#rkoct20eval

[rkevent]

One of the best and fastest ways to achieve good results in whatever career you choose to pursue is watching your seniors closely and experiencing things by yourself, that’s why trainees often monitor their performances as an exercise and go through different types of assessments every month. However, some experiences are restricted to those who already passed the trainee stage and became idols, which doesn’t necessarily mean that those still working for it have to wait until the day their dreams come true for a taste. 

This month, while their seniors are preparing for ISAC and their other many activities, trainees will continue working hard and honing their skills through workshops and daily lessons with their coach, but instead of preparing a stage to perform at the end of the month, they will be given the chance to join the sports event. Before they get too excited, this is not some recreational nor P.E. time! Trainees will be there to volunteer and help the staff working for the event as well as support their seniors in different ways. 

When a company coach approaches them to talk about it, trainees will be informed they can choose one of the four activities to help during the event. In case the said activity doesn’t require their help for the entirety of the event, they are allowed to join the fans and watch the games. They will be only attending ISAC recording on the first day, October 24th. 

After the recording is over and both idols and fans are gone, trainees of the Big Five companies who volunteered to help have the chance to play the same games their seniors did and have some fun/experience the event in a different way as a reward for their hard work. They should choose up to three sports they would like to try and form teams with other trainees (different companies are allowed) for an amicable competition before they all head back to their companies and are finally free to go home.

Find more about the tasks below the cut. 

In order to collect +2 POINTS TO DISTRIBUTE AS YOU WISH and +2 DEBUT POINTS, write one 250+ words solo or a four-post thread with another trainee involving the preparations for this month’s evaluation. For +3 POINTS TO DISTRIBUTE AS YOU WISH, +2 DEBUT POINTS and +1WK OF RELEVANT ACHIEVEMENT, write one 300+ words solo about your muse volunteering or playing the games. Please tag all your posts with #rkoct20eval and have them up by midnight EST at the end of Saturday, October 31st. Threads may be continued after the deadline, but points can only be collected if the requirements are met before it.

OCTOBER EVALUATION (for the NOVEMBER 4th verification form)

[link to thread or solo about preparations]

+2 ___ POINTS

+2 DEBUT POINTS

NEW DEBUT POINTS TOTAL:

[link to solo about volunteering/playing]

+3 ___ POINTS

+2 DEBUT POINTS

+1WK OF RELEVANT ACHIEVEMENT (number of times taken + current level)

NEW DEBUT POINTS TOTAL:

ROLES

Food: To keep the loyal fans energized and fed, the companies prepare delicious snacks and lunch boxes for them. Trainees who choose to help with the food will be responsible for helping prepare the boxes for their sunbaes’ fans at the company, decorating it with stickers and handing them out to the fans through the day. They won’t be preparing any food and will get to enjoy the meals during the breaks.

Cheer: Filming the two-days competition is tiring for everyone, so it’s important to keep the energy up.  After setting up large banners prepared by the fans to support the idols, they will be watching the whole event and cheering up not only the idols but the fans watching. Either they come up with fanchants, little games to pass time or small events to keep everyone entertained, it’s up to their creativity. 

SNS: Behind the scenes of a beloved event should be recorded and shared with fans around the world who couldn’t watch the event live. For this, some trainees will be helping to take pictures and record bts videos of their seniors. The content will be filtered by a company’s editor and posted later on their social media. 

Test: To make sure everything is working properly for the competition, some trainees should arrive earlier on the 24th to test the stations, which means they will get to play before the show starts and inform the staff in case there’s anything wrong with equipments so they don’t waste time during the recording. 

[rktaeyong]

HI-Q! 🏆

                                               ✧  ━━━  ( @rkohsehun )

taeyong has always been a fan of isac  — not so much a fan of the athletics part, but more so the interactions of idols together, idols with their fans, idols by themselves. it’s all just basically a glorified gym class with most of the current lineup of k-pop idols  — it’s pretty exciting to watch, admittedly, and it’s even more fun to be included in the year’s lineup of stars.

he doesn’t remember whether he had the choice to enter the events he wanted or if he was chosen for the events he’s doing. he doesn’t remember filling out an interest form or having a talk with either their manager or anyone else, but he doesn’t mind that the events he’s in. he’s not the best at competitive e-gaming, but he’ll try his best for pubg  — he’ll probably just run around the map trying to be the last one standing by default. as for aerobics, he feels like he’s got this in the bag  — after all, he gets to flex his flexibility and his dancing chops, which is always welcome.

what taeyong is most excited for, however, doesn’t have anything to do with the sports at all. “sehun-ah, sehun-ah,” taeyong jogs over to his groupmates, who’re all clustered around with other idols as the events roll on  — it truly does feel like a gym class, looking at it on the floor. “wanna take a walk around the stadium while this event is going on? i see consta over there, do you wanna go over and do something?” he places his hand on the younger’s shoulder, and he smiles brightly.

[rkxjongsuk]

Volunteering for ISAC: SNS

As someone who had an expert level of sns management with his own massive social media presence, jongsuk had chosen to help with sns for isac. It was an important job. It had been described by their coaches as an opportunity.

"Behind the scenes of a beloved event should be recorded and shared with fans around the world who couldn’t watch the event live. For this, some trainees will be helping to take pictures and record bts videos of their seniors." They had been told. That simply meant to Jongsuk that he could bring a slightly more professional set up than just his phone.

The sports event would be three days but they would only attend the first day which would be fine and that was nothing to jongsuk in social media terms.

On the day when they were supposed to come and help, jongsuk brought his professional camera so that he could take high quality pictures and video of the behind the scenes. He wasn’t a fansite master but his own knowledge of social media should be enough to make him seem like an expert in his own rights.

He took pictures, zooming on actions and videos of their seniors laughing and having fun between events. He wasn’t always taking pictures, rather he liked looking for good chances. He took a few more pictures, candidly during breaks and scrolled through to see how they came out. Probably by lunch, he'd taken almost 40 pictures and there was still quite a bit to go. He liked the jersey colors chosen for all the seniors and he wntd to see if he could get far enough for a distance shot of all the groups, looking like a rainbow.

Jongsuk switched out his lens once he found a good spot and focused his camera, leaning back to see how it looked in his viewfinder. The visual hed wanted was pretty cool and he snapped a few pictures. It was like a gigantic makeshift rainbow flag which he found super cute and he was sure that everyone else would find cute.

[rkserim]

wretched

a solo for october eval

while there might be a pro to this month’s activities, serim also notes down the cons associated with october and the plans that the company has for its trainees. on one hand, they didn’t need to prepare for an evaluation at the end of the month which involved singing, dancing or any variation of performing. that much, serim was thankful for. 

but then again, they had to do some volunteer work. essentially, the company was providing free labor in the form of their trainees to assist with isac. did he look like he wanted to work hard and watch a bunch of a idols play sports willy-nilly? no sir, not at all. except... he had no choice but to help out anyways. fine, serim could do the bare minimum. he could get away with that and not be kicked out by the company. maybe he’d even escape to the bathroom or somewhere else to hide away until he’s actually needed to help prepare. 

out of the four roles given, serim had to be honest and admit none of them were things he wanted to do nor cared even an ounce about. however, he knew he could easily rule out being a guinea pig and testing out all the things to make sure things run smoothly during the actual competition. what about the off-chance that something goes wrong and serim gets injured? he would sue royal ent in a heartbeat, of course. 

the other thing he could rule out was cheering. serim just didn’t have that kind of energy within him to actually keep the tension up for both the idols participating and the fans in the audience. that seemed more tiresome than anything. although, if he could cheer for eclipse, he might do that but he’d probably be forced to cheer for luxe and de:code. not that he hates his own company’s groups, he just didn’t feel like it. 

that left getting content for the company in the form of photos and videos and yes, he used to be a vlogger and he was familiar with stuff like that, he’d pass. looks like his only option and sensible choice would be to help decorate the meal boxes for fans and passing them out. not only that but he did hear them say that he’d get to take one for himself and eat it and who doesn’t like free food? he deserved it considering he was offering his services to help at isac for free. 

he has no idea how this is supposed to prepare the trainees for when they become trainees but serim just thinks it’s royal’s way of not having to spend extra money by hiring help and using the free labor of their bright eyed, hopeful trainees. him excluded. he was neither bright eyed or a hopeful dreamer here. just a boy doing things on a whim because he’d be doing nothing in his free time if he wasn’t a trainee. 

[rkevent]

For trainee evals this month, would the 'preparation' thread just be general training then as there isn't really an evaluation to be preparing for?

The preparation thread could be about their reaction to this month’s evaluation, discussing or planning what they want to do or even the d-day before the actual activity.

[rkiny]

♡ ₊˚ what to do?

( w. @yejirk​ ).

     on any normal occasion, nayeon wouldn’t find it hard for herself to make such a simple decision, especially when the options being presented didn’t seem overly difficult in comparison to one another. really, she was always a fan of choice— who wasn’t? now, however, she finds herself at a stalemate with her own wants. everything seemed like it would be a great deal of fun!

     relief comes in the form of yeji, a friendly face she hasn’t been able to see in over a month now, and nayeon finds herself bouncing her way towards the younger girl with a pleasant smile and a brightening demeanor. “long time no see, stranger!” her voice is light, giggles under toning her words, no hesitation holding her back from grasping yejis hand in her own to catch more of her attention. while it may be surprising despite having been able to meet up for a little around a month ago, nayeon hopes its a happy surprise. “have an idea of what you’ll do today?”