Meanwhile, while Kayak was achieving 1 million views and doing ASMR on broadcast, the Abyss League Spring Season continued.
Naturally, Fusion Gaming was in first place. No team could stop them when they pulled out the joker pick, Camilla, in the opening match.
Are they really a strong team? They had maintained their unshakeable first place even after halfway through the league schedule.
However, other teams weren’t just sitting around watching Fusion Gaming’s solo run.
This was the Korean league, known for being the most competitive in the Abyss world. Other teams were extremely motivated to grab the season championship cup, and they had spent a fair amount of money restructuring their teams since before the season started.
From the beginning of the season, they declared that this season would be different, and for the sake of the fans who were expecting excitement, it had to be different.
That’s why they were willing to do whatever it took to win. The research on Fusion Gaming’s first-ever Camilla pick was part of that “whatever it took.”
– Oh, what’s this?
– Camilla, Camilla has reappeared! Following Fusion Gaming, Hanseong has also pulled out Camilla!
– It’s certainly a surprising pick… but can Hanseong also show a good performance with Camilla?
Kayak introduced some poison into the league!
Contrary to the commentators’ concerns, Hanseong also showcased a solid Camilla, leading the game to victory.
Perhaps because of this, even during the season, various teams began their research on Camilla, and she became a consistent pick in later matches.
Some teams found her quite tricky and even started to regularly ban her.
This was also a testament to Camilla’s status and magnificence. It proved that she was a meta pick.
After all, a pick that fits the meta either gets banned or picked, and teams that couldn’t handle Camilla would ban her while teams that successfully concluded their research would pick her, leading to a continuous cycle of matches.
These changes weren’t just limited to the tournament. As Camilla became a meta pick suitable for competitions and started appearing frequently, more players began to think, “Hey, maybe she’s actually pretty good?” and tried her out at least once.
This was the reason for the explosion in Camilla’s pick rate in solo queue. Consequently, players who were getting wrecked and complaining naturally increased as well.
The number of people appealing increased naturally.
It wasn’t surprising that Camilla was rated as a 1-tier hero on a stats search site that aggregates various metrics from solo queue.
*Camilla: 1-tier, pick rate: 13.22%, win rate: 46.98% – Role (Assassin)
– Camilla is 1-tier…? Can you believe this day has come?
– Please practice a bit in normals and don’t ruin ranked games with bad picks.
– We should legally prevent anyone below Diamond from picking Camilla; seriously, she ruins normal games.
– Teacher… You’ve finally realized your dream.
– For real, even pros struggle, only a few bring her out; why do they do it in ranked?
– When she comes out, it’s one of two things: either our team is doomed or the opposing team is doomed.
– I just want to kill the people who pull out Camilla in tournaments; are you Lee Jun Hyuk, Kayak, or Envy?
– To prevent our team from playing well, they start off by hitting the Kalben, right?
– I still have no idea what she does; all I’ve seen is her spinning around and dying.
Perhaps it was because the tournament season wasn’t over yet. Contrary to Kayak’s expectations, Camilla wasn’t nerfed immediately. There must have been some reason for Camilla’s presence in 1-tier.
I thought her limbs would get chopped off in the next patch, but she didn’t even get a scratch.
Thanks to this, Camilla started being seen as a hero that could shine as long as she had decent physical skills and mastery. Unbeknownst to many, the number of people wanting to practice Camilla began to grow.
Originally, people were hesitant because of her performance, but her appearance itself was that of a hero who couldn’t possibly be unpopular. Instead, she turned into a kind of bug-like hero that only high-skilled players could truly utilize.
The birth of Camilla-bugs followed the likes of Rennok-bugs and Alex-bugs.
At the same time, people began flocking to Kayak’s broadcast, where he specialized in handling Camilla. It was kind of a trickle-down effect.
I’ve heard he even passed down his build to the pros.
They hadn’t forgotten the shocking interview with Lee Jun Hyuk, who claimed to have received all the necessary tournament tactics from Kayak, the master of Camilla.
After realizing the situation late amid the swelling crowd, Kayak could only quietly smile.
*
For now, my analysis was wrong. Given Eonix’s characteristic vigilance against a specific hero becoming too overpowered, I expected a nerf to hit Camilla immediately.
I thought Camilla would get nerfed, but surprise, surprise!
Despite my expectations missing the mark, I can’t help but feel happy about it. Maybe it’s because my wrong assumption wasn’t so bad after all. Since Camilla didn’t get nerfed, she’s been appearing in the tournaments, increasing her pick rate, and boom—she’s reached tier one.
It’s like a perfect butterfly effect. And knowing that I was the one who kickstarted that effect is a nice little bonus. Of course, this wasn’t my intention, but hey, as long as the outcome is good, it’s a win, right?
Lately, it feels like good things just keep happening. Is it just me, or am I setting myself up for an unexpected disaster at any moment?
‘Well, I’ll deal with that when it comes.’
I shook off the creeping anxiety as if it were a pesky itch.
Anyway, as the demand for Camilla grew, so did the influx of viewers to my broadcast.
Just yesterday, I heard people thirsty for Camilla asking for educational broadcasts. Can you believe that?! I was shocked!
As a streamer, one must be quick to adapt to changes. You need to understand the flow of the times, so those who can read trends tend to find success in this job.
Right now, the trend is… Camilla. To sum it up, the tide is calling for me!
So what did I need to do? Simple.
Tap, tap.
I was drafting an announcement.
What kind of announcement? The kind recruiting trainees!
Lately, everyone’s been clamoring for educational broadcasts. Donations were even mentioned, so you could say the demand was through the roof.
If there’s ample demand, there’s no reason not to supply. Besides, educational broadcasting is kind of my specialty. How many people have I taught on my broadcasts?
Sure, I could just show my gameplay live and pump out VTube videos, but I thought this was better. It’s all about meeting people at their level, and I learned from past experiences that delivering education tailored to their understanding is crucial.
Showing off my gameplay? That usually ends up being too advanced, and people just don’t get it. Plus, I’d have to explain every single play: why I did this here and that there—but in my tier, things move too fast for that!
But in my tier, things were moving so fast that there was no room for that.
In the end, it was a matter of having to create a secondary character like other streamers do, but wouldn’t it be better to just take on a disciple, a trainee, and teach them as a model instead?
I had a subtle reluctance to create a secondary character and play as Camilla. If I made a smurf account, what罪 would those who match with me and lose to me bear? Coming from a perspective that despises those who massacre at lower tiers to feel superior, I couldn’t let myself become one of them.
“Hmm…”
Thus, I was currently in the process of writing an announcement. An announcement to recruit trainees.
For now… should I make it an introductory class? A tier range of Bronze or Silver should suffice.
Commonly referred to as low tier. Bronze, Silver, and Gold are collectively mocked as Bronzil Gold by viewers, but statistically, the Silver population in the Abyss is the highest. My broadcast wouldn’t be much different.
This means that individuals from that range would be the most suitable as examples. If the tiers are similar, most have similar problems, making it easy for viewers to relate. Ah, I thought the same thing—like, “Oh, I had similar thoughts!”
Let’s set up the intermediate and advanced classes later if there are requests. It seems many haven’t even grasped the basics yet for a deeper course.
[We are recruiting trainees]
…
And so, finally, the announcement was complete.
It seemed to be the best-written notice among all I had composed so far, probably due to the effort I put into it. If I were a student keen on learning Camilla, I’d feel an urge to apply immediately after reading it.
But after finishing it all, a thought began to creep in. A small yet enormous concern, like a light bulb moment.
“Can low tiers actually play Camilla?”
Isn’t this akin to teaching math to monkeys?
Perhaps it would unleash a disaster on the Bronze and Silver ranked games,
I found myself momentarily lost in thought as I looked at the announcement I had written.
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