@immortalstrugls girl this has nothing to do with his removal, CN players were already boycotting the game regardless of his presence and they still are. His removal post has over 2million likes on weibo, that’s how many people did not like him.
Highlighting the "too gay" discourse but not the 0731 reference in-game which is a sensitive topic considering China's history of being colonized by Imperial Japan. Among other issues that have been building up for the past 2 yrs.
“why did you listen to them?” well if 80% of your revenue generator is giving your post 1M hate comments on weibo and xhs, and is gearing up for class action lawsuit against your company, you do have to pander to them🤷♀️