my personal prediction for valko is december, maaaaybe late november atp btw. early on i predicted that if they didn’t get him out before they had to release a multi it would probably delay him as they’ll have to redo his first few cards to rework the early timeline and i think that’s where we’re at. i expect sylus’s branch and possibly a whole nother multi before he releases now. rumors point to the anni multi being an AU which doesn’t affect canon timeline so that gives them from september when he had to be delayed until the feb multi to rework his rollout. i wouldn’t think they’d risk losing revenue on the anniversary/annual packs by delaying him more than that but 🤷‍♀️ who knows.

i’m mature enough to admit that delaying valko’s launch to address what actual legitimate concerns people had when he was announced was not the worst move ppg could have made in june. i’m not among the players who were that desperate for updates to base story content but i can acknowledge it’s not an unreasonable request and it had been requested for a LONG time. so i’m asking antis now, are you really so stubborn that you can’t possibly put yourself in someone else shoes and understand why valko was and is a much anticipated release? when valko is released (yes when not if), you can’t grow up just a little bit and accept that players who want valko deserve to get what they want just as much as you do? that we’ve also spent a lot of time and money on the game and also want it to continue and succeed? is the only way for you to be happy to exclude others? that’s what i don’t get. you can block and mute and ignore just like the rest of us. why does it have to be us or them, all or nothing?

The problem is that the "radicals" are not part of the boycott movement. They've been working on a different agenda since the beginning, which they've also been repeatedly caught confirming themselves, both in text and in livestreams. If there were genuine radicals (and not just naive, emotionally volatile people who have been taken in by people acting maliciously who aren't a part of our community), I'd still be against them, because they're actively harming the actual work we've been doing in the name of feeling like revolutionaries over a video game. Solidarity doesn't mean putting up with bad behaviour, especially the kind that is not aligned in any way with our goals as a movement or my own personal goals for being here as an individual. We're not fighting amongst ourselves, we're making sure that the people who are here to intentionally spread misery are not able to do so. There's a reason that the misery spreading is always coming from the same people: login and survey purity testing, spreading the "leaks" and "datamined material" for months even when the quickest glance gives away that they're AI and edits rather than any real material, repeatedly trying to sell misinformation about every topic they think they can use to manipulate people into joining their shitty little campaign. I don't actually care how much hand-wringing happens about "in-fighting". I care about the repeated excuses being made in the name of "solidarity" to let these people continue what they're doing. It's not a difference of approach or opinion when the vast, overwhelming majority of us works one way, and another group uses lies and manipulation to try and convince people to join them. I've personally watched it happen and done my best to counter their misinformation since they started ramping up in August, and we're not gonna start rewriting history here. If this were only a difference of approach, they wouldn't need to lie to get people to join them. They wouldn't be spending their time sharing stories they invented in their entirety that constitute actual legal slander against the company and its founder. They wouldn't VPN into the USA and use discount twitter bots to try and present that there are "real American fans" unhappy with the company. I'm gonna put this very simply, here at the end: I'm not calling them wolf-mask antis because I disagree with their approach. I call them wolf-mask antis because they are a group of people who are hiding behind Valko pfps while making the same moves, having the same goals, and being driven by the same instigators as the people who pushed CDG into their actions in June. They are antis, end of story. #NoValkoNoMoney #LADSis6

Tbh I don’t think antis are that dumb. I think they just constantly want to argue in bad faith to justify their jealousy over a fictional character. They know Valko isn’t a rapist. They’re just afraid that their Li will have competition. It’s always been about competition.

The only thing I have to say about the current discourse on whether Rafayel likes to exercise is this... No, he doesn't care for it, and those who actually pay attention to the LIs beyond their appearances know that. That isn't to say he isn't fit; he is. He's got a swimmer's bod for obvious reasons I don't feel the need to explain. But dude complains in almost every card of his that involves exercise, not to mention workout QTs. He does not like to do it. I've seen screenshots of the current event, and over the past two days, he's been forced to exercise and has complained both times. He does it anyway because he knows exercise is good for you, but you can still get the benefits even if you don't like it. Not everyone likes dieting, but they do it anyway for the benefits. I swear, some people just wanna feel attacked for the sake of the argument. Please go get your dopamine hit elsewhere. This constant need to fight isn't good for anyone's mental health. #LoveandDeepspace #RafayelNightlyOverflow #LADSis6

one thing about me is even after all these years not being actively in the mass effect fandom i will still block u for hating on my queen ashley madeline williams

【委託繪師稿件展示】 “L’amor che move il sole e l’altre stelle.” — The love that moves the sun and the other stars. When armor gives way to robes of gold and starlight, the long trial ends where our foreheads meet. Beneath a sky old enough to remember every myth, the wolf bows only close enough to touch his goddess. And in the quiet breath between them— after all the battles, all the waiting, all the distance— the universe finally finds its orbit. 經過漫長的試煉， 繾綣纏綿，迎來終點。 ——————————— 給一起努力到現在的鈴蘭/餅們。 在構圖上特別和老師一起討論，選了一個希望可以讓女武神們更容易帶入的版本。（不介意代入） 願幸福終將回歸。 感謝繪師女神 保證下一篇不結婚惹▓ 至少不連著結🤭🫶🏻 下次還結。 #Valkoisloved #全世界都愛敖尹 #BringValkoBack #ValkoRealLove * Personal Commission / ▓私人委託稿件展示請勿存取轉載使用▓

i have seen this scenario play out sooo many times on ladstwt: someone makes some bad faith criticism taking LI A’s content out of context to make it sound “problematic” or bad. ppl who see through that make a sarcastic or unserious post taking LI B’s content out of context the same way to make a point. LI B’s mains are now all mad and defensive even though absolutely no one was actually sincerely attacking them AND they think that defensiveness entitles them to act like absolute ghouls to other human beings over a fictional video game character. i am on my knees begging this fandom to fucking learn what nuance (and sarcasm!) are. you know i used to think “well maybe if the point was argued without sarcasm that would solve this!” like instead of using a slightly combative tone we say “you keep accusing LI A of something bad by taking this card out of context, what if someone did that to your main, LI B, with xyz card, which they could easily do? you wouldn’t find that fair, right?” like perhaps that could convey this point without the silly defensiveness. but now i’m not convinced that would work. too many ppl in this fandom are either too dumb or want to pretend to be too dumb for any of this to ever be that productive. and honestly tbh at the end of the day it doesn’t fucking matter if some random stranger online thinks blorbo is Bad Actually. this is fandom, not a court of law. no one is arresting blorbo for fictional crimes. but when a character was literally cancelled and the whole game put at risk over this petty bullshit i really hoped it could at least be a wake up moment for some people. this bad faith moral panic nonsense is bad for all of us. grow up. fiction can’t hurt you. ignore what you don’t like. let people enjoy things. stop begging for censorship, jesus.

Accountability isn’t always fire and brimstone anger and retribution. Accountability can acknowledge the nuance. People can be so used to nuance being used as a scapegoat for bad actions that they really have lost the ability to use it properly. And the ability to hold complex emotions at the same time. And the thing is, when something is done by an entity that’s not one specific individual you will *never* feel fully satisfied with the result. Especially when the wrongdoing isn’t illegal or morally wrong. What Infold has done is shitty, bad business and bad for building trust etc. but really at the end of the day they broke a promise and did not deliver on their product. They lost a lot of money because of it. That’s all you can do and that’s the extent that your power goes. You have to learn accountability and satisfaction are also not the same thing. A corporation can be held accountable and it still feel unsatisfying because accountability doesn’t erase anything. YOU have to learn how to process that anger grief and disappointment outside of trying to hold on and punish them. Let them go and leave, or stick around and build. Those are your healthy options. (There’s probably more but you get what I mean). You can leave mad. You can leave BECAUSE you’re mad. But you cannot force the hands of other people especially when what they’re doing is shitty but not morally wrong. Sorry.

so… you agree we need full OFFICIAL context on something before judgement? 😃 #BringValkoBack

another note, notice how alot of the "new" 3D otoges keep using AI? thats because even now, otoges are a niche. Gaming industry still dont see value in games aimed for women. No one wants to take a risk even when they see the success of LADs. Which is why its so crazy how +

Who will make the most delicious drink?🍹💭

This still baffles me. Am I the only one who doesn't care abt which LI is the focus of the MS/Branch as long as it's updated? I love Sylus & Xavier, but I dgaf if they're not the focus as long as we get a proper story update. Why? I actually care abt the overall storyline, not just the portions involving my faves. Plus, I've never personally had issues waiting for my LI updates bc I have other games & RL to deal with 🤷🏼‍♀️ Clearly, that doesn't seem to be the case with most lads players which is unfortunate. Regardless, no reason justifies canceling a finished product. Although Valko's addition wouldn't have fixed certain issues in the game, he would have provided a NEW MAIN STORY UPDATE, new game content & be useful for farming resources. Although I disagree with a dead set limit in an otome game, the toxic side of this fandom should have let him debut before pushing for an end to characters bc he was already completed. Why would you want a finished product to go to waste? I'm crying for their dev & finance depts. Even if his assets get reused for other characters in the future, think abt all the resources that went into his development + additional time & money needed to rework his assets... What a nightmare. Oh yes. One more thing. Why does this fandom want to gatekeep & limit the game to fit their needs? Valko clearly has a fanbase (new + existing) but bc he wasn't the type that a portion of the fandom wanted, that portion decided that nobody is allowed to get a new LI that caters to their type 🤦🏼‍♀️ Let's be real. In the end, his cancellation was mainly fueled by selfishness, not due to actual game issues. Also, the reality of his cancellation is that it will not benefit infold or the fandom.

One of the most annoying things about the gish gallop of misinfo that certain groups have pushed since the beginning of the boycott is that there are things that are objectively NOT true about PPG but people have heard them so much they have become true. If someone never re-evaluates what they’ve accepted as fact they will never realize how much of their animosity is built on assumptions that are not factual. For example: the idea that PPG deleted the bridge slide from instagram & other socials. This bridge photo was actually never posted anywhere, deliberately. But because people believe that it was deleted & they can’t find it now they get angry, thinking this means he can never come back. That the company is deliberately trying to send a negative message to them. Another one is the Shaw thing, it’s objectively a completely different situation but people don’t want to look into it so they just accept whatever other people tell them & believe PPG keeps making the same mistakes over & over. They HAVE made mistakes but these situations are not always exactly the same as some people seem to confidently believe. They should be evaluated individually. Little things like that on their own are not important but together they form a whole & they add to the worsening reputational damage of the company over time. I don’t really care if people hate PPG or distrust them. My concern is that believing a lot of skewed mistruths slowly softens people up to easily believe lies. These incorrect assumptions bias people & it stops them from being objective. It’s depressing to see it happen constantly.

🐺🌙#valko #loveanddeepspace

god i can’t wait until the pettiest arguments about valko are just silly disagreements over his characterization 😩😩😩

lmao raf mains and sylus mains competing to misunderstand their main more. raf mains want him to be a old money rich boy alpha CEO daddy dom, sylus mains want him to be poor woobie misunderstood baby, only resorting to violence to protect the less fortunate. sounds like they should swap mains idk 🤷‍♀️

i don’t need to be a rafayel main to know that man is not “old money rich boy alpha ceo” vibes like come on who tf are we talking about 😑

Day 5 - Cuddle "Shhh, wifey's sleeping" (afternoon naps are the best, especially if you have Valko's chest as a pillow 8) #ValkoIsLoved #BringBackValko

🚨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