Before the match even started, I had already made up my mind.
It didn’t matter if Lusha died.
As long as I did my job, we’d win.
“It’s fine. We’re gonna win anyway.”
That’s exactly why I picked mid lane.
It was the perfect role to influence the rest of the map.
[+HurryAndLeave: Damn, that confidence.]
[Tbh, confidence like this is actually good lol.]
[Let’s gooo.]
[But Lusha inting again is legendary lmao.]
[Lusha’s diarrhea gameplay, once again.]
[Drip, drip, drip…]
[Pepe: This is killing me lol.]
If Lusha was playing poorly, that just meant I needed to carry harder.
A team shouldn’t fall apart just because one player was underperforming.
[You have slain an enemy!]
“Got ‘em.”
I took down my lane opponent with ease.
Well, technically it looked easy, but the fight involved a lot of mind games.
Not that the viewers would realize.
[+HurryAndLeave: Chef’s kiss.]
[Hard-carrying while Lusha ints, what a hero.]
[The art of dodging ON.]
[Can’t win without dodging everything lol.]
[Pepe: Keep it up… lol.]
Fueled by chat’s reactions, I kept pushing forward.
[You have been slain!]
Ah…
“It’s fine. We’ll win late-game anyway.”
And I meant it.
If we made it to late-game, we would win.
That’s exactly why I picked a scaling champion.
[+HurryAndLeave: If we hit late-game, it’s over. (True story.)]
[Crazy thing is, LikeYogurt actually does clutch it every time…]
[Big Yogurt Energy.]
[But seriously, what is Lusha even doing? If they were gonna play like this, why beg for a duo?]
[Pepe: They probably thought they were good lol.]
[Maybe they think their bad plays are just accidents lmao.]
Honestly, winning was never the goal when I agreed to duo with Lusha.
The whole point was just to duo.
If I actually wanted to win, I wouldn’t have let Lusha go top.
I would’ve made them play support and follow my lead.
That way, I could control the match better.
But this was about playing together, not just winning.
“Alright, I’m gonna use my ult here to zone them out a bit.”
Since my champion relied on long-range lasers, my ultimate was crucial.
It accounted for at least 30% of my total damage.
That’s why I had to line up my shot carefully before taking an objective.
BZZZZT—!
I fried the enemy.
[You have slain an enemy!]
[+HurryAndLeave: Damn, that was clean.]
[This is what we came for.]
[That was disgustingly good.]
[Not gonna lie, I might be a little turned on rn…]
[Pepe: That was nasty lmao.]
I briefly glanced at chat before shifting focus back to strategy.
If I wanted to carry, I needed to use Lusha effectively.
Given their champion choice, it was actually better for them not to group up.
‘If they show up to a fight and we both get wiped, it’s over.’
So instead.
I told Lusha to keep pushing top while I played around objectives with the rest of the team.
“Lusha, just keep pushing top. We’ll handle things down here.”
Ah, okay.
And just like that, our game plan was set.
[Title: Lusha <<< This dude is actually inting his heart out… what is this?]
[Content: Bro, this is some next-level feeding lmfao.]
L: That’s just how they are… Don’t be too harsh.
N: Yeah, they always rack up at least 8 deaths per game.
N: But why do they keep wanting to duo with LikeYogurt?
N: At that skill level, wouldn’t it be better to just play solo?
L: Playing together is fun. Have a drink.
N: Yeah, it is fun lol.
N: Listening to LikeYogurt complain on the side is pretty entertaining.
[Title: LikeYogurt’s real-time tearful damage dump ã… ã… ã… ã… ã… ã… ]
[Content: (CLIP) He’s somehow forcing out insane damage even in this mess lololol.]
L: He really messed up by picking the wrong duo partner lol.
N: Should’ve just ignored them and moved on.
N: LikeYogurt is too nice to do that. He can’t just leave people hanging.
L: Lusha, for the love of god, play better.
N: Lusha isn’t even playing well, and on top of that, they brought stream snipers.
This is exhausting.
[Title: LikeYogurt’s next-level shotcalling…avi]
[Content: (CLIP) Whoa, this guy’s shotcalling is basically pro-level.]
L: That was insane.
L: But seriously, this guy plays so many different games. Why is he good at all of them?
N: If you’re good at one game, you tend to be good at most.
N: Some people are just naturally talented at gaming in general.
L: Big Yogurt Energy.
L: Now I wanna see him lose. That would be so painful to watch lol.
N: Bro.
[Title: In the end, the LikeYogurt & Lusha duo loses]
[Content: (CLIP) The mood is absolutely ruined…]
L: No, but shouldn’t Lusha have carried at least a little? If they were the one who asked for the duo, they should’ve stepped up.
N: Come on, cut them some slack. Carrying is hard.
N: It’s not that easy.
L: So is the duo over now? The atmosphere is wrecked.
N: I’m watching the stream, and he said he’s playing until they win.
N: …?
L: Oh.
[Author: HurryAndLeave]
[Title: LikeYogurt is really struggling lol]
[Content: He’s seriously trying so hard to carry someone like that lololol.]
L: He could’ve just said no to the duo request lol.
L: Let’s get this win.
L: Please, I need him to keep losing until he starts sounding defeated. There’s no better entertainment than that… sigh.
L: ?
N: What the actual hell, dude.
N: That’s some next-level LikeYogurt obsession lol.
[Title: In the end, the stream has gone over three hours ã… ã… ã… ]
[Content: Wow… it really happened. RIP tomorrow’s stream.]
L: ??? He can’t stream more than three hours?
N: Yeah, his daily max is three hours. If he goes over, he has to borrow time from the next day’s stream lol.
N: …?
N: Just accept it. It’s his hobby, so there’s no real way to stop him.
L: Ah.
L: Sht.*
L: HurryAndLeave: Of all things, wasting extra stream time on Reore is actually infuriating lol.
N: Whoa, calm down lol.
[HurryAndLeave: Why has Lusha not carried even a single game?]
[You have slain an enemy!]
Boom!
At this point, even moving my fingers felt like a chore.
Maybe it was because I could already see how this game was going to end.
A loss.
Sigh. “Man… I just want decent teammates for once.”
[+HurryAndLeave: Just make this your last game and end the stream lol.]
[+HurryAndLeave: No point in stressing yourself out over Reore.]
[Nah, Reore is peak content lololol.]
[Shut up, art streamer. This is a gaming channel now.]
[Pepe: Watching him suffer is honestly painful to see…]
I never expected to go on such a massive losing streak.
Lusha was on my team, sure.
But they weren’t bad at the game.
If they were, they wouldn’t have even matched with me in solo queue last time.
There was another reason we kept losing.
And that reason was.
“There are so many snipers…”
The sheer number of people stream-sniping.
A lot of people don’t really think much about sniping.
It’s just entertainment to them.
But.
“Uh… could you guys not stream-snipe? This is getting a little exhausting.”
For the person actually streaming, it was draining.
I started this stream to chill and have fun with my viewers.
But seeing people intentionally throwing my games just made my head hurt.
[Ally][DWW Military]: LikeYogurt oppa!
[Ally][DWW Military]: Love your stream!!
…This was a perfect example.
They probably didn’t mean any harm.
But it was still distracting.
Uh… even if you tell them to stop, they’ll just keep doing it. Best to just ignore it completely.
“Hmm… Alright. Got it.”
[+HurryAndLeave: If this is seriously too much, just take a break. No need to torture yourself.]
[Damn, he’s really suffering lol.]
[Stop sniping, you idiots lol.]
[I actually wanna kill these guys, holy sh*t.]
[I just came here to enjoy the stream, but these losers ruin everything.]
[Pepe: These people literally have nothing else going for them in life…]
Even so, I had no intention of ending the stream.
I made a promise.
I’d keep going until we won.
So we kept playing.
And finally.
“…Good game.”
Yeah… good game.
We managed to pull off a win.
Four hours later.
Sigh.
“Alright, I’m gonna call it here.”
[+HurryAndLeave: Bye-bye.]
[So… does this mean he’s not streaming tomorrow???]
[Come on, he wouldn’t skip tomorrow too, right? Lol.]
[Pepe: He probably won’t stream. He already played a lot today.]
[Why not just stream long tomorrow too and then take a whole week off?]
Even though I was completely drained, I still needed to make an announcement before logging off.
“Yeah, I don’t think I’ll be streaming tomorrow. I’ll check my hours and go live again at the right time.”
With that, I ended the stream.
“Ugh…”
Playing multiplayer games on stream really drained my energy.
FPS games didn’t wear me out this much.
So maybe it wasn’t just playing with people—it was Reore itself.
As I was about to collapse onto my bed—
“Oh, right.”
I remembered something.
Instead of sleeping, I booted up my music production software and started working on a beat.
Doom… doom…
I had agreed to help with Seolhwa’s album.
Might as well deliver quickly.
After finishing up the beat, I moved on to illustrations.
I had so much on my plate these days.
With that thought, I got back to work.