Reflect

[Glamdring]

This weekend is for USA players a 3 day holiday weekend. Generally, it's alot of fun with cook-outs, the opening of most Summer-type activities, alot of family gatherings and the like. But you should remember the holiday, too.

Monday is Memorial Day, so named because we honor all those who have fallen in battle while serving in our Military. Whether you agree or not with the war they served in, we should honor all those who have died in that service, and remember them.

Please, between all the fun you choose to have, take a moment to reflect on all those that this day is truly for.

[Alkalinehoe]

Not the place for it. Thread should get nuked.

[Annahya]

Not the place for it. Thread should get nuked.

This is quite incorrect.

Not everyone who plays this game is American. Not everyone who looks at this forum in the English language is American.

While its nice to show some support to our troops in America, this is not the place to do so.

Nothing about decorum, internet or otherwise, states that it is inappropriate for a member of a country to remind people of the reason for a holiday. The OP mentioned it pretained to US players, and did not, in any way, imply that non-US players needed to heed anything that was stated. The wording could have been stronger in specifying, but if one reads the text with an open mind, it is obvious the OP was talking to other Americans.

Additionally, this thread is in the "General Discussion" area of the "Community" board. It is not in Gameplay, Bug-fixes, etc., it is in a place for the "Community" to have "General Discussion." As some of the players are from the US, and it is a holiday weekend in the US, there is nothing inappropriate about this.

It is not the best place to do it, but it is not wrong to do so here. SE wanted to build a place for the FFXI playerbase to keep in touch. This subject is no less relevant than people talking about any other here - a player wanted to say something to other players, who he/she feels a kinship with.

Why do Americans think the world revolves around them..

There is so much wrong with this statement, it is difficult to know where to begin. Generalizations like this are much more offensive than someone trying to talk about a given holiday. Frankly, this response is much more innapropriate in this community than the OP is being accused of.

Additionally, this is inaccurately used. If one took the postion that the OP was asking anyone to do anything even remotely akin to "revolving around the US," which is extreme hyperbole, it was only asked of other Americans.

I am not making this argument because I am American, or am I defending the OPs out of any bias. I would not have, personally, posted this here either. What I am making this post for, is because this criticism is unreasonable and unfair.

Also: {Reflect} spell, {Can I have it?}

[Harukusan]

Also: {Reflect} spell, {Can I have it?}

America casts Reflect.
Others' criticisms have no effect on you.

[Korpg]

Nothing about decorum, internet or otherwise, states that it is inappropriate for a member of a country to remind people of the reason for a holiday. The OP mentioned it pretained to US players, and did not, in any way, imply that non-US players needed to heed anything that was stated. The wording could have been stronger in specifying, but if one reads the text with an open mind, it is obvious the OP was talking to other Americans.

Additionally, this thread is in the "General Discussion" area of the "Community" board. It is not in Gameplay, Bug-fixes, etc., it is in a place for the "Community" to have "General Discussion." As some of the players are from the US, and it is a holiday weekend in the US, there is nothing inappropriate about this.

It is not the best place to do it, but it is not wrong to do so here. SE wanted to build a place for the FFXI playerbase to keep in touch. This subject is no less relevant than people talking about any other here - a player wanted to say something to other players, who he/she feels a kinship with.

While that might be true if this was yahoo.com or msn.com, since this is square-enix.com, which caters to a specific audience (aka people who play Square Enix games, with more specific emphasis on ffxi, as stated in the /ffxi part of the web address) this type of topic does not belong in this type of forum.

It would be like going to a french website and stating that Britain has been and always been the best country in the world, and give some reasons why Britain is good and France is bad. Almost the exact same reason.

[Myrrh]

I totally thought this was about the spell "Reflect"

[Tamoa]

I totally thought this was about the spell "Reflect"

So did I :/

[blowfin]

This weekend is for USA players a 3 day holiday weekend.

It was Victoria day here in BC last weekend. Pay some retroactive respect to a dead Queen and all she stands for! (mainly corgis, scones and tea)

[Gennadi]

All hail the queen, she is not dead. She was last seen with Elvis, Jimmy Hoffa and Osama at the local Pub in London

[Korpg]

Not everyone who plays this game is American. Not everyone who looks at this forum in the English language is American.

While its nice to show some support to our troops in America, this is not the place to do so.