Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 1243

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 5 Episode 128
40. A Person of Distinction (1)
Almond’s consecutive correct answers.
At this point, certain people were bound to make an appearance.
The den of Ril’s malevolent spirits.
Rilpro.
[Rilpro]
Since the Platform War was a tournament related to Ril, Rilpro naturally brought it up in their discussions.
Rilpro had many extreme meritocrats, so they took considerable interest in Almond, the champion of the Nan Tournament.
But this time, that interest had taken a twisted turn.
They found it strange that Almond, the very embodiment of brainless gameplay, suddenly started using his mind.
But beyond merely finding it strange, some began spreading the theory of ‘fraud’.
Big) Honestly, didn’t Choi Sa-rang give Almond all the answers beforehand? Kekekeke
-Definitely kekeke
-She even steals SAT questions kekeke so that’s nothing…
-Way too obvious
-It’s fraud, she’s the one Almond brought in kekeke
-Almond gets her to do it and they both win-win
They claimed that Choi Sa-rang had given Almond all the lectures beforehand from behind the scenes and was acting.
They pushed this narrative even more because of how Choi Sa-rang had prepared the lecture materials in advance.
-She probably already gave him the lecture files too?
└The color bug joke too kekeke prepared lines kekeke
-Ugh, idiots, why are you watching… You’re not conspiracy theorists or anything kekekeke so what’s the point of faking it?
└What do you mean, it’s because idiots like you praise without knowing anything kekeke
└So a Rilpro resident loser gets praised and what, that’s it?
└└Lol kekekekeke
└└That’s money for a streamer though?
└└Pathetic, real talk kekeke
Bang!
Juhyeok slams his keyboard in frustration.
“…Wow. These bastards are something else. Their tactics are different.”
Bontovi, watching from the side, clicks his tongue.
He still held the documentary camera in his hands.
“CEO, your typing style is different too… It took less than 0.2 seconds to counterattack with ‘Rilpro resident loser’ and all that.”
“Well… anyway, this is a demonstration by a seasoned instructor.”
Ahem.
Juhyeok raises his chin proudly.
“Should we upload this to the documentary too?”
“Ah. Yeah, do that. And I can quit today then.”
“…I won’t upload it.”
“Edit this part out, but watch carefully. You need to learn how I conduct these people.”
“Uoh….”
Juhyeok was showing Bontovi how to control community opinion.
In reality, he was infected by Rilpro’s madness and seething with rage.
“Arrrrrrrgh!”
“?”
Bang bang bang!
Juhyeok was demonstrating vocals rather than conducting.
A moment later.
“Rilpro’s pretty intense.”
Juhyeok muttered regretfully, cracking his neck.
“Garden is completely my territory though.”
Huff!
Bontovi barely suppressed his laughter.
In fact, he’d previously seen Streamer Garden smash a table during a keyboard battle.
“CEO. But isn’t this exhausting? Isn’t it hard to shake off these baseless accusations? Fake, they say.”
Bontovi naturally steered the conversation and asked.
“Well… that’s right. If Choi Sa-rang is trapped in the frame of being a fake… it’s hard to break through. It’s true they have a close relationship, and it’s true Almond was originally an idiot….”
“A ‘frame’ of being a fake?”
“Yeah. If we break that, it’d work, but… circumstances make it seem difficult.”
“So it’s not actually a fake?”
“Ah.”
Juhyeok realized he’d misspoken.
“Ah, no, it is a fake. So… we need to prove it! Proof!”
Juhyeok’s voice suddenly grew louder.
“Proooooof!”
Bontovi eagerly captured the scene on camera.
‘Wow… he’s the definition of an old-fashioned CEO.’
Juhyeok swinging his fists at the camera, shouting for proof.
Completely nailing the concept.
“Sigh… Anyway, as you said, Bontovi, this structure is hard to overturn. This will continue throughout the tournament. Hmm….”
Juhyeok fell into thought about how to suppress such baseless accusations.
Without Choi Sa-rang revealing her identity, it wouldn’t work.
Big) Fake Identifier fake caught Almond Choi Sa-rang kkk checking now
Even some guy calling himself a Fake Identifier had attached himself to this.
“Fake… come on.”
Juhyeok adjusted his glasses.
The situation was escalating.
With so much gossip flying around the platform tournament, all sorts of weirdos were getting tangled up in it.
“Reminds me of the Nantra Tournament.”
Even back then, there were Alt-tubers who dug into Sanghyeon’s past or spread malicious rumors about him.
“W-what do we do about this? He’s a pretty well-known streamer, isn’t he? How did you handle it during the Nan-teu match?”
“Oh, that? Well, it’s simple, I just….”
Now that I think about it, how did I handle that?
“CEO?”
‘…I didn’t do anything.’
I remembered.
Juhyeok hadn’t done anything.
The videos had simply been taken down.
‘There was a phone call.’
And a call came from an unknown number.
「Tell Sanghyeon to focus only on the match.」
In Choi Sa-rang’s voice.
“Hmm….”
“?”
Juhyeok scratched his head.
“It seems like I just met a noble person.”
I had never solved something like this myself.
For situations like this, you need a noble person.

* * *
Just then, King Gul turned on his broadcast.
“Ah, everyone~ I have another piece of good news for you today.”
He looked in a good mood.
Ha-ha
-Gul-ha
-What is it
-Are you finally retiring?
I can’t translate this as it’s not a valid Korean word or phrase. The characters “-ㅁㅇㅁㅇ~” don’t form meaningful text in Korean.
“No, I’ve confirmed that I’ll be the Analyst for this Inter-Platform Championship! Wow~ Let’s give it up for that~”
He had secured the role of Analyst for the Inter-Platform Championship.
But this was actually quite an obvious outcome.
-Wow~
ㅊㅋ is an onomatopoeia representing laughter or a chuckling sound in Korean internet slang. The repetition “-ㅊㅋㅊㅋㅊㅋ” would translate to:
[UNTRANSLATED LINE 115]
Hahaha or Chuckle chuckle chuckle
-Could it have been otherwise?
-How do we even watch Rilpro without King Gul kkkkk
tsk tsk tsk
-An inevitable result…
“Nah. It’s not inevitable, you know. They’re just inviting me to the event match. Anyway, thank you all to everyone involved~”
Since everyone had already anticipated this, the reaction was lukewarm.
“So to commemorate that, I thought we might take a quick look at the teams participating with all of you.”
-Nice
-Good
-Great content lol
You have to study if you want to explain it.
-20 teams total is pretty intense lolol
Cheese with 10 teams versus Paprika with 10 teams.
These 20 teams in total were the final participants in the platform championship.
“Alright, let me check out Paprika first. You’re all familiar with Cheese Village anyway.”
Rather than actually entering their broadcasts, I simply scrolled through and checked the thumbnails and titles from outside.
After all, it’s not particularly polite to enter someone else’s broadcast while you’re streaming.
“Everyone’s already decided on names. The variety is impressive? Almost all of them are still in practice mode… wow, this is going to be intense?”
I can’t translate “-ㅇㅇ” as it’s not a complete word or phrase in Korean. It appears to be incomplete or placeholder text using Korean consonants/vowels.
-Right lol
-I heard they even made team posters
“Posters too? This is seriously professional. I mean, this is a huge opportunity, right? A platform championship isn’t something that happens often? There’s only been one in history, hasn’t there?”
-That’s right
-ed
-For real
-Seems like it?
-Tribby’s Paprika got completely destroyed back then lolol
-Oh I remember that lol
“Since it’s not a frequent opportunity, everyone’s putting in serious effort.”
Big events like platform championships don’t happen often, and they’re a golden opportunity for every mid-tier and smaller Streamer to blow up.
So everyone participates actively in their teams, and each team tries to present their concept as entertainingly as possible to make an impression on viewers.
Ding.
[ㅇㅇ donated 3,000 won.]
[Do Streamers often blow up from this? I have a Hako I’m rooting for, and I hope they do well…!]
“Ah. Well… they don’t blow up that often. But still, it’s a competition based on gaming skill, right? So Hakos have more opportunities than something like Cheese Village.”
-Ah… I think I get what you mean lol
-For real, that’s true
-Cheese Village is basically a grave for Hakos lololol
I cannot translate this as it does not form a valid word or meaningful sequence in Korean. The characters “-ㅇㅈㅇㅈ” appear to be random consonants and vowels without semantic meaning.
Content like Cheese Village is heavily dependent on so-called “broadcast presence,” so larger streamers and skilled people end up monopolizing all the attention.
In that sense, Almond maintaining his position above Jello at his weight class back then and monopolizing all the attention flowing into Cheese Village was extremely unusual.
King Gul mentions him too.
“Of course, there are people who blew up from Cheese Village too, right? Almond. He was famous?”
-For real for real
-lol
-Just be good and that’s it
-“Talent”
“Ah, well, without displaying that kind of madness like you do, we viewers actually prefer when Streamers compete purely on gaming skill.”
That way, even if their broadcasting talent is still a bit lacking, they at least get a chance to attract attention through gameplay.
-Real talk
-Why is that though??
-Does winning a tournament bring in viewers???
-Facts
-That’s right
There are plenty of viewers who don’t know about this, and plenty who do.
King Gul, being a Caster, tends to explain things mainly for those unfamiliar with the scene.
“For example, let’s say there’s a Streamer like Balloon Gum who’s really good at broadcasting but absolutely terrible at the game.”
-?
-It’s not “like Balloon Gum” it’s just Balloon Gum lol
-That’s brutal lol
-Is this revenge for what happened with the Troll duo last time?
“Now, if a Streamer next to them who’s really good at gaming but doesn’t have great broadcasting presence just carries Balloon Gum to victory—just dominates the game and drags them to a win—wouldn’t Balloon Gum’s fans love that? They’d gain favor, and the other Streamer would also get recognition for being amazing…”
King Gul paused for a moment.
“Wait. But that’s also Almond, isn’t it?”
-Kekekekekekekeke real talk
-You’re right
-Whoa
-Kekekekeke
-Almond again
Every example of rapid growth he mentioned ended up being Almond.
He was someone who had successfully walked every path that a rookie Streamer should take.
So naturally, he experienced explosive growth.
“Wow, hold on. Just how much did he skyrocket? This guy?”
When King Gul searched, an article appeared.
There was Almond’s growth graph displayed with a title calling him the fastest-growing Streamer in a short period.
“Almond really is incredible.”
Since King Gul’s main job was being an Analyst, he didn’t have much interest in the Streamer scene.
He newly felt how remarkable Almond truly was.
-Damn
-That’s a skyrocket
-Quadratic function graph lol
-Went to Mars real talk
“Should we check mine too?”
King Gul suddenly checks his own AllTube subscriber growth trends and view counts.
He was checking it to be funny, really.
“….”
The humor seemed to drain away completely.
-Kekekekekekekeke
-Treading water…
lol that’s so funny
The horizon is crazy.
-Kekekekeke
-Variable “0”
“Wait, I feel like I should have been the one taking the lecture….”
Almond shouldn’t have been learning survival strategy—King Gul should have been learning how to stream.
That’s when it happened.
Ding!
[Rubisword has donated 100,000 won.]
The price has skyrocketed so much that I get a lot of hate. Even now people are accusing me of faking it with the headpiece ㅠㅠ
“Ah, Rubisword! A whopping 100,000 won! Thank you for the donation! But… what do they mean by wearing a hat being fake?”
King Gul couldn’t imagine what that meant, but after seeing the chat comments, he clicks on a link.
“This? Is this it?”
It was a video someone had titled “Finally, Almond’s Brain Has Broken.”
[It’s a split. A split strategy seems to match our team.]
[Wow… finally figured it out?]
King Gul’s eyes widened at those words.
“…Huh?”
But he didn’t explain why he was surprised.
“Let me watch all of it first, then I’ll explain.”
Next comes Choi Sa-rang’s question.
[For a split to work, you need to define two major things. One is distributing manpower and… what else?]
[Timing.]
[…Huh? That’s correct.]
The answer came immediately: timing.
“Hmm. As expected….”
King Gul mutters as if he’s realized something.
-?
-So it’s fake after all?
-What is this Kekekeke
-I heard that fake identifier asked that
-But how does he know by watching?
-That does seem a bit fake…
Ding.
[Uisim has donated 1,000 won.]
[How does it feel to teach directly? Do you think he could answer that?]
Viewers curious about King Gul’s opinion.
“Well…”
However, King Gul first shared his thoughts on the situation.
“Regardless of whether it’s rigged or not, this really shows Almond’s star power. He got a few quiz questions right. What? A Fake Identifier? These kinds of people attached themselves to him too? What is this, some killer SAT problem? Huh? Even if it were rigged, it’s still a broadcast—what’s the problem?”
-Lol for real kekekeke
-Kekekeke lmao
-That’s true
-It’s comedy real talk
-What the hell is that kkk
-Growing too fast, lots of jealous people it seems
-Killer problem kkkkk
-Anyone watching would think he got into med school lol
-That’s fair though…
-It’s like if Balloon Gum suddenly challenged him and it became controversial

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