FC Ready Check is toxic

They're elitists & kicked me & my friend for reasons that were not fair. I joined a raid group there & I told the raid group I was going to a concert during one of the raid nights, I even mentioned it in the FC chat hours before ( none of my raid group was online ) but I figured I'd say it in the chat so there was some sorta record.

Anyways, went to the concert & hung out with friends, came home bam I get kicked. Cool. It wasn't a big deal, this FC treats the game like a job & even interviewed me ( yikes ) to join.

Anyways no biggie, I didn't care because if I got kicked for mentioning my absence & having a real life outside of FFXIV got me kicked, I knew I wasn't a right fit. Anyways, flash forward to today. My buddy who I got invited into the FC was doing Hunts. I asked for a invite into the Link Shell & it turned out the LS was headed by the guy who was in the toxic FC that kicked me.

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Anyways, I got invited & I got kicked instantly. Alright? Cool. Then my buddy is reading what they're saying about me. That I'm a horrible person & all these things even though I did nothing but tell my FC in advance of real life things happening & because of this one thing they're treating me like the Anti-Christ.

The LS goes nuts, starts asking everyone who invited me. They eventually contact me & ask me who invited me & I didn't tell them. My friend didn't even know his FC was in the LS. He was in this LS before I believe & didn't see it as a problem to invite mw. Anyway they go nuts.

They start berating him, berating me & being so salty & toxic it's revolting to watch. They end up kicking my friend from the FC & say there's a "2 week probation period" that they're allowed to kick anyone they want. The funny part is that people within this FC were vouching for me & saying they did read about my absence but didn't know who to ask.

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Case in point, by now you're reading this & probably rolling your eyes in disbelief. I agree with that. Lets just say they kicked me, my friend & waited in silence for my buddy to leave their LS. Now we're out of that FC & have come to the conclusion that this FC, Ready Check, is as toxic, vile & ridiculous as they come.

I'm starting my own FC tomorrow & I'm making a drama free FC where none of these toxic slanderous people can be. This is a game about fun & having fun with your friends. It's not your job, it's not your life & it surely shouldn't be taken seriously to the point that you're treating admissions into your FC like a career choice.

Thanks for reading guys, I've now learned that it's pointless to join a FC nowadays. I'll be in my own, where things won't be ridiculous. And I'll play the game, 'cause y'know there's real life too. Thanks for reading.

I should probably add a little here that I don't find the entire FC is toxic. It seems like it's just a token few but that token few is enough to sour the entire bunch. So yeah. No thanks.

Took me to the third post to realize what you mean by "FC Ready Check". I thought it was some new system to do a FC-wide Ready Check.

Haha nah. They're called Ready Check. I don't think the entire FC is bad, there were some cool people from what I interacted with. But those few guys I encountered were a bit craaazzzy. The higher ups I assume. They interviewed through like TeamSpeak to join lol. A little crazy. Ah well. This thread post if anything is just to warn newcomers or anyone looking to join an FC to maybe avoid this one just because they're very toxic & hardcore to the point that I don't think it's for the best interests of players. An FC is a place for people to come together & have fun, not be attacked, studied, rated & thrown aside because of little missteps.

So I would say look into other FC's. The Last Exiles & Final Fantasy are good ones, I'm forming my own though. Enjoy FFXIV.

It\\'s k i feel for you.
In general any fc that interviews ppl like a job is bound to turn out bad for newer recruits.
They probably were more nicer/lenient before all this endgame content popped up.
I can name quite a few and imo this won\\'t be breaking ToS as i am not adressing an individual but i am adressing ppl as an overall group.
You got (using tags)
-mimic
-demi ... Lollllllll
-orb
-ready check
There\\'s a few more but i forgot their tags or fc names as i don\\'t care tht much to list them all.

Not all ppl in these fcs are bad it\\'s just tht the ones that r toxic and tryhards overshadow the good thus tainting the reputation as shady, toxic, elitist, troll, etc.

I went thru this during the start of 2.2.
I felt very hurt because i trusted them etc but i just didn\\\\'t make the cut due to the leader\\\\'s ideal view.
Soon after my former fc mates left tht fc due to them trash talking fellow mates.
Then that fc leader decided to merge fcs and become the abomination known as Cough* Demi. Its a cestpool of elitism at its finest.

But gl on making a new fc if you got no LS buds in the same boat as you as recruting fresh players acts like a bandaid that will fall off in the following weeks to come.

Honestly beyond this FC I feel like as a whole the entire "Hunt" situation has also made people extremely toxic. I joined this FC last week maybe Tuesday/Wednesday. So Fresh off of 2.3 & it wasn't AS bad per-say. It wasn't by the weekend that it got pretty bad. Then again one of the healers in my raid group, whom I won't mention their name, was also extremely toxic. This healer was angry & using /tell to tell me that I needed to act a certain way & it was quite...disturbing to say the least. I feel like people take things too seriously & the environment right now of this game has rotten'd the community even more.

Nevertheless I say if you want to stay drama free, stay away lol.

There's two sides in a story unfortunately. I, for one, wanna hear their side. Maybe it's an accumulative thing and this was the final straw. People enjoy playing the victim as if they are completely innocent in everything. I'm not saying you are playing the victim in just talking generally.

Anyways, goodluck on the new fc!

Oh and you might wanna avoid mentioning names and such. It would probably count as shaming.

I was in the FC for under a week & I raided with them on Thursday. Two people couldn't raid due to real life reasons on Friday & weren't kicked, as far as I could tell. Saturday, the healer asks me if I can make it on Sunday. I say "maybe" & if I can't I'll inform the FC that I cannot in case they are not online. Since our only way of contacting at this point was the FC Chat apparently. Sunday comes, they're not online, I tell the FC my reasons & I log off immediately. I come back later that night, boom I'm kicked. So there you go. Not playing the victim. I even said earlier on I was okay with it & I didn't feel like a goof fit. It wasn't until today when the Linkshell & my friend & the FC berating me like I was some horrific human being that I actually got offended enough to make this thread post.

Had they just kicked me & that was it it would've been fine. But they decided to go nuts. So here we are & I'm letting people know in case they get recruited.

As the leader of Ready Check <Focus>, I would like to go over how our free company operates. Within the first two weeks of joining the free company, we reserve the right to ask all new recruits to leave the free company for any reason. We are actually closed for recruitment currently because we felt that our numbers were getting too high, and we don't want to become one of the mega FCs that collapse after a few good months in the game. We were recruiting people who were dedicated to building and maintaining a fun, friendly atmosphere while tackling raids, primals, etc. We don't actually interview people unless it's for a coil group. We have to make sure someone will be a good fit for a group with an opening. We have had so much success using these methods, and we're very excited that we have so many statics working on second coil. I don't see why we're being called "elitist" for discouraging disrespectful behavior.

Moreover, I don't feel like our free company is toxic since we shed ourselves of toxic players regularly. Once a member has been in the free company longer than two weeks, they are promoted and become a permanent part of our community. We have had such positive feedback from our permanent members because we do take this seriously. We like to protect our members from any negative behavior by other players. What is this game worth if the fun has been ruined? Why bother even subscribing if you're just going to have your time monopolized by people who don't care about you? We believe that free companies are an integral part of socializing in this game. Feel free to find a member of Focus and ask them how they feel about us.

You can also have a look at readycheckfc.com

Good luck on your new FC, Milan. I hope that it works out for you.

Actually I got kicked for basically having a life. Then I was attacked by my healer, who by the way kept dying when we raided so we couldn't even finish T6 but I didn't say anything because we just started but she got really vocal about it & mad. Anyways, I told the FC I was gonna miss this single raid time, which two previous members of the group did as well. They didn't get kicked but I did? What was I supposed to do? I can't personal message them if they're offline so I did the only thing I could which is say I can't make it in FC Chat. People even vouched for me, but apparently that doesn't matter either.

And you clearly don't care about your members, I give notice & apparently it's a screw up & I get kicked?

Then when my friend invites me to a LinkShell for Hunts, which by the way he didn't even know the FC was in because he joined out of the blue, I get immediately kicked & I quote what YOU said about me. "F*** that" you said according to my friend. Then your entire LS goes into full on investigation mode to discover who invited me when my friend didn't even know it was a big deal. I didn't even care that I got kicked, it was the LS event that really set me off. You claim your FC is "friendly" but it's not. You guys are elitists & you seem to fail to grasp that human beings have lives outside of a video game. I was also not even toxic in that raid group for the brief amount of time I was in it anyways. I was helping out as well as me & the other tank had great synergy & I was joking around a lot with them too. It was only the White Mage, who was holding us back anyways, who kept going nuts.

AND you kicked my friend for what exactly? Inviting someone to a LS not even thinking it was a big deal? Not only that but I can vouch that your FC at least to some degree is decent. I'm currently farming Hunts with about 60% of my party being Ready Check members. And they're fine, nobody cares. But it's funny how the FC Leader is toxic themselves, kicks me from the FC when I did everything in my power to do right then goes as far as to expel me from an LS & send his/her lackeys to personal message me to find out who invited me. When I did NOTHING wrong. I literally raided once with that group, then I got kicked a few days later due to real life stuff.

Your FC is toxic, I'm not denying the skill of the players but you sometimes you gotta realize that the person tanking or healing is a human being that does more than spend their lives in a video game. But by all means, continue kicking people without hearing their side of the story & spewing your fakeness. I can't wait to make my own FC so I don't have to deal with the elitists of this community. You guys are ridiculous. I'm an iLV99 Warrior working on Novus & even I feel like that's not enough for some people. Take a chill pill, try to listen to peoples side of the story instead of having brash accusations. Just ridiculous.

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Originally Posted by StrangeAeons

Actually I got kicked for basically having a life.

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Why are you so upset if it's obvious that you weren't a great fit for your group?

No one knows what really happened but you sure are making a big stink about it. Groups don't just kick people for having an unexpected night out. And if they do, the people don't get this miffed when they are.

I'd say so what, just join another FC but you done posted all this

It doesn't really matter if you're telling the whole truth or not... The impression you've made on people who've read this thread is that you're a drama queen.

Raiding is something I've been doing for almost six years and I can tell you that out of all the people I've met in that time not a damn single one of them liked drama.

Well

not when it's happening in their community anyway

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Not really being a drama queen, I said I was totally fine with being kicked cause clearly there was some misunderstanding & I just moved on. But when the LS incident happened, I was treated like I did something equivalent to heresy & my friend & I were like, "Why do they hate me so much?" Even then I wasn't too bothered it wasn't till one of those crazy people starts messaging me trying to find out who invited me. They took it too far is all. This thread is just to warn new players or anyone looking for an FC to just reconsider what they wanna do in-game. I'm sure people have had great experiences in this FC, but I for one was treated unjustly & unfairly with no chance of remedy then I was bashed even further, so yeah I made a topic.

Like I said, I'm starting my own FC today ( the lockout is over at 4PM for me ) but this is just a warning sign. The Last Exiles is a great FC if people are looking. Those guys are legit. Thanks.

And I hope my actions here helps to show not only this FC but FC's of all kinds that you should treat people with respect & give them equal opportunities to prove themselves & hear their side of the problem before you make rash assumptions & go as far as to exclude them for massive public events too like Hunting Parties even though you've never actually talked to the person, you only act upon things you've apparently heard about them. I hope this thread shows Ready Check & whomever else to be a little more friendly & maybe you won't get a 1000+ people view count thread exposing your ugly side.

I hope Ready Check does fine in the future, just try not to be d%$#'s to people. If I see you in game, I won't even have animosity towards you. I'm here to play games & have fun, not to be attacked by your lackeys. So if the FC leader of Ready Check is cool with moving past this whole thing, I am too. Thanks for reading guys it means a lot good or bad for your comments.

Alright, I am a little late to the party here but after reading this I couldn't sit back and not come to the defense of what I firmly believe to be the best FC on Adamantoise.

Having been with Ready Check since nearly day one, I've seen this FC grow from just a few devoted members with a hope to cultivate a fun, supportive atmosphere grow into the full blown, tightly knit community that exists today. I understand that focused, dedicated and well managed Free Companies are not for everyone. Players' priorities and values can vary widely in the MMORPG world and so it is no surprise that not everyone's ideals would be a match. As difficult as it can be, I admire the Ready Check leaders' abilities for being able to not only discern players who may not be a fit for the community but be able to make the necessary judgement calls to ensure that the FC stays in line with that original hope.

I am sorry that your experience with Ready Check was not what you were looking for and I wish you all the best in building your own community. I don't mean to drag this on but I know that many members share my sentiments and I felt that there should be a voice for those of us that appreciate, respect and esteem this fantastic FC.

I don't know any of the people involved in this, but from an outside perspective it sort of looks like this.

Kicked user posts 10 pages of rant and doesn't know how to edit over 200 char even after being told.
Says hes ok with it, but continues to vent.

Accused FC has a very classy post wishing him luck and not really bringing up what happened.

Gonna be honest bro you sound like you might be the problem, and you are blaming other people/this FC.
Obviously in the scenario you described about missing a raid date, they would be jerks for kicking you.
But as we all know thats just the scenario you described and probably left out a whole bunch of stuff that was the real reason for you being kicked.
You probably don't even know what you did, because you can't see your own problems. Might be time to look in the mirror. And maybe you are a horrible person like the LS said you were.

I don't see why the FC would even bother defending themselves.

Dude joined their FC in order to raid with them. He gives only a "couple of hours" notice that he's skipping their 2nd night raiding together. Dude is somehow surprised that they don't think too highly of him.

I wouldn't have even justified the thread with a response if I were them.

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Originally Posted by Adeline

wowowowo my post got deleted

SOMEONE IS SALTY

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No, it's the Moderators cleaning up the thread and possibly locking it soon.

Greetings, all!

As this thread has proceeded to become progressively more negative, I will be closing it and removing additional posts. If the thread seems salvageable and there seems to be a discussion worth having after cleaning the thread up, I will unlock the thread. If the thread is not unlocked, then the discussions should be considered closed in the forums.

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Greetings, again!

After reviewing what I have left of the thread, it seems both sides in this discussion have had an opportunity to speak up. Because of this, and that reopening the thread would likely lead to additional negative posts, the thread will remain closed.

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