so now the dark past, the <kingdom> it was a massacre in terms of fan votes and views and mnet* started to make it more difficult for non korean fans by changing the rules. we didn't win by being a small, disorganized fandom without enough means to compete. as many know ATEEZ has no real recognition in korea in terms of number of fans then mostly representation were international fans and many newcomers to kpop who had no real sense of how to make or understand korean, they struggled with. we didn't have a really reliable big fanbase and we suffered a lot of boycotts from other fandoms, atinys trusted others more than the fanbase. some didn't know that ateez was in kingdom; they didn't have access to information yet: we didn't know how to stream right. this is why teamwork and guidance is so important, especially in a competition, no one is your friend and you have to trust your team's process. if Kingdom went by the judges' vote ATEEZ would have won, but it depended on ATINY too. ATEEZ only have ATINY. (the reason i hate mnet is because it says "worldwide" but it doesn't make it easy for foreigners even if you pay them) #kingdom #atiny #ateez