Board Thread:Off-Topic Discussion/@comment-6433273-20171231161124/@comment-28951715-20180129065548

"But they just look like kids but they're not really kids so it's okaaaay"

That's the strongest argument I've seen for their defense and it's still weak sauce. Now it's gotten to a point where even if Vivi does turn out to be legit, it's not going to bowl over well with consumers if a pedo or two is involved. Unfortunate unfortunate unfortunate lolol

I think the only thing that bothers me is the refusal to announce anything officially. Like I was getting into a wee scuffle on twitter with someone who pointed to the Anders screenshot ands aying "see look its official"

But I don't think that's inherently valid either; screenshots can be edited. And furthermore, if she's legit, why not just up and say it publicly? It's fine to withhold details under certain agreements, but I mean...it's a pretty important detail that should be public information if she's real or not.

If she were legit, wouldn't they just be able to easily say "yeah she's legit" and then we can carry on with our lives? But no, they can't even do that. The PurinxPop VIVI twitter whatever has been dogged on Twitter (by one particular person from what I've seen) and they haven't replied to any of the questions regarding her legitmacy. Nor the screenshot of the YAMAHA email that said "We don't know what this is and it's not legal so don't buy it" essentially.

Is it really that hard for someone to just take responsibility and say "yes" or "no"?? Like come on.

I'm ready for a new Engloid; it's been a good couple of years since the last one. It's high time we got one, but at the same time, we've had so many fakes that you can't take it seriously, anymore.

Especially with her announcement. Like you look at all the VOCALOIDs that were annoucned and published and were legit; none of them came from some obscure Twitter user and through a demo video like she was.

If VIVI were owned by a company, would her demo not have been published on their company's channel?? Furthermore, the way they announced Vivi is incredibly similar to the likes of Luan and Lucia, or Ivy or Rose. It's not professional, there are barely any details, and nobody's claiming officiality.

It's like they wanted her to fail from the start.