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much appreciation for your hard work! ^_^
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I cheer for the team, Yosih-P and devs are working hard us. I truly appreciate it! :D

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Even though sometimes I can be a little... :p

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Two new JP interviews if you haven't read already that will make you /cheer YoshiP & Dev Team even more.

**NEW** 06/14/12 4Gamer Interview June 2012 - http://goo.gl/xyagP
**NEW** 06/12/12 Game Watch Interview June 2012 - http://goo.gl/27JU2

Yoshi-P, Thank You for giving me a new Journey!

I <3 you Yoshi ^^ Are you free Friday night?

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Thank you, Yoshi-P! You have done a wonderful job (Such an understatement!) at fixing this game, and I look forward to seeing 2.0 and how the game goes after that. :)

Thank you Yoshi-P and the Development Team for doing your best to make a good game for us. I am very excited to see the new world that you have made for us. I appreciate all your sleepless nights and very hard work. Thank you!!!

;__; i want to thank to him personally.. so here /pray for invite lol

If you haven't read already (looong post) YoshiP's open conference talking about what he had to go through to decide on FFXIV ARR, will want to really cheer him more lol

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...l=1#post907102

to great battles http://static2.finalfantasyxiv.com/a...Vfjho2Mcek.jpg

to great moments http://static2.finalfantasyxiv.com/a...VEcvVeGaQ0.jpg

and to fun times http://static2.finalfantasyxiv.com/a...VfjiVaOdCI.jpg thanks yoshi-p and crew! keep it up!

Thank you, Yoshi-P! Thank you for turning my worst favorite game into a game that I can't see myself living without! Thanks for all the memories, all the epic fights! Thanks for turning this sinking Titanic around so hard you launched it into the skies! Thanks for showing me the world of Hydaelyn, a place I am proud to call home.

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Kagato, The Final Boss, thanks Yoshi-P and the FFXIV Development Team for their hard work and devotion to make this game into something greater.

You all have my approval. I will now proceed with the customary "Thumbs Up" and "High-Five" in honor of your work.

Thank you Yoshi-P and team (the whole team, right down to the people who clean your floors!). I doubt there are many others who could turn this game around like you have. To do what you're doing requires a lot of skill, vision, patience and dedication. I appreciate that you are taking your time on ARR to ensure it is a brilliant product, and all of the hard work you are doing definitely shows.

Most of all, I want to thank you for staying in touch with your fans. I think it's very admirable that you take the time to keep us informed, even with all the work you must have in front of you! I appreciate you all so much, I'd take you all out to dinner if I could. But I guess I'll have to settle for faithfully playing your game each month, and hoping you'll read my post. :)

Doing good stuff Dev team. From music, to amazing backgrounds and world ambiance. Can't wait for Alpha, and if not Beta for sure. This is going to be an amazing comeback for you all. And doubters will have their foot in their mouth.

p.s.
I want Samurai's to look like this, Yoshi-P ... Pleeease!

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Well done YoshiP. Well done...

lol Seriously though, fantastic work! I am not only happy that I've stuck around, but I am proud as well. ^^

Cheering for yoshi and co. because I know he'll create epic adventures I can share with my friends =)

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Thanks, keep it up (This thread reminds me of this: wherein Yoshi-P is cloud and Bahamut was the game's bad launch haha)

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haha I totally agree!

Hang in there Naoki Yoshida, We believe in you! *boosts Yoshida further into the air!* You can do it!

Thank you for making XIV feel like Final Fantasy again! And Regional Servers a first for Square Enix. Yoshida has to be hella convincing to get Square Enix to put full support behind him! Setting up databases in other countries is not cheap!

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Keep up the Good work Yoshi-sama !! , Heres to exceeding expectations !

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yoshi thank you for working really hard in 2.0 the whole community are really happy with the improvement that you and the dev team are doing, you work is gonna pay off when everyone is gonna been playing and loving it and more people gonna start playing it again :D so again thank you Yoshi! u the best! :D

You guys rock!!

Thanks to Yoshi-P and his amazing crew!
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I don't have any screenshots to share, but I've been incredibly impressed with the work you guys have done so far. I keep thinking about how much insane crazy pressure Yoshi-P and his crew must be under, and yet everything I see is just simply amazing! Even if (and I highly doubt this), but even IF ARR comes out and is not received well, everyone can see how hard you guys are working, and it is SO appreciated!

Thank you!

Hello everyone!

I wanted to pass along Yoshi-P's messages as there is quite a bit of encouragement in this thread. :)

He recently attended the SQUARE ENIX OPEN Conference, which was a 2-day long conference that focused a lot on the technology and process behind the creation of the Agni's Philosophy tech demo. He will also be participating in a live stream on NicoNico where it will be possible to call in and talk while on air.

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Producer/Director Yoshida here.

Thanks so much for all the words of encouragement! I'm so happy for all the responses about the SQUARE ENIX OPEN Conference and today’s live NicoNico call!

In regards to the conference, the articles for each of the media are starting to be posted on their sites, so please take a look. :D

The entire technology development department will appear on NicoNico live at long last! Once I get word of the schedule I will let you all know!

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Oh, to everyone who commented on the conference,

Regardless of what line of work you're in, when you give it your all and work hard, you'll get tired, and that's tough. However, this time around, I'm really able to see the fruits of the hard work when I see you all playing and I'll continue work as hard as I can for all of you. I really want to thank you all for that.

However, there are times in both work and school when no matter how hard you try you might not see results. Despite this, the experience of giving it your all will remain with you, and I believe that those around you will take notice.

As long as I have the enormous responsibility of working on FINAL FANTASY, I will continue to put in all of my effort and aim for the best results. I believe that nothing is more important than putting in every ounce of effort, so I'd really appreciate it if you can keep this in mind too. :)

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Will the name of the press conference name be in english or should be just look about for the square enix name in english or katakana? Also for those that don't know, nico nico douga is a japanese website similar to youtube. It's english equivalent is called just called nico nico.

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/SQUARE...OpenConference

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http://www.ustream.tv/channel/SQUARE...OpenConference

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That one is already offline, this one has the recorded version + english translation of it :)


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If you haven't read already (looong post) YoshiP's open conference talking about what he had to go through to decide on FFXIV ARR, will want to really cheer him more lol

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...l=1#post907102

Yoshi P, Raising the Bar

I swear... the official release date of A realm reborn needs to become a national holiday.

Yoshi-P Day!

It's like Halloween mixed with Independence Day and New years, only we dress up as Final Fantasy characters, mainly garb we'd wear in FFXIV, and we light off fireworks and party until midnight.

Nice read there! YoshiP is some sort of amazing, more amazing than amazing. :P

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I swear... the official release date of A realm reborn needs to become a national holiday.

Yoshi-P Day!

It's like Halloween mixed with Independence Day and New years, only we dress up as Final Fantasy characters, mainly garb we'd wear in FFXIV, and we light off fireworks and party until midnight.

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At least it would get people to go outside.

I never really participate in discussions, but I want to have my voice heard here now. I'm very thankful that Yoshi-P took over FFXIV to make it the game it needs to be. The team did such a wonderful job with 1.0 and I only joined after jobs had been available! I had the time of my life and met such wonderful friends. Even though we are separated now I'm sure we'll find each other again in ARR. I know he wants it to be the best it can be and from what I've been able to see its gonna happen! That gives me lots of hope for my future adventures. To all of the dev team, I wanna say I support you guys and wish for the very best! You're doing an awesome job!

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I never really participate in discussions, but I want to have my voice heard here now. I'm very thankful that Yoshi-P took over FFXIV to make it the game it needs to be. The team did such a wonderful job with 1.0 and I only joined after jobs had been available! I had the time of my life and met such wonderful friends. Even though we are separated now I'm sure we'll find each other again in ARR. I know he wants it to be the best it can be and from what I've been able to see its gonna happen! That gives me lots of hope for my future adventures. To all of the dev team, I wanna say I support you guys and wish for the very best! You're doing an awesome job!

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Your name sound familiar, Are you once from Besaid?

nope, from Ragnarok

I really REALLY appreciate the hard work and effort that Yoshi P and the team are putting into this game, anI think Square Enix as a whole is changing to the better thanks to the initial FFXIV fiasco, so we all end up winning in the end!

Now I need to take my japanese courses back and try to join any of the SE dev teams... I would really like to work there, even if it's from 10 am to 2 am. As for now I will keep supporting the game and awaiting the re-release.

Thank you Yoshi-P and the whole dev team. AWESOME JOB!

Thank you very much for many messages to Dev team and me :)

And thank you for continuing the play of FFXIV until now.
We continue efforts together with you from now on!

Heed the Crystal's call.

And we'll keep cheering you all on even after release!

We have possibly the coolest Director/Producer of any MMO out there.

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We have possibly the coolest Director/Producer of any MMO out there.

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Seconded.
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Thank you very much for many messages to Dev team and me :)

And thank you for continuing the play of FFXIV until now.
We continue efforts together with you from now on!

Heed the Crystal's call.

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Please don't kill yourself over the game.
When it's all said and done, I want you to take a nice long vacation.