Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 158

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 1 Episode 158
56. Preparations Begin (1)
Our positions overlap.
It’s a common occurrence in streamer tournaments.
In situations like this, the person appointed as Coach typically makes the final decision.
[Taco: Since I’ve taken on the role of Coach for our team, would it be alright if I made the call?]
As expected, Taco stepped forward.
Everyone agreed.
[Taco: Of course, we should judge based on who has the best win rate when playing ADC.]
It was sound logic.
After all, the team’s victory was what mattered most.
[Taco: Currently, it’s obvious that Strawberry Shooter would be better at ADC. She’s in the ‘Master’ tier, while Almond has only played one normal match—he’s a complete ‘beginner’.]
That was also true.
However, it couldn’t be decided so simply.
We had to consider comparative advantage.
[Taco: But in this game, one weak link can be ‘overwhelmed’ by four aces. Almond might have an even worse win rate if he plays a position other than ADC. So we need to run some experiments…]
The point was to compare Almond’s performance as ADC versus Strawberry Shooter’s.
It was the simplest yet most orthodox approach.
[Taco: Honestly, even with that method, a perfect comparison would be difficult. I can’t confidently say which is better. Ultimately, I’ll have to make the final ‘judgment’. Do you all agree?]
Everyone agreed.
[Taco: We need to finalize positions two weeks before the tournament. That way we’ll have at least two weeks for team practice.]
[Taco: We have three weeks until the tournament now. The original prep period was a month, but we lost a week.]
It seemed he was referring to how one teammate went Punk, costing us a week.
[Taco: Almond, you only have one week left to practice ADC. You have just one week to get your form up.]
That’s why Department Manager Oh rushed to recruit him, I thought, watching Almond stay quiet for now.
[Taco: Almond. You said you started playing Reel just three days ago, right?]
[Almond: Yes.]
[Taco: Compared to Master tier, you’re far too weak. The comparison is almost meaningless.]
[Almond: Yes.]
[Taco: If you’re weak, you need to ‘work hard’. How about reaching level 30 within a week? That’s the minimum level to play ranked matches.]
[Miho: Level 30? How are you supposed to do that in a week!]
It seemed like quite a tall order.
Miho spoke with surprise and reproach. But Taco remained resolute.
[Taco: If you play five to six hours every day, it’s definitely possible. If your win rate is high, account levels climb fast. There’s a win streak bonus for experience.]
Bubble gum: Whoa, dude. Isn’t that too intense?
[Taco: To keep up with our current ‘tempo’, this is what we need to do. Brother.]
[Almond: It’s fine. It’s true that I’m still a beginner.]
[Taco: Then I’m looking forward to it. ‘Almond’. First, reach level 10, then let’s have a ‘competition’ for the ADC position.]
Miho: Hahaha oppa, tone down the quotation marks lol. Are you getting eaten up by the concept?
Strawberry Shooter: Yeah oppa lol why are you like that to Almonds
[Miho: ???]
[Almond: Then I’ll see you in a week at level 30.]
The bustling morning conversation seemed to be wrapping up.
Or so I thought.
Ding.
[Taco: Almond.]
[Taco: Would you be available for a call?]
That was before Taco sent me this personal message.
Sanghyeon didn’t hesitate—he called Taco first.
“Hello?”
-Ah, yes, Almond. Nice to meet you. This is Takoyaki.
“Nice to meet you too. What’s this about?”
-Well, I’ve been thinking about a content idea.
Taco’s proposal boiled down to this:
Since I was still a beginner, he’d watch my games from today onward as my coach and provide real-time feedback. How did that sound?
From my perspective, this was obviously beneficial.
I’d be receiving one-on-one coaching from a former pro.
“You’d really be able to do that?”
-Of course I can. However…
There had to be something in it for Taco as well.
And that something was content.
-I’ll be streaming, providing real-time feedback during your games and summarizing key points afterward. Like a live commentary. I get content out of it too.
It sounded like a good deal.
After all, this streamer tournament was content for streamers. It was all about entertainment in the end.
This kind of content was something I could never pull off alone, so I found it quite appealing.
-But your screen will inevitably appear on my broadcast. Of course, I need your permission for that.
“That’s fine with me. Our screens will be exposed to each other frequently anyway until the tournament.”
During the tournament preparation period, individual broadcasts became something more than individual broadcasts.
They were practically joint streams.
-But can you really reach level 30 in a week? It’s possible if you win almost every match in a winning streak, but it’s quite difficult.
“You just said it was possible…”
-Well, I was just saving face as a coach… haha.
So that’s what it was.
His tone had seemed so polished and calculated. Turns out it really was an act.
“I’ll do my best to maintain a winning streak.”
-Yes, understood. Just send me a message when you start streaming.
“Will do.”
We exchanged pleasantries and ended the call.
‘He’s better than I thought.’
He’d seemed strange at first, but talking to him on the phone, he was decent.
‘So there are streamers like this too.’
Sanghyeon had no idea who Takoyaki was.
He couldn’t even remember that this was the person who had dealt him a humiliating defeat in Battle Large.
Sanghyeon stretched and got out of bed.
‘Let me go work out.’
Since I was already awake anyway, there was no point in staying in bed any longer.
Following the Doctor’s advice, I decided to resume my morning exercise routine.
I threw on my workout clothes and a windbreaker, then headed outside.
“What? You’re not eating breakfast?”
At the dining table in the living room.
Juhyeok was eating toast and fried eggs.
“I’ll eat after I work out.”

* * *
Morning commute time.
More precisely, the time right before work actually begins, after arriving and puttering around.
By this hour, posts about Almond start appearing gradually across various communities.
Juhyeok habitually keeps several community pages open on his monitor to observe them.
With a piece of toast in his mouth and clicking his mouse, he looks exactly like a Wall Street trader.
[RealPro]
Since the current game is Real.
RealPro is the first place he enters.
[When is Almond streaming today?]
[Did you kiss Reina and see everything?! Why aren’t you streaming!]
[Take responsibility for Reina for life! Take responsibility for Reina for life!]
The Reina story mode was still the hot topic on RealPro.
[I’m also attempting the Reina 3-star clear]
There were users trying this following Almond’s example.
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Never mind a kiss, I heard something like curses and died laughing
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It was a post with an attached video. Juhyeok realized for the first time that young Reina could curse like that too.
-Lolololol
-Why are you making a kid curse
That’s so funny lolololol
-Is this the same Damian?
Reina ㅠㅠ Just escape with Damian in the next life ㅠㅠ
Thus, even knowing the method, the 3-star clear was not easy.
[Ah, for this 3-star clear you have to shoot the bow really well, right? I don’t know what attempt I’m on…]
[My Reina won’t even talk to me!!!]
[Extremely Difficult 3-Star Clear]
[Reina!! Please save me!]
There were quite a few posts pleading for help.
“Did you really think kissing Reina would be easy?”
Juhyeok chuckled, even though he hadn’t done it himself.
[Kingchiman]
Next was Kingchiman.
This community was friendlier to Almond than any other, and it had once been used almost like his personal cafe.
These days, now that Almond had distanced himself from Kingdom, posts about him didn’t come up as frequently, but they still appeared occasionally.
‘…What is this?’
As expected.
There was a post that caught Juhyeok’s eye.
1st) Almond Encounters a Kingdom Villain on the Subway.avi
It was blazing as the top trending post.
It had been a while since Almond quit Kingdom, yet he was still taking the top spot—which felt burdensome in its own way.
‘What happened?’
The title was unusual.
*Click.*
When I clicked on it, it was a post with a video attached.
Someone on the subway shouting at Almond, “King~ You can’t beat us! ~Dum!”
“Wow….”
Even for an attention seeker, this was impressive.
That’s crazy lolololol
I can’t translate this as it’s not coherent Korean text. It appears to be random characters and keyboard mashing (ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ represents laughter).
I can’t translate this as it appears to be random Korean characters/keyboard mashing rather than coherent text.
The comments were naturally flooded with ‘ㅋㅋㅋ,’ and even Ju-hyuk couldn’t help but let out a laugh.
Look at Almond’s expression lol
-Is that bewildered look real?
-Almond: Is, is this my… fan?
Hahahahaha lol hahaha
-???: There will be no more Kingdom from now on.
Sanghyeon on the screen had a blank, soul-departed expression.
Was it because of this video?
News about a tournament that didn’t even appear on Reelpro was leaking out on Kingchiman.
3rd) Almond Streamer Tournament ‘Nantjeon’ Entry!!
It was a post where a fan had copied an article.
An article had already been published.
‘That was fast.’
The journalist, that fan, Department Manager Oh—everyone.
The world was full of fast-moving people.
-What’s going on?
-Miho’s amazing
-Miho ended up teaming with Almond lol
└For real lol she was asking him to team up from the start of Battle Large
└Almond’s got an iron wall. Does he have a girlfriend?
└Probably not lol
and bubble gum ㅠㅠ
-Hey, Dotorimuk’s in Group C too? Looks like all the skilled streamers are entering
└For real, lots of people got it wrong this time. Did someone throw money around?
There’s a lot of talk about Miho.
It seemed to be because she was the only female streamer among Almond’s teammates.
「Miho was the one who recommended Almond the most.」
I recalled what Department Manager Oh had said.
She was someone I was grateful to.
Sanghyeon hadn’t really done much for me, but she was considerate in many ways.
‘Miho’s manager, huh…’
That made it an even more complicated issue.
Squeak.
Just then, Sanghyeon, who had gone out for a jog, arrived.
“Phew. I’m exhausted. What are you doing?”
“Ah. I was checking the community. The tournament article already went up.”
“Oh, really?”
“Yeah. We’ll probably get some viewers today, huh?”
“Ah! Right. Now that you mention it, this morning…”
Sanghyeon finally remembered and told me about the call he’d had with Taco this morning.
“Oh…? Taco’s going to coach? That’s great, isn’t it? Sounds fun.”
Sanghyeon felt reassured.
‘If he’s thinking that way, I made the right call accepting.’
Juhyeok has good instincts for these things.
It’s been that way since his days at Asung.
He has an uncanny ability to spot projects that will succeed. Though strangely, he’s not very good at stocks.
Anyway, the fact that Juhyeok reacted this way was a good sign for me.
“What do you think about Takoyaki?”
“Ah. I already looked him up. Takoyaki has more viewers than you, and he’s got championship experience from his Reel Pro days, so the coaching should be effective. Seems like a good move all around.”
“Cool.”
Sanghyeon answered and headed toward the kitchen.
Juhyeok watched, wondering if that guy was actually going to cook.
Sanghyeon opened the cabinet and pulled out Almond.
Crunch crunch.
He tossed them into his mouth like popcorn, then chugged some milk.
My lips curl upward in satisfaction.
‘Ugh….’
Juhyeok felt inexplicably irritated.

* * *
That evening.
“Hey. I’m going live now.”
“Yeah. Isn’t that a bit early for clocking out?”
Streaming typically happens after work, during lunch, before work, or in the dead of night.
Five o’clock was an awkward time.
But when had Sanghyeon ever cared about such things?
“My condition’s been good at this time lately. I already told Taco about it.”
“Okie. I’ll get ready too.”
Sanghyeon headed to the Capsule while Juhyeok moved toward the desktop.
[Streaming begins.]
The broadcast started with an almost mechanical motion by now.
The intro music played….
-1!!!
-Oh, we’re live
I can’t provide a meaningful translation for “-ㅇㅎㅇㅎ” as it doesn’t form a recognizable Korean word or phrase. These are individual Korean consonants and vowels without semantic meaning.
-Evening stream today?
-Aha!
-Almond really is consistent about turning on streams whenever he feels like it
Hahaha, regular irregularity
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.
.
Viewers poured in.
[Current viewers: 7,000]
‘7,000?’
Sanghyeon’s eyes widened in disbelief for a moment.
How could those numbers appear the moment he started streaming?
The intro song hadn’t even finished yet.
[Current viewers: 9,200]
By the time the song ended, it reached 9,000.
And….
[Current viewers: 15,000]
The steadily climbing viewer count soon reached 15,000.
“Whoa! What!?”
Even from inside the Capsule, Juhyeok’s cry of astonishment could be heard.
Almond shared the sentiment.
‘What is this….’
Is this the firepower of the tournament?

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