The US site Kotaku reports on a 21-year-old woman who found an unusual topic of conversation on the dating platform Tinder: the Japanese action role-playing game Nier: Automata (PS4, PC, Switch) from 2017. According to her, she has convinced 22 men to buy the game. She even received praise from Yoko Taro, the mastermind behind the game.
What did the woman do? In a tweet, the woman introduced by Kotaku as Jen says (via twitter):
I used to swipe through Tinder and get guys to buy Nier: Automata and then I ignored them. I think I got to 22 guys when I stopped. I mean: I never said I was sleeping with them – I just talked a lot about the game and recommended it: High sales mean more games from Taro.
Jen
Nier: Automata helps young woman out of depression, but no one wants to talk to her about it
Why did she do this? In a conversation with the site Kotaku , Jen tells that she was going through a tough time with depressive thoughts when she stumbled upon Let’s Plays of Nier: Automata and developed an obsessive love for the game.
She ended up on Tinder because she had no one to talk to about Nier: Automata and apparently really wanted to talk about the game.
The more intrusive the men became, the more she talked about the game
How did matches react to her enthusiasm for the game? Jen admits that some matches didn’t think much of her enthusiasm for the game, especially when she was raving about the nuances of Nier: Automata in detail. If a man told her that it was a good game, but there wasn’t much to say about it, she would dismiss him and look for the next one.
But some engaged with her enthusiasm for the game:
It was insane how many men bought it. Many actually expected something from me: I often had to read how much they wished for me to wear the 2B outfit for them.
Jen
Nier: Automata also became a defense mechanism for Jen. The more intrusive the men on Tinder became, the more passionately she talked about the lore of the game.
Why did she stop? Ultimately, Jen realized that what she was doing was pretty messed up, even though she firmly believed that the games by her idol Yoko Taro deserved more recognition.
I ultimately stopped because I realized how casually I was handling doing something messed up. I mean: some came off really disgusting, but others just might not have liked the game or were not into analyzing it too much, and I probably hurt their feelings when I just disappeared.
Jen
Today, Jen still talks about Nier: Automata, but with people on Discord who are just as enthusiastic as she is.
Director of Nier: Automata greets the young woman with “Glory to Mankind”
What makes Jen happy now: The story of the woman who gets people excited about Nier: Automata on Tinder has reached Japan and has caught the attention of her great idol Yoko Taro, the director of Nier: Automata (via twitter).
He commented on Twitter: “Glory to mankind!” and shared the link to the quirky article.
Jen writes: “I’m crying at work. Being noticed by the legend himself made me extremely happy.”
We recently reported on MeinMMO about a Tinder date among gamers that did not lead to a relationship:
