Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 1281

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 5 Episode 166
51. Platform Championship (2)
About seven days before the Platform Championship.
A message came to Sanghyeon.
[Choi Sa-rang: Can we talk privately for a moment?]
It was a personal message.
‘What is this…?’
Sanghyeon checked the time.
‘It’s 5 AM.’
It was far too early in the morning.
Did this person never sleep?
Sanghyeon wondered if something urgent had come up, so he got out of bed and sent a reply.
[Sang-hyun Yu: What’s the matter?]
[Choi Sa-rang: It’s about dispatch strategy. I think I need to discuss it with you.]
“…?”
Sanghyeon couldn’t tell if this was a dream or reality.
‘Dispatch strategy at 5 AM?’
Even corporate dispatch meetings wouldn’t be scheduled this way.
But—
[Choi Sa-rang: I’ve developed further on what you mentioned before.]
These words moved Sanghyeon.
‘Jeon-ja-pa developed my theory even further?’
His thumbs moved frantically.
[Sang-hyun Yu: Where should I go?]
Sanghyeon spammed the emoji of a salaryman running frantically that he used to send back during his Aseng days.
Choi Sarang: You don’t need to come in person lol, just do it online.
[Sang-hyun Yu: Ah… DisWorld?]
[Choi Sa-rang: No. I can’t use the capsule for long. Same for you, right?]
[Sang-hyun Yu: Yes.]
[Choi Sa-rang: There should be a video conference function in the PC version of DisWorld.]
Dawn was just breaking, the sun barely rising.
On Sanghyeon’s monitor appeared a woman with a somewhat awkward expression.
She in the monitor adjusted her bangs and asked somewhat hesitantly.
“Um. Is this kind of thing outdated these days?”
“No. This works well for us.
Light poured down as dawn broke behind her.
“…Is something strange?”
Not knowing why she would think that, she tilted her head and asked if something was off.
“No. Why? Ah….”
Sanghyeon realized he hadn’t turned on his microphone.
Ting.
“Oh, I didn’t have my microphone on. Nothing’s wrong.”
“I see. But why are you frowning?”
“It’s… the screen is a bit bright.”
Sarang checked her appearance again.
As the camera was exposed to sunlight, the image was gradually washing out to white.
“It looks like I’m about to ascend to heaven. Let me close the curtains for a moment.”
As she pressed the remote, the curtains automatically moved to block out the light.
“Look here.”
Sarang attached a diagram explanation.
Swish.
It was a system that allowed them to draw identically on a live stream while conducting meetings.
“That dispatch system Sanghyeon mentioned. It kept nagging at me, so I researched it, and it has incredible advantages.”
“…!”
Sanghyeon’s expression had clearly brightened.
“Don’t get too excited. I’m the one who found it.”
“…Ah, yes.”
What did it matter anyway.
To the viewers, it would look like Almond discovered it!
“Focus.”
“Ah, yes.”
They continued discussing this strategy from early morning through lunch time.
The dispatch strategy was gradually being refined to perfection.

* * *
On the day of the Platform Championship.
The players’ waiting channel.
[Knight Order]
Everyone in the Knight Order listened intently to Choi Sa-rang’s explanation.
“Then I’ll go over the preliminary round bracket composition and strategy.”
She explained the group assignments.
“Please turn off your microphones and screens for a moment.”
Everyone turned off their microphone channels and screens.
The information about to be revealed was that important.
-Oh no
-Save us
ㅠㅠ (crying face/tears)
-Come on, let us see too
-Ah…
There’s nothing I can do about it ㅠ
“Yes.”
The streamers all turned off their microphones and screens.
Then Choi Sa-rang displayed the materials.
Ting.
The Group A team composition appeared.
“First, Group A is composed entirely of commoners. Teams ranked 5th through 9th.”
Though it was fairly important information, everyone in the Knight Order already knew this, so they simply nodded.
“That group can handle things on their own. It has nothing to do with dispatch strategy. For us, Group B is what matters. Because we’re in it.”
The Knight Order was in Group B.
The Group B team composition appeared.
Familiar names came into view.
“Teams ranked 1st through 4th, and the 10th-ranked team. That’s how we arranged it.”
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Knight Order
Magical Girl
Agricultural Cooperative & Partners
Hambugies
Motmotmot
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One serf team supporting multiple others.
“The dispatch strategy will only be used in Group B. We’ve already confirmed it once more with the serf team… Just a moment.”
Choi Sa-rang briefly turned her attention to another screen.
“Right now, I need to check how Paprika arranged their Group A first.”
She was trying to understand how Paprika’s Group A composition turned out.
This was why I had placed the Aces in Group B.
Since Group A matches start first, I could know in advance who my opponent would be.
“Paprika might be thinking the same way. If so, we’ll end up facing the Aces in Group B.”
If my opponent thought the same, Group B would essentially become the main tournament.
Danmuji raised his hand.
“Which do you think is better?”
Since I had no way of knowing what Paprika would choose, the Knight Order hadn’t even discussed this possibility.
However, Sarang glanced subtly toward Almond.
Almond nodded and spoke.
“The Ace match is better.”
“…Pardon?”
“Group B needs to essentially become the main tournament.”
Everyone in the Knight Order swallowed hard.
No matter what, hitting this hard from the early preliminaries would naturally create tension.
“This is a powerful approach when facing them for the first time. We need to secure everything here and advance.”
Once we experience this once, they’ll come prepared with countermeasures in the main tournament.
Then our strategy would be wasted.
So meeting the Ace team here and eliminating them all is the better option.
However, the other Streamers didn’t see it that way.
That was because…
“Um, Older Sister? I know it’s presumptuous, but… wouldn’t that ruin the broadcast?”
It was half a joke, but the broadcast could genuinely become awkward.
Even if Sarang didn’t know, Almond was also a Streamer.
“Well, that’s true…”
I hadn’t overlooked that consideration either.
However, there was something these people didn’t know but Sarang and Almond did.
“It won’t be ruined. Paprika has a hidden team, after all.”
“!”
Everyone had completely forgotten about the hidden team’s existence.
It only appeared during the rule explanation, and there was no trace of it during scrims or preliminaries.
They debut starting from the main tournament.
So even hearing this, the teammates were puzzled.
“Are they really that good?”
Hong-cha expressed doubt.
“We don’t even know who they are, so why worry? Does anyone have any guesses?”
I asked the other teammates, but they all shook their heads.
“Hmm, not really…”
“Dotorimuk would know this well.”
“Isn’t he just under the illusion that he knows?”
No one realized at that moment that Sarang and Almond were deliberately looking away.
“Paprika Group A has been revealed.”
That was when it happened.
Fortunately, the topic shifted.
Paprika Group A had been made public.
[Paprika Group A]
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1. Underwater
2. Rocket Squad
7. Clown’s Breath
9. Nemonade
10. Plugin
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Even the Scrim evaluation rankings had been released.
“…Ah.”
Sarang bit her lip.
“That’s unfortunate.”
Paprika had placed Ace in Group A.
“We should have eliminated them.”

* * *
“Let the match beeeegin! Let it staaaart!”
Boom.
The moment the match started, King Gul was summoned back to the broadcast desk.
Since the Caster had opened fire, King Gul quickly took over the analysis.
“Yes. With incredible momentum right now! The first game of the Platform Championship has begun! And they didn’t even exchange greetings before starting! An opening this thrilling! It’s been a really long time!”
Red Glasses nodded.
“Yes. Money really does make a difference. Back at the Nant match, Tri….”
He hesitated for a moment, about to mention that it was hosted by Tribby.
After all, this was Cheese’s territory, and the opponent was Paprika.
No one welcomed talk of Tribby.
-Tri… kekekeke
I can’t provide a meaningful translation for this text. It appears to be Korean characters that don’t form coherent words or a complete sentence. “-트바 ㅠ” seems to be fragments or possibly a typo rather than standard Korean text.
I’m having trouble with this outfit ㅠㅠ
Now it’s become a place where I can’t even speak, is it?
“…Trim! Trim! Well, we just had a trim moment!”
King Gul interjected.
-?
-???
-Kekekekekekekekekekekekeke
-Crazy kekekeke
-Who’s doing the burp like “bur… rp!” kekeke
-Insane kekekekeke
The weight of being the head of household is no joke.
“Ah, yes. That’s right. Anyway, money really is nice.”
Red Glasses’ comment this time was somewhat ambiguous.
-Kekekekekekekeke
-Money really is nice~
-Kekekekekekeke
-Sharp one
-I’ll take it;
“Right now all 10 teams have landed well at their respective landing points? Ah… and? You can see one particularly unusual pattern, right?”
“Yes.”
As King Gul gave the hint, the Analyst adjusted his red glasses and began his analysis.
“It’s as if… they’re moving like Team 5 versus Team 5.”
“Exactly. Actually, all 10 teams here are enemies, right? But in this platform championship! Within their mutual interests! They’re giving each other a slight grace period!”
“That’s right. There’s no official rule, but they have no choice but to move that way, and it’s effectively becoming a 25 versus 25 game.”
Cheese’s Group A, which lacked a vassal system, was also cooperating with each other and avoiding conflict.
The same was true for Paprika.
They even appeared to be a single organic organism.
“Paprika’s movements look considerably better!?”
Boom.
The Giant Caster who had been enlarged returned to the desk and shouted.
The Analyst relayed the information.
“That’s right. It can’t be helped because Paprika has some higher-ranked scrim teams placed in it, while Cheese… filled Group A entirely with lower-tier teams. In that case, Cheese’s goal in Group A would naturally be to advance 2 teams.”
“Exactly. Cheese played a completely weak hand! Paprika played quite a strong hand! From Paprika’s perspective, they absolutely must! advance 5 teams from here!?”
At this moment, the Caster shouts.
“Aaah! Right now at the center line! They suddenly! collide! Early engagement!”
King Gul gets excited too.
“A primitive battle!? Wow, but Paprika! How are they really doing this!? They’re rushing in!”
A primitive battle fought without contractors.
In such cases, headcount is crucial, and Paprika’s numbers suddenly increase.
The Analyst speaks as if fascinated.
“Ah… this is remarkable? Actually, there’s no mechanism for teams to communicate with each other. Officially, they’re not the same team. But now a staff user shoots a fireball upward as a signal…”
That was it. Paprika had a kind of signal flare system in place.
The result came quickly.
[Kalchi Double Kill!]
“Kalchi Double Kill! Underwater! They’re pushing from the early game! And then they rush in!”
“Aaah!? It doesn’t end here! Now that everyone’s gathered, straight into Cheese’s territory!”
King Gul’s face turns bright red.
“Cheese!? Scatter here! You must scatter… aaaaaaah! Crash!”
[Kalchi Triple Kill!]
[General Gebul Double Kill!]
Five players fell.
One entire team eliminated already.
“Insane! A whole team from Cheese is out in the primitive phase!!!”
“Who!?”
[Nosenosse Out!]
“Ah… Nosenosse! Out!”
-Trembling
-Wow
-Crazy
-Brutal
-Are they serious???
-Holy crap
-Kekekekeke
-Trembling
You’re a fucking coward, damn it.
-Wow
“Waaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!”
The audience section transformed into Paprika’s vibrant red as a tremendous roar erupted.

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