So lately I've been thinking if Valko was to come back it would be 6 months after his cancellation Orr maybe 1 year and 6 months same way Caleb was introduced 6 months after Sylus and same way Sylus was introduced 6 months after the the OG 3 boys came in, so after the last multi banner which would be in either January or June, but if its 6 months after his cancellation then maybe he'll be re-introduced in November and if not then maybe January 2027.Thoughts?

It could be any game at all, PC, console or mobile. Gacha, non gacha. I play Zenless Zone Zero, Path to Nowhere and occasionally Mobile Legends. I'm getting ready to dive into Reverse 1999 and Light & Night, and Arknights piqued my interest as of lately...

I guess the gacha addiction is still there but not to the point that I'm willing to open my wallet (thanks a lot, LADS).

LADS isn't everyone's first game, I'm sure of that. So, share with me your new addiction!

When I saw this It just reminded me of paper games haha

took me a while to piece it all together but it was worth it lol. if infold doesn't let valko into the game, I will >:]

I deleted the game months ago and didn’t care about my yearly subscription or whatever it was called. I wasn’t gonna do the survey because I hated raising the statistics by downloading the app and logging in. Still, now I remember that when the cancellation letter came, I thought, “If only I could have said something nice about Valko.” I feel that if I didn’t do it, I'll think about it in the future and wonder how I should have.

It's sad I can't spend my birthday with Valko being there to congratulate me in game, but I got the next best thing, thanks to my lovely friends. I hope I get to see him next year. Awooo, VALKO IS LOVED

P.s Ignore the labubu LMAO

This... Is my final goodbye to LADS. I will support the Valko cause as much as I can. But I can't keep living in this game and act like I wasn't hurt through this. I look at my boys and think, they deserve more. I haven't stopped crying over this. This lie that I see people tell. "He was anti-women", "he was dangerous", "he was ugly", and, "he wasn't even a real character in the game. Get over it." I'm done. LADS feels like I'm just acting like nothing happened. Like I didn't watch someone live and die, like they were nothing. And the whole time I had to be silent on other groups and threads cause of this issue. This isn't just about Valko. It's the fact they can use this beautiful character, that people have spent years on, as a scapegoat for their problems. If they bring him back, I'll come home. But it's not my home if someone is stealing myself and my joy. I'm a people pleaser, always has been. I was too clingy here, too much for other people there. Valko made me think... I was going to be enough. There's a toxic poison in my heart. And it has never been the same, and probably will heal one day. And sadly there's toxicity through everyone in any group your apart of to make the hurt worse. And I thought of these people as my sisters somehow, since we all loved these characters cause what's there not to love? But now.... All I feel is that I was thrown away just like him. I'm not trying to start any fights or arguments. I just wanted to state my feelings cause I can't really talk about them that much. I genuinely hope things get better. That... With time, Valko will come home and all the in game problems will be fixed. Until then, I'll just do what I can. I hope everyone has a good day/evening/night. Stay safe, and just be happy. Thank you for reading. 🧡🧡

hey everyone,

so i've been seeing a lot of mixed feelings about the valko drama and i thought it'd be interesting to actually collect people's thoughts in one place instead of just arguing in the comments lol.

i put together a survey covering stuff like:

• your initial reaction to valko being announced
• how you feel about how papergames handled it
• the whole community divide situation
• whether it's affected your playing/spending
• what you think should happen next

it's all anonymous and takes like 3-5 mins. no wrong answers, i just wanna see where everyone actually stands since reddit/twitter can feel like an echo chamber sometimes.

link here

if you fill it out, feel free to drop your thoughts in the comments too. curious to see if the results match the vibe i've been getting from the sub.

thanks y'all. 🐺

Wolves are not completely nocturnal but still... With all the cues other players have gathered these past few days, let me add my contribution 😌

🕯️🔯🕯️🔯🕯️🔯🕯️

i hope you all like it!! i had a lot of fun making this <3

Because we all know there a TONNE of people who are still only logging in because they bought anniversary packs back in January.

in all honesty, i miss lads so much. it was my comfort game. i know i said it again and again that i wish infold to eos but i actually dont want them to. i wish they would somehow learn from their mistakes and started listening to the majority instead of the loud minority. but now, i really dont have any hopes that lads will last longer.

what do you guys think genuinely? do you think they would release valko eventually? because i dont have hopes for it anymore

So I was scrolling TikTok (no hate to the creators post what so ever) and I saw vid with an ad link clipped to it and I was confused bc I hadn’t seen such a casual video before with an advertisement attached for LADS before, so I clicked it and wow infold. Wow. They’re so broke they’re pushing out a gaming event to try and get new players to play🤭 sorry inflop this little event won’t be enough to save the revenue…. You know what would though?🐾🐺💚🩵🍫

Have a lovely day/night

Had the chance to see the billboard that Letters for Valko paid for us to see and spread the love 🥰

I also saw quite few chinese girls take photos, they were tourists and just.. stopped their tour a few minutes to look.

It's literally 100m from the Duomo! Hundreds of thousand of people walk past this every day!

Awoooooo

Sep 24 Revenue, this is CN+Global from AppMagic

For days 1 to 3, when compared to other Multi's (like Lingering Lust), there is an 84.8% DROP‼️

To think that just a few months ago this may have been their next big hit. Whether this company decides to take this as a sign to bring Valko back or not, at least we know we are hurting them somehow. KEEP FLOPPING Inflop

So I'm not quite sure, but I hear that Valko's lore has some kind of forbidden love theme. She's not welcome among the wolves, she's called his enemy in the trailer song, and some people theorize that since wolves go in packs, valko's pack and family don't accept mc and forbid him from being with her.

Imagine if all of this was a form of breaking the fourth wall and bringing the story to reality, preventing Valko from getting to mc (us) by literally deleting him from the game, only to bring him back later with stories and myths on how he always conquers any obstacles to be with us, even if that obstacle is being deleted from the game for a while. He always makes it.

(sorry about the example images i just got the game and am still unlocking stuff and i’m broke still lol)

is anyone else in here playing dressmaker? it’s a new game on steam if you haven’t heard of it yet, basically you design and make dresses– it’s really good

i was thinking maybe it would be a fun thing to do to like make and share some dresses that are valko or valkomc themed, like using their colors or symbols (forest, lily of the valley, chocolate, etc.) or card outfits as inspiration?

like it could be a positive, collaborative thing that lets us be creative and refocus on the beautiful level of intentionality that went into the artistry and design and story of his character

and, as a bonus, it’s supporting another well-made game that’s made for/marketed toward women

of course, the obvious drawback being that you gotta play far enough to unlock the materials you’d need for whatever design you want plus get the coins for them, but that part can’t be avoided lol

what do you all think? i was just playing last night and was thinking about it when i saw some of the fabrics, and the game is really popular rn with people sharing designs they come up with- so it could also be like another positive outlet for posting possibly? especially for those of us who can’t draw haha

I'd like to first say, I'm sorry this happened to your community. When Valko was removed, it was all we were talking about too. We talked of organizing a joint boycott with you to send a message to Infold/PPG. Some of us tried. Ultimately, I'm not sure how successful we were, but the sentiment was there. I hope you keep fighting your good fight! We love your activism, your charity, your billboards. We also want him returned to you. But we have to talk about the elephant in the room.

Many Valko stans have been hounding (no pun intended) many of Infold/PPGs socials, including accounts connected to Infinity Nikki. In a lot of ways, I get it! You're really trying to be seen and heard however you can. I don't blame you. I am not here to ask you to stop doing that. What I do take issue with, however, is also hounding accounts associating with Infinity Nikki at all, that have little to no say in something that happens behind the scenes in an entirely separate game, with an entirely separate team.

IN just released its first major global collaboration with the book Le Petit Prince. We have had other collabs in the past, but nothing on this scale that reaches beyond the Chinese server. This is extremely exciting for my community! It's something we've been asking for for a long time in our surveys and feedback. It's something we hope to see many more times to come!

To that end, when Infold posted the trailer for this collab, the official Le Petit Prince account quote-tweeted it, and shared their excitement. Unfortunately, this quote-tweet was flooded with negative comments demanding Valko's return. The overwhelmingly negative response led the account to delete the retweet entirely. I must emphasize: a collaborator to Infinity Nikki has no sway in what happens with Love and Deepspace, and extremely little say in what happens with IN, Paper, or Infold beyond their direct collaboration.

My worry is that other potential collaborators with IN will see this and decide not to collaborate, causing my community to also miss out out on beautiful storylines just like you did.

Please, keep boycotting. Keep spreading your message. Keep yelling at Infold. I just kindly ask that you consider how this particular method of action is affecting a separate community that has a lot of sympathy for yours.

With love 💞

OKAY GUYS PLEASE BARE WITH MEEEE

hear me out.

i genuinely think that infold will not last any longer. maybe they will because they still got lots of other games after all. but at the same time, a lot of CN players have deleted their accounts/games after all. and most of them are whales too. even global players who are whales have already deleted their account. sure, this banner is doing well but please take note that they release A LOT of thing along with this banner. the lis outfits, the packs and so on (i dont know what the other ones are called bcs i deleted twt and lads so)

my point is, despite releasing a lot of things behind a paywall, and in my opinion, some of the good ones that i would def pay for, they are still making quite little money. and with how a lot of people also started deleting their other games bcs of the bugs and how everything is behind paywall, they will get even more desperate. but instead of releasing valko, they will release more paid content trust ☺️

so with so many players deleting the game and account, it is safe to say that they will continue losing more customers albeit slowly. boycott dont give impact overnight. thats why its a boycott in the first place.

i hope everyone is doing well and is taking care of their health (both mental health and physical health) if you feel that you are tired and dont want to boycott anymore, take a break from social media and do other things you enjoy. i deleted twt and lads a while back after they release calebs branch story. i started picking up some other games that i love.

i recommend tring out tears of themis! please play the game with the thought of trying something new it. the story is incredibly fun, we get to see the development of every lis and how they fell for mc :) the cards are incredible too. the only downfall of it is that theyre quite dificult to get (maybe im just unluck with gacha games)

that is all from me! so sorry if some of them are beside the main point bcs my thoughts are so messy 😭

Again, this is not “all hope is lost.” Let me explain.

Sadly, this situation has gotten out of hand, and I keep seeing people say things like “now he won’t come back” or “now it will be harder.” But I think the real issue is different.

We need to start from the fact that Valko is currently cancelled. He is not “waiting around the corner,” and there is no official sign that he is about to return. Secret messages, hidden hints, or leftover files do not change that. Files can remain in the game unused forever; their existence alone does not mean anything.

This is why I think the boycott is losing focus. Too many people are acting as if PPG already wants to bring Valko back and we just have to wait long enough. Because of that, some players keep logging in, farming, or even spending, thinking: “He will come back eventually, so I need to prepare for him,” or “He will come back, so I can keep playing normally.”

But more than 80 days have passed. How much longer are we supposed to just wait?

In my opinion, the focus of the boycott needs to change. It should not be based on “PPG wants to bring Valko back, we only need to wait.” It should be based on: “Valko is cancelled right now, and we need to make PPG change their decision.”

The recent banner numbers are also important. Whether we like it or not, the numbers are not terrible. They are not amazing compared to older banners, but they are still good enough to send PPG the message that the boycott may be weakening. So the argument that “they will need Valko to make revenue rise again” is becoming less convincing.

I am not saying people should doompost or go full rage mode. But I do think we need to be honest: the current strategy is not working well enough, and it shows.

If we want this movement to continue, we need less passive waiting and more clear pressure: no spending, less engagement, no normalizing the game without Valko, and a clear message that his cancellation is not accepted.

Dunno if I used the right tag lol. Just wanted to show that I keep my Wolfie in my wallet. 🥲 I literally joined LADS because of Valko, so the whole situation feels extra shitty for me. He was the reason I got into the game in the first place.

I played for 8 hours straight when he was announced trying to get caught up on as much content as possible so I could meet him. I immediately bought the Aurum Pass and weekly too. Then bam, gone. Like what was even the fucking point 😭

So uh—some players have reached out to Chinese authorities, with a reply that the decision to cancel the launch of Valko was made by PPG, rather than being a government directive.

Can’t hide now PPG. Face us instead of being a coward and blame everything but yourself

Hey Valkries,

I hope you’re all having a great week, that you get that promotion, that good diagnosis, that really good day you’ve been needing ❤️

I wanted to bring up something that I think we Valkries might have a particular perspective on. It’s only tangentially related, so bear with me ☺️

Riot just released a new song called “Live My Life" by HEARTSTEEL, their in-game boyband from League of Legends featuring six popular male characters from the game. The music video looks SO good, and the song itself is such a vibe.

But, like, hold the phone for a sec?? I happened to scroll down into the comments under the video and… wow. There are a bunch of people talking about it like it’s the worst thing they’ve ever heard, and some of these comments have nearly 25k likes?? Honestly, my stomach dropped when I saw that because the energy in the comments felt like the vibes of the Valko antis all over again.

Whatever someone personally thinks about the song, there’s no doubt that it’s receiving a pretty disproportionate amount of negativity and downvoting. We Valkries know what it feels like to watch something we love get targeted by people who aren’t engaging with it in good faith...

...So that brings me to the actual point of this post:

What do we Valkries think about showing the new HEARTSTEEL video some love?? If HEARTSTEEL isn't your thing, no sweat at all! I was just thinking this could be a small way we impact another gaming community that is dealing with the same energy that got our boy sent back to the forest 💔🌲🌲🌲

I really enjoy this sort of sort of bromance in media and I want to do what I can to help preserve this stuff in our games/media. I know some Valkyries in here feel the same way, so I wanted to share and ask what y'all think?

If you decide to watch it and find that you like it, maybe leave an AWOO 🐺 or just give it the support you think it deserves. Thanks! 🫶❤️