’s name value a bit low? Isn’t he barely Grandmaster these days?

-That’s because his champion tier dropped, which is why he switched from top to mid

-He’s still the #1 Mirocell specialist and fundamentally Challenger, but team games are different

Speak of the devil, I received a call from Miroking.

[Incoming Call – Miroking]

[Hello, NoName?]

“Yes, I can hear you.”

[Oh, are you streaming? Anyway, I’m just so grateful that you included a hardstuck player like me, really.]

“Just get to the point.”

[I’m being sincere! Everyone wants to be on your team so badly. Abandoning top lane to practice mid was the best decision I’ve made recently. Awesome!]

-He abandoned top lane and now he’s talking too much!

-Let’s replace Miroking with Adella right now

-4 Challengers and 1 Grandmaster, wow, this is an epic Downfall Match team

-Looking at the roster, even pros on break are participating, so it won’t be easy

└ Honestly, I think people who participated in pro matches within the last year should be excluded

└ Then there wouldn’t be enough talent for the Downfall Match

[I was so surprised to learn that NoName is only fourteen years old. Remember that top lane Asteria match?]

“I remember. You said I was rude and needed to be taught manners.”

[Wow, you remember all that? I should have taught you proper manners back then! Just kidding, looking forward to working with you, our little captain.]

“…Just do your part. I’ll carry from bottom lane.”

-Nice

-As expected from the original Asteria master, NoName!

-Nice

-All the Asterias these days are fake

└ If you saw NoName’s videos back then, you’d never be satisfied with today’s players lol

-Pyapyapya

-NoName and Hyebam in bottom lane is terrifying

-World Championship level power in the Downfall Match…?

└ Why is this happening? lol

└ If you want to win lane, bring the Paysauce-Sauron duo lol

-Against these guys, I’d definitely focus on top lane

└ But Pyo Min-jun is currently Challenger rank 150, his form has really improved

-When did Hyebam hit 1000 Challenger points?

[This is so embarrassing. Are viewers there saying I’m just Grandmaster? I can already guess. I promise I’ll reach Challenger before scrims, really. Nobody bans Mirocell anyway since it’s tier 4 right now.]

“Wouldn’t it be better to practice other champions in that case?”

[This is the only thing I know how to play, haha. Or should I practice mid Nunu? I heard it’s tier 1 again.]

-Nunu? lol

-The weakest team game pick lol

-There are so many good mid champions!

-For real, Nocturne, Graves, Lillia, Kled are all so easy

-Karma and Morgana too

[It’s an honor to work with you. NoName, you’re so cute! Bye for now!]

He said what he wanted to say and hung up, making me seriously wonder if someone had put him up to this.

Meanwhile, I lightly smacked Adella’s thigh as she wiggled her butt, apparently finding something hilarious in the chat.

*Slap*

“Ow! Why did you hit me? I wasn’t doing anything!”

“Just because. You’re cute.”

“Hmph, you’re cuter.”

“Huh…?”

I wasn’t expecting that response.