u/Thy_HUS

Hey guys,

I've noticed a common belief in the Adam community throughout Reddit, Twitter, and in-game, that somehow complaining and whining all the time, is going to help Adam receive more content.

I'm here to tell you, that's a false belief, and it's actually having the complete opposite effect; it's actively minimizing any chance of us getting any love. Allow me to explain why:

**NetEase is a business company, they're not your friend. Marvel Rivals is a free game, they don't owe you anything.**

This false belief that you're owed any Adam content simply for playing the game is completely made up in your head. Since Rivals is free, they will only distribute cosmetic content to the highest playtime/spenders. Here is where we have to be realistic:

**Adam has a low pick rate.**

Don't try to cope through this by saying "oh it's because he's weak!" Because Jeff is weak, yet his fanbase still plays him and buys all his content. "Oh, but Jeff is an easy character, that's why! Adam is difficult and weak, that's why his pick rate is low!" Well Luna was weak and she is difficult, yet she still had a massively loyal fanbase throughout. The devs are not stupid, they have all the statistics they need and they've proven their competence by creating such a massively successful game.

So, in comes the most important question:

**How can we help improve Adam's situation?**

I'd like to use Peni mains as an example, because they're truly the most respectable community. Peni went from having literally no skins and being in the gutter balance-wise, to being greatly balanced and having one of the highest legendary counts in the game. Why is that?

**It's because Peni mains are fun.**

Peni mains are constantly bumping out content, memes, art, concept skin arts, actually going out of their way to commission content for the character, and actively encouraging players to try Peni.

On the other hand, what do Adam mains **tend** to do? Boycott and stop playing the character (???), complain and whine 24/7 beyond just enjoying it as a meme, no art and no content whatsoever for the character, and here's the most important part, often when I see an outsider expressing their desire to try Adam, **Adam mains will tell them to run away because the character is "trash".**

That's exactly what's wrong with our community. We're not fun to be around, and not fun to browse our subreddit.

I've said my piece, and frankly, I'm very tired of checking this subreddit out. I will do my part and continue to try and leave a positive impact on our community, and I hope you guys do too.

Peace.