Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 833

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 3 Episode 303
98. The Same Enemy, Different Circumstances (2)
“Aah! The ancient walls!”
“This map! If my memory serves, this is the map from when Joseon and Rome first met, isn’t it?!”
-Chills
-ptsd on lol
-Haha lol
-Ah…
-Damn, it’s intense from the first game
“Here, most of the early variables were actually blocked off, that kind of… that kind of map, right?!”
“That’s right. Even so, Cookie created an incredible variable! And Anto predicted and blocked it! That’s the kind of extraordinary clash that happened on this map!”
Those in the audience who had watched Civil M from the preliminaries knew it well—Anto’s overwhelmingly dominant ability to predict moves on this very ground.
Because of this, an anxious atmosphere rippled through the spectator stands.
The Balloon Stars Members, who had meticulously prepared colorful costumes for the finals, were also uneasy.
“Ugh… of all places, why here!?”
Balloon Gum, wearing a flounder costume, protests with frustration.
Next to him, Strawberry Shooter, dressed in an Umnackeoa suit, adds her own comment.
“Anto oppa, this won’t do~ I think I need to go on a date with you.”
“….”
Takoyaki started to say something but closed his mouth.
He had painted his bald head to express something uniquely distinctive.
A small child sitting in the back row tugged at his mother’s hand and asked Takoyaki a question.
“Mister! How much is this Almond hat? How do you do this?! It fits perfectly!”
“Ah. This?”
Takoyaki pointed to his own head.
“This isn’t for sale!”
He pulled at what the child thought was a hat, and it stretched out like skin.
The child burst into tears.
“Waaaaahhhhh!!”
That’s right.
He had drawn lines on his bald head to create an Almond shape.
“Ahahaha!”
Miho, standing nearby, apologized on his behalf and held the child.
She was wearing a cheerleader outfit with a monster mascot drawn on it.
Of course, she didn’t forget to tie a small Almond-shaped bag around her waist.
“I’m so sorry. I’m so sorry. He’s not crazy… just excessively cheerful.”
The child soon stopped crying and grinned contentedly in Miho’s arms.
“This guy… is he already a ladies’ man?”
Takoyaki glared at him as if displeased, but it made no difference.
The child smiled brightly and paid him no attention whatsoever.
-Taco Shack lololol
“Miho and [name] ㅠㅠ So pretty”
-How many episodes has that kid been in
-Is it Do-jun?
-lololol The way she keeps smiling is killing me
There were quite a few viewers watching from the Balloon Stars fan broadcast channel as well.
It wasn’t just them.
“Everyone. I finally managed to get my hands on a finals ticket, didn’t I!?”
“Now it begins. Wow… I’m getting chills.”
“Everyone, please don’t backseat game, and if you insult the players, I’ll ban you immediately.”
Other content creators were also holding cameras and streaming simultaneously.
Among them were quite a few streamers with considerable names to their credit.
In this way, the finals of the national championship were drawing the attention of countless people.
The official channel’s live viewer count was approaching a staggering 1.3 million.
It was truly nationwide attention.
‘If we were to….’
On the field, Almond clenched his fists tightly and thought.
Rome was certainly a difficult opponent.
In terms of power ranking, they were only one tier above China, but that gap was enormous.
Hadn’t I experienced it firsthand during the preliminaries?
There’s a saying that China is the strongest in the human realm, and everything else is beyond the heavens.
One of those is Rome, and the other is Mongolia.
Rome, which had defeated Mongolia and climbed to this point.
They were undoubtedly the strongest team at this moment.
‘It will be difficult.’
Victory would be hard to achieve.
‘But….’
With 1.3 million watching and nearly every media outlet mentioning the national championship on their pages right now.
If we could show victory here, it would truly be a victory for the nation.
We would be winning as representatives of our country.
National representatives.

* * *
Everyone knew that a match against Rome would be difficult.
The commentators began explaining those difficulties right after the game started.
“Alright, the game has officially begun. Straight line formation. Rome in blue at 3 o’clock, Joseon in red at 9 o’clock.”
“Since we’ve already faced Rome once, let me give you a brief overview. Looking purely at civilization combat strength, Joseon has a slight advantage in the 1st era, Joseon has a slight advantage in the 3rd era. Rome has a slight advantage in the 2nd era… and Rome also has a slight advantage in the 4th era, you see?”
-They all have slight advantages lol
-The data actually shows that lol
-What? They’re evenly matched??
-It seems like it’s a civilization thing
“Ah. So the turns alternate like this?”
“Exactly. The winning conditions for both civilizations alternate. But this is purely statistical analysis.”
“Ah, of course!”
“For these superhuman commanders and players who’ve made it to the finals, these statistical matchups are practically meaningless, you see?”
“That’s right. These are just general evaluations! But this absolutely doesn’t apply in the professional world! This isn’t a place where ‘generally’ matters!?”
-lol true
-Not a place where ‘generally’ matters lol
-Haha
-Facts;
“Right. If Rome doesn’t recruit the Legion, their special unit in the 2nd era! Then it becomes a completely different flow! If Joseon doesn’t use archers!? Then it gets strange too. But! Like I said, all this!?”
Riiiiip!
King Gul suddenly tore up the data sheet.
-What’s with the performance lol
-No way lol
-He’s super hyped up
-The brain’s gone crazy lol
“It’s all meaningless! Just paper! Scraps of data! Once they’ve made it to the finals!! These two are equals!!! Civilization this, civilization that! It means nothing!”
-Haha
-Rome’s 4th era is still more manageable than China’s lol
-Honestly, always losing and blaming civilization balance gets old; lol
-Kek
-Is this professional…?
-Info) King Gul had been strongly criticizing in-game balance ever since Jeon-ja-pa squeezed juice out of him;
“Ah. That’s right! I agree! Right now! Here! In the Osaka stadium! On the finals stage! In front of ancient walls! Anything could happen!”
Despite the commentators’ bold proclamations about unpredictable events, the actual situation on the map was mostly peaceful.
-What? Nothing’s happening?
-Caw… caw…?
-Quiet…
-lololol
-Silence
Considering that the preliminaries on this map had been decided by a 1st era rush, this was excessively peaceful.
However, one only sees what one understands.
“Now, this isn’t actually quiet, you see?”
“Is that so?”
“There’s an intense psychological battle happening back and forth!”
-Psychological warfare lol
-Only good people can see it?
-lol King Gul’s citrus packaging degree strikes again
Nothing is happening, yet King Gul insists something fierce is unfolding.
“Joseon has a considerable advantage right now.”
He even claims Joseon is in an advantageous position.
A considerable one at that.
-??
-What exactly lol
-Nationalist TV King Gul lol
-Huh? Already?
“Wait, Joseon has the advantage!? But nothing’s happening!?”
“This isn’t citrus packaging, it’s real. Let me explain this reconnaissance battle and psychological warfare. I have to reference the previous match.”
“The previous match? Oh, the Rome versus Joseon qualifier! The one on the Ancient Walls where they fought identically! They lost that one, didn’t they?”
“That’s right. They lost. But this time, they have the advantage.”
“What!?”
“Briefly explaining the map—the Ancient Walls have walls surrounding the main base from the start, which blocks Joseon’s strength: creating variables in the early Eras 1 and 2.”
“But you’re saying they have the advantage!?”
It’s terrain where early harassment and defense are easier based on the walls.
Normally, to create walls of this caliber, you’d need to enter at least Era 3.
Here, such defensive capabilities are granted from the beginning.
Because of this, late-game oriented civilizations like China and Persia favor this map.
“Ah. What Joseon does! Sending archers to harass workers! That’s not easy to pull off, right!?”
“Exactly. Honestly, Joseon in the qualifier? Almond spam! That happened a lot!”
“Right! Once you send them out! It just works! You see results!”
-lol
-Almond spam lol
-Truth bomb lol
-They sucked a lot of honey
-Once you send them, you win the fight anyway
-Era 2 fast Almond rush
“That Almond spam! Doesn’t work here! Because Almond can’t pierce the walls with arrows!? So what did Joseon do back then!”
King Gul explained the situation from that time.
“They completely isolated Rome, right? Built defensive towers at Rome’s entrance! Turned the walls into a prison wall instead! It was a brilliant and excellent strategy! But!
Joseon tried to turn those walls into their own prison in reverse.
Rome predicted this and left one worker behind, rendering it useless.
“Anto predicted that! Rome left one Worker outside, but it was completely useless! Instead, he got hit hard from behind!”
“Ah! He left a Worker behind! And creating that prison at the time was a truly shocking strategy! But the fact that Anto anticipated even that gave me chills!”
-For real
-He’s just insane
-Leaving that Worker behind in advance is still legendary even thinking about it now;
-Rome leaving a Worker behind seems insufficient
“That’s it! That’s who Anto is! This man is a master of unconventional destruction tactics! You simply can’t pull off reckless moves in front of him! And!”
“And!?”
“The previous situations I explained are connecting to this moment!? Look at the current situation!”
“Yes!”
“Joseon is scouting right now! But look at the formation!”
On the minimap, Joseon’s red dots weren’t spread out as far as expected.
“To hunt effectively, they need to spread out as wide as possible! But they’re spread a bit less!?”
“Huh!? You’re right!?”
“Cookie is looking for any opportunity to block the entrance again!”
“Again, again!?”
Cookie is using the same strategy as the preliminaries this time.
However, with slight variations.
“I think he considers that strategy itself to be good! The fact that Anto predicted it means that strategy was effective!? That’s what I thought too.”
Blocking the entrance is an excellent choice.
This map has no significant resources inside the walls. They absolutely must advance outward.
If trapped in there, even reaching the third age would be difficult.
“But then, will Anto leave another Worker behind?”
“No. This connects to the last match. He hasn’t left one behind yet. Cookie will remember it!”
That was right.
He couldn’t respond this time by leaving a Worker behind.
Because Cookie would counter it.
Gasp, haha!
-That’s true…
Cookie will remember this. <<< Why is this funny?ㅋㅋㅋ
-Then how does he block it this time?
-With a fake build?
"Rome only has one Priest to give buffs instead, so they're already missing one Worker at the start!? If he leaves another one here and gets caught? That's absolutely the worst! For the opponent, it's no risk, high reward!"
If he carelessly left a Worker behind, in the worst case, only the Worker would be caught while the entrance would still be blocked.
"But then!? Why isn't Cookie blocking the entrance right now!?"
"Didn't I say Joseon has the advantage!?"
"Ah, yes. You did."
"Right now Cookie is applying pressure."
"Pressure?"
"Yes. 'We can block the entrance anytime. So you leave a Worker behind. Or build something at the entrance!' It becomes this kind of psychological warfare! Right now!"
"What!?"
"Look at the Roman Soldiers! They can't venture far out, can they? They can't, because a certain minimum number must always guard the entrance! Cookie isn't building a single defense tower right now—he's holding back the opponent with pure positioning!"
"!"
That's right.
The shadow of the previous match's strategy looms over this game.
Anto's countermeasure was something that could be stopped if you knew it was coming, but Cookie's strategy was something you could fall victim to even if you understood it.
Now that this map had appeared again, the advantage belonged to Cookie.
-My head hurts
-My brain is exploding
-Scary
-Not everyone can be a Commander
-I knew it during the Youbi match, but I'm more of a Choi Sun-sin style lol
-I miss those romantic days when we just asked Almond to do it…
-Sigh
"This is far more stable and efficient than rushing in directly to block the entrance like before! There's no extreme payoff, but there's zero risk while still generating returns!?"
If you actually rushed in to block the entrance and failed, the game would end right there.
But what about now?
By applying moderate pressure to prevent the opponent from advancing, I can reduce the gambles.
"Joseon's strategy is evolving! But what's really vicious about Anto is that even if it's for a one-in-a-million chance, he'd want to deploy Workers by now, but he absolutely won't!?"
Anto was also playing along with that psychological warfare to a minimal degree.
He accepted sacrificing hunting to some extent and positioning multiple Soldiers at the entrance, but he didn't deploy Workers.
Because for Rome in the early game, Workers are far too precious a resource.
However, the value of Rome's such countermeasures was already being slowly eroded by psychological pressure, preventing them from using the map broadly.
"Civil Empire is essentially territory control, as I mentioned before!? During the second match against China! No matter how fiercely China resisted, no matter how hard they fought back! Joseon's win rate remained high because of the size of the territory they controlled!? Like it or not, Rome can't venture far now! Joseon is using the map broadly! And on top of that!!"
Boom─
[Joseon – Age 2]
Joseon rapidly advances to Age 2.
"Age 2! Incredibly fast!? If this continues, they could actually blockade Rome's entrance and starve them out!?"
-Wow
-Did Choi Sun-sin possess him? What is this
Cookie awakening is insane.
-Wow
-Insane
-What is this lol

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