352 – Facet Story – Streamer Kim Seok-Hyun

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With regards to Heroes Chronicle, two names all the time come up.

Han Se-ah, who shot to world primary due to her innate 6★ tank, and Kim Seok-hyun, who clawed his approach to second place by way of sheer expertise.

“Look right here. Do not attempt to block at this level. As a substitute, let it slide off the blade – see how that retains your stance?”

On display screen, a person swings a sword whereas explaining. A rusty, chipped bone sword flies at him with drive, however he simply deflects it along with his metal blade.

Even within the swampy terrain, he good points the higher hand by way of swordsmanship alone. After deflecting a sword geared toward his neck, he swiftly severs the skeleton’s backbone.

In comparison with orcs, these enemies are a lot more durable. But they die simply as simply to the blade, making them appear nearly pathetically easy.

Nevertheless, the viewers know from expertise how troublesome these seemingly straightforward actions are to really carry out.

-What the hell are we presupposed to be lololol

-Yo educate, the tempo is just too quick ffs what is that this sword grasp bullsh*t

-Most individuals cannot even do this “deflecting” half to start with lmao

-This man’s streams have not modified in any respect since earlier than he made it huge

-So principally dodge every thing, block every thing, deflect every thing, then simply wail on them til you win

Folks love seeing a superhuman simply overcome obstacles. Han Se-ah’s viewer depend proves this, however individuals’s tastes aren’t restricted to only one factor.

Kim Seok-hyun’s streams, that are utterly completely different from Han Se-ah’s, additionally appeal to a whopping 160,000 viewers for good purpose.

It is on account of males’s romantic notions about bloody swordsmanship. Within the chat, which appears devoid of feminine viewers, sweaty discussions about chilly metal weapons and swordsmanship manuals are actively exchanged.

“When your stance crumbles like this, you will often should step ahead to regain steadiness. That is while you thrust proper right here!”

Nicely, Kim Seok-hyun has been this manner as a streamer since earlier than Heroes Chronicle started.

Streamer Kim Seok-hyun

Common viewers: 46

Primary content material: Taking part in area of interest medieval dueling video games

Whereas others loved flashy motion and satisfying affect, Kim Seok-hyun most well-liked dueling video games the place you slowly swing a longsword with a single click on. Video games approaching realism, the place you’ll be able to’t even swing your sword if there’s an impediment in its path as you progress from left to proper and proper to left.

Horizontal slashes, vertical slashes, gripping the blade to strike with the pommel, elevating guards and breaking them with quick kicks. Highly effective overhead strikes with halberds that may solely be utilized in open areas, breaking guards with hooks, closely armored fighters with tower shields, and spear-wielders jabbing from behind.

These sluggish, rock-paper-scissors-like medieval dueling video games. Not solely did his streams have few viewers, however even the real-time participant depend for these area of interest video games not often exceeded a thousand.

When others mentioned overpowered new lessons, Kim Seok-hyun debated the overpowered nature of halberds. When others talked about new raid bosses, Kim Seok-hyun analyzed the steadiness between sword-and-buckler fighters and polearms. And when others speculated about digital actuality video games, Kim Seok-hyun began pondering which weapons to make use of.

Luis, who nags on the sight, is a tall, lanky youth. Antonios, who drinks water as an alternative of alcohol, is someplace between a church brother and uncle. Even Kane, who silently sips his liquor, is beginning to present wrinkles round his eyes.

Together with Kim Seok-hyun, it is a occasion of middle-aged males with a median age pushing 40. However Kim Seok-hyun’s viewers gave up on hopes for pretty feminine companions way back.

In any case, Kim Seok-hyun’s stream has all the time been a gathering place for ghosts obsessive about hardcore PVP. Even when the viewer depend jumped from tens to a whole lot of 1000’s, the essence stays unchanged. There is a purpose loyal viewers stick round when a male streamer solely brings male companions.

“Ah, a mission? Hmm… Win 10:1 with a damaged longsword. I’m wondering if I can do that with out the others noticing. Perhaps they’re going to let me if I say it is sword coaching.”

A chat sub, a 3,500 hours rotten water with a fluorescent pink avatar, is already throwing out missions left and proper.

The NEET who diligently participated in viewer video games earlier than the digital actuality recreation started is a 2,400-hour longsword fetishist in 1:1 honor duel video games. Many of the infamous viewers have clocked over 1,000 hours in video games categorised as trash.

Whereas viewers in different streams cry out for “eye sweet” and regress to infancy, the lunatics flocking to Kim Seok-hyun’s room are exposure-loving freaks who pant whereas watching him keep a blood-soaked longsword, loving leather-based panties greater than armor.

So their latest curiosity is only one factor:

-How lengthy you gonna keep on ground 35 let’s break by way of to 40 alreadyyyy

-Ain’t the stone dwarf-made sword good?

-Appears to be like like stone dwarves are a race blatantly based mostly on dwarves, gotta change gear proper?

-Ah lol I used to be getting connected to the present gear however cannot resist that completely different race craftsmanship

-Altering the protect to an enchanted one first would broaden fight choices far more I believe

Proper when most netizens had been going loopy over half-naked harpy delinquents, all types of artists’ websites had been flooded with lewd drawings of harpies falling and corrupting, wrapped in tentacles. However that is none of their concern.

What’s a flying fats blob in comparison with a pristine blade craving to be dirty with monster blood and a sword extra slender than a peerless magnificence, cast by the arms of a unique race?

“Ah, the stone dwarves? Yeah, I’ve seen them… Truthfully, it is a disgrace there is no multiplayer. Han Se-ah appears extra fascinated by alchemists, being a mage and all. If I might, I would like to donate about one million gained and get a customized sword made.”

-A mil for one sword… is that costly?

-Who cares, even ornamental swords at residence price tens of thousands and thousands

-lol There are many individuals who burn tens of billions on recreation gear, you’ll be able to’t spare one million for a sword cast by a unique race artisan only for you? Are you a mage?

-Right here we go together with the mage hate once more lololol

-As all the time, these rattling ranged clickers have horrible manners tsk tsk

“Anyway, due to those that went forward, we are able to roughly plan our technique. Take care of these doppelganger mass-produced bushes on the thirty fifth ground, take out the darkish mage hiding within the underground basin… then rush straight to the stone dwarves to get all new gear.”

The ghost king of the maniacs, whose common viewers elevated a thousand, ten thousand fold, and whose one-on-one with an orc warrior hit the trending rankings within the recreation class and reached 10 million views for the primary time, takes the mug Emmitt arms him and gulps down the chilly beer.

With one hand on his beer mug and the opposite fidgeting with the sword hilt at his waist, he ponders whether or not a lich made solely of bones could be lower by a sword.

One other day for the blade-obsessed freaks attracts to a detailed with an previous man’s beer burp.

Creator’s Be aware [raei: hmm might start including these if they’re interesting]

For Honors, Mordhau, Chivalry… Nowadays it is Battle Haven. f*cking spear customers jabbing from afar and operating away.