A Guide Of Making It Through the BTS Comeback, By An ARMY Supporter and Guide:
Welcome fellow ARMY! Old and new, veterans and newcomers, of all races, gender identities, sexual orientations and ages, and of all bias of any member or of all members!
This is GoAngelic here, as a ARMY Supporter, Ally and Guide! I’ll be giving you a guide of knowing how to SURVIVE this BTS comeback, called Love Yourself: 轉 ‘Tear’, with roles of the ARMY family you may choose, rules of streaming new MVs that come out, the goals to reach, and which events, upcoming projects, etc. you choose to follow! Now, let’s get started!
ROLES OF THE ARMY FAMILY:
To get started, there are many roles to apply to when it comes to the BTS ARMY! You can be normal, or be a diehard fan, whatever you choose, with some guidelines of how to be part of any role of the ARMY family.
- Do not be a sasaeng fan; sasaeng fans always get in the way of your idols’ private lives, including secretly stealing phone numbers, recording them in any private way, or trying to kidnap or kill them. This is never a good idea, because it will lead to trouble with the law! So, please don’t try to be one.
-Don’t discriminate; it may hurt others’ feelings and opinions, in a very negative way. This means you should always treat the ways that want to be treated. Don’t get involved in riots of other fandoms either!
-And most importantly, DO NOT TAKE YOUR OBSESSION TOO FAR! It may hurt your relationships with your family, friends and relatives and with your grades and hobbies at school or at home, and may cause severe addiction that may require therapy. Just, take your obsession seriously, and do not let it get in your way of real life, ever!
You get it now? Yes? Now, you’ll be able to see each role of the ARMY family on your own. Let’s go!
-The Normal ARMY: This should be a easy one. They are basically fans of their idols, called BTS! Their level of intensity depends: from softie, to easygoing, to normal, to fangirl mode, and finally, to diehard! They all have different interests, from exploring new content without “dying” to rediscovering old content and feeling nostalgic! They are also the most loving out of all, as they try their best to break records, as how BTS does it, for them!
-The Entertainers: The Entertainers are the ones who make fantastic meme compilations, cracks, FMVs, and much more. Their job for us is to try to give us a bit of fun and relaxation just to calm us down when we are already fangirling over new content, or specifically, anything that they are sensitive to! The Entertainers know what’s best for us; just plain, old, funny dad jokes to make us laugh!
-The BTSquad: The BTSquad are the ones who always remind us of upcoming things, based on what time they’re coming, like little alarm clocks ready to explode! Their job is to capture the legit time the new content (for example, the MVs) is coming in, and they’ll count the days, hours, minutes and seconds, like big remindars, on any social media website they can find, like Twitter for example! They will always count for us, always.
-The Notification Squad: The Notification Squad are the ones who get us into the new content that comes out after the BTSquad does their job. It’s like an aftermath miracle for many new and veteran ARMY! Their job is to remind us of new things that has came out if we are late at any time to the BTS party. Let’s get on it!
-The Artists: The Artists are the ones who draw BTS fanart, basically. Their job is to draw as many fanart as they can, even if they get too busy with stuff, and that means it for the comeback too!
-The Hobbyists: The Hobbyists are the ones who create masterpieces, such as music remixes, mash-ups, fanfiction, AUs, and so much more! Their job is the same thing as the entertainers; keep company with the ARMY with some fun stuff on YouTube, Tumblr, Twitter… you name it! You can even be like the ARMY God Flirtaus, who created an AU that had theories being created for fun!
-The Supply Kits: The Supply Kits are the ones who prepare all the stuff that is needed for all ARMY when the comeback occurs, such as tissues, coffins, oxygen machines, preorders on Amazon, everything! Their job is to keep up with any supplies asked for by the ARMY, especially when the comeback is very close to explode on social media websites, such as Twitter, Tumblr, Instagram, etc. Get the supplies ready!
-The Theorists: The Theorists are the ones who always theorizes anything plot-driven in the BTS community, from highlight reels, to supernatural things that happen in BTS-related stuff, like glitching, sudden changes, etc., and to connect MVs together. Their job is to basically, theorize anything “weird” that they can find! You go figure with them, as they always prioritize on what they do.
-The BTSeers: The BTSeers are the ones who lead the ARMY, along with the Supporters, which we will get in a second. Their job is to get the ARMY organized and ready for the comeback, even when any circumstances have to be taken by them.
-The Supporters: They are not official ARMY themselves, but they’ll always get a chance to help out the ARMY in any way, just like a “tiny miracle”, just like how I am a Supporter myself! Their job is to join in the BTS party, and to help in any form possible to express fun to the comeback, even when it occurs!
Hooray! You made it through the roles of the ARMY family! Now, what’s next? We’ll get to the streaming rules once a new MV comes out!
Now, you are at the streaming rules, which they are very important to all ARMY, in order to get the viewing goals, and viewing support that they want for their idols, BTS, to succeed from all other artists. Shall we?
1. LOG OUT of your YouTube account before you start streaming the MV. Along with that, clear all your history (search and watch) on your YT account before you log out of it, just to make sure not to run into anything. Also, if you have AdBlockers, make sure to turn them off.
2. Use a regular browser server when you stream. You may use many different browsers such as Firefox, Chrome, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge, Safari, Opera, etc. to make your streaming experience easier. DO NOT use incognito mode on your browser for streaming the new MV.
3. Before you start streaming, make sure to make room for only one tab, which will be on YouTube, on your browser. NO MORE THAN ONE.
4. Search for the official MV on the channel ibighit; this channel provides all the official stuff for BTS, and former artists from that label. The MV will be based on the revealed title track “Fake Love” from the comeback album, if you want to know more.
5. Once you reach the MV, set the video quality to 720pHD to get the best quality possible, and set the music volume to at least 50% or more. For the music part, do not mute the music or use headphones for this once-in-a-lifetime moment of the comeback. Turn off Auto-Play and do not skip any ads at all if ads were ever to appear.
6. Watch the entire video, and make your way to fangirl mode. DO NOT fast-forward, skip or pause at any moment at all, nor replay or refresh the browser to watch again.
7. Once you are done with the streaming, clear all browsing history, cache, cookies and activity from YouTube, and watch the video again, repeating several times to catch views. To not get caught as a bot, it’s important to take a break from streaming by watching another video.
EXTRA: If you can, download yourself a VPN, if you have a fear of your ISP finding out about the streaming process you did. You may also share the MV on any social media website so you can help your friends track the new MV.
You made it here! Now, remember to follow all rules if you want the correct amount of views for the new MV. Onward to the goals to reach!
Want your favorite idols to break all kinds of records? Even breaking all of PSY’s records? (Nah, just kidding…) Well, in order to get your idols to succeed this year, make sure to bypass yourself to the following goals to reach:
-Stream the DNA MV to 400M views on YouTube
-Stream the Fire MV and Dope MV to 350M views on YouTube
-Stream the Blood Sweat and Tears MV to 300M views on YouTube
-Stream the Mic Drop Remix MV, the Not Today MV, the Save Me MV, and the Boy In Luv MV to 250M views on YouTube
-Stream the Spring Day MV to 200M views on YouTube
-Stream the I Need U MV, the War Of Hormone MV and the Danger MV to 150M views on YouTube
-Reach 2M preorders from Amazon for Tear before the comeback
-Stream the new MV to 50M views and like to 3M likes in under 24 hours
-Reach 15 wins in music competition shows (Music Bank, Mnet Countdown, etc.)
-Reach 100 #1’s on iTunes and 30M streams on Spotify in under 24 hours
-Get to Hot100 on Billboard’s Top Ten and #1 in the Billboard 200
-Win all four Radio Disney nominations and win the Top Social Artist Award at the BBMAs
-Win all the MTV MIAW nominations, in both Latin America and Brazil (including Best Fandom, Best K-Pop Artist and Fan Army)
-Reach #1 trending on YouTube (specifically in the US and UK)
-Receive at least five daesangs at any music award show (MAMA, MMA, SMA, GDA, etc.)
-Sell out of all tickets for the Love Yourself World Tour in less than 48 hours
Those are all of our goals for BTS to achieve, in order to go for success! It’s not for profit, but for love. Finally, we can reach all the possible things, events, etc. to look up to, because it will rack you up!
IMPORTANT EVENTS, THINGS, AND MORE TO LOOK UP TO:
Many of you know that 2018 is going to be the BIGGEST year yet for BTS to overcome all fears, break all records and to sell out of all world tour tickets for the ARMY, right? Yep, it is. It could be from a project to look up to, to events to stream, to apps you can play in, and so on. Let’s get it on!
LOOK UP TO THE FOLLOWING:
-Burn The Stage: It is already ending soon, with the 8th episode coming in six days. Make sure, if you have a YouTube Red subscription, to watch all episodes of Burn The Stage. If you don’t have a subscription however, you may go to a intelligent ARMY’s live stream to watch it through.
-K-BUZZ and Kpop Buzz 2: These two news stations about everything Korean on YouTube, are very reliable to watch. If you want to catch the latest updates on BTS or any of your other favorites, go ahead and subscribe to these two channels.
-BTS World: The Cinematic Game: This interactive game, made by BigHit (BTS’ label) and Netmarble Games is coming very soon. It is now up for an official demo before release, which the date hasn’t been announced yet. Are you in?
-BT21 Puzzle Star: A very adorable puzzle game to install and play, based on Line Friends’ BT21 characters, made by BTS themselves.
-The Billboard Music Awards (BBMAs): This is very important to know, as BTS is already breaking records in the Billboard community, and voting has started for the Top Social Artist nomination. Make sure to vote with the hashtags #BTSBBMAs and #BTS_BBMAs on Twitter and to see the program on May 20th!
-The Radio Disney Music Awards (RDMAs): This is also as important as the BBMAs, because BTS has gotten FOUR nominations in this program. Make sure to vote on the official Radio Disney website (http://radio.disney.com/radio-disney-music-awards) and on Twitter if you like! The program is on June 22th, 2018!
-The MTV Millennial Awards (MTV MIAW): This is for you, Latin American and Brazillian ARMY. This award will be based on the three nominations BTS has received: Best Fandom, Best K-Pop Artist and Fan Army. Make sure to vote with the hashtags #MTVBRKPOPBTS, #MTVLAKPOPBTS, #MTVBRFANDOMBTS, #MTVLAFANDOMBTS, #MTVBRFANARMYBTS and #MTVLAFANARMYBTS on Twitter, and see the program on June 3rd!
-To The Edge Of The Sky (TTEOTS): A masterpiece, made by Aeon Dream Studio is a perfect visual novel-like game that summarizes BTS in a fictional, futuristic AU, with several NPCs, and the protagonist, which is you! Make sure to catch it on your phones or PCs in the app store!
-Run! BTS Episodes: New episodes are always made every week. Make sure to stop by a channel that has those episodes!
-And finally, the comeback and future comebacks themselves, thank you.
These are all the opportunities to go to if you want to. This will help increase the chance of becoming worldwide stars, for BTS! Thank you for all this time!
Hooray! You’ve finally made it through this guide on how to survive the BTS comeback! You can also use this guide for future comebacks too, as a memorial guide, or just to follow rules of specific topics, such as how to be a true ARMY, and how to stream on YouTube when a new MV comes out! Thank you for patiently reading the entire guide through, and have a wonderful time before, during and after the comeback!
