#3
The movement of the teammate guarding the bottom lane seemed unusual. Hajun set aside his intention to end the game quickly and carefully observed the ADC’s nickname.
[THATMOON]
Wow, they’re really going for it? This unidentified player was consistently showing nice plays that didn’t match their tier.
Game sense to read the current meta, perfectly building items according to the situation. They seemed to have no intention of hiding their skill.
Diamond, maybe even higher tier. THATMOON was definitely someone with a separate main account, just like himself. After repeatedly letting out light exclamations, Hajun pulled his chair closer. It seemed he needed to seriously support this player.
The skilled player who could have easily carried the game alone literally flew with the addition of proper support. 15 minutes after the game started, they achieved a unanimous surrender victory with an overwhelming score of 20 to 3.
THATMOON, who monopolized 9 kills out of 20 including one pentakill, was the undeniable MVP by anyone’s standards.
He was reluctant to end what was the only fun match among the games played on his alt account. He wanted to see more of their skill.
What should I do? After pondering while tapping the desk, he hesitantly placed his hands on the keyboard.
Although he never initiated conversations with opponents, this time was an exception. He didn’t want to let such a player who perfectly matched his taste slip away.
– Ganghaa: THATMOON you’re really good
– THATMOON: You were good too haha This game is quite fun
– Ganghaa: Don’t pretend lol Are you using an alt? Or boosting someone?
– THATMOON: Neither
– Ganghaa: I’m on my alt, want to add each other on our main accounts? Let’s play together later lol
– THATMOON: I don’t have a separate main account;; This is my main
He frowned at the unbelievable answer. If they didn’t want to be friends, they could just say so, but claiming this was their main account when no one would believe it seemed somewhat brazen.
Still, they had good control. With a sour face, Hajun moved his fingers again.
– Ganghaa: Okay lol Then I’ll add you here
– Ganghaa: Want to duo for one more match? lol
– THATMOON: Sure haha
Soon, he invited THATMOON who appeared on his friend list and started matchmaking. For this match, he planned to pick a support champion from the start to properly assist them.
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Throughout the duo games, THATMOON dominated with overwhelming mechanics. Not only were they more skilled than expected, but their diligent and serious attitude of not going easy on opponents was also admirable. And above all—
– Ganghaa: lol You’re good at spotting kill opportunities
– THATMOON: It’s because you land your stuns well haha
Their synergy was surprisingly good. Even professional players who live together wouldn’t find it easy to coordinate this well.
The more games they played, the more desirable a talent they became. When they tried to escape using sleep as an excuse, he caught them and excitedly pressed the matchmaking button for who knows how many times.
– THATMOON: Gangha, I really
– THATMOON: need to sleep;; Let’s make this match the last one
– Ganghaa: It’s the weekend, what’s wrong with staying up a bit? lol
– THATMOON: Even on weekends
– THATMOON: 4 AM is a bit;; haha
As they said, the time had already passed 4 AM. When did it get this late?! After staring at the clock in amazement, Hajun inadvertently let out an exclamation.
Was it because he played with someone rather than alone? It had been quite a while since he purely immersed himself in a game to the point of losing track of time. After staring at the account that had obediently played along for hours, he clicked his tongue quietly.
“If only they’d tell me their main account, that would be perfect.”
They definitely didn’t have the skill to be playing at this tier. He gently coaxed them to reveal their main account whenever he had the chance, but his efforts repeatedly ended in failure. Their repetition of the same response every time was like a broken radio.
In fact, even if he knew their main account, there wasn’t much he could do at the moment. He chuckled as he recalled his own suspended account.
Anyway, there was more than enough time. As they got closer through gaming, they would eventually reveal their main account. Even if by some chance THATMOON was their main account, he could bring them up to a tier similar to his own within 30 days.
Either way, it was a satisfactory blueprint. Now that he had found a decent duo partner, it seemed like he could easily reach Challenger tier this season compared to previous years.
Provided that they continued to log into the game in the future.
– Ganghaa: Yeah yeah let’s make this the last match lol Will you be online tomorrow?
– THATMOON: Probably?
– THATMOON: You mean today, right?
– Ganghaa: Ah lol Right, it’s dawn already lol
– Ganghaa: Haha Will you log in with this account today too? Is this really your main?
– THATMOON: Yes, it is haha
– Ganghaa: lol Okay got it
Still not falling for it. At this point, it would be nice if THATMOON really was their main account.
Either way, their play time would reveal the truth. While wetting his lips in disappointment, he started the final game.
[Streamer Message Board]
Title: Anyone watch Gangha’s stream yesterday?
Did you see Gangha trembling in anger after getting his account suspended in real-time? lol
Still thought he was a saint lololol
If it were me, I would’ve slammed the desk and cursed like crazy right after getting suspended
Only Gangha can keep such a clean broadcast lol
No wonder he’s a popular streamer
Comments (34)
– Look at those cute trembling hands lol
(GIF of Hajun’s hands shaking after getting suspended)
– I was seriously getting angry just watching ã… ã… This is beyond sainthood, isn’t he just a pushover?
– I immediately wrote to the admins;;;; Told them to stop bullying our hyung lol
– Did everyone see this? Yesterday Gangha grinded his alt to Platinum overnight? lol
(Screenshot of Hajun’s alt account ‘Ganghaa’ game history.jpg)
â”” Wow amazing;;; Until 4 AM lol He kept playing after ending the stream lol But he’s mostly playing support, what’s going on?
â”” Is he duoing with a user called THATMOON? After the stream, this person is in every single match with him lol By the way, this person must be good too, MVP in all games;;;;
â”” Are you Conan?;;;;;
â”” After all that, you even looked up his alt account history? lol Just keep it to yourself, don’t post this kind of stuff here
– Imun always creates game accounts as THISMOON haha I’m activating my wishful thinking
â”” Who’s Imun?
â”” Don’t you know Seo Imun from On The Sky?
â”” Do I have to know? Is this common knowledge in Korea? lol
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## 2. The Developer and the College Student
THATMOON usually logged into the game late at night. Sometimes they showed up during the day, but they didn’t play as long as they did in the evening. This was something he could tell because he also mostly played LeoLe during the day or at night before and after his live streams.
After roughly figuring out THATMOON’s login pattern, he naturally started checking if they were online whenever he launched the game. If they were simply logged in, there was nothing to say, and even if they were already playing, he persistently waited and practically kidnapped them into a duo.
Unlike the early days when they were slow to accept, these days responses came promptly whenever he sent requests. It seemed THATMOON had also somewhat adapted to the invitation rush. Moreover, last night they had even initiated an invite.
“At this rate, things are going quite smoothly?”
As a result of playing together almost every day, both his and their accounts were on the verge of reaching Diamond tier. At this pace, it seemed possible to level them up to his target tier before his suspension was lifted.
I wonder when they’ll log in today. He still had to wait quite a while until they logged in. He launched the game just in case, but the friend window was regrettably empty.
After idling for a few minutes, he started a normal game. Although it lacked the tension of ranked games, he couldn’t raise his tier alone if he wanted to continue duoing with THATMOON. He was reminding himself of this unavoidable choice when it happened.
Perhaps because his alt account name wasn’t that different from his main, several teammates approached him saying they were Gangha fans too. After several team fights, they continued to exclaim in shock, asking if he was really Gangha.
From long experience, there was no end to responding to viewers’ comments. Suppressing his regretful feelings, he played silently and let out a deep sigh.
“Usually this is normal.”
Even without overtly using his streamer name like in LeoLe, when he showed his gaming skills, people typically reacted like this.
But THATMOON was different. Despite playing together for dozens of hours, they never asked anything about him. “What champion will you play?” and “This will be my last game for today” were the most frequent phrases he heard from them.
In the end, he got tired of waiting and asked about their age just three days ago. He had thought they were at least the same age or older, but they turned out to be two years younger than him.
From the day he was startled by the age that didn’t match their calm chatting style, he steeled himself. Thanks to his persistent efforts, similar to how he sent duo invites, he had recently started exchanging some casual conversation with them.
From the information gathered so far, THATMOON was a 23-year-old male college student who was quite serious about gaming. Similar to himself, they had played various games besides LeoLe and spent most of their free time gaming.
Author: Hyacinthus B
Hyacinthus
