Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 118

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 1 Episode 118
41. Just Chatting (3)
“Reel…?”
Taco asked back with a bewildered expression.
Balloon Gum nodded.
“Yeah. Reel.”
“You mean that Life is Legend I know?”
“Yeah, man. That Reel you even went pro in!”
“Wow! Damn it, what have I been doing all this time!? Argh! This is truly a life legend! Life is Legend!”
Was this really such shocking news? Taco screamed while trying to tear out hair he didn’t even have.
“Sigh. Let’s just drink some soju.”
His hand trembled as he lifted the soju glass.
‘Well, I wouldn’t understand either.’
Balloon Gum was a typical guy who couldn’t play games. Like his personality, he approached games with complete nonchalance.
But people who had reached Taco’s professional level were different.
They fundamentally had extremely high competitive spirits. Ordinary people like Balloon Gum couldn’t even compare.
Taco, who had once been quite a successful pro, was no exception.
Didn’t he even shave his entire head over a single humiliation in that trivial game?
Pro gamers despise losing. It’s not simply a matter of money or fame—they purely hate the act of losing itself.
Gulp.
Taco downed the soju glass in one swift motion, throwing back the alcohol.
“Sigh.”
The scent of alcohol lingered in the bitter sigh he exhaled.
“How did you know that, hyung? That Almond plays Reel?”
“Ah. I heard it from his manager.”
After Juhyeok and Sanghyeon finished their conversation, they had subtly hinted to Balloon Gum’s manager.
It was content Balloon Gum had proposed first, after all.
“Actually… I was the one who talked him into playing Reel…”
Balloon Gum scratched his cheek while gauging the mood. He felt like he’d done something wrong.
Taco let out a bitter laugh and waved his hand.
“Nah. Don’t worry about it. What’s the big deal.”
“It matters to you though.”
“It only matters to me.”
There was something self-deprecating in his tone.
“Anyway, Reel…”
Taco recalled his days as a pro.
Actually, there weren’t many good memories.
Looking back now, it was just an endless series of days desperately struggling to win.
Day by day, it was a rollercoaster between hell and heaven.
But why was that?
From a distance, the undulating waves created by that roller coaster-like curve began to seem beautiful.
“…Maybe I should give it another shot.”
“The pro scene?”
“That’s nonsense.”
Challenging the pro scene again was absurd.
The professional world wasn’t forgiving enough for someone who’d been away for 2-3 years to simply jump back in.
Taco was merely wondering what it would be like to pick up the reel again—the one he’d abandoned.
“Hey. If it’s the reel, the guy who quit…do you really have the confidence to do it again?”
“I’m not sure.”
“Does Almond really want to win that badly?”
“Sigh.”
Taco took another swig of soju.
Then, shaking his head as if intoxicated, he spoke.
“You don’t know how this feels.”
“Right. What would I know.”
Balloon Gum patted his shoulder as if trying to comfort him.
“You have no idea. You’re Bronze.”
“Damn it! I’m Silver, you bastard!”
“It’s all the same.”

* * *
Juhyeok woke from his nap in a panic.
‘Wait, what is this….’
Sanghyeon had entered the Capsule without a word. If that were all, there’d be nothing surprising about it.
He streamed every day anyway.
‘Didn’t he even decide what to play?’
The problem was that they were now in a transitional period moving past Battle Rage to the next game.
The biggest hurdle for general gaming streamers is when the game changes.
If handled poorly, viewers would flood out and the channel would crash.
He’d already experienced this once with Kingdom, but back then the scale wasn’t as large, so it didn’t matter much. Besides, transitioning from a minor game like Kingdom Age to a major one carries less risk.
But this case was different.
Eighty percent of Almond’s current fame came from Battle Rage’s fanbase, and he’d even shattered Jeon-ja-pa’s record in this game.
Declaring that he was abandoning this game to play another was an entirely different matter.
That’s why they’d decided to approach this problem carefully.
How to smoothly transition between games.
They hadn’t yet figured out the method.
So why was he streaming?
‘Surely not, surely not….’
The worst-case scenario flashed through Juhyeok’s mind.
Surely Almond hadn’t already switched games and started playing.
I turned on my computer while praying that Almond would just play Battle Rage Master instead.
Fortunately, it was neither of those two scenarios.
‘What is this?’
Almond was conducting an interview with announcer Huyeon Yu.
At first, I thought they were filming some kind of couple’s photoshoot.
Sitting face-to-face in a flower garden and giggling softly—anyone would have thought the same thing.
It was probably an intentional production choice.
The more sensational an interview, the better.
‘Wait, but why an interview all of a sudden? Did someone request it as a donation during the live stream?’
Juhyeok made a rough assumption about the scenario and focused on the live broadcast.
His face was filled with anxiety.
“This is….”
But as the interview progressed, Juhyeok’s expression brightened.
The viewer graph was trending upward, and the viewership was at a level that seemed impossible for a chat show rather than Battle Rage.
‘This is the right moment.’
In Juhyeok’s view, now was the opportunity.
Not viewers who came to watch Battle Rage, but viewers gathered to watch Almond.
This was when he needed to announce the game change.
Sure enough.
[This time, I’m thinking of trying something called LIL.]
Almond announced it as if he’d read Juhyeok’s mind.
Thump.
Juhyeok excitedly slammed the desk.
“This genius bastard!”
The chat’s reaction was incredible.
-Wow! For real?!
Wow lol, a full-on challenge to electromagnetic waves!?
-Ooooh LIL!
-Waaaah
-For real this is gonna be fun
-Kyaa
-Screaming
It was this successful.
It was this simple.
I couldn’t believe it.
‘How did this even happen?’
Remarkably, the ‘game transition’ that I’d racked my brains over, Almond had simply resolved it after I slept and woke up.
Juhyeok rewound the replay on another monitor to see what had actually happened.
“…It was a communication broadcast!”
Almond hadn’t played any games today.
I suddenly turned on the broadcast and ran a communication stream—just a casual chat with viewers.
This became a major factor in the successful game transition.
For the viewers who came in today, they weren’t facing Battle Rage Almond, but simply human Almond.
Today, Jia happened to upload a video of Jeon-ja-pa’s record-breaking performance on Ollytube, so the viewer count was massive.
Running a communication stream at this moment was a masterstroke.
‘Wow. I went through all that trouble trying to create justification by naturally doing a joint broadcast with Balloon Gum….’
There was no need for such effort.
Almond understood the essence of his own broadcast better than anyone.
And truthfully, Juhyeok knew it too. He had simply forgotten for a moment.
He had forgotten while his eyes were drawn to the alluring magic wand called Balloon Gum.
The master of this broadcast is Almond.
It was most important that Almond, more than anyone else, maintain his center as a streamer. That was the most orthodox path to a smooth game transition.
I had been trying to use strange unorthodox techniques when a brilliant straightforward approach was right in front of me.
Meanwhile, Almond boldly ran a communication stream at the exact moment when viewers would flock in, solidifying the foundation of his broadcast.
He perfectly conveyed that this was a place to watch Almond, not Battle Rage.
He displayed his charm without reservation.
“Ha. Really….”
Juhyeok let out a bitter laugh.
“Impressive bastard.”
The chat reaction was incredibly positive.
Viewers weren’t leaving—they were pouring in even more. It was because of the title mentioning a joint broadcast with Huyeon Yu.
Juhyeok had just changed the title.
‘Let me check the community too.’
The live reaction was good, but to see more raw responses, I needed to check the community. Specifically, the Baera31 community.
“Phew.”
Juhyeok exhaled with a mixture of tension and headed toward Baera31.

* * *
[Live Stream: Almond “I’m Done with Battle Rage”]
That was the title of the post visible the moment I entered.
The reception was going to be rough from the start.
‘This isn’t going to go over well here.’
After all, this community was filled with Battle Rage enthusiasts—there was no way they’d have anything nice to say about a streamer declaring he wouldn’t play Baera anymore.
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For real
Time to move on to something else
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-Battle Rage is trash, that’s true. But it’s popular lol
By that logic, Lil would be the same fucking way.
Hahaha, the title is absolutely crazy clickbait.
When did I ever say that? lol
└How did he say it? I didn’t see it
└Almond said he just doesn’t want to play Battle Rage anymore. He doesn’t like grinding one game for too long.
└For real? Was he a one-game streamer?
└He used to play Kingdom Age. Of course he’s a one-game streamer.
-I kinda saw this coming
The reaction was better than I expected.
Honestly, I wouldn’t have been surprised if the comments were filled with curses. Usually when something like this happens, people throw around arguments like “Sucking it dry and running away!?” but.
At least for now, there was none of that.
In short, Almond’s timing and method of transition were excellent.
In fact, most of the reactions were like this.
[Leaving while people are still clapping?]
[I would’ve liked to see him reach Master rank. But he’s already proven his skill anyway lol]
This is leaving room for Almond to be like “Hey Cowser, did Challenger leave?!” to Caddle, right? lol
[Real talk, he’s leaving the Baera fans with nothing to criticize]
These were opinions that Almond had switched games at just the right moment.
There were even comments that amounted to high praise, saying he’d left while people were still applauding.
Of course, there were some differing opinions as well.
[Nah nah, he’s just leaving room for the Almond fanatics to idolize him. Honestly if he went pro and got stomped, it’d be embarrassing]
[He’s quitting because he’s scared of getting destroyed by pros lol]
“Takoyaki must be waiting for me, but of course I’m scared lol”
[Honestly, could he even pull off the archer thing if he went Challenger?]
[If he goes Challenger he’d have to drop the gimmick and pick up a gun or get stomped, so he’s quitting]
These were opinions that Almond was afraid of the skill level of higher-ranked players and was quitting because of it.
Pfft.
Juhyeok just laughed it off.
Compared to what he’d imagined, this level of criticism was cute.
“Why would a streamer go all the way there to compete with pros, you idiot lol”
After typing out this opinion himself,
he exited the Community.
“Phew.”
He stretched leisurely and glanced at Almond’s broadcast, which was currently live.
He was still in the middle of an interview, chatting with Huyeon Yu about this and that.
‘Is that tinged with personal interest?’
It seemed like there should be nothing left to interview about, yet Huyeon Yu kept the conversation going.
Either way, Almond would handle cutting it off properly, so Juhyeok turned his attention to another website.
It was the ‘gosu.gg’ website.
Here contained all the information and statistics about ‘Life is Legend’—or ‘Reel’ as it was called.
Juhyeok had already been visiting this site for the past week, searching for ‘Incarnations’ for Sanghyeon.
Reel’s concept was that an ‘Incarnation’—a special entity—possessed an avatar that embodied one’s actual body.
While Battle Rage had weapons like guns and bows, Reel had these Incarnations instead, and how well one wielded them determined victory or defeat in the game.
[Sana: Melody of Light]
The Incarnation Juhyeok had been most interested in was Sana.
First of all, he liked the fact that she shot a bow.
[Tier 2]
The only issue was that the current performance rating was Tier 2, which made it slightly ambiguous.
But Juhyeok didn’t mind.
‘Actually, that’s better.’
Actually, it was better.
Since when had Almond become the mainstream choice?
[Passive: A small target appears on the enemy’s body each time. When you hit this target with a light arrow, your health and your allies’ health recover significantly.]
He had chosen this Incarnation precisely because of this one passive ability.
‘But Almond would be different.’
If it were Almond, who could push this passive to its absolute limits, he would surely elevate the Incarnation’s performance to 100% or beyond.

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