Going further into this week, it looked like we were in for a pretty quiet time in Arena of Valor. The early weeks of a new year can either be a slow start or a massive push to build up momentum, but the momentum already seemed to be slowing down.
For AOV, things kicked off pretty strong with the announcement of an SAO crossover and plans to introduce Aquaman surfing in just a week before. And while there isn?t a whole lot of new content to talk about this week, there is more drama unfolding that paints a sorry picture for the state of the game.
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Cracks Widen As A Faithful Moderator Quits

Just when we thought we?d be breezing through this week with little more than a few new skins and Codex challenges, one Reddit post climbed far above the rest on Thursday afternoon. Submitted by a disgruntled third-party after a spat over on the game?s official Discord server, Arena of Valor has lost a dedicated moderator through what the community can only interpret as disrespectful management from the Tencent employees expected to grow and nurture the game?s fanbase.
The former moderator, known as Justin or “TheMask", handed in his resignation publicly on the server, saying that he wanted to ?explain to everyone the uncomfortable situation? which prompted the blowout. Justin described how years of professional-level work done for the game?s backend – like reworking the official s...