TLDR: Keep boycotting, uninstalls and reviews will not lead to immediate EOS. Do not believe anything not from a reliable source.
I'm seeing a LOT of misinformation going around about the boycott. This always happens in boycotts for various reasons, especially if they are as big and successful as ours. Because of this, I wanted to make a big post outlining why you should still uninstall and boycott the game.
You will hear a lot of people telling you that you should log in and keep the game installed to "support Valko" and prevent the game from going EOS. They will say things like "you'll hear big news in 2 hrs that I can't tell you about" to get you riled up or make big claims like "he will be back in 2 months, so keep logging in!"
Do not believe these claims unless they have an actual reliable source. I have seen so many people blindly liking posts that are at best rumours and at worst blatant lies. The most annoying lie I have seen is if you review bomb the game, it will EOS. This is false.
This is not the first time Infold has ruined a game. They have ruined many. The most recent example was Infinity Nikki, in which they completely retconned the beginning of the game and gave us the Sea of Stars update, better known as the Sea of Shit update. We don't need to get too into specifics; all you need to know is this: it got review bombed HARD. To this day, these are the current ratings of the game on both app stores:
Again, these are just what they are now, they were of course much lower at the actual time. When was this? Over a year ago and the game still gets updated just like normal. Why? Because the app store doesn't terminate games based on bad ratings. That is not a thing and has never been a thing. Anyone who says otherwise is misinformed. Do not fall for that fear mongering.
I would also like to point out that while Nikki is a franchise that does well for itself, it does not make 40 MILLION dollars a MONTH. Think about that for a second. Every month, Infold makes $40 million from LADS alone. Don't believe me? Good! Don't believe anything without a source, so here is mine:
There is a gacha revenue report every month. As you can see, they made $38 million dollars in June and they were the #1 gacha game in terms of income. I want it to be very clear that I did not cherry pick their best performing month with the most popular banners and events. This is from this last month. In fact, they made almost $50 MILLION in May.
Do you really think that the #1 gacha game in the world that makes $40 million a MONTH is going to EOS immediately if we don't log in for a bit? That would be stupid. You are being tricked into panicking when there is no reason to.
The only true fear you should have in regard to EOS at this point in time is if it is true they're being investigated by the Chinese Government. However, that is out of our hands at this point, and our actions do not have an impact on that. I also have seen a lot of misinformation about this that uninstalling and not logging in would affect this somehow. Tell me: why would the Chinese government care about how many foreigners are logging into the game? If the issue is that the game has "harmful" content they don't want in their country, do you really think that they'll look at high foreigner log-in numbers and go "oh wow this game is popular we can't delete it"? NO! They don't care; they want to censor content they deem "harmful" they don't care about our opinions. They banned AO3 ffs.
In summary, you are welcome to do whatever you like. I cannot force anyone to do anything nor can anyone else. However, if the reason you do not want to boycott is because you're afraid the game will immediately EOS, I do want to reassure you that is not likely to happen. Despite how stupid Infold is, they're unlikely to shut the game down over this if they kept Infinity Nikki going with a much smaller revenue potential. We deserve to be treated better and the way to do that is through boycotting and making noise, not by continuing to give money to a company that does not appreciate us.
Please keep fighting. The Valko antis got what they wanted from boycotting and harassing Infold for a week. We need to keep up a similar pace if we want the changes we want to see to happen. Not just the return of Valko, but also ways to farm diamonds, more story updates, etc. We deserve better. Do not give into fear.
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A/N: It's a real shame Infold decided to take him away, but it's our job to make them regret it by showing him our love! Also read until the end to learn how to help protest
TW: none that I can think of (except minor angst at the end)
- Although he absolutely loves chocolate, he gets a tummy ache whenever he eats it because of his canine DNA. That doesn't stop him though!
- Shockingly, I think he'd smell really nice. Like sandalwood and cinnamon
- Gives the best hugs, especially if you're having a bad day. He won't let go until you tell him to
- He used to be able to sleep just fine, but now he can't unless you're next to him. He needs to know you're safe
- When you've been gone for a while, he spends like 3 minutes sniffing you to make sure you weren't doing anything too crazy
- Bites softly to show his affection (this one's actually canon, but... I just need EVERYONE to know)
- Biggest himbo ever. He gives off harmless frat bro vibes, especially after that stupid handshake he does with the player
- He's waiting every single day until he can reunite with all the Miss Hunters desperately trying to get him back. He knows we're all trying, and he's willing to wait however long it takes to be everyone's little wolf again
As I'm sure most LaDS players know, Valko was cancelled due to some very loud people who either hated his appearance for being "gay and western" or because they wanted more main story with Caleb and Sylus. However, without Valko, there won't be any main story anytime soon since its being rewritten. Valko was meant to tie everything together in the main story. So now, everyone is being punished just because so many people refused to just ignore him and wait for more content of their mains. To join the protest, delete the game. Don't spend money or engage in the game at all. And to make sure your voice is heard, post and reblog with tags like "bringvalkoback", " welovevalko", and anything else you think fits. Infold needs to be shown how big of an impact he has if he wants any chance of coming back.
Super sad to see that infold got greedy upon seeing the success of their game. Yes, you’ve cornered the market- and now you’re going to make your existing gacha model even more exploitative? Be so fuckin fr.
Unfortunately, today’s posts were the last of the photos I had and I will be boycotting the game as well, so that’s it. :( I’m so sad.
Yall who are responsible for this SUCK you just wait til I have the crafting mats-
Every few months, I miss my dress-up game and taking pictures of my beautiful, poseable Nikki doll, so I check out what the current player base has to say.
I’ve been disappointed every time. I cannot believe that a developer THIS BIG couldn’t figure out how to treat their player base decently until they worked with ConcernedApe. There are many very well-spoken players who shared their thoughts and recommendations to help InFold could do better going forward and it took MULTIPLE instances of royally pissing off the fans in A SINGLE YEAR to get it??? And the fact that the gameplay systems designer was made to apologize for pricing, etc. really makes me angry. The person at the top who green-lit all the money-grubbing decisions they’ve made needs to be the one apologizing on their damn knees, and to their employees as well. Upper management is insulated from the fanbase, so it’s not like they’re actually catching the blowback from it- they’re just seeing KPIs and losses at the end of the quarter.
Am I missing something?? Of course I’m not. These corporate execs making money hand over fist want us to believe that their job is suuuper hard and worth what they’re being paid. It’s pathetic, y’all must think we’re stupid.
Current players, I would love to hear from you. Are you enjoying it? What’s keeping you playing? Would you say that InFold made good on their promises to treat their fanbase better?
Systems designer Douhu [link] said about the furniture price changes- “this isn't just about a one-time price adjustment—it's part of building long-term trust. We want players to see that when they speak up, we listen, and when we listen, we take action. That principle will continue to guide our updates going forward.” Do you feel they’ve made good on this promise?
