Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 442

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 2 Episode 162
57. A New Game (1)
After the broadcast ended.
Sanghyeon grabbed his throbbing head and stood up from his computer desk.
“Ugh… a hangover…”
It seemed he’d drunk quite a bit yesterday.
“Good work out there.”
Juhyeok gulped down an ion drink beside him as he spoke.
“You too. Good work.”
Sanghyeon was impressive for broadcasting while hungover, but Juhyeok had also continued reviewing the New Year’s plans script while drenched in his own hangover.
The script was really just about what information to convey, but even that made a huge difference in running the broadcast smoothly.
“Phew. Let’s just rest today.”
Since they only talked about the New Year’s plans before ending the broadcast, it didn’t even take two hours.
The broadcast ended while the winter sun hadn’t even set yet, which felt oddly refreshing.
Sanghyeon lay on the sofa, admiring the fading orange sun.
Meanwhile, Juhyeok stood up from his seat.
“Where are you going?”
“I’m going to do some shopping.”
“Ah…”
Sanghyeon thought he should probably go with him as a matter of courtesy, but his body was telling him otherwise, so he just stayed put.
It was actually the right call.
Thud.
Only after the iron door closed did Sanghyeon realize.
“Oh.”
Juhyeok was going out to check on Jia, who had drunk heavily yesterday.
“Tch.”
He thought being single really wasn’t great, and drifted off to sleep for a moment.
Zing.
Zing.
His phone, resting on the pillow beside sleeping Sanghyeon, rang.
[Miho: Wow, Almond oppa.]
[Miho: Did the algorithm really work out for you?]
As the world is these days.
Just because Almond’s broadcast had ended, just because Almond had fallen asleep, didn’t mean the world around him stopped moving.
Even while he slept, his videos continued working away.
For better or for worse.
[Balloon Gum: Wow]
[Balloon Gum: An awards ceremony like this?]
[Miho: That’s crazy, right? Hahahaha]
[Takoyaki: Oh mom, change my face for me!]
[Strawberry Shooter: National competition is trending lol]

* * *
In the AllTube world, there’s an expression like this.
‘Chosen by the algorithm gods.’
It’s a phrase that emerged because the algorithm’s selection is so crucial for videos to gain traction on AllTube.
Commonly called, the algorithm.
Originally, it was a system designed for viewers’ convenience—analyzing their preferences through algorithms to recommend curated videos.
But somewhere along the way, as AllTubers began exploiting this algorithm, it transformed into something different from its original intent. It became a target to conquer or a rule to follow.
Yet the algorithm still recommended appropriate videos.
And people often played recommended videos simply by following the algorithm’s flow.
Meanwhile, the algorithm that Almond rode was the hottest keyword of the season: ‘awards ceremony.’
As a result….
[Hey. Sang-hyun Yu. Did you seduce me first?]
#Real-time Trending Video Rank 3
#Entertainment Category
A game streamer—not even a celebrity—had landed in the 3rd position video within the entertainment category.
It’s less strange than achieving 1st in politics and society.
But if it’s strange, it’s definitely a strange phenomenon.
-Black and white, suit, handsome… instant knockout
-Title lol
-The quality that fits seamlessly even in the entertainment category
Haha oh wow I just realized ㅋㅋㅋ oh my god ㅋㅋㅋ I’m dying ㅠㅠ
└222 Wait, it was the entertainment category??
-Hey. Seojia. Did you just conquer the entertainment category too?
└This wasn’t uploaded by Seojia.
The issue wasn’t simply that she appeared in the entertainment category, but that this video wasn’t made by Seojia—it was made by someone else.
That’s what makes this phenomenon special.
Realistically, would anyone get drunk in full makeup, a dress, and heels yesterday and then come home at 3 AM in the morning to upload a video?
Haha right, that person was at the awards ceremony with them too haha
This video wasn’t made by Jia—it was edited together by some other fan.
You could call it extremely beneficial reproduction.
Videos made by fans also generate revenue for Almond.
And videos like this began multiplying.
[Almond Chiki-cha 1 Hour Infinite Loop]
[Made a Song with Chiki-cha Mosol’s Chiki-cha is Different]
[Almond Suit Fits Excluding Awards Ceremony Compilation]
He rode the awards ceremony algorithm, and coincidentally, he was one of the people who gave the most acceptance speeches that day. So there was plenty of video material.
Especially when something like this becomes established as a meme or trend, people with video-making skills think, ‘Should I give it a try?’ and jump in.
Even if they had no particular interest in Almond.
In other words, making Almond videos could become a trend.
-No seriously, the recommended feed is just Almond spam lol
-Why is there so much of it coming out lol
Our kid is doing well, but it’s tough ㅠㅠㅠ
So videos would inevitably be created more and more.
In truth, this was difficult to attribute to the efforts of Almond, Jia, or Juhyeok.
Literally, I had become a human ‘chosen’ by the algorithm.
Of course, this trend wouldn’t last even a week, let alone a month. The algorithm’s selection couldn’t change an OlTuber’s life.
However, opportunity’s magnitude differs for those who are prepared.
In Almond’s case, it didn’t end within OlTube….
-What exactly is the National Tournament? Just got into Almond today
-lololol the whole thing’s just broadcast promotion
-What’s with the sneaky capsule promotion in the middle lol
-Hey. Don’t give Almond ads.
└What’s that.
└Don’t give ads, I said.
└How do you even do that.
└lololololol
└For real how do you not give them lol the efficiency is insane lololol
Almond, who had been consistently sowing seeds regarding advertisements.
Now his harvest was beginning to sprout.
6th) Partishe Conflict
7th) National Tournament
8th) Best Supporting Actress
9th) New Year’s Diet
Among quite competitive search terms, the keyword “National Tournament” was included.
And if you scrolled down a bit more, there was even this search term.
15th) Almond Capsule

* * *
The day after I announced my New Year’s plans while still reeking of alcohol.
“Uuuugh.”
I stretched grandly and pulled myself up from bed.
“Phew. I have no idea what I did yesterday.”
The hangover had me stumbling through the entire day in a daze.
It felt like I’d slept for about 12 hours.
Fortunately, I was feeling quite good today.
‘Let’s see…’
I habitually turned on my phone.
Normally I would’ve scrolled through community posts, but things were different now.
[Tseugae]
I headed to Triby’s streamer bulletin board.
There was something I needed to check today—the game voting results.
But my eyes widened in confusion.
“?”
A moment later, I muttered in disbelief.
“This is really in first place…?”
It was an incomprehensible result.

* * *
That day. 4 PM.
About an hour later than usual.
Almond’s broadcast went live.
[New Year! New Game!]
-Ooooh
-CEO’s here!
-Why are you streaming so consistently lately!?
-Finally doing it? Kingdom!!!
-King~ you can’t beat me~ dummy! (seriously can’t beat me)
The viewers’ reactions calling out for Kingdom.
That’s right.
In the game voting poll posted on the board, Kingdom Age had surprisingly taken first place.
“Yo!”
Almond greeted the chat.
This time, he was inside a capsule rather than sitting at his computer.
-Oh wow, he’s really doing it
-Haha
-Aha!
gg gg
-Rosenitta, I’m going!
The viewers watching Almond enter the capsule grew excited at the thought that he was truly restarting Kingdom.
“This year is different. 2036 Almond. I have something to do before starting the game.”
-Hahaha
-What is it
-Oh haha that’s right
-Tseugae
“Let me head to Tseugae first.”
As Almond had mentioned in his New Year’s plans, he didn’t jump straight into the game.
Instead, he headed to Tseugae, where he could communicate indirectly with the viewers.
He would read posts with them, laugh, and chat.
-Oh wow amazing
-He keeps his word!
-Ohhh
-Ah please read mine
Almond focused mainly on posts that had received the most recommendations.
“Let me check the number one post.”
He entered the post with the highest recommendation count.
“‘Almond’s Award Acceptance Speech Legend~’ is the title. It was quite legendary.”
Almond chuckled and entered without knowing what the post was about.
But his expression quickly hardened.
-Hahahahahaha
-Lolololol
-Lol he got serious immediately
The post contained this:
[Go Korean Couples~!]
A gif of Almond shouting this was included, with an arrow pointing to it labeled “Not a couple.”
-The arrow is the killer lol
-That’s hilarious lol not a couple lol
-Why did you cheer lol
-Go~! (not him)
-Cheerleader lol
-Ah lol a baseball cheerleader doesn’t actually play baseball lol
Almond touched his nose awkwardly and moved to the next post.
“Next is….”
The next post wasn’t about Almond.
“‘Current trending searches for Otherworldly-class Jabers…’ it says.”
1st) Partishe Complete Form
2nd) Entertainment Awards
3rd) International Tournament
4th) Muffin Bin
5th) Fox Leading Actress
.
.
.
10th) Almond Capsule
11th) Civil Empire
“Oh.”
Almond’s expression brightened noticeably.
-That’s the look he gets when ads perform well lol
-He’s grinning ear to ear lol
-He’s way too happy about this lol
“This isn’t edited, right?”
-The first one wasn’t edited either?
-It’s not lol
-Confirmed
Having been fooled by viewers several times before, he logged into Jeber to verify the actual search rankings. The image wasn’t fabricated—it was real.
“Oh. It’s real.”
-Oh it’s real wow
-Wow
-Wow
Almond bowed his head respectfully.
“Thank you all for the search rankings.”
He then opened the next highly recommended post.
[Why Blink Sword Story Mode 3-Star Clear Has Become Harder]
3-star clears were never easy to begin with, but I was curious why this post had so many recommendations, so I checked it out.
“Because the boss keeps growing stronger based on player data… the difficulty has skyrocketed dramatically since Jeon-ja-pa…
The conclusion was that Jeon-ja-pa was the cause.
“It’s because of Jeon-ja-pa, isn’t it?”
-Yeah
-That’s the theory
-Right
Jeon-ja-pa is the world’s best player with the Blink Sword.
Since the boss obtained data from such a player, the difficulty increase was inevitable.
Just then, a donation came in.
[Nou donated 10,000 won.]
[Wait, isn’t that basically Ril AlphaGo? With pro data + Jeon-ja-pa’s data combined]
Come to think of it, that boss must have data from all sorts of pros besides Jeon-ja-pa. Isn’t that basically the same as Ril AlphaGo?
“Nou, thank you for the 10,000 won. You’re right.”
-Lol that’s true
If you’re upset, become a real-life doll lol
-How the hell is this possible???
What the heck is that lol
Asking me to beat that was like telling Almond to become Ril Sedol.
No matter how strong my VNS stats were.
Becoming Ril Sedol was a different matter entirely.
Then another donation came in.
[Kim Tru donated 10,000 won.]
[That’s not accurate information. Just speculation.]
I had a feeling.
I did think the content in the post was a bit exaggerated.
-Kim Tru!?
-Is he real?
-Does Kim Tru get involved in esports too?
You’re probably serious, haha.
“Ah, I see. Thank you for the 10,000 won, Kim Tru. So that was just speculation then….”
With that, the flash sword discussion was wrapped up for now.
“Let me read the next one.”
I went on to read a few more humorous posts, clicking randomly not just on the most recommended ones but also on posts with few views.
This was a method I learned from Balloon Gum’s broadcast.
Apparently, doing this significantly reduces unnecessary attention-grabbing caused by recommendation counts.
“And now, the grand finale.”
The last post I read was the ‘New Year’s Game Vote’.
I cannot translate this as it does not represent meaningful Korean text. The characters “ㄷㄱㄷㄱㄷ” are only consonants without vowels, making them unpronounceable and without semantic meaning in Korean.
-Something big’s coming
-Oh shit
1st) Kingdom Age – Rosenitta Route
2nd) Ril Survival Battle and Flash Sword Story Mode
3rd) Jet Pumped
“….”
Faced with the same results yet again, I fell silent for a moment.
Hahaha silence hahaha
What’s with that expression lol
-King! Dum! King! Dum!
-King~ you can’t beat me! ~Dum (really can’t beat it)
-Wow is this really happening!?
Hahaha / Kekeke
Hahaha / Kekeke
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.
.
The chat began flooding with “Kingdom.”
Messages scrolled up frantically under the pressure.
“I understand your opinions. Well then, shall we start the game?”
Almond said this and launched the game.
-???
-?
-?????
-…?
But instead of cheers, the chat was flooded with countless question marks.
That’s because the game that was running wasn’t Kingdom Age.
[Life is Legend]
[Launching….]
-Yo, you crazy bastard
-Why’d you even vote then lolol
-Is this Ril’s hidden ad? Huh? Just say so!
-Ah, so “I understand your opinion” was the real meaning lololol
-Literally I know your opinion…
-Ah, he never said he’d play the #1 game lol
-Almond! What a tyrannical bastard!

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