<저니>, <스카이: 빛의 아이들>Genova Chen, CEO of The Game Company, a developer of (Sky), recently left a remark that it was’Chinese’ over Korea’s traditional hat’Gat’, which is creating controversy. It is the so-called’second Shining Nikki Incident’.
The controversy began in the eighth season’Dream Season’, which runs from January 4th to March 15th this year. That Game Company added’God’ among the new expressions that can be collected in the season. Daewoo, a hat that covers the head, and Taeyang, a shade that covers the face, and a strap It can be confirmed that he is a god without a loss.
God is through the Netflix drama’Kingdom’ It received attention from overseas viewers. Then Related search term’kingdom hat’As A lot of viewers showed interest, and through this It was widely known that it is a traditional Korean hat. At Amazon Several types of lamps were sold, including black ribs.
Traditional hat’God’ added to’Dream Season’ season (Image source: <스카이: 빛의 아이들> Overseas fandom)
However, the season will be added to the Chinese server, and Chinese users’ speculation over it began. They rebelled against the “Chinese costume” over the gad. They urged ThatGame Company, who did not comment on anything after the addition, to reveal that God is from China.
On the day of the controversy, Genova CEO Chen said on the morning of today (4th) on the backlash of Chinese users with Weibo.
“I sincerely apologize to all users who are disappointed with this hat change incident. It is clear that Chinese culture has affected the whole of Asia and the world,” he said. “The Ming Dynasty hat is a source of design inspiration.”
According to the above remarks, Genova CEO Chen has the same meaning as Chinese users’ opinion that’God is from China’. In addition, That Game Company added a description of’Hat of Ming Dynasty in China’ for the’God’ costume added in the game after the user’s protest. When interpreted, it means’the hat of the Ming Dynasty’.
On the controversy date, Genova CEO Chen posted a post on his Weibo channel stating that the opinions of Chinese users are the same.
In response to protests from Chinese users, the description of the Gat was also changed to the description of the’Ming Dynasty Hat’.
<스카이>This controversy of’Hanbok is a Chinese costume’ in November of last year, after the controversy announced the end of service in less than a day <샤이닝 니키> It is the same as the situation.
Then <샤이닝 니키> Developer Paper Games accepted the arguments of Chinese users that Chinese users said,’This costume is a costume of Korean clothes, and Korean-Chinese are one of the minority ethnic groups in China, so naturally, Chinese users’ claim. Of course, controversy arose, and the company caused the unprecedented situation that the service was terminated within a week of launch.
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The controversy did not end here. When Genova CEO Chen revealed his position with Weibo, Chinese users all left a comment saying, “Please make the same position on Twitter.” Along with the urge, comments such as “I’m Chinese, why should I be afraid of Koreans?” and “Don’t bow down to foreigners. Our culture shouldn’t be shattered by the voices of others.”
ThatGame Company and Genova Chen haven’t posted the above on Twitter’s official account and their own account yet. Then, Chinese users tweeted to The Game Company’s official account, and <스카이>I started pasting the following contents at once, citing the post of Chen’s Weibo in the official account in English and in the latest posts on the official accounts of Korea and Japan.
even Chinese users Even unrelated posts, such as job postings, have hundreds of comments on all accounts with the same content.
“I would like to ask Chinese users for a reasonable explanation of’Dream Season’. I think that it is not enough to explain the Chinese platform (Weibo). I hope to be able to disclose information on Twitter. Chinese users need a reasonable explanation. Hida. Please explain that both hats are made in China. Explain that the hats are Chinese.”
Some Korean users who detected the situation <스카이> They are writing against this on domestic accounts. Users are criticizing Chinese users, saying, “God is Korean and is unique to Korea. It is China that has taken the Korean culture. Do not take the culture of other countries.”
Chinese users have the official Twitter account of ThatGame Company, <스카이: 빛의 아이들> The above is pasted the same in the Korean and Japanese accounts.