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Posted 16 October 2010 - 09:01 AM

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First of all i would like to thank EVERBODY on this thread
for sharing OUR LOVE for SKKS.
And made this thread flies!

I was checking out dramabeans for updates and was a little disappointed that they had only updated their recap only till Episode 12.
But I was delighted to find that it was flooded with comments from all the SKKS fans.
As I browse through, spot this particular comment for Episode 12 recap. Not sure if other SKKS fan in this forum had quote this before,
Just wanted to share the joy of how well-loved SKKS is ALSO IN KOREA despite the ratings.
Comments by Yu.


"149 yu October 13th, 2010 at 5:29 pm Just for the record, we Koreans LOVE this drama. The rating isn’t as high for the following reasons:
1) They calculate rating for the household of 4 family members (No single member household included)
2) When there are 4 people in the family, it is generally Mother Father and two children and mother and father tends to watch other channel dramas which are geared for more mature(?) audience such as dong yi or giant
3) The rating on the internet is exploding for this series. (43% in kbs)
4)Most younger Koreans watch tv on the internet or via phone, which doesn’t count.

The proof this is popular, it has more than 20000 uploads relating this series which is close to the record uploads for the boys over flowers 22000(?) uploads by the users in the nation’s popular website (www.dcinside.com). Also you can find that out by typing on youtube ‘성균관 스캔들’ (sungkyunkwan scandal in korean) to see endless number of fanmade music videos, edited shots etc.

Just want to make a point that it isn’t that we don’t notice this series or are overlooking this series. This has been stormy exactly like here.

p.s.) On the side note, I’m glad to see everyone really enjoying this delightful show, I feel proud as a Korean >_<>




Also, further down the comments...Yu also commented on symptom of SKKS Paein.

Which I did a check list....in RED ✔✔✔ according to level of obsession.





"149.4.1 yu October 14th, 2010 at 7:47 pm

By the way, we have a vocabulary for this phenomenon, for people who can’t do anything but thinking about something, like SKKS, we call ‘Paein’ (廢人) So if you can’t stop thinking about SKKS then you are SKKS Paein. (ref: http://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%8F%90%EC%9D%B8)

We also have another word for a feeling or a state that is like quasi-sickness because of someone in the drama. We call it ‘Al-i’. So if you like so much JS and feel almost sick, you are having Geoloh-al-i.

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149.4.1.1.1 yu October 15th, 2010 at 12:50 pm ..........That is a Chinese character that means ‘a person’, and the first character means something ‘gone bad’. (You know in Korea we use a lot of words that have Chinese characters in it.) So it is ‘a person gone bad’, someone who became useless because he/she thinks only about one thing. In Korean cultural context, it means a SEVERE obsessed mental state with a cultural product such as a game or a drama.

p.s.) The symptoms are several but we do something called ‘bon-bang-sa-su’, (watching the first airing at whatever cost!) to start with. There is a very good posting about this symptom, that I would like to translate when I have time. (Ak I just did!):http://blog.chosun.com/blog.log.view.screen?blogId=30&logId=5032305

“Beginning symptom of SKKS Paein
1) You do ‘bon-bang-sa-su’ (try to watch the first airing at whatever cost) and tend to scream ‘kwakkkk’ at least several times during the airing. ✔✔✔✔(Even if I don't understand korean!)
2) After bon-bang-sa-su, you leave a comment(s) on the related forums about SKKS. ✔✔✔✔✔(HERE AT SOOMPI! At Yogurutu!! At dramabeans!! AT Vikii!!! On youtube!!)
3) You read everything related SKKS around the internet. ✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔
4)When you meet your friends, you always start to talk about SKKS. ✔✔✔✔✔✔✔(Manage to infect a few who had become as fanatic as me now)
5)If someone isn’t watching it, you tell them to watch. ✔ ✔ (Publicise this drama on my facebook fiercely)




Progressed symptom of SKKS paein
1) You watch the airing and download it and watch it again…and again…(and again..). ✔ ✔
2) your computer background image is an image from SKKS ✔✔✔✔✔✔✔ ✔ ✔ Various version.
3) You feel irritated if someone talks to you while you watch the episode for the first time. ✔ ✔ ✔
4) You watch over and over the scenes that your favorite actor(s)/actress(es) shows up. ✔ ✔
5) After watching it, you think about it before you fall asleep. ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ will wonder about how the story will develop.


Final Symptoms of SKKS paein
1) You feel happy because it is Monday (!?!) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ (This excitement will start usually from Sunday night...)
2) You start to get to other related materials such as books, osts and so on. ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔(Even check out DBSK...whom I totally do not know who they are before this drama. SKKS OST on repeat mode on my ipod.
3) You start to look for previous works of your favorite actor/actress. (I just did yesterday) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔(Check out Yoo Ah In. Realise I have watched his "Man who can't get married"...but did not notice him!?! How could I!!)
4) You laugh or smile without a reason just looking at the computer background image of your favorite actor(s)/actress(es) of the drama.”✔✔✔NOW! Aww....




AND SO I AM A SKKS PAE IN!

ARE YOU ONE TOO?


Finally, just a gentle reminder to all, especially newcomers, NO ONE LINER PLEASE.