QI · 3mo
[CC/API] i know ssk just started but I’m so confused how this whole thing operates 😭😭 i heard some people mention xox setting their first elim goals, what exactly is first elim?? and what are sdp? also how does a kofi work? I know that’s how intl fans can vote if they can’t access kd48, but generally how does one usually go about setting one up? and how exactly does the kofi money donations transfer to the yyh? I’m sorry for the abundance of questions but I’m just so confused 😭😭
okay let's try to answer this in parts. i'm not very good at the spending money part of the river, so i'll just answer what i can and someone (shu) can handle the rest (i say shu cause shu is the one who answers all of /my/ questions about these things ashdkfsjl)
regarding first elim goals, i think you're referring to first prelims. there's two preliminary results before the actual ssk iirc, so some less popular xox might set a goal to be within top48 for the first or second prelims, such as yjw who has a top48 first prelim goal. i'm not sure if there's any benefits from this, other than for trainees who are not newcomers such as pyq (and guoshuang last year) who need to be within the top48 for second(?) prelims to be promoted to a full member. if the xox isn't in this scenario, i assume that a first/second prelim goal is just a benchmark to get fans to spend a certain amount because whatever rank they are in the final ssk (regardless of whether the xox is in top48/66) will translate into their position during gongyans when they redistribute stage positions based on ssk results
sdp are star dream points. they're used to vote for things like bp and all of that and i think they can count towards ssk but i don't know what the conversion for that is. i will have to get back to you on that
kofi is set up by intl fans, usually those working with the yyh i think but not always, as a do/nation point for other intl fans. because as an i-fan, if you don't have verified accounts, alipay, qq, etc. it might be quite hard for you to vote on your own or contribute towards the yyh's pk. the person who runs the kofi will either vote on your behalf (probably under the name of intl [xox fandom name]) or convert and send the money to the yyh on your behalf. the issue with kofi is that they take a small % of what you donate, then the person running it still has to convert it to rmb and so on. bit of money leak along the way, but majority of it will still go towards whatever the person running the kofi said its for (for most, that's ssk votes. for xyyz, that's mvp)
