LaDS current ish :(

[yumeiki21]

Well, technically I don't play too often nowadays because of work but I have learned about the latest news for LaDS as some of my online friends are playing it. Gotta admit... their recent announcement ticks me off. Felt bad for those who are looking forward for the supposed new LI (Love Interest). What's your opinion about it.

 

[nerim-w]

Ohh girl tell me about it. It just goes to show that CN players have infold by their balls and know that if they complain enough, infold will do as they want since they make up over 50% of LADS fanbase. Granted I think the 731 numbering was definitely something that needed to be addressed... but not by DELETING VALKO FROM EXISTENCE

Oh and guess who was the japanese VA for Valko? Fucking KASAMA JUN!!! The beautiful wondrous and sexy voice of Kasama Jun... will now never be heard as Valko again im irritated as FUCK

 

[failedwebsite]

What's the drama all about?

 

[satory]

What's the drama all about?

Not that I understand it fully, but something like this:

New LI is presented → some people are excited, some not so much (for various reason). Players complain that before adding new character why old LI's story is not updated and gameplay is laggy and buggy → Company apologises and promises there will be no new LIs in the future. → Old LIs' story is still not updated. QoL are not added. Everyone is unhappy (we are here)

 

[failedwebsite]

Not that I understand it fully, but something like this:

New LI is presented → some people are excited, some not so much (for various reason). Players complain that before adding new characterd why old LI's story is not updated and gameplay is laggy and buggy → Company apologises and promises there will be no new LIs in the future. → Old LIs' story is still not updated. QoL not added. Everyone is unhappy (we are here)

So complaining made the situation worse for everyone? A classic!

 

[Sphyixz]

I'm honestly pretty sad about it.

People have been criticizing the lack of content and how uneven things have felt between the LIs, and Infold's first response being to remove Valko and seemingly shut down any chance of a future sixth LI just feels... weird.

It doesn't really address what people have been asking for. It comes across more like a punishment than an actual response to the criticism. I would've much rather seen them reassure everyone about future content and better balance instead.

 

[mammonsfluffysheep]

I'm so mad!!! The other guys are fine and all but Valko was the only character I could say was my actual type and preference. Then they remove him!! We will NEVER get to have him, but the original issues people had with the game remain unaddressed. He was a scapegoat.

 

[sergylort]

It's honestly dissapointing, I was looking forward to the new LI.

But honestly it has grown out of proportion, I've read that someone in the goverment blames otome games for the declining birth rates and wants the game gone, I hope it doesn't escalate more.

 

[dogiwall]

This is like the third LADs thread I've seen about this drama lol, not going to bother repeating what I said in those threads again, I'm so tired lmao

It's honestly dissapointing, I was looking forward to the new LI.

But honestly it has grown out of proportion, I've read that someone in the goverment blames otome games for the declining birth rates and wants the game gone, I hope it doesn't escalate more.

I mentioned this in another thread. I think that's just fearmongering and would take this with a grain of salt, especially when these rumors are spread by mostly non-CN players or people who don't live in China who are basing this off of previous bans and censorships. Which are a whole lot different can than this situation.

And if they banned the otome genre, they would be banning depictions of hetero relationships lmao. Gaming companies and indie developers could get over the ban by stating "this is a romance game for everyone and not an otome even though the MC is a woman." How on earth are they going to enforce a complete ban on that other than banning all depictions of romance or even implications of romance? I highly doubt banning depicting women as the main character in general would even work either.

I think that in the worst case scenario that the government even does something to genre (and I hope it doesn't come to that), they would enforce some censorship and regulations such as "MCs in otome games can't be self-inserts" and "you can't depict your love interests doing something problematic in any way and must portray them in this specific manner."

 

[VisualNovel21]

I saw the preview of him, very cute. RIP Valko, we barely knew you :(

 

[biari]

i quit the game a while ago, and i was going to come back for him...

 

[ninnikuryona]

i mean it was bound to happen sooner or later

this new li came out of nowhere, while already existing ones still lack content. i heard calebs main story hasnt been updated for 500 days? which is outrageous. and they want to introduce yet another character, while they cant even bother with their older characters? besides, didnt valkos pv have a reference to a reallife femicide case, where a husband shoved his wifes head into a boiling pot? seems like an extremely disgusting detail to add in a female-oriented game not gonna lie. and, obviously, valko himself wasnt removed because of angry girls complaining, but because one of xaviers recent stories contained a reference to unit 731, which is.. yet another reference to a very nasty reallife incident. i mean, the chinese government wouldnt have gotten involved if there was nothing to trigger it, right?

so the only reason they deleted him is to cause fighting in the community (something theyve been notorious for for years now), and the "no new lis" stuff just seems like cheap manipulation to steer the pot even further. i dont blame chinese fanbase at all. infold are the ones who fail to communicate, and infold are the ones who are now trying to shift the blame to whoever and whatever. sucks for the new character's fans, but then again, it hasnt even been a week since he was announced, and there are already girlies who act nearly suicidal over him being removed? and attacking other love interests and fans of said love interests too? i just think everyone should go outside at this point..

 

[dogiwall]

i mean it was bound to happen sooner or later

Yeah, I've seen a lot of people needing to touch grass and actually learn how to do reading comprehension and actually research without spreading rumors lol. There's been people keeping on pointing to a few loud people from XHS and chinese Twitter as an excuse to generalize and attack all CN players. Even though both sides have problematic loud apples, people outside the fandom are blaming CN players as well.

It rubs me the wrong way that people don't have context and are calling them delusional femcels and Gacha Grail 2.0. While it's bad to send PG cow dung, they could've done a lot worse. I've seen many incidents such as Limbus's, the Scaramouche cat, Hoyo's bunny suit, etc. which have a lot more threat of physical violence.
And it really bothers me that some people are comparing the situations to the one that recently happened. The thing is, the cause of this situation is much more understandable than the other ones I mentioned. Those companies were completely innocent and their incidents are definitely done by people who need to go to jail. PaperGames are not completely innocent (well, the higher ups and management that is) so it's no suprise that their players are fed up with them.

I don't think people realize how society and politics are a lot different in China and are very drastic to the point where it affects their media. They do not take kindly to any references to unit 731 and they banned BNHA for that (even if it was unintentional in that case). I wonder how the hell did they get unnoticed from April until now over this because even if the recent controversy didn't happen someone would eventually find it and bring it up lmao

And, yeah, I would feel bad for his fans, but I've looked at social media and, yeah, I really wish that muting words and accounts worked lmao. Funny how they're acting in the exact manner that they claim CN players are acting.

Sorry for long text lol

 

[ninnikuryona]

It rubs me the wrong way that people don't have context and are calling them delusional femcels and Gacha Grail 2.0.

yep, i knew it was gonna happen the moment the news broke, which is why im so mad at those who STILL think that valko was removed just because girlies complained. this is not how game production works, and if complaining worked like they expect it to, the kod stuff wouldve never happened and caleb and sylus wouldve never been added, since, you know, both of them were hated at release? and kod had a literal lawsuit attached to him? but nothing happened. its almost like theres something much more sinister going on!

and yes, no matter how hard males are trying to spin it as "damn chinese femcels are just as bad as chinese incels", those "chinese femcels" never killed cats over petty ntr drama (genshin), never blamed males for their game being hit by the government (snowbreak), never threw a hissy fit because of a potential marriage system (mahjong soul x blue archive collab), never dug up """feminist""" tweets from 8+ years ago to blacklist cosplayers from reallife game events (snowbreak), never bullied an artist into leaving for being a "feminist" (limbus company), never threatened to FUCKING KILL PEOPLE (hi3rd and snowbreak). cow shit is immature as fuck, but like. a single massive conflict in a huge female-oriented gacha, and suddenly "females are just as bad as males" or "thats why women ruin gaming" or "theyre gonna kill the entire otome genre because of these bitches"? no????? of course you are gonna piss your audience off if you disrespect them for literal YEARS without a single drop of communication? and even then, its just verbal abuse over the internet and funeral flowers being sent to the hq?

I don't think people realize how society and politics are a lot different in China and are very drastic to the point where it affects their media. They do not take kindly to any references to unit 731 and they banned BNHA for that (even if it was unintentional in that case). I wonder how the hell did they get unnoticed from April until now over this because even if the recent controversy didn't happen someone would eventually find it and bring it up lmao

admittedly a good chunk of chinese fans dont even read the story apparently, which is why it took them.. a while.... to notice. this is very stupid sure but also like. why the fuck did infold put it into the story in the first place? to see how much they can get away with or something?

im really sorry for being so heated, but the amount of disgusting misogyny and sinophobia and even hatred towards existing lis????? ive seen from those "fans" and "players" with the amount of misinformation thats going around currently im a little passionate about this discussion lmao. theyre writing literal petitions now to "save valko" meanwhile black mcs are still getting fucked over by environmental lightning. good to see where these peoples priorities lie i guess!

 

[fr4pp3cinn]

This situation has been pretty weird all around, and fueled more fighting among CHN and global fandom. I think Infold messed up pretty badly, but canceling the LI just made their case worse imo

The accusations got a bit out of hand with the "new LI treats criminal acts as romantic" thought (as if Sylus and Caleb aren't there lol), but I think that's not on the CHN fandom and more on random news sites taking the chance to dunk on the game ;b

i mean it was bound to happen sooner or later

this new li came out of nowhere, while already existing ones still lack content. i heard calebs main story hasnt been updated for 500 days? which is outrageous. and they want to introduce yet another character, while they cant even bother with their older characters?

It's not even the first time Infold gets flak for adding LIs out of nowhere while neglecting the main story. Love x Producer had all that drama around Shaw, and again among Cyril years ago lol they didn't learn their lesson then. At least in the LxP case Shaw got some random scenes and Cyril got turned into a villain or something (if I remember right), Valko was just booted lmao. They messed up thinking the fandom would let it slide for so long just because it's LaDS

I will however give them the benefit of the doubt with the reference to a femicide case thing, but just because they would have to be absolutely insane to purposefully include a line like that. Any company including something like that would be crazy, but if a female-targeted game did it on purpose it would be the stupidest decision they could come up with. I can't fathom a single scenario were they do that, unless everyone at Infold lost their minds. But you never know with those companies

 

[ninnikuryona]

I will however give them the benefit of the doubt with the reference to a femicide case thing, but just because they would have to be absolutely insane to purposefully include a line like that. Any company including something like that would be crazy, but if a female-targeted game did it on purpose it would be the stupidest decision they could come up with.

i mean if they had the audacity to put references to 731 into the game, what stops them from referencing a "smaller" crime? what does "dont bathe in a boiling pot" even supposed to mean anyway?

its baffling how they never seem to learn. i guess they know full well they hold the entire female-targeted gaming industry by the throat at this point, so they believe they can get away with literally everything. now i know why japanese girlies talk about switching to danseimuke content because holy shit nowhere is safe

 

[dogiwall]

im really sorry for being so heated, but the amount of disgusting misogyny and sinophobia and even hatred towards existing lis????? ive seen from those "fans" and "players" with the amount of misinformation thats going around currently im a little passionate about this discussion lmao. theyre writing literal petitions now to "save valko" meanwhile black mcs are still getting fucked over by environmental lightning. good to see where these peoples priorities lie i guess!

I think it's fine to be passionate and heated about this, I get you. The sinophobia and misogyny is real bad rn. And as someone who like to learn and research and unironically write informative essays, misinformation is one of the things I hate the most.

Yeah, it's sad that people like to rib on women and things they like because of misogny and that they think it's easy to pick on someone they think won't fight back. Even outside of fandoms, I've seen people go "This woman is a crazy Karen!!" and then it turns out that they gave the wrong context and she has valid reasons to act like that.

And the drama is getting real bad rn to the point where I just do my hobbies and curate feeds of artists to follow and won't speak up about it lol. Had to unfollow an Project Moon artist because she compared the situation to what happened there and making assumptions based off of misinformation (much like what people did back then ironically enough). Man, I should watch the art courses I downloaded but too lazy to watch since they're like weeks long so it would keep my mind off what's happening lol. Someday, I'll create my own joseimuke content for myself...

Baffles me that they're ignoring that their game has a lot of issues right now and ignore more important issues like the lack of substantial content and the black MCs environmental lightning like you mentioned over a dude they known for like a few days (and is speculated to be a self-insert of the CEO, which I'm gonna take with a grain of salt but I still find it funny). I really hate the word "tourists", but they certainly acting like that right now especially they easily throw away their LI in favor of him.

 

[ninnikuryona]

Baffles me that they're ignoring that their game has a lot of issues right now and ignore more important issues like the lack of substantial content and the black MCs environmental lightning like you mentioned over a dude they known for like a few days (and is speculated to be a self-insert of the CEO, which I'm gonna take with a grain of salt but I still find it funny). I really hate the word "tourists", but they certainly acting like that right now especially they easily throw away their LI in favor of him.

maybe it is a little harsh to call them tourists because for lots of them lads is the first otome game ever, but to act out like this as if a debut of a new kpop idol in your group got cancelled is pretty much tourist behaviour.. and they hate on other lis SO MUCH right now, really makes you think why they even picked up this game in the first place if they seemingly hated everything about it? theyre saying like "well maybe it would be for the best if global just went eos since the game treasures its chinese audience sooo much", but kinda.. not to sound like an anime elitist or a gachagrailer (ew) but this genuinely sounds like the best course of action right now. these people dont respect the genre, dont respect the story (oniichan is still being hit with accusations as we speak), dont respect the politics, dont respect the original version (theyre STILL arguing about lis nationalities when its clear as day all of them are chinese), dont respect literally anything about the game. sounds like they just,, shouldnt play it in the first place then? and theyre talking now about switching to light&night.. genuinely a nightmare coming true LOL (i doubt theyre gonna stay for long though since its 2d and 2d is ugly and worthless in their eyes)

And the drama is getting real bad rn to the point where I just do my hobbies and curate feeds of artists to follow and won't speak up about it lol. Had to unfollow an Project Moon artist because she compared the situation to what happened there and making assumptions based off of misinformation (much like what people did back then ironically enough). Man, I should watch the art courses I downloaded but too lazy to watch since they're like weeks long so it would keep my mind off what's happening lol. Someday, I'll create my own joseimuke content for myself...

thats what im doing as well lmao! ive been liking and retweeting the shit out of my art feed on twitter right now, because seeing pretty anime girls and boys drawings is more soothing to the soul than this. thing. but then i look to the side and see this comedy on the side bar

maybe its a sign from god to just shut up and shut down all the electronics and go read visual novels. i had such a wonderful time yesterday finishing up hadaka shitsuji after all! and it is way more productive than join the discussions where no one ever listens!!!!!!!!
also also good luck with your art journey!:3 i also draw/sketch for fun sometimes, though im an idiot and i can only draw cute girls, but drawing is such a fun activity!!!!!! as long as you allow yourself to relax and dont beat yourself up over the tiniest mistakes lmao. its like playing with dollies and making them do anything you want, but like.. the entire fictional world is your dollies........ how cool is that!

 

[fr4pp3cinn]

I think many new players in global fandom are not familiar with Infold criticism from earlier games, so they just jump to conclusions that CHN fandom is "crazy", while the game gets more predatory and punishes players for criticism :(

i mean if they had the audacity to put references to 731 into the game, what stops them from referencing a "smaller" crime? what does "dont bathe in a boiling pot" even supposed to mean anyway?

It just seems completely crazy to do something like that. I could see them trying to justify the first with "oh it's just a little historical reference" or something, since they have no shame, but this one seems so insane?? Hello?? It's such a recent case!!! Infold have really lost their minds...
Doing such an insensitive thing when female players on CHN keep getting attacked online by incels left and right... It's about time they stopped snubbing their players ;(

 

[ninnikuryona]

I think many new players in global fandom are not familiar with Infold criticism from earlier games, so they just jump to conclusions that CHN fandom is "crazy", while the game gets more predatory and punishes players for criticism :(

as one wise twitter user said
chinese girls work together to earn rewards for all servers: "wow chinese girls are so cool and awesome i love them go sisters!!"
chinese girls work together to call out the company which leads to said company lashing out at the entire community: "what the fuck. fuck these bitches. theyre insane. what the fucking fuck they cancelled my baby boo boo wolfie guy who was the most interesting character on planet earth so now im stuck with those other five ugly boring ass manhwa male leads. fuck chinese girls. fuck."

It just seems completely crazy to do something like that. I could see them trying to justify the first with "oh it's just a little historical reference" or something, since they have no shame, but this one seems so insane?? Hello?? It's such a recent case!!! Infold have really lost their minds...
Doing such an insensitive thing when female players on CHN keep getting attacked online by incels left and right... It's about time they stopped snubbing their players ;(

i guess this is exactly what they were aiming for lmao. there are many speculations going around right now, but that main speculation about female team getting laid off and replaced by male team seems truer with each passing day. honestly these people who hate women so much they keep sabotaging anything that women love is. no mercy for them burn in flames (not literal)
still though i would be so sad if they actually have to, i dunno, disband or delete their games or something. nikki as a character and as a game franchise is a huge part of my life at this point, and im not parasocial but itd suck to lose such a wonderful girly character over ceos and directors who refuse to listen;;