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Love and Deepspace | Linkon Chibi Report
■ Rafayel [A Friendly Chat]
The park's carp show zero interest in the food in your hand.
Good thing the Sea God is there—even freshwater fish come when he calls.
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#LoveandDeepspace #LinkonChibiReport #Rafayel
⚠️Do you want me to be honest?⁉️
INFOLD is clearly being attacked in an attempt to bring the company down. They only used the dissatisfaction of some players to sink the company.Because, in the end, this was never about Valko. It was more of a frantic attempt to attack the company. I'm not defending the holidays. I admit they failed in certain areas, but they're using that very thing to their advantage.And to be honest, I don't want that to happen. They've already been through too much and now they're a risk.We must remember that INFOLD is also a victim. All you need is enough brainpower to think.And our connection is incredibly beautiful precisely because it preaches love, which is stronger than hate. DON'T STOP.
TOMORROW IS NOT A DAY TO STOP. LET'S CONTINUE Believe me, this move is also extremely important for the company. Don't be alarmed because they're quiet. Just look at this. Are you going to tell me they don't have extremely serious things to try and resolve right now? It's not that we aren't important; they're just trying to save their own skin. While they're clearly being sabotaged.
#BringValkoBack #BringBackValko #BlackoutForValko #JusticeForValko #SaveValko
if they don't release Valko they won't ever recover from this financially btw, so there's NO WAY he's not in those 27GB. we just have to wait for an official statement. Infold is trying to appease CCP and protect its employees rn and it's probably their priority
#BringBackValko
🐺 Here is a list of actionable steps and important points to keep in mind to help support the push to reinstate Valko. I may update this, this is not an exhaustive list. Please remember that NOTHING is definitive yet, and we need to continue a POSITIVE push:
1️⃣ REVIEW FLOOD, NOT REVIEW BOMB:
Instead of leaving angry 1-star reviews in the iOS and play store, update your ratings to 2-3 stars and in your review, say something like "The game quality is great but I'm saving my money specifically for Valko. Permanently canceling him removes my reason to continue to spend".
This shows that you are NOT an anti-bot, and a paying customer that WOULD financially support his release. 1-star angry reviews are usually just removed en masse!
2️⃣ USE SAFE LANGUAGE - DO NOT ATTACK ANYONE OR ANY ENTITY AND BE RESPECTFUL:
Don't attack the devs, reference politics, other regions, or players in your posts, instead focus on the quality of the game, narrative, and how this game and character is a vehicle for connection to Chinese media and culture. You can send emails and customer support tickets and say stuff like: "We support the studio's safety, but want the original high quality story, content, and the 6 love interests as planned".
This is all really unfair and upsetting, but anti-bots can easily use our upset to fuel the fire and controversy even worse, by circulating any negative or aggressive sentiments towards the devs, politics, and the CN side overall to sow further division.
3️⃣ KEEP USING THE HASHTAGS, DISCUSSIONS, FANART, AND BE POSITIVE ABOUT THEIR IMPACT:
We've already seen how much our efforts have changed public opinion, encouraged a vast amount of CN players to openly speak out and join our efforts, and have already changed the decision from a "no" to being uncertain with silence, which is a HUGE step. Even popular streamers have shared their support in this movement, and now on the CN side AND globally we are all making it clear how much we love and want this character, what they mean to us, and they are still WATCHING.
4️⃣ SHOW THAT YOU WILL FINANCIALLY SUPPORT VALKO'S DEBUT:
We all know that money talks, that's really what matters most, but global revenue IS still a large percentage of it. Even many CN players that are heavy spenders are boycotting. Gacha companies like this look at future revenue projections, so be positive but share in posts and reviews that you're only saving for Valko's release, myths, and want to financially support this character.
🐺 NOTE: YOU SHOULD CONTINUE TO BOYCOTT! Don't spend any more money on this game, but be positive and make clear you will with Valko's release. We want to support the game with this character as originally planned!
There are many fair criticisms about how things have been handled, and developed to this point, I'm not saying to make excuses for any of it or blindly defend anyone. However, public opinion MATTERS, its how things even got to this point. But we can also continue to CHANGE public opinion, and that is the support and leverage Infold needs to justify Valko's release.
Right now, Infold/Papergames likely cannot do or say much because everything is so fresh and still developing, even reaching the point where Shanghai police have had to get involved for the studio's safety. It will probably risk reigniting anti-bot movements and its probably for safety risks atm. Things didn't need to get this bad, but now they have to navigate all of this carefully, and they ARE watching.
Canceling Valko's release is a tremendous financial loss, in addition to boycott responses. They likely WANT to do so, but need a little time and the leverage of global public opinion. Keep helping our CN sisters, and expressing the above points!
Please take breaks as needed. It's ok to be upset or even feel done with this. 🫂
I'll add more to this thread with additional points and any notable updates. 👇
#BringBackValko #BringValkoBack #SaveValko #ValkoGlobalRelease #JusticeForValko
🐺 Your CALM COPEIUM:
Several things going around are obviously upsetting people and causing anxiety, but let's look at them another way:
* The removal of the "coming soon".
- Well, if this is/was Valko's update, that WOULD have already been written to be removed because he is no longer "coming soon" - he'd be there. They probably never touched that as it was going to be that way anyway.
*The download didn't add Valko.
-The file size is BIG. It's entirely possible he is in there, just not released. Infold may be holding that as an option as things cool down, and as they watch and evaluate the financial hit and continued interest or not.
*Valko's channel removed from Discord.
-IF they release him sometime, it would be a fresh start. They don't want old remnants to clutter what could be a "relaunch". I don't take that as a negative.
*The letter from the Ministry regarding Infold and the "harmful material".
-I read this purely as a censure letter, a slap on the wrist. It's face-saving and provided steps to take to rectify the situation, which Infold has been doing. Nowhere in it (that I saw) did it forbid his return.
*Infold's silence.
-This is in poor taste, but they are probably scrambling to prioritize fixing their image locally without stirring up more trouble while they try to comply with what they've been told to work on. Sadly, we may just have to wait for official acknowledgement one way or the other, but we can keep our voices heard.
(Lastly, and I haven't personally verified yet, but if Valko's texts are still in the game, the countdown ones... that's a spark of something.)
Hello fellow awoomfs!
Sorry in advance cuz this will be a LONG text.
That being said:
I've seen a lot of people being anxious regarding the latest news and whether or not Valko will come into the game as an LI or not so I wanted to share my own thoughts on that.
Please keep in mind these are my own opinions on the situation at hand, nothing is 100% confirmed.
First of all regarding the silence from Infold:
I know it's frustrating and annoying but seeing it from a neutral perspective rn I think it might truly have been because of all the controversy and hate circulating around the company itself after the false allegations have been made.
Maybe they simply couldn't offer a statement for the time being because of that and to keep their employees safe, which is also very understandable.
Whether or not Valko will release as a character to the game now is a completely different thing altogether.
My opinion on this is that they WILL release him as an LI, everything else would be complete and utter idiocy.
Color me impressed if they actually stick to his cancelation.
I've kept myself up to date with (most) of the public opinion and after his initial trailer the negative voices were actually the majority
BUT I've seen the tides changing after his PV, people were starting to warm up to him, which only became more clearer after the livestream
But there still was the minority of people who drastically stood against his release, which I don't need to go into detail about since we all saw the news about the cow dung etc
Infold might have not taken our boycott serious in the first 2 days but everything that came after that? They def did
To keep the motivations up I'm just gonna drop a list of things that speak for his release in my humble opinion
(Please correct me if I say anything wrong here):
-The global reputation, Valko became a sensation overnight and the symbol of "Love overcomes Hate" nearly the whole world knows his name by now.
-His cancelation letter, now that one is interesting since we know by now that their statement doesn't have the official stamp like all their other announcements have, something that def gives them option to simply reverse.
-Marketing: Valko has got to be their BIGGEST opportunity money wise now and I am not exaggerating. So many players planned on returning to the game or to start altogether just for his release, his association with Donations and overall Positivity is the cherry on the cake for a business to feast upon.
- Game facts: This one is the strongest argument so far. Despite being "canceled" they still didn't delete anything regarding his arrival. The "Coming soon" was still present even AFTER changes have been made in the game (Catch-22 Outfit alterations, new Plushie, Xavier's WU being taken off, etc). Why would a company keep those things in the game if they are 100% certain they will delete him out of it?
- The Anti "community" : First of all huge shoutout to @Alpackaaa for providing us with all the data and for doing SO MUCH💚! We've clearly seen that a lot of hateful comments have been clearly done by bots. Not all of them but most of them. On top of that a Summary done by an AI showed that 80% of the comment section was overall positive towards Valko, marking the negative comments as a minority between 5% and 15%.
To sum all of this up:
I wholeheartedly believe that Valko WILL return. They might alter a few things in his story (because of the "Inviting the wolf into the house" situation) but I firmly believe that there won't be much alterations made to him.
His visuals won't change. To reconstruct an already finished character like that takes way too much resources and money and would simply be stupid.
Simple alterations can be made like with the Catch-22 outfits (which to be fair are not that complicated) but not a fleshed out character.
Infold would simply dig his own grave with not releasing him.
So don't give up, don't lose hope.
Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk.
#BringBackValko
Petition to Reconsider Valko's Cancellation
Dear Love and Deepspace Development Team,
@Love_Deepspace
First of all, thank you for listening to your community and for being willing to communicate with us so openly. We appreciate the effort and sincerity behind your letter.
However, we respectfully ask you to reconsider the decision to cancel Valko.
Many of us have been waiting for the sixth Love Interest for a very long time. From the very beginning of the game, there have been six Stellactrum colors, leading many players to believe that one day all six would become complete Love Interests. Valko's reveal wasn't just an announcement—it was the fulfillment of something we had been anticipating for a long time.
After seeing his trailer, learning about his personality, and catching glimpses of his role in the story, we became genuinely excited to meet him. We want to experience his journey, discover his story, and see how he grows alongside the other Love Interests. Please don't take that opportunity away from us.
We understand that some members of the community had concerns, and we respect that every player deserves to be heard. At the same time, we hope you will also hear the voices of those of us who were excited for Valko and wanted to welcome him into Linkon City.
We believe that the work already poured into his character by your writers, artists, animators, composers, voice actors, and developers deserves to be experienced rather than abandoned. Valko is more than just a new banner—he represents years of creativity, passion, and dedication from your team.
If necessary, we would rather wait longer for his release than lose him forever. Delaying his debut or adjusting future plans would be far easier to accept than cancelling him completely.
Please reconsider this decision. Let Valko's story be told. Let us meet the sixth Love Interest we have been waiting for, and allow Linkon City to continue growing with all of its planned characters.
Thank you for taking the time to read our message and for considering the feelings of every part of your community.
With respect,
The Players Who Still Believe in Valko
#BringBackValko
A Letter to All Players
Dear Miss Hunters,
We sincerely apologize for reaching out once again. Over the past several days, our team has been closely following your conversations and feedback across all platforms. For the issues that have surfaced since the announcement of Version 6.0—and the frustration these have caused our community—we want to clearly state: we are sorry.
As we've expressed before, our vision for Love and Deepspace has always been to build a world that grows alongside you—one that offers a richer, deeper sense of companionship over time.
As various issues have arisen in recent days, we have moved quickly to make the necessary adjustments. After reflecting on recent events, we recognize that we moved forward with the introduction of Valko before we were truly ready. In doing so, we let down the players who have supported us from the start, and we also fell short of delivering the experience that players anticipating Valko deserved. After extensive internal discussions, we have decided to make the following changes:
1. We have decided to cancel both the launch and any further development of the new love interest. We also commit that no additional love interests will be introduced in future content plans.
2. All other in-game systems and features originally scheduled for Version 6.0—including Home 2.0 and AR Photobooth—as well as the limited-time Selectable 5-Star Memory Rate-Up Event, will proceed as planned. The outfits, photo poses and scenes, and the Nighthush Box (the second-anniversary 4-Star Memory Selection Crate) originally planned as rewards for the Hunt in Linkon event will instead be sent to all players for free via in-game mail after the version update.
3. Going forward, the entire team will focus on further developing the stories and long-term companionship experiences of our five existing love interests, while ensuring a stable pace of Main Story production and updates. Rafayel's new Solar-Slot Memories and Companion will be revealed in July. Farspace Colonel Caleb and Onychinus Leader Sylus will also return in their Main Story branches in September and November, respectively. By participating in the relevant events, players will be able to obtain the corresponding 5-Star Main Story Branch Memories for free. We will continue to devote all our care and effort to bringing you richer stories and game experiences.
4. Beginning today and continuing for 30 days, players who log in each day will receive one Deepspace Wish via in-game mail. Each mail will remain claimable for three days, for a total of 30 Deepspace Wishes. We hope this can offer some compensation for the disappointment and disruption caused by these adjustments.
To our community: once again, we apologize. Because of our actions, the joy you should have found in Linkon City became a source of distress, and the feelings you hold most dear were hurt. We are deeply sorry for the hurt and disappointment we have caused.
Love and Deepspace has always been about sharing love with you and protecting the love we all hold dear. That purpose has never wavered. Every step forward taken by the love interests and Linkon City—from its beginnings to where it stands today—has been shaped by your feedback, your passion, and your trust. It is your presence, care, and companionship that give this world its meaning, and us the strength and direction to move forward.
Over the past two and a half years, we've shared moments of joy and gratitude, as well as challenges and difficult times. Through every late night devoted to making this world better, it has been the moments you've shared in Linkon City—and the love and passion behind them—that have kept us going. We hope to continue walking this road with you, building a world where love can take root, grow, and bloom.
Going forward, we will work harder, listen more carefully, and do our utmost to honor the trust you have placed in us. We will stay focused on delivering the experience you deserve—one filled with love where every moment in Linkon City can once again become a joyful and treasured memory.
Linkon City will always be here for you.
Thank you—for your trust, your honest feedback and encouragement, and for being with us every step of the way. Your companionship has helped light the path ahead, and your faith in us has given meaning to every effort we make. Thank you for your love throughout this journey. It gives us the courage to keep moving forward. We hope to repay that love with even more and even better content in the days to come.
#LADSValkoCanceled
A Letter to All Players
Dear Miss Hunters,
We sincerely apologize for reaching out once again. Over the past several days, our team has been closely following your conversations and feedback across all platforms. For the issues that have surfaced since the announcement of Version 6.0—and the frustration these have caused our community—we want to clearly state: we are sorry.
As we've expressed before, our vision for Love and Deepspace has always been to build a world that grows alongside you—one that offers a richer, deeper sense of companionship over time.
As various issues have arisen in recent days, we have moved quickly to make the necessary adjustments. After reflecting on recent events, we recognize that we moved forward with the introduction of Valko before we were truly ready. In doing so, we let down the players who have supported us from the start, and we also fell short of delivering the experience that players anticipating Valko deserved. After extensive internal discussions, we have decided to make the following changes:
1. We have decided to cancel both the launch and any further development of the new love interest. We also commit that no additional love interests will be introduced in future content plans.
2. All other in-game systems and features originally scheduled for Version 6.0—including Home 2.0 and AR Photobooth—as well as the limited-time Selectable 5-Star Memory Rate-Up Event, will proceed as planned. The outfits, photo poses and scenes, and the Nighthush Box (the second-anniversary 4-Star Memory Selection Crate) originally planned as rewards for the Hunt in Linkon event will instead be sent to all players for free via in-game mail after the version update.
3. Going forward, the entire team will focus on further developing the stories and long-term companionship experiences of our five existing love interests, while ensuring a stable pace of Main Story production and updates. Rafayel's new Solar-Slot Memories and Companion will be revealed in July. Farspace Colonel Caleb and Onychinus Leader Sylus will also return in their Main Story branches in September and November, respectively. By participating in the relevant events, players will be able to obtain the corresponding 5-Star Main Story Branch Memories for free. We will continue to devote all our care and effort to bringing you richer stories and game experiences.
4. Beginning today and continuing for 30 days, players who log in each day will receive one Deepspace Wish via in-game mail. Each mail will remain claimable for three days, for a total of 30 Deepspace Wishes. We hope this can offer some compensation for the disappointment and disruption caused by these adjustments.
To our community: once again, we apologize. Because of our actions, the joy you should have found in Linkon City became a source of distress, and the feelings you hold most dear were hurt. We are deeply sorry for the hurt and disappointment we have caused.
Love and Deepspace has always been about sharing love with you and protecting the love we all hold dear. That purpose has never wavered. Every step forward taken by the love interests and Linkon City—from its beginnings to where it stands today—has been shaped by your feedback, your passion, and your trust. It is your presence, care, and companionship that give this world its meaning, and us the strength and direction to move forward.
Over the past two and a half years, we've shared moments of joy and gratitude, as well as challenges and difficult times. Through every late night devoted to making this world better, it has been the moments you've shared in Linkon City—and the love and passion behind them—that have kept us going. We hope to continue walking this road with you, building a world where love can take root, grow, and bloom.
Going forward, we will work harder, listen more carefully, and do our utmost to honor the trust you have placed in us. We will stay focused on delivering the experience you deserve—one filled with love where every moment in Linkon City can once again become a joyful and treasured memory.
Linkon City will always be here for you.
Thank you—for your trust, your honest feedback and encouragement, and for being with us every step of the way. Your companionship has helped light the path ahead, and your faith in us has given meaning to every effort we make. Thank you for your love throughout this journey. It gives us the courage to keep moving forward. We hope to repay that love with even more and even better content in the days to come.
#LADSValkoCanceled
Que el nuevo Li no sea tu tipo, no significa que sea feo o hicieron un mal trabajo.
Solo no es tu tipo y ya, listo, córtala y deja de querer bajársela a las chicas que si les gusta el nuevo interés amoroso.
Quédate tranquila y con TU Li y no rompas más las bolas.