Unstoppable Troll - Chapter 1

After debuting and solidifying their position as the top idol group in Korea with their second full album, the 9-member boy group ‘CURV’ is now gearing up for their comeback with their third album, marking their 6th year since debut. Long long time ago, the sub-vocalist of ‘CURV’, Song Eun-gu changed his name to Song Eungyu by adding an alphabet to make it trendier before debuting.

However, since he has lived as a Eun-gu for 21 years, fans discovered this fact as soon as he debuted, and Eungyu was called Eun-gu naturally, even though he paid 32,100 won to change his name after three months of waiting.

Eun-gu changed his name because he thought it was tacky, but ‘Eun-gu’ fans, who used Eungyu as their SNS profile picture because Eungyu was their favorite, didn’t even bother to call him Eungyu, and rather called him “Eung-gu”, saying that the word “Eungyu” was rather rough.

This nickname was known only to CURV’s fans, but when the fans’ banners made a big appearance at the year-end film awards ceremony, it became a national sensation and ‘Eung-gu’ turned into Eungyu’s official public nickname.

[ I raised Song Eung-gu ]

The phrase “I raised …” written on that banner was not only used by idol fans, but also by fans of actors, musical actors.
…Well, except baseball fans.
Anyway, fans from various fields used this meme to show off their favorite who is good at doing their job.

That’s why at the awards ceremony, there were so many banners with the title ‘I raised…’ that included the names of not only Eungyu but also other celebratory performers and actors. Among the many banners, it was just based on luck that the one caught on camera after the very long waiting time only showed for 6 seconds.

*TL/N: ㅋ is lol, ㅋㅋㅋ is lololol, and so on.

[DishtheDirt] @iceamericanoplz
ㅋㅋㅋㅋ first place in the real-time trends is “Song Eungyu’s real name”, it’s so hilarious.
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[Chillax] @maghsonggg
Crazy, people are spreading the wrong name, Song Eung-gu, as his real name LMAO
And who the heck would be crazy enough to come up with a dog name like that? Even people in the countryside in the 70s didn’t give names like that, seriously ㅠ^ㅠ
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└ SpicyMala: But my father’s name is Jo Eung-guㅠ^ㅠ, and he was born in 1971….
└ Chillax: Your father’s name is really cool.

[MollyHolly] @hmollyegg
I just checked out the real-time trends, people are asking which one is the real name, Song Eung-gu or Song Eun-gu or Song Eungyu ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
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[Potato] @gammzzaaeg
“For Those Who Don’t Know What ‘Song Eung-gu’ Is – A Detailed Explanation”

Before his name change, Song Eungyu was known as Song Eun-gu. The name Song Eun-gu came about from the name of a famous character’s grandfather, Kim Eun-gu. Maybe the fans were confused by that name, so they changed it to Eung-gu. And it stuck!
People started calling him Eung-gu instead of the original name.

But now that Song Eung-gu knows, we can’t use it freely anymore (⁠＠⁠_⁠＠⁠;⁠)
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People were searching for who Song Eung-gu is, and soon found out that it is a nickname derived from his pre-debut name, Song Eungyu, which is said to be heard at least once when passing by the street because you can find CURV everywhere.

However, as the rumor spread, it became like, “Eunggyu is the pre-debut name of Eun-gu, but fans call him Eung-gu.” Eventually, it became known to the general public that Eungyu’s real name before changed was Eun-gu.

At first, Eungyu felt embarrassed by the nickname, but gradually became accustomed to it by hearing it from people every time he appeared on a show or met someone.

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Fans1: Eung-gu, show us your gaming skills!

So, as Eungyu getting ready for the regular 3rd album comeback and communicating with fans through Vlive app broadcast, he got used to being called Eung-gu instead of his real name. So, when fans called him Eung-gu in the live chat, he only felt puzzled by the request that followed.
“Eung-gu, show us your gaming skills…? Me? Gaming?”

Game.
The only game that Song Eungyu knows is the water bomb arcade game that he used to play with three older sisters (noonas) when he was in elementary school. He was so bad at it that he was treated like a loser and had to do whatever they asked him to do.

And unlike other boys who spent their time at PC rooms since middle school, Eungyu was crazy about idols at the time and had to come home straight after school to cook for his three noonas who were obsessed to their idols.

Their parents, who both worked, asked his noonas to cook for their little brother, but in reality, it was Eungyu who took care of his noonas’ meals.

Although he tried to rebel timidly a few times during his turbulent teenage years, Eungyu couldn’t argue with his three noonas’ eyes that said “do you want to get beaten?” and diligently cooked for them. And this fact is still unknown to their parents.

Because of this, game was very unfamiliar topic to Eungyu, who lived with his three noonas every day. And when he was asked to show off his game skills, he was totally confused. He wasn’t good at games like some other people and didn’t know much about playing games, so he just smiled and asked, “Which game should I play?”

Fans2: The one that Chanhee’s do! Please play it together with Chanhee!

“Ah, Chanhee’s. That shooting game…?”

Reading the chat comments from the fans, Eungyu nodded as if he had figured something out. Chanhee, who is in maknae line of CURV, liked playing games and was good at it, so he had mentioned it in a few broadcasts.
Recently, Chanhee had been playing a popular shooting game in his room with a high-spec computer, which had spread among the fans.

The topic seemed to have reached Eungyu back, but if it had been the usual Eungyu, he would have just been like, “Oh… what game is it?” and blinked his eyes slowly and refused. But suddenly Eungyu’s eyes lit up at the mention of game. Because he knew very well how he had been called among the fans for a long time.

‘Milkbot.’

Eungyu knew that he was initially called “Milk” among the fans because of his fair skin. But when “bot” was added, the fans didn’t explain it to him. Eungyu guessed that it might be because fans had once asked if he was human because his skin didn’t tan, and that’s why they referred to him as a robot, calling him “Milkbot.” He thought it made sense, but apparently, it was completely off the mark.

‘Nojamgu.’

*TL/N:
노잼 = Not fun; boring
Nojamgu = No + Fun (잼 = jaem (how to read it as like when you said jam in English) = fun) + Gu from (송응구 = Song Eung-“Gu”)

When the word ‘Milkbot’ came down, the fans started calling him ‘Nojamgu’ instead. Yes, ‘Milkbot’ that he thought “a guy who is always fair and white,” actually meant to “a guy who is only fair-white and not entertaining.”

The reason behind the nickname “Nojamgu” was this: during a live music broadcast, a fan of another group who was watching noticed Eungyu standing behind the members, not clapping or laughing, and commented, “Why is Song Eungyu such a buzzkill? Nojamgu.”

At first, the fans of CURV were angry, saying “Stop making lousy jokes like your loser idols”, but without realizing it, they too started calling him ‘Nojamgu’. From Eung-gu to Nojamgu. Eungyu, who was continuously getting teased during live broadcasts, felt a little deflated.

So Eungyu, who already knew he was not funny, was somewhat down. Even though he didn’t say anything on Vlive, many people still out of context commented, “Eung-gu ㅠ^ㅠ” or “Nojamgu ㅋㅋ”.

When he thought about it himself, he thought he was subtly funny, but when others, even tens of thousands of people, say it’s not funny, that feels stressful and frustrating, doesn’t it?

‘So why did the fans come to my fan sign events laughs at me whenever I spoke? Wasn’t it because I was funny?‘, Eungyu was so humble that he never thought of himself as someone with a bright and shining appearance that could make people smile widely just by looking at his face.

“Hey, Jiwon… Do you think I’m not funny?”

“Hyung? Yeah, you’re nojam (not fun).”

So Eungyu asked Jiwon, who was in the maknae line in the CURV that always gave the best laughs and reactions, even if he wasn’t that funny. Jiwon, who was usually kind-hearted, didn’t even hesitate and answered straight away, which shocked Eungyu.

Even when they appeared on variety shows or filmed the group’s daily vlogs, Jiwon would sometimes laugh so hard that it was hard for him to breathe at Eungyu. Although Jiwon laughed the most, other members also laughed at Eungyu from time to time. So he knows that he’s not the best, but at least he is still funny…

But now he’s being called not funny? Then were those laughs in the vlogs just fake laughter for the camera?

“Then, were all the laughs you gave me fake…?”

“Huh? No… it’s not like that, but it’s not like I was laughing because it was funny either…”

Seeing Eungyu’s serious expression, Jiwon seemed to regret calling him nojam just for joke and was contemplating why he sometimes laughed at Eungyu, with his arms folded and rubbing his chin. Just then, Wonhong, the member in charge of variety shows, who was known for being hard to read, overheard Eungyu and Jiwon’s conversation as he was leaving from the dorm for his busy schedule, and chimed in with a remark.

“Eungyu hyung. You’re funny when you’re being a dork.”

“Oh…! Right. Hyung is often like a dork. That’s when he’s funny.”

By the exclamation of Eureka! and the applause and nodding from Jiwon, Eungyu felt like his soul was leaving his body, ‘a dork…? When I being like a dork….!‘

He had thought confidently that the reason why the members laughed at him was because he was funny, without a single doubt. But in fact, they were laughing because he behaves like a dork.

After being momentarily dismayed by the great shock, Eungyu quickly forgot about it and started thinking about how he could be fun without being like a dork.

These days, idols couldn’t survive just by singing well and dancing well. In order to have his own content, Eungyu was even more sincere about becoming fun.

But he wasn’t good at speaking like Wonhong, so he was pondering what he could do to find his version. And at that moment, a fan’s suggestion about game naturally caught Eungyu attention.

Game? Yes! Let’s make game content! Let’s do a fun and not boring Vlive’s content for the fans!

“That shooting game is called Battle Royale…? Right…?”

But that was the beginning of the trouble.

Fans3: No, silly, that’s a movie (⁠•⁠ ⁠▽⁠ ⁠•⁠;⁠) it’s Battle Ground.

*TL/N: In Korea, PUBG is called as Battle Ground.