Girls' Frontline 2 Dev's Tieba Account ID Exposed as 'PaperClip' — Community in Uproar, Mods Scramble to Delete Posts

An account belonging to a Girls' Frontline 2 developer was discovered to have an ID linked to 'PaperClip' — and the news exploded across every major gaming community in China, making it one of the most entertaining gaming gossip stories of early 2024.

The drama kicked off when the game's producer, known as '阿翀' (A-Chong / Yu Zhong), was exposed for a major hidden controversy. As the news spread like wildfire across communities on NGA, Tieba (Baidu's forum platform) and beyond, the game's moderation team leapt into damage-control mode — mass-deleting posts on the Girls' Frontline 2 Tieba. Frustrated players tried to report the head moderator, but something strange happened: the system said 'this person is not the moderator.'

It turned out that Tieba's display name and the actual registered ID are two different things. So what was this official account's real ID? The answer:

The official's real Tieba username was '两面针' (Two-sided Needle — also a Chinese toothpaste brand). This wasn't some label slapped on by angry players — they chose this ID themselves. The connection that made this explosive? China's well-known science education channel 'PaperClip' (回形针) had been previously exposed for deep ties to anti-China foreign forces. Its former script editor Nie Tongyu was found to be working at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (a sibling institution to Fort Detrick), while another editor Ji Wenyi repeatedly posted anti-China content on foreign social media. An ID echoing 'PaperClip' on the account of an official game moderator raised very uncomfortable questions.

The comment section went absolutely wild. One user remarked 'Birds of a feather flock together — some things never change.' Another joked 'I can't even keep up with the updates — the story's changed five or six times in an hour.' Some dug up the old 'Bailong's compressed file' meme, quipping 'No wonder Dragon-bro never extracted it — turns out he didn't dare.'

One player laid it all out: 'You picked THAT name — I didn't want to make the connection, but given everything about this game: the in-game writing, the questionable book models, the insane takes from your die-hard fans — you're basically forcing me to make that connection.'

Others delivered even sharper takes: 'Case closed — turns out it wasn't Tencent who invested, it was an NGO.' 'Who said you're allowed to eat meat, eggs, and milk? Back to eating potato flowers for all of you!' — a darkly sarcastic jab echoing the PaperClip controversy.

As of now, the GF2 moderation team is still furiously deleting posts and trying to suppress the story across platforms — but the gossip is spreading too fast. From in-game writing controversies to a string of bizarre decisions, and now this ID exposure, players are saying 'it all makes sense now.' As for what comes next — this drama is far from over.