Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 460

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 2 Episode 180
63. Solomon-Style Broadcasting (2)
While the scrim was underway.
As the Story Mode ended, reactions related to Almond’s Tseugae began flooding in.
Kill Swift lol
[Plot twist chills]
[Swift really was a bastard after all]
Mr. Roo Jung-hyuk ㅠㅠ I only realized it was spring after you left ㅠㅠ
[What do we do if it cuts off here]
The Tseugae that had been opened since the year-end awards ceremony was still quite active.
Almond toast is good because it has no spots lol
[If you go to Ril Pro you get spoiled on everything be careful]
Why can’t I see Civil M ㅠㅠ
The biggest reason people flocked to Tseugae was because of Story Mode spoilers.
There were quite a few users on Ril Pro who had already cleared the Rubisword Story Mode, so the risk of spoilers was high.
Even without intentional effort, it happened naturally most of the time.
Because of the situation, everyone had gathered at Almond’s official streamer bulletin board.
This was because Juhyeok had posted a clear notice there.
[Notice! Game spoilers will result in a 30-day ban from using this board.]
-Now, let’s begin praising the moderators.
-This is Hodu’s class
I really appreciate it, I should make some noise here.
Lol the influx of people who were dying from spoilers are coming back like dogs
-Almond’s viewers have a lot of newbies anyway
└Basically everyone’s just here to see Sang-hyun Yu’s face
ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ (laughing/lol)
Like almost every game broadcast, most of Almond’s viewers weren’t deep players of the game. Spoilers were fatal to them, so this measure was absolutely necessary.
“Sigh.”
Juhyeok exhaled deeply and leaned back against his chair.
“I made it sound so grand, but…”
He wiped his forehead while looking at the posts coming up on the board.
“Can I really block all spoilers by myself?”
While he had issued a warning in the notice, it was actually impossible for Juhyeok alone to monitor every single post coming up here.
There was a spoiler filter program provided by Trivia, but it worked well for chat and donations where people rarely wrote more than two sentences.
However, on bulletin boards where people mainly wrote longer posts, there were often plenty of gaps.
Juhyeok had a headache.
‘Can’t I do this alone soon?’
This was why he had been delaying opening Tseugae.
Opening Tseugae essentially meant taking on the additional work of managing another community.
That wasn’t all.
As Almond’s offline activities increased, so did the workload.
[Ilril’s God PD: We’ve got a schedule set. It’s Thursday, three days from now.]
[Juhwa Imma Manager: Let’s have a preliminary meeting next week.]
[G-Star Publicity Manager: When would a virtual meeting be possible for you?]
And so on.
As I’d already announced to viewers, starting from the new year, I planned to increase joint broadcasts and outdoor streaming schedules.
Continuing like this meant Juhyeok was essentially becoming more of a celebrity manager than a streamer manager. In other words, chat management and community moderation would inevitably fall by the wayside.
“I need to get through this editing work quickly.”
It was like adding insult to injury.
He was temporarily helping with Jia’s editing work as well.
This assistance had started when Yeon-ju Heo couldn’t handle the workload and left.
We still hadn’t found an assistant editor.
[Jia: Juhyeok. Any reactions from Rubisword?]
[Juhyeok: Oh. Yeah, I’ve got some captures of it.]
Gia: Thank you so much ㅠㅠㅠ
“Ugh….”
Thud.
Juhyeok collapsed onto the sofa.
“Even if I leave chat and community management to the fans for now… I really need to find an editor soon.”
Chat management and community moderation were often handled by fans who loved wearing moderator badges, essentially doing free volunteer work.
It wasn’t work that required hiring someone.
So the personnel we actually needed to hire immediately was….
“An assistant editor. I need to find one.”
An assistant editor.
The workload wasn’t just affecting Juhyeok.
Almond’s YouTube channel had grown too large for Jia to handle alone anymore. Subscriber count was in the 700,000s, and average view counts were hitting 1 to 1.2 million.
The fact that view counts exceeded subscriber numbers was proof of explosive growth even now.
In short, the tide was in.
Knowing this, Jia was working herself to death making videos.
But clearly, there were limits to working alone.
No matter how favorable the conditions, how could you make real progress with only one oar?
‘It would’ve been best if Yeon-ju Heo had continued helping, but there’s nothing to be done.’
When Yeon-ju Heo was helping, one upload per day was the baseline, and sometimes three videos would upload at once.
That’s probably why she quit so quickly.
I thought she was paid fairly.
She must have been someone who valued work-life balance more than pay.
‘Let me find someone quickly.’
Given the situation, I couldn’t wait for Jia to find someone on her own anymore.
Juhyeok decided to actively search for an assistant editor during this gap in Almond’s schedule from private scrims.
However, he didn’t post a recruitment notice.
I’d heard this kind of talk far too many times from other streamers at award ceremonies.
「When celebrities post announcements like that, there are way too many fake applicants. People just applying out of fandom, or thugs trying to stir up drama for attention. Or ones just trying to mess with you….」
Announcements had a pretty high probability of being a waste of time.
In the end, I had to do the legwork myself to find what I needed.
Tap tap tap.
[Search: Almond]
Searching for Almond brings up a flood of fan-made videos.
Originally, almond cooking recipes used to rank at the top, but now Streamer Almond appears first.
“Heh.”
Feeling a subtle sense of satisfaction, I sorted by view count.
Excluding the official videos made by Jia…..
[Almond’s Rubisword Story Mode Legend Update?]
[Jeon-ja-pa vs Almond Showdown!?]
[Analysis of Almond’s Rubisword Gameplay!]
“…Hmm.”
I stroked my chin thoughtfully.
These weren’t really fan-made videos—they were what people typically called reaction videos or game walkthrough content.
‘There’s no way people like this would come in as assistant editors.’
That wasn’t what I was looking for.
I needed videos that fans made out of genuine love, ones that had actually gained popularity.
Then.
One video caught my eye.
[The City’s Most Beautiful Goddess Somehow Fell for a Non-Human Nut Fan!?]
A mass-produced light novel style title.
It could definitely divide opinions.
“Wow. Great view count.”
The view count spoke to this video’s success.
1.4 million views wasn’t something that came easily.
“Civil Empire content, huh? That’s good.”
It was a Civil Empire video I hadn’t seen in a while.
I liked this too.
Since we’d be running the international tournament soon, Civil Empire videos would continue to be needed, wouldn’t they?
“Is this one with Jesse in it?”
Based on the title, it seemed like it would feature Jesse.
I could tell from the comments right away, but I decided to play the video immediately to watch it with a pure viewer’s perspective.
Instead, I opened the live comments from when this video was first released on the side.
A hopeful melody with electric guitar accompaniment.
An anime OST-style song plays.
And a visually striking Japanese summer landscape… or so it appears, but it’s actually a prairie in Civil Empire.
I cannot provide a translation for this text as it does not appear to be valid Korean language content. The characters shown (ㄷㄱㄷㄱㄷㄱ) are Korean consonants repeated without vowels or meaningful structure, making it impossible to translate into English.
What kind of drug-induced video is this again lol
What the heck is this lol
Chat messages from those who caught the premiere floated on one side of the screen.
A man and woman walked together across a verdant meadow.
「What if we hadn’t met on a battlefield?」
In a moment of carelessness, such an embarrassingly cheesy line flashed past.
-???
-?
What are you talking about? Haha
Damn, haha
Then, as the background music’s volume swelled, a scene of Almond and Jesse fighting together appeared.
The action unfolding through a 360-degree rotating camera looked genuinely convincing.
Here too, they didn’t forget to insert embarrassingly cheesy text.
「When this battle ends, will I finally know your name?」
「My name is…」
「My name is!」
ㅋㅋㅋㅋ (lol/haha)
-???: Aamond!
It’s almonds… your name lol
During the battle, they reminisced about the moment they first met.
When Almond asked Jesse, who kept following him.
[…Why did you follow me?]
[Just because you looked cute]
Jesse’s face zoomed in close.
Suddenly, a different face burst onto the screen and shouted.
[Naniiiiii!?]
It was Whiskey’s face.
The one famously known as Nanija had been inserted in the middle.
Nah lol did the editor go crazy lol I’m dying lol
I can’t laugh that hard lol
-That scared me damn
lol that’s so funny
The screen returned to the present battle.
Clang!
Clang!
Sparks flew as they exchanged fierce sword strikes.
But the tide of battle gradually turned against them.
Jesse resolved to make a sacrifice.
[Even if I die, I’ll come back. Just stay alive until then!]
Against the blue meadow and summer sunlight, Jesse’s final(?) retreating figure was captured.
-Nah lol, it’s just about coming back to life, but they made it look like she transcended death itself lololol
-Why is this so touching lol
Oh my god, I’m crying.
-This is literally like an anime lololol
-What’s Jesse’s line, my heart can’t take this
Jesse charged toward the enemies.
Clang! Clang!
After exchanging blows several times.
She was surrounded by enemies and met her death.
Jesse eventually became a ghost.
Almond was left alone on the battlefield.
He engaged in a final duel with the Knight.
Clang! Clang!
Almond gradually lost ground against his swordsmanship.
Soon he was cornered, his neck about to be cut.
Then the screen shifted.
Thud-thud! Thud-thud!
Hoofbeats racing across the grassland appeared.
A fluttering green banner. Crimson hair.
It was Jesse.
「My savior who came to ruin my life」
She rushed in and cut down the Knight in one stroke, saving Almond.
-That text is crazy lololol
-Aamond lololol
-How many takes did they combine lololol
Almond quickly climbed onto Jesse’s back.
Jesse handed him something.
[Here. A gift. A bouquet of flowers.]
Not a bouquet of flowers, but a bundle of arrows.
[What?]
[A confession.]
The line where he said “It’s not a confession” was maliciously cut off.
-Wait, wasn’t the original line “It’s not a confession”???lol
-Evil editing lololol
-Lololol
Almond’s shocked expression appeared, and the camera panned up to the blue sky.
Music continued to play against the blue sky backdrop. And this text appeared.
「This Summer’s Greatest Youth Romance」
「Civil Wars」
「Grand Opening in January!」
It was fair to say I’d just watched an anime trailer.
-It releases in January but this summer lolol
-lmao
-wow lolol so dizzy
“Wow. What is this?”
Juhyeok marveled in several ways and went to check the comments on the video.
I could see a pinned comment from the video creator.
I thought it would be one of those self-introductory comments.
-wackjassey: They made an anime for this? rofl
(They actually made an anime out of this lolol)
It was a comment Jesse had actually posted.
└It’s real wtf
└For real???
└If you check the channel there’s her vlog and it’s real???
└lolol
└Insane
└It’s real upload it
Juhyeok went into Jesse’s channel and verified it was her.
“Wow. It’s legit. Huh.”
Jesse seemed to be someone who casually uploaded vlogs and such on AllTube. Her videos got decent views, but she wasn’t hugely popular.
“Still, this person would work, right?”
Jesse’s comment aside, the video itself had an incredibly positive response in the comments.
-Watched a whole anime episode lol~
-lololol a video that hits different
-Wait this wasn’t the official channel??? Why’s the quality like this lolol
-Wow I seriously thought it was an anime trailer lolol
-So when does the dog’s name release anyway!
Juhyeok began composing an email to send to the video creator.
[Hello. I’m Juhyeok Kim, manager of Streamer Almond…]
While he finished the email.
Almond’s private scrim had ended.

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Hisssss.
I stepped out of the capsule as it quietly opened.
I pulled open the refrigerator and immediately chugged an ion drink.
“Phew.”
After properly gaming for the first time in a while, even the new capsule felt hot.
“Oh. You done?”
Juhyeok asked, sensing my presence.
“Yeah.”
I nodded.
“Did you win?”
Gulp. Gulp.
I drained more of the ion drink before answering.

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