Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 941

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 4 Episode 072
24. Nant Match Assembly (3)
The discussion in the Blueboat continued on.
What was curious was that Almond, the very core of this incident, wasn’t saying much of anything.
The rest of them were passionately putting forth their justifications.
“We need the best unified team!”
“No, the atmosphere is what matters!”
“Ugh, which side am I supposed to join!?”
To summarize the arguments, it went something like this.
Hong-cha’s side argued that they needed to form the best unified team for the sake of ‘victory’.
In other words, they said it was illegal (they really did say that) for Balloon Stars to take Almond this way based on personal connections.
“If all the aces pile up on one side, doesn’t that make everyone else trash?”
Balloon Stars countered that they needed to prevent the phenomenon of everything concentrating into a single team for the sake of ‘entertainment’.
After all, platform competitions and everything else were all for the sake of fun.
If all the skilled members from the old Tribby team gathered together and formed one team and two teams, what would people find entertaining about watching the remaining matches?
“It’s fun when you have a good mix—a hard-carry skilled player, a clown who makes people laugh, a brain, a visual position, things like that.”
This was Taco’s argument.
Hong-cha scoffed and spoke.
“What is this, a girl group? Are we assigning visual, main vocal, dancer roles?”
“Ooh~ Girl groups are nice~”
Strawberry Shooter interjected, but Hong-cha paid no mind and pointed at Almond while shouting.
“And visual, main vocal, dancer, clown—everything! It’s all in this one person except for the brain!”
Balloon Gum countered as if he wouldn’t lose on this point.
“My clown skills are still better though….”
It was a very timid rebuttal.
“I have brains too.”
Sanghyeon also countered as if he wouldn’t concede on this point.
Of course, no one answered his remark, and the conversation resumed.
“Did you see the viewer trends after Tribby got completely crushed by Paprika last time?”
“Well….”
That was when it happened.
“Hello everyone~ You’re all really here? Haha.”
It was Greentea, Hong-cha’s boyfriend.
He must have heard the news from Hong-cha.
The problem was the people who came with him.
Danmuji and Pickle had shown up too.
Things were escalating.

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“When it comes to tournaments, it’s Almond. The demon lord of exhibition matches. Unofficial VNS ranking first place. And he’s on par with Jeon-ja-pa.”
Pickle was rattling off praise for Almond like he’d memorized some script.
Their strategy was incredibly simple.
No grand cause or justification needed!
Just make Almond want to go where they wanted him to go!
Pickle showered Almond with praise, while Greentea whimpered and tugged at heartstrings with a sob story. It was a carrot and stick approach.
A classic combination of incentive and threat.
“Almond, sir. Did you know that after you absolutely demolished Danmuji in that Nant match, he fell into depression for a while? Every time I reached Master tier, I’d end up as a Silver tier instead.”
Danmuji hung his head beside him, playing along with the dejected act.
“I realized there was only one way we could overcome this. That’s by teaming up with you, Almond!”
He was practically proposing.
It was a miracle he wasn’t on one knee with flowers.
“He’s talking shit.”
Hong-cha shoved Greentea’s face from the side.
“What, what?”
“I said he’s talking shit! Spouting crap from his mouth! Is that a face or an ass?”
Hong-cha’s crude language had no filter, especially not around her boyfriend.
“Th-this guy’s completely lost it?”
“Why don’t you try that on our anniversary?”
“….”
Greentea’s mouth snapped shut in an instant.
Danmuji opened his mouth to take his place.
He approached with the wholesome impression of a church evangelist, his eyes sparkling brightly.
“Like Hong-cha said, even if we’re not a permanent team, I’ve always wanted to team up with you, Almond. Especially when our swords clashed in mid lane… I felt a thrill. We’re definitely connected.”
“Wow….”
Lemon shook his head in disbelief.
“What is this, a martial arts novel?”
“Hahaha. I was there that time! Danmuji, you never even clashed swords! You just got sliced up the whole time!”
Despite Balloon Gum’s sharp attack, Danmuji smiled like a sage and shook his head.
“Mm, mm~ No, I’m certain our hearts will align.”
“Ugh. What kind of concept is this. Hero Himmel?”
Lemon stepped back as if he’d witnessed something filthy.
In any case, their discussion just kept heating up without making any progress.
Juhyeok and Jia watched this dizzying situation and shook their heads.
“Wow… what is this. Seriously.”
“Who told Almond to go to a networking event. If he went, he’d get crushed to death.”
“Right, it’s completely like a marketplace.”
“It’s an Almond pop-up store.”
The two of them kept trading comparisons fitting for the situation.
In the meantime, Sanghyeon shakes his head in equal disagreement, offering a comparison that makes no sense whatsoever.
“Like it’s some school Valentine’s Day.”
“…?”
“?”
Juhyeok and Jia turn to look at him as if they’ve just heard something deeply offensive.
But Sanghyeon truly meant nothing by it.
‘What a bastard.’
Juhyeok’s mind suddenly conjures up a completely different dimension of school life.
‘What a real bastard….’

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The existence of the platform inter-league match spread through the community in an instant.
[So there’s this thing called a platform inter-league match]
-Damn
-Wait?? Paprika accepted this?
-What’s this
-Big Paprika lol doing this
-What a generous person lol
-Is there some hidden strategy??? It feels like only Cheese benefits
-Paprika probably thought of this because they benefited so much from the inter-league match against Tribby back then. But isn’t this different this time?
-Oh anyway, fun times guaranteed
-This is gonna be hilarious lol and at least Almond went to Cheese’s side so that’s good
-Isn’t Paprika too strong? lol
The general sentiment was roughly consistent.
Most were first surprised that Paprika accepted this, and then concluded that the opponent wouldn’t stand a chance.
This belief was so firm that such posts even made it to the trending section.
3rd) Cheese should just aim for fun and not try to play seriously at all
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The team should just go out as a bunch of old fools: Balloon Gum, Middle-aged Detective, Dotorimuk, and Ppulranem.
And getting completely destroyed while making people laugh is the only move Cheese can pull off.
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-lol two of them don’t even play Ril properly lol
└That’s why they’ll get destroyed
└How badly do you want them to lose… stop it…
-lol but you gotta give them time to be funny, you bastard, a 10-minute stomp isn’t funny
└lol there won’t even be time to be funny
└lol just looking at that combination is hilarious
└Middle-aged Detective is actually a talentless person who can match wits with Balloon Gum
└But that’s talent in Tribby?
└Tribby is dead…
A post arguing that if you’re going to lose, you might as well lose spectacularly.
The post received so many recommendations that it climbed to 3rd place on the issue board, making the power gap between Paprika and the old Tribby crystal clear. After all, the platform had split into two philosophies: meritocracy versus entertainment.
Skilled players became incompetent on Tribby, while incompetent players became skilled on Paprika—the difference was simply unavoidable.
As a result, among those supporting Cheese, such public opinion was inevitable.
Especially since there was a community called “Cheese Rush” created on Cheese’s platform.
These kinds of discussions were constantly emerging there.
[Cheese really needs to build a solid team]
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If you half-heartedly divide resources trying to make it fun, you’ll get completely steamrolled and end up with a boring Paprika civil war finale that makes all the viewers abandon ship
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-Should go with the top 5
└Then what are all the other streamers supposed to do lol
└What can you do? They’re not good enough
└Even with the top 5, it’s questionable if we can compete honestly lol
└Anyone who watched Paprika steamroll Tribby in real time would never say something like “what are the other streamers supposed to do”—it’d be “what are the remaining viewers supposed to do?” lol
└lololol everyone disappears and only the viewers are left
└Lmao
-Nah, is the gap really that big? There’s Almond, Hong-cha, Danmuji… we’ve got quite a few, right?
└Three people?
└lololol squeezing it out to three lol
└quite a few = three people lololol
That was the question.
How should the team be assembled?
This issue wasn’t just being debated among the streamers themselves.
For the fans supporting them, it was also a matter of honor.
Especially for viewers who remembered getting completely obliterated by Paprika during the Tribby era, this match was no longer just an exhibition game.
A battle for honor where they absolutely had to win!
Of course, there were opposing opinions as well.
[But what’s fun about gathering streamers who aren’t even close to each other?]
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Everyone says it’ll be fun, but if you gather streamers who are awkward with each other and people start dying, the mood gets heavy and you get a 10-minute audio gap—is that what you want to see? lol
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-Even close friends get tense when they play together?
└So imagine what happens with people who aren’t close
-That’s true, everyone’s just too heated. What if we cool down a bit?
└Sure~ Kantchop~
└Kantchop lmao
A new term emerged—”Kantchop,” a combination of “Kanteop” and “Paprika,” as the debate heated up.
-They’re literally staking their lives on this game
└After watching the Civil M international tournament, crying and whining…
└That’s not a game, that’s a sport?
hahahaha lol
└Kuboji literally risked his life, so how is he supposed to look bad compared to some pre-event tournament like this??
The viewers were pulling in all sorts of wild theories now.
Then a fresh perspective emerged.
[Wouldn’t friends playing together actually perform better anyway?]
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Assembling skilled players doesn’t automatically make them good—haven’t you seen Ril Champs fail?
Even if you throw money at it and gather all the players, how many times have they flopped?
They need to be close with each other and have matching teamwork
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The argument was that being close to each other actually leads to better results.
Either way, Ril is a team game.
Having good coordination often matters more than individual skill.
-Right, that’s why ancient Sparta had a lot of gay soldiers
└You don’t need to be that close…
Hahahahaha
Hahahahaha lol hahahaha
└Deciding top and bottom is gonna be rough… btw this is about Ril.
“This guy is crazy lol”
-So if you team up with Balloon Gum, can you win the championship?
└Almond actually did that though?
└???: I already did that!
└The moment Ril losers ask “is that even possible?” Almond’s already done it
There was plenty of back-and-forth, but ultimately this debate could be summarized like this.
[Teaming up with Balloon Gum to get laughs vs…]
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Winning the platform championship and immediately embedding yourself in the minds of viewers nationwide the moment the platform launches
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Victory or laughter.
You had to choose one or the other.
-Oh, while you were deliberating, Almond already took both!
ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ (laughing)
Just do both of them already ㅡㅡ
Winning the championship with bubble gum is a real legend.
He even won the national championship ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
I’m dying laughing ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
Wait, I was thinking for a moment, but why is it so fast? Nuts shake ㅠ
Of course, there was already someone who had taken both.
“So, Almond.”
All the members of the Nant Match gathered in one place were staring at me.
“What are you going to do!?”
In the end, this had become a problem only I could decide.
‘How did things end up like this?’
I thought I just had to pick my own team.
Before I knew it, the discussion had spiraled and expanded—the former Tribby members wanted me to determine the fundamental principle of how they should form their teams.
Hong-cha, Miho, Danmuji—everyone asked simultaneously without exception.
“Victory? Or fun?”

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