Thanks for having us, it’s amazing to actually have a free speech platform!
I’m truly impressed with what you guys have built, I’m proud to be a part.
I’m sure somebody else can give you more details but what I gathered from lurking during the split was basically that Kia mods were being overly strict and bending over for Reddit’s censorship agenda. While I may disagree with them personally I respect the way kia2 mods stand up for free speech.
I lurked on both for a while but eventually chose kia2.
It really is a good game. Fwiw GGG has stated that Tencent doesn’t interfere in any way with development of the international version and only includes “requests” about features for the China only version.
I’ve been doing the new league in Path of Exile. I know some people here avoid them like the plague because their association with Tencent, but I find it to be the best arpg since diablo 2.
There’s definitely some people who lean left in Kia2 but even they recognize the ridiculous Marxist infiltration of the modern day left.