The MMORPG Vindictus is giving away a risqué calendar with pin-ups in China in 2016.
We in the West view the relationship of Asians to young, semi-naked women quite critically. Normally, this is limited to pixel brides with a bust that can make you seasick from watching, and armor that protects only about 3% of the body. However, in parts of Asia, they also like to use starlets, who are somehow pop stars or something similar, to create girl groups to advertise products, and in our hobby, these are indeed games – last seen in ArcheAge.
For 2016, the Chinese version of Vindictus has come up with something special: They took ladies and had them take photos for a pin-up calendar 2016 in a kind of “Victoria’s Secret cosplay” show – first, they recreate scenes from the game with clothing and accessories, then they remove most of the clothing and keep only the accessories.
The calendar is said to be given to winners of events, reports the Asia-focused site 2p, which states that the report about the calendar has brought them record click numbers for reasons unknown to us.
Cortyn has, by the way, refused to write this news for equally inexplicable reasons, mentioning: “This is no longer cosplay, this is porn.” Therefore, out of pure shame, we have only selected the tamest images from the calendar.
What do you think: Would a calendar like that motivate you to win an event? Would that also be an idea for local publishers or would they justly face the wrath of the internet? And completely independent of the article: What is actually your favorite month? I like July!
We took the photos from 2p.
