Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 382

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 2 Episode 102
36. Almond User Manual (1)
The Civil Empire has its own community as well.
[Embul]
It’s a community called ‘Embul’—quite an unusual name.
Though it doesn’t have the largest membership, its post generation rate rivals any other community.
After all, it enjoys far greater popularity compared to Kingdom Age.
Moreover, this is the season right before the international competition.
Even casual players who rarely touched the Civil Empire are flooding into the community now.
Their interest is singular.
Who will be selected for the National Team roster.
[What’s the National Team roster looking like this time??]
Has the national team roster still not been announced? Let’s make it to the main tournament this time ㅠㅠ
[The post below is clickbait. The roster hasn’t been released yet lol]
Since the National Team selects a whopping 200 players, even dedicated players with separate jobs can see a real chance if they put in the effort.
A game where you can work a normal job most of the time, yet still possibly make the National Team.
That’s the true appeal of the Civil Empire.
Of course, this appeal exists only because the Korean market is small, so it’s exclusive to the Korean server.
[Is Cookie going to be the supreme commander again this time? He’s been doing it forever]
Although making the top 200 is relatively easier on the Korean server due to its smaller player base.
Commanders are a different story.
First, there’s only one supreme commander on the entire server.
Additionally, two assistant commanders are added. This is a special rule unique to the international competition.
-There’s no one like Cookie. The youngest person made it to the main tournament back then
└That was riding on the seniors’ coattails… Cookie was just an assistant commander back then.
The current supreme commander, Cookie, has experience advancing to the main tournament in a previous international competition.
In soccer terms, it’s like making it to the Round of 32.
At the time, Cookie was the youngest commander among all the global commanders who participated. He was only 27 years old.
You might ask if 27 is really young for a game, but the average age of commanders participating in the National Team is 35.
Since the position requires leading people rather than controlling units, top-tier commanders tend to be significantly older.
As a side note, one of the championship-winning commanders was 50 years old. He was a former U.S. military officer with extensive combat experience.
So Cookie advancing to the main tournament at 27 was quite a big deal, and his performance from back then remains our country’s best National Team result to this day.
It’s comparable to the 2002 World Cup.
-Wasn’t Cookie’s main tournament run honestly just because that team was legendary? It’s like the 2002 World Cup level
That damn 2002, fuck ㅋㅋ
└Sir, it’s 2036 now…
Lol living off that World Cup win for 34 years
└That’s how bad things have been~
└You bastards, the World Cup at least got 4th place but Civil Empire’s best is just making the main tournament
Making it to the main tournament is the highest achievement.
A nation that once dominated the RTS genre and founded esports itself—such poor results are certainly puzzling.
There were various opinions about the reasons.
-A people who played StarCraft like a folk game… who would’ve thought that making the finals back then would be their last time…
└Ril ruined everything.
One opinion was that Ril’s popularity was so high that all the promising players went to him instead.
However, there were those who countered this.
└Korea lost popularity in the first place because they kept getting crushed like dogs??
The claim was that Korea simply lost popularity because they kept losing.
But there were those who countered this as well.
└Then why is soccer so popular when they get beaten all the time?
lol you gotta do archery and short track speed skating in the K League to get popular for being good at something ㅋㅋㅋ
The point was that sports and games don’t gain popularity simply by performing well, nor lose it by performing poorly.
Thus, the most mainstream opinion was actually this.
-Our country’s civilization is just pathetically weak. That’s it.
The game was simply made poorly.
In reality, there were definitely balance issues. No one denied this.
No matter how much you say that, you won’t make it to the main competition lol
However, holding a mindset that rejected the entire game as one user put it didn’t help anyone achieve good results within it.
So eventually, posts like these began filling the boards.
Here we go again, this topic’s on fire lol
The same argument coming back every single day lol feels like I’m in a time machine lol
[You chose this game, so tough it out with all your might~~]
These discussions always ended the same way—without any real conclusion.
Eventually, the Community Users’ attention shifted back to this year’s National Team roster.
Would there be hope this year?
This curiosity that returned every year despite constant disappointment.
Then, the first news came in.
[Breaking) Some B-rank player apparently joined the National Team????]
Stop being ridiculous lol, what a stupid provocation.
Haha, check out this clickbait title.
-Wow, this person should be a reporter. Look at those views
When written like this, no one believed it.
[For real… I brought a broadcast clip.]
The next post contained footage of Almond receiving an offer from Kim Chi Warrior.
-…? How is a B-rank supposed to go?
-It’s literally impossible by the system, what
-Isn’t Kim Chi Warrior that guy who was the Sink Tank Leader last year? He was decent back then… did he go crazy?
They merely considered it as evidence that a B-rank had at least received such an offer.
However, the video that followed this.
[Wait, it’s real!!! They’re apparently raising him to S+ right now, can you believe it!?]
It was the most recent video clip.
It captured the scene of Almond conversing with Kim Chi Warrior and then entering the game with Bontovi.
From this, one could easily infer that they were genuinely attempting to develop Almond into an S+ rank and place him on the National Team.
-…?
-That’s the streamer who was on the CM video live rankings not long ago… I can roughly see why they’re putting him in….
This year’s gonna be a total disaster too~! ㅋㅋㅋ
Ugh, I can’t watch this, damn it.
True to a community filled with veterans, they were quite closed off to outsiders.
From their perspective, Almond was receiving preferential treatment simply because he was famous.
In truth, there was no denying their suspicion.
Almond was famous, and he was B rank—those were facts.
-Cookie’s probably thinking about making some money on the side.
“Ah~~ So that’s why he’s a businessman, haha”
I’ve completely lost my initial passion ㅜㅜㅜ
-I was watching this drama recently and suddenly an idol actor appeared. It feels exactly like that.
└Is that drama by any chance “Curious Makeshift Living”?
“…right? Haha, I’m filling in for someone.”
Haha, that’s so In-ho talking. People really do all think alike.
I can’t provide a reliable translation for this text. It appears to be either corrupted, uses non-standard Korean characters, or contains slang/abbreviations that don’t form coherent Korean words.
Everyone immediately gets it and it’s so funny lol
└Inho was cast because his face is perfect for a makeshift role~~ Please take down the post~~
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And so on.
Misunderstandings spread like wildfire.
Then, someone posted a live link.
[That’s live. Almond’s climbing S+ rank right now. Duoing with a B-rank Commander]
Regardless, treating it as a matter of interest, the nearly dormant veterans of Civil Empire quietly began flocking to Almond’s broadcast.
-I’ll check it out
You could be good at it too, right? hahahaha
-Let’s go
Of course, the actual number barely reached a thousand viewers.
But in terms of how much they talked, it was enough to make five thousand feel ashamed.
-First of all, what kind of guy is the Commander? He’s just rushing archer in Fast 2 era?
-Looks like they’re both trying it for the first time
-This is the National Team???
-They should go through the forest. It’s an archer fight…
Oh please, the forest ㅠㅠ
They were already offering unsolicited advice, finding the gameplay frustrating to watch.
-Why are you lining up like a disorganized mob? Are you trying to get picked off one by one?
-This is frustrating…
-If the Enemy Commander weren’t an idiot, we’d win
-Is this the National Team!? Is this the National Team!?
They hadn’t meant it that way, but naturally, the veteran players were beginning to show territorial hostility toward him.
I’m already sick of it lol
-It’s doomed~
-It’s a Fast game but they have Soldiers, it’s over

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Meanwhile, Almond finally succeeded in reaching the position designated by Coach Bontovi after running for quite some time.
‘It seems like there are more backseat drivers….’
He glanced at the chat window for a moment while walking, and upon arriving at the Enemy base, he surveyed it—but the Enemy already had several Soldiers waiting.
According to the original strategy, only our side should have Soldiers, but here we are.
〔Damn… W-What do we do!?〕
The Coach seemed quite flustered.
Before he could make a ridiculous decision with his mental state shaken, Almond stepped forward first.
“Let’s just go in.”
As he took the lead, the other Archers followed suit. As if it were nothing special.
No, seriously though lol
-Kill me now!
ㅋㅋㅋ (laughing)
Going in so brazenly, the Enemy soldiers naturally noticed immediately.
“Enemies!”
“This way!”
About three Soldiers approached us.
Three or so? I could kill them in an instant.
Besides, they’d be Spearmen, so it would be easy.
Thinking that, Almond drew his bowstring.
Creak….
Once they enter my range, I’ll shoot.
‘Huh?’
Then. The Enemy Soldiers stopped.
The Ally Soldiers stirred uneasily.
“What?”
“Usually there are only Spearmen even when there are any…?”
“Archers? This is insane.”
The Enemies were Archers too.
Even with Spearmen who have favorable matchups, the Fast 2 era Archer rush strategy works by going back and forth at the defense tower to block them.
But they prepared Archers too?
‘Wait. If it’s not the two o’clock timing, Archers shouldn’t be coming out.’
Almond had a mind too, so I paused to think for a moment.
Our Coach rushed madly into the two o’clock timing and pulled out Archers.
How could the Enemy have Archers too?
Unless they deliberately went all-in to recruit them….
‘Have I been completely read?’
Either way, the entire strategy had crumbled to dust.
Someone shouted from behind.
“Wait, more Enemies are coming!?”
He had climbed onto a rock to get a better view.
“Eight… nine? That’s ten now!”
He announced that there were a total of 10 Enemy Archers.
“Ten!?”
“Damn, we’re way behind.”
“Is this even winnable!? They already saw through our fast rush and prepared for it!”
Almond was thinking along the same lines as them.
‘…Hmm.’
To summarize: the Enemy Commander had already figured out Bontovi’s strategy through reconnaissance and prepared a defensive response accordingly.
It was hard to believe, but there it was.
lol
No, it’s a fast all-in rush, but we’re losing on the numbers lol
-This is insane
It was an all-in rush, yet we had fewer numbers than the opponent who didn’t go all-in.
‘No, wait. We actually have more numbers. They just haven’t all arrived yet.’
In fact, Almond’s team had more units overall. They simply hadn’t reached the battlefield yet.
It wasn’t because Bontovi was recruiting Archers slowly.
‘The problem is positioning.’
The issue was the distance between the two bases.
The Enemy base and our base were quite far apart. It was impossible to execute an early-game strategy.
Normally in such situations, you’d switch strategies.
But Bontovi had only learned one, so that was impossible.
As a result, when the Enemy had assembled 10 units, Almond’s side only had 5.
If we waited a bit longer, we’d have six. But that wouldn’t make much difference. They kept recruiting Archers after spotting us here too.
Despair crept across the faces of Almond’s Soldiers.
“Ah… this is finished.”
“L-let’s just fight anyway.”
They have double our numbers. And they’re Archers too… how is this supposed to work?”
“Those bastards keep advancing toward us since they gathered their numbers! What do we do!?”
The Enemy Archers hesitated at first, but once they realized they had superior numbers, they began advancing steadily.
Soon their effective ranges would overlap.
Meanwhile, my allies continued to retreat step by step.
‘This won’t do.’
I stopped them from fleeing and spoke.
“Honestly, it’s not even double? There’s only a one or two person difference.”
-???
-Huh?
-Hodu issue lol
It was a shameless lie.
Even by rough estimation, it was absolutely not a one or two person difference.
One of my ally soldiers lost his temper.
“Ten versus five isn’t double, then what──”
Instead of answering, I burst forward and released my bowstring.
──Twang!
The arrow that flew in an instant struck the enemy’s vital point, and he collapsed in a single shot.
Thud!
The enemy archers went from ten to nine in an instant.
“!?”
Both enemies and allies were stunned in shock.
‘From this distance…?’
I thought we hadn’t reached firing range yet.
But I’d shot with perfect accuracy.
However, it was too early to be surprised.
As always, I didn’t shoot just one arrow.
──Thwack!
The arrows that had already been fired struck home, and two more fell.
Three died in an instant, leaving the enemies at seven.
We were still at five.
“See? One or two person difference.”
In the end, my words were correct.
-That’s calculating one second ahead, though?
-Is this that early-bird arithmetic King Gul was talking about? lol
-3 seconds later: See? One or two person difference (we have more)
My allies suddenly let out a cheer.
“Waaaaaaaa!”
“We won! Let’s go in and shoot!”
Having witnessed the commander’s(?) skill, they already sensed victory.
-What a shift in momentum lol
-That’s some good instinct lol
-Haha lol
It wasn’t just my ally soldiers who suddenly changed their stance.
Posts like this appeared on the Embul Community as well.
[What is this guy? He’s killing three at a time???]

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