Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 1253

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 5 Episode 138
43. Proving One’s Worth (2)
When I first learned about Paprika’s hidden team system within the Cheese platform, the reaction was like this.
“CEO. This is insane. Don’t you know Tribby was completely shaken to its roots by Paprika in the previous platform showdown?”
CEO Dahee Chae.
Naturally, she was the current target of resentment.
Because she was responsible for this absurd imbalance where Paprika was starting with a ‘hidden team’ no less!
“What? Really. Everyone was saying it’s all good up until Cheese Village.”
Tap.
She crossed her legs and asked.
“Now you want to call off the platform showdown?”
“No, the showdown is great! But look at this member composition…! These people aren’t just former pros—they’re legends, aren’t they!? Setting skill aside, the attention they’ll draw… Ugh! You don’t know Ril well, do you!? CEO!?”
The department managers even began to wonder if the CEO simply didn’t know much about Ril.
“What!? What’s your tier!? I’m Platinum!”
“Then why did you hastily make a contract like this! If this happens, we’ll be completely ruined! Everything we’ve built in Cheese Village! All of it!”
Since the deal for this hidden team was something CEO Dahee Chae had personally sealed, they had no idea about the details whatsoever.
“And you didn’t even tell us!”
“It’s under embargo.”
“But if even we’re under embargo, what are we supposed to do!”
This responsibility couldn’t be avoided.
However—
“Ugh…! Listen! If I didn’t do this, would they have even agreed to the platform showdown? Would Paprika have let their streamers who were Tribby alumni participate in Cheese Village and let Paprika content flow from Cheese Village? You need bait to make them bite!”
She had her reasons for making the deal, and the roots of this deal ran deeper than expected.
It was what had determined whether the platform showdown would even happen in the first place!
After hearing everything, the department managers wore blank expressions.
‘So it was that crazy…’
‘No wonder it seemed too naive.’
‘I thought we were treating the newcomers too well.’
No matter how much the Cheese platform had started with support from a major corporation, if Paprika had deployed multiple powerful measures to check them from the beginning, they couldn’t have even stood shoulder to shoulder.
This was a deal to survive the weakest period.
“So! Everyone stop making excuses! Don’t think about winning the game! What is it we need to do!?”
“…”
It’s a platform showdown, but instead of winning the game, what else could she mean?
The department managers were momentarily stunned.
“Dammit! It’s marketing! Marketing!! Do you think this is some kind of Olympics or World Cup!? Make sure our streamers become famous even on Paprika’s side through marketing! Make the viewers attached to the team! Did Slam Dunk become a masterpiece because it won the championship!?”
Bang!
Dahee Chae slammed the desk hard enough to break it and wrapped up the meeting decisively.
‘That’s it?’
‘So just do good marketing?’
‘This is crazy…’
‘Why would you slam dunk on a desk….’
‘So they’re just going to lose.’

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And so, today arrived.
The day of the first scrim had finally come.
Throughout all this, Cheese had focused not on winning or losing, but solely on marketing—showcasing each streamer’s unique color and building team chemistry.
For instance, he’d requested posters be made for each team, recommended promotional material production as a reward, and even assigned a dedicated manager to each.
Almond had one assigned as well, which meant a manager from Cheese’s side also got connected to Mixnuts.
“Ah, you’re the CEO of Mixnuts, Juhyeok Kim, right?”
-Yes, that’s correct, but…
“Ah, I’m from Cheese’s… ah, no, I’m Manager Kim Jung-hoon. Is it okay to talk right now?”
-What is this about?
“Well, we’re here to inform you about promotional material production for each team of streamers….”
Tr Daeri, who came from Tribby and was an Almond fan, had naturally been assigned as the manager for Mixnuts.
“Sigh.”
He exhaled heavily.
It had been a while since they’d had these conversations and made suggestions about team chemistry and Almond’s character, yet no meaningful results had materialized.
That was only natural.
Given the CEO’s reaction.
-What? We’ll handle the promotional materials ourselves. Why are you even giving us these orders? And it’s not like there’s any financial support attached to this, is there?
“Sigh.”
Tr Daeri slumped over his desk.
“Financial support… I mean, it’s kind of funny to make demands without actually providing anything in return.”
Even Tr Daeri thought it was greedy for the platform to try controlling everything like this.
No matter how important the platform showdown was.
That’s when it happened.
Park Gwajang approached from behind him.
“The CEO was wrong after all~ that’s what I’m saying.”
Park Gwajang chuckled while looking at the community.
“Look. They’re so interested in winning, aren’t they?”
Park Gwajang had been enjoying teasing Tr Daeri about being wrong all along.
1st Place) Why the Knight Order Coach is truly hopeless
2nd Place) I had expectations, but the Knight Order is really pathetic?
3rd Place) Almond’s nation<<< the funniest thing in the world, upvote if you agree kkk
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The Knight Order had been performing poorly throughout all four scrim games.
"That Almond you said was getting so much hype? I heard he's getting completely destroyed in this scrim?"
"It's, it's just scrims. Who knows what'll happen in the actual tournament."
"But that's not how people see it, is it? They think scrims directly translate to the real thing? And honestly, most of the time they do."
Tr Daeri had nothing to say.
Because that was the actual public sentiment right now.
Above all, the old nightmare was creeping back into his mind.
"Ah… No!"
Those days when Tribby got utterly crushed by Paprika.
"Pfu, puhahahaha!"
Park Gwajang laughed with genuine delight at the reaction.
"See, that's why people are like this the moment something becomes a sport. Victory is all that matters. CEO Dahee Chae is way too romantic. Slam Dunk? That series got absolutely roasted when it was serializing in our country. People said it was abandoned mid-run."
"…."
Could that really be true?
Tr Daeri, shoulders sagging, scrolled through the top post in the Streamer Garden.
1st Place) Why the Knight Order Coach is truly hopeless
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Literally gives no feedback kekekeke
That's why he's hopeless lol
Through 3 matches now, zero feedback kekekeke
kekekekekekekekekekekekekekekekekekekekekekekekekekekekekekekekekekekekekekeke
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A post spiraling into madness.
Though it was criticizing Choi Sa-rang, it seemed like someone who originally supported the Knight Order, like Tr Daeri himself.
-kekekeke just don't give feedback lol~
-lmao kekekeke
-So hopeless… right
-Even I have to admit it
-Why is Choi Sa-rang like that, seriously insane
-What kind of person did they bring in???
-Is this that mind game thing the cool kids do?
-Coach needs to be removed, crossed the line
This… was ominous.
It was already beginning.
'It's falling apart.'
One of the things that always happened when streamers gathered to start a tournament.
'Already fracturing.'
When a team with high expectations underperformed, people looked for reasons in their practice sessions.
Since viewers found reasons that even pros couldn't, they ended up saying whatever they wanted, and when snipes flew from all directions, chaos erupted.
But fortunately—or perhaps unfortunately—one person was absorbing all the bullets.
In times like these, wasn't a 'feedback boycott' the perfect excuse?
[So who was Choi Sa-rang anyway]
[Just go play Civil M instead ——]
[Why isn't she giving feedback??? I just got here and I'm so confused]
Honestly, reading feedback is kind of fun… but it's really annoying ㅠㅠ
Even without being a popular post, the comments about her were snowballing like an avalanche.
"Wow… This Coach."
Park Gwajang chuckles.
"She sure knows how to drive people crazy."
"…What?"
Tr Daeri, dumbfounded, lifts her head back up from where she'd bowed it.
'Does she actually want to see people lose their minds!?'
From Almond's Fan's perspective, this wasn't something to laugh about.
"Right? By taking all the arrows like this and just pushing forward, the players actually get it easier. The downside is they don't get feedback. Plus, she's getting massive attention, right? The Coach isn't giving feedback? That's the narrative."
Is getting that kind of attention really a good thing?
As I'm looking at it from this angle, Park Gwajang speaks.
"It's a good thing."
It was hard to accept.
By that logic, would getting attention through bad news on the headlines also be a good thing?
But there was a condition attached here too.
"If this person keeps her word, that is."
"…Her word?"
"Yeah. You didn't just hear that?"
It seemed Park Gwajang was wearing a bone conduction earphone in one ear.
During work hours, no less.
"…."
Did she read the look in Tr Daeri's eyes?
She answers a question that was never asked.
"This is my job."
"Ah, yes. Of course. What was I saying? Just tell me what that Coach said."
The Manager speaks excitedly, even striking a pose.
Arms crossed.
"From now on, we're taking 1st place."
Crash!
Tr Daeri banged her knees under the desk.
"Oof!"
"Pfft, puhahahaha! Even you can see this doesn't make sense, right? This is either a superstar or completely delusional!"
Park Gwajang laughs gleefully, delighted.
It seems Tr Daeri's over-investment in this team is hilarious to her.
"Man, the streamers right now~ Rilpro~ it's absolute chaos. With that statement, it's like pouring oil on a burning house whoooosh~!"
His words weren't an exaggeration.
Big) I'm gonna take first place this round lol
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Was he trying to be funny? Kekekekekekekekekekekeke This is only the first match of the new season, right? Kekekeke
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Hahaha, for real
-Seriously, he should've given feedback earlier, damn it
-Kekekeke I'm just laughing now
-Even Yunho Yun gives three lessons, but one lesson and you're 1st place? That doesn't make sense
└For real kekekekeke
└Heychu~!
-The Coach is a problem too, but Almond's just straight-up trash kekekekeke
-When Almond was in the three-person squad it was kind of ambiguous, but two-person should be different
└Bullshit kekeke
└Does Almond seem like the problem? Kekekekekekekekekeke
On Rilpro, following the distrust toward Choi Sa-rang, they were now subtly criticizing Almond as well.
On the Streamer Garden, they were starting to claim that Choi Sa-rang should step down.
[Choi Sa-rang should step down!]
[How many Scrims have you done and you don't give feedback for all four matches!? Step down!]
[How are you going to be 1st place now when other teams are developing this fast? Kekekekeke]
[Come down, Choi Sa-rang]
[There's a Coach who exercises the right to remain silent on feedback!?]
It wasn't at the level of popular posts flooding the boards, but the public sentiment was becoming dangerous.
In the midst of all this—
Thud!
"Landing complete!"
"Whoo~!"
Almond and Lemon landed at their designated positions.
[Danmuji: Roger. We're done too.]
[Goguma: Let's win this!]
[Hong-cha: Gyu-ri, fighting!]
Everyone else successfully landed as well.
The Knight Order had changed their approach from the start—their initial descent and landing were different from before.
Although things were burning hot outside, the viewers who came to Almond's channel to watch the live stream were generally supportive.
-Ooh
-This time it's different!?
Please, I'm begging you.
-Win please just one 1st place!!!!
-Wow, do I really have to watch Scrim this tensely kekekekeke
-Almond, show us what you've got!!
Perhaps those criticizing outside harbored the greatest hope for victory as well.
"Daegam. Let's go."
"Mm."
Whether I understood their feelings or not.
I closed my eyes for a moment and deliberated at the crossroads.
The sight looked as though I were entrusting everything to fate itself.
What are you doing? ㅠㅠ
-Be serious about this
-Ugh…
-Foolish youth…
-You'll win, right?
In truth, I was being extremely serious.
'For the 2-player dungeon, I absolutely cannot encounter any players.'
Unlike my usual preference for breaking through with combat, this time I was trying to avoid everyone entirely.
That's why I was attempting to listen for ground vibrations and the sounds of people.
My sensory play wasn't quite as refined as Battle Large's, but the higher the VNS stat, the more advantageous sensory checks become.
I was mobilizing everything I could.
"This way."
"Okay~"
I led Lemon and began rushing down the route I'd chosen.
'Split… I'll make it succeed!'

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