I think it would be awesome...

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Originally Posted by Raxiaz

Actually, I had made this topic with the intention of locating any possible resources that could provide me with this kind of service. However, SE really shuns on 3rd party involvement, so I didn't want to make it an outright topic. And I should have also implied that it was not directed at the developers as something I'd want THEM to implement. Because really, it is a community project.

Just stating that for clarification. You hold no point that I disagree with in other matters; but I have my reasons for closing my topics, and you have yours for posting.

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I think i've seen a few times them mentioning/using FFXIAH.com.

Something like this might actually be easier for a player to do than a dev, Then again, they have the "in-game Camera" thing on their Playonline, One stands to logic they could convert game chat to a viewable online format to see interesting shouts.

There could be lag between though. Not to mention sometimes bad language happens there, I'd imagine if it was an Official thing they'd have to do a lot of butt-covering in order to get it cleared to go.

Wonder if theres even enough interest in FFXI from groups like those who created FFXIAH and Guildwork to do something like this? hmmmm

It can't be -that- difficult. I heard of a script one time that could monitor your entire chat window while you were AFK, it acted as an application on your smart phone, and you could read the chat in real-time and send messages, so that it didn't look like you were AFK. Quite clearly one of the more advanced techniques out there, but I've never seen nor confirmed its existence.

They already have a chat filter made that they could use (the one that comes with the game), so language could be somewhat controlled for. They also obviously have all the chat, because it hits their servers before you see it. This is just one of those things where it comes down to, "Should we tell Joe the Programmer to add new content or make a web ap to display shout data from the zone that's currently most active?"