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@GeheimeSeine @yzhoutini From a business perspective yes, a prolonged silence with your costumer is only done when it's forced or necessary go focus on your other (bigger) stakes. Mostly from a company that used to hype and mky everything including a plushie in game

@yzhoutini see that's what I'm thinking. There's no logical way a company would continue to be silenced and not advertise their events for no reason unless they're being forced to. It would only hurt them.

i think this lowkey kinda proves it now that theyre under mandatory silence for a bit 😭 theyre not posting anything promotional anywhere…its not just global

Seeing a lot of hysteria on ladstwt this morning and I just wanna encourage everyone to try to stay calm and think rationally. I know the ambiguity is frustrating and hard to grapple with but the reality is: we just don’t know, and publicly spiraling isn’t helpful. #ValkoisLoved

also for those who think infold is baiting those who boycotting to login and claim free resources, Heartfelt Gift in July is always expected. they give free 5-star every March, July, December since 2024. so the timing is purely coincidental, not a deliberate thing out of schedule

I just woke up and um… do you guys not know? what a gag order is? Regardless if it is gov imposed or by their own management. No marketing or comms for (X) amount of time, means NO MARKETING OR COMMS… period.

if they’re actually under a social media blackout it could last anywhere between 15 to 30 days, assuming it was put on them on july 1st and they got to walk away with the shortest punishment time they could start posting again any day now

@seiyapilled Its also very interesting that in the middle of the 30 days, the state media articles were posted. Like seems in line with a review timeline idk

@rafayelsunset Yep this is absolutely what I think. If they *did* get in trouble then the entire game is most likely under review and until that’s all clear they can’t have any communication with us at all. After the 30 days is over I think we’ll get answers about everything + raf myth

I had a theory that they were in a silent maintenance/no communication mode and this proves it kinda sorta

@seiyapilled RIGHT?! 30 days of internal review? I also thought of this

now I agree with that post that it’s for 30 days. It lines up with the amount of wish tickets we’re getting

@SylusNHisKitten I saw a project that could help! This is the site, they are sharing how the game can be/is a cultural bridge padlet.com/rainaly520/lov…

#WeLoveValko Thought: How about we express how being heard by the nation makes us want to invest more time into getting to know China and kindling a good relationship with china and citizens via LADs/Valko? (Obviously only if you feel positively abt the article) I think a lot of

Oh this is 💯a gag order

Enhypen on repeat, blue skies and afternoon rain, summer breeze and enjoying Tears of themis on my own. Yes this is 2023 summer all over again.

cold bunbun 🐇

つぶれさかにゃん

@_sada_o_ 🤏🤏🤏

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Imagine Mc going to Talia for advice. "How do you seduce a guy?" She couldn't hide the warmth spreading across her face. "Oh?" Talia asked with a knowing smile. "May I ask who this gentleman is?" Feeling caught, Mc looked away. "I-I mean... there's no one right now."

@outerspacebia The way this is canon for Xaviermc 😭😭😭

I love Rafayel so much if someone asked me to choose between 100 million dollars or meet Rafayel i'd def choose 100 million dollars but i really love him very much😭😭😭

I want to share something significant with the community. An article about Valko was published on Reform Net (cfgw.net.cn), a news platform supervised by China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and operated by the China Development Reform Newspaper. The NDRC is one of the most powerful government ministries in China. It manages the country's economic planning, including the Five-Year Plans. Why does this matter? Because the NDRC is the same institution that oversees cultural export policy. Papergames has been designated as a "Key National Cultural Export Enterprise" since 2019 under policies managed by this ministry. LADS is their flagship product. What does the article say? In simple terms: - The overseas petition has surpassed 240K signatures with 85K+ comments - Cancelling a character does not make the demand disappear - The overseas market represents over 40% of LADS revenue ($933.7M total). It is not a side channel. It is a core part of the business. - Companies have more tools than just "launch now" or "cancel forever", they can delay, modify text, add character development, run targeted tests, and reassess demand - If a company shuts down a content direction that has proven demand while managing risk, it may lose not just one character but an entire group of potential users - The continued growth of overseas petitions is a signal worth taking seriously The article closes with: "For a flagship product like LADS that already has a global user base, transforming this feedback into richer content and more refined overseas operations may have more practical value than allowing the demand to remain outside the game indefinitely." Now, full transparency on access: I cannot directly access cfgw.net.cn from outside China. The site appears to be restricted to users within mainland China. However, CN players on Xiaohongshu have shared screenshots showing the full article on the site, including the official header displaying the NDRC affiliation and the site's government-issued media credentials (ICP license, internet news service license, and broadcasting license). I am sharing this based on those screenshots, which are publicly visible on XHS. I encourage anyone with access inside China to verify the article directly at: cfgw.net.cn/xb/node_1024.h… What does this mean for us? It means a platform affiliated with the ministry that oversees China's cultural export policy is hosting an article that says the cancellation may have been disproportionate and that bringing Valko back makes business sense. This is not a fan blog. This is not a paid ad on a competitor's platform. This is a media outlet under government supervision. It does NOT mean Valko is confirmed to return. But it means the conversation in China is shifting. And the data driving that shift, the 240K signatures, the charity campaigns, the revenue impact, the trending hashtags, is data that YOU generated. This tells us one clear thing, THEY SEEE US. We generated proof that we want him back. So we must keep going. #BringBackValko #ValkoIsLoved #WeMissYouValko

I'm begging you guys again: PLEASE do not start celebrating prematurely. I really don't want folks to get confused or complacent now when it's the most important. We are NOT clear. No one is coming home until they're IN THE GAME. #ValkoIsLoved #ValkoIsInnocent #BringBackValko