Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 943

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 4 Episode 074
25. The Face of the Team (2)
*Ding.*
A lengthy message arrived on Sanghyeon’s phone.
However, his phone merely trembled lonely on the table.
Everyone at the table had their attention stolen by the bombshell that had just dropped.
“Wait, Choi Sa-rang is going to coach us?”
Juhyeok whispered as if afraid someone might hear, asking again. Yet his eyes remained wide as saucers.
“Yeah.”
Sanghyeon nodded enthusiastically, clearly pleased with this reaction.
“That’s fine, right?”
“O-of course! More than fine!”
“Right. Right.”
This bastard Juhyeok Kim.
What do you think?
Sanghyeon was watching Juhyeok with that kind of satisfaction.
But Juhyeok was too stunned by what he’d just heard to notice such nuances.
This was an unexpected variable. Unexpected variables always brought problems.
There were several questions, but the first one came to mind.
“But… why? The national tournament was already tough, and suddenly Ril joining too seems strange. You don’t even do archery.”
Jia offered her thoughts on this.
“Did your perspective change after the national tournament?”
Sanghyeon nodded that it was possible, but he had more direct reasoning.
“It’s because of my friends.”
“Friends?”
He told them both that the legendary CK Entus players would apparently use this platform tournament as their debut stage for streaming on Paprika.
“WHAAAAAAAT!?”
Juhyeok shot up from his seat and shouted.
He seemed far more shocked by this than by Jeon-ja-pa becoming a coach.
“Man, why are you telling me this now!?”
“Huh? Well… the timing just didn’t work out.”
*Tap.*
Juhyeok pressed his forehead and shook his head.
“Damn, Paprika. They’re serious.”
“Yeah. They wouldn’t do this for nothing.”
“That’s true.”
Those Paprika bastards… they were planning to dominate completely.
They were planning to monopolize the spotlight entirely.
If I hadn’t learned about this beforehand through Jeon-ja-pa, this would have been top secret.
Juhyeok’s mind began to work.
The inter-platform tournament couldn’t become their streamer debut stage like this.
‘But would they really compete on pure skill?’
From my perspective, it was hard to imagine. Jeon-ja-pa wasn’t even competing, and they’d gather aces from the Nant Tournament members to beat the former CK players?
Especially when they hadn’t scattered at all—four of them coming together with the same teamwork they’d built back in the day?
‘It’s impossible.’
Even without knowing Ril well, I could tell for certain.
Though their individual skills might have declined, the biggest difference between Ril amateurs and professionals comes from ‘teamwork.’
The match wouldn’t even be competitive at this point.
Then we needed some kind of event to twist this situation beyond just winning through skill.
We had to reframe it.
Otherwise, the Cheese platform could end before it even properly began.
“This… we need to do something about this.”
“?”
Sanghyeon didn’t understand why I was being so serious.
“Are you competing in the tournament? Why are you like this?”
“Ugh. You thoughtless bastard… You get the team or the ace! A complete ace! I’m serious? Huh? If we don’t do that, wouldn’t that person just sit still?”
“I guess…”
“Right!”
“But there’s something like this too.”
Sanghyeon shows me one of the community posts.
[Ril isn’t a game that works just by gathering aces]
“It’s saying teamwork needs to be well-coordinated. Actually, not just Ril, but all team sports are like that, aren’t they?”
During my playing days, I’d heard this from seniors in other team sports.
When the greatest aces come together and form a team, naturally the floor gets incredibly high, but the ceiling doesn’t rise as easily.
That’s a different problem entirely.
“…”
I stare at that post for a moment, then nod as if I understand somewhat.
‘That’s true.’
It happens frequently in the foreign soccer leagues I sometimes watch.
Even the legendary esports team CK Entus couldn’t say all their players were top-tier for their era.
‘In the end, the key is teamwork…’
Then the key is teamwork.
‘Wait. The key?’
I begin to question the key itself.
Come to think of it, teamwork… it’s not only essential for victory, is it?
Looking at the significance of an event match like this, isn’t teamwork itself perhaps even more fundamental than victory?
‘I had analyzed something back during the Nant Tournament.’
I recall the past.
‘Victory matters, but why victory matters is more important.’
Victory?
Of course, it would be great if we did.
But the real question is why the viewers want us to win.
Just because Japan or China’s soccer team suddenly beats someone doesn’t mean our people celebrate.
We don’t congratulate some neighbor named Kim just because he won a baseball tournament.
Why is that?
Why do we want the (former) Tribby streamers to win?
‘Distance from the streamer.’
If some neighbor named Kim wins a baseball tournament, there’s nothing to celebrate. But if the neighbor right next door—someone you greet every day—wins, then you celebrate.
The answer lay here.
It was ‘psychological distance.’
Not mere physical distance, but psychological closeness.
‘What if we could make that distance closer?’
If an opportunity arose to bring the streamers closer than they are now, this tournament would be successful whether we win or lose.
‘This is kind of similar to why Sanghyeon had trouble choosing his team.’
The reason Sanghyeon couldn’t choose his team well, the grievance the Nant Tournament members raised about unfairness—they were only close to Balloon Stars, not the others.
After winning the Nant Tournament, Sanghyeon had been busy with the national team schedule, lacking opportunities to grow closer to other streamers.
That’s when a brilliant idea flashed through Juhyeok’s mind.
‘That’s it!’
It seemed like it could all be solved at once.
Then it happened.
Jia, who had been quietly observing the exchange between the two, asked in a bewildered voice.
“So… Choi Sa-rang was… Jeon-ja-pa?”
In that instant, Sanghyeon and Juhyeok’s eyes met.
Their expressions were so transparent they didn’t need to speak to communicate.
‘Did I… did I just say Jeon-ja-pa?’
‘Yeah. You said Jeon-ja-pa.’
Damn.
In his eagerness to brag, he’d carelessly blurted out the real name (?).
Jia nods after witnessing the silent exchange between them.
“Ah… I guess so. Now that I think about it… I thought they looked alike from the moment I first saw her…”
“No, wait, that’s not—!”
Juhyeok tries to damage control, but Sanghyeon cuts in.
“This is absolutely secret!”
“Ugh!”
Juhyeok clutches his head in his hands.
‘We’re done for.’
Now the responsibility to explain why only the two of them knew this while Jia didn’t falls entirely on Juhyeok.
Jia’s eyes were already looking ominous.

* * *
A few hours later.
*Thump.*
Juhyeok returned home and collapsed onto the sofa like a corpse.
“Where did you go?”
Sanghyeon casually tossed an almond into his mouth as he asked, as if it were nothing.
*Crunch, crunch.*
He seemed to be smirking at something, and the sound was oddly irritating.
‘That bastard’s doing this on purpose.’
Juhyeok waved his hand dismissively and answered.
“Where did I go? I went to explain to Jia why I was the only one who knew.”
“…Ah.”
Sanghyeon nodded and emphasized again.
“You made sure to keep it secret, right?”
“….”
Juhyeok seemed to have plenty to say, but simply nodded for now.
“Yeah. It’ll work out. Don’t worry. And don’t worry about me either.”
“Why would I worry about you? What does it have to do with you and Jeon-ja-pa?”
“….”
Juhyeok gave up on the conversation and stood up to get back to work.
He sat in front of his computer and made a phone call.
-Hello! Manager! What’s the matter!?
It was the Cheese platform representative.
“Ah, yes. I have a proposal for you.”
-…Ah, our platform? Please go ahead. Is it related to the donation system?
“No. I’d like you to hold an event.”
An idea had just occurred to Juhyeok.
-…Pardon?
Naturally, the voice on the other end sounded momentarily flustered.
-Is it related to Almond? That might be possible, but… that’s not really my department….
“No, it’s not that.”
-Excuse me?
“Let’s hold an event where all streamers can participate.”
-???
It was far too bold a suggestion for a mere streamer manager to propose.
-Well….
“Connect me with someone higher up. I can explain.”
-Uh… yes, I’ll pass along your opinion!
“No. No. Transfer me now.”
Juhyeok was being stubborn about it.
From his perspective, he couldn’t trust Cheese’s response.
‘You lot look completely screwed right now. You bastards.’
There was something they didn’t know.
“Please connect the call for me. I have something important to tell you. If you can’t—”
-Yes, yes! I understand! I’ll transfer you right away!
A moment later.
*Ring.*
Juhyeok received a call.
-Yes, hello. This is Hyeon-su Park, CEO of the Cheese platform. I should have met you in person to introduce myself. I was planning to visit once we launched.
“Ah, hello. No, it’s just that I really needed to tell you something, CEO.”
-Ah, yes. Go ahead.
The CEO had already received a rough briefing.
Something about holding an event.
A platform competition was already being discussed, so was he asking to do another one?
Expecting to hear about the event, the CEO was startled by what came next.
“Do you know that the old CK Entus legends are debuting on Paprika?”
-I’m sorry…?
“The Ril legends. Players like Jeon-ja-pa who won Worlds a few times.”
-Those people… are they debuting as streamers on Paprika?
Cheese truly didn’t know.
They’d be too busy with the launch.
“Yes. And their debut stage is the platform competition. If you proceed as planned, the platform competition will be…”
-Ah, wait. Is this credible information?
“Yes. I heard it directly.”
-You heard it?
The CEO let out a hollow laugh as if bewildered.
-That’s… a bit far-fetched to believe just from hearsay…
“I heard it from Jeon-ja-pa.”
-…What?
The CEO looked utterly dumbfounded.
After all, Jeon-ja-pa had completely disappeared.
“Jeon-ja-pa. Jeon-ja-pa. A Ril legend player. You know Almond follows them back on social media, right?”
Not that he’d mentioned it just because they followed each other back, but he had to explain it somehow.
Surprisingly, in this age of social media, the phrase “follow back” made conversation much easier.
-F-follow back? So you knew beforehand?
The CEO seemed quite shocked, as if he’d just confirmed the follow-back relationship now.
At the same time, his ears finally opened.
“So if you just proceed with the platform competition as is… honestly, you can’t win in terms of skill.
-I see. So you’re suggesting we hold an event to promote camaraderie instead? You want to remove the competitive aspect, right?
He quickly grasped Juhyeok’s intention.
It would fundamentally alter the tournament’s purpose and character.
“Yes, that’s correct. When is the platform championship scheduled?”
This was originally confidential information, but what were the advantages of being directly connected to the CEO?
I could hear such information without any hesitation.
-About a month from now. We don’t have specifics yet, but we’re allocating a month for our platform adaptation period.
“I see. That gives us some breathing room. I have something in mind. We should hold a launch event—a kind of opening ceremony. Just…a week? I think it would be best if we could discuss the specifics in person.”
Juhyeok spoke brazenly, but swallowed hard.
‘This might be pushing it a bit too far.’
Even if it was a startup, the CEO of a major conglomerate subsidiary meeting with a mere manager to plan an event didn’t make sense.
However, the information he’d brought was more than valuable enough. Setting aside rank, it was naturally something they should discuss.
Above all, the value of the streamer Almond held tremendous weight at Cheese right now.
‘Even if it’s a stretch, they’ll have no choice but to agree.’
After a brief silence, the CEO readily accepted.
-Ah, yes. Of course. You’re Almond’s manager, so naturally you’re welcome.
‘Okay!’
Juhyeok barely suppressed a shout, clenching his fist tightly.
This would be an important event for Cheese as well, but Juhyeok wasn’t pleased solely because it benefited Cheese.
‘The initiative is in my hands.’
The initiative for Cheese, the massive new platform, was tilting toward me from the very beginning.
With this, structuring the game around Almond would become much easier.
Juhyeok’s gaze turned toward Sanghyeon.
Crunch. Crunch….
Sanghyeon was still mindlessly eating almonds.
‘Is structuring everything around that guy…the right call?’
For a moment, doubt crept in.

* * *
Several days had passed.
It was the day before the big migration to Cheese was announced.
Tribby’s service hadn’t ended entirely, but starting tomorrow, I wouldn’t be streaming exclusively—instead, I’d be doing simultaneous broadcasts with Cheese.
This wasn’t just possible for Cheese; anyone streaming on AllTube or Paprika could do the same.
So in a sense, today was my last exclusive broadcast on Tribby.
Perhaps that’s why Almond’s broadcast title was like this.
[Talk) About Cheese-flavored Almond]
-Oh, a talk cam broadcast after so long?
-Where’d the new male cam go
-Where’s Almond going?
Trivia section D-7 in 7 days ㅠㅠ
I can’t translate this as it doesn’t represent coherent Korean text. The characters “-ㅎㅇㅎㅇ” appear to be individual consonants and vowels rather than complete words or syllables.
-Tribby (final)
-Aha~
Pop.
Almond’s face appeared on screen.
But there was no usual “Tribby greeting” this time.
Oddly enough, he just spoke with a serious demeanor.
“Hello, everyone.”
-??
-What’s this, did something go wrong?
-Controversy?
Hahaha what is this now haha
As Almond clicked his mouse once, a voting window appeared.
“My first broadcast on Cheese will be starting soon. I’d like to take a vote on which game we should play.”
The voting window displayed games that had received good reactions in the past.
“I prepared this to relive some memories from Tribby.”
1. Kingdom Age
2. Zombie School Single
3. Ril Story Mode
But there was one strange option at the end.
4. Survival Craft
What’s up with number 4 lol
-Didn’t we do Ril survival practice? Why isn’t that included
-Where’s Shonda going?
-King~~~~dom!
-There’s one that’s not a memory?
Ding.
[Gonari donated 5,000 won.]
[Are you not practicing for the inter-platform tournament?]
“Ah. The inter-platform tournament practice will… continue throughout the event. This is a vote for which games to bring to the main competition.”
-Ohhh…
-Wow, game voting lol
-King Moo-sae’s back with a vengeance! lol
-A vote? Trying to trick us again??
-Kingdom being #1 from the start is obviously a lie lol
-Doesn’t it look like they’re obviously going for #4???
-Is this actually happening?
-King Moo-sae’s fans are running their happiness circuits even after seeing #4
The viewers who had already been fooled once before began to doubt the authenticity of the vote, but regardless, the voting had begun.

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