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SURVEY RESULTS

 

 

As you can see from the result above, 54 people have participated in the survey. 42 of them (or 77.8%) have indicated that they’d like to continue seeing “The Love River” while the other 12 participants have indicated otherwise.

I’ve also looked through the comments, though not many, left by some of the participants. I’d like to address two concerns.

One, I simply want to thank those who’ve left me comments and letting me know that they really appreciate my subs and thanking me taking time off to do them. I’d like to thank those individuals too; it is your appreciation and encouragement that keeps me going in the midst of all the copyrights conflict. Therefore, a big thank you to you guys too.

Two, there are others who have indicated that they want a discontinuation of “The Love River” but they are hoping to see subs for another Taiwanese or Korean drama. Frankly speaking, I’d love to do that. But, there’s the big ‘C’ and I’m not talking about a car. The copyrights issue is a pain in the neck for us subbers. Like always mentioned, I (and the other online subbers) have nothing to gain from uploading their work. In fact, if you look at it from another perspective, we’re actually helping with the publicity of the drama and cast. And even if we were to speak in stricter and more stringent terms, for example when we ask for donations (i.e.: monetary gains), we’re doing that for OUR SUBS and NOT their work.( I know some dramas do come with subs later on that are available for purchase BUT I’ve received so many complaints from users that the subs don’t make sense at times) When will they realize that it’s a complementary thing; the video without subs makes no sense and vice versa, although, I’d say, we could just publish our subs as .ssa formats and then get users to download the videos on their own and encode the subs. But then again, some users aren’t so tech-savvy to do so (no offense to anyone) and it’s so much more inconvenient if we were to do that. And  for those who still don’t know, the Taiwanese media industry has followed in Korean media industry’s footsteps and joined in the copyrights chase. When I last heard, it was just some of the TV stations in Taiwan that are involved. But as we all know, this is like chickenpox; it’s highly contagious and infectious. Before you know, it will be like the case of South Korea where all TV stations get “infected” with it. Therefore I can’t upload any and every Taiwanese or Korean drama/show/variety that you and I are interested in. For example, I was actually subbing the Dalgona episode with Taecyeon and Wooyoung the other day but had to stop in the end because the users who uploaded cuts from the episode got suspended. “The Love River” is still RELATIVELY safer because it didn’t really air in Taiwan until much later on and raws I’ve on hand aren’t from the Taiwanese TV stations that aired the show.

As such, I won’t be embarking on any new dramas/shows/variety until further notice. There may be cuts from here and there but there are no promises about that. As for “The Love River”; because the percentage was over 70% and I’ve learnt in statistics before that 50 is an “OK” sample size (not the best but well still can be used), I shall continue subbing “The Love River” as much as I can and I’ll check with you guys now and then about the response as time passes.

By the way, the response for the novel version of “Love Keeps Going” isn’t so good but I’ll do some translations as and when I can and again, I’ll check with you guys now and then about the response as time passes. I’ll also try my best to write a few chapters of a new fan fiction piece that I’ve thought about.

Alright then. That’s all for now folks. I’ll try my best to keep you guys updated about things. Once again, thank you to those who have participated in the survey and I wish you guys a very happy and enjoyable weekend ahead!

MIN(: on 21/07/2011

 

PS: If you have any queries/questions/doubts, don’t hesitate to drop me an email at minsquare91@hotmail.sg

110713 SHOUTOUT

2 days before polling ends!

Remember to go to my Facebook page's poll/question (see column on right for link to page) and indicate your interest to watch "The Love River" beyond Episode 10 (ie: Episode 11 and onwards). If the response is poor, I'll NOT continue. (And currently, only one person has indicated her interest)

 

Thank you :D

110615 Quick Shout Out (:

Hello all

Just a quick shout-out here.

I've great news. I think I can lay my hands on HD videos for The Love River. Episode 8 is currently being downloaded now. Thus there will be delay for the subs. I'll also be slower as I'm studying for a test in July. That's right. Holidays are never meant to be what they're supposed to be. Darn.

Another piece of wonderful news; ever since my Korean account got suspended on YT, I've been receiving messages to re-uploaded Shin Hyesung's Family Outing. I'm considering to do it soon AS LONG AS I find a way to upload videos that are longer than two minutes on Facebook. I've consulted another subber and hope he/she replies soon. The reason why I'm choosing Facebook is because more users can view them. Youtube might not delete the videos immediately but it bans users from many countries from watching them. The other websites such as Dailymotion and Veoh are also hot on heels when they spot a copyrights issue. So that explains it all. I hope to be able to give you good news soon.

Till then, take care and have a great week ahead!

MIN(:

PS: I'll start tagging my posts from now on for easy reference in future

As of 15 May 2011...

Hello everyone.

 

This site is practically a "ghost site" (you know, like a ghost town)

There are "weeds" growing everywhere and well, I'm a lazy mayor.

I haven't been doing my job to keep this place up.

I apologise for that. Sorry.

 

Just a quick shout-out here. As of 15th May 2011, I'm (sort-of) back on Youtube. I have done (if you don't know), a polling on my Facebook page and from there scraped "Love Buffet", placed "Schemes of a Beauty" on hold and will be working on "The Love River" at least till (hopefully if possible) Episode 10. I'll poll for responses again after Episode 10. Currently, Episodes 1-6 have been uploaded and 7 is still under subbing. Do note (if you still don't know) that the videos are uploaded at my backup account HyunJoongBaby instead of MinSquare91Subbing. HyunJoongBaby will be the main account where "The Love River" will be uploaded although Episodes 1-2 can only be found at my MinSquare91Subbing account.

 

Alright then. Back to subbing. Have a great week ahead!

 

MIN(:

 

PS:

Please also note that from now on, you can only reach me if you email to: THIS EMAIL (minsquare91@hotmail.sg)

I'm no longer using mail.min.now@gmail.com

Comeback?

I don't know how many still bother to come here and read but here goes anyway. I've mentioned earlier (if noted) I was thinking of a comeback. The plans came along because I felt really apologetic that so many people have shown their support and yet I've been "unproductive" (not that I purposefully am). School's a "pain in the neck", literally (my neck and back hurts now), and I've finally got sometime off since the holidays are approaching. To thank those patient souls, I shall TRY (the word here being 'try') very, extremely hard to at least finish subbing till Episode 5 of "The Love River". The first part of Episode 4 should be up within these two weeks

I'm also thinking of sharing subs. But the thing is I started off initially as a one-woman show and if I do share, I will definitely end up with administrative duties on hand. But busy little MIN(: doesn't even have much time left to deal with her own life, much more with administrative work. But if I recruit help; what will become of MIN(: then? Does that mean I will be "evolving" into a subbing group? But isn't it a little silly considering there are already so many subbing groups out there (some of them do produce quality subs). If I wanted a subbing group initially, I would have joined one. And another tiny issue; will 'SubsByMIN(:' have to change the name then? Subsequently, should I be setting certain "rules" about the subs; like no re-uploading them (which people often don't listen because we always have a mind of our own) or perhaps allowing for re-uploading of subs but set some rules for crediting? After all, a lot of  time, effort and energy is put in every time I sub something. Everything is a little messy now and I need to go through some careful thinking and consideration before a more detailed plan can be revealed. So till then, anticipate. But don't carry high hopes though; nothing is official yet :/

Till then
MIN(:

 

You can still email me @ mail.min.now@gmail.com. Better still, leave me a message on my Facebook Page. I'll reply faster that way. (:

SUBSCRIBE NOW!

Before I began, I URGE everyone who likes my subs to go to my BACKUP ACCOUNT now and SUBSCRIBE IMMEDIATELY. This is no fire-drill. Something really serious is happening now. And I'm such a dumbo-the-elephant only to have realised it now.

 

It has gone over the mountains and under the sea. I'm not talking about some animal. I'm talking about the act of TV stations claiming copyrights. The "lovely" trend has reached Taiwan and some YT accounts have already been suspended because of it. I'm not too sure if it's all the TV stations doing so now (according to what I know, only GTV and SETTV are claiming their copyrights) but you know they all like to play "follow the leader" so I think it's going to be sooner or later when the rest follow suit. Just another thing I need to make my urge to quit even stronger. :/ Anyway, I've renamed my videos (so that they'll hang in there for a longer moment) and removed some videos that were aired from those TV stations. Don't be alarmed for now if you want to reminisce the good old times but can't find some videos (especially the NGs). I've got a backup copy so I'll see what I can do with it.

 

By the way,

♥ 下一站幸福 Autumn's Concerto has been renamed as 'NSH'. The tag for this video is also 'NSH'.

♥ 蓝海一加一 (蓝海♀+ ♂) The Love River has been renamed as ♀+ ♂ (Female and Male Symbols). The tag for this video is 'TLR". Subsequent episodes of The Love River will be posted in my backup account (HyunJoongBaby).  I will also be publishing Conversational Videos. The first video is now under makings.

 

Thank you and please note.

 

Yours Truly,

MIN(:™

 

-MIN(:™ supports 

Hello, MIN(: is STILL here!

You might have heard that my enthusiasm is wearing off. Yes, I confirm that it still is. Nowadays, when I look back, I often wonder, what got into me that sustained me through the time when I'm subbing a series. And my goodness, I've done more than one series. To be exact, I've done at least 4 series. But now, I'm getting tired. I want to care and share but apparently others don't. I'm sick of that so we'll just see how long my subbing adventure is going to last this time round. I know many are concern; with someone even questioning if I'm still alive. Yes, I am and I thank you all for your concern. Here's a quick update here so that you guys have a rough idea of what's going on now.

 

  • I'm going to hold Autumn's Concerto's Episode 20-21 for now. Until further notice, they won't be up. Till this very moment, Autumn's Concerto is available from Episode 1-4, 9-19 for MIN's version. I didn't sub Episode 5-8 because I was having my A levels then. And I won't be subbing them.

 

  • Remember I said that The Love River only has raws till Episode 5. That's because the show is apparently aired on a HD Channel that charges when people try to stream from it. The "streamer(s)" got pissed off and stopped doing it. But the good news is that I've managed to find a new source recently that offers raws of the later episodes. Apparently, another channel airs the show too. The bad thing is that the videos streamed from the channel that doesn't charge are of lower quality. So I'm just waiting for responses now to see if we should continue at least till Episode 5. As for Episode 5 onwards, we'll cross the bridge when we reach it. I don't want to make any more empty promises lest people start calling me a liar. After all, school's reopening again for me and life's going to get busy, or should I say busier. :/

Until then, please take care! (:

 

Yours Truly

MIN(:

 

- MIN(: supports -

NOT FULLY activated YET (:

Howdy All.

This is NOT my official comeback yet but I've seen some of your comments. I thank you all for your continuous support even though I'm still on hiatus. I will try my best to update you guys on the latest progress of my work as and when I can. For the most immediate update, please visit my Facebook Fan-page.

Anyway, some quick updates for you guys;

1) My friend is still working on the novel translation. She has already finished subbing Episode 20 of "Autumn's Concerto" though. I'm going to time it for her and upload it ASAP. I'm not going to make major edits to her work so just bear with her style of translation. Please be reminded that it's her first time and she's doing a favour for all of us SO I don't want to hear anyone complaining about it. Thank you for your co-operation in advance.

2) I'm currently working on subbing Episode 1 of "The Love River". I'm also trying my best to finish the first chapter of my very OWN ORIGINAL novel "Trio". Just a sneak preview for those who are curious; Hazel will be meeting with the Second Young Master of the Jung Family. You guys can speculate and anticipate the rest then. (:

3) It is, once again, a great job done. My Korean Account is now six-feet-under. May it rest in peace. I'm sure it will be having a great time laughing to all the Family Outing videos that it has. Unfortunately, we NO LONGER have that kind of pleasure. I know that and people have been bombarding me with email because of it. I'd like to clarify this ONCE and for ALL.

a) NO, I DON'T HAVE the links to DOWNLOAD any of my videos. I usually delete my videos after I've uploaded them. So PLEASE don't ask me for ANY MORE DOWNLOAD links. Thank you very much.

b) I'll NOT re-upload them until I find the "perfect" place to put them at. As much as I love the show and I want to share this love with all of you, I DON'T wish to go through the hassle of RE-UPLOADING this again and again. Once or even twice is fine but by the third time or so, you'd just feel like a silly fool and start cursing the money grubbers who care for nothing more than copyrights (like there's no tomorrow) :/

HIATUS

Howdy all. MIN(: will be ON HIATUS till FURTHER NOTICE. Thank you all for your support all this while.

MIN(:

The VOTING results [100211]

Hello All.  The voting has closed and the results are out. As you can see, BTS of Autumn's Concerto won with a whopping 62%, followed by Down With Love with 21%. Since the majority wins, I shall do the BTS first. And other piece of WONDERFUL news; my bestie is helping me with the translations for the book from Chapter 1-5. She's new at this but I trust that her language is good (She was my class and school-mate) . She wants me to teach her how to sub too so if she can finally do that, I might get her to lend me a hand at subbing too. (: That's about it for now. Happy Tiger Year to all. Roar! (:

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