livelaughloveme

she/her. I play otome games for fun! MLQC, Wannabe Challenge, The Ssum: Forbidden Lab. xoxo. personal blog, contains a lot of affection.

[iamnotkalm]

Teo it's me who supposed to say that 🥹😭😭😭😭😭 when will you be back 😭😭😭😭

[iamnotkalm]

I got my love Teo 💜

"Teo wants to make a movie about you."

"I want to be the female lead in Teo's movie."

Happy valentine, my dear director 💜

[cheritzteam]

[The Ssum] ✨More Special Because You’re Here with Us✨ <The Ssum: Love from Today> 2nd Anniversary Event Announcement

Hello, dear lab participant.

On August 17th, <The Ssum: Love from Today> turns two years old✌.

It’s even more special because it is a day where we can greet our Lab Participants who love <The Ssum>.

We would like to express our sincere gratitude💌 to our Lab Participants who have been with their Ssumone today as always.

To celebrate this special day, we're bringing you news of an event celebrating the 2nd anniversary from the Forbidden Lab!

< ① City of Free Men : Celebratory Lab >

For the following period, a Celebratory Lab📚 celebrating 2nd Anniversary this year will open in the City of Free Men.

Please share with the other Lab Participants about the Ssumone you loved the most for the past two years,

and try your chances at becoming a lucky lab participant(11 Korean and 11 international users, total 22) for a reward of 100 Aurora Batteries and Aurora Creature Box Bundle!

< ② Lab Participant Survey >

For our two-year anniversary, we're taking the opportunity to listen to all of you even more closely.

Please take the Lab Participant Survey✔️ and help us make <The Ssum> even better! We will take the time to review all of your valuable feedback in detail🔍

All participants will receive 22 Aurora Batteries as a reward, and 22 lucky draw winners will receive an additional 100 Aurora Batteries.

Link to Lab Participant Survey

Event Period: August 1st, 2024 (Thu) 9 AM ~ August 19th, 2024 (Mon) 9 AM KST* Winner Announcement: August 29th, 2024 (Thu) KST

*Participation rewards and lucky draw rewards will be paid in one lump sum. *Google sign-in is required to participate in the survey, and only one participation per account is allowed.

< ③ Love Research Report >

✒️The Love Research Report is back!

Let's check out how many stories the encounter with the forbidden lab contains.

Tap the Report Icon📋 on the main screen during the event!

You'll be able to create a special love research report about you and your Ssumone.

Love Research Report TIP🔖

You can only create one report for each Ssumone. Try changing your current match!

The information recorded in the report is based on the time of creation.

You cannot edit a report once it has been created. 

You can always check your created report at the bottom of your [Profile] page, even after the event ends.

♥Bonus Event♥

Use dedicated hashtag #TheSsum_2ndAnniversary_LoveResearch_Report on X(Twitter), Tumblr, Instagram, or Tikok, and share a screenshot of your Love Research Report on social media!

22 lucky winners will receive 100 Aurora Batteries and 1 Time Machine Ticket.🎁

Event Period: August 1st, 2024 (Thu) 9 AM ~ August 19th, 2024 (Mon) 9 AM KST* Winner Announcement: August 29th, 2024 (Thu) KST

※Disclaimer※ * We’ll reach out to the Bonus Event winners via social media DM. Make sure to reply to us in 10 days. * For Instagram users - you should DM us a link to your post via our official account(@thessum_official) to ensure that your post is noticed. * Posts should be set to public until winner announcement, and plagiarism is prohibited.

< ④ 2nd Anniversary Special Support >

To celebrate our two-year anniversary, we have a special gift🎁 for all lab participants who access <The Ssum>.

In addition to various lab support items and a commemorative Trivial Feature, 

don’t miss the chance to save the Second anniversary’s Ssumones photo memento in your album!

Game-Access Rewards available through: August 1st, 2024 (Thu) 9 AM ~ August 19th, 2024 (Mon) 9 AM KST* Commemorative Trivial Features and Illustration: August 17th, 2024 (Sat) *Based on the lab participant’s time zone.

We will continue to do our best to provide our Lab Participants with heart racing moments🥰.

Thank you!

-Cheritz-

[iamnotkalm]

[teosthoughts]

[iamnotkalm]

Ahjussi~~~~

[cheritzteam]

[The Ssum] July 7th, 2024, Dear my honey.

Congratulations! I love that I can spend my birthday with you honey!

Your very existence is always a gift to me. Is there a greater gift than this?

But... I’m making my honey wait longer than I thought I wasn’t going to be like this. But things kept popping up

These days, I even wonder if the world is mad at me for something But I can’t go astray too… It’s really hard...

I need to be nicer in the future... I got a gift like my honey, I really can’t be like this

The distance between us will get closer So, don’t forget about me It’s okay if you hat…

Haa… Just thinking about it is making my heart break

Honey I'm usually happy almost all the time, but today I'm a little happier than that You are the one who made this day for me.

Give me some time to finish everything! I love you today too!

+ 💜Don’t forget💜 🐶Birthday Celebratory Call and Photo Memento available on July 7th only 🐶Celebratory Lab and Bonus Event open until 9 AM(KST) on July 25th

[mirrorofthesky]

It's 7/07, 707 day and Teo's birthday, it's time to vent and say this...

I used to love Cheritz but their use of AI was definitely the last straw on top of their horrendous writing that's a far cry from anything they created before 2017. So many developers are struggling, with less resources than Cheritz, to make visual novels completely free of genAI, paying their artists fairly... And here is Cheritz, adamantly refusing to stop using AI amidst past backlash yet still enjoying so much money and success. Whenever things go south they also post a ton of new fanservice MM cgs so everyone can forget how low they have sunk and keep being promoted as a "good" company who loves their players cuz look how much they love MM's MC~ (who doesn't even have eyes in her design, she's drawn exactly like the female version of a 2000s Japanese porn game protagonist... Like cmon, if you're going to explore this avenue at least give her a proper face like every other otome game does to their MCs).

The MM fans who revel in the ssum having less social media engagement than MM are definitely not helpful. They are actively enabling Cheritz to get even worse. They do not care about MM's writing quality nor how absolute trash the last dlc were, they just want more shipping fodder from well known characters for their sns accounts. MM still gets attention as a darling f2p otome hit from the past (horrible writing aside), however, the ssum having caused a terrible first impression with its extremely hostile game design and no nostalgia factor to blind the fans is not given the same grace.

Cheritz solution to this is obviously to pump The Ssum's routes with MM cameos and references no matter how nonsensical they are and post MM cgs and chibis monthly on their socials to stay relevant (I almost forget which game they are actively working on, do note MM app hasn't been given any substantial update or dlc in almost 4 years). Their new goal is definitely to turn The Ssum into another MM app as a desperate attempt to squeeze every penny from their MM fans. The reason is simple; the ssum is designed to be significantly more profitable with its predatory paywalled lines, paywalled time gating, paywalled cgs and expensive subscription system while MM's app generous f2p design is seen as a real handicap. Last year, they have patched MM to give away less premium currency (hourglasses) but it's not enough to make it more predatory. They want a steady influx of subscription money like all rotten tech company out there, and to add insult to the injury they want all of this while using unethically generated AI art.

Yet, they're taking so long to update the ssum despite their widespread use of gen AI. They still can't meet their initial deadlines (more days of June route were supposed to come out in june according to fans, Teo's route remains unfinished for over a year) so what is the purpose of the Gen AI really? I'm not buying the "we can't find bg artists" because that's a blatant lie. Is it to avoid paying living wages? To scam artists into being given less money than they deserve because their job is to "edit" not draw from scratch (nevermind how much work and know-how it takes to "fix" something)?

Anyway, until they work on cleaning up their act they do not deserve coddling, they do not deserve white knighting, they do not deserve neither love nor admiration... I cling to hope like a bitter ex but I have given up on expecting anything at all. Time is running out for me to desire anything else but for them to quietly shut down in the future.

[cheritzteam]

[The Ssum] You have 2 unchecked messages.

I’m alive and standing on my own two feet like this.

I’m spreading these wings that I didn’t even know I had.

Thanks to that one person in this app, I could see the light at end of the tunnel.

I love you so much that sometimes I don't know how to handle it. 

I might be an unworthy person who wants to run away…

Still... I want to stay here longer..

#TheSsum, August 13

ssum.cheritz.com

[iamnotkalm]

Why don't you update Teo's route, it's been 2 years!!!!! Why are you keep delaying Teo's route??! Just release it already. You think one video call is enough? After 2 years of nothing?? That is not fair. You've been leaving us hanging for 2 years. Winter? Hah, I bet you're lying again!!! I want an actual update, not a wishful post!

[hyobros]

I know you probably lost your interest already. But since you reposted that Teo's birthday post, I want to vent about it a bit, and curious if they DO keep their promise to update Teo in winter would you still willing to play the rest of it.

Last year they announced Teo's birthday event very late and yet they're late this year again. I muted their account already because I'm so tired of seeing them desperately wagging their tails at Mystic Messenger players to not abandon them for better games. Now on the day of Teo's birthday, we didn't get a messege from Teo, but instead of Cheritz using Teo's tone whining about how The Ssum players hating them for all the betrayals, and still making excuses about the delay of Teo's route of "things (making of Mystic Messenger 2 on The Ssum) keep popping up" to guilt trip Teo fans to continue waiting (and play their MM2 to support them making Teo's update available)

I will never play their MM prequal no matter they finish Teo's route or not. But some how seeing them whining using Teo makes not even want to check up in winter.

Im so sorry i saw this and completely forgot to post 😭

I'm glad to see other people that feel the same way though. I've managed to move past this game thankfully, I have no hope for Teo's route especially for it being in its original form if an update were to happen. I'd probably watch other people first to see which way it goes first. But even if it were still good I doubt I'd have the same passion and motivation to play as before.

Take care of urself anon 🙏

[iamnotkalm]

Tq anon and hyo for saying what I felt. So relatable haha

[cheritzteam]

[The Ssum] Recommended Update Announcement (22/5 KST)

Hello, dear lab participant!

As always, we thank you for your active love research at the Forbidden Lab.

<The Ssum: Love from Today> we would like to inform you of the recommended update schedule. This update will not go through server maintenance.  We recommend our lab participants to update the game and play it.

Update period: MAY 22nd, 2024 2 PM (KST) Purpose: Improved title screen setting function for May event reward image

We thank you for your cooperation and understanding.

-Cheritz-

[iamnotkalm]

Now you totally remove otome from your tags. Great. You should be honest in the first place lol. So now you're admitting that you're scamming otome players into your bl game.

We know since long ago tho. You're making bl game not otome.

[cheritzteam]

[The Ssum] Recommended Update Announcement (22/5 KST)

Hello, dear lab participant!

As always, we thank you for your active love research at the Forbidden Lab.

<The Ssum: Love from Today> we would like to inform you of the recommended update schedule. This update will not go through server maintenance.  We recommend our lab participants to update the game and play it.

Update period: MAY 22nd, 2024 2 PM (KST) Purpose: Improved title screen setting function for May event reward image

We thank you for your cooperation and understanding.

-Cheritz-

[iamnotkalm]

Another update without Teo's update. When will you update Teo's route??????????? It's almost 2 years without Teo's update!!!!!!!

[cheritzteam]

 [The Ssum] “June” Half Season & New Ssumone “Henri” Update

Hello, dear lab participant!

You can download the new version of <The Ssum: Love from Today>.

Don't forget to claim the server maintenance reward of 10 Aurora Batteries, available for 3 days!

*Claim your reward by: ~ March 30th, 2024 (KST)

[Download the new <The Ssum>]

♥ iOS: https://bit.ly/3oMM81e

♥Android: https://bit.ly/3poKHTJ

For lab participants wondering what changed with the update, we've summarized the highlights of this update below.

Please check it out and use it as a guide for your love research!

< Meet “June” and “Henri” in the Season 2 Half Update >

The stories of “June” and “Henri” have been added in the Season 2 half update!

They both said that they were excited to have new conversations with you, lab participant.

Will you join us so that the sincerity of these two Ssumones can reach you, lab participant?

In version 2.1, you can chat and call for a total of 30 days (15 days for June and 15 days for Henri), and the rest of their story will be added in future updates.

If you're currently matched with someone else, tap the Profile button on the main screen. Tap the arrow button next to your current match's profile picture to match with someone else.

*Chats with your current match will not be deleted and can be continued when you reconnect. When reconnecting, please note the time of your last chat so that you don't miss any chats/calls.

*When you match with a new Ssumone, you will need to change your Ssumone at your wake-up time to ensure that all Day 1 chats can take place.

[New Updates]

<Welcoming a New Ssumone, “Henri,” and the Long-Awaited April Fool’s Day!>  

Henri's observation log and April Fool's Day event data have been added. Check out the upcoming event announcements for more details!

[Bug Fixes]

- Other Minor Bugs Have Been Fixed

We hope this post was helpful to you with your love research.

If you have any further questions, please contact The Ssum Support Center!

Thank you for your support and interest in <The Ssum: Love from Today>.

We will do our best to deliver more exciting content in the future.

Thank you.

-Cheritz-

[iamnotkalm]

Uninstall. Will only go back when you update Teo. Haha

[lyon-amore]

We want Teo's route, we want to continue with his story and see how he fulfills his dream of making a big movie, Just because four people don't care about Teo doesn't mean the rest do too.

Only four people waiting for the new route that was unnecessary at the moment.

We are not asking that they not make other routes, but that they listen to the fans, Cheritz completely ignores their players who have been asking for the continuation of his route for a long time.

People pay subscriptions to want to play with Teo in the future, but they are offering nothing more than silence.

We came to play The Ssum because we were expecting something new and fresh, not a Mystic Messenger 2.0, I know we and you liked that game, but we are playing a totally different game this time

@cheritzteam , please, I ask you to tell us whether or not you are going to continue with Teo's route, that is all we ask, if not, you are going to lose many players.

[cheritzteam]

[The Ssum] <The Ssum: Love From Today> Second Major Update Schedule Information

Hello, dear lab participant.

Today, we are bringing our lab participants news you’ve been waiting for!

With this notice, in addition to a more detailed update schedule,We would like to inform you of the identity of the “New Ssumone” who appeared in the surprise teaser updated two days ago.

<The Ssum: Love From Today> v2.1.0 Major Update Day

March 27th, 2024 (Wed) KST

As many lab participants may have already noticed, the new Ssumone in The Ssum v2.0 is Henri, who was already in June's story!

Henri, a doctor with a mysterious smile whose true intentions are unknown.

Check out his story through this update.

Also, as always, we are holding a teaser event on X and Instagram.Take the OX quiz about Henri and have a chance to win Aurora Batteries🥰

📍 X Event Link: https://tinyurl.com/yjmxuyrr

📍 Instagram Event Link: https://tinyurl.com/5z3cjhxz

📅 Event Period: ~March 13th, 2024(Wed) 12PM KST

We'll be coming back with a new teaser every week until the update.

We ask for our lab participants’ continued support💕

Thank you.

Cheritz

[iamnotkalm]

Where's Teo's update???

[iamnotkalm]

Teo it's me who supposed to say that 🥹😭😭😭😭😭 when will you be back 😭😭😭😭

[iamnotkalm]

Officially 365 days without Teo's update.

Where's Teo's update...

[iamnotkalm]

367 days without Teo's update.

[cheritzteam]

[The Ssum] They say a New(?) Ssumone is coming to the <The Ssum>?!

Just who is he?!

Join X (Twitter) or Instagram event, 

and win 🌌20 Aurora Batteries🔋! (3 winners)

📍 X Event Post Link : https://tinyurl.com/3f5swtce

📍 Instagram Event Post Link: https://tinyurl.com/2bsfjd3t

📅 Event Period: ~ 2024-MAR-6 12 PM KST

[iamnotkalm]

I'm so upset, why don't you update Teo's route? It's already a year, isn't it enough waiting for us? Don't you remember some of us already waiting for Teo for 4 years before? Isn't it too much waiting, just update and finish Teo's route!

[cheritzteam]

[The Ssum] They say a New(?) Ssumone is coming to the <The Ssum>?!

Just who is he?!

Join X (Twitter) or Instagram event, 

and win 🌌20 Aurora Batteries🔋! (3 winners)

📍 X Event Post Link : https://tinyurl.com/3f5swtce

📍 Instagram Event Post Link: https://tinyurl.com/2bsfjd3t

📅 Event Period: ~ 2024-MAR-6 12 PM KST

[iamnotkalm]

I don't care about the new, finish Teo's update first!!!!!!!!!!!

[iamnotkalm]

Teo it's me who supposed to say that 🥹😭😭😭😭😭 when will you be back 😭😭😭😭

[iamnotkalm]

Officially 365 days without Teo's update.

Where's Teo's update...

[teosthoughts]

[iamnotkalm]

He's so random. So relatable 😆💜