Imagine getting fired from your gacha game job, and instead of reflecting on what went wrong, you call in your dad to storm the office and even get the police involved. That's apparently exactly what happened with a former female writer at the studio behind Tower of Fantasy (幻塔), and the gaming community has been feasting on this drama ever since.
According to the original post on NGA, after the writer was let go, her father reportedly showed up at the company's office to throw a tantrum, even going so far as to call the police. But the whole spectacle ended up being a nothingburger — as one commenter put it, she ultimately just 'packed her bags and left in embarrassment.' Another commenter roasted the situation bluntly: 'You're a working adult who got fired, and you still need daddy to fight your battles? Peak manchild (巨婴) behavior.'
So why was she fired in the first place? The original poster claims she was caught 'smuggling personal messaging' (夹带私货) into the game's dialogue — essentially inserting her own ideological content where it didn't belong. One user claiming insider knowledge said Tower of Fantasy does have QA (quality assurance) processes in place, and that the issues were caught, traced back to her, and the dialogue was rewritten. Before being fired, she had posted a video on Bilibili complaining about management piling on extra work and unfair treatment.
But here's where the community really piled on. Netizens dug into the efficiency numbers she herself shared in her videos, and the results were devastating: she reportedly wrote only about 100 to 130 lines of dialogue per day. Users did the math — a batch of 480 lines barely cracks 10,000 characters, with an average of roughly 20 characters per line. As one commenter snarked: 'Even amateur web novel writers who come home from their day jobs and do a late-night triple update write more than this. So this is how easy it is to coast as a game writer?'
The efficiency data, combined with references in her videos to team outings and holidays, didn't sit well with players who felt the numbers didn't add up. A highly upvoted reply summed it up: 'A hundred lines a day? You couldn't even survive as a WeChat public account operator with that output. And after getting fired, you have the audacity to send your family to cause a scene at the office?' Others called her a 'salary thief' (工资小偷) whose presence was an insult to every hardworking colleague.
She later posted a second video on Bilibili using the trendy cat-meme format, and the comments were full of supportive messages like 'You go girl' and 'Your dad is such a reliable king.' NGA users immediately suspected coordinated brigading (团建式控评 — a phenomenon where organized groups flood comment sections to push a narrative). Some commenters under her video did raise points about workplace conditions and fighting corporate exploitation, which she reportedly endorsed wholeheartedly.
One attempted defense came from a user who argued that management was overloading writers with extra tasks, and that people shouldn't just listen to one side. This was quickly shut down by others: 'If you're unhappy with your job, resign — that's your legal right. But sneaking personal content into the product, getting caught and fired, having your parents storm the office, then airing it all online while basically naming the company — that's a completely different matter.' Another user piled on: 'What do you want, to only write 50 lines a day and get overtime pay for anything beyond that? Why not just lie down and collect a paycheck for free?'
Some commenters also pointed out a harsh reality check: the Chinese gaming industry is a small world, and a stunt like this likely earns you a permanent spot on industry blacklists. 'How did HR even hire this person in the first place?' one user wondered. Another sighed: 'Even with all these cases, gacha game companies still seem to love hiring people like this who bring nothing but trouble.'
As of now, the writer has officially left the company. The community consensus seems firmly against her, with many feeling this whole episode actually undermined legitimate workplace grievance narratives. Tower of Fantasy's developer has made no official public statement regarding the incident.
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