Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 618

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 3 Episode 88
31. The Fake National Team (1)
Hee-cheol scrolled through the message quietly.
[…What if we filmed it in a team documentary format and uploaded it? I’m well aware that Cookie is hesitant about media exposure that could interfere with the competition, but we’re very eager to seize this opportunity. For more details, please call….]
He tapped the phone number that remained.
[Call]
[Message]
[Save Contact]
He hesitated, deliberating between the options.
Then he made the call.
-Ah! Yes! Cookie! Did you get our message? We were actually about to provide more explanation….
The person on the other end seemed visibly nervous that the call came so quickly.
They were expecting Hee-cheol to refuse outright.
“I’ll do it. How can I cooperate?”
-…Excuse me?
“The team documentary. I think it’s a good idea.”
There was some chatter on the other end of the phone. They were probably talking among themselves.
If I had to guess, it sounded like the manager was excited and shouting.
-Thank you so much! We’ll send you the proposal first! Along with the players who can cooperate with filming! And the players who can review strategy disclosure….
Hee-cheol quietly took notes on what they were saying.
‘That’s right. Winning might not be what’s important. Not for them.’
For Hee-cheol, winning this game mattered.
But what about the others?
They’d been trying for years without even making it past the preliminaries, let alone winning.
They weren’t even recognized as professional athletes by the state.
Was winning really their goal?
It seemed unlikely.
They were simply people in the realm of a hobby, hoping that one day this hobby would become their livelihood.
‘…They probably want to become like Almond. Really.’
Hee-cheol felt the way the players looked at Almond when he first joined the team.
Envy.
Overwhelming envy.
Was it because of his handsome appearance? His exceptional gaming talent? These things were actually all secondary.
What they envied was the result these elements created.
「Ah! I want to make money through CivEM someday too…!」
That’s what Coffee, the Assistant Commander, sometimes says.
It’s somewhat irritating that he says this while working as a manager at Hee-cheol’s cafe.
But Hee-cheol understands.
They don’t really love working at the cafe.
What they truly love is CivEM.
In other words, they envied Almond.
They envied how he generated income by playing games he loved.
And it would be dishonest to claim that envy and jealousy didn’t mix into those gazes.
Because of this, Cookie found it difficult to praise him outright based on his skills.
Only once he integrated into the team to some degree, only once he earned the team’s recognition on his own merit, could Cookie properly acknowledge him.
‘He seems to be getting along well with the archers, at least.’
Currently, Almond was getting along well with the archers who fought alongside him.
However, since CivilM had so many members, there were still plenty of people he hadn’t warmed up to.
-Cookie? Are you listening?
“Ah… I apologize. Just a moment….”
-Yes~ I’ll organize it and send it to you anyway~
“Ah, yes. Still, I find it easier to write things down myself. Could you go over it once more, please?”
-Yes, of course.
Hee-cheol, who had been lost in thought for a moment, began taking notes again on what he needed to prepare.

* * *
While Jia was hospitalized, no new videos could be uploaded to Almond’s channel.
Even if Juhyeok found an assistant editor, they wouldn’t be ready for immediate deployment.
The video concept that had been maintained under Jia’s direction had to continue as is.
So, Almond ultimately made this decision.
“That’s why I’ve decided to take a break from streaming until the Rome match.”
A hiatus until the Rome match.
-???
-Huh?
-Why the sudden conclusion….
Oh my god, seriously?
It looks like the editor is really sick.
Currently, Almond’s revenue structure was dominated by OlTube, accounting for over seventy percent, and most of his advertisements came from viewing OlTube view counts.
Of course, live stream viewership was also one of Almond’s strengths, but his OlTube view counts were higher compared to his live stream numbers.
Only his subscriber count was slightly lower—but that was simply because he’d only had the channel for four months.
Even that was steadily increasing thanks to his activities in CivilM Fire.
In conclusion, OlTube was becoming increasingly important to Almond….
Until he found a new editor, he couldn’t impose unreasonable demands on Jia.
“If the editor recovers but there are too many videos piled up, it seems it would be difficult for her… And above all, there are important advertisement videos scheduled. Since those absolutely must be edited, I decided to push everything back.”
-So it’s all about money!
-Breaking news) Almond: “What matters most is advertising”….
-Editor, please don’t overwork yourself!
I can’t help it, honestly.
Especially since Almond had been landing countless advertisements since G-Star, and without Jia, these videos would be left in limbo.
This was because contractually, advertisement videos absolutely had to be edited and uploaded to OlTube.
Ding.
[Rubisword donated 30,000 won.]
[Do you have any ads?]
“Ah, thank you for the 30,000 won donation, Rubisword. As for ads…”
I opened my schedule table briefly to check.
“I was supposed to play Jetpumped this time. It wasn’t just a simple playthrough—I had planned to do a special broadcast event where I’d use the patch voting rights I was supposed to exercise. But I’ve postponed everything for now.”
-Oh no
-Damn
Wow, that’s gonna be so fun lol
No way, Almond was actually involved in the patch?ㅋㅋㅋ
I got a jet pump and extended my life by 10 days lol
-Iseok Kim: Phew…
Beyond Jetpumped, there were also ads scheduled for playing the completed story of Zombie School, which had finally left early access, as well as most of the games I’d played at G-Star like Battle Rage Ninja Mode, all with advertising slots booked.
I should have been squeezing these in while running the international tournament.
It didn’t look like I’d be able to complete them before at least the Rome match ended.
“I’ll take this opportunity to focus on tournament preparation and rest a bit. See you on stream~”
Are you serious? ㅠㅠ
-Do some Ril survival matches
-No!
I’m crying so hard ㅠㅠㅠ
-Bye~
That was the end of my broadcast for today.
Whoosh.
Sanghyeon stepped out of the capsule and let out a shallow sigh.
“Sigh.”
At some point, watching the chat reactions had become his hobby, and he found it amusing.
Thud.
Sanghyeon threw himself onto his bed and stared blankly at the ceiling.
‘It already feels empty.’
Sanghyeon closed his eyes for a moment, exhaustion overtaking him.

* * *
It was Juhyeok’s knock that woke me.
Knock, knock.
“Ugh… yeah. What is it.”
Juhyeok entered, cutting through my exhausted voice.
“Ah. You were sleeping so you didn’t see it? Check your phone.”
I checked my phone at his words.
The dark screen showed only my own puffy face, but my phone recognized me and turned on.
[Juhyeok: Look at this]
[Juhyeok: It’s from Cyber BM Korea]
I had messages from Juhyeok.
“What is this?”
“We don’t have any videos to upload to OlTube for a while anyway.”
“Yeah.”
“They said they’re making a team documentary. What do you think?”
“…Huh?”
A team documentary?
It was something completely unimaginable in archery, so it was a concept I’d never heard of before.
Juhyeok then explained it to me in various ways.
“So it’s like a vlog of the players.”
I just thought of it as roughly a vlog of the players.
“Well… yeah. This team documentary is meant to boost favorability toward the Cyber BM team and pull in viewership for competitions. It’s more like they feed into each other, you know?”
If people develop a liking for the Cyber BM players, they’ll watch the competitions more enthusiastically.
And if they watch the competitions enthusiastically, they’ll become curious about the players.
It’s a mutually beneficial relationship.
What matters here is how to capture people’s attention in the first place.
“The video focus will naturally be highest on ‘our Aamond’…”
Cyber BM Korea’s solution was to lead with a player who was already receiving considerable attention.
“Oh.”
Seeing me subtly pleased at the mention of my high screen time, Juhyeok thought there was no need to persuade me further.
“And I’m negotiating to upload this team documentary itself to our channel.”
Even hearing just this much was already good.
And on top of that, this team documentary itself would be uploaded to our channel?
“The team documentary on our channel? They’d really do that for us?”
“Of course we’d split the revenue. They’re handling all the production.”
“Ah, yeah… that’s obviously the case…”
Since they’re doing the production, they’d naturally want it on their own channel.
“I’m still negotiating. Because this is incredibly beneficial for both sides. We obviously get a flood of subscribers, which is great for us. They get exposed on a channel that already pulls good views, so they make more money. Plus, we don’t have any videos to upload for a while anyway, right?”
That’s right. Jia was taking a break from editing.
We had no videos to upload to the channel.
But what if Juhyeok’s persuasion actually works?
‘Then it could continue.’
The channel could keep running even while Jia takes a break.
“Oh!”
Sanghyeon literally jolted awake at that.
“That’s not bad, but….”
Would Hee-cheol actually agree to a proposal like this?
The Hee-cheol I know is incredibly conservative. This kind of team documentary clearly won’t help improve gaming skills at all.
Haven’t I seen plenty of cases where athletes’ abilities decline after they spend all their time filming advertisements?
Cookie doesn’t seem like he’d easily approve either.
“What about Cookie? I don’t think he’ll approve.”
“Ah. Cookie actually agreed pretty coolly right away, apparently. That’s why we got contacted too.”
“Really?”
Sanghyeon’s eyes widened.
It was unexpected. I never thought he’d agree so readily.
“He even asked them to film his teammates well?”
“Oh….”
You can know the depths of ten fathoms of water, but never the depths of a person’s heart.
I had no idea Hee-cheol would agree like this.
“So we’re good too?”
“Of course.”
“Then I’ll keep bringing up uploading it to our channel.”
“Yeah. Let’s do that.”
If this video gets uploaded to the Almond channel, it would be the first video with a ‘production budget’ spent on it.
‘It’s expanding.’
There’s a common strategy that YouTube channels use when aiming for bigger growth.
It’s planning a kind of blockbuster.
Not just a video featuring the channel owner, but creating and uploading something like a planned variety show.
“This is almost guaranteed to work. Do you know who the PD in charge is?”
“…Who?”
“Department Manager Jang.”
“!”
Department Manager Jang.
He was someone who helped when Almond first broke into the major channels back then.
“He left the broadcasting company. He said he’d start from the minor leagues and move to the majors on his own. We get along well, so I think it’ll work out.”
“Ah… He left? No wonder things didn’t seem to click.”
Puhaha.
The two laughed, recalling those times.
He certainly wasn’t the type to plan something so dignified and professional.

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Time passed, and the day of the showdown between Joseon and Rome drew near.
This day marked not only Joseon’s clash against Rome, but also became quite a historic moment for Almond’s channel.
[Fake National Team ep.1 True in Spirit]
It was the day his channel uploaded what could be called its first blockbuster (?).

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