Reflect

[Alkalinehoe]

We never pushed any of our holidays onto youThis specific thread wasn't designed to cater to your needs.

You're doing it now.

This specific thread wasn't designed to cater to your needs.

This entire forum wasn't built to cater to your holidays.

[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.

[scaevola]

Either way, this thread is irrelevant and off-topic. You should not have made it solely based on that fact.

U.S. Memorial Day is Monday, and the OP had a point to make about it. How is that irrelevant? Irrelevant to you, maybe, but there will continue to exist a given country that observes a given holiday with or without your express approval. Why would your kneejerk reaction be to try to silence the OP, rather than try to understand and engage (if not necessarily agree), or failing that ignore?*

Also, by what standard can a General Discussion forum thread be judged "off-topic"? The OP had something to say to others here, so he or she said it in the most appropriate place he or she could find. What more would you ask, and on what authority would you ask it?



*as someone who's spent a good amount of time analyzing the existence of white privilege in the United States, this thread is utterly fascinating to me

(oh one other thing: the ship pretty much sailed on reflect when they put dancers in the game; sorry bros)

[thefinalrune]

I would love a reflect spell.

[Harukusan]

Once again. If a thread has no relevance to you, then just ignore it. You don't post in every single thread you see do you? You don't need to post here either. First of all, every one of your negative, childish responses is not only extremely offensive and completely ignorant, but also creates new stereotypes of your own. So now should all Americans come across someone from another country immediately believe that they are immature, uneducated, and completely self-centered? You wouldn't like that very much, would you?

I don't need to go on reading your badgering posts representing your kneejerk debates why you think this is irrelevant to the forum. You're making it relevant to yourself by taking part in this discussion, and I suggest you leave it to those who do care about the OP's topic at hand. It's not even a topic of discussion really... Just stay out.

[Saefinn]

Don't people have something better to do than spend all day bitching about the slightest little thing?

It's a thread on a forum for goodness sakes. The guy was doing what members of a forum community do in a General Discussion board. If you feel it really is that much of a deviation from SE's purposes and what this section of the forum is meant for, forward it to a moderator and let them deal with it.

And if you're so concerned with the way the forum is run and its purposes, then:

Since you cannot see each other on the forum, your words may be taken the wrong way or may have a negative emotional affect on others. Please try to maintain a polite manner and review your entry before you post.
Please show respect and consideration to other users. Users of this forum come from various backgrounds, where their ages, sex, occupations and residential areas differ.

[Coldbrand]

Everyone hates america, even a lot of americans.

This is a general forum about FFXI, not a general general chat forum.

Everyone hates America. Boy, you sure do sound intelligent and not at all bigoted and like a tool.

[Runespider]

Everyone hates America. Boy, you sure do sound intelligent and not at all bigoted and like a tool.

Maybe so, it's still pretty much true throughout the world though.

[Aldersyde]

Once again. If a thread has no relevance to you, then just ignore it. You don't post in every single thread you see do you? You don't need to post here either. First of all, every one of your negative, childish responses is not only extremely offensive and completely ignorant, but also creates new stereotypes of your own. So now should all Americans come across someone from another country immediately believe that they are immature, uneducated, and completely self-centered? You wouldn't like that very much, would you?

I don't need to go on reading your badgering posts representing your kneejerk debates why you think this is irrelevant to the forum. You're making it relevant to yourself by taking part in this discussion, and I suggest you leave it to those who do care about the OP's topic at hand. It's not even a topic of discussion really... Just stay out.

Lol, freedom of speech and opinion until people disagree with you right? People in other countries don't hate American freedom, they despise American hypocrisy.

[Coldbrand]

Maybe so, it's still pretty much true throughout the world though.

I can't wait until the day comes that there's enough interracial sex in America and enough time has passed that I can call you a racist.