BYE TANAKA!

[Okipuit]

Good morning, everyone!

Producer Hiromichi Tanaka wished to express his gratitude to you, The FINAL FANTASY XI community:

I received all these messages from everyone. Thank you all so much!
I’ve read through this entire thread, and I cannot give enough thanks to everyone.

It has come down to the final bit of time before I retire. I haven’t even begun to start cleaning up yet, but I am sure everything will be fine.

Thank you all very much and please continue supporting FINAL FANTASY XI.

Thank you for all the great memories and we wish you all the best, Tanaka-P!

[Dragoy]

Good evening here. :b

Either way, once more again: thank you, and fare thee well, Tanaka-sama.
Best of luck with your future endeavours ! !! !

おつかれさまでしたー
さらばだ！

[Nalien]

Totally agree, it's disgusting how nasty and spiteful some people are round here.

People are absolutely retarded.

Some morons started the Tanaka hate train when they became butthurt because they're incompetent morons who can't achieve anything both in and out of game.
Then the next wave of people just jumps onto what's currently popular in whatever community.

tl;dr most of the world's population can't think for themselves and tries to get attention by just following others.


Anyone who actually played the game long enough knows that Tanaka did great work and that the game is getting killed off by the constant whining and bitching of people who don't want to put effort into a game. Unfortunately SE is forced to go with the trends because there's been no proper marketing of the FFXI title leading to constantly decreasing numbers.
The challenges are being taken out, all of the new content turns into grind fests for mentally impaired people, etc.
Hopefully the new addon will bring FFXI back to its old glory.

Also: Why do people play games if everything is too hard anyway? Watch a movie if you can't enjoy a challenge and just want to see moving pictures. (Not even talking about the grinds > see CoP)




Best wishes to Tanaka who actually made the game worth playing back in the days.

[Dekar]

Though I don't agree with all of his decision, he still helped shape the game we've all come to love. Thank for your years of service, Tanaka-san. Best of luck to you in life! Also, awesome view in your office!

[Washburn]

I wonder if he'll start playing the game now and as a player (not producer) see some of the issues and be like "oh, yeah... i should have done this/that". Perspective changes things.

[Infidi]

Wow he looks a lot younger then I thought he was or is. I was thinking late 30s early fourties, but he looks like he just TURNED 30 lol. Maybe working with FFXI makes you young forever .

[Fusionx]

Good to see him appear so happy during his final days at Square Enix. Tanaka's Smile had a pretty low drop rate over the years =P

As much as people may say they don't like him, let's remember that without Tanaka-san we may not even have a Final Fantasy XI. Wish him the best in whatever he does next.

[saevel]

I haven’t even begun to start cleaning up yet, but I am sure everything will be fine.

Don't worry, they'll clean it all up just fine once you've vacated the office. May take them awhile to fix things, but it'll be done eventually.

[Eric]

Wow, this makes me kind of sad. Just to think how long it's been.

[Kraggy]

Don't worry, they'll clean it all up just fine once you've vacated the office. May take them awhile to fix things, but it'll be done eventually.

People like you make me sick.