One designer turned every character into an unstoppable god-tier carry. The other slaps together soulless template kits with garbage numbers. When the old and new game designers of 300 Heroes faced off on a livestream, the drama was far more entertaining than the game itself.
The two protagonists: Veteran designer 'Futu' (浮屠), who was active around 2016-2019 and became infamous for designing characters like 'Tanjiro' (the Demon Slayer crossover hero) who could literally 1v7. His kit designs had genuinely creative mechanics, but the meta under his watch was basically full P2W — every reworked character would dominate the arena. Meanwhile, the current designer 'Chao Di' (超弟), often called 'Chao Ge' in streams, actually has deeper roots in the company. Community members corrected the original poster: Chao Di joined in 2014 when the game was on life support, and was the ONLY designer who didn't bail. Futu, despite being called the 'old designer,' didn't actually join until 2019.
Under Chao Di's watch, three new characters were released — all of which players describe as 'completely unplayable if you nerf even one stat.' Weekly PvP patches feel like a slow boiling frog. Livestream engagement content has gotten increasingly cringe, and there are even rumors of workplace bullying against another planner on the team. Futu's era was chaos, but at least it was entertaining chaos — players loved watching 'new gods ascend while old gods fall' every patch. Chao Di's era? A stagnant swamp.
The livestream confrontation happened when Futu showed up in Chao Di's stream, invited by viewers, and started spamming Super Chats (paid highlighted messages) to roast the new designer in real time. While some suspect it was staged, Chao Di's facial expressions and the raw content of those SCs suggest otherwise — if this was acting, the man deserves an Oscar.
The top-voted comment delivered the classic 'both sides are trash' verdict: 'Neither of these guys is good. Futu's designs had zero sense of balance — all flashy mechanics, no numbers. His reworked characters were textbook examples of designing for cool factor without considering game health. They're just two dogs biting each other.' Another player added: 'These two are polar opposites — Futu made overloaded gods with every CC and mobility tool imaginable, while Chao Chao makes template-skill mashups with braindead numbers.' (Note: '超处' is a derogatory pun on Chao Di's name.)
But the wildest revelation came from the comment section digging up 300 Heroes' hidden legacy as the 'Huangpu Military Academy of Chinese anime gaming' (Huangpu being China's legendary military academy that produced countless future generals). The woman who ran 300 Heroes' marketing later led marketing for Onmyoji (阴阳师). One of her subordinates went to miHoYo and became the lead narrative designer for Honkai: Star Rail. Another ex-300 employee left for a new studio alongside a former colleague from Genshin Impact's team. Players joked that having 300 Heroes on your resume is now a 'debuff,' but the reality is this janky game produced an impressive pipeline of industry talent.
As for why the game is still alive? The answer: Battleground mode (战场), the PvP whale playground. One player revealed that a new whale recently dumped over 800,000 RMB (~$110K USD) into the mode, with 400,000 RMB going to custom gear alone. For a game that struggles to attract new players, these mega-spenders are basically keeping the lights on.
Interestingly, despite the overwhelming hate for Chao Di, some returning players say the current experience isn't that bad — free skins, discount coupons that essentially make items free, and the blessing of solo queue never matching against 3-stacks. Compared to the 'season 45 dominance era' under Futu where Tanjiro could literally 1v7 your entire team, at least the current meta is tolerable. That said, the fact that this game is still running at all is, frankly, a miracle.
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