Genius’s Godlike Game Broadcast Chapter 58 : MetaGamer Live Interview (2)

Novel: Genius’s Godlike Game Broadcast Author: Xlordfifth Updated: Jun 03, 2026

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Now reading: Chapter 58 : MetaGamer Live Interview (2) from Genius’s Godlike Game Broadcast, a Other novel by Xlordfifth.

taGar Live Interview (2)

taGar influencer team.

As expected, reporter Shin Hyerim, who belongs to that team, had a keen interest in "influencers."

It wasn't just for work that she started paying attention. Even before landing a job as a reporter, she regularly watched Q-tubers and strears' broadcasts.

You could say it was the so-called "dream job for a fan."

'This person is the real deal.'

Even for her, Purple was unique.

From the beginning, confidence is the base requirent for any broadcaster. Isn't it an indispensable quality if you're going to show yourself to countless people?

But even "confidence" cos in different textures.

'Most are just brazen, but...'

At first, they show off and laugh off their failures, which gets them mocked by viewers. Many strears even make that their main content.

So turn their persistence—repeatedly challenging themselves after failure, ultimately succeeding with the support of their viewers—into a drama for their content.

But Purple wasn't that type. She could see it as soon as she watched his broadcast.

'It's not a bluff—he really can do it.'

As his na suggests, he pursues and proves "perfection."

He easily pulls off things that are difficult for anyone else.

Shin Hyerim knew the label for people like that.

'A true genius.'

Just thinking so made her heart beat faster. Was she attracted to Purple romantically?

No, it wasn't that kind of feeling.

'That I get to be the very first to interview soone like him...!'

And it wasn't just any interview, it was an "exclusive."

For a reporter, "first" and "exclusive" were like badges of honor.

'Master sergeant, thank you!'

She silently thanked the master sergeant who gave her this precious opportunity and began the interview.

As for the strear Purple—

"No matter how many more tis we et in the future, I'll be the one who wins."

He was an even more spirited figure than she had expected.

"Ex-excuse ! Purple-nim?"

"Yes?"

"This... you know that since this is live, we have to run it exactly as is in the article, right?"

Normally, interviews go through editing before being published as articles. That way, if either side made so "mistake," it could be fixed.

But things were different now.

Because this interview was being conducted live via streaming, even the smallest difference in wording in the article could cause problems. His last remarks, too, would be printed word for word.

Rooting for him as a fan, Shin Hyerim hoped Purple would choose his words carefully.

Purple, Lee Gyeongbok, responded with a smile.

"Of course. That's exactly why we're doing this live."

"Pardon?"

"It's better for both sides if there aren't any misunderstandings—clean live. Isn't that nice?"

With Lee Gyeongbok's comnt, the chat window was fired up again.

- Ah, lol, making mistakes isn't [PER][FECT].

- Can't pass up the raw, unedited version!

- Prevention of demon's edit, I'm dying, lol.

- taGar never does that kind of thing, lolol.

- dia and cyber lecca love it ^^

- ???: Welco, first ti at a [PER][FECT] interview?

Shin Hyerim blankly stared at him for a mont. Seeing the confidence she'd only encountered through video right in front of her left her montarily stunned.

But she was a pro, too.

"As expected! I hope this interview inspires other influencers to go live as well. Now, let's formally begin the questions!"

She quickly regained composure and continued the interview with a smile.

"I think this is what most viewers are curious about: Before you started broadcasting, what kind of person were you, Purple-nim? Please introduce yourself briefly!"

― Oooooooh!

-55555555!

― I'm really curious about this, lol.

― If you look at his physical, he must be an NIS agent.

― Why is the NIS coming up, lol.

― He did boxing. Wasn't he a pro?

― The Asian fire-chicken fist, Purple!

― What's the fire-chicken now, lol.

-??? : Never disrespect the land of fire-chicken again.

― Ah, these guys don't get it, lol. He was obviously a Hokage.

― Feels like he worked for a PMC.

Speculation poured in alongside the question. Yet not a single guess was correct.

Lee Gyeongbok just found the viewers' imaginations adorably amusing.

"Everyone is expecting a lot, but unfortunately I was just an ordinary office worker."

This answer triggered a tide of question marks in the chat window.

― Ordinary?

-5252! What's the average office worker standard?

― Viewers don't even work, so they don't know!

― What's a normal office worker Purple? Like a discharged all-girls high-schooler?

-[Fact] High-school girl combat power = 2 special forces soldiers has been verified already.

― Ah, lol, just a disguised NIS agent.

― He quit boxing and got a job, lol.

― It's the two-job era—Hokage works, too ^^

― Viewers' group prepaynt is hilarious, lolol.

Nobody seed to believe him. Shin Hyerim was one of them.

"Really? You're saying you just worked at a company?"

"Yes. If I go into more detail, my company might find out, so I'd rather not say more."

Lee Gyeongbok said so, then looked about for a second and added one more thing.

"Actually, things didn't end so well at my previous workplace. If it becos too specific, it might cause trouble for both sides."

-mnm?

― No way Godple got fired?

― Could Godple really be fired? The company must've been the problem, lol.

― Right, lol. Did the company try to pin sothing on him and got it flipped back?

― That company has no eye for talent, lol.

― That company is dood now, lol.

― Right, lol, it was a divine workplace.

― Ah, lol, god working at God's job.

― Thankful the company made Godple start broadcasting.

Shin Hyerim glanced at the chat window. If left unchecked, she worried the speculation would get out of control, so she quickly moved on to the next question.

"Understood. After quitting your job, was there a particular reason you decided to beco a strear?"

"I started broadcasting at the recomndation of a friend who's now my editor. I've ntioned this on my stream, but when I was in high school, I was preparing to be a pro gar."

― Prepared to be a pro? For real?

― If Purple says it, it's real, lol.

― Not just one, but offers from three places!

― Wow, lol, he was different from the start.

― Love you, editor-nim!

― Editor ended up getting exploited by Black Company ㅠㅠㅠ

-??? : If only I hadn't recomnded you!

-??? : STAY! STAY!

Many long-ti fans already knew, but many new viewers were curious as well.

"Ah, yes! I saw this, too. TierOne, dandy and even the Giwon Diamond team. Even now, those are strong teams!"

"Yes, but unfortunately, I didn't make it in. I had a weak constitution at the ti and got sick often. Even during tests, I got sick and couldn't pass."

In reality, it was due to the backlash from spiritual energy, but he couldn't share that detail.

― Weak?

― Godple and weak just don't fit together.

― Don't get sick, man ㅠㅠ

― Please keep streaming for a long ti ㅠㅠㅠ

― Imagining bearded viewers worrying makes dizzy

― But now he's way past just healthy, lol.

Lee Gyeongbok looked at the chat, smiled, and nodded.

"It's actually why I kept working out. Thanks to that, I'm fine now."

"That's really a relief. The mood's gotten a bit gloomy, so I'll ask another question. What kind of gas do you like? Do you prefer FPS?"

Thanks to Shin Hyerim's tily change of topic, the chat's mood changed instantly.

― Still, it's gotta be MOBA, right?

― Yeah, lol, if he prepped to go pro.

― No, no. Liking sothing and being good at it are different.

― Godple is good at everything!

― Oh, true, haha, sorry;;

― Please say you like RPGs too ㅠ

― Have you thought about trying racing gas?!

― Could secretly be a rhythm gar?

― He might be a dual addict.

Trying not to show his amusent, Lee Gyeongbok waved his hands.

"No, that's not the case. As those who've checked my account history know, I've only just recently gotten into virtual reality gas."

"Ah, yes, right. You said you first tried them when you started streaming."

"Yes. So my experience is stuck in the PC and console era. That's why every VR ga now feels fresh and fun to ."

― Right, lol. The shock when he first got into a capsule.

― Ah, lol, that was really the singularity.

― It's gotten way better compared to the prototype.

― Prototype, lol, boor vibes.

― Purple calling himself a VR newbie is hard to believe.

― Wow, another dose of cognitive dissonance.

― So is this the 'max-level newbie' thing?

Viewers found themselves relating, recalling their own first VR experiences. Lee Gyeongbok laughed at the reactions and comnted.

"So, for now, I don't want to focus on just one genre but try lots of gas. If you have any fun recomndations, please let know."

That answer reignited the chat.

― Then try out LOA once!

― LOA is fun!

― LOA-ers coming in fast!

― With Godple's physical, he'd destroy even Motor Horizon, lol.

― Right, lol, he was an insane driver even in GunG.

― Do you know King's Stone? It's super fun.

― Isn't that a battleground emulator?

― Dolkriters were lying in wait, lol.

― Let's do a duel to decide what ga!

― Get out, duel addict!

― The consensus is to go through GOTY gas first.

Overwheld by the barrage of ssages, Shin Hyerim laughed awkwardly and waved her hand.

"No, please, let's save the recomndations for later. Questions! You're supposed to ask questions, viewers!"

"Yes—please suggest gas later. And actually, I'd appreciate it if you recomnd hard gas."

Lee Gyeongbok's added comnt had an imdiate effect. Instead, a wave of question marks filled the chat.

"I've only played easy gas so far. I'm looking for sothing a bit more challenging, to spark my desire to compete..."

― That's only easy for YOU!

― No way; Bark is hard enough that the devs did a patch!

― Purple/personality/controversy

― There he goes with the deception-breath again?

― Again with the deception breath, lololol.

― Crazy, lol, is all this going in the article?

― Lol, what's with the widespread deception breath!

― It's always fresh! It's electrifying! Purple Deceiver is the best!

― Purcain, it's Purcain.

― Purcain, lol, what is that now, lol.

― Breaking news: Police concerned over increased drug reports. "No counterasures for 'Purcain'."

― Insane, lol. Viewers co up with jokes so fast!

Even Shin Hyerim, who'd been checking the chat from ti to ti, couldn't hold back her laughter.

"Pfft..."

"Our Purple-viewers' jokes are really on point, right?"

Lee Gyeongbok said proudly. The chat erupted again.

― Purple-viewer?!

― Godple called us!

-5252! We're [PER][FECT] too?!

― Us? Us? Why is he so sweet!

― Ah, lol, we got sucked in instantly!

― We may be bad at gas, but our jokes cut deep!

― Seriously, we're monsters! He's trying to make us obsessed!

― No, lol, maybe it's just easy for viewers?

― Student, read the room^^

― Is there a strear who wins hearts with just a word?

― Is he so kind of Persanova, lol?

― What's Persanova this ti, lol.

― Viewers' thirst for jokes is wild, lol.

As the chat crossed over from affection to mania, Shin Hyerim hastily moved on to the next question.

"Ahem, then—next question. Is there anything in particular that you found difficult during your broadcasts?"

"Difficult things..."

Lee Gyeongbok's eyebrows lifted slightly. But soon, his expression returned to a relaxed smile.

"I think I'm pretty lucky."

"Lucky?"

"Yes. My editor, and my current manager, I have good friends so I haven't had any major difficulties."

And that really was the case.

Lee Gyeongbok had kept his distance from anyone ominous, so even if the circle was small, only good people remained around him.

"Sotis troublemakers show up in the chat, but thanks to my friends—and to my Purple-viewers—I've never been in a real bind."

The chat grew warm at his comnt.

― Are all you lurking Sagwadan watching?

― Trolls, get lost!

― Right, lol, we have to protect our Purple, lol.

― If you ss with little Purple, you're toast!

― This is [PER][FECT], lol.

― Ah, lol, today's interview is determined to be [PER][FECT]!

― Purple is a baby. We'll protect him!

― But the baby is too big, though?

― Anyway, fresh strear ^^

― Please open up support... I can't take it...!

― My wallet wants to give you money!

― Does Purple know the joy of viewer donations?

― Then do it on the taGar channel!

― No, lol, it only matters if Godple sees it, lol.

Touched by the affectionate chat, Shin Hyerim felt her own heart soften. She wanted to keep watching but had to continue since the interview ti was limited.

"I can really see why everyone loves Purple-nim. So, let's check out so of those endearing viewer questions, shall we?"

At her request, the screen in the studio changed.

[1st Place ??? – 2468 tis]

A number appeared next to the concealed question. Shin Hyerim added an imdiate explanation.

"The order is from the most frequently asked, overlapping questions. Let's reveal it!"

At her shout, the hidden question was revealed with a tape-tearing sound effect.

[What color is your underwear today?]

A brief silence fell over them.

― No way, lololol.

― Why are there so many underwear-maniacs in here!

― I'm embarrassed for us, lolol.

― Hey! Is this a joke interview?!

― Just do demon's edit!

― I thought this would be automatically filtered, lol.

― Seriously, lol, going totally real, lolol.

― Ah, do you not realize? This is a true [PER][FECT] heartfelt question!

― If you're a Purple-viewer, this is basic.

― Don't be proud of that! You lunatics, lololol.

Even the viewers who asked the question were embarrassed, but Lee Gyeongbok was calm.

"Today, it's ordinary navy. Should've worn red, maybe?"

When the chat filled up with 'ㅗㅜㅑ's, Lee Gyeongbok laughed and waved his hand.

"Obviously, I'm just joking."

"Ah, okay. N-next question!"

Instead, an embarrassed Shin Hyerim quickly moved on, not daring to imagine what other viewer questions might be like.

'As long as there's no broadcast accident...!'

She prayed silently.

* * *

Most top-ranking questions were light in nature. Lee Gyeongbok answered them all smoothly, like a speed quiz.

[Do you have a girlfriend?]

"No."

[Jajang or Jjamppong?]

"If I have to choose, jajang."

[Pour sauce or dip?]

"Pour when I'm alone, dip when I'm with others."

[Mint chocolate, yay or nay?]

"I think toothpaste is fine only while brushing my teeth."

A slightly more serious question ca next.

[Can you reveal your real face?]

This was the first ti Lee Gyeongbok didn't answer right away, rolling his eyes instead.

'Of course, here it is.'

He'd expected this question ever since he agreed to the interview—especially with it being live.

"If you don't want to answer, we can move on..." began Shin Hyerim, perhaps thinking his hesitation ant discomfort. But Lee Gyeongbok waved it off with a smile.

"No, not at all. It's an important question, and relevant for this interview."

He turned his gaze back toward the cara.

"To answer directly, yes, I will reveal my face."

― Wow!

― True story?

― Legend!

― You an right now!?

― Crazy, crazy.

As viewers exploded in the chat, Lee Gyeongbok shook his head.

"Not imdiately. But as a strear, I'll have to show my face at so point. I'd like to do outdoor broadcasts in the future and also et you all in person soday."

― Ah, I thought he was about to do it now...

― Too bad ㅠㅠㅠㅠ

― Ah, it's been less than a month, why are the viewers in such a rush?!

― But he said he'll do outdoor broadcasts and fan etups.

― I just hope he streams for a long ti.

― Godple, just do whatever you want!

Reactions varied, but everyone recognized showing your face wasn't easy, and accepted it.

"As you know, looks are a major source of prejudice. I want to reach you as Purple the strear a bit longer, first."

― True that.

― Looks are a skill, too!

― Undeniable fact ㅠ

― No one faces more prejudice than viewers...

― As if "I'm not like that," lol

― Enough about appearance!

The viewers didn't drag out the conversation, knowing many strears had complexes about their appearance and didn't reveal their faces.

Thus, they presud Purple had such a complex, too.

'If they like you for looks alone, the relationship won't last anyway.'

In fact, Lee Gyeongbok thought so due to experiences with classmates who'd only approached him for his looks in school days.

He unknowingly deceived the viewers again—but neither he nor they realized it.

"Okay, then, next question please."

By then, Shin Hyerim was quickly proceeding. With the viewer questions done, she had to finish the remainder of the interview.

[Will you do a collaboration stream with Bald Mountain-nim?]

"Ah, that's basically answered already. I turned it down because I'm not planning any real-life content yet."

-lol, he really got contacted.

― I knew it as soon as he poked his head into the Purple channel, lol.

― Ah, lol, he shines so much you can't pretend not to notice.

― Stop teasing Bald Mountain!

― That's hair-shaming, you know.

The atmosphere quickly lightened again. Lee Gyeongbok continued answering the rest of the questions with a laugh.

By the ti the duplicated questions dropped below ten...

"Ah, due to ti, questions that were asked fewer than ten tis will have to be skipped, sorry!"

Shin Hyerim nicely wrapped up the viewer questions segnt.

― Right, lol, single-digit questions are probably all weird stuff anyway.

― That'd be so many questions, anyway, lol.

― Just knowing the underwear color is enough.

― The underwear maniacs have achieved Nirvana, lol.

― Reporter-nim needs to go ho too!

― There's no such thing at [Black Company]

― No way; did reporter-nim just get absorbed into Godple's company?

― Ah, lol, appear on air and you're in [Black Company]'s clutches.

The chat's reaction was pretty good. As the rest of the question count whittled down—

[Please publicly clarify you're not using a boosted (proxy) account!]

A question appeared that caught everyone's attention.

― What's this, that's intense.

― Isn't that the Sagwadan guys lurking?

― Are the viewers who asked this getting doxxed?

― No, there's no way it's them with only that few asking.

― I asked it, too. Feels like it needs to be settled properly here.

― Ah, lol, if it's like that, fair enough.

― Right, lol. If you openly clarify here, sagwadan can't say anything after.

Lee Gyeongbok looked at Shin Hyerim.

"I expected this question, reporter-nim?"

"Yes. Since this has been a hot issue, we actually finished investigating it ourselves beforehand."

A wave of question marks rose in the chat. Docunts verifying the account info appeared on the screen.

"As you can see, the account Purple uses is a 'regular' account. Not a 'VIP' account, which is the only one allowing multi-IDs."

Verification was simple enough.

Anyone wanting to boost or buy an account needed a multi-ID, and the only accounts with that feature were 'VIP' level.

― ta suppression field: activated!

― Ah, lol, silencing all the fake-accusation parrots, huh!

― Right, lol. If Godple had shown the evidence alone, they'd have called it fake for sure.

― Thanks, sagwadan!

To viewers, taGar's "certification" was much more aningful than the docunt itself.

Any docunt shown by a strear alone could always be picked apart, but if taGar verified it, that was a different story.

― Back when the multi-ID controversy happened, taGar verified everything, lol.

― They even camped at Reality and wrote articles, too.

― No wonder they're #1.

― They're nothing like dia who just regurgitate press releases from ga companies.

It was taGar who had first exposed NewtonLord's "proxy" allegations and dug into the truth, thus had the highest credibility among ga webzines.

"We confird this in advance with cooperation from Purple-nim and verified with Reality. Rember, taGar doesn't just interview anybody!"

"Besides, if you're going to use a boosted account, what's the point of playing the ga? It's not even fun."

Shin Hyerim drove the point ho, and Lee Gyeongbok hamred it down even harder. Viewers were satisfied.

― Can you catch Purple-confidence, too?

― What is it? Give Purple-confidence!

― I'm going to live boldly like Godple!

― Weren't viewers already bold, holed up in their rooms?

― That's harsh, language-wise!

― True words, lolol.

― Boosters, why do they even play?

― Say what needs to be said! Perfect-cola!

― Omg! Is this a carbonated interview?!

With that pleasant mood, the rest of the questions finished up.

"Alright, we've taken all the viewer questions. And now..."

Shin Hyerim went to move on, when she suddenly widened her eyes and shifted her gaze.

Lee Gyeongbok wondered what was going on as he looked at her. With an awkward expression, she spoke up.

"Ah, Purple-nim. We just got a donation on our channel."

"A donation?"

"Yes. It's quite a large amount, so I was worried it might cause issues if we just skipped it. And..."

The interview was being broadcast on both Purple's channel and the taGar channel via the "linked" function on the Tri platform.

To avoid interruptions, Purple had blocked donations, but taGar's channel still had them enabled.

"Uh, and—though I'm not sure if it's really them—the donor's account na is NewtonLord."

"NewtonLord?"

Lee Gyeongbok was surprised, but then nodded. Soon after, a donation alert went off.