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The math is technically right, but the comparison is misleading! The main problem with this calculation is the comparison itself‼️
$50 million in estimated losses over just three months is being compared to $933.7 million generated over two years. Of course that produces 5.4%, but it makes the financial impact look much smaller than it is.
Based on those same figures, average quarterly revenue was around $116.7 million. A $50 million loss would equal roughly 43% of that historical quarterly average. That's hardly insignificant.
And a revenue increase from July to September doesn't necessarily mean the boycott is weakening. Gacha revenue fluctuates with banners and events.
A company being able to absorb financial losses doesn't mean those losses are insignificant or without long-term consequences.
#Valko #loveanddeep #NoValkoNoMoney
I'm so tired of this "revenue damage" rhetoric, so let's me pull out the 'ackshually' glasses and make use of my honours degree 🤓
1. Yao Runhao's ownership and control over Papergames' major decisions. (IMAGE 1)
According to Chinese financial reports, Yao Runhao, the founder and CEO of Papergames, owns approximately 54.74% of Suzhou Papergames Network Technology, the parent company of Shanghai Papergames.
More recently, on October 16, 2026, he also established a new company called Nuwa Bionics (女娲仿生), which focuses on artificial intelligence and robotics. The company has a registered capital of RMB 10 million, of which Yao personally subscribed RMB 6 million, giving him 60% ownership.
Sources: (finance.sina.com.cn/tech/she…) (bjnews.com.cn/detail/1792649…)
These figures are important because Yao is not simply an employee or executive working for Papergames. He is its founder, CEO, and majority shareholder. This gives him significant control over the company's direction, investments, and major business decisions.
Therefore, when discussing Valko's cancellation and the possibility of bringing him back, I believe we need to look beyond LADS itself and consider the financial interests of the person who holds the most power within Papergames.
2. Is the revenue decline really enough to pressure Papergames?
First and foremost, according to AppMagic estimates report, LADS generated approximately $933.7 million in mobile player spending during its first two years, with $410 million in its first year and $522.6 million in its second year. This makes LADS the top of the highest-grossing games in its market. (IMAGE 2)
Following the Valko controversy, LADS experienced a sharp decline in revenue, reaching just $10.3 million in July 2026. However, its revenue recovered to around $17.7 million in August and $19.5 million in September, an increase of nearly 89% from July to September. (IMAGE 3)
This recovery brings light to the boycott's declining financial impact, as players appear to be spending on the game again despite Papergames maintaining its decision regarding Valko.
Now, let's consider the estimated $50 million revenue shortfall between July and September as a working figure for this discussion. Compared to the $933.7 million LADS generated in its first two years, that would represent approximately 5.4% of its historical mobile player spending. (IMAGE 4)
ONLY 5.4%.
Why is this important? Think about it.
We're talking about a game that generated nearly a billion dollars in just two years, a company that already owns several successful gaming franchises. The slight 5.4% decrease in revenue following the cancellation of a product is objectively a reasonable minor corporate loss.
From a business perspective, Papergames may consider the revenue decline an acceptable short-term cost of maintaining its current strategy. And as long as the company believes it can afford that cost, there may be little financial reason for its leadership to change direction.
3. Revenue decline alone is evidently not enough. A boycott can also create public and reputational pressure.
Despite the sharp decline in LADS' revenue, Papergames has maintained its decision regarding Valko. This suggests that the financial pressure so far has not been enough to change its position.
However, a boycott is not limited to refusing to spend money. It can also involve public campaigns that raise awareness, voice consumer dissatisfaction, and damage a company's reputation.
Ultimately, a broader and more sustained boycott could combine financial losses with reputational pressure, making the decision to maintain Valko's cancellation increasingly costly for Papergames and its leadership.
#DeleteLoveAndDeepspace
#SaveValkoDeleteLaDS
#NoValkoNoPapergames
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Less gooooo! Hand those vile perpetrators their asses, PPG.
I am so tired from smearing and the stoopid hashtags
#PapergamesFightsUnfairCompetition how about that?
HOLY SHIT THEY UPDATED THEIR LEGAL ACCOUNT. LOOK AT THE IMPORTANT POINTS!!
mp.weixin.qq.com/s/qPIHrjdf8…
#novalkonomoney #ReinstateValkoNow #全世界都爱敖尹 #BringValkoBack #LADSIS6 #PPGSpeakUp #LoveIsValko
#ValkoRealLove #ValkoWasFramed
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🚨NEW INFORMATION FROM PPG LEGAL TEAM🚨
(CHECK THREAD FOR INTERESTING POINTS)
The perpetrator was ordered to pay 1 million yuan in damages for widely disseminating unreleased content from the game "Infinite Nikki".
Translation:
The perpetrator in the Infinity Nikki game leak case has been ordered to pay 1 million yuan in damages, while a company has withdrawn its unfair competition lawsuit against Papergames for the third time.
Recently, Papergames has made successive advances in its efforts to protect its rights in the areas of trade secret protection and combating unfair competition. The details of the relevant cases are hereby announced.
At the end of 2024, the defendant, Zhao, was assigned to Papergames by a partner company to work on Infinity Nikki. During this period, Zhao attended the company's confidentiality training and signed multiple confidentiality agreements.
However, while employed, Zhao repeatedly downloaded large amounts of unpublished Infinity Nikki game content unrelated to his job responsibilities and sent it to third parties in the form of screenshots or text. This ultimately led to the widespread circulation of the content on platforms such as Xiaohongshu, Weibo, and Baidu Tieba, severely undermining players' experience of discovering new game content and disrupting the game's operational schedule.
Papergames subsequently filed a lawsuit against Zhao, seeking compensation for the resulting losses. After examining the case, the court determined that Zhao's actions constituted an infringement of trade secrets, harming Papergames' competitive advantage and consumers' legitimate rights and interests. The court ruled that Zhao must immediately cease the infringing activities and pay 1 million yuan in compensation.
In response to game leaks and various other infringements involving all of Papergames' products, Papergames has also initiated legal proceedings to protect its rights. The results of these efforts will be disclosed in due course.
Beyond protecting trade secrets, Papergames is equally committed to safeguarding its legitimate rights and interests through legal action against unfair competition.
In October 2026, a certain technology joint-stock company and a certain technology company applied to withdraw their lawsuit against Papergames concerning unfair competition. The court has approved their withdrawal. This marks the third time the opposing parties have withdrawn their lawsuit against Papergames.
Previously, the two companies had used search keywords such as "Miracle Nikki," "Shining Nikki," and "Infinity Nikki" to place video advertisements on third-party platforms to promote their own games and drive traffic to them. After discovering this conduct, Papergames promptly filed a lawsuit. The court ultimately ruled that the defendants had infringed the exclusive rights associated with registered trademarks, thereby constituting unfair competition.
Since Papergames initiated its lawsuit, the two companies have themselves filed unfair competition lawsuits against Papergames on three separate occasions. However, they ultimately withdrew these lawsuits in September 2025, December 2025, and October 2026, respectively.
A healthy and orderly market environment requires the collective efforts of the entire industry. Papergames has always welcomed fair market competition and industry oversight. However, Papergames will firmly defend its rights through legal means against trademark infringement, copyright infringement, unfair competition, game leaks, malicious insults, the spreading of rumors, and other infringing activities.
Papergames will work alongside other industry participants to maintain a healthy and orderly environment for game development and creation, continuously safeguard players' gaming experiences, and promote the healthy and sustainable development of the gaming industry.
#ValkoWasFramed #ValkoIsInnocent #WeWantValko
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Yappy, my first animatic with Valko! 🥰🫶
#valko #BringValkoBack #ValkoIsLoved #LoveandDeepspace #lads
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#BringBackValko #ValkoWasFramed #TheWorldIsWaitingForValko
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#BringBackValko #WeWantValko #TheWorldIsWaitingForValko
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made a quick stop for valko's billboard while running errands today 🥹🤍
#MoonlitHowloween #BringValkoBack #ValkoWolfPackPH @ValkoWolfPackPH
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RT @BlackRoseWrts: GET. FUCKING. THERAPY.
If you're at the point where you don't care about a GAME anymore, but you're still hanging aroun…
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I need everyone to remember what those „leaks“ are.
Yes, it sucks that it’s spreading. Yes, people are malicious enough to paint Valko in a disturbing light without context. Yes, the „leaks“ are PURPOSEFULLY made to look that way.
And no, they were not spread so we can have a final glimpse at him bc „infold has given up on him“.
They were spread for literally two reasons. Cause harm to us AND cause harm to infold (again).
It tires us out, people get into their emotions because „look what we could’ve had“, we get angry, we fight among us because some don’t think enough before continuing to spread it, we see things about Valko that we were not supposed to see this way. All while antis get onto their high horse because they believe fanfiction is reality and they are dumb enough to attack the same company that also hosts the other LIs.
We were warned PLENTY times, that this is still an ongoing smear-campaign and its blatantly obvious by now.
STAY IN PEACE THOUGH. Keep reporting leaks and leakers, DONT SPREAD THEM, keep making people aware of what’s happening and don’t give antis and competitors the joy of succeeding to bring us down. Not happening.
I know a lot of people have reached a point where they need and absolutely should take a break and I highly respect that, we are gonna continue in your place!
#ValkoWasFramed #ValkoIsInnocent #LADSis6
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Makes me think.. Did they want to have solo idol-crazies in LADS too, just bc of easy money? They haven't discouraged it, really:( Did they bet on the wrong horse?
(seeing how many in boycott are opposite of crazies and how we make revenue 📉)
#ValkoIsInnocent #ValkoWasFramed
A deep dive into the history of Papergames first otome game Mr. Love: Queen's Choice. From the "Dream Heart Lake" gacha scandal to Shaw's decade-long limbo. This is the story of how the company created a toxic system and then refused to fix it.
We trace how the same pattern broken promises, silence, and ignored backlash. And this has repeated across every Papergames project.
#BringValkoBack #LADSis6
#LoveAndDeepSpace #LADS #gachagame #otome #games #anime
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I want to try out the vertical image format 👀👀
#Ladsis6 #Valkotober #BringBackValko
#ValkoisInnocent
All done!!
I usually type the text on my work, but I wanted to write it myself this time. The calligraphy was definitely the hardest part of this painting 😬
#Ladsis6 #Valkotober #BringBackValko
#ValkoisInnocent
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For as long as we can remember, women have been censored and told what they're allowed to enjoy when it comes to romance and fantasies. What's right, what's wrong. What they should or shouldn't read. Which stories they're allowed to enjoy and which characters they're supposed to reject.
And now, for once, we have ambitious games exploring romance, desire, and female fantasies with nuance, without reducing everything to black and white morality or constant moral judgment... And you want to ruin all of that?
We should be able to explore complex romances, love morally ambiguous characters, and enjoy fictional fantasies without constantly having to justify ourselves. Enjoying something in fiction doesn't mean endorsing it in real life.
It's genuinely disheartening to see that we're still having this conversation. Let women enjoy what they love.
#BringValkoBack #ValkoIsLoved #NoValkoNoMoney
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We're not letting a repeat of June happen. We're here and ready this time.
CAN I START AN AWOOOOOO CHAIN WITH #ValkoIsInnocent?
AWOOOOOO
#ValkoIsLoved #ValkoIsGoodestBoy
We're not letting a repeat of June happen. We're here and ready this time.
CAN I START AN AWOOOOOO CHAIN WITH #ValkoIsInnocent?
AWOOOOOO
#ValkoIsLoved #ValkoIsGoodestBoy
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Facts 🫡 This game has many dark stories and noone there is a saint. The conflicts and drama is what makes it so engaging, and what makes characters so multifaceted and intriguing.
And all of it IS FICTIONAL.
And if it is triggering you - you can just skip the content! Why hate?
Problematic character in lads = fork found in kitchen.
Every single LI has done "problematic" things. Every single one of them has had at least one kindled or line judged out of context. THAT is why judging Valko based on alleged leaks is hypocritical. (1/6)
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Such a blessing 😍
#ValkoIsGoodestBoy #ValkoIsLoved
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what irks me the most about this whole june 2.0 is that, who tf cares if valko is problematic or not omfg, IT'S ALL FICTION UGHHH, he can be the most vicious villan to ever exist and it would still NOT MATTER, CAUSE HE DOESN'T EXIST, HE CANT HURT YOUR ASS, HE IS NOT REAL, fuck
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Hunter ID prefixes so they can also be reported in-game 🥰
#ValkoWasFramed
#ValkoIsInnocent
#BringValkoBack
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