Someone panicked — and panicked badly. A suspected 'whitewash' infographic was immediately dismantled piece by piece by NGA players until there was nothing left to defend.
The original poster shared a single image with the caption 'Someone's panicking, I won't say who,' alluding to the fact that GFL2's side (often personified by producer Yu Zhong in community parlance) had begun circulating a long-form image to conduct PR 'cleanup.' The so-called cleanup attempted to use illustrated explanations to quell a string of controversies, but the effort backfired spectacularly.
The comment section erupted instantly. One player called it out directly: 'They're buying shill armies to make whitewash infographics. Yu Zhong should think about groveling with some originality for once — most people respond to softness, not hardness. The harder you push, the more fun we have,' openly accusing the company of astroturfing.
The controversy centers on several key issues. First is the 'Handmaid's Tale' incident — previously, game assets were discovered to contain veiled references to the classic novel 'The Handmaid's Tale,' where the word 'Commander' was said to form a metaphor with the book's villain who forces women to bear children. The whitewash graphic tried to argue that 'the Commander has nothing to do with the player's Commander,' but a veteran repost commenter nailed it: 'The entire book is used here to satirize the Commander as a villain who forces women to reproduce against their will. The washers don't even dare spell this out clearly, and they put on this fake show of specifying who the Commander in the book refers to. Do you think people can't understand your kindergarten-level double entendre? That's practically an insult to everyone's intelligence.'
Next is the 'Great Wall Train' controversy — in-game elements were suspected of alluding to sensitive topics. The wash-post conspicuously avoided addressing the map and postal-service related sensitivities, but was caught equating 'missiles' with 'two major logistics services transporting nuclear materials.' Players mocked: 'Oh, so he can equate missiles with two logistics networks shipping nuclear material — truly hilarious.' Another warned bluntly: 'You're not washing it clean, you're making it worse — equating postal services with nuclear weapons. Someone's going to send this to the squid embassy as ammunition, and you'd better be scared.'
What enraged players even more was the dev team's operational conduct. Some exposed that the studio had been caught 'urgently and secretly modifying in-game assets in the middle of the night without even daring to post an announcement,' which netizens sarcastically called 'plenty of time to make propaganda posters, but not an ounce of energy to actually play the game.' Others quipped 'Monday's here, the community managers are back on the clock,' implying the PR response only kicked in after the weekend scandal had already fermented.
The quality of the wash-post itself also drew no mercy — 'This is so blurry, how is anyone supposed to read it,' 'Black background with dark red text, as if deliberately trying to prevent people from reading it.' One commenter summed it up: 'Couldn't even produce a decent press release overnight? That combat power is seriously underwhelming.' Another half-joked: 'Well, at least he tried to do some cleaning — give him a passing grade on work performance.'
Throughout the discussion, many players directed their frustration at the game's overall monetization strategy. Some posted revenue data screenshots implying the game was struggling financially, advising 'Top up a few more pulls — that's worth more than any PR spin.' Others escalated to criticizing the production team's overarching attitude: 'This is so typical of Chong — a textbook case of being oblivious and arrogant,' lamenting that 'anyone who's experienced MICA's current trio of comedies wouldn't want Y.M. to just keel over and die?'
As of this writing, the GFL2 team has made no formal response to this 'whitewash' debacle. Judging by the community's reaction, this firefighting attempt not only failed to quell the controversy but created a fresh scandal of its own — 'the more you wash, the dirtier it gets.' As one commenter put it with cutting wit: 'Sure, they can work overtime to change and produce all kinds of materials — they just won't look at the actual game feedback from the players. What a bunch of cyber Lin Xianer and cyber A Fei.' This PR catastrophe is far from its final act.
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