Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 524

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 2 Episode 244
83. Winner Interview (2)
“What the—the stream crashed!?”
After Almond’s broadcast went down.
“No, this won’t work. What do I do?”
Juhyeok fumbled with his phone, sweat dripping down his face, but it was completely unresponsive.
“It’s dead.”
He needed to find another device to reconnect with.
After explaining the situation to Bontovi, he scattered off to search around.
Since this was G-Star, the mecca of gaming and streaming, he figured he could find something anywhere.
“Sigh. This is when the donations would pour in. Really….”
It wasn’t as easy as he’d thought.
“Of all times….”
It wasn’t “of all times”—it was precisely because of this moment that the broadcast crashed.
A complete newcomer had just solved a long-standing wish of the players. How could the stream not go down?
The real mistake was not preparing separate outdoor broadcasting equipment from the start.
“Manager! It w-works!”
Bontovi came running with a phone pressed to his ear, gesturing frantically.
“Really? Where?”
“Yes! CivEM! The CivEM booth!”
The two of them rushed to the CivEM Fire booth.
It felt quite deserted compared to other game booths. Cookie and his colleagues were sitting there having a conversation.
Hearing their footsteps, Cookie stood up from his seat.
“Ah, you’ve arrived.”
He must have already heard the situation from Bontovi, as he pulled out a pad and offered it.
“Our booth had this spare.”
“Ah, thank you so much.”
Using this as a mobile device for now would restore the broadcast.
It was far more powerful hardware than a phone, after all.
“Our phone completely died… I’m really grateful.”
“Ah, yes. It was probably more load than the phone could handle. Plus, it was connected to the camera as well….”
“Haha. Yeah… I didn’t expect this many viewers.”
Fifty thousand people watching the live stream, tens of thousands chatting simultaneously.
The effect was as if over a hundred thousand people were watching the broadcast.
There was no way that small phone could handle it.
“Sit here and stream from this spot.”
Cookie offered one side of the table they were using.
On the table were chess-like pieces and large sheets of paper with maps printed on them.
‘Were they in the middle of a national competition strategy meeting?’
It seemed like since the booth didn’t get many visitors, they were using this time for strategy meetings instead.
I feel a bitter taste in my mouth.
Chiseung Kim, standing beside me, must have noticed my gaze and responded.
“Oh. We’re not having an international competition meeting right now!”
Chiseung explained as if telling me not to pity us.
“Ah… yes? Is that so?”
“We’ve prepared a challenge too. Starting this evening.”
“A challenge? That sounds like quite a large scale?”
Civil M is a game that requires a whopping 200 people to do properly.
Running it as a challenge would be quite a large scale.
“No. The scale isn’t that big! We’ve prepared a commander-versus-commander match with a bit of that back-to-the-90s vibe. One-on-one.”
“Ah, so only commanders participate. Like a StarLeague feel?”
“Exactly!”
Chiseung nodded vigorously.
“The soldiers are just recruited online from around the world, and only the commanders face off with keyboard and mouse. The prize for first place is 2 million won!”
“Oh, that’s quite substantial?”
2 million won is a considerable amount for an amateur event league, not even a professional league.
“Plus 100 chickens and 100 pizzas are included!”
While we reduced the scale of people, we increased the prize scale.
“No. That’s too much?”
“We received a lot of investment this time.”
An excited Chiseung added his explanation.
“As you know, this game does quite well in other countries, right? So there’s a lot of money, but it seemed awkward to invest in the Korean market. But this time we benefited from the ‘Almond Effect.'”
After Almond’s participation, the AllView video gained popularity and apparently generated quite a bit of traffic.
Once the headquarters started seeing reactions from the Korean market, they seemed to be getting ideas about investing.
“Wow, that’s great?”
I thought to myself that advertising opportunities had really improved.
“It’s all thanks to Almond. Come visit us sometime.”
Then…
“Oh. Manager. It’s on!”
Bontovi shouted while pointing at the pad.
Almond’s broadcast had reconnected to the server.
“Oh. Finally.”
As soon as it turned on, people began flooding in.
-CEO open the door!
-Knock knock knock! I’m a viewer! There’s someone here!
-Oh? It’s open
-dddd Otherworld Entry
An interview scene with Almond immediately appeared on the screen.
More precisely, it wasn’t Almond’s face that appeared, but the face of the person interviewing Almond. It was from Almond’s goggle perspective.
“Should we go now?”
“No, no. Just let me watch this one thing before we go.”
Juhyeok said there was no need to rush over there anyway, so he decided to stay and watch the interview here.
The reporter was asking Almond a question.
[How are you planning to adjust the balance?]
It was a natural question since the challenge champion received one balance patch voting right, and honestly, it was fair to say this entire event happened for that authority.
So it was a very important question, but.
[….]
The problem was that Almond actually knew nothing about this game.
[Ah. Since you’re playing this game for the first time today, you must be a bit flustered, right?]
The reporter grasped the situation and corrected herself.
Hahaha I still can’t believe it, for real.
Does that even make sense? But like??lol
-???: I’ve ended up patching a game I played for the first time today?
-…Recommend me a light novel with that premise~
[Perhaps, even though it’s only been one day, while playing today’s game, did you notice anything that seemed to need a nerf or a buff… anything like that?]
The reporter rephrased the question more specifically. Though it was essentially the same thing.
[Um….]
[Something that seemed stronger than expected?]
Reporter, you’ve already made up your mind lol
Please, the Mecha series ㅠㅠㅠ
-Please Mecha Leg please Mecha Leg
-Don’t tell me you’re talking about Nut Fans?
Soon after, Almond answered.
[Um. Baseball?]
With those words, a moment of silence spread through the venue.
-???
-?
-Baseball?
-Insane we’ve been doing all this for a baseball nerf…
Lmaooo / hahahaha (mocking laugh)
I knew it would be like this, nut shake lol
All the spectators murmured in low voices, and the atmosphere became awkward.
[Ah… Um, Almond? Are you saying the baseball was too strong? That it… needs a nerf?!]
The reporter asked urgently.
Almond, slowly grasping the situation, added this.
[Ah. Actually, I don’t know the game, right? Regarding the balance patch voting right, I’ll listen to the viewers’ opinions later.]
Hearing this, Juhyeok couldn’t help but clap his hands.
Nice!
-Time to cash in, Imaria
Hahahahaha lol
-You won’t be taking opinions via text message, right? Hahahaha
-???: Huh? A thousand-won donation? I can’t hear you well? Hahahaha!
-Translation) If you don’t pay up, I’m nerfing the baseball ball and calling it done
-This guy knows how to make money lol
The reporter nodded and wrapped up the interview.
[Ah~ I understand, Almond! Before you exercise your balance patch voting rights, please discuss it carefully! Congratulations once again on your victory! We’ll now catch up with Iseok Kim for an interview….]
Click.
Juhyeok, who had been watching the broadcast for a moment, stood up from his seat.
“The connection works great. I’ll be heading out now. I’ll return the controller by today.”
The Civil Empire team saw Juhyeok off.
“Ah, yes. Please visit again. You can keep the controller.”
“No way. I should return it. See you later!”

* * *
After Almond’s winner interview.
The JetPumped booth was quite chaotic.
“What’s with the baseball ball comment? Insane.”
“Wow. My heart almost dropped.”
“Don’t tell me he’s actually nerfing the baseball ball and calling it done?”
This boisterous atmosphere showed no signs of settling down.
“Hello! Iseok Kim!?”
Now the loser Iseok Kim’s interview was beginning.
“…Yes.”
“You lost today’s match. How are you feeling?”
“…Sigh.”
He didn’t look particularly happy, but all the watching players were grinning.
The reporter deliberately continued probing like scratching an itch.
“You went 0 for 1 in your appearance today. You recorded a 0% win rate. That’s worse than your colleague Wonmu Heo’s record, isn’t it? How are you feeling?”
Wahahahaha!
Mocking laughter erupted from the crowd.
-Lmaooo
-Heo-under-Kim lol
-???: You’re just bad at this~!
-Lolol
-Just ‘zero’ percent lol
-Not cola or anything lol win rate is zero lol
“Sigh… um.”
Iseok Kim finally opened his mouth and answered simply.
“Well, I’m not happy about it.”
We’re doing great~!
A mischievous player shouted loudly.
-LMAO this is insane
-Right lol we’re loving this
-One-sided deal showcase lol
“Ah, do you have any words for Almond? After all, he is the challenge champion.”
The reporter quickly threw out a question to move past the situation.
“Well, I hope you all enjoy the chicken, Jets, and pumping rights I’m generously distributing. Please keep buying.”
-Saying it like “just eat this” lol
I’m so jealous of Almond’s viewers ㅠㅠ
-I want some too, that Bibi Kun chicken…
“Yes~ Iseok Kim. That’s great. How do you plan to adjust the patch direction going forward?”
“Baseball nerf.”
With those words, I turned and left abruptly.
“That’s all then.”
Boooooo!
Tremendous jeers sent me off.
-???
-Everything leads to baseball nerf lol
-I’d like to remove those two baseballs lodged on either side of his nose ^^
-Is the baseball thing real?
-The small baseball Almond shot lol
The reporter quickly moved on to closing remarks.
“Yes~! Everyone! That was such a fun and thrilling match that kept us on the edge of our seats! We’ll be back with even more spectacular and exciting challenges for you!”
Bye~!
With somewhat childish and exaggerated gestures, she waved goodbye, and the reporter’s screen went dark.

* * *
Juhyeok and Sanghyeon met across from the Jet Pumped booth.
Sanghyeon spotted Juhyeok and waved his hand, calling out that he was here.
Though truthfully, there was no need.
The largest crowd in the entire venue was gathered exactly where Sanghyeon stood.
“Big bro! Just one photo with me, please!”
“Just one drink with me!”
“You’re not really nerfing the baseball, right!? Right!?”
-Free donations only
-If you’re gonna shout, donate first!
Haha, you’ve gotten really popular.
-Wow… damn, I’m jealous… Almond’s life…
Juhyeok had to push through the massive crowd just to reach Sanghyeon.
“Phew. The crowd really got huge.”
“Where were you? By the way, it looks like I’m streaming again?”
“Whose doing do you think that is?”
Juhyeok waved a large pad around as he spoke.
“I borrowed this and reopened the stream.”
“Ah….”
Juhyeok caught his breath, adjusted his glasses, and asked.
“But do you have the stamina for another challenge?”
Truth be told, it would be a shame to end the challenge here.
There was still plenty of time left at G-Star, and most viewers hadn’t received gifts yet, so it would be great if we could give out more.
Of course, this was only possible if Almond’s body could handle it.
“Ah. Yeah. I’m still good. I rested at the arcade in the middle, so that helped. Let’s do another challenge.”
Cheers erupted from the chat.
-Ooooooo
-Nice
Please, this time let me too ㅠㅠ
-Wow wow wow!!!
-Today’s stream is so generous
“What sounds good to you?”
“Ah, um… I think a shorter one would be nice….”
Hm?
Almond noticed a notification.
[! Unconfirmed Donation Notifications]
It was a notification that donations had accumulated.
‘Ah. The stream must have been off, that’s why.’
Sometimes when donations came in too rapidly, there was a feature that delayed the notifications.
It seemed this feature had activated when the stream went down.
“Juhyeok. I’m swamped with donations right now. Let me handle this first.”
“Ah. Okay. Sure, go ahead. I’ll step back then.”
Juhyeok moved to stand beside Bontovi, and Sanghyeon explained the situation to the viewers.
“Ah, everyone. I’ve got a backlog of donations to process, so once I clear through them all, I’ll distribute some chicken and raffle tickets, then we’ll pick the next challenge.”
-lol
Settlement time lol
-Yay
Mutual settlement lol
-Let’s go~!
Sanghyeon re-enabled the donation alerts he’d paused earlier.
[!Unconfirmed Donation Alerts]
[157 total]
Only then did he see the number of donations.
‘157?’
Ding!
Ding!
Boom boom boom!
In that instant, the accumulated donations flooded in like a wave.
The reward for defeating the notorious Iseok Kim in a game he was attempting for the first time today was far greater than expected.

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