Chapter 26 : Buzz
Chapter 26: Buzz
Having drawn in the dragon’s eyes (hwaryongjeomjeong) by thoroughly thrashing those who had mindlessly claimed hacks before the counterattack of the operator’s statement, such a reaction was inevitable.
Additionally, the fact that during the verification process, Baek Woohyun fought without being pushed back at all against advanced combat training bots with just a single Core Element contributed to this incident dominating the community.
Kang Soyul, who had only played Reverse Planet twice—one of which was for the clarification broadcast—only learned this fact after belatedly seeing trending posts, but it was truly absurd.
—[Reverse Planet Gallery]—
✪ “Oh, right right. Surprising but that’s true.” [351]
✪ ??? : Making a fuss about advanced combat botsㅋㅋ [782]
✪ Upvote if you think Hackphysical must go pro [999+]
✪ Reality check hitting really hard right now fuck [526]
✪ What are they even saying? [741]
You could tell just from looking at the featured posts of the Reverse Planet Gallery, a community called one of the twin peaks along with Reverse Time.
Because the featured post list, which would usually be cluttered with all kinds of stories, was filled only with stories related to Hackphysical, Baek Woohyun’s combat power.
It meant that the combat power he showed during verification was that shocking even to them.
✪ What are they even saying?
(Picture roughly discussing how to construct a build to beat advanced training bots)
He beats them head-on with just one Core Element, what build bullshit
The whole “you need to construct a build well to fight advanced training bots” is all bullshitㅋㅋㅋㅋ
—Someone only needs one Core Element… hmm…
—Didn’t you think Hackphysical is crazy?
—(Thumbs up dumpling emoticon)
—Then you try fighting an advanced bot yourselfㅋㅋ
└Obviously they’ll get beaten up and come back crying
└Scraped?
To the extent that even denigration of supernatural ability builds themselves was occurring!
Of course, there probably weren’t many who truly thought that way.
The importance of builds had been discussed continuously from the past until now.
There wasn’t a reason professional leagues had builders who specialized only in carving builds. If builds truly had no value, there wouldn’t have been that kind of investment.
It just meant Baek Woohyun’s combat was shocking enough for such talk to emerge.
In fact, after the broadcast, many builders stepped forward to research [Perfect Being]. Not just amateurs, but even pros.
Though there was a question mark on whether they could produce proper results.
✪ Reality check hitting really hard right now fuck
Saw Hackphysical’s video and felt like that’s talent, hit the wall
Never thought like this even when seeing pros during trainee life fuck…
—He’s real talent though
—Hmm… is he that much…
—What reality check from an amateur not even a proㅋㅋ You’re just trash so give up
└ㄹㅇㅋㅋ
—Dishwasher getting reality checkㅋㅋㅋㅋ
✪ Upvote if you think Hackphysical must go pro
Starting with me
—Upvote
—Upvote
—Pepper
—Upvote
—Upvote baiting is annoying but still upvote
There were also those who focused on Baek Woohyun’s physicality itself.
Because no matter how overpowered the Core Element was, ultimately what mattered was the user’s skill.
Bluntly speaking, even if given a different Core Element instead of [Perfect Being], he seemed like he would have shown a monster-like appearance.
✪ ??? : Making a fuss about advanced combat botsㅋㅋ
(Picture of green frog crying sadly)
I reflect on thinking that
Advanced combat bots are really fucking strong fuck
Went with one Core Element and got my soul taken;
—Yo, you too?
—After trying I realized Hackphysical is just a monsterㅇㅇ
—This seems impossible even for pros
└Pros weak at 1v1 absolutely can’t do it
—Really don’t know how he did it…
—I understand the featured post person’s feelings getting reality checked;;
✪ “Oh, right right. Surprising but that’s true.”
(Hackphysical smiling with only one corner of his mouth raised under a mask.jpg)
Bro just played a game but got accused of hacking
—Lightly warmed up and they’re like hack this hack thatㅋㅋ
—Watching the verification, it was absurd
—??? : I think it’s absurd that even something like this becomes controversial
—’Something like this’
—Hackphysical would really be bewilderedㅋㅋ Why are they saying hack? I just played?
‘Featured post tour ends here…’
Kang Soyul, who had been smiling broadly while looking at featured posts, tapped her smartphone.
Naturally, she wasn’t trying to go to sleep.
Because what took the place of the disappeared Reverse Planet Gallery page was the Reverse Time page.
‘Wonder if any new posts went up on ReTime?’
“Oh, a new post!”
Kang Soyul entered today’s trending board like a hyena targeting prey.
A fresh new post happened to catch her eye.
Delighted, she moved her finger.
[General] Grinning Current Status of Mindless Hack Parrots
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(List of posts cursing Hackphysical as a hacker.jpg)
(Screenshot showing no posts found when searched again.jpg)
(Comments cursing Hackphysical as a hacker.jpg)
(Comment window showing deleted comments.jpg)
(Before/After screenshot of suddenly changing attitude after cursing.jpg)
After urgently deleting their posts and comments, executing ‘I never believed it’~
Yup~ Already screenshotted~
That’s why you shouldn’t play along with agitation without shifting to neutral gear
What? So good it’s hacking? Lolㅋㅋㅋㅋ So.Good.Hackㅋㅋㅋㅋ
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—Seriously if you don’t know, shut your mouthㅋㅋㅋㅋ Or open notepadㅋㅋㅋㅋ
└ㄹㅇㅋㅋ Why act out when you don’t know~
└I was right to keep my mouth shut because I dunno dunno
└Just gotta watch before fact checking
—Thinking about it now it’s really funnyㅋㅋ Hacking because too goodㅋㅋㅋㅋ
—Wow that attitude switch is legendary
└ㅈㄴ Pathetic fuckㅋㅋㅋㅋ If you’re gonna do that, either don’t write posts at all
└Why on earth are they like thatㄷㄷ
└They just wanna curseㅋㅋ Whether hacker or hack parrot
—When talking about evidence they brought an Astra videoㅋㅋㅋㅋ So funny reallyㅋㅋㅋㅋ
└?? : Same as the hacker in the Astra video~ A hacker~
└Personal opinion) Honestly they are similar;; Absolutely not saying hack. Just similar thatㅇㅇ
└Similar is ㅇㅈ
└That’s why it’s hackphysicalㅋㅋ
—Spamming the broadcast was disgusting ㄹㅇ
└That side prepared even an operator’s statement but hack parrots just mindlessly spammedㅋㅋ
└They cursed so much, can’t they all be sued
└Hope Hackphysical and the broadcaster didn’t care unnecessarily
‘My viewer count shot up so it was actually good!’
“Euhihihi—”
As you could tell from her continuously showing a foolish smile, Kang Soyul didn’t care at all about being cursed on the broadcast.
Rather, she was delighted. Because thanks to them desperately coming to curse, she’d been able to greatly renew her broadcast’s highest viewer count record.
According to what she checked after the broadcast ended, at the peak she’d maintained a viewer count exceeding a whopping 100,000 for several minutes.
This was the highest viewer count on Tricky, the platform she was broadcasting on at the time. Meaning she’d briefly hit #1 viewer count on Tricky.
‘Even if just one-tenth come back, that’s ten thousand! …Well, that’s just my wishful thinking, and not even one-hundredth will come back.’
Still, the fact that it would greatly help increase viewer count was certain.
Considering her usual fixed viewer count watching her broadcasts was 2-3 thousand, even an increase of a thousand would be a tremendous growth rate.
It literally meant becoming 1.5 times her weight class.
“New posts keep going up. Good~”
[General] Story of Meeting Hackphysical in PVP (Video Included)
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(1st person player PVP.avi)
At first I was like ‘no way’ seeing Hackphysical’s name on the kill log but it was real;
The kill log kept rising endlesslyㄷㄷ
Just what I saw while alive was over twenty
Luckily survived to late game then got killed without even seeing his face fuckㅋㅋㅋㅋ
Upset about getting wrecked so I pulled the video
After actually meeting him I understand why he got accused of hacking
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—? When did he come and kill you??
└ㄹㅇ Didn’t even notice
└Seems like he approached from behind… no sound eitherㅇㅇ
└Because killed with a knife, it’s really like assassination;
└Why is Hackphysical doing assassin roleplay in survival mode
—Kill log really rises nonstopㄷㄷ
└I counted and it’s 23 kills including the poster
└6 people left when poster died, so if he won it would’ve been 27 kill victory ㅁㅊ
└Why 27 kills, it’s 29 kills, can’t calculate?
└Hackphysical+duo so gotta subtract two, you blockhead friend…
—Security guard breakthrough attempt 245th try
└Isn’t it about time to give up at that point?ㅋ
└Security guard breakthrough attempt 246th try
└Security guard breakthrough attempt 247th try
└Security guard breakthrough attempt 248th try
└I was wrong… sorry…
—Checked match history and he got 27 kill victory thenㅋㅋㅋㅋ
└Wow match history fuck it’s no joke;; How many wins in a row is he doing??
└Even all 20+ killsㅋㅋ
└Not hackphysical for nothing
“Duh~ not hackphysical for nothing~”
Kang Soyul muttered with a grin.
Though there were more stories about ‘Hackphysical’ Baek Woohyun than her in the community, that didn’t disappoint her.
Rather, it even made her feel a kind of pride. It was fulfillment coming from the talent she discovered shining and enchanting countless people.
‘Would’ve been nice if we could keep broadcasting together…’
Deep regret appeared on Kang Soyul’s face as she put down her smartphone.
For a while the aftermath of the clarification broadcast would dominate the entire community, and she felt regret at not being able to continue broadcasting riding the momentum.
If done well, it would have been an opportunity to grow the broadcast tremendously. At worst, it would at least break even.
Moreover, it wasn’t a bad story for Baek Woohyun either.
Her broadcast growing meant increased revenue, and she was willing to gladly give the increased revenue to Baek Woohyun.
Meaning she had the will to cut off and give away revenue generated like this time, not just pay some guest fee. It would surely have been a considerable amount.
‘If Woohyun refuses, there’s nothing I can do though.’
It wouldn’t be easy to persuade Baek Woohyun, who tried to refuse saying it was unnecessary even to settle revenue immediately.
Kang Soyul, who sighed, copied the link to the post she was looking at. Because she’d been looking for appropriate conversation material, and this seemed quite good.
After touching her smartphone to turn off the Hypernet screen, what she turned on next was the Kokoatalk messenger.
—Kang Soyul: Hello, Woohyun! I discovered an interesting post this time so I’m contacting you!
—Kang Soyul: [Link – Story of Meeting Hackphysical in PVP (Video Included)]
—Kang Soyul: It’s a post and video someone who met you during PVP uploaded, and it’s becoming quite a topic!
Perhaps he could use Kokoatalk, because the response came back almost immediately.
—Baek Woohyun: I see
Though it was a brief answer that made her long message meaningless—even showing signs of responding roughly—Kang Soyul still felt satisfaction.
At any rate, he didn’t ignore it.
She grinned and tapped the touch keyboard.
—Kang Soyul: Right now the community is all noisy with stories related to you
—Kang Soyul: I’ll send more if I find interesting stories
—Baek Woohyun: Yes, understood
‘Good! Build rapport steadily like this, then drag him onto the broadcast!’
Don’t obsess over current matters, take the long view!
Having made that plan, Kang Soyul decided to advance calmly step by step.
‘To do that, first settling things cleanly would look good, right?’
“Huh…?”
Kang Soyul’s eyes suddenly widened as she entered the Tricky platform’s settlement details to check the related amount.
Because she’d intended to settle everything at once after the clarification broadcast so hadn’t checked until now, but belatedly checking revealed an amount far larger than she’d expected.
And moreover, it wasn’t simply tens of thousands of won higher, but hundreds of thousands of won higher!
‘What on earth happened?’
Kang Soyul, who checked the donation list to satisfy her curiosity, was even more surprised.
‘Anonymous Viewer 62’ donated ‘1,000,000 won’!
‘Anonymous Viewer 62’ donated ‘1,000,000 won’!
‘Anonymous Viewer 62’ donated ‘1,000,000 won’!
“One person donated three million won?!”
Since most of the increased amount was a donation from just one person, naturally it was shocking beyond just surprising.
Moreover, the absurd fact was that ‘Anonymous Viewer 62’s’ donations were made after all broadcasts ended.
It was a choice that clearly revealed the donations had nothing to do with her broadcast from the start. And this applied to the donation message content as well.
‘Meet again in reality? Special mission? What on earth is this about?’
Kang Soyul, who saw the message that came with the million-won donations, tilted her head.
It seemed like something related to Reverse Planet, but she couldn’t know what the content was because her play time was short.
After briefly pondering this, she soon gave up thinking. Since it seemed like content meant for Baek Woohyun anyway—or just a rich concept player—she figured she’d just deliver it as is.
‘……And moreover, maybe if he learns someone donated as much as three million won, Woohyun’s thoughts might change.’
Additionally, there was a very small desire too.