@julydei0101@tomie_113@ShipwreckTweet Girl, you don't even have a moral ground yourself. Please unmatch me at this point, i thought you were going to address my messages properly but you left me disappointed 😮💨
This screenshot was found on Xiaohongshu (RED), a Chinese social media platform.
A CN player is openly admitting that the backlash against Valko was a deliberate pressure tactic — not genuine feedback. They admit the complaints weren't real, that stirring up outside public opinion was part of the strategy, and that now that the goal has been achieved, other players should stay quiet so the global community doesn't find out.
Their words, not mine. Read the translation.
Papergames didn't cancel Valko because of legitimate player concerns. They caved to a manufactured campaign. And the people behind it are celebrating.
We're still here. We're not going anywhere.
🐺 #BringBackValko #LoveAndDeepspace #LADS
#BRINGBACKVALKO#WEWANTVALKO
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📧 EMAIL — ENGLISH
Subject: Bring Back Valko — Address the Real Issues Behind Version 6.0 (Player Feedback)
To the Love and Deepspace / Infold / Papergames team,
I'm a player writing to formally object to the abrupt cancellation of Valko as the 6th Love Interest, and to ask that the underlying issues that caused this crisis actually get fixed, not just papered over with compensation.
What needs to happen:
Reconsider Valko's cancellation. Removing him entirely, days before launch, after players had already anticipated and prepared for his release, sets a damaging precedent: that any content decision can be reversed by whoever protests loudest, regardless of the wider playerbase's wishes. At minimum, delay his release and let the full global community weigh in, don't erase him outright.
Fix the issues that caused this in the first place, which go far beyond one character: Skin tone / character rendering, long-standing inconsistencies in character model and skin tone rendering need a real, committed fix.
Diamond and resource farming, Free to Play resource acquisition is too slow and too whale-dependent. Players need clearer, fairer paths to premium currency.
Anecdote quests, side-story content for existing Love Interests has been delayed far past a reasonable timeframe.
Main Story quests, 500+ days without Main Story updates for the existing leads is the actual root cause of this entire crisis. We need a public, committed content roadmap.
Hold a public livestream. A short written statement is not enough for a crisis of this size. Players, both the ones upset about Valko's cancellation and the ones with pre-existing grievances ; deserve to hear directly from the team, in real time, with a concrete plan and timeline.
This game has a passionate, invested global community. We're asking you to treat us as partners you communicate with, not a PR problem to be managed. Please take this feedback seriously.
📧 邮件 — 中文
主题:请求正视六羽(敖尹/Valko)事件背后真正的问题,恢复其上线
尊敬的《恋与深空》/叠纸/Papergames团队:
我是一名玩家,写这封邮件是为了正式表达对敖尹(Valko)作为第六位男主被临时下架这一决定的反对,并且希望官方真正解决引发这次风波的深层问题,而不是仅仅用补偿来敷衍了事。
我们的诉求:
请重新考虑敖尹的下架决定。 在玩家已经期待并为其上线做好准备的情况下,于上线前几天将其彻底移除,这开了一个非常不好的先例 ; 即任何内容决策都可能因为一部分声音最大的群体的抗议而被推翻,而不顾及更广泛玩家群体的意愿。我们喜爱敖尹的玩家有正常期待并且迎接新男主到来的权利,不能接受本应有的正统男主地位和6.0版本实装权利因为部分群体片面的针锋相对而变成现在的下架结局。请至少延期上线,让全球社区都有机会表达意见,而不是直接抹去这个角色。诉求敖尹正常上线,向喜欢敖尹的玩家道歉,希望能看到我们的合理诉求得到回应。
请解决引发此次危机的根本问题,这些问题远不止一个角色:肤色与建模渲染问题 — 角色建模及肤色渲染长期存在不一致的情况,需要真正落实修复,而非一再拖延。
钻石与资源获取 ; 免费玩家获取资源的途径过慢,且过度依赖大R玩家,希望能有更清晰、更公平的抽卡资源获取方式。
小记事(支线剧情) ; 现有男主的支线剧情更新已严重滞后,远超合理等待时间。
主线剧情 ; 现有男主主线剧情500天以上未更新,是引发这次危机的真正根源,我们需要一份公开、切实可行的内容更新计划。
请开启公开直播说明会。 一份简短的书面声明不足以回应如此规模的危机。无论是为敖尹下架感到失望的玩家,还是长期以来对游戏内容更新有意见的玩家,都应该能够实时、直接地听到官方团队的说明,并看到具体的计划与时间表。
《恋与深空》拥有一群充满热情、真心投入的全球玩家社区。我们希望官方能将我们视为共同沟通的伙伴,而不是需要被公关处理的麻烦。请认真对待这份反馈。
@seraphicsylus Enjoy your bland AU multis and MS full of plot holes, babes. Though I suppose it doesn't matter that much to you, as long as Sylus can be your pocket boyfriend who cares about his lore integrity, right?
@seraphicsylus As a Sylus main, wow. These brains are so smooth I can see my reflection on them. Are you aware that you just nuked an integral character? Now Infold has to rewrite and possibly retcon the original main story, especially SYLUS'S PART, the one that you were so eager to get.
A lot of this has also revealed how much they're taking advantage of global players by raising our prices higher. Why does our VIP cost so much more than cn players? I get the conversion rates but $2.5k-$5k usd is an astronomical amount more than $600usd
people can’t comprehend that the reason so many people are upset & have lost faith in the game is not purely because of valko & think long term players really just all of a sudden woke up one day to drop their mains to rally behind a li we knew for 8 or so days
I’m stating that this rumour that was spread stating a character raped MC is was fear mongering as we saw Valko did not “burst” into MC’s home and if you have played the game you know they would NEVER do something as disgusting as add rape into game. When I say weaponising trauma, I am saying that stating situations in a sensationalised way like this to get a negative reaction and indoctrinate them into a hate campaign - when we have not even seen the material! This is based on rumours! - IS weaponising trauma. It’s weaponising the fear us women have of being raped/sexually assaulted to push us into hating a character for content we have not even seen?? Especially from the preview he was just a messy silly dog not an ABUSER. If you play this game you should also know they would never go so far as to add actual things like rape into the romantic content of the game. It isn’t even about just Valko, it’s because I’ve been so open time and time again that I hate people bringing up rape/grooming/abuse in a way that is specifically to insight hatred to others and use the emotional pain of trauma to make others angry, especially when the abuse is not even there. I have been raped and sexually abused multiple times and open about it, I have also received anonymous hatred regarding that previously so I AM sensitive to the topic. So when people use traumatic things women go through in rumours or twisting content over pixels to get an emotional reaction, it is weaponising our traumas - our very real fears - to get a response they want.
even if valko is retained as an npc, this storyline is gonna be so flattened because he won't have a proper ms to explore eontech in depth. worldbuilding takes a hit. caleb's own ms will have to be reworked too. well done. lore is compromised.
Yeah the government blames otome games and not the fact they encouraged people to birth boys only for years, and the male population is full of incels. Maybe end waifu games first
I just wanna clarify to the people who are giving us shit for caring about Valko over our mains right now: it is precisely because we love our mains so much that we care!
A lot of players have or are considering uninstalling the game (including myself) because of the way the company has been treating us but of course none of us really want to leave.
This is not just about Valko, WE WANT TO KEEP THEM ALL.
#BRINGBACKVALKO
@julydei0101@ShipwreckTweet What hurts me is that lots of people liked Valko, and i'm adamant that his creative team did a great job on developing his personality and lore. And now everything is going down the drain because part of payerbase thinks every LI is obliged to cater to them specifically.