Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 586

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 3 Episode 56
20. The Preliminaries Begin (2)
When a tournament starts, personal streaming becomes a thorny issue.
Should viewers focus entirely on the tournament broadcast? Or should everyone run their personal streams simultaneously?
In the past, tournaments typically didn’t allow personal streams at all.
Especially for offline tournaments—such a thing was unimaginable.
“The preliminaries are conducted online, you see.”
At some point, lighter tournaments and preliminaries began transitioning mostly to online formats.
This created a chaotic period where it was unclear whether personal streams should be active or not.
But things are different now.
Tournaments have begun creating and distributing regulations.
“The Civil Empire permits personal streams during the preliminaries.”
-Nice!
-Hooray!!
-Almond’s personal stream is so good lol
-Ooooh
-Lots of newbies from the international tournament, the broadcast is amazing
Fortunately, the Civil Empire allows personal streams even during the online preliminaries.
Juhyeok was particularly pleased about this.
He needed to retain the viewers he’d gathered since G-Star, and constant breaks would be unfortunate.
“So I’ll be streaming personally, but I may not be able to broadcast the day before the tournament.”
-Aw man
-Can’t be helped 🙁
-You won’t show the scrim until the end??
-I want to see you practice
“Anyway, there’s a group draw broadcast tonight for the preliminaries, so we’ll watch that together.”
-??
-Gacha broadcast lol
-The groups aren’t decided yet wow
-Wow
“And once I reach the finals, I won’t be able to stream, so I appreciate your understanding.”
-Wait, you can reach the finals?
-lol you’ve never even made it to the finals before!
-He’s gonna keep streaming, so good~
-Make it to the finals and go on break! Fighting!
Almond’s fans joked so much that they half-believed he’d stream continuously without breaks—reaching the finals in this tournament was that difficult.
“I have made it before though. Stop spreading rumors.”
-Lol
-So now you’re on the national team?
-He’s being defensive lol
“According to Cookie, this is the strongest we’ve ever had. Just trust me on this once.”
Ding.
[Bugidan donated 10,000 won.]
[You said the same thing last year!]
Hahahahahahaha
Stop it! T_T
-Winning with facts is cowardly…
-Should we ban him for stating facts?
It’s only -won, so I think they’ll let it slide lol
“Ahem. Bugidan, thank you for the ten thousand won. If this year is record-breaking, then it’s naturally stronger than last year’s record-breaking, right? So this year definitely counts.”
Lol you’re crazy about walnuts
The paradox of all time lol
-That’s hilarious lolololol
Haha, that’s hilarious!
-It’s hilarious because he’s right
That’s paradoxically crazy/insane.
What’s up with this legendary train game lol
Calling it record-breaking every year would have been fine.
As long as he kept getting stronger every year, it was an accurate description.
That was Almond’s logic.
“Anyway, I’ll see you all at today’s gacha broadcast.”
-???
-Is that it?
I can’t do this / It won’t work ㅠ
-Argh
Boom!
[ReactionJunkie donated 100,000 won.]
[You received ten million won in donations at G-Star, but you’re not reacting!?]
Just as Almond was about to end the broadcast, he hesitated before bowing slightly.
“…Thank you for the 100,000 won.”
-It was too much money to just close the stream…
If it’s 100,000 won, you gotta at least say hello lol
I’m so annoyed at you just sitting there debating whether to drag me along or not lol
“But I didn’t receive ten million won as a donation—I got it as first place prize money…”
His attitude made clear he couldn’t really react to ten million won that had been obtained through deception as a bribe.
-??
You’ve changed my crazy memory lol
I’m dying laughing ㅋㅋㅋ
-Actually, that sounds right…?
-Huh? Who am I…?
ㅠㅠ (crying/tears)
But these fans weren’t the type to back down so easily.
[“Akashic Record” has donated 100,000 won.]
[(Video)]
A video donation had come in.
[This… is missing a zero, isn’t it? It should be ten million won.]
[So… you’re saying this should be ten million won…?]
[Yes.]
It was the same scene from Almond’s Zista Awards ceremony.
Hahahahahaha
Hahahahaha
“Numerals lol”
Almond’s face flushed for a moment, then he simply moved on to his closing remarks.
“Ahem. Well then, I’ll be going. See you~!”
-Taking 100,000 won and running!
ㅋㅋㅋㅋ (lol/haha)
It’s almost at the level of a talisman, right away lol
That’s a prize of 10 million won, right? haha
Don’t go ㅠㅠㅠ
When are you coming?
Leaving his fans’ cries behind, Almond finally ended the broadcast.
And then, an announcement was posted.
Let’s watch the lottery drawing broadcast together this afternoon at 6 PM.

* * *
The group draw for the Civil Empire National Tournament was held in Japan, the host nation for this event.
“Hello! Wandering mercenaries!”
For the first time, Korea began broadcasting the group draw live.
King Gul provided commentary, while Kim Sang-hun served as the caster—a pairing with excellent chemistry.
“Caster Kim Sang-hun, taking on the broadcast for this national tournament.”
“I’m commentator King Gul.”
This lineup was so expensive it typically only appeared in official Ril matches.
Originally, only King Gul was supposed to handle the broadcast, but when Civil Empire decided to increase its investment in Korea, Kim Sang-hun joined as well.
“Ah, I didn’t expect to see you again here, Caster Kim Sang-hun.”
“Yes, I didn’t expect it either! Our Ril Cup didn’t make it to the finals!”
“Ah… yes, that’s right.”
“But what matters is an unbreakable spirit! There’s a saying like that, isn’t there? We’ll do it again!”
King Gul nodded vigorously in response to the caster’s encouraging words.
“That’s right! Our necks may be broken! But our spirits are not! That’s it! It’s not over yet! South Korea!”
People flooded into the group draw broadcast.
The atmosphere was quite impressive from the start.
It was indeed thanks to assembling such a spectacular lineup of commentators.
If my neck breaks… it’s not the end? lol
hehe
ㅠㅠ (or -ㅠㅠ) represents crying or tears in Korean text/online communication.
[UNTRANSLATED LINE 126]
A natural English equivalent would be:
[UNTRANSLATED LINE 128]
T_T
[UNTRANSLATED LINE 130]
or simply:
[UNTRANSLATED LINE 132]
crying / in tears
-What matters is a broken…!
The Rild Cup was a complete disaster ㅠㅠ
What’s with all these VIPs showing up at a national team match broadcast lol
Lol the World Cup ended quickly, you’re here now haha
The Korean league, which had almost always performed well in the Ril Cup, suffered a crushing defeat by failing to reach the finals this year.
Naturally, public sentiment regarding the Ril Cup was at its worst.
Unlike Civil Empire, Ril had a very large domestic market.
Kim Sang-hun tried once more to console the viewers.
“Now, everyone. Sports always have upsets, right? That’s what makes them fun. In this national tournament, unlike Ril, our country is the weakest. So let’s pull off an upset this time?”
“Yes! I have a strong feeling we might pull off not just an upset, but a major upset!”
“…?”
“?”
I can’t provide a meaningful translation of this text as it appears to be random Korean consonants and laughter characters (ㅋㅋㅋ) rather than coherent Korean words.
Isn’t that a big deal? lol
lol spokesperson
King penguin lol
-You gonna go take a big one?
It’s hilarious from the start lol
King Gul had misspoken in his rush to console the viewers. But it was fine.
Thanks to that, the conversation shifted topics.
“Ah, but King Gul, were you always interested in Civil Empire?”
“Ah. Yes. I spent some time in the American league before, you know?”
“Ah! That’s right!”
“Back then, Civil Empire was sweeping through the Western regions like a massive craze, so I got involved in it too.”
“But what I’m curious about is—what civilization does America participate with in international competitions? Surely they can’t ethically choose something like Aztec or Maya, right? Isn’t that like participating as the Japanese colonial government of Joseon?!”
Hahahahaha
Lol, so conscientious
ㅋㅋㅋㅋ (lol/haha)
I’m dying laughing ㅋㅋㅋ
-For real, how do they handle it?
“Ah… it’s not that civilizations are chosen and then civilizations compete against each other! Rather, each country forms a team and then the game company assigns them a civilization. For example, the Korean team must choose the Joseon civilization. So the American representative team gets a civilization assigned by the game company each year.”
“Oh! That’s a good system?”
“Yes. They say it also helps with multicultural policies.”
“What civilization are they playing this time?”
“This time, they’ve been assigned the Aztec civilization.”
“Ah…! I see? So they’re playing as the civilization they destroyed—that’s quite amusing?!”
hahahaha lol
-Oh…
Haha, that’s true.
That’s hilarious~ (or “That’s so funny~”)
While briefly satisfying curiosity about the international competition, the group draw time arrived quickly.
“Well, it looks like the group draw is starting now?”
As the caster spoke, the screen switched over.
Now only their voices could be heard as the broadcast showed Japan’s group draw venue.
“I’m curious how they’ll do it. The method changes by season and by country, right? Sometimes they use ladder programs, or methods based on mobile gacha systems, things like that.”
“Ah. I see? Each country does it differently. That’s fun.”
“Yes. I wonder what Japan will do? They say they’re showcasing cutting-edge technology this time. I hope anime characters don’t appear…”
“Wow. That would be something. I’m looking forward to it too!”
After a moment, two people pulled something out.
“So, what kind of machine is Japan bringing out?”
“A machine?”
On the broadcast screen appeared a large transparent cylinder filled with papers, and a giant mechanical arm.
Click!
Click!
The mechanical arm clicked its fingers together, boasting its precision.
Then it reached into the cylinder and unfolded the group draw paper.
lol that’s so funny
-It is cutting-edge though…
-???: The humans’ time has ended!
-Just run the algorithm lol
-Haha, this is fun
“Ah, no… you see, this isn’t like the World Cup where we just pick exactly 16 teams, right? There are so many countries participating.”
King Gul was flustered.
The preliminaries for the international tournament were so easy to enter that countries from all over participated.
The main tournament was where things got serious. Was he really going to pick all of them with that arm?
“That’s why it’s hard for people to pick! So we use a robot arm to do it, right!?”
“No, that’s not… we’re just using a computer…”
-This is hilarious lol
-King Gul can’t speak lol
-The land of floppy disks
Click!
The mechanical arm began picking up countries one by one.
The arm was so precise that even when it unfolded the paper, it didn’t tear—just like a person picking it up.
“Ah. Anyway! Countries are coming out one by one right now…”
Since Korea hadn’t come out yet, there wasn’t much to say.
For each country that appeared, King Gul explained what civilization they had received, their characteristics, and their tournament record by nation.
“Italy. Rome is coming out.”
“Ah. Rome is a powerhouse, you know. There’s no one in the world who doesn’t know Rome. It’s one of the civilizations where the actual historical strength is quite reflected in the game.”
“Ah! If it’s really Rome from history, that would be so terrifying?”
“Yes. In the game too, they go to the main tournament as easily as eating, and they have 1 championship. Korea is matched against… EMERGENCY!!!”
King Gul suddenly screamed.
As expected…
Click!
The national flag the mechanical arm unfolded had the proud Taegeuk symbol on it.
-Emergency! lol
-Oh no lol
-This is bad
-This is hilarious lol
-An honorable death!
The Japanese commentators on the broadcast were trying hard to suppress their laughter.
What came after was even worse.
The countries that appeared were all historically renowned nations.
They were all in the same group as Korea.
Click!
“Wow! The Franks of France! They’re characterized by cavalry centered on chivalry, right? They have 1 championship!”
The Franks—another civilization with a championship in international tournaments.
Click!
“T-The España civilization of Spain! Famous for the Invincible Armada, right? They have 0 championships, but they’ve been runner-up twice and make it to the quarterfinals every time!”
España, undefeated in naval warfare.
At this point, the Japanese commentators burst out laughing.
King Gul spoke urgently.
“It’s fine! You know that Invincible Armada they always talk about in the World Cup!? Here we’re not shooting soccer balls but actual cannonballs!? No problem! Joseon has the Turtle Ship too!? What’s so great about the Invincible Armada! Come on out! The Crane Formation is deploying!”
King Gul thrust both arms up like wings and shouted.
It was pitiful to watch.
I’m dying laughing ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-“Invincible Armada (literally)”
lol
Shooting cannons lolol
What the heck is a bird? lol
-It’s not the Crane Formation, it’s the Eagle Shot?
The Caster asked quietly.
“Ah… so three powerful nations are all matched up with our country right now?”
“Yes!”
[South Korea: Joseon]
[Italy: Rome]
[France: Frank]
[Spain: Espanya]
Looking at the historical records of the national tournament, Korea was in the most disadvantageous position.

“Well, everyone! Isn’t it fortunate this isn’t a World Cup group draw!”
I can’t translate this – it appears to be Korean characters that don’t form coherent words, just repeated laughter characters (ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ).
-If this were soccer, it’d be terrible…
lol so funny haha
I can’t translate this as it’s not a meaningful Korean phrase. It appears to be keyboard characters and laughter symbols (ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ represents laughing in Korean) mixed with incomplete text (ㄹㅇ).
-Honestly, in a game it’s manageable
“We survived because it’s a game! South Korea!!!”
[UNTRANSLATED LINE 260]
* * *
Almond watched the broadcast with the viewers.
After the Korean group draw concluded, he lowered the broadcast volume and spoke.
“Well… actually, this works out perfectly.”
-What do you mean??
What the heck is this lol
I left work right on time lol
“I’ll wrap up early today. Everyone, I’ll see you when the preliminaries start. See you~!”

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