Here's a list of emails you can email with templates to use! This isn't just a "failed love interest" it's colourist, false advertising, and cruel.
Please edit whatever template you use.
They may filter out identical emails!
`Reverse Decision on Valko’s Cancellation`
`Hi! I wanted to ask the Love and Deepspace team to keep Valko's launch. I agree he deserved more time in the spotlight before the launch, deserved more build-up, but genuinely I've been so excited for him. Please reconsider your decision on removing him. For all the negativity, there are so many more people out here who do want him around. Don't give up on us!`
`Valko was a highly anticipated addition to the game and many Global fans find this decision to remove him to be poorly thought out. We love him already and want the love and care that his artists and writers poured into him to be made available to his fans. Please reconsider and bring Valko back! Especially out of respect for the artists, writers, and his voice actors!`
`Dear Love and Deepspace Team,I'm writing because I'm deeply disappointed by the decision to cancel Valko.I understand that the team is responding to community feedback, but many players were genuinely excited for Valko and were looking forward to his story. It feels unfair that the support for him was overshadowed by the backlash.I have supported Love and Deepspace every month by spending money on the game because I truly love it. This is the first time I have ever seriously considered quitting because of a decision like this.Please reconsider bringing Valko back. We need him as part of the six love interests. Without him, the game feels incomplete.Thank you for your time, and I sincerely hope Valko will return.___________主题:关于敖尹的玩家心声——恳请重新考虑亲爱的恋与深空团队:感谢你们在这段艰难时期倾听玩家的声音。我知道过去几天对所有人来说都不容易,也很感激你们的团队愿意直接回应玩家的反馈。我想以一个对取消敖尹这一决定感到非常心痛的玩家身份,给你们写这封信。从他第一次公布的那一刻起,他的设计和身世之谜就深深吸引了我。在长时间等待新角色之后,他重新点燃了我对这款游戏的期待,我一直很期待了解他的故事,看他如何融入这个世界。我理解大家的不满。已有角色的长期未更新剧情确实需要被重视,这些诉求是合理的。但我不认为敖尹本身是问题所在,取消他并不能解决这些问题,反而让另一部分期待迎接他的玩家感到失望。我也想到了所有为他付出心血的人:编剧、美术、动画师、程序员、音乐制作人、配音演员们,他们投入了大量时间和精力才让这个角色得以呈现。如果这些努力最终无法让玩家体验到,实在令人惋惜。恳请你们考虑除永久取消之外的其他方案。哪怕他的上线需要推迟,等现有角色得到应有的剧情更新之后再说,我也愿意等待,相信很多玩家也是如此。恋与深空一直以来都致力于为玩家创造难忘的回忆,而敖尹在我们真正与他相遇之前,就已经在很多人心中留下了意义。无论你们最终做出怎样的决定,我都希望你们能记得,有许多玩家曾经为他感到期待,也仍然希望有一天他能在恋与深空中找到属于自己的位置。感谢你们读完这封信。`
Get IGN to write about this!
https://corp.ign.com/contact
`Hello IGN team,I wanted to send a tip about a major developing controversy in the Love and Deepspace fandom.Today, the official Love and Deepspace account announced that Valko, the game’s newly revealed sixth love interest, has been canceled.This is especially notable because Valko had only just been announced as the game’s sixth male lead, with his debut planned for Version 6.0. His reveal triggered intense backlash, particularly from parts of the Chinese player base. Much of the criticism focused on his appearance, his “Westernized” design, and the belief that his addition would take resources away from the existing love interests.However, the backlash appears to have gone far beyond normal criticism. Players have been circulating reports and screenshots alleging death threats, harassment, funeral-themed protest items, cow dung being sent to or left near the company’s HQ, and discriminatory comments aimed at the character’s perceived Western appeal and werewolf-coded/queer-coded presentation. There have also been widespread accusations from global fans that some of the backlash included racist and homophobic rhetoric.The reason I think this is newsworthy is that the company appears to have fully capitulated to the most hostile side of the backlash. By canceling Valko outright after his reveal, many players feel Love and Deepspace is effectively rewarding harassment and discriminatory fandom behavior rather than drawing a line against it. Fans who were excited for Valko are now upset not only because the character was canceled, but because the decision seems to validate the harassment campaign against him.This could be a significant story about live-service games, otome fandom, Chinese/global player-base tensions, and what happens when companies respond to extreme fan backlash by removing announced content.Thank you for looking into it.`
Further email options and actions: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vCH71CCf6JzcmicrC01xO20AhOArl7eg8SVMV0Owh0w/edit?usp=sharing
Good luck! I am mourning with you! :(