Talks about otome games, drama cds, and occasionally provides advice? Running away endlessly from my backlog of hobbies.

Ilinox

It's extremely tempting to be like "Screw them all" but, unfortunately, it's complicated and there's no such thing as ethical consumerism blah blah. I can sympathize because I wouldn't be happy being grouped with the extremists in the Light and Night community either (I'm eternally rolling my eyes at the petty fights there); however, at the same time, given how I talk about the game, spread content about the game, etc, it's impossible to separate myself completely from the community and I think that has to be acknowledged.

At this point in time, I've noticed a lot of people in the Love and Deepspace community say they don't even play the game anymore and it's just the fan content keeping them there, which is exactly what contributes to their current state in my opinion. If everyone who was genuinely dissatisfied stopped talking about it and creating things, then people who are only half-heartedly into the game would also drop it because people like a "lively" community, and then potential change could happen with Papergames' management of the game or the community itself.

I don't think it's possible for someone in this case to have their cake and eat it too. They cannot enjoy the fruits of the community, retweeting giveaways, official content, fan content, etc, without also accepting that they contribute to the toxicity of the community by making the game relevant. As an individual, you have to come to terms with that yourself (just like in the case of "ethical consumerism" and trying to reduce one's harm as much as possible).

If you aren't an extremist and someone labels you as an extremist, that's a problem with them and their black and white worldview. It's like how I say that I dislike the community, but I don't dislike the individual (until given a reason). Everyone is equally complicit in my eyes and then they become less complicit when they show that they're reasonable people LOL.

It's extremely tempting to be like "Screw them all" but, unfortunately, it's complicated and there's no such thing as ethical consumerism blah blah. I can sympathize because I wouldn't be happy being grouped with the extremists in the Light and Night community either (I'm eternally rolling my eyes at the petty fights there); however, at the same time, given how I talk about the game, spread content about the game, etc, it's impossible to separate myself completely from the community and I think that has to be acknowledged.

At this point in time, I've noticed a lot of people in the Love and Deepspace community say they don't even play the game anymore and it's just the fan content keeping them there, which is exactly what contributes to their current state in my opinion. If everyone who was genuinely dissatisfied stopped talking about it and creating things, then people who are only half-heartedly into the game would also drop it because people like a "lively" community, and then potential change could happen with Papergames' management of the game or the community itself.

I don't think it's possible for someone in this case to have their cake and eat it too. They cannot enjoy the fruits of the community, retweeting giveaways, official content, fan content, etc, without also accepting that they contribute to the toxicity of the community by making the game relevant. As an individual, you have to come to terms with that yourself (just like in the case of "ethical consumerism" and trying to reduce one's harm as much as possible).

If you aren't an extremist and someone labels you as an extremist, that's a problem with them and their black and white worldview. It's like how I say that I dislike the community, but I don't dislike the individual (until given a reason). Everyone is equally complicit in my eyes and then they become less complicit when they show that they're reasonable people LOL.

the way u described the "convenient boogie monster" opened my eyes because i started to notice how a lot of ppl would "not claim" other players and sort of distance themselves from ladstwt. I understand where they might be coming from but its still so ridiculous. unless they don't post about the game at all, I'd probably still see them as part of the community. hell, just by actually playing the game my brain sees them as part of the group. i think that after everything that has happened with the playerbase, the game, and the company, its a bit hard to give the benefit of the doubt or justify why anyone would still be inside there somehow. parasocialism and sunk-cost fallacy i guess...

Ilinox

your "PG Brainrot" reply