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Queendom 2 Episode 1 on MNET

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#퀸의_자리는_이달의소녀
#CROWNS_UP_LOONA

Thread of alternative viewing options if region-blocked, etc.

Hyunjin (in chat app):
fascinating, LOONA's gonna be on TV
gonna be on a program!!!!!
I'm gonna be able to see it!!!!!!!
mom I'm on tv
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
daebak 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
1 minute
hoohaahoohaahoohaahoohaa (heavy breathing)
hoohaahoohaohohaohaohhahaohahoheoahahoheoahohoh

gaspgaspgaspgasp
it's starting starting starting
rated 15+
no
i'm 23
kyak
daebak

[Show is currently playing the opening show performances]

[This was Hyunjin, she's 23 years old in Korean age]

Hyunjin:
tearing up ㅜ
why's loona so cool ㅠ

Yves:
haaa dialogue
goosebumps
sorry
ㄴㅋㅌㅋㅌㅌㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
when we shot that I had to make eye contact with sunbaenims
we all kept laughing so it was tough
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t/n: So far, the start of Ep1 looks like Ep0 exclusive preview from last week

Hyunjin:
This is fun~
Let us do well~
Cuteㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

Yves:
watching while drinking wine !!!🔥
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t/n: Still generally looking like Ep0 aside from some transitions/cuts and stuff - now seeing groups seeing each other for the first time on set

Hyunijn (still on chat app):
but that competitive talk
what does it feel like, generally..?
Omo what's with that caption
It said "Hyunjin sunbaenim"
Kyakㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
embarrassed

(chat app)
Yves:
the three of us [Yves, Go Won, Olivia Hye] are drinking together
Yeojin:
"Yeojin did you get close to anyone at Queendom?!"
Goaeng [t/n nickname for Go Won]
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[Ep1 still looking like ep0]

Will clarify later, but
Simple sum scoring: round1+r2+r3+final
(Final: combined vid score + digitals + livevote)
Vid score = [total YT views] + [likes x100]
There's fan voting as well
YT streams will be tracked for 4 days after the performance videos are released

At the "picking rivals" part now, which is where Ep0 ended

[Jinsoul (chat): Are you watching? I'm watching too
Focus on it, I'll focus too]

Jinsoul says it could be good to get picked rather than not picked by anyone, because you're on their mind

Kep1er picks LOONA, they're both confident in performances, Olivia Hye hopes they can both elevate their performances with each other as motivation

LOONA picks WJSN
Exy's not sure if she should be happy just yet, needs to hear their reason first

Olivia Hye mentions that even in the preinterview that WJSN was the group they wanted to avoid the most
[Haseul (preinterview) also mentioning the two groups have some overlapping features, which is something WJSN said about LOONA as well]

Olivia Hye: but it's a competition show, so instead of avoiding them we thought it would be worth facing the competition

Exy (after hearing the reason): After hearing them out I feel better about this!

Kim Lip: whew that's a relief~

Final rival situation: see image

Max points for round 1: 10,000 pts
(may clarify this later)
- Queendom overall evaluation
- Global evaluator vote
- On-site evaluator vote

First, showing where in the ordering that the groups "want" to be in

WJSN wants to be #6
Olivia Hye: ah~ we can't laugh [at this situation]~
(LOONA wants to be #6 too)
Hyunjin: what do we do unnie!
[Hyolyn also wants to be #6]

So Heejin tries putting them at #5 instead
Then some last minute strats from WJSN last-second (Heejin tries to listen in)
WJSN sticks to #6 so Hyolyn gives it to them and goes with #2

Pic: final order planned for R1

Heejin (to the other members afterwards): that was alright, right?
Heejin (interview): I think we can show our performance regardless of when we go.

[ Only 5 teams on the day of r1 . . . ]

Haseul: [interview] We were prepping for R1, then every one of us got COVID, so we unfortunately had to forfeit our round 1.

Hyolyn: aw I was really looking forward to LOONA, but they dropped out?... Aigoo, I'll have to write them in.
No good if they're feeling sick right now...

[LOONA not present to react to the other R1 performers, and vice versa; but they're playing back the screams that MNET requested fans to record in advance]

Round 1 scoring: 10000 pts max

60%: On-site evaluators (evaluators get 2 votes each; LOONA gets a score of 0 here for round 1)

30%: Global evaluators

10%: Evaluation from Queendom/contestants (Not 100% sure on the specific mechanics of this)

T/N
No ifans were on Zoom for LOONA's r1 so it seems like R1score of 0, but not 100%

BECAUSE Youtube/voting scores are part of the separate overall "final score" as mentioned earlier, nothing changes. The more streams, likes, and votes are made, the less the r1 score matters

[Ep1 is over]
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T/N
LOONA is getting 6th for R1 - the next move then is to minimize the impact of R1 in the overall final score (by streaing/voting when the time comes)

T/N
Not 100% if they'll get a score of "exactly" 0 for R1, but seems like a decent assumption, and if they get more, even better

T/N Finally, I might have to revoke the "simple sum" scoring claim in linked tweet if a prior statement from MNET is to be believed that this loss will net around 10% of LOONA's score. Need final scoring clarification from MNET

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