Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 62

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 1 Episode 62
22. Deployment Complete (2)
Platinum?
A question flickered through the minds of everyone watching, including Almond himself.
-What?
-??
-Is this a bug?
-No way
Hahaha
-Huh?
-Is this even possible!?
-What is this, exactly?
-Ugh, what is happening now!
-Did you pull it off again, Almond!!!?
It was established doctrine that Platinum couldn’t appear from the Deployment Exam alone.
Yet Almond had achieved Platinum.
And not just any Platinum—he’d climbed one tier higher, reaching Platinum 3.
“Oh….”
Even Almond seemed quite shocked by the result.
But apparently that level of surprise wasn’t enough for the viewers. They’d spent far longer than Almond believing that “Platinum doesn’t come from the Deployment Exam.”
Huh…? That’s it? Lol
Hahaha… oh…
-Oh hahahahaha
Oh… I broke my housework (?)
Hahaha… oh…
This “Oh….” remark would become one of Almond’s memes for quite a long time.
“Then I’ll accept the Platinum mission reward as well.”
Haha.
Almond soon broke into a wide grin and clicked accept on the Platinum achievement mission too.
Combined, the Gold and Platinum bonuses came to 1.18 million won.
-Oh… No! Damn it, I’m not Oh…!!
Oh no, my money ㅠㅠ
-Ahhhhhhh
Why is platinum coming out lol
Guys trying to bait/troll a dog lol
No, you’re crazy.
-Ahhh, you said it was a safe bet!!
-Wow, how much did he make today!?
-??? : Son! Become Almond!!!
-Mom, I want to become Almond’s son!!! Mom, I want to become Almond’s son!!! Mom, I want to become Almond’s son!!! Mom, I want to become Almond’s son!!!
Almond has become the future dream of countless children… No, beyond that, even Almond’s son has now become someone’s future dream.
It’s probably because of the income he earned today.
‘I really made a lot today.’
Almond was aware of it too. That I’d earned quite a bit of money today. Let me do a rough calculation in my head.
‘1.18 million won, 800,000 won, and Miho’s 500,000 won….’
A substantial sum of 2.48 million won came in all at once.
When I add the amounts that came in every time I ranked first during the game—a few tens of thousands each time—the total revenue was nearly 3 million won.
That’s right.
‘Revenue.’ After deducting commissions, taxes, and everything else from here, the actual money won’t be as much as it seems.
‘Still, it’s an incredible income….’
Even so, it was far higher earnings than when I worked at Asung.
It’s only been 3 weeks since I started, yet I’m earning more than the large corporation I worked at for 5 years.
So this is what they mean by a ‘hot market.’ I can feel it firsthand.
-Why are you just sitting there.
-Lag?
-Buffering??
-Next game let’s go
Lost her mind when she saw Almond’s money lol
-Let’s just break through to Diamond today!!!
As Almond blanked out for a moment, the chat flooded in.
“Ah….”
Almond unconsciously checks the time.
It was only 5:30 PM.
About 2 and a half hours had passed since I started streaming.
‘It’s definitely tough. Long-hour broadcasts.’
For other streamers, this would be below-average streaming time, but for some reason, I was experiencing extreme fatigue. Considering that I’m a former athlete, this phenomenon is even stranger.
Even now, my head definitely feels a bit foggy.
-Don’t tell me you’re ending the stream?
-I saw it! Almond’s eyes going toward the clock!
Why are you leaving again?
-If you’re gonna do this, start later. You crazy nut!!!
Ugh ㅠㅠ no way, absolutely not
-Aren’t you going to Diamond!? Aren’t you going to Diamond!? Aren’t you going to Diamond!? Aren’t you going to Diamond!? Aren’t you going to Diamond!?
-Oh… I saw the clock(?)
The viewers realized that Almond was thinking about ending the stream. The viewers, having only been on the receiving end every time, now had pretty sharp instincts.
“We’re going to Diamond. And anyone who spammed will be taking a trip to a deserted island for a bit.”
Ding.
With those words, Juhyeok deleted all the spam messages. It was a 3-day chat ban.
hahahahahahaha
-Hahaha suddenly banned
-Everyone shut your mouths! If anyone moves, you’re all suspects!
-Mmph, mmph!
-Almond, I told you not to be reckless, and now you’re banned.
-Explain yourself, Almond!
The viewers who interpreted the ban as a build-up for recklessness protested even more fiercely.
But a declaration awaited that would extinguish all that fire.
“I’ll go reckless at 8 o’clock.”
-???
-Huh, what’s this?!
-Is this really the Almond I know?! My heart swells with pride.
-Kyaaaaaaaa!
-It’s a festival, a festival!!!
-Long live Miho!! Long live Miho!!
-Hey, everyone be careful with the spam!
Hahahaha
-This is all thanks to Miho. You get it? This is all thanks to Miho. You get it?
Watching the public opinion shift in an instant, I let out a quiet laugh.
There were occasionally viewers who could be called malicious, but overall, I felt the Tribee audience was pure and endearing. Far more so than the people I encountered at the Company.
Above all, didn’t they all love me as a streamer so much?
I could only feel grateful.
‘Time to reach Diamond.’
That’s why I wanted to keep the promise I made with them.
I wanted to repay these viewers who believed that even someone as insignificant as me could challenge Jeon-ja-pa’s stronghold.

* * *
A placement exam match is worth ten regular ranked matches.
In other words, the ranked matches I’d play from now on would be worth only about one-tenth of the previous game.
“Phew.”
So Juhyeok Kim could finally relax and watch more comfortably.
Those matches where I couldn’t take my eyes off for even a second were now behind me.
Since I’d received such a high rank as Platinum, the journey to Diamond had become much easier than originally planned.
‘Should I check the community reaction?’
Juhyeok decided it would be better to manage community reactions instead.
[Live Almond Placement Exam Results]
Sure enough, posts about Almond’s placement exam were plastered all over the Bera 31 Community.
It was even ranked fifth among trending posts. And the placement exam had just ended.
-What?
-This is bs
-Is this rigged?
-This guy seriously deserves to be reported, lol
-No way
-I remember Jeon-ja-pa got Gold 1. Something’s off here?
No one was accepting this situation as normal.
People were even reporting it again.
[Almond Gets Plat 3 and His Reaction lol]
There was a post like this too.
Opening it, I saw Almond’s blank face saying “Oh…”
-Oh… seriously lol
-Lmao
-Oh…lol
-The world must be ending! Oh…
-Lolololol he literally has no thoughts
-He genuinely doesn’t care at all lol
-Makes sense, he probably doesn’t even know what Platinum is lol
This comment section was actually better.
Though there were still plenty of jealous comments.
-He must have known. So it’s rigged, right?
-Wow lol I’m reporting this for real.
People were even spinning wild conspiracy theories.
‘Is that all?’
Juhyeok, who’d never played Battle Rage before, scratched his head.
Couldn’t this just happen? It seemed like something I could brush off, but the resistance was fierce. As if something that shouldn’t have happened had occurred.
‘Online games have fairness issues, I guess.’
Kingdom Age wasn’t like this.
That was probably because it was a single-player package game.
Battle Rage was different.
The interests involved were quite complex. Since it was an online game and a popular one at that, there were quite a few people making their living off it. There were those who had literally staked their lives on this game.
From their perspective, Almond’s strange monopoly on first place was definitely inconvenient.
‘Maybe I should jump in and say something.’
Juhyeok started typing to at least temporarily placate them.
-Isn’t it just because he got first in every match? That’s not even easy, and I think there could be bugs.
“Is the streamer who came first in batch all really Handul? lololol”
Well, there are a couple… lol
It’s just one or two, lol
└Anyway, but none of them got Platinum right away
I see.
Juhyeok, immediately defeated, scratched his head.
‘So there were a few people who got first in every match.’
By Juhyeok’s eyes and common sense, there shouldn’t be anyone in this world capable of playing better than Sang-hyun Yu.
Yet such people existed. And apparently, they hadn’t received Platinum immediately either.
‘Then what is it?’
He began searching the internet to fully explain this phenomenon.
He wanted to find the rating calculation method. What algorithm had they used all this time that even getting first place in everything only capped out at Gold 1?
He was also curious whether all players who got first place in everything received the same rating.
If one person got Gold 2 and another got Gold 1, then getting Platinum 3 like Sanghyeon was entirely possible.
‘Oh. They’re all different?’
As expected. When Juhyeok dug into other famous overseas players besides Jeon-ja-pa, the ratings they received were different.
They ranged from Gold 1 to Gold 4.
‘There really is no Platinum 3?’
While he hadn’t searched through all global data yet, there really were no cases of jumping directly to Platinum.
It seemed that to move from Gold to Platinum, you had to go through a rather grueling ‘promotion match.’
Because of this system, it wasn’t simply that Gold 1 led to Platinum 4.
There was a significant gap in tier. That’s why they don’t hand it out easily.
Juhyeok checked the community reactions on Bera 31 again.
[Legendary genius monster. Almond the prodigy!!!]
Honestly, that’s so gross lol
[Did they give him the rating as compensation for stopping the spam?]
[These idiots are so obsessed with hating Almond they’re making up all kinds of nonsense]
People just see everything Almond does as showing off because he’s handsome and successful lol
“If you don’t recognize the new record, how are you telling me to set a new record? You electromagnetic wave freaks lol”
Electromagnetic wave believers are the same as X
[Fact) Better than those Stones fanboys who forced Platinum]
It was a mess.
They were fighting again, divided into factions.
Juhyeok wanted nothing more than to jump into the fray himself and systematically dismantle every last one of those lunatics with logic….
‘Never mind. I have my own work to do.’
He was Almond’s manager.
Not a user of the Bera 31 Community.
‘Actually, I should make the first move here.’
Juhyeok opened both Almond’s email account and his own simultaneously. Among them was an email from the administrators of Bera 31.
[REPLY]
Juhyeok began composing his response.
Or rather, it was a question.
How was it possible for Almond to experience such a phenomenon?
If word got out that Juhyeok, Almond’s manager, had contacted the game company first, all the current negative sentiment would vanish instantly.
When you think about it, it’s a simple matter. Almond did nothing wrong except work hard.
He even filed an inquiry directly with the game company.
Who could possibly criticize Almond then? All the anger would be directed at the game company.
To put it bluntly, Juhyeok was now using the administrators as a shield.
‘So what.’
In the working world, if you live righteously, it’s those you care about—your colleagues and family—who suffer the consequences.
Sometimes you have to be ruthless.
Besides, hadn’t those bastards suspended Almond through their own incompetence before?
This was just evening the score.
‘Clean up your own mess.’

* * *
Ding.
Battle Rage Operations Headquarters.
An alert chimed at the operations director’s direct email.
“What? An email?”
This position once belonged to his former superior, Kiyeol Kim. But he was gone now.
He’d been fired over the Almond incident.
Even now, recalling that affair made his skin crawl—and he was only an Assistant Manager.
A complaint had come through the executive’s direct line back then.
“…damn it, Almond’s manager?!”
Yet the very name that triggered his PTSD appeared once more.
The sender of the email was supposedly Almond’s manager.
He shot up from his seat.

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