[TS] Starting the Broadcast

-Noona, it’s too dark here! I’m scared, turn on the cam quickly.
-I’ll hold my breath until the cam is turned on. Inhale!
-Are you not turning on the cam today? That’s disappointing.

Three days have passed since the cam broadcast.
The bustling weekend has passed, and I’ve gathered a decent amount of points, but I’m still hungry.
The helper, who seemed tired of me, made a rare suggestion.

[The joint broadcast we did last time had a good effect, how about trying it one more time? If you achieve a good result, I’ll give you a reward.]

“Oh!”
It’s not a special mission, but an additional regular mission.
If I achieve over 3000 viewers through a joint broadcast, I can get 150 points as a reward.
‘I must do this no matter what.’
The reward has improved as the mission clear standard has increased, but it’s still only around 50-60 points.
But 150 points, this is irresistible.
Since I received a proposal last time, I immediately logged into Discord and requested a conversation with Mia.

“Want to do League of Legends duo today?”
“Yeah, sounds good!”

Since we had exchanged greetings and occasional small talk after the Miracle joint broadcast, there was no awkwardness.
When I asked Mia if she was thinking of turning on her broadcast, she said it was bothersome and told me to just turn on mine.
That’s not all.
She said to post a notice to come to my broadcast for the joint broadcast, and that I could keep all the water balloons.
Mia, are you an angel without wings?

-What? Joint broadcast with Mia?
-It’s real ㅋㅋ There’s a notice on Mia’s broadcast. This is amazing, I’m already excited to see what kind of politicking will run rampant today.
-She won the 1:1, but Mia is one… no, several steps ahead in politicking.
-I bet 500 water balloons they’ll curse at each other within 10 minutes of the game starting!
-Mia and Hani’s duo game. This is really precious.

At the mention of doing a duo with Mia, the chat window was filled with comments, with cam broadcast talk completely gone.
I briefly greeted the viewers and logged into League of Legends.
Mia, who was already logged in, sends a game invite as if she had been waiting.

“Unni, how are we going to do the lanes?”
“……”
“Huh? Can’t you hear me?”
“Huh? Ah, no, I can hear you well. About the lanes. I’ll go ADC.”

I still get goosebumps at times from the “unni” title.
But I can’t tell Mia, ‘I’m a man, so call me oppa, not unni.’ So I have no choice but to listen quietly…
We both selected our lanes and pressed start game.
Mia’s tier was Platinum 2 and I was Diamond 4, so the game was expected to be matched around Platinum 1 level.

“Ah, it’s matched.”
The game matched faster than expected, and fortunately, Mia was selected as support and I was selected as ADC.
“We’re on the red team. Good, let’s do well.”
“The order is good too.”

Mia was 3rd pick and I was 4th pick, which meant we had the option to choose after seeing the opponent’s champions.

“Renekton came out, not sure if it’s top or mid yet.”
“Probably top, right? They don’t use it in mid as much as before these days.”

Blue team’s 1st pick appeared.
Renekton, always boasting decent performance.
Then our team’s 1st and 2nd picks select champions.
The 1st pick jungler chose Talon, and the 2nd pick top hesitated for a moment before choosing Sett.

“Sett is in every game these days.”
“Right. Not only is his win rate high, but his pick rate is high too. I wonder when he’ll get nerfed.”

Blue team’s 3rd pick was Ashe, and 4th pick was Blitzcrank.
It was a slightly burdensome opponent support pick for Mia, who mainly plays utility supports.

“It’s our turn. What should we do?”
“Hmm……”

I was already well aware of Mia’s champion pool from preparing for the 1:1 match last time.
I match that with ADC champions I can handle, and finally compare with the opponent’s Ashe and Blitzcrank picks.

“How about Morgana? I’ll go Caitlyn.”
“Oh! That’s good. Let’s go with that.”

Morgana has the E skill Black Shield that nullifies the opponent’s CC attacks, so she counters most grab-type champions including Blitzcrank.
Plus, her synergy with Caitlyn is top-notch.
Caitlyn’s W skill Yordle Snap Trap linked with Morgana’s Q skill binding boasts powerful synergy.

“Elise and Zed. They should have banned Zed, the mid laner has no thoughts.”
“Right. There’s not enough confirmed CC, it’s a composition where Zed can fully shine.”

Blue Team
Top – Renekton
Jungle – Elise
Mid – Zed
ADC – Ashe
Support – Blitzcrank

Red Team
Top – Sett
Jungle – Talon
Mid – Irelia
ADC – Caitlyn
Support – Morgana

“So that’s why they left Zed open.”
“I heard mid Irelia is a complete thug these days.”

The team compositions were complete.
Personally, it was a composition where it wasn’t easy to judge which team had the advantage.
It seemed to be a matchup where how much skill each person displays in the lane phase would be important.

“I’ll defend against invade right away.”
“Okay. I’ll place a ward in the bush.”

Having Blitzcrank on the enemy team means there’s over a 50% chance of an invade.
Sure enough, through the ward placed in the bush, we see the enemy champions rushing in with Blitzcrank at the lead.

“What should we do? I’ve taken Q first though.”
The enemy team, except for Renekton, had 4 people enter our jungle.
On the other hand, we have all 5 including Sett defending.
If we fight, it’s definitely an advantageous situation.
Just as I was about to ping to attack the enemy and cast Morgana’s Q skill, suddenly the leading Blitzcrank hesitated and retreated along with the enemy champions without looking back.

“What?”
“They’re just leaving?”

It was disappointing to have missed the opportunity, but it was already time for the buff mob to spawn.
After helping Talon with Blue leash, we headed to lane.

“Let’s hit level 2 first.”
“Yes!”

To prepare for a possible Blitzcrank grab, we took position behind minions and pushed the lane hard.
The enemy team also attacked minions hard, but we barely got level 2 first, and Mia, who was already moving forward, confidently used her Q skill.

“It hit!”
“Okay!”

I chain the Yordle Snap Trap under the bound Blitzcrank.
As soon as Morgana’s Q skill wears off, Blitzcrank is bound again by Caitlyn’s W skill and takes Q skill and Headshot hits in succession.
His energy dropped to half in an instant.
The startled enemy team retreated near their tower and started to watch cautiously.

“Don’t try to force bindings, just chip away at their energy little by little.”
“Yes!”

We push the minions towards the enemy tower and start poking using Caitlyn’s superior attack range.
Blitzcrank tries to find grab angles by moving around, but by attacking while hiding behind minions and retreating without hesitation when only ranged minions are left after melee minions die, he ends up like a dog chasing chickens.

And at level 3.
Morgana’s Black Shield skill is ready.
This increases stability even more!
Just then, a fight broke out between junglers at the top scuttle crab, so we pushed the lane even harder with peace of mind.

“I’ll take a tower plate with this wave.”
“Okie!”

Based on the safely secured vision, we take tower gold and widen the CS gap.
“Talon is entering the enemy red buff. He seems to trust Irelia too much.”
Mia briefs me on the top situation while checking the map from time to time.
Talon, who gained a slight advantage in the first skirmish while securing the top scuttle crab, boldly went down and invaded the enemy jungle.
Irelia had used a lot of energy in the scuttle crab fight, so she had gone home and just returned to lane to farm minions, and Mia pings that Zed is not visible in mid.

Suddenly, Blitzcrank starts showing strange movements.
“What? Where’s he going?”
“I don’t know.”

Suddenly, Blitzcrank was behind the tower and then left his position, disappearing out of sight.
The confused Ashe fidgets and receives focused poke every time she tries to farm CS.
It was too much to just retreat and farm CS, given the formidable damage from Caitlyn’s superior normal attack range and Morgana’s Comet trait.

“Did he disconnect?”
“Maybe he felt the ‘wall’ from me and gave up.”
“That’s a bit…”
“Ah, unni!”

As the lane phase is favorable, the atmosphere becomes playful and soft.
The viewers are also chuckling along.
That’s when the unexpected happened.
[First Blood, our ally has been slain.]

“Huh?”
“Ta-Talon died.”

Talon, who was greedily securing the bottom scuttle crab after the red buff, was caught off guard by Elise and Blitzcrank’s ambush.
Did they have vision there?
Elise had taken damage in the top scuttle crab fight and returned home, so there shouldn’t be wards or anything.

It was strange, but since Talon died at the bottom, we chose to recall without pushing our luck.
Ashe’s low health was tempting, but if Elise and Blitzcrank came down and attacked from behind, the game might turn over completely.

“I’ll place some wards on the way up.”
“Okay.”

Morgana will place wards while coming down the mid lane main road.
And I’ll just return to lane and torment Ashe again.

“……!”

At that moment, suddenly a grab extended from beyond the wall on our jungle side.
It was so unexpected that I couldn’t react with Flash and was pulled over the wall.
And Elise’s cocoon waiting there bound me tightly.

“Ugh! What’s this?”
Half of my energy was drained in an instant.
I desperately used Flash to escape over the wall, but Elise used her Rappel skill to chase.
I had no choice but to use the Heal summoner spell to enter the tower.

“Huh? What happened?”
“I don’t know either. That Blitzcrank is strange.”

I understand that the enemy jungle would come to eat the frog after killing Talon at the bottom scuttle crab.
Mia and I also recalled, and there was enough time to eat the frog and leave.
But Talon would surely come to eat the wolves following the jungle route, and it was a choice that could completely ruin things if not careful, yet they waited without even recalling home?
‘No, if Morgana had come with me instead of Talon, we could have killed the enemy instead. But they made this choice?’

It was suspicious, but the game continues.
Based on the vision secured by Morgana, we dominate Ashe and gradually widen the gap.
But the strange incidents didn’t stop there.
Every time Blitzcrank disappeared from lane, disaster struck Talon.
No matter where he was or what he was doing, Elise and Blitzcrank chased him like stalkers and threatened Talon’s life.

-Talon: What’s up with Blitz and Elise? How are you waiting wherever I go? Who are you guys?
-Elise: Hello, I’m BJ Hani broadcasting on New Continent TV.
-Blitzcrank: Hello, I’m BJ Mia broadcasting on New Continent TV.

“……!”
“You xx!”

A barrage of curses poured out from Mia.