If you're a @Love_Deepspace player & you are against #Valko, and you happen to be at @gamescom this weekend... DM & meet with me. I would very much like to sit down and talk, understand why you feel the way you do. We have a possible solution we want to present to @InfoldGames_ .
She was just being kind and giving out Valko merch, only to end up being mocked on Xiaohongshu and even photographed and posted without her consent.
#BringValkoBack#NoValkoNoMoney#NoValkoNoInfold
I've been a good girl all weekend, taking pictures, wearing silly ears and carrying toys, little love signs and Mommy's medication.
Somehow that's offensive enough to insult me.
Lots of humans love Valko. You don't have to, but why take him away from those who do? #ValkoIsLoved
So I mentioned this previously but I'll repeat why we say DAU is so vital to the boycott.
"many people are still logging in every day, even the ones who've stopped spending, and with that they're proving Infold's bet right. If someone hasn't logged off even after everything that's happened, Infold has no reason to think they ever will. And if someone can never quit, that means the claws are sunk in deep, and soon, the money will start bleeding out again."
Ppl say let everyone be free in what they do and enjoy what they want but you don't realize you are sabotaging all of your OWN hard work.
#NoValkoNoMoney #BringValkoBack
I think we’re seriously overdramatizing one slogan on one protest truck.
You can dislike “cyber murder.” You can think it’s too harsh or that it creates negative associations. That’s a perfectly valid disagreement about messaging.
But one provocative phrase on a peaceful protest truck is not going to destroy the game, destroy the movement, or somehow erase every other message on that truck.
And I’m increasingly uncomfortable with how quickly criticism of the wording has escalated into accusations about the people behind it. I’m already seeing claims that they want to harm Infold, destroy the game, sabotage Valko’s return, or are simply “bad people.”
Where is the evidence for any of that?
There is context behind this wording. For months, people on Chinese platforms have been exposed to rhetoric and content celebrating Valko’s “death,” including AI videos depicting him being killed. This language did not appear out of nowhere. You can understand that context and still dislike the slogan. But disliking it does not prove malicious intent.
The same goes for “this isn’t how things are done in Germany.” Something being unusual or uncomfortable is not the same as it being dangerous or unacceptable. If there is evidence that the action violates any rules or laws, then that is something concrete to discuss.
Public protest is allowed to be provocative. We cannot make every slogan perfectly comfortable and impossible to misunderstand for every random person outside the context.
What worries me much more right now is the escalation happening inside the community itself. When “I think this slogan was a bad choice” turns into “these people want to destroy the game,” the conversation is no longer about the slogan. It starts creating an image of the organizers as malicious or dangerous people, without any evidence that this was their intention.
That kind of framing only increases hostility inside the community and makes it harder to discuss strategy without turning fellow Valko supporters into villains.
And to the girls behind this action: HELL YEAH. You showed up, made yourselves visible, stayed peaceful, and actually did something. That’s fucking cool. 💚
#BringValkoBack #LadsIs6 #SpeakUpInfold