Monsters Are Coming
Chapter 78 - 70 Forum War (Third Update)_2

Chapter 78: Chapter 70 Forum War (Third Update)_2

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Under the relentless bombardment in the comment section, Dong Wei’s hand holding the water cup was trembling with anger.

The mob attacking him online didn’t use a single swear word in their replies, but the words were enough to make his blood pressure surge.

Even though he was speaking the truth, it was useless in front of these netizens who twisted facts and reason.

It felt like punching into cotton; he had the strength but nowhere to release it, and explanations were simply futile.

After a brief silence, he got up and walked toward the gaming pod.

Since the online mob chose to attack him with their numbers, he decided to retaliate in the same way.

Before making the post, he had discussed these issues with many players on the in-game forum, and they all agreed with him.

Now he decided to seek help from the in-game forum.

An hour later.

In the real world, on the Human Race Ascension Forum.

The number of replies to Dong Wei’s post kept soaring, with a large number of players who bought Dark Land joining the battlefield.

Players like Li Zheng were met with bombardment of replies.

Replies were filled with terms like "dumb dog," "Moon Eclipse People," "twisting black and white," "loyal dogs defending their master," and so on.

These replies also deeply agitated Li Zheng and others.

Liver Emperor Chat Group:

Game Working Party: Seriously, are we cutting him too much slack? He keeps denying the rumors we accuse him of spreading, and when cornered, he brings in paid shuijun to attack us. It’s infuriating.

Chi Tu: The online spread of rumors these days is insane. Totally fabricated posts are getting so much support, and they have people following the trend and cursing us. If what they said was true, I’d have kept silent, stood at attention, and accepted the scolding, but the problem is we’re telling the truth, and these idiot netizens are standing against us.

Zero Charge: The most ridiculous part is there’re a lot of voices saying that the "birth certificate" statement is correct. They claim to have bought the game and personally experienced the issues mentioned in the post, and that indeed they affect the in-game experience... I feel that all of these statements are from shuijun bought by the original poster.

Family Shared Godfather: Yeah, we players who’ve truly experienced the game know if it’s good or not. The main issue is that Moon Eclipse Clan released too few game access qualifications, leading to numerous Backseat Drivers online. Whatever anyone says, they take it as true, which is utterly brainless.

Fun without paying: Let’s shake up the in-game forum for help; I’m furious. I’ve received over 200 replies tagging me, and they’re incredibly offensive. I can’t swallow this anger.

Game Working Party: Let’s go, shake up the in-game forum for support. The players there are genuine, just like us - they love Dark Land as much as we do, and there definitely will be players who’ll speak up for us.

minutes later, a new post appeared on the Monster World in-game forum.

The poster was Li Zheng, as one of the first batch of players, he had posted many newbie guides and gained a lot of players’ attention.

His post received a flood of replies from players in a short time.

[I have to tell you all about something infuriating, I’ve been cyberbullied...]

Poster: Game Working Party.

Content: It all started when I was browsing the Human Race Ascension Forum - Dark Land section and saw a post. The poster smeared and spread rumors about the game experience in Dark Land, mentioning feedback systems, modeling details, scene bugs, and a series of issues.

We, brothers in the forum, are players who have truly experienced the game, so naturally, we know these statements are made up, simply fabricated to smear the game, and not a single one is true. Out of anger, I, along with a few brothers, kindly greeted the original poster, but who would have thought that the other party would actually pay for shuijun and even got a large number of players who hadn’t even bought the game to reply along...

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Dark Night Will Come: Just hearing about this makes me angry, logging off to give brother Brick a hand.

Dark Lands is really fun: After reading the post, my fists are clenched. How dare they say that Dark Lands isn’t a groundbreaking game in the description? That’s outright bullshit. I’m going offline to fight this battle!

Explorer: Although the game has given me my share of painful experiences, there’s no denying it offers absolute freedom. That this is used as a smear point is pure nonsense. I’m applying to join the fight.

Vosni Butterfly: Bro, sell me some more sacrificial power, I haven’t seen you selling in days. What happened to the Game Working Party routine? Why switch to the path of a power player? But I support you on this one, I’ll get the guild brothers to join the battle right away.

The post by Li Zheng is gaining heat rapidly, with more and more players applying to join the battle and going offline to participate in the Human Race Ascension forum.

The post by Dong Wei has become the battleground for a war of words between players from both sides.

The popularity of the post is skyrocketing and it’s quickly been pinned to the top of the forum’s hot discussion area.

This also drew more onlookers to join in.

Many players who haven’t bought the game find themselves confused after seeing the arguments from both sides.

Fishing Man’s Tranquil Life: Your points left me baffled, how can players of the same game have such polar opinions? Although each player’s gaming experience is unique, your differing points seem too divergent. One side talks about lag, while the other insists there’s no lag at all. These are all direct experiential topics, how can there be such discrepancies? It makes me suspect that one side is just a bunch of Backseat Drivers.

Artificial Idiocy: Tsk tsk, watching all the way down, the mutual roasting is truly splendid. It’s like a return to Ancient Times, where the art of language is elevated in this post. Love it, keep fighting, you’ve got to decide a winner (GoForIt.jpg).

Sunflower: I’m dying of laughter here. If your points of contention were about the gameplay being good or bad, I could understand. After all, what’s fun for some players may not suit others. But the fact that you are arguing about game optimization is ridiculous. Is there really any need to debate this? Isn’t it instantly obvious?

Vosni Butterfly replied to Sunflower: Exactly! If they were bashing the gameplay, I wouldn’t even bother retorting - different strokes for different folks, and everyone has their taste. There can be disagreements. But what they’re attacking is something that can be clearly seen as true or false – spreading rumors and slander is despicable.

Dark Hunter replied to Vosni Butterfly: I noticed this post because it was pinned at the top, and I’m not a fan of either side. As a player who was in the second batch to get the game, I stand for the truth – and I think there are issues for sure. Even suspect you might be Backseat Drivers. No one who actually played the game would say this. The game is good, but there are optimization issues, yet you keep making excuses. Disgusting.

Beaver? replied to Dark Hunter: Who’s disgusting? Stop your backpedaling! You are just a shill from the other side. Claiming to be in the second batch that got the game? Anyone who truly played the game wouldn’t say such disgusting things.

Brighter than the Sun replied to Beaver?: Backseat Drivers, stop causing trouble. Are you really trying so hard just for a few bucks?

Divine Wings replied to Brighter than the Sun: (BankBalance.jpg) Take this and check if it’s a real image. Now let me ask you, how much are you getting paid to talk nonsense?

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The intensity of the comments section keeps growing over time, pulling in more and more players into the battlefield.

From initially attacking each other’s smear tactics and slander, it escalates to personal insults and ends up with players flashing their bank balances to prove their worth, each side convinced the other is a bunch of hired shuijun.

The fierce exchange attracted official attention from the forum.

The mutual bashing between pirated and genuine game players came to an end at 1 AM.

The thread that reached a hundred thousand replies was banned and deleted by the Humans Rise Forum officials, silencing all players who posted in it for 24 hours.

But neither side admitted defeat, still firmly believing the other was shuijun, not real players.

After all, it was an immediately discernible issue, yet the other side kept twisting the truth – what else could it be if not the work of shuijun?

The only thing that puzzled both sides was where such a large and seemingly powerful group of shuijun could have come from.

This became apparent when they later flaunted bank card balances and property deeds.

These images, after AI verification, were confirmed as not Photoshopped and genuine.

After returning to Dark Lands and Monster World, players from both sides continued discussing the matter in their respective in-game forums.

But on their own turf, their viewpoints were validated by other players of the same game, with no voices of opposition emerging.

Thus, the first dramatic battle between the two groups of players came to an end.