GENIUS ARCHER'S STREAMING

CHAPTER 6: WHO'S ALMOND? (1)

They still sold older games like Kingdom Age by the disc. These older games tended to grow a loyal player base over time, but Kingdom Age had an unusually strong fanbase. Most likely because its realism and difficulty always felt refreshing even after multiple playthroughs.

Of course, the game discouraged many players in the beginning. Actually, the majority gave up since this game targeted hardcore gamers as its audience. It didn’t have a large player base, but the players left remained extremely loyal.

Likewise, not many users existed on the Kingdom Age forums. However, the number of posts and traffic rivaled other popular games. These forum users passionately studied the game, found tips and tricks to improve, and always shared relevant information. As a result, the forum posts became quite repetitive and everyone knew each other.

Hence, a new post like this quickly gained traction.

[Watched a weird stream today. Roman complimented a beginner.]

A beginner with a compliment from Roman?

These magical words together guaranteed attention on the forum. Any Kingdom Age player would click on such a title.

— Watch this clip.

— I’m serious. His capsule profile is in the description.

— Roman complimented him and left. Also, the cutscene where the boss is supposed to run away didn’t appear because he died wtf LOL

The forum post could be summed up quite simply. Sang-Hyeon killed the boss, forced the game to skip a cutscene, and the notorious Roman complimented him.

The post came attached with a video clip as well. The user recorded the stream and even included Sang-Hyeon’s capsule profile in the description. It wasn’t just clickbait and had evidence to back it up.

— Wow, I thought for sure this post was just fishing for attention.

— The fuck, I thought it was a fake clip or something. How is this possible??

— What the…?

The majority either reacted with disbelief or refused to believe it entirely.

— The account was made yesterday?!

└ Is this staged?

└ Of course it is. Is this your first time seeing someone fishing for attention? A new user?

└ The user above clearly didn’t watch the clip…

— Isn’t it an expert doing the bow challenge? It has to be a smurf!

└ Yeah, sure. Smurfing on a capsule. Good one.

└ Yeah, of course it’s a smurf. You just need to get an entirely new body. It’s not that hard LOL

└ LOL yeah, you’re right.

Many users didn’t believe it because they’d invested their fair share of hours into the game and took pride in their gameplay. However, the video didn’t lie.
Fake accounts couldn’t be made in the age of capsule gaming which required fingerprints, retina scans, body scans, and various biological assessments to verify players. The public could also view when the streamer created their profile.