Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 183

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 1 Episode 183
63. Tectonic Shift (2)
Will Almond bring about a major change to this match?
I can’t speak so hastily about such things. But that’s undoubtedly the topic.
‘What on earth are they thinking?’
From the Analyst’s perspective, King Gul’s statement was far too bold.
“When you say ‘this industry’… you naturally mean the pro scene too, right? Isn’t it hard to say it’s at that level?”
“It’s naturally difficult at the pro level. But is the Ril-related industry only professionals? The streamer market is absolutely massive.”
“We’re talking about skill right now.”
“I’m talking about star power.”
“Ahem….”
The Analyst adjusted his red glasses, his expression visibly displeased.
[Comment 3: Flashy gameplay. However, more observation is needed.]
Though anonymous, the viewers could easily tell at that moment who had left such a comment about Almond.
“We’re discussing skill. If you include star power, what’s the point?”
King Gul shrugged his shoulders.
“Star power is reality. It matters. And skill is included in that.”
“Skill is included? That’s excessive praise.”
“Are you worried about getting criticized later for overrating now, Analyst? From my perspective, your current actions will get you criticized in the future.”
“Excuse me?”
“I think the ranking I gave was actually underrating Almond’s team. I intentionally gave it slightly lower. There are various opinions, after all. But I can already picture the future.”
“What do you mean….”
“Comments like this will appear: What are you three doing together? If you’re just making power rankings based on participants’ ranks, we can do that too. If you’re going to get everything wrong after analyzing all day, why not just have a cat do it….”
hahaha lol
-King Gul the regressor;;
-King’s tongue
-Now I see why they call him King Gul~
-No wonder he got promoted from Mandarin to King Gul!?
The Analyst’s face turned red.
“Ahem….”
“Of course, what you said makes sense too, Analyst. From a perfectly reasonable perspective.”
Don’t try to clean up your act now lol
-The wrapping’s tearing~
-You beat him up and now we’re friends??
“Almond still needs more evaluation, that’s true. It’s actually unreasonable to overrate someone who’s only faced one team so far.”
King Gul spoke as if trying to defend the Analyst. But no one took it at face value.
-How much humiliation are you planning to give him later that you’re already laying this groundwork?
-Are you going to curse him out later?
Red glasses era of suffering ㄷㄷ
“But there’s such a thing as intuition, you know? I got that feeling. And I hope for something beyond common sense to happen. That’s why sports are fun, isn’t it? Things never go exactly as we predict, right?”
An unexpectedly normal closing remark.
The viewers were slightly disappointed.
But that disappointment didn’t last long.
“You see, sports is nothing but a bundle of variables. Only those who understand this can control those variables. That’s why I lifted the championship trophy… and my colleague next to me… ahem.”
The analyst in red glasses clutched his chest as if he’d been stabbed.
“…Ugh.”
Hahahahahaha
I can’t lol
Red glasses ㅠㅠ
-Damn… that buildup landed perfectly
King Gull Shake lol lol lol
-Back to Jeju Island King Gul! Back to Jeju Island King Gul! Back to Jeju Island King Gul!
King Gul chuckled once and wrapped up properly.
“So in my opinion, this team deserves to rank even higher. I’m taking out insurance early because I don’t want to be criticized in the future.”
“Ha. You call that insurance? I’m the one holding the real insurance.”
“That’s not insurance, is it? That’s Bitcoin.”
“Geez. Let’s watch today’s match. Then.”
“Oh. Sure. You want to watch today’s match with us?”
“Sounds good.”
“But today’s match is against ‘SoloIsBack’ from last time, which has an even lower ranking. Are you sure that’s okay? Almond will have an easier time shining, won’t he?”
“Today is ‘GreenTeaBagging’, right? The bottom lane ranking is actually higher. Almond will get the spotlight, so it doesn’t matter.”
“Wow. Everyone! Instant content! Did you see that!? We…”
Ping.
Sanghyeon turned off the screen at this point.
“Hmm.”
Why were they making such a fuss about me?
I was receiving more attention than expected. What was that VNS metric supposed to mean…
‘No, that’s not because of that metric…’
The VNS metric itself probably wasn’t a major issue.
Because I had a similar level of metrics as that woman.
The reason I had a similar level of metrics was probably because I went through the same suffering.
My eyes turned toward the phone screen.
It was displaying Jeon-ja-pa’s account page.
6 million followers, with no posts uploaded over the past two years.
Yet the follower count increased compared to yesterday.
That’s how much the name Jeon-ja-pa is worth in this industry.
You could feel that sufficiently by going to Balloon Gum’s Disworld channel.
5 PM. When it was time to start practice, Almond entered Disworld only to be immediately bombarded by interviews from reporters(?).
“Oppa! What’s your relationship with Jeon-ja-pa?”
“Almond! Have you actually met Jeon-ja-pa?”
“Wow… Brother. I’m envious.”
Miho, Balloon Gum, and even Strawberry Shooter rushed over to ask me about the incident Jeon-ja-pa had followed. Surprisingly, only Taco remained composed.
“Hey. Hey. Don’t pry into my private life!”
I even went so far as to stop Miho and Strawberry Shooter. In truth, Taco, who was a former pro, must have actually met Jeon-ja-pa before.
Wouldn’t he be even more curious?
Why I alone received the follow.
“Ahem. It’s not a big deal. I was just… lucky.”
“Eeeeeeh?!”
Balloon Gum made a sound like a third-rate Japanese variety show panelist and rolled around.
“Come on. Almond. That kind of lie won’t work!”
“Kyahahaha! Oppa, stop rolling around!”
Balloon Gum is truly someone who’s a clown twenty-four hours a day. Even though viewers aren’t watching, he maintains that energy.
“It’s not a lie, it’s really true….”
When I insisted that much, everyone just let it slide.
“Ah. I want to get followed by Jeon-ja-pa too. Ah, Oppa, did you follow me back?”
“…Follow back?”
Follow back.
It refers to a state where you’re mutually following each other.
It’s customary to follow back with acquaintances, but….
‘I forgot.’
I had completely forgotten such a concept.
I shook my head.
“Ah. I forgot.”
“Wow… I followed you though.”
Did I?
I received so many follow requests in an instant that I didn’t notice.
Is there a way to distinguish them separately? Having lived my life keeping my distance from SNS, I wouldn’t know.
‘For poor people, doing such things only brings sadness.’
SNS has its fun and positive functions, but it also has the disadvantage of experiencing the lives of the upper class in unfavorable ways.
Their efforts and processes don’t appear on the Rune-stagram feed.
Only the luxury they obtained as a result is shown.
If someone in poverty sees that, they don’t feel inclined to work hard themselves.
They either regard them as people from a completely different world, or can only blame their own pitiful circumstances.
“Ah!”
Clap.
When Miho noticed my expression becoming slightly gloomy, she clapped as if trying to change the subject.
“Come to think of it, our ranking went up thanks to you, Oppa! Did you see?”
Just as I was about to continue the conversation.
Taco spoke up loudly as if he had something to say.
“Since we’re talking about Almond, I have something to say.”
Taco’s point was related to their upcoming strategy.
“We won the last match because the other team’s ban and pick phase was absolutely terrible.”
“Really? That bad?”
“Of course, it helped that Almond played well. But still, their performance was subpar. And!”
Taco raised his hand as if this was the most important part.
“It was a practice match.”
That’s right. We’re still in the practice phase.
The wins and losses in practice matches, the power rankings—they seem important now, but it’s all meaningless. What matters is performing well in actual competition.
The enemy teams factor that in when they devise their strategies.
They probably took some calculated risks for practice purposes, and we simply capitalized on them well.
“Solo Rise Back was quite careless yesterday. Don’t expect that same luck in actual matches. Since our ranking jumped three tiers, everyone will be watching us closely.”
“But Taco, today’s practice match opponent has a lower power ranking than us, right? Is there really anything to worry about?”
Balloon Gum rolled over and asked.
“Of course there is. We’ve beaten teams with higher power rankings than us too, haven’t we? And besides, winning or losing isn’t what matters. What matters is what we learned.”
“Hmm, that’s true.”
“What did we gain from the last match? Nothing.”
That was the reality.
We celebrated winning the practice match, but practice matches aren’t about winning.
They’re about gaining something.
And we didn’t gain much.
“The only thing we got was that Almond can now play the Frost Archer too. But honestly, Almond’s Frost Archer play… the proficiency was way too low. He didn’t even use the Ice Glide skill. Of course, winning without using it is impressive in its own way, but…”
‘There was something like that?’
Almond felt caught off guard and scratched his head.
He hadn’t noticed. He’d been too focused on fighting with his new avatar.
“So today, we’re using a different strategy.”
“A different strategy?”
“Yes. This is the time to test it. Various things. It’s a practice match, after all. We need to develop carries other than Almond too.”
Each match has its ace player.
They’re called carries. It means the role of shouldering and carrying that game.
The ideal team is one where all five members can play the carry role.
But that’s only theoretically possible.
Unless it’s that CK Entus from back when Jeon-ja-pa was there.
‘If we can have even two or three carries, that team is successful.’
Three people can play the carry role?
Then the variety of strategies increases exponentially.
So today, we’re going to try a strategy where someone other than Almond carries.
“Today, we’re going to feed you.”
Taco’s hand pointed precisely at Miho.
“…Me?”
Miho glanced around as if asking, really me?, with a bewildered expression.
Around her, there is only her.
“Your Succubus held its own pretty well against Challenger Mosol. Today I’m going to build tactics around you, so show me what you’ve got.”
“That’s only because he’s Mosol—Succubus is weak against him!”
“Stop talking nonsense. Today we’re building around you. Got it?”
“Ugh.”
Miho herself seemed burdened by this, but there was nothing to be done about it.
‘Today is our chance, at least.’
Today’s practice match opponent is a team called ‘Green Tea Bagging’ that took over the 15th rank position.
No Challengers, Master is the highest tier, and there are no former pro players.
A considerably manageable team.
We could win even while carrying a few sandbags.
Actually, losing doesn’t matter either. It’s just a practice match anyway.
Perhaps that’s why Taco was thinking of adding one more sandbag to this match.
“Almond.”
“Yes?”
“Come over here for a moment.”
Taco called Almond aside and spoke to him in a private channel.
“Playing with one hand is still the only way to increase your playtime, right?”
“Yes.”
“Then do it one-handed today.”

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5:50 PM.
King Gul’s followers received a notification.
[King Gul is starting a stream.]
-Oh, what? Two streams today?
Was what you talked about with the analyst earlier for real?
-This petty bastard really came to watch lolololol
-He’s actually pretty narrow-minded! King Gul!
The viewers hadn’t expected King Gul to actually follow through on his casual remark asking “Want to watch together today?”
“Did everyone eat well?”
King Gul grinned and adjusted the camera angle.
He had positioned it farther back to fit three people in frame, but now switched it to single-person broadcast mode.
-King Gul, you really came!?
-King Gul! King Gul! King Gul!
“Of course. Have you ever seen me break my word?”
-Yes! Yes! Yes!
-Empty Gul! Empty Gul! Empty Gul!
“I promised to watch the team with Almond. I’m keeping my word, obviously.”
-You’ve changed! King Gul!
-This year is different!?
King Gul laughed off the sarcastic viewers and began his commentary.
‘Today’s team has a strong bottom lane….’
Almond would face the Master ADC directly today.
Not a one-on-one duel, but an actual match under the rules of a real Ril siege battle.
‘Will that even be possible.’
Even King Gul, who had praised Almond, couldn’t guarantee that much.

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