Quote Originally Posted by Shiyo View Post
Here's an example of an actual shout on Asura right now:
T2 Hydra REMA Blu x2 PLD WHM «Can I have it?» 1st «Staff» (R)

It means the first staff drop is reserved(lol).

I've literally, not in my entire life of playing FFXI since 2003, seen a shout like this on any server I've played on. This is how people shout for things in WOW.
Firstly, you're lying.

Secondly, people reserved items all the time because they're creating the shout group. It was most prevalent in Dynamis and Nyzul shout groups. So if you played since 2003 and "have never seen that before" you must have been playing on the Atomos test server somehow.