Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 568

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 3 Episode 38
14. G-Star Grand Finale (3)
Could I be mistaken?
There was a reason for this suspicion.
It stemmed from a single piece of information I’d learned as the rankings were announced from 10th place onward.
‘The game count was already behind, so something felt off.’
Specifically, the number of attempts by the other Challengers.
Every Player revealed so far had played between a maximum of 30 games and a minimum of around 12 games.
But what about Sanghyeon?
‘Ninja Mode, Jetpumped, Zombie School, Runguys, Hitman… five games.’
If I counted the arcade games too, the story would be different, but realistically speaking, I’d only played five games.
The only difference was that I’d won all five of them, or at least earned points equivalent to winning.
At first, even I couldn’t help but feel anxious.
Had I been too careless? Such thoughts crossed my mind.
Back when I didn’t know about the Challenge Point prize money, I’d set the game time very loosely.
If I’d known beforehand, I would have tried much harder.
‘Hm?’
But now, with 2nd place finally announced.
“2nd place! They surpass 2,600 points with a gap of over 500 points, securing 2nd place!”
2,600 points.
Considering 3rd place had 2,001 points, that was a significant difference.
Indeed, the chat was mostly filled with surprised reactions.
-Wow
-And there’s this much of a gap here too?
-Who is this? Who exactly?
-And they’re in 2nd place like that?
It wasn’t just the chat.
Murmur, murmur.
The sound of the audience’s surprised chatter echoed loudly through the venue.
“Wow…”
“That’s insane. Totally insane.”
“Wait, that’s 2nd place?”
“Guess they barely made 2nd place.”
Everyone said the 2nd place score was too high, totally insane, so as Sanghyeon, I felt a strange disconnect.
‘Huh…’
Well, the number written on my goggles was higher than that.
Not just higher—significantly higher.
To the point where even I, who usually had no worries, was entertaining this ridiculous concern.
‘Could something be wrong?’
I even entertained the absurd thought that there’d been an error in the numbers, they were displayed incorrectly, and I actually didn’t even make the top 10.
After all, such things do happen at one-off events like this.
Well, regardless, I’ll find out the truth soon enough anyway.

* * *
“Come on up! 2nd Place! Participant Number 19!”
Ooooooh!
The Challenger appeared amid the crowd’s cheers.
When his information was revealed, the cheers continued before giving way to confusion.
“Ooooh…?”
“Oh….”
“Whoa.”
It was cheering, but.
Something felt off about the reaction.
“He’s a former pro gamer and Streamer! It’s Danmuji!”
The audience was startled because someone who finished 2nd far too often had placed 2nd again.
Is he second place again??ㅋㅋ
A king indifferent to worldly affairs lol
At this point, it’s on purpose lol
Why would I come in second place here too? ㅋㅋㅋ
Even these small competitions, haha
The funny part was that this tournament(?) wasn’t particularly impressive—it was just G-Star entertainment.
Yet he’d coincidentally managed to place 2nd even here.
“Ah… So I’m 2nd place?”
Danmuji looked embarrassed, as if he hadn’t expected this.
“Ah. Were you aiming for 1st place?”
“Oh, no. It’s not like that. I just challenged for fun without thinking much about it.”
It seemed he’d approached the challenge purely for entertainment. Yet he still placed 2nd. That was certainly a noteworthy achievement, but….
“But after seeing the 3rd place score, I was sure I was 1st.”
After the 3rd place score was announced, he’d been so confident he was 1st that some of his excitement seemed to deflate.
Haha, that makes sense.
It’s a 500-point difference, so fuck it lol
-So what’s the 1st place score anyway?
“I see? Looking at the score alone, it seems like 1st place. I’m disappointed too.”
“No, no. 2nd place is fun. Now I’m actually worried that if I’d gotten 1st after seeing the 3rd place score, it might have felt a bit awkward.”
His cheerful response drew laughter from the audience.
-Danmuji is actually made of beans! Danmuji is actually made of beans!
That’s hilarious lol
-Danmuji really does like 2nd place
-Dan-dan-mu-mu-ji-ji
“Yes! Danmuji, 2nd place is great too!”
The Host offered him additional words of encouragement before announcing the moment everyone had been waiting for—1st Place.
“Ah. What is this? I’m getting a bit nervous.”
Having already checked the data beforehand, he smiled knowingly and announced the biggest beneficiary of this G-Star.
“1st Place!”
Ku-gu-gung.
Drum sounds echoed from the speakers.
“1st Place is special! We’re revealing the number of game attempts first! Let’s take a look!”
The number of challenge attempts was shocking in itself.
A number that made you wonder if it had been calculated correctly.
[6 Attempts]
Murmur, murmur.
It was a number that seemed full of controversy.
There were people who did thirty-something attempts and only placed 10th.
But 1st place with just 6 attempts?
“6 attempts?”
“6 attempts? That’s not the dinner menu written down, is it?”
“Did they win almost everything? No… that doesn’t make sense?”
There was no way to achieve 1st place with just 6 attempts unless they’d won almost everything.
Even winning almost everything wasn’t a statistic that could be achieved without serious victories.
They would have needed to fill their wins with only major games that carried significant points.
“Well. This is interesting data! You see, when you win, you have to stay until the end and keep playing, so playtime gets longer, right? So there’s a tendency to not be able to play multiple games… but! 6 attempts is quite shocking!”
The gamers stirred and began mentioning the protagonists who could achieve 1st place with this number of challenge attempts.
They would need to be skilled enough to exceed 2,600 points in total challenge points, and the person announced shouldn’t have been mentioned yet.
There were very few people who fit this condition.
“This is Almond. Almond only played major games and swept through almost all of them.”
“But even so, is the score difference that much?”
“Almond? Seriously?”
As the gamers’ voices grew louder and the venue became noisy, the Host moved on to the next part.
“Well. Next information! What games did they actually play? We’ll be revealing those details specially!”
As the Host spoke, the screen changed.
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Battle Rage ‘Ninja Mode’ – First Victory
Jet Pumped ‘You Do It Developer’ – Only Victory
Po-Kwon ‘Nostalgic Arcade’ – 0 Wins
Zombie School ‘Multi Mode’ – Victory
Run Guys ‘Combat Running’ – Victory
Hitman Simulator – Record Broken
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“Wow.”
“Ah. This is definitely Almond. I saw Almond win ‘You Do It Developer’!”
“We’re practically there for the championship. This is crazy.”
“No wait, if we exclude the arcade games, he’s actually first place with just five games??”
The Host reveals the identity of 1st Place.
“Now, let’s see! The moment we’ve been waiting for! 1st Place! Participant number 39! It’s Almond!”
After 1st Place is officially announced.
Waaaaaaah!
Cheers engulfed the entire venue.
“Come on up! Almond!”
As Sanghyeon stood up, cheers erupted from his Colleague Streamers.
Balloon Gum, Takoyaki, Miho, Greentea, and so on.
There were many familiar faces.
“Waaah! Almond!”
“It’s you again! Almond!”
“Humanity has no hope! It lies with the Nut Fans!”
He greeted his Colleague Streamers who were sending playful cheers and walked out onto the stage.

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Meanwhile, Danmuji, the Streamer who came in 2nd Place again after losing to Almond once more.
He couldn’t help but sigh.
“Geez… how is this even possible.”
Baeksuk, a close Streamer friend, sat beside him and subtly needled him.
“Kyaa~ The King of No Trophies, Almond, is protecting his title. At least say thank you.”
“…Shut it. I told you I didn’t try hard at this.”
“Is that so, you lazy bum?”
“For real.”
Even though his friend was openly teasing him, Danmuji didn’t seem particularly upset.
Ever since he retired as a pro, he’d long since abandoned any lingering attachment to winning first place.
The words he’d said on stage earlier—”I was anxious about maybe winning first place”—weren’t a Lie; it was genuinely better for him now to come in 2nd and be the funny one.
However…
“What is that.”
Looking at the score displayed on the screen, he couldn’t help but be shocked.
The same went for Baeksuk beside him, and everyone else next to him, and next to them.
“Huh?”
“Is it a bug?”
Because Almond’s points were lower than Danmuji’s.
[1,080pt]
2nd Place had 2,600 points.
1st Place had 1,080 points? What is this, video quality from ten years ago?
“…Huh?”
Even the Host seemed to sense something was wrong, falling silent for a moment.
“This appears to be a display error. Yes, I apologize. Instead, I’ll offer you an apology gift.”
It was indeed an error.
Danmuji nods along, relieved that it was what he expected.
“Ah, I almost took 1st place.”
That guy is crazy obsessed with second place lol
That’s hilarious lolol
That’s so funny lolol
His viewers’ laughter floods the chat.
“Now, the corrected score is being displayed!”
Then the corrected points appeared.
“Huh?”
“Is this a bug?”
People couldn’t help but react the same way as before.
[11,080pt]
Eleven thousand eighty points.
“Ah… the leading 1 was cut off? We designed the display format to only accommodate four digits, so… haha!”
The Host looks flustered, clearly bewildered.
“That said, this is a really high score! Could this be a bug?! Let me check once more!”
A ridiculous situation unfolded—first they had to verify because the score was too low, now they had to verify because it was too high.
When the Host returned moments later, he announced that it was indeed correct.
“This is confirmed to be correct! I checked the records! Ah~ it’s accurate! This actually happened! Everyone!”
-lmao is that right?lol
-What the heck
-Did he only play six games?
“This is… based on performance! So the better you do, the more points you earn! There was a booth that calculated points that way! And he performed so well there! That’s where this came from! He basically exploited it like a bug!”
Murmurs rippled through the crowd.
So there was a booth that distributed points like that.
One could argue it was unfair.
But what could be done? It was part of the rules.
No matter how fortunate the circumstances, exceeding a perfect score was pure skill. Overwhelming skill, at that.
“Waaaaaaah! Almond!”
“That’s insane!”
After a few shouts, applause erupted.
Yes, this score deserved applause.
The Host finally felt at ease and shouted excitedly.
“For 1st place! A prize of one million won! And! A drop to help with the broadcast! We’re giving you drops! This drop is the legendary Ril RPG, you might say? It’s the closed beta service drop for Legend Tale!”
Ooooh.
The audience gasped in surprise at the prize.
Danmuji also seemed somewhat surprised by this reward and straightened up from his relaxed posture.
Danmuji also seems a bit surprised by this reward and sits up from where she had been leaning.
“Really?”
“Seems like it. They weren’t revealing what drops were being given out.”
Baeksuk nods with a serious expression.
“That’s insane….”
Drops are essentially like invitations in the gaming industry.
Invitations to closed beta tests that only selected people can participate in.
When a Streamer “receives drops,” it means they gain the right to distribute these invitations.
When Viewers watch a Streamer’s broadcast, the drops are automatically distributed at random.
Depending on what those drops are, Viewer participation rates vary dramatically.
“If it’s Legend Tail drops, then it’s literally legendary….”
Today, the drops for “Legend Tail,” the game currently receiving the most attention, are going to Almond.
“Wow. If I’d known this, I would’ve fought to the death. Then I would’ve won~”
Danmuji mutters jokingly to himself.
Even if I had to die, a 10,000 point difference is a bit much… lol
-Wouldn’t you just die anyway?
Lol does saying you’re gonna die make it happen lol
“I’m joking. Everyone. I’m envious.”
As Danmuji and everyone else looked up enviously at this reward.
“Almond! Would you share your thoughts as the champion?”
The Host holds the microphone toward Almond.
It was time for the winner to share their remarks.
Probably no one could have predicted what his victory remarks would be.
“Ah. So this is also an error, right?”
Almond smiles with relief and points at the numbers.
The ones written as one million won.
“Pardon? An error? Did another error occur?”
Since there had been a major error before, the Host breaks into a cold sweat and listens carefully.
“This… is missing a zero. It should originally be ten million won.”
“???”
In an instant, the Host’s eyes turn into question marks.
Silence falls over the bustling event venue.
Only Almond’s chat window goes wild.
Hahahahahahahahahahaha
Hahahaha / Lol
What do I do ㅠㅠ I can’t see it ㅋㅋㅋ
Why does it have to glitch out now lol
The Host checks once more to be certain.
“So… this should be ten million won…is what you’re saying?”
“Yes.”
Almond nods as if it were obvious.
“Let me check on that. But… I’m certain it was originally one million won…”
The Host couldn’t hide his bewilderment.
That was when it happened.
“I’m sorry! Almond!”
One of Almond’s Fans shouted.
“It’s actually one million won, not ten million won!”
Thump.
Almond’s pupils trembled violently.

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