Kim Hyun Joong… [article] WINNER, LOSER

By: LazerKim        Kim Hyun Joong played the soccer with FC Men the other day and all I can share with you, are his photos taken from the soccer field. In the game of sports there’s always a winner and a loser, any games or any competition, in school or even at home we are being taught how to accept being a winner or loser. We learned that being a winner is an honor and gives us an inspiration to work on our craft even more. Our parents taught us to be modest and humble ourselves no matter how many times we win, and share the knowledge or experience of how to be a winner.

And being a loser we were taught to gracefully accept our fate in losing in the game or competition and work harder to try for the next future competition. And from here we learn from our mistakes, and from the experience of competing. Losing should not be a factor to be discouraged but it has to be our strength in moving forward. This is how we learn it in school and at home taught by our parents.

In the recent Mnet Voting Polls, we Kim Hyun Joong fans were not able to make it to bring him to the top, not because we did not try our best effort maybe because it is not meant to be. Let’s just say for the new fans or rookies, we take this as our training ground on how we can unite as one. No matter what happened I’m proud that the fans of Kim Hyun Joong gracefully accepted the results from Mnet polls. But this does not mean we’re giving up to point out the flaws occurred as we have witnessed during the poll voting process.

May I just clarify, I can only speak for myself being a fan of Kim Hyun Joong I gracefully accept being defeated. But the matters which I have pointed out from day one pertaining to Mnet voting polls system remain questionable on Mnet’s credibility in conducting this voting polls and the competition itself. In short right from the very start, at the middle of the voting and until at its award ceremony, not to mention the voting manipulation occurred in the last few days of voting period I was already pointing the flaws that I noticed and would just like to put it on record.

In my recent article Final Battle, I mentioned that I was hoping that would be the last article that I will be talking about Mnet. But as of yesterday June 28, which is the award ceremony I can’t help but to raise another questions to Mnet!! The winners were given their awards and I would like to congratulate all the winners. Here it is may I share with you the lists of winners:

MNET LINK CLICK HERE>(http://kormore.com/2012/06/28/winners-from-the-mnet-20s-choice-2012/)

Many fans took by surprise as winners were announced, not that the winners are not deserving, please don’t get me wrong, I was just so confused, or maybe I failed to understand the Mnet rules in winning in this competition!! I can’t help but ask myself again, have I missed something? Well maybe I did!! Here are some list of winners which I would like to point out as an example:

1. Drama Star…..1st place @ polls – Yoona……….Winner – Ha Ji Min (3rd placer @ polls)

2. On Line Music.1st placer @polls- Seven……Winner – Busker Busker (4th place @polls)

3. 20’s Performance…1st placer @polls……Winner – Hyun A (4th placer @polls)

I’m quite aware that the criteria for winning is 50% poll votes, 30% special judge, 20% research, whatever this mean. And there’s a policy of no-show no award, which means if the winning artist is not present at the ceremony, the award shall not be given to the artist!! So now I could not see any logic here. Or maybe the rules of this entire game was not clear enough for me to understand!!

There were 17 categories so this means there has to be 17 winners. Majority of those who took the first place at the polls did not win, in fact there were 10 artist took the first place at the polls but they are not considered winners. Only 7 contenders made it to the top no.1 and winners by judging at the same time, plus attendance!!! My God this is like a high school competition!! If you’re absent you don’t get a grade and fail in the subject!!!

You can see just from the example above, most of the winners are not even at the 2nd place but at the last rank at the polls. It seems to me, that I can imagine during the day of that ceremony, it’s like from Mnet saying “Are you available? Those who are present in this ceremony please raise your hand and we’ll make you a winner”!!

There were many comments saying some of the winners are undeserving, well I barely know these winners so I can not justify if they are deserving or not. But with this kind of system, no-show no award, I could probably think they are undeserving, if just by the mere presence at the ceremony would make an artist a winner!!  Unlike in many prestigious awards, whether an artist is present or not at the ceremony the award shall be given to the deserving artist.

And so what is the purpose of conducting a voting polls if the winners had already been decided? To think that even voting manipulation at the Mnet occurred and with this kind of award ceremony, well I can only laugh at this!!!

And that reminds me, yesterday a graph pertaining to this voting manipulation or vote rigging was circulated within the internet that I’m so please about, to have another proof of cheating within JGS camp. And I read a lot of bashing and negative comments from their camp. Well, of course this is a natural initial reaction from his fans. But mind me this is not about winning or losing, this is about principle in any competition that cheating is never allowed and yet is still happening.

It was clearly stated with the graph that was shown was not intended to destroy anyone but to call on the attention of those concern that this cheating scheme vote rigging occurred during the period of voting is a wrong doing. The graph came from China I think and I just hope it was already being forwarded to Mnet since this is their concern too as this vote rigging occurred during Mnet poll voting.

This was the third time it happened, first at Yahoo Buzz in 2010 contenders between Kim Hyun Joong and Jang Geun Suk, then followed at Seoul Drama Awards in 2011 contenders between Park Yoo Chun and Jang Geun Suk, finally Mnet 2012 by contenders Kim Hyun Joong, Girl’s Generation and Jang Geun Suk. Now Jang Geun Suk has always been involved in this rigging votes every year and this has to stop for once and for all. Because of some fans whoever within JGS camp has been doing this, would reflect on the idol which is the natural consequence of wrong doings of just a few that may affect the entire JGS camp.

Wrong doings have to be exposed so as to keep everyone aware that these things do happen and has to be stopped. It’s been three consecutive years that this vote rigging kept occurring and quite surprisingly it involve to only one artist JGS and this is too much of a coincident which is obviously not a coincidence at all, seeing from the proofs everything was patterned!!

And mind me this incident started in June 10 as the group Beast dropped to no.5 rank, as JGS eaten up over 50,000 votes and took over no.4 rank at 4am. Then followed again on June 12 between 1-4am KST KHJ we dropped to no.4 rank. For my regular readers if you remember I suggested not to cast your votes during this period 1am-4am KST, because it will only be eaten up by machine or robot of JGS. It was already starting that time for three consecutive nights. And many fans had witnessed it since many were still on-line at twitter to monitor Mnet. And after that, JGS robot changed their eating time in the afternoon and one or two incident in the evening that we dropped to no.4 rank.

As towards the end of the polls JGS took over no.2 while dropping Girl’s Generation at no.3 two days before poll closing there was a gap of 37,000 after JGS eaten up over a hundred votes from Girl’s Generation in less than one hour, I’m just wondering why was it that JGS stopped its operation when they are most capable of eating up all 30,000 vote gap in just a matter of minutes. I was very sure they were intending to take the top rank but hesitated. And there was still a generous time period of almost 8 hours before the closing polls. Why?? Why did you stop?

I think the robot miscalculated the time when they attack on Girl’s Generation, expecting to be given another multiple voting period that evening to take advantage, but there was none. Or JGS camp simply can sense that everyone already knows the vote rigging and so they stopped. Well, whatever the reason, it doesn’t matter anymore. What matters now is to letting JGS camp know that everyone already knows this vote rigging coming from their camp and this is very damaging to their idol. Whether JGS himself is aware about this vote rigging or not doesn’t matter anymore because the damage had already been done.

I do hope this graph will keep circulating all over. Once a burglar gets into our house, isn’t it the first thing that happens is that our burglar alarm turns on making a loud noise that can wake everyone at home even the neighbors? I think that is the intention of the graph to circulate. Make noise expose the wrong doing so that whoever is doing this would hopefully stop. If not then extend the noise to the media which I believe can even be louder than our voice.

Again this article expresses my sentiments and pointing out flaws that I have noticed from Mnet voting polls from the beginning in June 7 until the ending in June 28, I have stressed out those flaws as I have written in my daily articles. This is not about winning or losing of our idols, but learning from it and scrutinizing the poll system as to how it was conducted that created a lot flaws. Mnet’s credibility is now in question and I would say both the fans and idols were victimized by the wrong system in conducting its on line voting polls and the voting manipulation by others just to get to the top.

There just have to be changes so as not to allow cheating in this on line voting by Mnet. We learned a good lesson out of this on line voting system, although this matter should not discourage us to do our part in voting for our idol. In fact there another voting polls being currently conducted entitled “Which Artist Best Represent K-Pop during the First Half of the year 2012”. Go on we will vote since Hyun Joong’s name and photo again is at the chart and mind me, the robot is again on the chart!!! Beware!!

To be a winner or loser both takes the honor for doing their best effort in any game or competition. To be a part of it, to unite, for me this is all that matters. That we fans for once are united in ONLY ONE  Kim Hyun Joong….

                                                                                                  LazerKim here writing

Photo credits as tagged KHJean14 thanks

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