Invitation to Participate

The League of Legends Ladies Tournament hosted by New Continent TV.

In fact, it felt about 30% entertainment rather than a serious tournament.

No, it might even be about 50%.

What the platform wanted most was the success of the tournament and the resulting number of viewers.

Just like how public broadcasting channels are obsessed with ratings.

In that sense, the company wanted many famous female BJs to participate in the Ladies Tournament.

Popularity over skill!

Only then would the fans of those female BJs watch the tournament.

For this reason, there was a tier restriction in the tournament.

Points are assigned to each tier, and when forming a team, you can’t exceed the standard score.

The score table: Challenger (10), Grandmaster (8), Master (7), Diamond (6), Platinum (4), Gold (3), Silver (2), Bronze (1), Iron (0).

Each team’s total member score must not exceed 20 points.

-19girl: I originally wasn’t planning to participate. Fuck! All the female junglers are frustratingly inadequate like premature ejaculation. Can’t even tell if they ganked or not.

-HaniHani: Ahaha, I see.

-19girl: But Hani-nim was different. Really amazing! I almost came from that sexy play.

-HaniHani: ……

It’s the typical mindset of a top lane maniac.

The mentality of not caring whether the bottom side wins or loses, only their own lane needs to prosper.

For that reason, she says she wasn’t going to participate in the Ladies Tournament where it’s hard to see proper female junglers.

-19girl: Just with you and me, we’re already at 14 points. With 6 points left, should we go with one Gold, one Silver, one Bronze? Or Platinum and two Bronze?

-HaniHani: Oh, then can I recommend one Gold team member?

Mia flashes through my mind.

If I ask her to join, she would probably accept gladly.

-19girl: You mean Mia-nim? Ah, she’s fine. I saw she’s been practicing mid lately.

Mia, who reached Platinum as a support and then got all sorts of abuse being called “Janna”.

At first, she practiced damage-dealing supports to shed that image, and later even moved to mid lane entirely.

At first, she struggled to the point of falling to Gold 3, but after more than two months, she’s now starting to find stability centered around Xerath, which she used since her support days.

-19girl: We have 3 points left, so if necessary, I know an Iron player we can add, so we can pick one more Gold. There’s two days left until registration closes, so we should finalize the candidates before today passes.

-HaniHani: Understood.

After finishing the chat with 19girl, I contacted Mia first.

She gladly accepts participating in the Ladies Tournament.

Nice! One more team member secured.

19girl says she has an acquaintance too, so we just need to gather one more.

“Ah, I should post a notice first.”

I go to the broadcast station board and post a notice that there’s no broadcast today.

No matter what, my face isn’t thick enough to broadcast on the very day I got scolded for noise between floors.

After posting the notice, I informed Mia that we need to find a Gold-level ADC.

Mia’s BJ connections weren’t that wide either, but she still has broadcasting experience, so she should be better than me.

Ding-!

How long has it been since I assigned the task to Mia?

I was searching for candidates among female BJs doing game broadcasts when suddenly Discord rang.

Checking, there was a chat request from Yerin.

“Unnieeee!”

“Uh, uhh? What’s wrong?”

“Did something happen? You suddenly left the chat room earlier. And I just saw the notice, it says there’s no broadcast today.”

“Ah… No. It’s nothing too big.”

I explained to Yerin step by step.

That I’m going to participate in the Ladies Tournament hosted by New Continent TV this time.

“So you just need to find a Gold tier ADC?”

“Yeah. I found team members faster than expected. I was lucky.”

“Then I’ll do it.”

“Huh?”

I asked Yerin again, wondering if I heard wrong.

But the voice flowing through Discord was still calm and unwavering.

“I said I’ll take the remaining spot.”

“Huh? That… the participation qualification is only for New Continent TV BJs…”

“I used to broadcast on New Continent TV before. It was a simple drawing education broadcast, and I quit after I started doing outsourced work in earnest.”

“Y-You did?”

“Yes. And my tier is Gold too. My main position is jungle, but ADC is what I played the most after that.”

It was a curious coincidence.

And on the other hand, it was also lucky.

If I’m going to participate in the tournament anyway, wouldn’t it be easier to match teamwork and proceed better if there are more people I know?

After confirming Yerin as a team member too, I contacted 19girl.

I had received her Discord ID after deciding to participate in the tournament.

When I informed her of Mia and Yerin joining, she says she’ll bring the Iron acquaintance she mentioned before.

She says it’s a friend who used to broadcast but wasn’t popular, so she’s almost given up and is just unemployed these days.

Her League of Legends tier is Iron.

Her main position is mid, but there are no human rights for Iron players.

She plans to force her to play support and educate her to do about 0.5 of her share with champions like Soraka, Yuumi, Lulu.

“Then I’ll submit the participation application like this.”

“Okay.”

“And let’s gather on Discord tomorrow. We should talk a lot since we’re going to participate in the tournament as a team. Physical conversation is good too.”

“Y-Yes?”

“The last part was a joke! Sorry~”

“……”

After twists and turns, the team was completed.

If we win, get the MVP prize money, and liquidate the deposit and stocks, we should be able to raise enough funds for moving and soundproofing construction.

“We must win! We will definitely win!”

[Fighting!]

I’m reminded of narrowly getting runner-up in the blame game tournament.

One defeat memory is enough.

The longing for victory… or rather, the passion for what’s written as ‘prize money’ was deepening.

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“……”

“……”

I had forgotten in the joy of gathering all team members.

What happens when I put Mia and Yerin in the same chat room.

Today too, without fail, they sharpen their blades towards each other.

Mia strikes first.

She asks with great composure if Yerin has seen my unmasked appearance in real life, not just cam broadcasts.

I thought, what’s there to brag about… but Yerin’s reaction is no joke.

The sound of her snorting is so clear it feels like she’s right next to me.

The enraged Yerin finally pulls out her secret weapon.

“Unnie, I’ll use my wish coupon! Let’s go on a trip together, just the two of us, after this tournament!”

“…!”

“W-What? W-Wish coupon?”

I was startled and Mia was shocked.

And ’19girl’ and ‘IDontLikeTools’, who had become spectators, were very interested.

“Unnie! What’s this about a wish coupon! What does this mean!”

“Uh… No, that’s…”

I was flustered because I didn’t expect Yerin to bring up the wish coupon in such a public place.

With the positions reversed, Yerin spoke to the snorting Mia in the voice of a generous winner.

“I was reeeally helpful to Hani unnie. To the extent that some.one couldn’t do. So, unnie gave me a wish coupon as thanks.”

“… Is that true?”

“I-It’s true, but.”

“Unnie you idiot! Sea cucumber! Sea anemone!”

“Huh? No, Mia!”

Mia, who was very upset, deserted the chat room.

I’m dumbfounded.

It’s not a game, but a real-life desertion.

Yerin snorted saying she won, and IDontLikeTools carefully observed the situation.

And 19girl…

“A popular woman must have it tough, huh? So which one is the legal wife?”

“It’s not like that!”

Dark clouds were gathering in the hopeful sky.

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“What are you doing? Both of you apologize quickly!”

“I’m sorry.”

“I won’t do it again.”

After asking 19girl and IDontLikeTools for a moment, I invited the two separately and scolded them sharply.

No, I’m not a kindergarten teacher, what am I doing at this age?

Anyway, I took a strong stance saying I’d cut ties with them if they keep doing this.

Only then did I draw out a forced reconciliation.

Their inner feelings probably haven’t changed, but at least on the surface, it seemed to be resolved.

‘This won’t do.’

League of Legends is a team game.

And Mia and Yerin were going to take on the important positions of mid and ADC.

In that sense, we needed sincere cooperation, not just on the surface.

“If we win this tournament… not because of the wish coupon, but let’s all go on a trip together. But if we don’t win, it’s canceled.”

“Unnie, really? We’re really going on a trip together?”

“Then for the wish coupon, I’ll share a double bed with unnie and… Sssup!”

The voices of the two were very excited.

As expected, there should be a carrot after the stick.

Shortly after, we gathered again.

“Are you done talking?”

“Yes. There shouldn’t be any problems now.”

19girl and IDontLikeTools agreed to speak casually since they’re 25 years older.

From then on, we talked about the tournament.

While everyone else was a novice, 19girl had experience participating in the Ladies Tournament once before, so she tried to explain what she remembered as much as possible.

“The team selection ceremony is important. No, actually that’s everything. There are only 16 teams anyway, and among them, there are only 1-2 strong teams at most. The rest are mostly entertainment teams or pretty faces.”

There are quite a few high-tier players among female BJs.

The problem is that most of them are supports.

People who can shine when assisting someone, but aren’t suitable for being the main character and carrying the team themselves.

Moreover, the proportion of support positions among female BJs was too high.

Then someone has to give up their main position and move to a less familiar position, but can they really perform as well as their original tier?

“In that aspect, our team is solid. We have two Masters, and their positions are top and jungle. All team members can perform at their tier level without strain.”

“Indeed, that’s true.”

“If we do well in the team selection ceremony, we’ll reach the finals at least. That’s what I think. As long as we don’t slip on the opponent team’s gambling hand after meeting a decent team in the first match…”

It was a very plausible analysis.

We finished talking about other things like each person’s schedule and aspects to coordinate, and left the chat room.

‘There shouldn’t be any major problems.’

Since 19girl has leadership, we can leave the trivial matters to her, and IDontLikeTools seems a bit timid, so we just need to be a little considerate so she doesn’t feel left out.

‘Mia and Yerin will surely cooperate during the tournament too.’

I’m already looking forward to the team selection ceremony on Sunday.