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switching to silent whispers is pure hypocrisy and directly supports those who are trying to destroy lads.
why and how the developers of silent whispers are linked to the valko scandal.
i’ve gathered all the interesting and crucial information regarding tencent.
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tencent is the largest gaming corporation in the world, regularly involved in high-profile lawsuits over plagiarism, illegal copying, and copyright infringement. the company appears in court both as an aggressive plaintiff defending its franchises, and as a defendant accused of stealing other people's ideas.it’s important to understand: tencent is a giant with immense power, media connections, and the best lawyers in the industry.
the valko scandal: it’s their doingbuying bots, bribing media and bloggers, etc., creating a million fake issues with valko just for the cloutlads makes colossal amounts of money, taking the lion's share of profits from other market giants (including tencent and netease projects).
to shake the leader's position, competitors often use 'water armies'.
the concept of 'water army' and 'business black pr' (heishui)
what it is: in the prc, there are legal marketing agencies that unofficially provide heishui (黑水 — 'black water') services. they manage millions of automated and semi-automated accounts".
tencent or its related entities don’t write hate comments themselves. they hire an agency, give them a brief with key triggers (for example: 'link the character to unit 731', 'promote the topic of domestic violence') and pay to push these tags into the trends of the weibo social network
fanning the flame: the actual dissatisfaction of a small group of radical fans (who simply didn't like the new character) is artificially picked up by thousands of bots.
generating crazy accusations: bot employers use the tactic of spamming absurd 'political' allegations (like what happened with the fabricated hints about unit 731). bots start mass-duplicating these tags into weibo trends, creating the illusion that 'all of china is furious'.
the goal — management panic: the calculation is that gaming companies have very strict reputation kpis, and under the pressure of an artificial 'million reasons', their nerves will crackwhich is exactly what happened: on this wave, infold cancelled valko's releasethe strong accusations were precisely the political topics, and that became the main reason for the sudden cancellationnext will be a summary of lawsuits and competition between infold and archosaur games (tencent).
nfold games filed a lawsuit against archosaur games accusing them of trademark infringement and unfair competition.
the reason for the conflict: infold accused archosaur of plagiarism and illegal use of keywords and elements from its franchises (shining nikki, love and deepspace) to promote the competitor's projects. it was noticed that the creators of silent whispers copied visual elements, fonts, and the interface positioning of games from infold.
tencent's role in the lawsuit: tencent corporation is involved in the case as a third party. this is because the unfair advertising was distributed through its marketing platforms, and tencent itself owns a large share of stocks in archosaur games.the process has dragged on due to legal tricks from archosaur. the defendant (archosaur) filed an objection against the court's jurisdiction, which caused the first hearing to be dismissed, and the process is being artificially delayed. meanwhile, in early 2025, infold already won a similar lawsuit against archosaur regarding their game life makeover, creating a strong legal precedent in favor of the creators of love and deepspace.
regarding sylus's carbon copy and the so-called lawsuit that infold 'won' this year: on the wave of that victory, infold's legal department immediately started the process of documenting violations concerning silent whispers and the character alaric. in china, intellectual property law is complicated: proving plagiarism of a character's appearance and concept before the game's release is legally difficult, so infold is striking from the front of unfair competition and trademarks (the use of love and deepspace and sylus tags in archosaur's hidden advertising.
the outcome: infold won the lawsuit against archosaur over unfair competition, which heavily damaged the opponents' reputation. but the 'sylus cloning' itself in may 2026 caused a new wave of legal claims and a severe public boycott of archosaur by players, forcing the creators of silent whispers to make excuses to the audience.
next will be a summary of tencent's major lawsuits with other games and the final result ⬇️
1. tencent vs moonton (mobile legends) — tencent won (awarded $2.9 million in compensation).
2. tencent vs netease (rules of survival / knives out) — ended in a settlement (netease modified the games).
3. sony vs tencent (light of motiram) — ended in a settlement (tencent completely removed and cancelled its game).
4. nexon vs tencent (qq tang) — tencent won (the chinese court dismissed the korean company's lawsuit).
1. infold games vs archosaur games (with tencent involved as a third party) — infold games won (the court recognized unfair competition on archosaur's part).
2. tencent vs netease (honor of kings vs onmyoji) — ended in mutual lawsuits and closed out-of-court settlements.
3. tencent vs map creators in eggy party — netease / the map authors won (tencent paid hidden compensations for copying locations).
4. pubg corp. / tencent vs netease — ended in a settlement agreement after years of litigation in the us.
with this whole valko scandal topic, here is what infold has in its favor:
- shanghai officially sided with infold because they bring in unreal amounts of taxes.
- tencent didn't expect this kind of reaction from the global fandom. they were sure everything would die down quickly and infold would cancel it fast.
and all the noise happening right now is literally the salvation of lads and infold. we, the fandom, are acting as infold's shield.
that's why the police and infold's department are so deeply involved with each other right now. it was never about the haters, it was paid bots from the very start and a brutal war.
financial blow: infold's love and deepspace revolutionized the market, becoming the highest-grossing 3d otome game in the world and taking billions of yuan out of tencent's pocket.
tencent's failure: revenues of tencent's own mobile projects for the female audience (such as light and night) began to drop rapidly. tencent's attempts to create new games or promote projects of friendly studios (like archosaur) failed. destroying valko is an attempt to disrupt infold's most crucial update and stop their market dominance.
that's exactly why switching to silent whispers and supporting this game is pure hypocrisy. you are supporting the aggressor with your own hands. this is exactly what tencent bought tons of bots for. those who leave for that game, thinking they are escaping toxicity, are actually sponsoring the very people who created that toxicity to destroy love and deepspace.
also from the author:
let me clear something up. first of all, i’m not defending infold. lads has plenty of problems, i’ve never denied that and i’ve always talked about it. but what we’re dealing with here is specifically a cyberattack. my video post is not fake, it’s just simple analytics of everything going on right now and what happened before. media manipulation, coordinated harassment from bloggers, botting views and inflating pre-registrations — all of this is already obvious. read my replies in the comments, there are way more proofs with numbers and facts. trying to justify sw while closing your eyes to plagiarism is just pure denial of reality. honestly, i don't really care whether you play sw or not. as someone connected to art and gaming, i will always protect copyrights. plagiarism is absolutely always bad, and it can never be justified. i can't force you not to play. my job is to deliver the core message and the facts that have already been proven. your job is to accept it or just pass by.
LADS following count: Instagram 919k, X 657.1k, TikTok 893k, YouTube 325k. In total, they've lost over 100k followers since the announcement
Petitions: 222.8k and 91.5k
Little note: the angel number 222 means balance, harmony, and trusting in divine timing. :)
We've surpassed 2 million posts on X in support of #bringvalkoback
Infold's revenue has plummeted. See post here
FangirlFetes on X raised $2,500 for a billboard in Times Square. With this budget, we could have TWO billboards of Valko for eight days!
AX2026 is at it again. Bigger memorial, vendors selling Valko merch, people carrying around #bringvalkoback signs. The livesteam chat is now being filtered, though, so most Valko comments get deleted.
There is a new letter that is being sent to the Chinese media to help clear up the misinformation. See post here
We're trending in multiple reports, and we haven't stopped trending on X since the announcement!
The Shanghai Police & State Media (People's Daily) have officially stepped in to crush organized cyber-harassment & industrial sabotage. See post here
Generally, the media in China is shifting in our favor!
Again, DO NOT ENGAGE with CN antis. Sinophobia is still their game plan.
When using RedNote or Weibo, I highly suggest using a VPN. RedNote shows the location that you're posting from, and antis are targeting those not in China. It's not necessary, but I do advise it.
A Chinese gaming industry insider said that, from an economic perspective, Valko will 100% come back. See post here. If nothing else, this gives us hope!
Important!
On July 7th, DO NOT post on RedNote or Weibo. It is a historically significant day for China, so out of respect, please keep your attention on American apps like X and Instagram.
Remember!
DO NOT LOG IN! We're still trying to affect their DAU metric.
Don't expect a statement from Infold until Wednesday. With Anime Expo this weekend, and a historical day in China on the 7th, it's unlikely they will say anything about the situation until then.
Keep fighting! Antis worked for seven days to get Valko's release cancelled. We have to continue to make noise in order to be louder than them. Many companies will wait out protests for a few days to see if they fizzle out.
Don't lose hope! We're making a HUGE impact!
Please remember that this boycott is not just about Valko. The CN fans deserve an apology for the 731 incident, global fans deserve recognition, we need more MC customization options for darker skin tones—there are a lot of issues involved.
Take care of yourselves. Take breaks, eat, drink water, and get plenty of rest. Sending you my love <3
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Notes Do NOT log into the game. We need to affect their DAU metric (daily active users) Unfollow on social media (Instagram, X, TikTok, etc.
As of 12:00PM CDT—not a lot to report, but no news is better than bad news.
DO NOT—I REPEAT, DO NOT—engage with CN antis on RedNote or Weibo. They are trying to shift the narrative and say that our protest is based on sinophobia. If they succeed, it could lead to the removal of the global server. Protest with KINDNESS and RESPECT.
Ignore all kinds of negative rumors unless someone has specifically asked to help disprove them. Some insane rumors are starting to surface. FOCUS ON THE PROTEST!
HOWEVER! Infold's legal department and the local police are investigating trolls and those who spread misinformation about the game and Valko.
If my calculations are correct, we are nearing (or have already surpassed) 2 million posts on X in support of #bringvalkoback
I cannot fully confirm this, but according to CN sources, Infold is down to 1/4th of the revenue they were gaining when KoD released
Russian fans have also started donating to a wolf shelter called Wolf's Hall
Vendors at AX2026 who are selling Valko merch are doing very well! Even people who don't play LADS are buying his items.
The Valko memorial outside of AX2026 continues to grow!
It seems LADS is not doing ANYTHING on social media except observing. Their pinned posts are still for the multibanner that ended on July 2nd. They haven't even changed it to the GoA rerun.
LADS following count: Instagram 920k, X 657.3k, TikTok 894.4k, YouTube 325k
Petitions: 220.6k and 91k
KEEP BOYCOTTING AND PROTESTING! Post with the hashtags, tag Infold, interact with other positive posts, and spread the petitions.
Remember!
DO NOT LOG IN! We're still trying to affect their DAU metric.
Don't expect a statement from Infold until Wednesday. With Anime Expo this weekend, and a historical day in China on the 7th, it's unlikely they will say anything about the situation until then.
Keep fighting! Antis worked for seven days to get Valko's release cancelled. We have to continue to make noise in order to be louder than them. Many companies will wait out protests for a few days to see if they fizzle out.
Don't lose hope! We're making a HUGE impact already!
Take care of yourselves. Take breaks, eat, drink water, and get plenty of rest.
Resources ↓
Notes Do NOT log into the game. We need to affect their DAU metric (daily active users) Unfollow on social media (Instagram, X, TikTok, etc.
Apparently the latest offical update or letter to the cn girls lacked an official stamp. The cn haters are mad about this because it apparently means the statement can be retracted at any time.
Guys I’m starting to think that infold really is just panicking and trying to do damage control until they can get the government to stop breathing down their necks.
They have his song up on Spotify still. Apparently his videos have been unlisted or privated, not deleted.
Global and the cn supporters together far overpower the hate. Infold knows this. They know there is money in his release.
I’m on the fence about logging in to support them registering elsewhere but I think I’ll wait until they make an offical statement. If they want our help they need to let us know instead of having to play guessing games with rumours.
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After talking to other supporters on threads I’ve come to the conclusion that we should log in but not spend any money.
I understand this feels like a double edged sword but a complete boycott risks the global servers being shut down.
If we want Valko back we need a game for him to come back to.
But at the same time we must continue our demands. Log in but keep sending emails and comments on every post and offical account.
The cn haters have stopped playing to show they refuse to play until Valko is fully erased and every demand has been met.
We need to show that we are here and present for Valko. That we are willing to play if he is returned to us.
And if it is true that they are looking to register outside of China to escape the restrictions of Chinese law and hateful fans they need at least a little support.
Log in but don’t spend. Keep being vocal. Keep sharing the petitions.
I'm giving them 3 days; if they don't retract or address the overseas fans, I will. Then I'll uninstall, and y'all might want to unfollow me since I'll rarely post LADS content anymore.
I will not support a company that only cares about its own people while pretending they have global fans in mind too.
Money does talk, but so does losing their global reach.
Valko’s preview made me realize that he’s a mix of the LADs trinity (Zayne, Caleb and Sylus). As an enjoyer of the LADs trinity, I approve. Anyways…
HE’S A NERD IN A HOT MAN’S BODY
I HAVE TYPE AND I NEED JULY 9th TO COME FASTER
I NEED TO DISSECT HIS LORE AND PERSONALITY
Edit:
I am aware of the situation and I’ve been in support of Valko’s addition as a LI. As of July 1st, 2026, the consensus for the community is to keep the app and log in, but DO NOT GIVE THEM A CENT OF YOU MONEY. Part of the CN community is unable to help us protest until July 2nd due to a holiday.
Keep sending emails, keep voicing your opinions on Infold’s socials, unfollow their socials. Sign the petitions that many have linked on their accounts.
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