Temporary Suspension of the Services Due to an Earthquake

[sasaya]

No2.
A taker needs the warmth most in the stricken area of present Japan.
But it seems that I do not mind a contribution.

All people looking at here, nice to meet you.
I am a Japanese. 　I am in the stricken area of the big earthquake now.
People learn me in great regret for the cooperation to stopping of the
server by Japanese electricity shortage now.

With all a sole feeling, please watch an original animation of FFXI which I made.
And I ask for mercy to the victim.

EP1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUroyx1ezuc

EP2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KjSj0TCzCc

EP3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxvHZOhWNaE

Final EP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arODrDNcmbQ

I want to have an adventure from now on in all of you and the Vana'diel.
Thank you

[Fyredrake]

Deepest condolences and sympathies to the people of Japan, I pray that further casualties are kept to a minimum. And good for S-E on making this decision, totally justified; to be honest, I was surprised things weren't shut down earlier. Kudos to them as well for the fee suspension, I will be doing what many others have suggested, which is to donate April's fee to an appropriate disaster relief fund.

I look forward to coming back in a week. Stay strong and safe.

*On a side note, my plants T_T oh, well!*

[Aerillie]

My thoughts and prays go out to the people of Japan during this crisis and your time of need, and i completly agree with shutting off the game servers for however long it takes to conserve electricity for services that need it more. I like many others have been watching this all unfold on the news and would just like to say, ignore the people on here that cant seem to understand what you all are going through. and to the people on here who dont understand stfu there not billing you for the month of April, and there the ones who are going through the disaster, even though i disagree and would be happy to pay still even if the services were turned off for the rest of the month, just goes to show ya there are alot better people than you could ever be.

[Krystal]

This will upset a lot of people and i am one of them, hope your feed back center is ready to work double over time.. and i hope when a quake hits North America you shut down the game again just to see the response from are friends over the ocean

wow......prick.....don't you even give a flying crap about those who have died? oh wait....you already made that clear that you DON'T! players like you don't deserve to play a game like this but sadly you still get to becuase you pay them. i hope karma comes and bite you in the ass for this...youy fucking prick.-_-

[Krystal]

To SE:

My prayers are with you all and i certainly hope you are all safe and sound and for those who's lives you've lost...may they be at peace with the lord and be forever in his embrace.

[Naturebeckles]

Um, I'm not a heartless selfish idiot, but I too am a bit upset at the servers being shut down. I don't even get to play as much as some others do, but this game is a way to take my mind off of everything and deal with stress and now it's gone. I'm sure I'm not the only person who feels that way... especially Japanese players right now. I saw plenty of them on the game yesterday... I'm sure the game is a big time stress relief for them after what they've been dealing with. From what I've read, SE is located in Tokyo and other than power outages and people having to sleep in buildings and their cars because many highways were shut down, the most catastrophy and damage seems to be outside the city.

I was one of the Americans who went to the Japanese forums to offer prayers to their people. I'm just as sad as everyone else at what's going on over there. But if SE's facilities have gone unharmed and THEIR employees can still get to work every day, they should keep it going. It's not to keep the selfish morons happy... it's to keep the game going for stress relief and to stick our noses up at mother nature that she can't keep us down. I don't know... that's just the way I feel about it. I guess what I'm trying to say is that for me, it's more than just a game. I'm not upset that I can't do dynamis this week or I can't go farming in sea tonight. That stuff can wait for as long as SE needs it too. But it's kind of like when a loved one dies and people grieve... if you try to live life normally after it happens, it kind of helps you deal with it because life doesn't stop and neither should you. This disaster is kind of like that. For many of us, living life as we normally do helps us deal with it.

My prayers continue for you, Japan. It's absolutely terrible what happened to you and I hope for a swift recovery and rebuild of the parts of your nation that were devastated.

[Arourie]

Hello
my prayers and well wishes go out to the people of Japan, hope things don't get any worse, and please forgive posters who have not realised that this will affect a lot more then their ability to play FFXI.

[Naturebeckles]

Hello
my prayers and well wishes go out to the people of Japan, hope things don't get any worse, and please forgive posters who have not realised that this will affect a lot more then their ability to play FFXI.

Oh, I know. I just now read about the power companies afraid they're going to run out of power, so I can definitely understand why SE is doing this. But like I said... people should carry the attitude of telling nature she can't keep us down as a people. It kind of makes it harder for some of us who care to reach out in a sense. For instance, on the game I can actually talk to Japanese players who know English and directly help them emotionally/mentally/spiritually/whatever and now I can't do that. Now I have to post on here and hope they come to read it.

[Ezekieal]

No2.
A taker needs the warmth most in the stricken area of present Japan.
But it seems that I do not mind a contribution.

All people looking at here, nice to meet you.
I am a Japanese. 　I am in the stricken area of the big earthquake now.
People learn me in great regret for the cooperation to stopping of the
server by Japanese electricity shortage now.

With all a sole feeling, please watch an original animation of FFXI which I made.
And I ask for mercy to the victim.

EP1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUroyx1ezuc

EP2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KjSj0TCzCc

EP3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxvHZOhWNaE

Final EP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arODrDNcmbQ

I want to have an adventure from now on in all of you and the Vana'diel.
Thank you

I too wondered at first what was with posting links to your animation but having watched them i was moved, by the touching sentiment. I encourage people to watch these links.

On the note of the servers going down, although I am dissappointed with not gettin my FFXI fix for a week but as they say in japan "Shikata ga nai (仕方がない)" meaning it can't be helped. These are exceptional circumstances facing japan and its energy supply, so i would hope that everyone can understand why the server's were taken down.

My thoughts are with those cought in the Earthquake and Tsunami, as well as those close to the nuclear reactors which appear as they may meltdown. Take care everyone.

[Guardian]

Look. It's already been said, but yeah. Lots of people are hurt/dead/dying. It's horrible. I'm sure lots of you feel for them and all, as do I. Just not as much as I do having my favorite time killer interrupted. My father died in Katrina, didn't really care about that either. He was a worthless womanizing hypocrite. It's not so much that I'm a cruel person, it's simply that I'm sick of humanity as a whole. I've seen pretty much the worst from people, so excuse me if I seem heartless in saying I care more about my game time than I do for however many lives are lost. That being said, good luck to all of those affected.