Losing Intentionally: Comedic Resistance to Meritocratic Genshin Impact
Honghan Song
This article explores how intentional failure in Genshin Impact functions as comedic resistance to the game's meritocratic culture. Genshin Impact promotes a meritocratic system through its mechanics, rewarding players based on skill, time, and labor investment. Through ethnographic research in Chinese player communities, this study examines how players disrupt this meritocratic culture by deliberately failing in exaggerated and humorous ways. Intentional failure transforms Genshin Impact into a