Chapter 167 – 167. Trash Talk

At the beginning of the second division, there was a team that saw a lot of damage in the behind-the-scenes video that was released together with the title video.

It was the Nami Marines last season.

According to the cameraman’s request, Nami Marlins filmed the atmosphere of the battle angels.
Since Battle Angels was a team with a large fandom, it was thought that there would be a headwind, but in reality it was not.

[It’s a fact that everyone knows that the Battle Angels are receiving preferential treatment. If you look at this Play The Arena alone, you are assigned when there is a Shooting Star game.
[It’s not because the pseudo bastards suck. I’m trying to somehow get them to appear in Play the Arenahaha]
[Nami Marlene’s great feeling. Except for the Battle Angels in the 2nd division right now, the rest of the teams are being treated like supporting actors, which is serious. It’s a great feeling that even Nami Marines made a statement.]

Since it was Battle Angels that had as many anti-fans as fans, Nami Marines received a greater response.
Nami Marines, who have gained much more attention than they have received while playing games so far.

So, it was not surprising that he had no interest in chanting Buddhist prayers and was only interested in ash.

“Battle Angels? To be honest, it’s true that the team is overrated compared to their skills. Teams with women are usually like that.”
“Well. It’s not that I hate being a women’s team, but the level of the league? I’m worried that it will go down. Right now, Korea is chewing up the World Championship, but teams other than Mad Tiger Gaming are nothing special. The more teams that are more interested in marketing than results, the lower the level of the domestic league.”

Thanks to this, Nami Marines players often showed a negative gaze whenever there was a chance to speak about Battle Angels, such as personal broadcasts or external interviews.

On the surface, the voice seemed to be worried about the quality decline of the league level, but as time passed and the same repertoire began to be repeated, it gradually became dotted with primitive criticism.

“I knew it wouldn’t work for the Dragon Knights. But even if I lost, I knew I would show something. Did you just lose easily?”
“Before Herculus, I just messed around with it, but wouldn’t it be an exaggeration to say that the team was created for real noise marketing? Anyway, it was a legendary match. The class was revealed.”
“Look forward to meeting you. I want to give you a true education.”

However, as the Battle Angels improved in the second half of the first round, the Nami Marines team members began to feel uneasy.

It was nice when we were getting attention from the fans, but somehow, things were happening that were the exact opposite of what they said.

[Has the Battle Angels form gone crazy lately? Can Nami Marines handle it?]
[Battle Angels 3-2, Nami Marines 4-1. It doesn’t make much of a difference, but can you teach true education like you always say?]
[They licked their mouths and they look goodhahaPlease, I hope you get terrorized by pseudos after losing like a dog. The trash talk should have been moderate.]
[They were the ones who marketed the noise with the mouthhaha]

Looking at the form of Battle Angels, who recently defeated Shooting Star and Mad Lion Gaming with a significant difference in skill, the anxiety felt by Nami Marines was not an unfounded worry.

As the situation progressed, Radpepper, who was the only member of the Marines who was willing to say anything offensive about the Battle Angels, let out a deep sigh.

‘If I lose the match against Battle Angels, I’ll be completely out of it…’ ‘

It gained popularity much faster than the popularity gained by playing hard so far.
Just by being aggressive towards the all-female Battle Angels.

However, even a local elementary school student can tell you that this situation of eating the crumbs of the popularity of Battle Angels is not right.

‘…For now, let’s just think about winning against Battle Angels.’

Coaches and coaches were encouraging mention of Battle Angels.
In this flow, he alone could not express his conviction.

Red Pepper decided to focus only on winning the upcoming match unconditionally.
Fortunately, even within the team, the battle against Battle Angels was sympathetic to the fact that we had to win no matter what, so it wasn’t a story without possibility.

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“Battle Angels… Seung Chun! Can we stop doing this now? Hehe…”

“Isn’t it a little pretentious… “

“To be honest, I only made it to the second division, but people overestimated Battle Angels. Now is the time for us to present the reality.”

Now, ahead of the match against Nami Marines.
A video was uploaded to Nami Marines’ official account.

It was a short video containing the essence of trash talk with the stimulating title ‘How to eat Battle Angels as easily as a cake’.

[Wow… Seriously, if these cubs lose, what are they going to do to turn off aggro like this… ]

[These days, the 2nd division is more fun than the 1st leaguehahaopenly dissing, how can you not see thishaha]

[Nami Marines Official Account Manager? Are you crazy? I don’t think Battle Angels fans are scared. Can I upload a video criticizing the opposing team like this?]

[Seriously go awayhahadon’t you even know trash talk?]

[The trash talk should be moderate. Is this just plain criticism? What are you doing to lower the level?

The response in the comments below was exactly half and half.

Some responded that Nami Marines’ aggro with all their strength was fun, but there were also reactions that it crossed the line in response to the increased concentration of criticism.

I felt sorry for them as well as being understood.

The door to becoming a pro gamer is very narrow.
There were only 16 domestic pro gaming teams in the 1st and 2nd leagues, and many teams in the 3rd league did not meet the standard.

In the end, the total number of second-team players and academy players from the 1st and 2nd divisions is less than 300.
There is even less Tio left, except for the senior players like Psychic and Wizard, who have excellent physical skills, and popular players like Extreme Korea Telecom’s Rosé.

But how many players can enjoy being popular among players who have dipped their feet into the world of pros narrower than the eye of a needle?

In particular, players who start from the second division have no chance to see the light.
Unless you are a truly special player with your own strengths, you are in a situation where you will lose your seat to countless trainees pouring in every day.

‘It makes my stomach hurt to see our team doing so well, and I can’t stop because I’m gaining popularity just by criticizing our team.’

Of course, I had no intention of looking at them warmly.
If you got into a fight first, you have to pay the price.

‘Should I raise the board a bit first?’

Recently, our team’s scrim record has risen to the level of not knowing defeat.
Unless it’s a top-ranked team, it’s to the point of losing everything.
The scrim against Nami Marines was no exception.

‘I don’t think I’m going to lose anyway?’

If so, this one also turns off aggro.

I took out the camera I used to shoot the porn with Han Yuna and headed to the players.

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After a while, a video was uploaded to the official Battle Angels channel.

It was a response to Nami Marines’ video, ‘How to eat Battle Angels as easily as a cake’.

The title is ‘fish hunting!’
The title aimed at Nami Marines’ mascot being a fish.

And the video begins with a scene where the Battle Angels players gather and eat sashimi.

[Everyone, be careful of parasites when eating sashimi!]

There were no words or reactions.
Just laughing and chatting with the players and enjoying the dinner.

However, the subtitled phrase below was a comment aimed at sniping Nami Marines.

It was obvious to anyone that Nami Marines was doing something like a parasite of Battle Angels to gain popularity.
Although it was not explicitly mentioned in the video, just saying the word parasite and eating sashimi is tantamount to cursing Nami Marines.

Thanks to that, the arena-related community started to liven up as if the World Championship season had arrived.

[Big things are coming, big things are coming, big things are coming]
[Bastards who know broadcasting… Now the viewer ratings will be better than the first divisionhaha]
[Is the losing team going to hell? I brushed my mouth like there was no back haha]
[It’s a confrontation that won’t be strange no matter who wins.]
[Isn’t Battle Angels better in recent form?]

Is it because of the battle angels that attract all the attention?
In the second division, the stakes of the Battle Angels were growing frighteningly.

How deformed the structure is, compared to the Battle Angels match, the viewership ratings for matches between other teams were not even 1/10.

The League side assured me that there was no bias towards the Battle Angels, but if there was a difference of this much, it was a structure that I couldn’t help but pay attention to even if I didn’t want to pay attention.

Already, scalpers for Battle Angels and Nami Marines soared more than 10 times the actual sale price, and mentions of the match did not stop on the Internet.

The Nami Marines also made a video full of trash talk again, probably realizing that the response from the Battle Angels attracted more and more aggro.

Of course, the intensity of the remarks was even stronger because the tension between the two teams was heating up and the attention was concentrated at the same time as being burdensome.

“Shouldn’t the Battle Angels first explain the situation in which they are being favored by the league… “
“Looking at the advertisement this time, the Battle Angels players made the composition in the forefront, right? The representative of the 2nd division has always been the Dragon Knights…”
“It seems like they compared us to sashimi, but it’s a bit childish. Like the name of a team that refers to themselves as angels.”

However, there was no response from the Battle Angels.

Even after that, Nami Marlins made small provocations, but they did not show any reaction as if they were not interested anymore.

And time passed by and it was game day.