396 The Sins of Online Games (2/2)

A new challenge was awaiting Eternal Kingdom. To the gamers, it was another content update.

However, the gamers had more important things on their minds than content updates. For online games, the actual gameplay wasn't the first priority, social interaction was.

In social interactions, besides positive elements such as youth, aspirations, friendship, and love, there were darker elements such as slanderous rumors.

In Eternal Kingdom, strange rumors were rife.

[Raintea is a green tea b*tch who acts innocent but is swindling Arthur's equipment!]

[Life connoisseur gamer? Never involved in a fight? Someone who set up a fake image has to take a rest!]

[Dragonborn was forced to change factions by Raintea?]

[Raintea is trying to break up the Pioneer Alliance. Everyone knows that Arthur and Sylvanas are on good terms, but she is intruding as a third party.]

[Shameless. Raintea is already married in real life! She isn't a vulnerable girl. She is a married mom!]

[Why is she called Raintea? Calling her green tea would be better!]

[If the Pioneer Alliance has a gamer like Raintea, it will break up sooner or later. Chase Raintea out! We don't want to see the Pioneer Alliance break up.]

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The posts were attacking Raintea. Whenever posts mentioned Arthur, they were either compliments or putting him as a victim.

For the past two days, the discussion forum was heating up.

Many gamers were eager to watch the conflict that was about to unfold.

The Guild members of the Pioneer Alliance weren't bothered. They would file a complaint and wait for the administrator to remove the rumor posts and ban the slanderers. However, since the discussion forum was open to the internet, banned members were allowed to register new accounts. They continued to spread rumors and heat up the discussion forum.

The number of rumormongers was large, and they would create controversial posts and replies in other posts, all of them attacking Raintea. They made Raintea look like an evil and plotting green tea b*tch.

Many gamers retaliated since they were familiar with Raintea, but many more gamers didn't know Raintea and were just enjoying the show. Slowly, they mistook the rumors as truth and started spreading false information.

Humans were born with an evil nature.

This evil would show itself with mass propagation and peer pressure. Examples of evil deeds were plentiful.

Raintea tried to defend herself, but she couldn't take it anymore and created a post.

[I only want to be a peaceful gamer. I don't wish to be embroiled in any conflict.]

She spoke of how she was just a dormant member of the Pioneer Alliance. Arthur and Raintea were just normal friends, and they had never formed a team before. In fact, they rarely spoke to each other. Raintea didn't have the intention to be a third party, nor did she know why Dragonborn switched factions. She even felt sad about it, never having the intention to hurt Dragonborn and force him to switch over to Victoria City.

Though Raintea's post was detailed, the replies were sarcastic. Some of them were rebuking her, while some gamers twisted the facts and scolded her. Most of the gamers just watched the show eagerly.

There were some who spoke up for Raintea, and they started conflicts in the posts.

Before long, a notice appeared before all Pioneer Alliance members.

[Raintea has left the Pioneer Alliance.]

Arthur went to look for Raintea, but she avoided him. When she saw Arthur coming, she immediately went offline.

A large crack soon appeared in the Pioneer Alliance.

The subsequent events were totally unexpected…