Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 653

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 3 Episode 123
42. The Moment of Victory (1)
Without realizing it, I found myself automatically sitting down in front of the computer.
Was it because Civil M had a match today?
No, that wasn’t it.
There was still quite a bit of time before the match.
Besides, Almond’s match broadcast wasn’t structured for interaction, so I didn’t need to manage the chat.
There was no reason to set up here so early.
Yet the reason I sat down early was probably because I was waiting for this.
[Fake National Team ep4. The Moment of Victory]
[Premiering in 1 hour!]
It was the Fake National Team episode dropping today.
‘Somewhere along the way, this became more important….’
In fact, from my perspective as manager, watching the Fake National Team had become far more crucial than the Civil M match.
‘Starting next broadcast, proper sponsors will come in.’
I had redirected the sponsors that should have gone to the international tournament match toward the Fake National Team content instead.
The problem in this process was the production team.
‘If I have to distribute advertising fees to the production team too, it becomes too small….’
Since the advertising came through the content, naturally the content creators had to receive a share.
The creators of this content were Civil M Korea. They operated by having Department Manager Jang and his team create it in exchange for payment.
I didn’t know how they decided on the distribution, but in any case, Civil M Korea held the decision-making power.
「This advertisement goes purely to the international tournament team. We won’t take anything.」
They decided to distribute the entire advertising fee only to the international tournament team.
「We’re actually supposed to sponsor those people… but since circumstances haven’t allowed it, we haven’t really been able to help them. There’s no way we can accept a share of sponsorship we already have under those circumstances.」
From their perspective, it was a concession because activating the international tournament team came first.
So, everyone’s will related to this international tournament was now unified into one clear goal.
‘Maintaining the international tournament team.’
The players continuing their activities, and making it possible for content like this to emerge in the future.
Once this system became established, we could attract even more advertisements later.
That’s why this session was so important.
[Fake National Team ep4. The Moment of Victory]
[Now premiering!]
From now on, other advertisers would also be watching the advertising effectiveness of this video.
‘It has to be presented well here….’
I swallowed hard.
I had no idea how the video had turned out.
‘Maybe it didn’t make it in after all.’
The odds of it not being included due to time constraints were high.
As the video started, I realized my concerns were unfounded.
‘Huh?’
The banner appeared right from the start.
[Includes Paid Advertisement]
The target of this banner was unmistakable.
‘They’ve come in.’
The new sponsor this time was ‘Monster’.
-???
-Oh
-What is this
-Is this that ad?
Haha, tee-hee-hee-hee
ㅊㅋ is an onomatopoeia representing laughter or a chuckling sound in Korean.
[UNTRANSLATED LINE 52]
-ㅊㅋㅊㅋㅊ would be:
[UNTRANSLATED LINE 54]
Chuckle chuckle chuckle
Then this message followed.
[The international tournament players stand together with ‘Monster’.]
Hahaha
-Is this that meme that was going around?
With the monster by my side, it does feel reassuring, haha.

-Haha!
So they’ve finally come in one way or another.
Juhyeok broke into an unconscious smile at the good omen.
[UNTRANSLATED LINE 65]
* * *
[Day of Joseon vs Espana Second Match]
[Sync Tank Hideout]
The footage began from the day Joseon and Espana faced off in the second match.
Everyone at Sync Tank had gathered to watch the match.
“Huh? Why are they picking siege weapons? Didn’t they see the conversion?”
“Wow. This is serious… they’re way too weak against siege weapon conversions….”
“Only melee? W-what on earth is he thinking??”
They seemed to have no idea what Cookie was planning.
They only thought he’d lost all his siege weapons.
-They didn’t know either??
No lol, wasn’t that supposed to be a strategy practice?
I thought you pulled out a strategy you had practiced improvising, but it turns out it wasn’t even a practiced strategy lol
-???
The viewers thought that even if the teammates didn’t know, Sync Tank, who formulated strategies, would have known Cookie’s plan.
He’d pulled out a different card they’d prepared on the fly. They never imagined he’d actually created a card right there on the spot and deployed it.
However, reality was the latter.
“What what?! Is this the Trojan Horse?!”
“Insane…!”
It was only when the Joseon flag suddenly rose in the middle of the enemy’s position that everyone in Sync Tank realized Cookie’s strategy.
Boom──!
The moment Maratang and his subordinates charged out, everyone in Sync Tank jumped to their feet.
“Waaaaah!”
Joseon’s making a dog-like comeback lol
Ian Yong and the Eulsa Five Traitors appearing like dogs lol
-Kyaa~ selling out the country
Hahaha, that’s hilarious!
When they opened the castle gates, it was pure pandemonium.
“Waaaaaaaack! Ack! Aack!”
Chiseung jumped up first, screaming wildly.
All the other members followed suit, shrieking like primitives, spinning in circles and singing.
“Kuboji~! Finally~! I under~stand~!”
hahahaha
Hahahaha (laughing hard)
I’m dying laughing ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
These guys are normal when they’re losing lol
That’s not it lol
-Cooberㅋㅋㅋㅋlegendaryㅋㅋ
Campfire lol
The screen gradually darkened, making them look just like natives gathered around a bonfire.
Finally, the screen went completely black.
Thud!
[Fake Athlete]
[Fake Athlete]
The title appeared.
Haha, that’s so funny!
Those fake national team imposters lol
There’s never been a fake national team intro like today’s, for real lol
That’s hilarious lol
-They really are fake athletes~
-The monsters are these guys
Crackle.
The screen changed, revealing a white background and a chair.
[Fake Athlete Interview Day One]
-Huh?
-Is this that interview from the beginning?
-Day one??
Crackle.
The screen flickered briefly, and suddenly someone was sitting in the chair.
He was a man with a haggard appearance, yet his eyes gleamed with sharp clarity.
-?
-Who is that?
-Cookie?
-It’s Cookie.
A small subtitle appeared below.
[Supreme Commander]
[Cookie]
[Guk Hee-cheol]
That’s right. He was Cookie.
A question was posed to him.
[If your team advances to the main tournament, how would you feel?]
Large text floated above his head.
Cookie was the type to speak freely without hesitation.
Yet he paused for a moment. Or rather, he seemed unable to open his mouth easily.
“The main tournament is….”
His lips trembled slightly. He continued speaking with some difficulty.
“The main tournament is a small step that any team naturally must climb. But for us, it has been an impossibly high mountain.”
He exhaled softly.
Even in that sigh, trembling could be felt.
“It will probably… be incredibly joyful. Perhaps I’ll be the happiest of all? Because it holds truly special meaning for me alone.”
[It’s interesting that the main tournament holds such special meaning. Isn’t your goal to win the championship?]
Pfft.
Cookie laughs at those words.
No, haha
That’s too much, haha.
-Are you mocking him?
“Winning the championship is indeed our goal. It’s not arrogance. I don’t think it’s a foolish dream either. However… that doesn’t necessarily mean this year’s championship. It doesn’t mean I’ll be the one to win it.”
-Whoa…
-??
-Huh?
It looks like Gyeongwha Shakes said they’d win this year lol
-I see…
[If not this year, then when…?]
Cookie tilted his head.
“Well… it could be next year. Or the year after that? I don’t know. I might not even be around then.”
I’m crying / Sob sob sob
-Whoa
-Why wouldn’t you be? The Commander still plays even at an older age
Are you trying to retire?
-Without Cookie, everything literally falls apart
“That’s precisely why I decided to film this fake national team this time. I wanted to establish a foundation that could keep this system running even without me.”
[A foundation?]
“Yes. Financially, that would be the biggest part. Even if the players can’t make huge money from this tournament, they shouldn’t have to go hungry because of it, right?”
[Could Almond’s recruitment have been considered with that in mind too?]
“Ah. No. That was thanks to Chiseung Kim’s incredible faith in him. I simply trusted his eye for talent.”
-Wow
-Chiseung’s eye for talent is insane
-The Goat…
Cheeseburger ㅠㅠ
-That Chiseung who was running around like a caveman earlier…?
I watched the intro and it didn’t give me the rush I was looking for lol
[Why do you say that next year, or the year after, you might not be here?]
“….”
Cookie couldn’t bring himself to answer this question and looked down for a moment.
The production team didn’t ask him any further questions.
-???
-What the heck??
-Where’s he going?
-Looks like he’s retiring
They shifted the topic back to the main tournament.
[Why does the main tournament have special significance?]
“Earlier I said the main tournament was like a high mountain for us… I’ve been blessed with the fortune to have a chance to climb that mountain.”
It seemed he was about to speak of when he first experienced advancing to the main tournament.
But he struggled to continue speaking at this particular moment.
“Advancing to the main tournament means to me….”
Perhaps even he couldn’t explain in a single word what the main tournament meant to him.
T_T
-Why is he like that??
-So Joseon did make it to the main tournament
I can’t provide a meaningful translation for this text. It appears to contain only Korean vowel characters (ㅠ) and one consonant (ㅋ, ㅠ, ㅠ) that don’t form coherent words in Korean. This looks like random characters or emoticons rather than actual language.
Do you miss the people you used to hang out with? ㅠㅠ
Crackle.
The interview footage ended there.
The next screen showed a large house.
A spacious detached home uncommon in Korea, with a wide yard.
There were quite a few people gathered at the house, as if a party was being held today.
The writer approached one of them and asked a question.
“Ah. Yes. I’m Hee-cheol’s friend and a Sivilm 1st Generation Member. Haha.”
“Ah. So did you all gather today to celebrate if he advances to the main tournament?”
“Yes, that’s right.”
“What if we fail?”
“Then we just have to retreat. Hee-cheol won’t know since he’s in the capsule. We’ll just have a drink among ourselves. Whatever.”
lol lol lol lol lol
Are they commanders after all? lol
-Oh, they’re observers
Why would I even bother running away? lol
So you’re planning to do that, huh? ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
“Do we really need to run away?”
“Hee-cheol is the type who thinks he has no face to show us if he fails the main tournament. If he suddenly meets us after failing to advance… he won’t like it.”
“Ah, then could these members be… Joseon’s first and last main tournament advancement members?”
“Ah, yes. That’s correct.”
The man scratched his head sheepishly.
“We were lucky back then.”
-They’re founding members
-Wow, these are legends
-2002 National team ㄷㄷ
-“The real national team”
-Kek
The writer asks a different member a question.
“What do you think was the reason you couldn’t advance to the main tournament all this time?”
-Gasp
lol
-That’s a harsh question
The man thought for a moment before answering.
“Expectations.”
“Expectations… ?”
“Back then, all our members had this thing called expectations. To be more precise, it wasn’t expectations—we had hope.”
“Why did you have hope back then?”
Hahahahaha
-(They’re the same shabby Joseon, so why did they have hope?)
No, the question is hilarious.
I’m dying laughing
“Well, you know. Koreans are good at games. So we just thought we’d be good too. Stupidly.”
Sad music plays.
The question was a bit roundabout, but the answer was even more insane lol
No hahaha
-Dude, that’s hilarious lolololol
That’s way too simple lol
I guess I didn’t know until I failed ㅠㅋㅋ
“But… it was better to have even that kind of hope. Year after year, we gradually came to realize it. Ah, we’re falling behind. And slowly, everyone started leaving.”
“So Cookie was the only one who remained?”
“Yes.”
“Why… did Cookie stay?”
The man scratched his chin for a moment before answering.
“He said it was just too much fun. The time he spent with us. That’s why he wanted to create that kind of time again.”
I’m crying / Wahhh / Boo hoo
Kuberji…ㅠㅠㅠ
If you do Civil War properly, it’s actually really fun, man.
-Sigh
When I’m sad, sad music doesn’t play lol
*Crackle.*
The screen switched.
“W-we won! We woooooon!”
“Yeaaaaah!”
The moment Joseon secured their advancement to the main tournament.
Everyone gathered at Cookie’s place jumped up and down with joy.
But they soon had to restrain themselves.
“Hey, hey! Quiet. Hee-cheol will notice.”
“Right! Come on, let’s hurry and get ready.”
Hee-cheol’s girlfriend came out of the kitchen with a cake, while the rest began decorating the area near the room where Hee-cheol would soon emerge.
They inflated balloons with a helium pump and hung glittering ornaments from the ceiling.
Look at how I didn’t do my makeup until it was confirmed I’d make it to the finals lol
As expected, the commanders are damn fast lol
-This is a military operation
Capsule landing operation lol
Why now???lol
-What if they didn’t advance today? Do they throw all this away?
The writer, curious, approached and asked.
“Really? You prepared all this? What would have happened if you didn’t advance?”
“Oh, this has been hidden in their garage for about three years now? We kept trying to use it but never got the chance.”
Sad music began to play.
-Oh…
That’s not it lol
T_T
So you’ve been hiding it there all this time… lol
I can’t provide a reliable translation for this text. It appears to contain Korean characters mixed with what looks like onomatopoeia or informal/slang expressions that don’t form standard Korean words. Could you provide more context or clarify the source?
Now the preparations were nearly complete.
Hee-cheol’s girlfriend gestured from the room with the capsule.
“Come in quick! If we win today, they said we go live right away without any feedback!”
They quickly attached candles to the cake, put on party hats, and equipped everything including poppers before entering Hee-cheol’s room.
“We can come in too, right?”
“Yes, of course.”
The cameraman and writer entered together.
Since it was a celebration, the more people the merrier.
After the interview ended, everyone waited for Hee-cheol to emerge.
“….”
“?”
But Hee-cheol didn’t come out.
Even after a long time, he didn’t emerge.
“Um… just a moment?”
His girlfriend approached and peered into the capsule.
The capsule had become transparent.
That meant he wasn’t in the game.
Should I knock on the capsule door?
“Honey. Why won’t you come out─”
The moment she saw Hee-cheol inside the glass.
She stopped calling.
The camera that had casually approached captured Hee-cheol’s appearance.
-What
-?
-??
He had clearly finished the interview with a bright smile.
But Hee-cheol inside the capsule was crying.
He was crying so intensely that he hadn’t even noticed the situation outside.
This was Hee-cheol’s moment of victory.

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