A post angrily condemning the appearance of a pirated version of Omnipotent God on the Africa Server surfaced, instantly drawing the attention of countless forum users.
After learning the details from the original poster's account, the forum users burst out laughing.
This kind of scheme had actually existed during the early days of gaming.
Games would often use another game's scenes and animations to create promotional ads.
Only after players entered the game would they realize it was nothing like what had been advertised.
But in modern society, this was truly the first time anyone had used stolen content for promotion.
Intrigued, the players began discussing it heatedly.
"Hahaha, the OP's description is way too funny. Thanos Server—one snap wipes out half the players (data crash, character data lost). This is definitely going to be one of today's hottest posts."
"This move is outrageously shameless. They actually wanted to fleece players under Omnipotent God's name? And why did all the African players believe it? Such an obvious fake—couldn't they tell?"
"That's a good question. After reading the OP's post, I looked into it and came to a few conclusions. There are three main reasons why this pirated Omnipotent God caught on. First, the Asia Server opened, so many African players thought the Africa Server would be opening soon too, and that their earlier protests had worked. Second, the overwhelming advertising completely fooled many African players, leaving them unable to see the real news. Third, and most importantly, there were actually certain gaming conglomerates behind the false advertising. After all, Africa was the last stronghold of other game publishers—and one they knew they would eventually lose. So they joined forces for one last carnival, hoping to scam players into spending as much as possible. That's why so many African players fell