Right before its anniversary, Life Makeover's official account apparently waded into a political stance controversy — and then got accused of astroturfing. This soap opera has more plot twists than the game itself.
It all started on February 22nd. Someone submitted a post to a Papergames-affiliated anonymous gossip forum (commonly called 叠厕, "Papergames' Toilet"), claiming that Life Makeover's Singapore/Malaysia (SEA) server was just the defunct Taiwan server in disguise — their evidence? The SEA server uses Traditional Chinese characters. This was framed as a potential political stance issue for the game.
Life Makeover players caught wind of this and demanded an official response. On February 23rd at 2pm, the official account seemingly obliged.
But the drama was far from over. Another submission hit the gossip forum — this time accusing Life Makeover's devs of hiring shills to astroturf positive comments.
The comment section quickly swung into fact-checking mode. Players laid out the timeline: the Taiwan server had already shut down, and data migration to the SEA server had been ongoing for months. Upon entering the SEA server, players must confirm a "One China Principle" popup before they can play at all. One commenter even posted a screenshot of the in-game confirmation prompt, arguing this was clearly a server merger, not a resurrection.
Others pushed back further: the SEA server had explicitly re-listed on Apple and Google stores in the Hong Kong/Macau/Taiwan region, with the One China principle confirmation as a prerequisite. A highly upvoted reply (post #5) went off: "The Taiwan server shut down, data transferred to the SEA server — if they were the same server, why would migration take months? Can rumor-mongers just stop already?"
Post #8 offered a comprehensive summary of the whole saga: Papergames fans kicked off the political stance drama right before Life Makeover's anniversary. Players demanded the devs sue for defamation, so the official account teased a new gacha banner featuring a dragon that can switch between two forms — seen as both a peace offering to players and a subtle dig at the rumor-spreader. The commenter added: "Every time Papergames fans pull something like this, Life Makeover's CN server players get better content. And knowing Papergames players can't even dye their outfits pure black or pure white... honestly, kind of pitiful."
The comments also dug up Papergames' own controversies. Post #12 called out the hypocrisy: Papergames fans are so concerned about other games' political stance, but when will they explain their own game releasing kimono outfits on September 3rd (a sensitive date in China), re-running Japanese and Korean outfits right after Chinese New Year, and grouping Chinese/Japanese/Korean traditional clothing under one umbrella category?
Post #16 noted that Papergames itself has been publicly criticized before, yet here they are weaponizing political stance accusations against a competitor. The commenter also pointed out that a popular Papergames fan account that had earned over 100k RMB from engagement farming and cross-fandom drama had already fled the scene. Post #14 predicted: "I've got a feeling this is going to blow up. Let's see if there's more to come."
At its core, this drama boils down to a simple question: the Taiwan server is closed, data migrated to the SEA server, and players must confirm the One China Principle to even log in — given all that, does the "Taiwan server revival" claim hold any water? And what exactly was the motive behind Papergames fans launching this attack right before Life Makeover's anniversary? Make of it what you will.
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