apologies for my harsh tone, but I'm genuinely tired of random ass people preaching us and telling us what to do. it's like a bunch of yall r deliberately trying to sabotage the movement wtf. that one person on twitter who convinced so many people to stop using #bringbackvalko is either fucking stupid or knows what they're doing.
#bringbackvalko is literally the most prominent hashtag & it effectively conveys exactly what we want. why the FUCK should we just drop this hashtag and mellow down OUR tone to succumb to a bunch of hateful scum of the earth!!!!
there's literally NO point in abandoning our hashtags and you've got to do a whole lot of mental gymnastics to twist #bringbackvalko in the first place. oh what??? the antis are accusing us of being ungrateful little brats??? they're accusing us of being demanding and disrespectful??? WHO FUCKING CARES MAN, that's rich asf coming from them😂
DO NOT FEAR THOSE DERANGED ANTIS! remember that these are the same creatures who weaponized literal war crimes & r4pe against the most green flag looking dude🤦 they are gonna twist and warp and distort EVERYTHING no matter what we do, to the point where everything is watered down to United Nations level of effectiveness. until the majority of valko supporters are just holding hands and frolicking in daisy fields, daydreaming of PEACE but not doing ANYTHING to achieve it. until it's all forgotten.
do we want to be known as the fandom that UNITED GLOBALLY INCLUDING ML CHINA AND STOOD FIRM AGAINST TOXICITY & A MULTI MILLIONAIRE COMPANY? or do we want to be known as the fandom that merely "EXPRESSED MILD DISAPPROVAL" without ANY ACTION against CYBERBULLIES WITH MOB MENTALITY & THE WEALTHY HIGHER UPS OF SAID MULTIMILLIONAIRE COMPANY?
don't let anybody's foolishness command you to weaken the movement. can you imagine how disastrous it would be if papergames monitors the posts and sees a rapid fall in #bringbackvalko? it may just be a hashtag, but it was the FIRST, and it brought us all together. it's the most widespread one.
therefore, let us not drop #bringbackvalko. yes, i know I just talked about not letting random people dictate the movement, so it truly does seem like a circular argument. this is just my perspective, how I feel, and my purpose is not to order anyone. but genuinely there's no point in getting rid of this hashtag, rather we would get even more confused & end up giving ppg/infold the impression that the movement is quieting down. what do we achieve? are we seriously going to let the ANTIS of all people decide how we want to convey OUR message?
the choice is ultimately yours.
PS; there's also no point in putting deadlines on the boycott! there are no deadlines! we stop when valko returns & infold fixes the message they've made by ignoring us. PERIOD WITH A T.
Lawd what in the world happened on X during my drive...
Let me start by saying that there is a lot of mixed information floating around. It's very difficult to determine what is legitimate, I won't lie to you. People have differing opinions, there is a TON of conflicting information, and far too much speculation.
You all know by now that I want to avoid giving you any kind of misinformation. I do my fair share of speculating, but I don't want to lead you astray. So, with that being said, let's see what's going on.
7/10/2026 PM
The Current Protest
As you all know, we've pivoted to challenging the false information in the CN media. However, we seem to be shifting once again. Players have generally agreed that #ValkoWasFramed insinuates that we are challenging or placing blame—which we want to avoid for the sake of not causing any controversy. Now, we want to avoid directly confronting Chinese media.
I know the constant changes are frustrating. I'm trying to keep up with everything too. So, here's everything I know:
We are focusing on promoting how much we love Valko. Here are the new set of hashtags:
#Valko #WeLoveValko #ValkoIsLoved #JusticeForValko #恋与深空 #敖尹 #LoveAndDeepspace #LADS #BringValkoBack #SaveValko #BringBackValko #LADSValkoReturn #ValkoMustDebut #ValkoIsInnocent
I think this post in particular explains it well:
This is also a very important post that I would like for all of you (especially my fellow Americans) to read.
This is a post from a Chinese user that I read through and found quite interesting. I think it's well worth the read.
Looking Forward
SPECULATION: I'm going to be frank with you—we're probably looking at getting Rafayel's 4th myth on July 17th. Infold is likely desperate to see a jump in revenue. Here's how the revenue chart is looking:
Basically, not good. This is only over the span of a month.
Once again, I'm going to be honest with you—if we want Valko back, we have to hit Infold where it hurts: revenue. That means absolutely no spending. As a myth collector, this is extremely frustrating to me, so believe me when I say that I understand how many of you feel.
However, you can absolutely choose for yourself. If you want to pull for it, don't let anyone shame you into feeling guilty.
But this post explains it well. "If spending spikes back to normal, headlines will write 'the boycott collapsed' and our leverage evaporates exactly when the company is deciding how much our waiting matters." This boycott does not have a deadline. It ends when we get Valko back.
Remember, banners always rerun. There will always be another chance to get it. I'm okay with missing out if it means making this protest stronger.
I very much encourage you to continue boycotting. Money is the universal language. Personally, I will not be touching the game until Infold releases an official statement.
Remember
Question everything, believe nothing. I am BEGGING all of you to use your common sense and critical thinking skills. I don't care if someone says they have "insider information" or they spoke to a CN player or whatever the hell. Unless they come with concrete, verifiable proof, keep scrolling.
Our end goal, no matter how we go about it, is the same: getting Valko back. Keep posting, keep talking, keep being loud. Make your voices heard.
Once again, the universal language is money. Even logging in puts money in Infold's pocket. Boycotting is ultimately your decision, but I ask you to think long term.
Hopium
You know I'm never going to leave you without some hopium. :)
Valko's code is HAUNTING 6.0. From Caleb having his nose to Sylus sniffing furniture (posts linked). I've seen all I need to see from this version update, quite honestly. Limbs flying everywhere, heads are either huge or missing, eyes are popping out of their sockets—this is what happens when you don't release the tech guy.
I fear hopium is hard to come by these days on X. I'm doing my absolute best to find some for you all. Since I can't offer very much today, take these links of edits, fanart, and pictures of Valko. Remember who we're fighting for!!
Edit 😼
Some gorg pics
Wolf form Valko clip
Suggestive!! fanart
Valko as Jinu for my KDH people
More edit
His SEXY ass laugh
just a masterpiece tbh
I'm just writing whatever comes to mind. unfortunately even some valko supporters are divided on whether to completely delete the game or continue logging in but not spending money.
remember that as soon as infold announced valko's cancellation, they promised to hand out ONE empyrean wish everyday for a month. a month. they clearly want players to at least continue logging in. they are obviously able to monitor how many users are active. they're trying to keep the players hooked by baiting them with a mere candy trail.
every action counts, but deleting the game has the biggest impact. because, not only will players not be spending any money, they won't even be active on the game. additionally, a lot of valko supporters have pointed out that they're likely toying with the fans by announcing only within the game and going radio silent on social media.
in response to this, it is crucial for the boycotters to be even more headstrong and thus withdraw from their attempts to reel them in with in-game announcements.
for the boycott to work, we're not even supposed to grace them with our presence. otherwise, we'll be giving them an impression that we're interested. it's only been like two weeks, and I understand it's exhausting, but this is how boycotts are. especially when a multi millionaire corporation is trying to give us the silent treatment. but before giving up, consider how much this movement has achieved within such a short amount of time.
no matter what is happening within the game, infold needs to grow tf up and deliver their messages on social media itself rather than cowering behind the currently bugged asf game. don't let them bait you with anything or lure you in. you're better than that, we're all better than that.
RUMOURS going around that rafayel's 4th myth might be released around the 17th of july I'm absolutely fucking livid right now man. I'll be even more if they do that before addressing & cleaning up any of this mess they've created, before bringing valko back. i can only pray they're not true.
if anything, being a rafayel girl has made me value art, artists, far more than i ever could, and being against injustice in ways i hadn't seen before. if the rumors turn out to be true, don't you think it's repulsive of them to use rafayel of all characters as their cash cow during this time? don't you think it's ironic! after the blatant disrespect to their own creative team who spent years perfecting the game, the beloved characters beneath our fingertips, their bittersweet stories for us to unravel & experience?
this is exactly where boycotts are supposed to hit. if you weren't doing it before, start now, and continue even as the myth is over. now is the most crucial time to remember that we have RERUNS, and that we can pull the myths later. don't let the higher ups of infold just sweep away everything under the rug.
many boycotters are pointing out that it is very likely for them to want everything to die down eventually and go quiet, for us to tire out & give up, hence the silence. no matter what it is, we must stand firm in our demands to bring back valko, the foil of our dear rafayel, the final piece to our puzzle, the seal of our love interests.
valko will always belong to the game, always to the MC, and was always meant to be ours.
Going to talk about some trigger warning content under the cut. Read at your own discretion.
Short version: fuck. I’m never letting this Valko thing go until I see it to the goddamn end. But I will kill this monster with kindness.
So, accusations of sexual assault/🍇 are where I draw the fucking line. As a victim of the above myself, I cannot let this abide in any form and I would be doing a disservice to myself and my experience on this earth if I ever fucking let this go. False accusations only HURT past and future victims. It damages credibility and harms women’s rights.
As you all have seen I pretty much stick to the facts. I am emotional sure and I do have my moments of being duped, I’m a human being. The clip I saw of what the CN media is saying about Valko is fucking insane. The clips are being edited and quickened. The entire backlash of our week+ protest was put as “even foreigners don’t want him.” It was blatant fucking lies. Infuriating.
This is so much bigger than a boy or a game now. It’s gone from freedom of artistic expression to quite literally CLEARING THE NAME OF A VIDEO GAME CHARACTER FOR A CRIME HE DIDN’T COMMIT! Can we take a step back and see just how ludicrous that entire sentiment is? Like…really? Fucking insanity. This is the worst timeline.
I fucking re-downloaded Twitter to fight for this man. It is so miserable there overall, but some posts are genuinely hilarious and/or good.
Anyway, I know Infold cocked this up royally but I’m going to suspend my frustration at them and continue to talk about Valko, how good he is, how much good he’s inspired people in the world to do in such a short time.
We have to tread carefully here. We don’t want to fight for anything other than clearing Valko’s name of bad deeds by the media, uplifting CN culture, and getting our wolf boy back. I’m in it to win it and I DO think and believe we can succeed with love and patience.
DISCLAIMER: I cannot say with 100% certainty that this is true. However, there is enough credible evidence for me to believe it.
To put it in short, we're not just battling Infold. We're fighting the Chinese media.
Here is the post. I will outline the timeline here as well. This is directly from the thread:
As confirmed by a CN native.
"state media commentary acts as a direct warning of incoming government bans."
So, that's it, then. This is what caused it. Valko was being recognized by the state media.
So why did Pro Valko ppl not go after the media for false reporting? On their socials? Why were we not instructed to?
Timeline:
June 22nd, Valko is announced. Fan Rioting pursues for 6 days straight. Company doesn't budge, continues to post normally.
June 28, 1 AM: Apology, 20-pull compensation, and a promise: every male lead's story "will not change for any reason."
It tops the overnight hot search marked 爆.
Then watch the state media pressure.
June 28, 9:08 AM: Beijing News "Six Questions" rejects that apology in print. It was 8 hours old.
June 28, night: the Women's Federation's magazine — enters hours after the PV airs
June 29: China Women's News named editorial
June 29: China Women's News AGAIN, on the 0731 defense: "fails to convince"
June 29, 8:20 PM: Guangming Daily. A central party paper.
June 30: Ban Yue Tan. Xinhua-run.
June 30, evening: Valko is cancelled. Permanently. With a promise to never add a male lead again.
And still, to this day, they are STILL going after him, with Beijing News posting ANOTHER smear article on him JUST TODAY!
Now look at PPG's attitude change. Anti's beginning riot? Didn't budge. Business as usual. Once the state media got involved? Silence. And knowing this... it makes sense. The marketing numbers didn't add up, a large portion of CN population really liked Valko. Obviously the rest of the world liked Valko.
Here is another post. I will include the screenshots from it below.
Here is a news clip posted to Weibo. THIS IS NOT FROM A GOVERNMENT ACCOUNT. On Weibo, the red V is a standard verified account. A gold V is for news, government and verified companies. This is just a random news channel, no government affiliation.
Here is a screenshot from a user on RedNote explaining the situation:
Here is a screenshot of every news outlet that has been running Anti-Valko campaigns (via this post):
So, what do we do?
Not to worry, friends! I never give info without a plan!
GET LOUD about false media in China. I mean LOUD. We have to change the narrative. Everything they are spreading is complete slander. This is where the sexual assault and predator allegations against Valko are stemming from. They're taking clips of his trailer fully out of context and changing the story entirely.
Infold is fully capable of bringing a lawsuit against these media outlets. "Under the PRC Civil Code, companies have a legally protected reputation. If a news outlet, blogger, influencer, or another company publishes false statements that damage a company's reputation, the company can file a civil lawsuit." I am hoping that their current silence is because they are taking legal action. I'm not sure how likely that is, but my fingers are crossed.
Be louder than the media. Fight back. Change the narrative. This is vital if we want to bring Valko back.
This does not mean stop the boycott. We do not need to give any money or support to Infold. We're still posting #bringbackvalko, we're still going after them, and we are still NOT logging in.
Posting under #ValkoWasFramed, as far as I know. As soon as I have more information, you will be the first to know.
Users on X are mobilizing to combat the misinformation being spread in the Chinese media surrounding LADS and Valko.
I am posting continuous information on my X account. Link here.
You can find a full explanation of the situation here.
Using hashtags: #VALKOWASFRAMED #VALKOISINNOCENT #BRINGBACKVALKO #BRINGVALKOBACK #SAVEVALKO
Here is a post with every outlet publishing criticism of Valko and Love and Deepspace.
In China, "under the PRC Civil Code, companies have a legally protected reputation. If a news outlet, blogger, influencer, or another company publishes false statements that damage a company's reputation, the company can file a civil lawsuit." We have to trust in the fact that Infold's legal department is mobilizing.
To my understanding, DO NOT MOVE TO CN APPS. Their media (RedNote, Weibo, etc) is highly controlled. We have the best chance of success on our own apps (X, Instagram, Threads, Facebook, etc.) We are already trending on X.
Our goal is to flip the narrative. Show why they are incorrect. Prove that they're spreading misinformation about Valko and LADS. We bring the receipts. What they printed, next to what's verifiably true. Keep it straight-forward, to the point, and undeniably factual.
This cannot be rushed—it could backfire immensely. We cannot go against their government because it could negatively affect the CN players. The problem needs to be highlighted as “a danger to the positive view of China” from foreign players.
From a user on X: Bringing the importance of Chinese culture and tradition abroad, is the key part of all of this. It is our only leverage. We need to mention our only wish is for the company to keep being able to spread Chinese culture. We need to show them how we engaged with Chinese culture, and the charity we did in the name of the character we wish to have back, so that the company can continue.
This is vital, but it is delicate. Don't hesitate to message me here or on X if you need guidance. I will still be updating you as I get more information.
More information here.
Reblog, share, anything you can do to get this out. We need as many people involved as possible.
I hit my lowest yesterday, not gonna lie. Seeing everything was like a gut punch, so I sat with my feelings for a while, cried and listened to some music.
And then I started thinking...
Quitting is what the Antis are banking on.
They're going to fucking gloat that they "won" and I realised...
I won't let them win.
We have to remember that we're dealing with unhinged, mentally ill individuals. And while I fully believe that Infold has created a monster of their own making, no person deserves to be threatened and made to fear for their lives over a video game.
You can't rationalise with mentally ill people (I should know, I work in a mental health hospital). But given that Infold was hit with multiple attacks on their HQ shortly before the 9th, it's no wonder we didn't get any form of response. We saw how the issue escalated when they doubled down on including Valko before they backtracked.
I can be patient. I really can. And I'm not saying that this hasn't been hard, I miss Caleb so much... but I want to push until they acknowledge us with something. I have to. I can't let hatred win. I won't accept it until something happens. They release Valko or the company folds.
They see us. I know they fucking do.
The censorship upsets me but the haters have already proven that they will sink to multiple lows to get anything flagged. Their rivals have money to push against them (and a certain one keeps advertising their game despite this knife attack. Bad taste but okay). My best hope is that Valko is being reworked to avoid any more controversy (but we know that when you give idiots an inch they'll take a mile so who knows).
I'm tired but quitting just gives in and I can't do that right now.
We should be proud of everything the movement did and is still doing, the charities, the trending tags, the petitions. It wasn't wasted effort, we made a real world difference, for every anti and hater, we doubled it back to make a REAL WORLD DIFFERENCE. And my god, that speaks volumes. What are they doing? Nothing except throw tantrums over a game.
I don't blame people for dropping off the protest, and I dont blame anyone for feeling low and taking time away. You need to take care of yourself first and foremost.
But I can't stop. I won't stop. Not yet.
I'm old and I'm fuelled with too much spite.
Again. Please remember that if they wanted to remove Valko, they would remove everything related to him. We still have his unlisted videos and his stories in the game. If he truly wasn't coming, everything would be gone.
i wanna take valko's glasses from his face and put them on, strike a pose and ask him "how do i look?" only for him to smile and say "i dont know i cant see" but in truth he's flustered because i'm wearing them
‼️just a disclaimer‼️ i’m not forcing anyone to believe every article i translate here !!
i translate what looks like the truth. to believe it or not is your right :)
from the author ‼️
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.
this is a massive post with a lot of text, but i strictly ask you to boost and share this.
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.
this fandom is currently experiencing the biggest and stupidest I told you so ever. You were told Valko's removal would cause a censorship ripple effect. You were told Valko's removal would likely fuck with v6's coding since they had a week to remove him. If you were actively siding with the people that bullied other fans and harassed infolds staff for the last two weeks, do not cry about your LI's cards being censored now.
You were told.
#BringBackValko
lmaoooo if these absolute losers had at least a 2 digit IQ they would've just stuck to their favs instead of bootlicking the perpetrators,, and we would've been in our own zone celebrating valko's release today. the chudettes can enjoy their 27gb worth of censorship, glitches, bugs, and a stupid fucking kitchen. infold really jus told yall 2 go make them a sandwich💀
as for the main story & lore,, with valko not in the game,, whatever they release from now on idgaf I won't be considering none of that retcon bullshit slop canon😂it's VALKOVER for yall bye👎
truly just don’t have the words to describe the devastation. lads has been so fun and so comforting and so interesting for nearly two years for me, and now just all trust and creative liberty and emotional connection is severed. infold encouraged their k-pop style fanbase over and over again, and knelt to bullies once before in Rafayel’s card earlier this year if i remember correctly. we should have really seen it coming, especially with EN localism being such shit it kept flipping back and forth on caleb’s tropes to try and appeal to both audiences, and therefore encouraging more infighting. the lighting issues have been a problem for MONTHS now and they know it. they see it. they just do not care. they hear us, they saw the articles written, the real donations to wild conservation efforts, the shrines and billboards that were in motion. they just do not care. they ultimately are to blame for this, despite the crazy local cn bullies that made them resort to complete and utter cowardice to be radio silent for over a week now. to remove Valko in the first place. it’s abhorrent and shameful. to throw so many people’s work in the trash, lose out on all the money? it’s unfathomable. if the government is involved, which it’s pretty much looking that way, then that explains some of it. they could be under a gag order or marketing restriction as things are rectified in game.
to the cn crazies that did all of this, i truly hope you are happy. now you get nothing but cookie cutter bullshit and multi banner into a myth into a rerun into a multi into a solo into a rerun into a multi into a multi into a myth. congratulations. you won so big you sound like my president, holy shit. you won nothing but driving this game into the ground, killing thousands if not millions of peoples interests, and retconning your own love interest. and it’s started already. now we know nothing is sacred, nothing is trustworthy, and if the domestic side makes enough noise, there’s not a goddamn thing anyone else can do about it.
they said they wanted to spread chinese culture and the ccp was probably cracking down on infold making them look bad. but i think this just makes them look so much worse. i will likely never play a live service game that comes from china again, knowing that the ccp can step in at any moment to change everything because a few players didn’t like that Valko is a huge sexy himbo werewolf. i cannot believe this is real life. first in my bloodline to be devastated by the chinese communist party and an otome game, deadass.
but no you’re all pathetic and i will never spend another dime on this game, if i even open it again at all.
But I need you to take a deep breath and breathe with me.
Valko appearing on the ninth was a longshot. Infold has had two major holidays, been at AX, and is still under investigation. This whole thing, because of *content has never been as simple as 'oh we can just push him out without issue if there's enough hype'.
We have to remember it is much, much bigger than that.
I have already seen a lot of disappointment and spiraling, and I am here to remind you to breathe.
Spiraling before any announcements gets you no where.
Yes, I know the silence is frustrating. Yes, I know how exhausting it has been looking for correct information and only having Infold post on XHS. I am right there with you.
But you have to remember that when the government is this involved, they have to be careful.
Valko hasn't been fully taken down - including their own discord channel. Valko's WU is also still there. Once the system is up, someone can confirm if the 'Coming Soon' is still under the LIs. Last I heard it was.
We cannot spiral. We can keep pushing.
Please - remember people on the other side of the screen are human. Do not attack people for their choice on how or if they choose to continue this fight.
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