Meet the Arknights WHALE who spent $30,000 

If anyone is the doctor in arknights incarnate it would be this man.

respect to the guy, he achieved real life and being so chill about it

My dad is also a rl doctor and he spends a lot of money on games. He's actually the one who introduces me to games in the first place. This guy reminds me on how my dad always look so happy everytime he spends his money on a game and tell me and my siblings about it. He usually works 24/7 and he said mobile games is very suitable for people like him that rarely has the time to sit down for a long time.

This video is not about being a whale anymore. Its about how to spend your earning and enjoy it to the fullest. Honestly, I respect this whale and his whole decision.

You can really see how passionate this guy is with the game, he didn't just spend big amounts of money just to flex. Glad he's having fun.

Huge respect to TheLostOne because aside for being a whale, he loves the game so much to the point of being heavily invested to the lore. A gigachad dokutah.

I always perceive a whale as addicts who need help to control their spending. But he, he's actually a responsible person who act with reason and manages his finance well. Great interview video both of you!

With such a story and his achievements in real life and in game, I would love to know the backstory to his IGN of "TheLostOne." Wonder if there's a story there, whether he's told it on stream or something, etc.

The only reason I keep playing the game is the rich Lore and I can't get enough of it. The fact that the skins are lore based makes it better rather than weird random reasons.

This man is the Dokutah of Dokutahs!! *MAX RESPECT*

Actually many people in Lowlight’s family are doctors. Although he learned architecture in the university, he was deeply influenced by his family tradition. So the game was inspired by many real medical events too. In April 2020, when wuhan lockdown stopped, they released a song for respect Chinese doctors.

I actually got emotional after this interview. You did such a damn great job Vifer.

Thankyou for loving the game and spending on it to support the company🙏

This guy gets it. I've also spent a decent amount in Arknights but didn't spend anything in Genshin Impact because after playing it for a couple days, I realized how grindy it was and I refused to invest that sort of time into one game when I consider my time to be more valuable than my money.

This interview with TheLost made me appreciate even more the money I spend on refreshing my monthly card. Much respect to the IRL Doctor!

What a Gigachad he is!! Man really loves the game and is so passionate about it. Thanks for always supporting the game 🙏

Theres whales and full leviathan who brags their builds and doesnt care about story at all. And theres this man. I love this guy.

Truly amazing interview. Thanks Vifer for giving us this kind of content. You are really doing so much to keep this community vibrant. The Lost One - a true hero for us to look up to made real by content like this. Bravo.

Feels great that he shared his experience and his point of view about spending so much money in the game. In the end, it's his choice and i'm glad he is cool about it. Thanks for the interview!

As someone who has spent around $26K USD, I do regret dropping the game after getting to love Genshin's open world. Not having any debt to pay off really fueled my whaling in Arknights plus having a everything closed due to covid didnt help either. I officially dropped the game around Jan/Feb after my car broke down and realized I spent a whole car's worth of money within a year on gacha. I did come back whenever limited units came out and tried f2p rolls. Just like TheLostOne I did buy every weekly pass, did max refreshes. Going for full pots was fun too I probably spent $1K on Ch'en alone. Now in 2023, I picked it back up in April. My biggest regret is not actually PLAYING the story and learning other ways to play. Beside farming LMD and exp.

I just want to personally thank this man for supporting the game and just being such a Giga Chad

Wow an actual doktah, Thank you for funding this game! I wonder how he has time to farm mats tho, I thought doctors are busy but I guess it depends on thier field of expertise

o7 TheLostOne this video really inspiring me about how to see a game as an entertainment, because i sometimes feels like is it ok if i just playing games and not do another things. The plot twist when he said he is the irl doctor tho, damnn❤

The guy is really a true one. And a true dokutah like he understands his financial situations and knows on why he buys in this game and so on. He’s really chill and unironically that he is an actually certified medical doctor is based like god damn. Reminds me how one of the elite ops (stormeye i think it was) plays the game as well and is like a top player with all cc done. Kudos to the whale player my guy like god damn he really understands his thoughts and actions. And once again thank you “thelostone” for playing the game and spending for your own purpose and also for helping the game out as well with your money to help the devs continue on with the game. 😊

I love this xD And I totally understand TheLostOne's view on time and money EDIT: OMG his reason number 2 (being the RI doctor who is responsible for the operators lives) is mega. He is the true Doctor. EDIT 2: A lore reader and lover. Respect!

The gamedev deserved all of those $$$ They arent abandoned the game but instead they spend it on Anime,Concerts,new game,and more contents to the game They give the player something back in return which most gatcha game dont

Dude,one of the most responsible financially stabil Whel. Respect

Now im curious for The Most F2P Player in Arknights

Great interview, cool guy! Especially the obvious love he has for his game.. hells yea! ❤❤❤

Dude's right. I've also invested a lot in AK emotionally to the point where I'm better off giving away my acc than to actually sell it. Not that I would actually do that but yeah.

'it's an investment' Spoken like a true gambling addict.

i dont play arkknights and im not a big spender in my gachas nikke and honkai star rail but this video is one of the best examples about people valuating their money in simple happyness. that part with the emotional aspect of his account rather the over all price value got me shivers

Your content is great and entertaining only seen it today, your skills and ability with this interview was so high level, truly impressive!

Vifer's reactions are so funny. But the guest is very cool too!

Thank you for supporting Arknights 😅 I sincerely want AK to have more revenue than it does now, but the company still decides to keep things the way they are. I can't think of any game other than Azur Lane and AK that would be this generous to the players

I am a monthly card player since almost the opening of AK Global server. With just around 5 euros per month, i already have almost all 6* and 5* Operators, and i know many other old players like me that are in more or less the same situation. I say this only to point out that in a game like AK you don't really have to spend so much, with a little monthly investment and choosing wisely when to pull and when to stop, you can get all the units you want and more. Unless you feel that you " have to have all units Potential 6 ", but then it's another matter. That said, anyone can spend their money the way the want. The way i see things, there is nothing wrong in being a whale, since noone can tell you how should you spend the money you earn with your job.

i dont comment often, but this actually moved me to just write that i got a lot of respect for our IRL doktah... he is by far the whale that you would want to meet on any gacha - it would just make you smile keep it up ma man! wish you and IRL doktah the best and ofc THANK YOU FOR THE VIDEO!!!

Goddamn I have mad respect for this guy. He truly enjoys the game and fully immerses himself whenever he plays it. I truly enjoyed listening to his story. It’s the same when I play solo rpg games.

I expect myself to laugh for Vifer trolling but i end up emotional TheLastOne you are real man i wish to be

Great Interview thanks to The Lost One for participating. Thanks Vifer for bringing our community together.

When he said that he is a Doctor in real life the level of respect for this guy went over the roof. What a chad)

27:51 "Damn"......thats hits hard T^T kinda emotional here even tho i didnt play arknight, its very wholesome interview i salute

20:31 The fact that BlackNorton called him a true chad.

A whale thats reading the lore is already shocking to me. When I hear whale I think of them as a very busy person who wants to get everything done fast without the need of grinding. But this guy is built different what a gigachad 😂

Thank Thelostone for funding the anime.

What cracks me up is at like the 18 minute mark he mentions "thinking about your spending, is it going to achieve your goals at the end of the game lifespan." This is exactly the thought process I use for my spending but for me it's whether or not I buy the $5-$10 monthly pack and for him it's whether or not he's going to drop 30 Gs. A real example of my decision making: in the past I played Clash of Clans for many years, I want to say 5 but definitely longer than I played Arknights. I never spent a dime on that game and the reason is because spending in that game is literally eliminating the game's content. You're giving them money to delete content out of the game for you. In Arknights I don't mind spending a little bit on like a monthly pass because it enhances the game by giving me variety it even adds a little bit of content in the form of paradox simulation or if you like to read all the profiles. So this is just an example of how game designers can make micro-transactions moderately less stupid by thinking about do they enhance or detract from the game? Genshin and most other gacha games fall kind of in the middle of this spectrum where if you spend a little you are getting more variety but if you spend a lot you're removing all of the challenge from the game and making it faceroll easy. What I would fault for this in gacha games in general is how they scale their character's power. In my opinion most games the potentials/constellations (or whatever they call dupes) are way too powerful. Likewise I find most games the scaling from levels and promotions is too much and makes it hard to keep your characters in a sweet spot where the stages are challenging. Great video btw, very interesting.

Best video by far

didn't expect wholesome conversation from the video title haha

respect for the man, and we all do be coping for arknights whEnfield

The account looks so satisfying.

Honesly what an amazing interview ngl

This man is one of my people

Huge respect ❤

Respect to you man ,please continue support Arknight

This man is such a goat

Top tier content

Doctor in-game and IRL, what a GIGACHAD!

His explanation actually shock me and left a deep thought.

The good doctor is the kind of whale I like and the gaming companies love lol. The fact he's willing to give away his game should he decide to walk away from the game is just _mwah! chef's kiss_ He's someone I'd consider as a responsible spender: he takes care of his own first. Food, house, transportation, travel-his comfort and that of his family are not sacrificed to fund his hobby (he didn't mention kid's education but I'm sure he's got that covered too). Compare this to other whale horror stories where gamer dad's family nearly gets broken up because he decided to spend the grocery budget, college fund, vacation money, etc. without their knowledge just so he can collect one more waifu and advance her stats. The worse offenders even go into debt. @Vifer, wish you asked him: 1. if he ever considered his hobby as gambling or saw himself as a gambler, and 2. how'd he feel if for some reason, the game studio goes bust and closes down the servers. How'd he react with that development, start playing another gacha game (or jump to another genre), buy a Switch/Steam Deck/portable console, or will Arknights be his last? Lastly, good interview!

So thats why.. :D We do enjoy this game differently. As a junior top management in a midsize company i geared toward efficiency the most. Can i get the most out of my 130 sanity. What my priority for today. What operator do i need to build? If they are to expensive like 6 star do i have alternatives and doing a pure f2p challenge make sense cause that is what i do for living.. Though the side note is i do have a family and still doing my phd study so there is no money left to spend in the entertainmet section. But i do feel entertain when with the limited resources that i have now i can clear stages.. and i will say that is how a view and enjoy arknights and other gacha game that i play.

Love this

Thank you for supporting the game man.

A Lore Enjoyer and a Collector. Wow what a Chad. Inspired me a lot there. Respect. But you guys should try Digging Lore in Hoyoverse games, it's pretty good to actually. Enjoyed both Devs so.... Just enjoy :))

Vifer interviewing his future self

Respect for this Dokutah...

I just want to say thank you for funding this masterpiece in place of me and my peasant brothers and sisters around the world! :D

That Nian skin tho got me acting unwise LMFAO

Level 80 andreana on the profile, mad respect

10:30 That is soo cool!!

Inside the Mind of a Killer JK, super interesting interview and I'm glad to know they're in a situation that isn't negatively impacted from their spending habits

This kind of content is still better than someone shit talking and comparing arknights to other games But salute to this mad lad whale. Respect

Amazing guy actually

Mad respect 🫡

Before hearing that he is a real life doctor I knew he is someone who's really smart by just simply hearing how he talks

Damn TheLostOne here himself 😬

Hero , respect 😊

Props to him but I could never whale this much into a gacha. It'd get boring having less to do. I guess you could do the paradox sims and read the operator record. I'm happy there are people like him who love the game so much and it's a shame we're 6 months behind because this collection would be far greater with even more max'd ops and skins.

that was very interesting

Bros the reason why we got s2 Arknights so fast

Whale Interviewing Whale 😅

Wow this guy big respect

I play too many games but as a F2P. Not until i discovered arknights.😂😂😂

All full respect for the idea of giving it away. While im not a whale, i think i have similar mentality. There are not as many so well written games, especially in gatcha side, so yes, Arknights are a game to protect till it dies and even after.

I'll be honest, as a FGO player/whale, I spent altogether... more than I like to amount just to get **one** copy of Raikou. And it was across two banners(Onigahsima and it's rerun). I spent more for gameplay than waifu in this case. Nowadays, if I go that hard in any game, it's mostly because of waifu/husbando reasons. haha Or if I care enough about the story/lore that I want it to finish in my lifetime. I have shifted from gacha to gacha (mostly from FEH to FGO to AK). But I'll be done when AK and those two end. Don't let meta change you. Be who you are. Edit: I originally tried Arknights for the first week, but because I was stationed in Italy. I didn't understand the timing for reset which caused me to miss getting Cliffheart on the login bonus. I came back because of Schwarz. And here I am. I don't recommend spending unless it's some sort of passion that is driving you. Personally, I don't regret spending money because at the end of the day, it's what keeps the story going. It's probably a whale/leviathan saying, but if I can support, I will.

The true dokutah

If $30,000 is still a whale, how much does a leviathan spend?

this man has experienced it all

I think he would have enjoyed genshin if he timed himself everyday. like only playing the game for an hour daily then stop. slowly but surely, he would finish all quests. I found myself on the same place as him tbh. was a 1st day player, left the game on early oct 2020 as I found myself playing the game 8+ hours a day. then I came back after a few days and timed myself when playing the game since then.

what a legend

i had no idea there was a big eye in the beginning of the game

My guy singlehandedly funding the Arknights anime Season 2 Hats off to you

Ah, the one and only!

amazing, he role played so hard he became a doctor in real life

BRUH, this man is an IRL Doktah. Nice

He's a legend

this guy's mentality is so cool

Mans is my aspiration in ak and in his irl views in life

Lets go Lostone hahaha I'm one of the lucky one that joined your Guild in tower of Fantasy hahaha

the account should be in the museum

huge respect to lostone o7