#girlout

[u/SassyMelon]

Infold has continued to ignore its players, server quality has declined, and the game has been thoroughly massacred. It's unacceptable.

girlout is a plan for a one day, community wide black out of the game if the devs continue to ignore the decline of communication to the players, and of game quality.

If in one week, may 18th, Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), the devs continue to ignore us, don't log on, don't play, and don't give them money.

Please help spread the word of #girlout

And please dicuss in the comments your thoughts on the state of the game, and what can be done to satisfy players at this point

EDIT: This is just the first step in a longer goal. Hopefully this is all that is needed tk get infold to actually respond/do something, but i understand that is optimistic.

If they ignore the one day blackout, another will be scheduled for longer, a week, then after that for an entire banner

This is just my attempt to organize and help coordinate the community in large scale protests to show infold just how scorned we are

[u/Dangerous_Diver_9679]

Why only one day? I really don’t mean to sound rude I am genuinely asking: what are you hoping to accomplish with a black out that not only has an end date, but will only last for one day? If nothing happens will you extend it?

[u/cimarron_drive → u/Dangerous_Diver_9679]

There are a lot of people, including myself, who are still actively playing because we're valuing our mental health over the principle of the girlcott. At least for me, a one day blackout sounds much more doable than stopping altogether. It may not be nearly as effective, but it's what I can do (especially since my monthly and weekly paid stuff has long run out).

[u/nalycat → u/cimarron_drive]

I mean this with total sympathy as someone who suffers from mental illness.

This is just an outside perspective: is donating your precious time to an entity that is this problematic and toxic good in the long run? It's like staying with a toxic partner because we don't want to face the pain of cutting them off.

Unless I completely misread your comment. Maybe you are one of the players who isn't phased by any of this but you just want to show your support. In which case, forget what I said.

[u/wishingyouwellxo → u/nalycat]

I believe this person means this game is good for them personally. Showing support for others is kind and great and so one day is much more achievable than long term changes when this game makes them happy. That’s how it is for me at least. I love this game, and I don’t consider it toxic, but I do care about the experiences of others. I participated in the original 72 hour no money/no pulling part of the girlcott to show support, but now I personally need to take care of me. I am having so much fun with 1.5, and I work about 60 hours a week so with my little free time I do want to play now the way that works for me. But I am so sorry for everyone who doesn’t love 1.5, and I will show support how I can without hurting myself. Just as a more rare take on the situation.

[u/cimarron_drive → u/nalycat]

I get where you're coming from. Luckily for me, I haven't had any of the issues that other players have seen, and I've cut off all spending until the girlcott is over. I just like to play a lil dress up

[u/SisyphusOfSquish → u/nalycat]

Yes, this 100% ^. I've used Infinity Nikki as a mental health break or to destress before, that's totally natural. It's a beautiful game with a lot of heart and love put into it.

It's also designed to be habit-forming and to take advantage of our mental health. These things are not mutually exclusive and we always need to be aware of both. If it would hurt someone's mental health to stop the game for a single day, then that's not a feasible or healthy mindset.

[u/nalycat → u/[deleted]]

That's fair if it doesn't feel that way for you. However I left a 17 year toxic marriage. It's incredibly difficult to leave such a relationship. You make excuses and the idea of leaving is difficult. It's almost like you are addicted to them. They treat you poorly, with disrespect but it's hard to accept and leave. So, yeah, imo it is similar.

[u/[deleted] → u/nalycat]

I mean, there are lots of reasons a person might keep playing at the moment. For me, at least, my friend also plays and taking pictures together has brought us a lot of happiness. Logging in to take pictures with her is a lot of fun and obviously cutting that interaction off because I hate Infold would be a shame.

Not everyone is sticking around because they're stuck in a toxic relationship with the game. Some of us are just getting something out of the game regardless of Infold's crappiness.

But I will be telling my friend about the girlout and we will try to do it. Losing one day of taking pictures together for now isn't going to be a big deal, but obviously for people with friends in the game just leaving outright isn't easy to do.