Recently, the community of the classic browser game 'Seer' has erupted in fury, focusing on one of the lead designers, Chen Pengxu (derisively called 'Designer Xu'). The spark was the release of the September PVP reward spirit, 'Jiuqing,' which featured disturbing personal messages.
Players discovered that the spirit's skill names were engineered to spell out 'Qing, Happy Birthday.' The stats—including the skill power, accuracy, and PP (Power Points)—were all tuned to numbers sounding like 'forever' (jiu) in Chinese. He even plagiarized skill names from other characters. Players feel the game has been weaponized as a tool for his private romantic drama.
This incident is just the tip of the iceberg. Players have long criticized 'Designer Xu' for his lackluster design philosophy, where character mechanics are convoluted and pointless. He often makes changes purely for the sake of 'innovation,' which veterans claim are just messy, unpolished 'sew-ups' of older content.
In terms of PVE, his strategy is criticized as the 'carrot and stick' approach: releasing powerful characters while simultaneously spiking quest difficulty to near-impossible levels. Guides are becoming nearly impossible to write because the developer ignores balanced design in favor of artificially inflating stats, giving bosses unfair advantages like guaranteed critical hits.
Beyond the game, his public behavior has been highly toxic. He has a history of talking down to players and criticizing colleagues on social media. Rumors also suggest the woman he was confessing to was involved in a complex catfishing or multi-dating scandal. Players sarcastically note that he is running the game as if it were his own private server.
In the comments, players are mourning the state of the game, with one joking about a character named Gaia (whose partner Muse was appropriated by the designer as part of his handle), while others lament that the PVE experience has become essentially unplayable for those relying on community guides.
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