[TS] Obsessed Gamer: The Ultimate Return – Chapter 249

Although there were moments that could be called a crisis, in the end, it turned out just like a regular scrim.

FFF tried various strategies, even some they hadn’t used during scrims, but nothing worked against us.

There was just too much of a difference between the two teams.

-Wooooo!!!

-OLZ! OLZ! OLZ! OLZ!

As we exited the booth, cheers erupted from the crowd, as if we had just won the finals.

“Wow…”

In the past, I hadn’t been able to properly take it all in due to the chaos, but now it seemed I had grown somewhat accustomed to it, as the placards and smartphone displays held by the fans came into view.

[OLZ Fighting!]

[Milky White Outlaw]

[I love you, sister]

“……”

Somehow, I couldn’t bring myself to fully look at those embarrassing messages.

“Let’s go, we need to greet them.”

“Ah, yeah, yeah.”

When Baek Seong-an called out, I stood up, and Baek Seong-an glanced at the audience and said,

“…That worked out well.”

“Right? Because we won.”

“No, not just that.”

“Uh?”

Baek Seong-an had a rather smug smile on his face, a slightly sinister one at that.

“No, let’s go.”

“…Yeah, sure.”

The team members formed a line and bowed to the audience.

-Wooooo!!!

-Outlaw! Outlaw! Outlaw!

“Are they calling for your sister?”

I couldn’t argue against Kim Jae-min’s comment, so I just nodded awkwardly.

“…Thank you.”

With that, the cheers grew even louder, as if they had been waiting for my words.

-Kyaaah!!

-Over here! Look over here!

-Outlaw! Outlaw!

“……”

My face was burning.

As a pro, I needed to get used to this, but it seemed I was still not seasoned enough to endure such cheers.

At that moment, a staff member waved at me.

“Outlaw player! This way!”

“Yeah?”

“For an interview!”

POG, meaning today’s MVP for both matches, turned out to be me, just as I had expected.

I thought I could anticipate the game’s contents, but I didn’t expect they’d pile it on like this again.

“…Ah, okay!”

In the first league, LCKR, the interviews were held at a separate analysis desk, but in the second league, CKR, the players moved to the commentators’ area for the interviews.

Naturally, my embarrassment was about to multiply.

“Hello, Outlaw player!”

“Ah, hi…”

“Seeing you like this makes it feel like we see each other often. You got the POG for both matches today. How do you feel?”

“Um… It feels good.”

“Hahaha! You still seem quite awkward. Now, let’s move on to the next question—about the pick you showed today…”

The interview commenced.

It was mostly the usual fare, but there were some unusual topics as well.

“Oh, and I think I need to ask about something that many fans are interested in… Is that okay?”

It felt a bit odd to have my consent sought again, but in this situation, I had no right to refuse.

“Sure.”

“Today, during the first set, there was a moment when Jaem-min Kim—no, I mean Kim Jae-min—calmly took down Fiona in a 2:1 situation from the bot lane. Do you remember that?”

“Ah, yeah, I remember.”

“His huge cheer was also a hot topic. What exactly happened at that moment?”

“Uh… I know the situation, but if you call it a cheer…”

No way.

It couldn’t be.

…Could it be?

“It’s a bit awkward for me to say exactly what he shouted, but there was a loud cheer caught on camera. It’s a hot topic among fans too. What exactly was said back then?”

The face of the commentator was one of pure delight.

Seeing that, I had a realization—I absolutely knew what they were after.

“Ah….”

Then came the vivid replay of Kim Jae-min’s enthusiastic shout in my mind.

-[“You bug-eyed loser! No way! Bug cut! Cut! Cut!”]

…That brat.

“Outlaw player?”

“…Ah, yeah!”

“If it’s difficult for you to explain, you don’t have to say anything.”

“…No, it’s fine.”

That day, I ended up apologizing more times than I had in my entire life as a club owner.

Kim Jae-min, you’ve really messed up today.

*

Recently, the pattern of discussions in communities was simple.

On days when OLZ didn’t have a match, the talk would primarily revolve around Outlaw himself. Conversely, when OLZ was playing, it was nonstop chatter about the team’s games.

Today was a day when OLZ would play, so naturally, conversations wouldn’t stop.

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-OLZ! OLZ! OLZ! OLZ! OLZ! OLZ! OLZ! OLZ! OLZ! OLZ! OLZ! OLZ! OLZ! OLZ! OLZ! OLZ! OLZ! OLZ! OLZ! OLZ!

-Info) The current tier of the bug-cut master, the opposing bot laner, is Challenger with 854 points.

The hot topic in today’s OLZ match centered around bot laner Jaem-min Kim.

Up until now, there had been chatter about how the champions from mid and bot were too ordinary, unlike the top, jungler, and supporter who left a striking impression.

However, in stark contrast, bot laner Jaem-min had garnered attention through entirely different reasons.

In the pro scene of Legends of League, popular players fall into two categories.

The ones proven by their performance and the ones established by their persona.

Jaem-min Kim naturally belonged to the latter.

Of course, that didn’t mean he was bad at the game, but since he was in the second league, it couldn’t be said he was on par with the former.

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-F*ck, lol

-Bug cut! Bug cut! Bug cut! Bug cut! Bug cut! Bug cut! Bug cut! Bug cut! Bug cut! Bug cut! Bug cut! Bug cut! Bug cut!

-It used to be all about Getback except for the gallery master, but now it’s just about Getback not being in sight, lol

-For real, lol he’s a total backdrop now

-Well, still, if you’re on that team, you have to deal with being the King

-That makes sense.

The excitement in the community showed no signs of cooling down today, either.

*

After returning to the dormitory, I gave Kim Ji-hoon a directive.

“Our bot lane’s physical performance seems to have dropped. But for a bot laner, physical ability is everything, right? Please keep an eye on him.”

“Understood.”

I’m not sure if the physical ability in Legends of League refers to that physicality, but regardless, it at least somewhat relates.

After all, the speed of one’s reaction to clicking the mouse could be deemed a form of physical activity.

“…Sister! I’m sorry! If I go down now, I won’t be able to come back up!”

“Then crawl up.”

“Uwaaaah!”

Kim Ji-hoon, demonstrating just how easy it is to forcibly kidnap someone, disappeared beyond the elevator.

“……”

Baek Seong-an, watching that scene, had turned pale, as if he was reminded of some terrible memory.

“By the way, is it finally tomorrow?”

The major patch.

Legends of League is known for its frequent patches.

It’s one of the reasons this game has maintained global popularity for a long time.

Not fearing change and not hesitating to take on challenges.

Especially because of the characteristics of the AOS genre, if patches slow down even a little, the meta can become stagnant, leading to so-called ‘standard combinations.’

The game stagnates and begins to rot.

This leads to the vitality of the game dwindling, further widening the gap between new and seasoned players, ultimately reducing the influx of new players.

Of course, due to the game’s long-standing presence, there’s a considerable entry barrier, but whether a patch exists can make a sky-high difference.

Especially with this patch, since numerous things are changing, there’s a high possibility that not just the basic champion tiers but also the meta itself will shift.

A true earthquake will occur.

“Thank goodness it maintains the former structure.”

Legends of League has experienced patches that completely shattered the existing framework multiple times.

At the center of those changes was, of course, the jungle.

For me, there was both anticipation and concern, but fortunately, this major patch would be a huge update while still adding new content within the existing framework.

I guess we’ll just have to try it out, but it shouldn’t be as tough to adapt to as previous patches.

“Hmm…”

There comes a time when there’s a significant discrepancy between the patch versions of the live server and the tournament server.

In such cases, it’s common to focus on scrims and push the live server down the priority list.

However, in this instance, the patch version would change from round two of the season, so completely ignoring the live server would be a foolish decision.

“I need to gradually acclimatize.”

What I needed to focus on most was the newly introduced champions from this patch and the ones that have fallen in rank.

And the new runes and items.

On top of that, even the gameplay.

“Hmm.”

Looking at the patch notes made my head start to throb.

But still, excitement outweighed that feeling.

Even though it had been a while since I first played Legends of League, new patches always managed to stir excitement in me.

“Tomorrow…”

I had a feeling the night would feel quite long.