People are stupid. And for some reason, people are even stupider when they use the internet. Folks still send Nigerian royalty money in hopes of a return check and dudes were registering for Ashley Madison accounts with their work email. It is no surprise people will download mobile games despite not knowing anything about them. But the question must be asked, if AFK Arena and Lilith Games are legit, why don’t they have a Wikipedia page?
Before we go any further, let’s take note of one point. Having a Wikipedia page is not validation. It is more of an acknowledgment that something both exists and is notable enough to document. You are hard pressed to find video games or multimillion dollar companies with US customers without one.
I mean someone took the time to write 400+ words about James Pond 3: Operation Starfish, but not a single person can scrape together enough information on AFK Arena or the game’s developer, Lilith Games, to get a page posted. Something is amiss here. And that is the crux of the matter.
AFK Arena and Lilith Games want you to believe they are legit by spending millions of dollars on YouTube ads. Yet, they cannot be bothered to publish any details on who they are or what they are doing. Nor is there enough information for anyone else to do it.
Also Interesting: Who is downloading Mafia City, Homescapes and these other shitty games with YouTube ads?
Now before you start with your “it’s a Chinese company and all the particulars are in Chinese” schtick, the Lilith Games ‘About’ page is the same in both languages. You can take a look for yourself here. The AFK Arena website has even less background information.
The most in-depth piece about the company comes from a blog on Panda!Yoo by an author with no real identity. Now it does have a few sources, but it’s still really light on actual evidence. Also, every single article on Panda!Yoo borders on state sponsored propaganda. It basically does the same thing these scam companies do to promote their goods. Find a website that looks normal, weirdly phrase things to make it sound like your impartial and then guide readers to the conclusion you want them to reach. Sure, Bitcoin Loophole isn’t a scam.
By the way, if you do think AFK Arena and Lilith Games are legit and love them both, good for you. Maybe you can drop them a line and see if they would like to let people know who they are. Wouldn’t it be nice if you, a loyal fan, at least knew they weren’t spying on you for the Chinese government? Because that’s a thing that happens.
Which brings us back to people being stupid. Unless you know for certain that AFK Arena and Lilith Games are legit, why the hell would you download anything from them? If a stranger in a Burger King parking lot tried giving you a blank CD-ROM claiming it was Age of Empires, you wouldn’t run home and install the game on your computer. Most likely, you don’t even take the disc.
AFK Arena and Lilith Games are no different apart from the fact they run ads on YouTube with some weird bloke talking about how his card just leveled up to a five million attack rating. Let’s take a 20-second timeout.
Leveled up to a five million attack rating, seriously? That’s ridiculous. Even the Italian lira would blush at the obscene level of inflation happening.
Alright, time in. Until AFK Arena and Lilith Games prove they are legit, which they may very well be, you probably should avoid them. Of course, people using the internet are dumb and won’t listen. Just don’t come crying to us when your identity is stolen or something else shady happens.
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