Chapter 73: A Newbie’s Lethal Talent: The Rise of Yu Sieun.

“If you don’t know, you get hit,” is a famous saying that applies to almost every game.

If you’re playing a game with competitive elements against other players, you need to have the ability to win against other players in order to enjoy the game.

There is no field in the world where you can get ahead of someone else without knowing anything.

As such, in order to win and have fun in a game, you need to know basic information.

In competitive games, this information is a little different from solo play games, where one of the charms is learning on your own while dying.

Let’s think about games like chess.

Even if you know the rules, you need to have knowledge of major orthodoxies and trap lines, as well as basic tactical skills, to win in a game that’s worth playing.

If you approach it with the mindset of researching these things on your own, you can’t guarantee a meaningful change in skill even if you use the decades of research that have been done.

Of course, this Survive Treech Server project was designed to be a space where fresh, game-loving newbie streamers can play around and have fun.

But if those newbies really had to learn the game by banging their heads against it one by one, it would be difficult for everyone.

The server’s operating period consisted of a 5-day practice period and an 8-day main period.

Users who choose to headbutt are likely not to be able to enjoy all the content of the game during that time, and in the first place, streamers who do that are too slow to develop, so there’s no fun in watching the broadcast.

The methods that streamers chose to learn the game in advance were varied.

There were no major streamers who played the game directly before the server opened, but according to Yu Sieun, there seemed to be quite a few people who read strategy guides and such.

I recommended a different method to Yu Sieun instead.

It was a method of using a slightly more advanced tool of civilization, a high-level artificial intelligence that outputs answers in text when asked questions verbally during the broadcast.

[So, you’re saying I have to go inside places like this house to get materials. If it sparkles a little when I look at it, it’s interactive? Oh… the refrigerator opened. It’s milk. I can drink it because my character is thirsty, right?]
-Yes
-Yup that’s right
-You can do that

Survive Treech Server Day 1.

Yu Sieun, who had just fallen into the ruins, was gradually learning the game by exchanging questions and answers with the hardcore Survive users who were quietly hiding in the chat.

It was an excellent choice because it was good to make YouTube viewers understand the game naturally by learning it naturally on the broadcast.

How to farm materials. Characteristics of the region.

Basic level weapon crafting and procurement.

How to kill zombies with melee weapons.

Building and strengthening bases with collected materials, etc.

Yu Sieun, who learned the basic rules and gameplay of the game, ended the broadcast earlier than usual on the first day the server opened.

She said that she had learned all the concepts, so she would review them separately from here and come back tomorrow.

‘From today, I should just proceed right away.’

After I took over the entire video editing process, I had established a certain routine for the day’s work.

According to that routine, my job now that Yu Sieun’s broadcast was over was to calculate whether a video could be made from the broadcast content and, if possible, outline the video.

Having an evening conversation with Yu Sieun was included before or in the middle of that.

But I didn’t think it would be the same for the time being. Even if it’s not now that it’s just started, the amount of broadcast is bound to increase due to the nature of the Survive game, so it’s not good to pile up work.

That’s why I started working by dragging the original file as soon as Yu Sieun’s broadcast ended.

The sound of knocking at my door came when I had opened the notepad with the editing points on the sub-monitor and was just about to start the first cut editing work.

“You can come in…!”

After the knocking sound, a slight sign of the door opening.

Yu Sieun asked me a question as soon as she entered my room. She seemed to feel something strange about me changing the routine I had been maintaining.

“Huh? Do you have something else to do today, Eunsol…?”

“Not really, it’s just today’s broadcast.”

“Today’s…? Didn’t you usually wake up and do it in the morning?”

“I don’t want to fall behind on the editing schedule this time, so I’m trying to do it in advance. I’m just going to do a little and then go to sleep.”

Yu Sieun nodded slowly at my words.

“I see… Then I should just go to sleep today. Work hard…!”

Yu Sieun turned around and went outside, as if she didn’t want to disturb my work.

The back of the lover leaving without talking before going to bed looked a little lonely and pitiful, but it was inevitable because it was a good time to work.

Yu Sieun officially entered the world of Survive when the next day dawned.

Yu Sieun, who abandoned the practice character she had been playing yesterday and chose to be spawned again, began to do what she had learned yesterday from the beginning.

The process of gathering basic resources to arm herself and procuring materials from areas where farming was possible with that armament was quite neat for someone who had only played for about 4 hours yesterday.

Yu Sieun, who was diligently cutting down zombies with an ax, was finally able to obtain three revolvers and pistol bullets from the police station, which was an early to mid-game farming location.

I could feel a little strangeness from that point on while watching the broadcast.

Aiming and hitting a gun from a certain distance requires considerable skill and composure.

Even though the process has been made easier because it’s a game, Survive, as a game that has tried to preserve realism, did not have a reticle on the screen when holding a gun.

Therefore, if you don’t have the ability to place the opponent in the center of the screen where nothing appears, you have to press the aim key and then fire. Otherwise, the bullets will bounce around.

Of course, even if you press the aim key, what comes into the character’s view is the mechanical sight.

In order to use higher-level equipment, you had to separately farm equipment and upgrade the parts of the gun you were holding.

It didn’t completely pursue realism, but it was a game that had put in some realistic inconveniences to a certain extent. Since recoil and ballistics were also included, only those who were proficient in the game could use firearms skillfully in Survive.

[Ah, got him. I’ve never played a gun-shooting game before, but it feels different. I think I know why people do it.]

So, originally, newbies couldn’t shoot guns like that.

Yu Sieun was someone who told me that she hadn’t played other FPS genre games. So Yu Sieun shouldn’t be able to do that even more.

But Yu Sieun did.

Recalling the memories of the streamers I had edited, there were people who couldn’t hit a close opponent even if they shot twelve bullets with a pistol.

Considering this, it could be said that Yu Sieun had tremendous talent.

In this kind of competitive game, talented newbies are always a good source of interest for viewers. Of course, the viewers’ reaction was good.

Yu Sieun did not lose in PvP from the time she held the pistol. It was surprising considering that she actively hunted other players and wandered around the map.

On the 2nd day of the server, the number of victims who died at the hands of Yu Sieun’s pistol was 14.

That evening, I went to Yu Sieun, who had come to my room, and praised her a lot for today’s broadcast, saying that it was very good and fun. I felt sorry for sending her back yesterday, saying that I had to work, so I even stopped editing.

I made Yu Sieun, who had come to my room, sit on my bed and sat next to her, chattering.

It was full of praise so that Yu Sieun’s mood could become soft.

“Sis, you have a talent for shooting guns.”

“I thought there would be a bit of a gag feeling because you said you hadn’t done FPS before, but I was surprised because you were so good.”

“The content of you hunting players today was also fun. It was really funny when you were like, ‘Oh, there’s a person, I have to kill them’ like someone who has something built up. The concept is fun!”

About thirty minutes passed, and Yu Sieun returned to her room with a comfortable smile that seemed to make a “hehe” sound.

Then the next day.

[Huh?]

With Yu Sieun’s faint voice expressing doubt, the screen turned sharply for a moment, and almost simultaneously, the sound of a pistol rang out three times.

The player who had been looking at Yu Sieun while hiding behind a wall one block away died like that. Crushed by absurd powerlessness.

????

Wow lol

??????

Are you a human being??

Is this person a pro gamer?

Yu Sieun held a rifle in her hand instead of a pistol.

She hadn’t gone to the upper-level farming area where she could assemble a rifle yet, but it was thanks to another streamer with a rifle who targeted Yu Sieun.

I smiled and recorded that point.

A newbie who suspiciously enjoys hunting users and is suspiciously strong.

It was a perfect concept.

So much so that I couldn’t help but smile at the YouTube views of the edited version that could be seen just by watching the broadcast.