i've heard that a lot of lads fans migrated from kpop fandoms, which rlly explains the behavior. they even think liking multiple lis is cheating, it's so weird...

отмена целого персонажа была как раз из-за истерик анти и огромного количества клеветы которое сыпалось на ВалВал, просто потому что он про-западный, создан для геев и внешне им не понравился. анти своего добились и изменили игру под себя я не комментирую сама эти рераны Никки, но с абсолютным пониманием отношусь к валькириям которых игнорируют скоро уже 4 месяц. бойкот это отказ от продуктов и давление на компанию. первые месяцы Валькирии очистили репутацию Инфолд и Валко. и чем больше инфолд игнорирует бойкот тем тяжелее игрокам становиться. я знаю что у большинства игроков игр Инфолд полностью отсутствует эмпатия и всю борьбу против буллинга и борьбу за целостность игры вы вульгарнейшим образом сводите к капризам и простой борьбе за дополнительный хуй в игре, но отмена персонажа это ужасный прецедент и этот бойкот за Валко уже вошел в историю геймдева так что, желаю вам набраться терпения, пока Валко не вернется - борьба за него не прекратится

I’m so fucking tired of seeing people accused of deliberately looking for reasons to get angry at PPG. NO. People aren’t inventing their anger out of thin air. These promotional decisions are CAUSING those reactions. Please understand something: a professional PR team is supposed to consider the context in which its materials will be published and how its audience is likely to interpret them. Especially when the company is already dealing with a four-month-long crisis of trust. If every new controversy requires fans to dig through old game assets, compare promotional materials, explain obscure references, and reassure distressed players that PPG isn’t actually messing with them, THEN WHAT THE FUCK IS THE PR TEAM DOING? And this isn’t one isolated incident. Similar situations keep happening across different games and platforms. At this point, I think it’s entirely reasonable to suspect deliberate provocation. Yes, I said it. I don’t believe everyone working at PPG is a complete fucking idiot. And the more often this pattern repeats, the harder I find it to dismiss everything as innocent incompetence. Either their promotional communication is spectacularly incompetent, or they’re deliberately exploiting emotionally charged topics to generate attention. Neither possibility reflects well on them. And here’s what really pisses me off: the double standard. When a few letters, colors, or visual details can be interpreted as a positive hint, people happily speculate without demanding a forensic investigation. But when someone suspects PPG might be deliberately provoking its already distressed audience, suddenly everyone becomes a lawyer demanding absolute proof of intent. And if we don’t have it, we’re supposedly just crazy fans looking for drama. Give me a fucking break. I’m not claiming to have access to PPG’s internal discussions. I’m saying that after months of silence, broken trust, and repeated controversies, the company has done absolutely nothing to earn the benefit of the doubt. Why is the burden always on customers to find the most charitable explanation for PPG’s behavior? Why must players investigate, rationalize, explain, and calm each other down every time the company’s own promotional materials cause another wave of anger? Stop blaming people for reacting to a situation the company itself has allowed to deteriorate. Managing public communication is PPG’s job. Not ours. And if their PR keeps producing this kind of reaction, then their PR is either failing spectacularly or doing exactly what it was designed to do. Neither deserves applause. And neither makes the customers the problem.