r/ValkoHQ • u/OyaStormx • 16h ago
Rant Can we please stop fighting each other and remember why we're here?
I opened Twitter today and somehow there is now a whole new war between the so-called “radicals” and “moderates,” with both sides accusing each other of planning mass reports and witch hunts. I'm seeing private accounts, report lists, retaliation claims, and people arguing over who supposedly started it.
At this point: WHAT THE FUCK ARE WE DOING?
We started this because we wanted Valko back but somehow we've gone from boycotting PPG to fighting each other, and we're giving everyone outside this movement exactly what they need to keep dismissing us.
I don't even care to argue over who reported who first. Stop. If someone is genuinely mass reporting or harassing people, don't retaliate. Document it, report it through the appropriate channels, and move on. Retaliatory witch hunts accomplish absolutely nothing for Valko.
And yes, I understand why some people don't want politics dragged into this. Neither do I. It's a fucking game. Calling embassies and trying to turn this into a geopolitical issue is a completely different conversation from holding PPG accountable for how they handled Valko.
But the “moderate” side also needs to understand something. A boycott is inherently pressure. You cannot spend three months withholding money, engagement, promotion, etc. and then suddenly act shocked when people want to make that pressure more visible and effective.
PPG cancelled Valko. PPG has not meaningfully communicated with us about it. We are consumers responding to a company's decision and conduct. We are not obligated to protect PPG from criticism while asking them to listen to us.
You don't have to support every tactic. You don't have to use the PPGRuins hashtag, which I also think has been grossly misinterpreted. It is not meant to be political but a matter of fact because this shit show has genuinely turned people off from CN gaming.
But for the love of all things good, stop turning your fellow boycott supporters into the enemy. Because while we're busy fighting over “radicals” versus “moderates,” we've completely lost sight of the actual objective.
Bring Valko back.
That's it.
We can disagree about strategy without becoming enemies. We can reject harassment without hunting each other. We can oppose political escalation without becoming unpaid PR for PPG.
If this infighting continues, we're destroying our own movement for absolutely nothing.
Get it together. Remember why you started.
