Chapter 50
Translator 8uhl
Chapter 50
Chapter Title Fever Time Frenzy
Idol Training Simulation had been going through a kind of noise marketing right up until the day before the second competition.
Park Sehan, who stepped down due to school violence allegations.
And trailing right behind that news, spoilers about the new voting format, Fever Time.
A ton of people flooded in, eager to tear into the idol industry over the hotbutton school violence issue.
Even some of the existing National Producers voiced disappointment over the production teams failure to properly screen for character.
In the end, public opinion swung toward, Powerful agencies shoved their trainees in en masse, and the production team couldnt do a damn thing about it.
Whoa, if it hadnt blown up, they wouldve just buried it, right? So freaking shameless lololol
For real, they hyped this seasons trainee pool as the best ever with all that PR, and boom, out comes a school bully like clockwork?
And he was rank 5, ffs. If it hadnt leaked, hed have actually debuted.
Even if the bully debuted, his fans wouldve kept stanning. If youre hot and dance well, fans cover for you and shield you, yeah.
I hate it so much. I was enjoying Idol Training Sim, but now I cant even watch.
Scrolling through the quotes, its just mindboggling. People whove never cared about idols before are jumping in to trash all the other trainees and call for the shows cancellation lololol. I actually thought the production teams followup was toptier fast and solid Why muddy the waters like this...
Yeah, articles about Park Sehan dropping out hit like an hour or two after the scandal broke, and the main PD came out with an apology post, right? First time Ive seen a PD take the heat like that.
Dropped the problematic trainee immediately, promised a full review of all other trainees backgrounds, posted an apology theres nothing more they couldve done.
Park Sehan deserves the hate, sure, but dragging the other innocent trainees by the hair? Nah...
Agree, once the bad apples out, thats it. Why call for cancellation lololol Did the PD tell him to bully? Ugh, pissing me off again.
A lot of people saying they shouldve checked school records in advance, but Park Sehans from Awayake as everyone knows, they specialize in boy groups, and during After One, they sent 5 trainees at once. This time, they put in three, including current 1 Hyeongkong. Back then, they even pressured KNet, saying if they didnt take all 5, no more show participation.
TLDR Awayake probably forced Park Sehan in, production team had no choice but to accept. If you wanna blame someone, blame Awayake for not screening his past properly during selection.
Bully boy. Couldnt you just live nicely, damn it. Now who do I pick...
Bullyll probably debut under Awayake lololol
Instead, the issue kept buzzing on communities, introducing Idol Training Simulation to way more people.
The new fans got hooked on the highquality competition stages and the trainees killer visuals.
In the end, it became a fresh force boosting the ratings.
Damn, my friends blew all their money on Idol Training Sim
Sehan really stole his friends money....
photo Got ratioed, genius hamster Hyeongbin please pick me
Lololololol trending had idol school violence so I clicked and found our Eungyu How did they screw up debuting this kid THREE times, you psychos.
photo Thanks Sehan, now I know Sma exists
Park Sehans wholesome influence
Even with opinion shifting, some diehards kept clinging on.
But short posts from National Producers whod seen the second competition live with their own eyes.
And above all, the news of Fever Time for the second global vote completely buried it.
photo Guys. Something huge just dropped?
They kept stressing the voting format change, and this is it??
Whoa, so many people crashed the servers, app and site are down
Who cracked the server??
photo photo Captured a tweet from one overseas fan, they nailed the gamelike system lololololol
Whats it look like? I see some graph thing.
They set six stats on trainee profiles like a game status window vocals, dance, visuals, charm, charisma, stamina. Once all six hit over 300k votes each, Fever Time triggers for 3 days with double vote multipliers.
Whoa. What about the normie girls
Damn, begging for daily votes is hard enough, now we gotta strategize. Im dying
If done right, kids in 2030s could rocket to top ranks??
Ugh, was lazy with two phones for votes, now gotta run five full accounts
The bad vibes about the show got swept away by a massive wave of people.
To bury one issue, create a bigger one.
It proved the adage perfectly.
In a survival where votes decide life or death for trainees, the format change was huge.
Especially with double bonuses for a set period upon hitting goals.
Servers crashed temporarily from crowds worldwide rushing to read the details.
Even amid the school violence mess, it showed how much buzz Idol Training Simulation was getting.
Whoa, server finally up after two hours
photo Guys, looks like 3 daily vote tickets?? Plus an attendance log
Attendance??
Yeah, daily checkin gives 6 tickets on day 7
Wtf Sin Cheolwoo, told him survival, now he turns it into a game lololololol
Attendance bonuses got me dying
To trigger your faves Fever Time, fans gotta unite for real....
Dump a weeks saved tickets to trigger it, but if you cant ramp up power during, total L
Gonna be about whether to use the day7 6 tickets before or after Fever Time opens
Idk what that means lol
To open Fever Time, communication among a trainees fans seemed essential.
Without prior coordination, votes might cluster in one or two stats instead of spreading evenly across all six.
But there were clear limits too.
30 x 6 minimum 1.8 million votes to trigger Fever Time. No way my fave has that firepower, feels bad
Normie fans gotta ally up
Or step up, run events to concentrate votes
Fr, gotta open events on Galley too....
But events aside, rallying overseas fans is the issue too. After One was famous for it, overseas vote share was shockingly high
Idol Training Sims probably similar? Huge overseas popularity
Yeah, so gotta direct that huge foreign vote share efficiently. No comms disaster
Top ranksll fill percents on their own, just time. Miduppers gotta unite with overseas for Fever.
So intense. Just wanna buy votes with money
With overseas fan ratios climbing, global votings importance surged naturally.
Leveraging their sheer numbers over domestic fans meant communicating and collaborating to hit Fever Time faster than others.
And spotting the skyrocketing interest, some home masters didnt miss the chance, dropping second comp spoilers and previews.
Uniform Karis. ʚ ʚ Karis KarisvonWalden
Whoa f
Uniform with chains looks so pervy
Halfup so pretty?? Big oof
Szanim szanim and he shows up in actual prince clothes...
Just make Sma president already
With only basic outfit spoilers and mission song mentions so far, the clean preview exploded reactions.
photo Lololol Szanim wiping lips again
Did something similar during lockdown lololol signature pose incoming??
Ugh, gotta smear lipstick on hand back and drag it sideways hard
Oh right. Audience friends How was Smas fan service??
Damn, came up, started stage immediately, no greet time
Wait, even for sound recording?? Crazy
But after stage, going down, waved and smiled super hard at his name callers!! Rests fuzzy, venue was chaos
Get benefits?
Hyeongkong there so no guarantee, but maybe? He was center
Quick summary of previewsreviews so far 1. HyeongkongSma team as spoiled 2. Yunpei team adds one, otherwise meh 3. Geungyu got huge live reactions, rank up incoming?
Geungyu team did well?? Was worried cuz high ranks
Picked a great song!! High rank but no meme potential. Sparking has low highs so killed with perfvisuals
Phew so glad Was worried
Sihwa and Minha killed it lololol
Forget the rest, 1 is HyeongkongSma vs GeungyuUbique
Ubique who??
Baek Sihwa and Yu Minha were trainees together at Ubique before
Oh thats why they kept saying they knew each other
Liked Labyrinth but Sparkings fresherlighter vibe, good live reactions
Park Sehans school violence news, second global vote Fever Time, and second comp spoilers flowed naturally in a cycle.
National Producers, quick to spot nonstop inflows, scrambled into action.
Racing to hit Fever Time first, even by a hair.
An ultrahighstakes game of chicken broke out.
And it wasnt just domestic fans moving.
From the first vote, wealthy overseas fans had been planning massive events.
Just timing the perfect drop.
With Fever Times intro, the big spenders mobilized for Seoul subway ads.
After Idol Training Simulations second competition, those heading home to rest left the dorms.
Meanwhile, trainees like me with no reason to leave stayed in our cells, enjoying the quieter vibe.
The debut of Fever Time nicely buried Park Sehans scandal.
I focused on rest and sleep for stamina recovery.
While occasionally checking realtime sentiment to gauge the outside situation.
Fever Time, where fan collaboration across borders was key.
With second comp spoilers and Fever Time talk flipping opinion overnight, the antishow forces got neatly swept under.
The internet landscape, entering a new phase, was pure hustle.
Promos and events popping up across platforms to keep faves from dropping.
Bigmoney fans prepping heavy ads.
Hottest firepower? Subway ad fundraisers.
Didnt expect that Yeouido vibe to hit so soon.
Last round, most ads spawned between second and third team battles too.
But this time, National Producers felt even more fired up and participatory.
I subtly clenched my fist, raising it toward the ceiling.
Is it because Im here, where I shouldnt be?
Karis von Walden, an outsider.
As one trainee in Idol Training Simulation, he wielded real presence and power, no doubt.
But separately, the key point was how Karis influenced other top trainees.
An unseen foreign trainee hitting 8 in first vote.
Overpowering frontrunners for center on comp stage.
To counter this wildcard, fans likely mobilized faster to push their faves.
Midscroll on SNS timeline after a new tweet alert.
Familiar text and photo caught my eye.
Lets Debut, Karis! Funding complete for Karis von Walden trainee subway ads Time 315331 Location Jamsil Station Hail_the_prince Karis_Debut