The greatest proof you need for why capitalism is fraudulent and that the invisible hand of the rational market does not exist is simply that audio company's stocks do not go up when Genshin releases regional OSTs.
@animetrends I love wuthering waves sneaking itself into every conversation involving hoyo games like it belongs there. It's giving sycophantic clout chasing.
@Firebird_255@Riku_Fox In literally what way is Genshin "falling apart"?
You do live in the same year where we got Snezhnaya, the year after Nod Krai right? Or do you exist in some alternate dimension where Snezhnaya and Nod Krai count as a game "falling apart"?
Do you even know what you're saying?
@Riku_Fox The fact that Genshin is an excellent game should not be this hard for people to understand. Yes, even if you see people online saying they hate it. Genshin has almost 400 million players, you are going to get a lot of everything in that population.
@Marcodmeatball@MurderofBirds_ People are not at fault for jumping to the conclusion that Arnold was paid to shill for tencent because tencent marketing for Wuwa concentrates around Genshin anniversary each year, esp paying Genshin CCs to stream Wuwa out of the blue. This hostility is by design.
@Marcodmeatball@MurderofBirds_ People hate Tencent and their properties. Tencent and their marketting strategy is despicable and they've been so toxic that the CCP was involved in tencent vs netease two years ago. Genshin fandom is just big enough to clap back.
@Marcodmeatball@MurderofBirds_ Ofc there is also raw tribalism as with all games and organic toxicity too, but there is a reason why practically every property that Tencent owns except arguably Path of Exile has toxicity and internet drama following it everywhere. It's practically their marketing strategy.
@Marcodmeatball@MurderofBirds_ In 2025, before the Genshin anniversary, a lot of weibo bot accounts accidentally posted the ai prompts to promote Wuwa under the Genshin hashtag too. Wuwa's marketting strategy is to put its name next to Hoyo games, people justifiably find this sycophantic.
@Marcodmeatball@MurderofBirds_ It's not really an issue of Genshin fandom hating on Wuwa, it's an issue of everyone hating Tencent and all of their properties, because Tencent markets and pushes all of their properties the exact same way.
@Marcodmeatball@MurderofBirds_ Tencent was also so toxic in copyright trolling Chinese platforms, blocking other game streams, like what they were doing on global against genshin the week Arnold streamed Wuwa, that the CCP sued them and forced them to relinquish most of their music licenses to the public.
@MurderofBirds_ You were just unlucky then. Tencent was working overtime to ban Genshin VAs and people from streaming Genshin in the days right before your Wuwa stream, along with three CCs in China being penalized for hiding their paid promotion with tencent to stream wuwa with genshin tags
@choopaa1@MurderofBirds_ Do you also think violinists take music too seriously? Equestrians take horse riding too seriously? Artists take design too seriously? You can only say something as preposterous as "gamers take games too seriously" if you take nothing too seriously. Thus rendering you pointless.
@choopaa1@MurderofBirds_ I'm not offended at all, I couldn't care less about how other people interact with videogames. And that's just it, you do, because you are a pre-karen.
Did you know that discussions don't have to remain civil either? I bet that shocks you too.๐
@choopaa1@MurderofBirds_ There's nothing more cringe than forced nonchalance.
Maybe instead of critiquing other people for making something their whole personality, you should first acquire one.
@choopaa1@MurderofBirds_ I never pretended like I'm not on a high horse, nor do I care about remaining civil. That's the difference between us, you are about as fake as a Kardashian's implants with the personality of a Phil Collins Album.
Your whole personality is telling people "it's not that serious"
@choopaa1@MurderofBirds_ Huh, I just glanced at your profile, and this is the kind of stuff you say huh? Maybe you take commercial products way too seriously. Perhaps it's time for you to take a break from videogames.
@choopaa1@MurderofBirds_ Because no true scotsmanning people and casting suspicion on identities over a videogame on twitter is crazy coming from someone who said all the stuff you said in this thread.
I see now this was mainly about you projecting what you are throughout this whole thread.
@choopaa1@MurderofBirds_ But I doubt you are a narcissist, you just saw an opportunity to grand stand with pointless platitudes which is all you've delivered so far and took it. ๐