[TS] Obsessed Gamer: The Ultimate Return – Chapter 140

“……I’ll block the map.”

The reason I hadn’t bothered to hide the mini-map until now was that I understood well how frustrating it could be from an audience’s perspective.

Moreover, given the nature of jungle streams where I had to expose my movements, whether I hid the map or not hardly impacted the game, so I had kept it visible—until now, when the situation had changed a bit.

“Even if the impact is minor, it’s better to hide it than not.”

The opponent’s objective is victory.

And it’s a win by any means necessary. Naturally, it’s right for us to respond in kind.

– It’s better to hide it.

– Still not sure if they’re stream sniping… But okay for now.

– Hide it.

– Let’s hide it.

– This is a must.

– Stream sniping? Gotta deal with it.

– Good.

Perhaps because they had witnessed me getting trolled in the last game, the audience’s reaction was unsurprisingly resigned.

“Then… ”

I analyze the current situation.

I prepare a reasonable countermeasure.

Soon, the answer comes.

“The broadcast delay on Red TV is about 7 seconds.”

While Blue TV allows for external broadcast delaying, there’s no chance Red TV has such a luxurious feature.

“This is something to exploit.”

If the opponent is watching my stream and reacting to it, I can simply use that delay to play a trick on them.

“I’ll start at red. Take control of the lane.”

The opponent already knows where my jungle starting point is.

In such a situation, taking an unhelpful buff like Blue early isn’t the best choice.

[“Ah, okay.”]

The Timid Person 190 also headed straight to the lane, as if agreeing.

The reason high-tier bottom lanes rarely assist with the jungle is because early bottom lane control is that crucial.

However, even though my bottom team wanted to help me with the leash, this wasn’t the time for that.

“I’m already losing this positional battle.”

That meant the jungle contest was starting with me already at a disadvantage.

In such a scenario, control of each lane became critically important.

If our lanes have control, then regardless of whether the opponent knows my movements, they can’t invade recklessly.

I settled in for a smooth Red 3 camp.

“Should I play around a bit?”

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[Outlaw (Talon) is on the way.]

[Outlaw (Talon) is on the way.]

[Outlaw (Talon) is on the way.]

How many times did I ping the mid lane?

The opponent’s mid, Riven, visibly flinched a couple of times.

However, I had long since headed toward the Blue side camps, instead of ganking mid.

The broadcast delay is 7 seconds.

This means, with every slight movement I made toward mid, the opponent mid must inevitably feel pressured.

It wasn’t until then that the opponent Lee Sin revealed himself mid.

Thinking I was going for a mid gank, he hurriedly tried to counter-gank but I had wasted movement heading to the opposite camp.

“Headache, huh?”

– Hahahahaha Lee Sin.

– Wow, you can fake it like this?

– Outlaw! Outlaw! Outlaw! Outlaw! Outlaw! Outlaw! Outlaw! Outlaw! Outlaw! Outlaw!

– Lee Sin’s so confused, lol.

– Got flustered in the stream, hahahaha.

And this wasn’t the only benefit from my ruse.

– Enemy defeated!

A victory shout from the bottom lane.

While Ezreal and Yuumi weren’t particularly strong picks in a 2:2 fight, they managed to score a kill due to a strong trading advantage early on.

– Oh.

– Ezreal and Yuumi got a kill.

– Impressive.

– King! King! King! King! King! King! King! King! King! King!

– Now this is a game, lol.

– Haha, why doesn’t our bottom lane play like that?

– The Timid Person actually showed up, lol. Can that combo even get a kill?

– Especially since the trainer is our jungler.

– Who’s the trainer?

– The Top Lane Training Master is MYE’s trainer, yep.

– Ah, got it.

This is what stove-piping is all about.

You can certainly gain an advantage with relative information, but if you focus too much on the opponent’s stream, it can backfire on your own play.

Right now, Lee Sin and Riven were doing just that.

They were too busy worrying about what I was doing and ended up shooting themselves in the foot.

“Really trying so hard to win with this…”

How arrogant can you be?

With a 7-second broadcast delay.

And Talon’s insane mobility.

Combining those two factors, I can create opportunities even in the absolute disadvantage of stream sniping.

Just like now.

“Let’s see if I can…”

I said.

“Keep applying pressure in the bottom lane.”

[“Roger.”]

With the bottom lane control established by my teammates, I blatantly headed toward the dragon pit.

– Huh?

– Are we really going for dragon?

– Aren’t they stream sniping?

– Seems a bit risky…

Just as the viewers started voicing their concerns.

I entered the opponent’s red jungle and awaited the approaching Lee Sin.

Given that he was staring into the past 7 seconds, he likely thought I was busy taking the dragon and hurried to join in.

But I wasn’t after the dragon at all.

“Boo!”

My target had been Lee Sin all along.

– Enemy defeated!

If Lee Sin had not been distracted by the stream snipe and instead focused, he might have managed to react when I revealed myself.

But his attention was already divided, and that split-second lapse couldn’t give him time to withstand Talon’s burst.

– Wow.

– What just happened? LOL.

– Wasn’t he going for dragon?

– How’d Lee Sin even know about this?

– Hahaha, was the stream sniping the ones who had control over it?

– What’s that damage?

– Really pulled that off?

– The combo was so clean, haha.

– This is insane…

– How far were you reading this?

– Teaching those stream snipers a lesson, haha.

Then came a quiet voice.

[“Nice.”]

“…Huh?”

[“I said nice.”]

“Oh, yeah… thanks.”

It was such an awkward exchange.

– But who were you talking to since earlier?

– Isn’t it Timid Person 190? From earlier, it looked like you were duoing.

– No way, for real?

– Were you not talking to us…?

– I also thought you were just talking to yourself, hahahaha.

– Hahaha.

– Was I the only one deceived? Am I the only one deceived? Am I the only one deceived? Am I the only one deceived? Am I the only one deceived? Am I the only one deceived? Am I the only one deceived?

– Hey, notice me… Hey, notice me… Hey, notice me… Hey, notice me… Hey, notice me… Hey, notice me… Hey, notice me…

And…

No matter how much you play in the queue, you can’t stop a game that’s already rolling.

[“I pushed the bottom lane. I’ll head straight to the Rift Herald.”]

“Got it.”

The timing had now drifted to the first Rift Herald fight.

The opponent rushed to prepare for this, but we already had one more teammate in our corner.

But did that mean the opponents gained an advantage in manpower distribution? Not at all.

While our bottom lane pushed in and only one of our supporters joined the Herald fight, the opponents left both bottom members to try and turn the situation around.

In spite of losing one and leaving the bottom lane weak, we still had the upper hand in the Rift Herald fight due to the speed of our approach.

The difference in speed brought by bottom lane control—that’s what determined this herald fight.

– Our team has defeated the Rift Herald!

“If we delay our retreat, the two enemy bottom members will join. We need to disengage immediately.”

Ezreal had already made a significant gain from the bottom lane.

On top of that, having claimed the Rift Herald, we didn’t even need to engage in team fights.

However, the opponent knew this too.

Realizing they couldn’t let this game escape their grasp, Lee Sin and Riven pursued us relentlessly.

Naturally, such reckless pursuits exposed a lot.

“Crossing the line.”

Often, when the opponent is retreating, our team mistakenly assumes we have the advantage.

Usually, it’s a sound assessment. If the enemy is in a winning position, they wouldn’t have a reason to flee.

But right now, it wasn’t so.

Our retreat right now was merely an attempt to avoid giving unnecessary variables to a game that was already in our favor.

If that’s the case, then there’s no reason to avoid them if they’re openly seeking a fight.

– Enemy defeated!

– Going wild!

The opponent Lee Sin couldn’t even manage a good aggro ping pong and just blew up.

Riven managed to avoid immediate death thanks to her ultimate, but it was like a death sentence for her.

“Should’ve just let it go.”

– Enemy defeated!

– Double kill!

– They’re just impossible to stop!

Even though the opponent’s bottom and top joined late, the fact that two had already died left us with the advantage in numbers.

They couldn’t even fight back at this point.

– Haha, lol.

– Hunting the stream sniping insects, haha.

– Why did they engage? Were they asking to die?

– Although, if they hadn’t done anything, they would definitely lose this game, haha.

– And we’re winning like this?

– Girl, I’m dying! Girl, I’m dying! Girl, I’m dying! Girl, I’m dying! Girl, I’m dying! Girl, I’m dying! Girl, I’m dying! Girl, I’m dying! Girl, I’m dying!

– Even stream snipers can still get beaten?

– For real, lol, such bugs.

『‘Stream Snipers Are Bad’ has gifted ‘10 balloons’.』

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The scales of balance tipped even further.