Byeon Woo Seok’s popularity skyrocketed thanks to his role as Ryu Sun Jae in the drama Lovely Runner (2024). This opportunity was certainly not wasted by the actor or his agency. Various events were held to make Byeon Woo Seok’s name shine even more.
Fan enthusiasm overflows every time Byeon Woo Seok appears. Because most activities are carried out online, it’s not uncommon for this extraordinary fan response to create a server down. Let’s look together at some of Byeon Woo Seok’s moments of popularity that caused servers to crash!
1. War Ticket Fan Meeting in Seoul
Realizing that many eyes were on the actor, Byeon Woo Seok’s agency, Varo Entertainment, quickly organized a fan meeting event. The 32-year-old actor will visit several cities in Asia, including Jakarta, Manila, Taipei, Hong Kong, Bangkok, and Seoul.
For the fan meeting in Seoul, which will be held on July 6 and 7, 2024, ticket sales are coordinated by Interpark Ticketing. The ticket war took place online starting at 8 PM on May 27, 2024, for around 10,000 spots.
According to Sportskeeda, at the appointed time of sale, more than 600,000 fans queued on the website to order fan meeting tickets. This caused significant site accessibility issues due to the overload. As a result, the ticket sales website experienced downtime for some time. Fortunately, this issue was promptly resolved, and ticket sales were successful.
2. War for Tickets to Watch the Final Episode of Lovely Runner Together
Korean drama fans of Lovely Runner finally made tvN hold a number of special events, including opening a pop-up store and watching the last episode together. The watch-together event for Lovely Runner was held at four CGV Yongsan I’Park Mall theaters on Tuesday, May 28, 2024. Meanwhile, ticket reservations were made online via the CGV website starting on May 22, 2024, at 6 PM.
Knowing this, fans were very enthusiastic about participating in the event. Moreover, movie tickets were only sold for 1,000 won (approximately Rp. 12,000). The large number of fans who accessed the CGV ticket sales site at the same time caused the site to crash 10 minutes before the sale started. But luckily, this problem was quickly resolved, and tickets sold out within 5 minutes.
3. Byeon Woo Seok Enters Weverse
Weverse is a platform created by HYBE Corporation that allows fans to communicate with their idols via applications or the web. This platform is inspired by Daum’s fancafe, a communication portal between idols and fans from South Korea. To accommodate fans from all over the world so they can interact with their idols, HYBE also created Weverse.
Byeon Woo Seok began his activities on Weverse on May 9, 2024. In less than 2 hours, more than 100,000 fans joined the actor’s Weverse direct messages.
As a result, the application server crashed, and messaging services experienced various problems. Due to this incident, many users who had subscribed felt disappointed and wrote complaints on social media.
Byeon Woo Seok’s popularity is indeed beyond predictions. Many platforms are less prepared to accommodate the overflowing love of fans. Luckily, the technical problems regarding the server downtimes were swiftly handled by the relevant parties.
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