Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 1143

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 5 Episode 28
9. With Kkeom (2)
I had never actually considered meeting another streamer as an ally in ranked matches.
‘Aren’t you practicing with your team?’
After all, survival matches ultimately existed for platform competitions.
Most teams practiced together because of this.
I was in a special situation since I hadn’t even completed my placements yet, but surely the others weren’t in the same boat?
This wasn’t because I thought the world revolved around me, but rather because of a conversation from the team chat this morning.
[Goguma: @Almond hyung. Can you do ranked now?]
Goguma had tagged me in the group chat with that message.
‘Hmm….’
At that moment, I was pondering how to execute Gaji-bokkeun in a way that would serve as a warning to all.
‘Come to think of it, I need to prepare for team games.’
That’s why I’d forgotten about it.
[Goguma: We think it’d be best to practice ranked as a team first, so we’re all briefing each other on our positions.]
Right, this was a team game!
Since survival match gameplay itself was for the platform competition, practicing as a team was naturally the obvious choice.
But─
[Almond: Oh wait, I haven’t even done my placements yet.]
At that moment, I still had three normal games remaining.
I hadn’t even started my placements.
[Goguma: Oh… You didn’t finish ten games yesterday?]
Almond: Yeah ㅠ
I thought there would be plenty of people like me.
[Danmuji: I play survival matches casually sometimes, so I’m Grandmaster]
Sweet potato: I enjoy it sometimes, so it’s kind of scary/creepy.
[Goguma: I’m Gold.]
[Hong-cha: I’ve played a bit too, so I’m Master.]
Lemon: I’m platinum hahaha
‘What? Everyone finished their placements long ago?’
All the Knight Order members just happened to be people who enjoyed survival matches from time to time.
They all had ranks.
[Lemon: Lemon’s higher~ Lemon’s higher~]
Lemon was even teasing Goguma for being Gold, lower than him.
‘I’m unranked though.’
I felt a creeping anxiety.
‘I want to get past Gold at least. Isn’t it hard to reach Platinum in placements?’
I knew from experience that I’d reached Platinum in one go through placements before, and what had happened to me in Battle Large because of it.
It became the catalyst for appearing on ‘Disassembly Analyzer,’ which was quite a major broadcast due to gamer complaints and reports.
Reaching Platinum in placements was that difficult.
*Hmm…*
[Lemon: Lemonnn~ Lemonnn~]
Sanghyeon couldn’t shake Lemon’s song—which wasn’t actually sung aloud, just written in text—from his mind.
Hahaha, drop the sweet potato guy with your bat.
Sweet potato: ㅠㅠ (crying)
Even Daegam’s right-hand man was advising to drop Goguma to the Bunza Crew.
[Goguma: Gold plays well too!]
[Black Tea: hahahahahahahaha]
[Lemon: Golden sweet potato lol]
My teammates mocking Gold.
[Lemon: There’s even a Challenger in the Bot Crew! Drop him to the Bot Crew please!]
Lemon went even further, suggesting to drop him to the “Bot” crew instead.
Almond didn’t catch it for a moment.
[Almond: Bot crew?]
[Lemon: I watched the Omelette video]
[Danmuji: As expected of Daegam]
Hong Cha: Oh haha, that’s so funny.
That video where Omelette was mistaken for a Bot.
Everyone had seen it.
“Ugh…”
My anger toward Gaji-bokkeun escalated further.
[Danmuji: Will you acknowledge that Goguma is a person?]
[Lemon: We got a bot bot bot bot bot crew now Daegam~! Woohoo~!]
[Black Tea: Prove it, sweet potato lol]
They were teasing Goguma, but…
Actually, it felt like they were teasing me.
*Gaji-bokkeun…*
I just waited for this topic to pass.
[Hong-cha: Daegam, until you finish your placement, should we each do our own thing?]
[Danmuji: Sounds good]
[Lemon: Goguma. We don’t need Gold on our team. Climb to Platinum.]
We agreed to play on our own until the placement matches were finished.
But—
*I never thought Balloon Gum would be in the same situation.*
Was it mere coincidence that everyone in the Knight Order occasionally watched survival matches?
I ran into Balloon Gum in Q, where only placement matches were supposed to happen.
Since he was also playing solo without teammates, he must have ended up on the same team as Almond.
*I have to reach Platinum.*
*Gulp.*
Almond swallowed dryly, recalling the group chat contents from this morning.
This is a matter of pride.
I have to rank higher than Gold.
‘To do that, I need to overcome this mountain.’
Almond steels his resolve while gazing at Balloon Gum.
“Brother….”
“?”
“You’re going to use Iron Ball… right?”
Haha, isn’t that blackmail? Haha
Iron ball lol
-He has to pick it
-Iron Ball isn’t a joke, it’s above Platinum tier
Iron Ball—Balloon Gum’s signature avatar.
It was quite a difficult avatar to control, yet strangely, Balloon Gum was exceptionally skilled with that one alone.
He even had a track record of carrying with it in Nant tournaments where Challengers ran rampant.
Quite the master craftsman, indeed.
“Ah… I’ve used it so much lately that it’s a bit….”
“You said you’d use it for the first time in a year.”
Almond leans his face closer and blinks his eyes.
“No, that, that was a survival match. Mond, hey. Is your mission offering a huge reward? Why, why are you being so combative?”
“It’s not about the money.”
“Huh?”
It wasn’t just that.
If I fail to reach Platinum, Daegam’s reputation will be utterly ruined.
That’s the real problem for me.
-?
-…?
Then lol
-Balloon Gum himself is the problem~ that’s what he means
I’m dying laughing
“Balloon Gum himself is the problem, you say. That’s not it.”
“???”
Misunderstandings pile up.
Hahaha why are you reading that
We need to change the mic channel, Almond ㅋㅋㅋ
-He definitely read that on purpose lol
Hahaha this is legendary lol
That’s when it happened.
Thud. Thud.
The Coach inside the airship stamps the floor with his military boots, drawing attention.
“Listen up, everyone!”
Ranked matches had something slightly different from normal games.
There was one more thing I had to do inside this airship.
“You all have courageously staked everything you have! Perhaps even your families! You’ve stepped onto this ‘battlefield of the true’! It will be on an entirely different level from the fakes you’ve been dealing with!”
Battlefield of the true.
This referred to participating in ranked matches.
It was an explanation that came from being a placement test Coach Q, after all.
But it seemed to read differently to the players.
-Even your families lmaooo
-If you fail your family actually does disappear this is real
-The real ones show up from here
-Coach’s explanation lololol
-A soul-link game where if you die in the game your family dies instead… “Life is Legend”
-Placement test is legit
“Therefore! By the mercy of the Sanctuary’s administrators! One per team! You may request one avatar you do not desire in your heart from the administrators and exclude them from the battlefield!”
Boom!
At those words, a screen filled with countless portraits appeared before my eyes.
Almond was flustered.
“…Who is who.”
-lmao
-Who are these people?
-lololol
-Who lol
-When you come back after a while you can’t recognize them just by looking lol
I couldn’t tell who was who.
But fortunately, this wasn’t something I had to choose.
“The avatars are chosen by each team’s team leader. Of course, you may discuss it first!”
There were a whopping 50 people participating in the survival match.
If they all banned, a disaster would occur where 50 avatars wouldn’t appear.
So one per team.
The leader picks one.
The problem erupted here.
Ding.
[Team 3 Leader: Balloon Gum]
The leader of this team was Balloon Gum.
“Uh….”
Almond was flustered.
But this wasn’t really a big problem.
-But banning isn’t a big deal here
-It’s fine
-Trivial
In survival matches, bans don’t have as much influence.
Usually there’s no major problem.
“What are you going to pick, hyung?”
“Ah. I’ll just go with that.”
“…That?”
“That. What you told me to do.”
Thud.
[Iron Ball – Tino]
[Banned from competition]
Suddenly, Balloon Gum’s strongest asset was banned.
Why on earth?
〔Are you afraid of me? Idiot?〕
Tino’s words held the answer.
“Wha-wha-what?! This is a ban!? Not a pick!?”
He was an idiot.
He’d thought it was a pick, not a ban.
Haha, seriously, hahahahahahahaha
Hahahahahaha
Hahahahahahaha
-Are you crazy lol bubble gum lol
Isn’t this intentional, honestly? lol
Oh my stomach hurts lol
“Hyung. What’s your mission, hyung?”
Almond suspects it might be a losing mission.
“I, I thought it was a pick. Mond. Seriously. I didn’t do it on purpose?”
Of course, confusing bans and picks was a fairly common mistake.
“There’s no such thing as a pick here in the first place, hyung.”
“Oh, r-really…? Wahahahaha!”
Survival matches don’t have picks.
So Balloon Gum had come to the placement exam without remembering how survival matches even worked.
-?
-…?
-?
and lol
Hahahaha
-Legend
-The sandbag’s weight is really something
-But I’ve seen this scene somewhere before
Here, Almond makes a decision.
“This won’t do. I’ll go with Reina instead.”
I decided to bring out Reina, whom I hadn’t used in the normal games.
-Reina?
Reina crying ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
“Is Reina in charge of cleaning up? lol”
-Info) Almond never picked Reina even once throughout all 10 normal matches, saying she was boring…
A guy who can pull off Reina if he wants to.
Why do you only hit me up when it’s like this? lol
But the bans didn’t end there.
There were other teams too, after all.
Several avatars were being added to the ban list one after another.
‘Huh?’
Thud.
[Cold-Blooded Arcane Archer – Reina]
Reina was banned.
〔You guys can’t handle it anyway〕
lol
-Oh
-Hahahaha, extreme difficulty mode unlocked
-Removing the support and putting Balloon Gum on top, huh
Hell mode lol
Look at the mission reward going up ㅁㅊㅋㅋㅋ
Clink. Clink.
My mission reward began climbing steadily.
Boom!
[ㅋㅋㅋ has donated 10,000 won!]
[Who are we? “Ghostbusters!”]
Hahahaha
-Rank busters!
hahahaha lol
I’m busting out.
“No, Balloon Gum is riding the rank bus? We haven’t even boarded yet, so don’t say that.”
“…That’s not chat, is it?”
“No, it’s real. The rank bus actually explodes or whatever….”
Hahahahaha
The rank bus burst lol what do I do haha
-Surprisingly, there’s something similar
No, haha
-Ghostbus, take us
“By the way, which team are you on?”
It was already done anyway.
Almond struck up a conversation, trying to lighten the mood a bit.
“Our team has Mosol and….”
“Get down this instant!”
Thwack!
The Coach standing behind them kicked Balloon Gum’s rear end.
“Wha—what!? W-what is this!?”
Since he’d last played a normal game a year ago,
Balloon Gum clearly didn’t remember even this much.
Hahahahahahaha
-This doesn’t look good from the start
-Ranked matches in this state…?
The expressions on the teammates’ faces behind him are legendary lol
Watching Balloon Gum flail and plummet, Almond’s expression wasn’t much different from the three other teammates standing behind him.
‘This won’t be easy.’

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[Beginner’s Tip]
[Starting ranked matches for the first time? Steel yourself. Even now, countless legends are being forged in that place!]

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