Hikasa Tomoshika and Two Friends Win Their First League of Legends Match of the Night

VOMS — Hikasa Tomoshika of VOMS and fellow streamers Uemine Noruju, also of VOMS, and Mochituke Nullpo, an independent, won their first League of Legends match of the night on Friday, after a run of losses during a stream of more than three hours.

The stream’s title promised *himepu*, or “princess play,” in which stronger teammates carry a weaker player: “I can’t do LoL, but my friends will princess-carry me.” Early in the stream the participants said it had been a long time since any of them had played, and that all three had come expecting to be carried.

“LoL with other people is the most fun.” — Hikasa Tomoshika, Uemine Noruju and Mochituke Nullpo, after their first win

The game image did not show on the broadcast for the first several minutes. While the participants tried changing settings, one of them narrated the action aloud for viewers, and chat joked that it was “real commentary” and “LoL radio.” The picture came back about 11 minutes in. The first match ended in a defeat that one participant called a satisfying one, saying it felt like having taken a shower, and a second loss followed.

Between matches the conversation wandered. One participant imitated the voices of Super Smash Bros. characters for the others to guess, and they offered Luigi and Captain Falcon before the answer turned out to be Kirby inhaling. During a lull, talk turned to ordering at Starbucks, which one participant said she still finds intimidating, and later to the trolley problem.

The win came in the last match of the night, which the group fought out to the end. “Nice fight. We won,” one said, then noted it was the first win of the day. Afterward they agreed that playing with other people is the most fun, and said they should play again with friends. They closed the stream by thanking viewers.