just so you know, if that 6th one was released, the game would already be canned. the only thing keeping it up right now is that they cancelled the 6th.
The cancellation of Valko was due to a disproportionate fandom response. People were upset that it came with a lack of QoL updates, sure, but he undeniably would have brought in new players as well. The fandom is so polarized and engaging in idolatry nonsense nowadays that you have people exaggerating the facts. The game would not have shut down. People would have been unhappy their favorite didn't get screentime, and I don't deny the main story update pace is abysmal, but that would've been the end of it.
Fans threw a hissy fit, using content from a previous update to throw him under the bus and reported the game to the government. There were also racially insensitive remarks that he was "too dark" (??) and that he looked "too gay." A certain aspect of the fanbase that didn't want the new love interest literally sent cow poop. Infold decided to pull Valko two days after issuing a statement that their plans for him would not change.
The income his cards would have provided is gone, which, in itself, nuked any small benefit. But sure, his update gave us a kitchen! Now the women can go back to where they belong! /s
Edit: Users trying to "debunk" will not be dignified with a response, as they are members of a dedicated "OG" sub (misuse of the term OG, btw). For people that really want to be free of Valko, he sure does live rent free in your heads. Revenue did not have a marked decrease when Valko was teased, but when he was cancelled, that's when the steep fall-off was most notable. There were people begging players to spend to prove that Valko was not the issue. Sorry Valko fans have "gone off the rails." It's almost like I never endorsed their behavior, yet you want to put words in my mouth. How are those QoL updates looking? Oh wait, there aren't any, because we've scapegoated Valko! Nobody wins here, but people want to direct their vitriol toward other fans, and not the company!
Not this again. Stop twisting the CN boycott into being about Valko’s cancellation when the boycott started because he was introduced in the first place. Half of the active CN player base left because his introduction completely shattered their trust in Infold. That loss of trust is why they stopped playing and spending, which is why the revenue has been in free fall since. There is a whole post on this sub explaining the situation: https://www.reddit.com/r/gachagaming/s/aOmoXcAGkf
It was not about him being ”gay” or ”too dark”. CN has nothing against dark character, the most popular guy in CN for the new LADs copy game called Silent whisper is Theron, who is a dark character and ironically also a werewolf (so CN has nothing against dark or werewolf characters like some people are spreading). It’s funny that you bring up the gay part because if there has been any people calling characters gay looking it would be global because they are constantly calling Rafayel and Xavier gay looking.
You guys love bring up what a few CN people did to protest Valko but not the fact that Valko fans have totally gone off the rails: 1) sending a truck to drive around Gamescom. Calling the cancellation of Valko ”cyber murder” 2) threaten to commit mass suicide at infolds building if they release the next multi banner without Valko 3) just today Valko fans got exposed for doxxing the CEO and many other employees. Even going as far as doxxing the CEOs daughter (who is a minor). They got banned.
All of this in just a weeks time.
I can tell you as someone active on CN SNS that if they dare to reintroduce Valko, the few remaining players would be gone.
I was looking at the comments against Valko on XHS when his cancellation happened, they were indeed calling him too gay. You have to keep in mind that what they call "gay" is not the same as the West does. For them, more "bara" looking men do look like what gay men would be attracted to.
And yes, they were also calling him too dark. There was a full smear campaign at this moment, so obviously there were tons of comments about him that would have not happened with another character.
You are wrong though, the players who quit and want Valko will come back, and those who are not extreme will simply stay and play for their mains.
Now then, I'm not gonna pretend I don't know who you are, and we all know that antis love to twist reality.
So, about the truck, almost all the Valko supporters were against this truck. Also, this was probably false since no one saw this truck. I was in Cologne, I didn't see it either.
I wouldn't be surprised if the two other allegations were false too.
Do I have to make a list of all of what antis did ? Because I can.
Just a few to refresh your memory : sending funeral flowers to the Infold building, sending cow dung there, leading a smear campaign, weaponizing women's issues to fit their own narrative, weaponizing China dark history, mass harassing ANY Valko supporter when he was announced in China, doxxing personal info on those who dared speak up, making vows about spending their life savings for Raf 4rd myth,...
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u/aint_never_been 9h ago
I see