I like the idea of just a headstone you could place outside, people could use this as just a decoration if they like or use it as the OP is intending to use the statue. Really wouldn't be putting anyone out?
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02-04-2016, 01:03 AMPastel_Orchid
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02-06-2016, 04:12 AMDustytome
As Pastel said, just a general headstone or statue with placard anyone could put up would be best. I can't foresee square hiring on staff to hunt down family, call them up and confirm the user is dead so someone could build an in-game statue. For now you can put together a small shrine with some of the already available objects where you and your fc all know what/whom it is for.
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02-06-2016, 05:12 AMWhiteroomNot only that, even suggesting that a gaming company start contacting the families of the dead for verification is beyond foolish. I honestly can't believe that suggestion was made and the op really needs to step back and think about this. If they(op) place the value of a bust over how rude that is to the families, and that they think the cost of doing so is worth it to SE, well...Quote:
Originally Posted by Dustytome
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02-06-2016, 01:51 PMAndreaThe last thing I would want if someone I knew passed away would be some game company asking if its ok they make a statue of them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Whiteroom
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02-06-2016, 11:15 PMWilanTo sell it for profit on their cash shop, too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Andrea
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02-06-2016, 11:31 PMMjollnir
I like the idea, but only coming from the perspective of 'player statues' overall. I'd have a 20ft high one of me in gold on my FC house lawn.
But then people could make them for whatever purpose they wanted - a memorial like the OP requested, humour like Titor said, or an FC reward.
Maybe FC crafting, so you could only use a member of your FC as a template, a number of different sizes (for 'tabletop' trophies to outside furnishings) and colours (polished gold, finely painted, etc.). So yeah, as long is the function can have use for a lot of the playerbase, I think it's a great idea.
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02-11-2016, 05:19 AMcrc0427Doesn't have to be a cash item, someone simply suggested that.Quote:
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02-11-2016, 05:20 AMcrc0427Excellent suggestions. Much appreciated over some of the repulsive things people like Whiteroom say.Quote:
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02-14-2016, 03:48 PMDeatco1
well if you really wanted you can always put your friends name in the description of your plot you own. but i would agree that it may sound harsh but asking a game company to specifically make a model of a character of your friend is a waste of their talents, when they could be doing updates for a whole population and just not a very select few players. to be honest i don't think people would like some creepy statue of some guy you knew that died this is a game leave that stuff in reality.
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02-15-2016, 06:13 AMWilanI haven't gone through the whole thread, not sure if somebody expressed this point already (I hope so), but my first and foremost thought was this, yes. I play games for escapism, things for me are pretty messed up already with my own problems, and man would it suck if I get out of my fictional house where I hang out with friends and have fun and I get to see the neighbour's grieving over somebody's loss, every time. Man, thanks, now I want to log out.Quote:
Originally Posted by Deatco1
It's not really lack of empathy. It's just because I have empathy to begin with that things like these hit me, that I feel sad if bad things happen to other people. Grieve, work out your feelings, stop playing for a while, make a symbolic memorial, I don't know; however I think of this it still feels too inappropriate to add to a videogame. -
02-15-2016, 06:29 AMWhiteroomAre you able to explain how it is repulsive, aside from not liking that I don't agree with you? You have made similar comments about others in the thread without showing that they are such, and other not seeing them as such. Or is it simply that those who don't agree with what you have said are disgusting people.Quote:
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(You have suggested that a company contact the families of dead customers to confirm their passing, think about that, really think about it.) -
02-15-2016, 07:16 AMDBthaONE
This might've been said before, but I don't feel like reading through pages on this topic. I'd suggest making a player portrait using the images that are used for forums. Then make that item a cash shop buy. Se gets money, you get your token of remembrance, everyone is happy.
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02-19-2016, 08:41 PMawbalto
How about a statue of a Warrior of Light (looking at the default midlander here) with a plaque " To our remembered fellow warriors of light"
you can't bully people with names then and it might fit the housing area.
http://www.riley.army.mil/portals/0/...rk-Victory.jpg
something like this fit to the lore of eorzea
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02-22-2016, 09:11 AMcrc0427
Some excellent ideas through some of the negative rubbish.
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02-22-2016, 09:13 AMcrc0427I shouldn't have to re-read and re-post what you've already written and is visible to everyone, unless you've edited. Your comments were quite rude.Quote:
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02-22-2016, 09:46 AMNeiraDon't let yourself be baited anymore please, just let the topic go. Most people who have been in this topic know what is going on, and it's pretty obvious where the average forum user's opinion is. He's just trolling and baiting the dissenters to continuously bump the thread and keep it going and at the top of the list.Quote:
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02-23-2016, 07:54 AMBlitzace
Been playing online games since i was 8? 23 now, Never have i've seen someone die in game or in my friendlist/guild.
Lucky? Maybe. how ever its very unlikely they would add something like this for a small group of people that actually wanna do something like this.
I'm sure you can keep his memory alive in some other way. I mean, i can understand like a fallen warrior thingy that you can type a name on it or something like that, But not the way you're asking for. thats far from happening. -
02-27-2016, 09:19 AMcrc0427Yea, I think it's pretty lucky. We've actually had 3 players pass away from XI to XIV. I appreciate the positive comments and hate the trolling ones. Not sure why people simply can't be kind. If you don't like it, great! Don't need to like it. But when you troll the poster with rude comments, you just look.. bad. Nothing wrong with a little kindness. (No I don't think you're comment was trolling like some others).Quote:
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03-25-2016, 06:53 AMniwaar
As someone who has lost not one but two friends who were members of my FC, raid group, etc in the last year, I would sincerely appreciate a way to remember them. It does not have to be a memorial statue. It does not have to be a gravestone piece of furniture but something... Even the biggest MMO company of them all, Blizzard has routinely memorialized longtime players in its game over the years. Yes, a lot of them had "friends" on the dev team, but quite a few of them have not. It is not too much to ask for there to be a small way we can remember our departed friends. We have done our best in the past. Our friend that passed last year, we named our first Airship afterhim. We purchased his house when it went up for sale because he could no longer log in and made it a memorial to him. But we want to do something more lasting. The suggestion was to create a retainer that looks like our friend and place it. But in the end it will always have a name on it that is not his. We'd like something more substantial, something we could place in our house (or out in the world.)
In the end, RIP my friend "Potato Cake". You will be missed.