Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 955

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 4 Episode 086
29. Paprika vs Almond (2)
No matter how much of a sandbox-style game Survival Craft was, where you could tinker with things freely, creating a server system like Cheese Village was no simple task.
“Gasp! One million won! Thank you…aaaah!”
[Cheez_ Miho has ascended.]
[Hong Cha: Wow, I’m so jealous ㅊㅊㅊ]
[Green Tea: Ascension lolololol]
Choucream: Sister’s ascension lol
A system that responds differently based on donations, a system where village land is divided and sold, and so on.
“How much is the land here? Bigfarm. Can you farm on it?”
“Yes. It’s farmable land….”
These systems, operating as if they were natural, were actually features not provided in the original version of Survival Craft itself.
Survival Craft was merely a game where you farmed, gathered resources to build a house, and survived against monsters that appeared at night.
There was no way it could have features like real estate, barter trading, market prices, or streamer donations.
All of these were new creations made by server makers, and Cheese Village was no exception.
It was a village server that Cheese had commissioned server makers to create.
For a project of this scale, numerous experts would be involved, with a work period of two weeks.
Short, but requiring an astronomical amount of money.
Where exactly would this money come from?
This was the biggest concern for those involved with Cheese.
“Will donation commissions alone be enough?”
“Hmm… I’m not sure. Don’t we need to get some PPL deals too?”
The most reliable revenue source was donation commissions.
In Cheese Village, streamer donations generated commissions.
Instead, the Cheese Village system encouraged viewer donations, allowing both parties to ultimately generate more revenue—a win-win approach.
However, relying on the company’s break-even point on viewer donations was far too uncertain a strategy.
Donations were optional—people could give or not give.
“We’ll probably need to look into PPL….”
Those involved with Cheese were already thinking they’d eventually have to adopt indirect advertising methods.
“Sigh. If we use PPL, it’ll really look cheap. PPL in a broadcast? It’s not like I’m living well on my own.”
Having streamers do indirect advertising would certainly feel artificial.
“Then should we just put up a banner?”
Some suggested just openly displaying banners instead.
“Like that old merchant ghost from back in the day? That looks way too cheap. We can’t do that. Why would we ruin Cheese’s image from the start?”
“That’s… true.”
Since this was Cheese’s first showcase, the options for generating revenue were limited.
Perhaps they should just think of it as a marketing expense and move on.
But the employees who had taken on the job couldn’t do that.
They had to find a way to at least break even, so their concerns ran deep.
But was all of this unnecessary worry?
Once the server actually launched.
“Again… Again! It went off again!”
It was the opening day of Cheese Village, with all of Cheese’s executives and employees holding their breath as they watched.
“Again!?”
Donations exploded endlessly.
Even an instant-kill donation of one million won came through immediately.
The first instant-kill target was Almond.
“Almond! Damn it! I knew I could count on you!”
Juhyeok, who had insisted on bringing Almond, and Ao-seong Go, who managed him.
The two of them excitedly high-fived each other.
Smack!
As if to show off to those who had opposed the idea.
“Ugh….”
The other streamer managers looked visibly displeased.
“The first day always performs the best. That’s just how it is.”
“Haha. That’s true, isn’t it? But the wind-catcher role is important, right? The entrance was a huge hit, and a million won on the first at-bat has real significance!”
Ao-seong Go countered without backing down.
Whether her words had set the tone or not, donations began pouring in for the other streamers as well.
Jello was executed, and Miho, Cutie Pie, and Balloon Gum fell in succession.
Only then did relief appear on the other employees’ faces.
“See? Everyone’s doing it.”
“Phew.”
As they subsequently focused on building up the village, the donation graph dipped slightly.
The viewers who had initially donated for fun saw the effect and lost some momentum.
Killing streamers couldn’t be fun every single time, and a million won wasn’t a small amount of money either.
“Hmm…”
“Slowly… is nothing coming anymore?”
The Cheese employees grew anxious.
That’s when it happened.
Suddenly, the donation graph began shooting upward.
“Huh?”
“What? What!?”
“W-What is this insanity?”
“Per second?”
“No, it’s per 0.1 seconds?”
The donation graph surging wildly in 0.1-second intervals.
Remarkably, this was caused by just one streamer.
[Rubisword donated 10,000 won!]
[Let’s all put our strength together! o/]
With these words, countless viewers began donating.
[Kai donated 10,000 won!]
[Sasuke’s Girlfriend donated 10,000 won!]
[Vegiter donated 10,000 won!]
[Leremifa donated 10,000 won!]
[Beggar’s Stir-fry donated 10,000 won!]
.
.
.
As the streamer faced certain death from a coordinated assault, the viewers pooled their strength and cast countless buffs.
“If you’re going to do this, don’t use instant-death monsters! You should’ve made the buffs cost 100,000 won!”
The employees shouted in regret, but their lips were curving upward in delight.
“Is our business model actually working here?”
This was a donation that shouldn’t have existed under normal circumstances.
A donation born purely from the buff system.
In other words, Cheese Village’s business model was working perfectly.
The momentum of donations right now was extraordinary.
“They’re donating this much just to apply buffs?”
The tradition of content like Cheese Village was to spend big money tormenting the streamer.
But now, in the opposite situation, massive donations were pouring in.
Juhyeok, who had been advocating for Almond’s recruitment, hurriedly handed over the tablet with an explanation.
“According to the data Tribby just sent us, even people who’ve never donated before are sending 10,000 won. You know how significant it is to get someone to make their first payment?”
“Exactly. Once they make that first payment, the next one becomes so~ easy.”
When Ao-seong Go, who handles Almond’s affairs, chimed in as well, all executives and employees nodded silently.
“If this keeps up, we won’t even need PPL sponsorships.”
“Right.”
“Not a bad start, honestly.”
Among them, Cheese Village’s CEO, Dahee Chae, spoke as if this phenomenon was deeply impressive.
“Creating this kind of situation is remarkable.”
An executive beside her asked.
“Situation?”
“Yes. There have been plenty of viewer-participation content that borrowed this kind of business model, haven’t there?”
“True… but none of them were particularly successful.”
“Exactly. That’s why the ability to draw this out to this extent is impressive. He made people who’d never donated before open their wallets.”
In Dahee’s view, this wasn’t because the business model was superior.
Almond casually entering a 20-to-1 situation and swinging his sword without hesitation.
It was a situation created by his recklessness and conviction.
“Almond pushed himself into an extreme situation.”
In such circumstances, viewers naturally want to help their streamer.
They can torment him themselves, but they can’t bear to see him in an unfair predicament.
“He maximized the inducement using the abilities he possesses.”
“Huh? Guidance?”
“Yes. He has an exceptional understanding of this revenue structure. Otherwise, why would he jump into a situation like this?”
At those words, Ao-seong Go, the person in charge, and Juhyeok, the manager and team leader, exchanged silent glances.
To think that Almond understood the revenue structure and orchestrated this.
‘What is the CEO saying? Is this a joke?’
‘He probably doesn’t watch Almond’s streams much, so he doesn’t know. Let’s just leave it.’
‘Ah… yes.’
It was a typical error of intelligent people—assuming that because they were smart, everyone else must be too.
Regardless, Dahee Chae continued to marvel at Almond’s inexplicable genius.
“Can a streamer’s monetization strategy be this brilliant? It’s been ages since I felt this way.”
As the graph continued to soar, the light emanating from Almond’s blade grew stronger, and the CEO’s eyes gleamed even brighter.
“Incredible….”

* * *
Almond, sweeping up enormous sums through massive donations.
Yet his actual situation was far from easy.
No matter how many times he cut them down, they kept coming back and reappearing.
“Block them!”
“We block! No matter what!”
“Die and die again! Even if you die a hundred times and respawn! You will be blocked! Non-selected personnel!!”
-Madness lol what is this lol
-lol insane
-The more I hear it, the more it sounds like Huchoo lol is this TTS?
-lol
-lol I’m losing it lol
-What exactly are these guys???
Gradually, openings began to appear in Almond’s defense.
Thwack!
[Stamina 83%]
He’d endured thanks to numerous buffs, but these were over twenty professional gaming streamers.
They wouldn’t have transferred to Paprika for nothing.
Most of them were highly skilled.
It was natural that Almond was being pushed back.
‘They’re fighting better than I expected.’
Almond was feeling it too.
These weren’t ordinary streamers like Balloon Gum at all.
As they adapted to the Cirque in real time, their skills were improving live.
I can’t translate this as it appears to be an emoticon or ASCII art rather than text in another language. It looks like a simple face emoticon.
I cannot translate this as it does not appear to be a language, but rather ASCII art or symbols. It looks like a stylized face or emoticon rather than text in any natural language.
-Someone cast more buffs!
-Come on, you got this!
Let’s go ㅠㅠ
Hahahaha
Countless viewers were cheering me on, but some things are possible and others aren’t.
And then, to make matters worse.
‘Huh.’
Not all viewers stand by the streamer’s side.
Almond clearly knew this too.
But actually experiencing it like this was utterly absurd.
Boom!
[Gaji-bokkeun has donated 100,000 won!]
[I’ve come to end this fight… Almond, stand at attention!]
Gaji-bokkeun.
Someone who had barely ever donated more than 10,000 won in his entire life.
He was even the type to steal his younger sibling’s money just to donate.
Yet suddenly he burned through 100,000 won.
It was because of the 100,000 won effect.
[Random Status Ailment]
Hahahahaha
This guy is a total bastard lolololol
I can’t provide a meaningful translation for this text as it appears to be gibberish or corrupted characters rather than coherent Korean text.
-?
My younger sibling crying their eyes out lol lol
This is crazy lol
-Gaji-bokkeun’s real, right? Tell me it’s fake
Even Almond, who rarely wavered at ordinary circumstances, felt the back of his head sting from this incredible twist.
‘Insane….’
[Frozen]
Ting!
The status ailment landed perfectly on Frozen once again.
Now I had to remain frozen, unable to do anything for a while.
“…?”
Now it was Paprika, who had been attacking, who was flustered instead.
“What? Uh, you’re frozen?”
Only Huchoo, consumed by rage, swung her fist without hesitation.
Pow!
“Why are you asking?! Just kill him quick!!!”
“Hand over all the equipment!”
Would I have to surrender all my equipment like this and start from the beginning again?
I looked up at the sky in despair.
‘Damn Gaji-bokkeun… huh?’
But the variable wasn’t just Gaji-bokkeun.
Above the sky.
Something was there.
Something massive enough to cover the entire Paprika Plaza.
A colossal shadow fell over Almond.
“ROOOOAAARRR!”
Every resident’s gaze snapped upward in an instant.
Enormous wings, an elongated tail, serpentine eyes.
[Dragon]
It was a dragon.
“…W-what is this.”
“This bastard, are you a dragon knight!? How is there a dragon right now!?”
An existence that should not be here at this moment.
It opened its maw toward Almond, the primordial enemy who had once attacked me.
There was no time for anyone to react.
Flames were already filling its mouth to the brim.
KWAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!
A torrent of fire that consumed everything swept across the plaza where countless residents had gathered.
“AAAAHHHHH!!”
“No, nooooo!!!”
[js002 has turned to ash!]
[oto8 has turned to ash!]
[38837 has turned to ash!]
[9993hj has turned to ash!]
[aimjh221 has turned to ash!]
.
.
.
Everyone lost their lives in an instant.
Except for one person who lost something other than their life.
[Frozen State Removed]
I had lost the frozen state.
“…?”
[Health 43%]
My health was nearly intact.
The ice had blocked the flames for me.
“Grrrrr!”
The dragon, having vented its fury with that satisfying breath of fire, flew off somewhere.
All that remained in Paprika Plaza were ashes and Almond.

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