Just imagine one could change his opinion...
I've also kept quite a stance away from the typical weeby-looking games including FF, until I got a beta-invite to FFXIV.
After all, I was quite unfamiliar with those games. When put in comparison to something like Warcraft, JRPGs often appeared heavily sexualized, way too warm while they'd be in more realistic environment annihalated to oblivion, and to some point appear too childish as if the pixies' finished dream world (forgot the name again) was the norm. It also doesn't help if your friends or in Asmon's case his chat keeps promoting it to the point it becomes very annoying.
The constant promotion of "FFXIV free trial with award-winning expansion Heavensward" - or whatever the meme's wording is - can distance one further from the game.
