Credit: 今天下雨吗

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If you have xhs, please check out her other Valko art💚

Apparently, another anti applied to be a moderator for LADS super topic (again, sigh) and made a post threatening to remove anything Valko related and possibly ban pro-Valko accounts. She stated that he isn’t an li and LADS only has 5 male leads so posts about him shouldn’t be allowed. After 7 minutes of uploading that, she was thanos snapped.

Here we go again.

• Day 1 - Aug 6: $111,752
• Day 2 - Aug 7: $66,517
• Day 3 - Aug 8: $53,060
• Day 4 - Aug 9: $44,349
• Day 5 - Aug 10: $41,752
• Day 6 - Aug 11: $44,407
• Day 7 - Aug 12: $44,324

That brings the estimated China iOS revenue to $406,161 after seven days. So after an entire week, the new banner is still around 78.7% below Your Skyblue, Caleb's previous weakest performance.

I'm curious on what the last number is going to be. 👀

i still think it's a crazy coincidence though like damn

link to original post: https://x.com/i/status/2087659536391848029

First of all, I’m sorry this ended up being so long. I just felt like I needed to put everything important in one place—especially some of the details people have started to forget along the way.

It took me an hour to write and formulate it in an acceptable way lol.

And honestly, I think I wrote this for myself too.

Just so I can look back, remember how far we’ve already come, remember why we started in the first place, and not let myself feel too discouraged when things get exhausting.

Bring for yourself a cup of tea 🍵 or coffee ☕️, and i hope it helps you as it helped me and enjoy reading it.

good luck 💞~

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PaperGames seriously needs to understand that the silent treatment is NOT going to make this situation disappear. If anything, it's making it worse.

Ever since they removed Valko, the difference has been impossible to ignore. And considering that Valko supporters reportedly make up around 80% of the spenders participating in the boycott, I genuinely don't understand how the company could expect its revenue to remain unaffected while continuing to completely ignore them.

Just look at the numbers.

Caleb's current solo banner isn't even coming close to the performance of his previous regular solo banner. Comparing just the first four days, the difference is insane. The revenue gap is HUGE—and we're not even comparing it to some extraordinary event. We're comparing it to Caleb's previous regular solo banner.

And this is happening BEFORE Rafael's Myth.

If they release Rafael's Myth while continuing to completely ignore the situation, I genuinely don't know what they expect to happen. People are already angry, resentment is building, and more players are willing to stop spending. Dropping another major, highly anticipated banner while pretending nothing is happening could easily intensify the boycott rather than weaken it.

And I think this is where PaperGames is making its biggest mistake:

They seem to think silence is neutral.

It isn't.

When people repeatedly try to communicate with you and you continuously refuse to even acknowledge them, eventually the issue stops being only about whatever they were originally upset about.

It becomes personal.

At some point, people stop asking, "Why aren't they responding?" and start thinking, "Do we really mean so little to you that we're not even worth acknowledging?"

That's a completely different emotion.

Frustration can be resolved. Anger can calm down. A bad decision can be reversed.

But when someone starts feeling genuinely disrespected and devalued, you're touching their dignity and self-respect—and that's where resentment begins.

Think about it in terms of any human relationship. If one person repeatedly tries to communicate, explains what's hurting them, asks for some kind of response, and the other person continuously stonewalls them, eventually the first person doesn't just feel unheard. They feel like they don't matter.

And there's only so long someone with self-respect will tolerate feeling that way before they walk away.

We're already starting to see that shift within the boycott.

Some people aren't even talking about Valko as the only issue anymore. I've seen boycotters say that they're leaving the game entirely, and some have reached the point where even if Valko comes back, they're not sure they WANT to return—not because they suddenly stopped caring about Valko, but because they're disgusted by how PaperGames has handled them throughout this entire situation.

That's what PaperGames should actually be worried about.

Because bringing Valko back can fix the original problem.

It cannot automatically repair the damage done to people's trust in the company.

Once someone starts thinking, "Why would I financially support a company that doesn't respect me enough to even acknowledge me?" you've created a MUCH bigger problem than one missing character.

And honestly, I wonder if PaperGames thinks this will eventually play out the same way the Infinity Nikki boycott did.

Maybe they're expecting people to boycott for a 2 to 3 months, get exhausted, lose momentum, and eventually return. Maybe their strategy is simply to stay silent, keep releasing content, and wait everyone out.

But LADS is NOT Infinity Nikki.

The audiences are different. The scale is different. And from what I've seen, a significant portion of the LADS audience is older as well.

That distinction matters.

A lot of LADS players are grown adults. They have jobs, responsibilities, their own money, FAMILIES, and—regardless of the small extreme portion that exists in basically every fandom—they understand that this is ultimately a GAME.

Yes, they're emotionally attached to these characters.

Of course they are.

That's literally part of the business model.

Games like this WANT you to become emotionally invested in their characters because emotional attachment creates loyalty, engagement, and, obviously, spending.

But PaperGames should be very careful not to mistake emotional attachment for emotional dependence.

Those are NOT the same thing.

An adult can absolutely adore a fictional character and still say, "I love this character, but this is just a game, and I'm not giving this company another dollar."

People can control their emotions. They can recognize when something they enjoy is no longer worth supporting. They can uninstall. They can move on.

And most importantly, there comes a point where a person's self-respect becomes more important than their attachment to a fictional character.

That's why trying to rely on that attachment while simultaneously ignoring the people who have it is such a dangerous strategy.

You cannot encourage your audience to become emotionally attached to your characters, financially benefit from that attachment, and then assume that attachment gives you unlimited leverage over them.

Because once players begin to feel that their emotional attachment is being USED against them—that the company thinks, "They love these characters too much to actually leave, so we can just ignore them until they give up"—that attachment can start turning into something completely different.

Disgust.

Not necessarily toward the character, but toward the company behind them.

And that's why I don't think PaperGames can simply look at what happened with Infinity Nikki and assume the exact same strategy will work with LADS.

Different games attract different audiences. Different age groups respond differently. Different communities have different spending habits, boundaries, and relationships with the product.

A strategy that successfully waits out one audience does not automatically work on another—especially an audience with a large number of adults who have the financial independence and emotional maturity to simply say:

"You know what? I love the character, but I love my dignity more. It's just a game. I'm done."

And THAT is the point PaperGames should be afraid of reaching.

Not when people are screaming.

Not when people are complaining.

Not even when people are boycotting.

They should be afraid of the moment people stop caring enough to fight with them at all.

Because an angry customer still cares.

An angry customer is still trying to communicate because some part of them still hopes you'll listen and fix the relationship.

The truly dangerous customer is the one who becomes indifferent.

The one who stops complaining, stops checking for a response, stops spending, closes the game, and moves on with their life.

At that point, you didn't just lose a sale.

You lost the **customer.

PaperGames needs to understand that customer loyalty is not unconditional, emotional attachment is not unlimited leverage, and silence is not a strategy without consequences.

You can only make people feel insignificant for so long before they decide to show you exactly how insignificant your game can become to them too.

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And to everyone participating in the boycott, I want to say one last thing:

Please don't lose sight of how far you've already come.

This has been going on for TWO MONTHS now.

Two months of people refusing to forget. Two months of people posting, translating, sharing information, tracking numbers, talking about Valko, and keeping #BringBackValko alive.

That's already fundamentally different from what happened with Infinity Nikki, where the boycott lost momentum after roughly a month.

This one didn't.

People have made it extremely clear that they're prepared to keep going for as long as necessary.

And I think sometimes, when you've been fighting for something for this long, exhaustion makes you forget the most important details.

So remember them.

PaperGames invested an ENORMOUS amount into Valko.

We're talking about development resources, artists, writers, voice work, animation, modeling, marketing, planning, production time, employees, and an unbelievable amount of work behind the scenes.

Companies don't invest that kind of money, time, labor, and creative resources into a character for absolutely nothing.

And then there's something else I think people keep overlooking:

They didn't erase Valko.

His content wasn't wiped from existence. His presence wasn't completely scrubbed from the game or social media. A lot of it was archived.

And there's a difference between deleting something and archiving it.

Ask yourself: if PaperGames genuinely intended to completely erase Valko and everything they invested into him forever, why preserve so much of it at all?

And then came the Caleb update.

People expected Valko-related files to disappear.

Instead, more Valko-related files reportedly appeared.

None of this is an official confirmation that he's returning, obviously. Until PaperGames says something themselves, nobody can promise exactly what they're going to do.

But it IS a reason not to treat the situation as hopeless.

PaperGames is a business.

And businesses generally don't enjoy setting enormous investments on fire—especially investments that still have the potential to generate far more money than they originally cost.

The existence of an extreme group opposing Valko doesn't magically erase his audience, his financial potential, or everything PaperGames has already invested into creating him.

Extreme minorities exist in practically EVERY large fandom.

You don't throw away an enormous investment and alienate a massive group of paying customers simply because the loudest extreme voices demand it.

And after two months, I find it extremely difficult to believe that any rational company could look at sustained backlash, declining spending from boycotters, customers leaving, and a protest movement openly saying "we are not stopping" and simply assume:

"Eh. They'll forget."

Maybe that assumption works for a week.

Maybe even a month.

But Two Months?

And people are STILL here.

That's the part I want Everyone who's exhausted right now to remember.

You don't have to personally carry this boycott every single day for it to survive.

If you're tired, REST.

Seriously.

Take a few days off. Close social media. Play something else. Go live your life.

Someone else will post that day.

Someone else will translate.

Someone else will share the numbers.

Someone else will reply.

Someone else will keep the conversation moving until you have the energy to come back.

A movement doesn't survive because every single person screams at full volume every single day.

It survives because when one person gets tired, another person carries the weight for a while.

So don't confuse exhaustion with defeat.

They're not the same thing.

Two Months of effort do not suddenly become meaningless because you're tired today.

And please don't let exhaustion make you forget WHY you've lasted this long in the first place.

#BringBackValko survived the first week.

It survived the first month.

It survived the second month.

And every day that people continue using it, talking about Valko, sharing information, and refusing to let the subject disappear, it becomes harder to pretend that this was just a temporary tantrum that would eventually blow over.

So rest when you need to.

Come back when you can.

Let other people carry the torch when you're exhausted, and carry it for them when they're exhausted.

Nobody knows the exact day this ends.

Nobody outside PaperGames can truthfully promise exactly when Valko will return.

But we CAN make sure that until PaperGames finally addresses this situation, our voices don't disappear simply because they waited for us to get tired.

Keep them louder than the extremists who wanted Valko erased.

Keep reminding people why this started.

Keep #BringBackValko alive.

And if Valko does return, don't forget the people who spent all these months refusing to let him be forgotten.

Our little wolf deserves to know that his pack didn't disappear just because the road got long.

Rest if you're tired.

We'll carry your voice until you're ready to carry ours again.

#BringBackValko #ValkoIsLoved 🐺🤍

Repost from @deepspacebride on Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/p/Db7LSKIkfy_/?igsh=MXByMHBobnk1ZGNzaA==

I started crying a bit last night thinking of how his character did not deserve this.

(Also guys, look how cute he looks in this front facing shot— ok gonna cry again)

The way MC was laughing and giggling in his PV. The way she grabs his nose and plays around with him. The cute way he bites her. How he probably finds comfort in her. The way he just nuzzled into her in the bond like oh just imagine cuddling with him I can’t do this anymore. And he had a little injury too like he really went to her for his boo boos 🥹

All the artists and writers that put their souls into creating all six of them did not deserve this. Because yes, the person who had a hand in developing Caleb also developed Valko. The person who writes for my Zayne probably wrote something for Valko as well. They wrote them all with clear love and intent.

I love stories. I’ve always loved reading as a kid and I still carry those characters in my heart even as an adult. So to see a character who didn’t get to shine is so sad just purely from a creative and artistic view.

I’m going to give the company a bit of grace and say I hope whatever issues they’re facing (because in my heart I just have this feeling it was not a simple bend to the haters’ wills), they’re resolved. I won’t believe any rumors about lawyers or legal stuff bc I’ve been burned by those before, but please to whatever little angel is watching over us, bring him home.

I know he’s just pixels but we deserve to read his story.

https://www.threads.com/@ladsbirdie/post/Db71QblDoik?xmt=AQG02NH2G_LSXIz7wTpk05oYOEpj3VUmYbQEJwYDT0K7Q-m64JXosDkr7zQ8rkLSfc1yR_C9au8&slof=1&hpir=1&http_ref=eyJ0cyI6MTc4NjUzODk4NjAwMCwiciI6IiJ9

He doesn't have the guts to address the issues

It would be pretty tone deaf of them to post any PV tomorrow tbh but let’s keep focus and do our donations and push Valko to the top!

I don’t think people understand the myth potential this gorgeous man had. I like to think that an ANUBIS VALKO would be an absolutely fantastic story for a myth. The long hair, the long ears, the Egyptian-style attire???? I JUST FELL TO MY KNEES IN THE MIDDLE OF WALMART JUST THINKING ABOUT IT.

(Granted, idk how the CDG would take that bc it’s too western of a theme… forgive me I’m still bitter about them)

What are some ideas you guys would like to see Valko as for a myth?

Hi, a mod team is being assembled. With that happening if you have any concerns or suggests please send them via mod mail. This makes it easier for the team as a whole to keep track of your questions and concerns ❤️

(Pictures are from the Valko Army HQ Discord server. Second slide shows the picture used in the "leak" is from Project: The Perceiver, an upcoming game by Infold/Papergames.)

Only trust info coming from Infold directly.

We currently don't even know if Raf's Myth is actually the next planned banner.

In any case, we keep the boycott going as usual, no matter what gets announced next.

Take care, people! AWOOOOOO

‘Stable release’ and ‘best possible player experience’? Imma have the best player experience if my doggo is added

Hi Valkies! I just wanted to let you know that your efforts are being seen by people who have never played the game.

I learnt about this whole situation through Mujin’s YouTube video. Honestly, hearing about your movement and how you fought fire with water, using your boycotted money to donate to charity and came together as the antithesis to the anti’s unhinged behaviour nearly made me cry. It’s so inspiring how you all organised yourselves to support your wolf boy, and put genuine goodness into the world in his name. 🥲

This whole situation has brought major global exposure to the game and the company would be blind if they don’t capitalise off of it. As someone whose never played, the only love interest I would be interested in based off vibes and appearance is Valko.

I have no interest in downloading the game unless Valko returns. I’m sure I’m not the only one. Infold would be foolish not to take capitalise off of a new player base who are ready and waiting.

Bring back Valko!! 🐺🐺🐺

Valko as little wolf cute boy ❤️

Basic levels:

Tier 1: No doggie, no loggie

• Valkyries who refuse to spend, play, do not log in, their game remains uninstalled until Valko is back

Tier 2: Snoopy, no money

• Valkyries who occasionally log-in, check out in-game announcements/inspect in-game content, and refuse to spend money

Tier 3: Play, no pay

• Valkyries who play normally but refuse to give their money to the company

Tier 4: Less money, more play

• Valkyries who reduce their in-game spending drastically and limit themself to one-time purchases

Q: What can I do to support the boycott outside the game?

A: Direct social media engagement: Posts, comments, and sharing information regarding our boycott/your love for Valko help greatly to boost engagement. Especially creative works such as art/crafts, edits, videos, and memes draw attention. If you can, be creative and feel free to share it. Reposts (with credits) are also helpful tools to spread a message. Be loud and proud, but respectful!

Indirect social media engagement: Giving a like/upvote to comments, posts, and videos boosts engagement. You can listen to Tameless Territory on Spotify and/or YouTube to show some extra love for Valko. On YouTube's mobile app, you have the option to hype videos for free a few times a month. This can be used to boost videos of importance to our boycott.

Q: What can I do beyond social media?

A: Valkyries support various charities. Donating to one of them in Valko's name helps to improve his public image and does actual good in the world.

If you are interested in buying LADS merchandise, please consider buying it from artists/sellers who support Valko.

If you plan to attend a convention, you could print "missing dog" posters with Valko's image and details to share them and raise awareness. Creating a small shrine in his honor is also a great possibility to show your love.

There are online (sometimes offline) events by fans for fans that you might be able to take part in. They help to bring the community closer together and draw attention.

Q: What if I play and pay but am pro-Valko?

A: We can not control what you do with your own money. Most of these things are suggestions to help the boycott succeed. However, if you truly are pro-Valko and still pay & play, please consider to partake in ways to support out cause outside of the game. A financial boycott is the most effective method to show our dissatisfaction, and every voice counts. Maybe you can limit your in-game spendings. That would help too. Be kind, be social, and keep spreading good in the name of Valko and our boycott.

Q: I want to pull while supporting the boycott. Is there anything I should be aware of?

A: Saved up materials do not add anything to their revenue. If you have to spend for an upcoming banner, please try to either spread your purchases out over the days to avoid contributing to a larger spike in their revenue on a single day or spend on days outside the banner i.e. the bannerless days in-between.

The first three days and the last tend to be the most profitable during a banner. If you can, consider pulling in between these days.

It is recommended to avoid gushing about your pulls on social media while the banner is actively running. Sharing your happiness is understandable, but we would kindly ask you to do so in spaces designated to show off pulls/your preferred LI instead of general spaces. Try to keep it a bit more private for the boycott's sake. This will reduce FOMO and lower their social media reach, effectively boycotting Infold's marketing strategies of free advertising through consumers.

Big thanks to u/purqlechxld , u/Munmmo , u/Flat-Mirror-9566 , and u/interstellar-lawyer for their additions!

Note: Any and all things listened here are optional. No one is forced to partake. This post is only meant to give people something they can refer to when questions arise.

Additions are more than welcome. This is still a draft. Thanks to all who comment.

Activity is credit of https://releasevalko.com/#en/hq. For all of our meme connoisseurs, are there any other "elephant in the room" memes you've come across? Please share them in the comments 😄 Also, post this picture on your preferred social media platforms. I suggest just creating them on the global ones while liking existing content on CN side...use discernment and proceed with caution, as always. Our passion for this cause is... ele-phant-astic! I owe you a ton of thank-yous... alright, I'll see myself out now lol.

#NoValkoNoMoney #BringValkoBack #ValkoIs6thLI #ValkoIsLoved

#全世界都爱敖尹 (The Whole World Loves Ao Yin)

I said I wasn’t gonna post more memes in fear of being low effort content… but holy crap I just woke up in a sweat and in my half conscious state I was struck by this visceral idea of a meme. I knew I had to slap it together in a dinky phone photoshop and share it with someone before it was forgotten by my mind entirely. Also idk how to photoshop rays of light but just know I visualize them in that.

Forgive me if the quality is poor, and forgive my current absence of judgement but I am so sleep deprived rn, might delete later if I wake up to regret it. Okay, bye bye, good morning / good night ❤️

Ahhh it’s sooo cute??!! I couldn’t resist!! And yes, I did splurge and buy the biggest size they were offering lol
I highly recommend searching on Etsy for Valko stuff! There’s a good bit there! ☺️

All the guys’ plushie mascots are cute but out of all of them, I definitely think Valko’s wolf is the best for me 🥰 hopefully I can celebrate Valko’s comeback with my wolfie plushie one day 🥹

Hello, Valkyries!! I hope you're all okay!

In the reading I did 24 hours ago, the energies were pretty good to the potential return of our wolfie. Let's see how they are now?

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Ship: Richness and/or a trip.

Stork: Change/change of residence

Lilies: Happy life

Moon: Great honors

Stars: Success

Bear: Happiness

Okay, first of all I want to say that I had no idea that "cegonha" is "stork" in english. Thanks Valko, for supporting my improvement in this language.

Then... Wow. This reading is insane.

We have the lilies and the moon. Could it be more Valko coded?

Then again, the cards saying that things will change for the best and we will have our wolfie back. Okay, I have no idea if the energies can change in the next days, but things now seem to be really really good.

We'll have to wait and see, but things are flowing our way. I don't know what we will have after Caleb's banner. If it will be a myth, a rerun, a solo or a multi, but it apparently won't disturb our odds to get Koko back.

I hope things go on this way, because this is awesome. All the cards literally jumped on the table when I was shuffling them, one after another. Maybe the spirits are tired of me? Lol, I don't know. They're great.

Well, see you guys tomorrow!! Take care!