Collaboration Request with Square-Enix

To whomever this may concern at Square-Enix:

I do not have any direct contacts with Square Enix to put this request through to get a proper response, so I am posting here in the hopes that someone will directly contact me about it.

I have developed an interesting content plan for FFXIV, and would like to request Square Enix's collaborative assistance in the matter. I will be creating the content myself.

Subjects involved with the content are as follows:

• Lore/Canon of FFXIV (Lore collaboration request)
• Video Trailer of FFXIV (Audio collaboration request)

What I intend to do, is release a piece of content each week when the work is completed, until the trailer I am in the process of creating, is released. There will be five pieces of content. I estimate by current timetables, that these releases will begin after Patch 1.20.

The important part about the need for collaboration is so the content can avoid any lore conflicts or issues.

I do not want to get into specifics here on the forums, for fear of spoiling it.

If interested, please contact me directly via DeviantArt, if possible, at nkato.deviantart.com - a dA account will be required to send Notes to me. Email addresses can then be exchanged, and proper correspondence can begin in earnest.

At the end of this message is a list of references to works I have created, so you can properly gauge my skills. This is something I am doing of my own will, because I do want to see Final Fantasy XIV succeed.

Thank you for your time.

Regards,
Feral Ren

P.S. If any forum members here have a direct e-mail contact for Square-Enix's community representatives or other contacts that I can use, sharing that with me via the aforementioned messaging method would be greatly appreciated.

P.P.S. If anyone wants to translate this message into fluent Japanese for me in order to better convey my goals to Square Enix, they are welcome to do so. In fact, I would appreciate it, as well.

References:
NKato's YouTube Channel
NKato's DeviantArt Profile
NKato's Graphic Novel, Fantasia Arks - on Hiatus

Edit: I have since submitted an edited version of this message with more details to the Suggestions inbox at the Square Enix Support Center.

...good luck.

Good luck!

nope...nope nope nope nope

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...good luck.

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...especially since your sign states that you do not agree with how SE handles its payment options. Shall we translate that into Japanese as well?

Your best bet if your actually serious would be to contact them through ordinary means. Call SE's NA branch and start asking who you would talk to about such things.

While it will doubtfully go anywhere due to legal issues among other things it would be the fastest way to get a definative answer.

I understand what you're proposing with this thread, and I haven't look at anything you've done so my comment isn't based on that... but you have the internet, and you can't find a more direct means to contact Square Enix besides a Final Fantasy forum? For shame...

Yeah, no. Posting in a forum is obliusly the most efficent way to get a job.
Also, SE don't care of any plan you have, until you can go in japan and sit around the table where they brainstorm

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Originally Posted by yukikaze_yanagi

Yeah, no. Posting in a forum is obliusly the most efficent way to get a job.
Also, SE don't care of any plan you have, until you can go in japan and sit around the table where they brainstorm

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Not interested in a job. I'm more or less asking for help from the Community Representatives, since they are likely to have access to one of the two things I need - the second thing isn't as important. I want to make sure the lore I write in my stories are as accurate as possible.

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Originally Posted by Rinsui

...especially since your sign states that you do not agree with how SE handles its payment options. Shall we translate that into Japanese as well?

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I'm going to assume that was sarcasm. The payment system is its own can of worms. Quite frankly, my statements on that issue have been very passionate, which should be an indicative of how much I care for XIV.

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Originally Posted by Jynx

Your best bet if your actually serious would be to contact them through ordinary means. Call SE's NA branch and start asking who you would talk to about such things.

While it will doubtfully go anywhere due to legal issues among other things it would be the fastest way to get a definative answer.

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Being Deaf, it's going to be difficult for me to call them, and there are no direct means of contact outside of phone numbers or snail mail - and snail mail isn't exactly the best of options right now.

And on the legal question, there's nothing really stopping Square from helping me out with this project - all I really need is their help making sure the lore is accurate in the stories I'm doing.

Good luck, it's pretty awesome work ^^v

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Originally Posted by SilvertearRen

• (Audio collaboration request)

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Originally Posted by SilvertearRen

Deaf

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I lol'd and if that's wrong, I don't wanna be right.

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Originally Posted by mysterytaru

I lol'd and if that's wrong, I don't wanna be right.

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I don't blame you for that. Sometimes, fate deals people the weirdest of cards, right? :D

Just like Beethoven.

1. whats to stop other people from doing this to get spoilers and then releasing them on news sites early. I'm assuming if you really wanted this to work you'd have to sign a non-disclosure contract in person at one of their main offices

2. Whats to stop anyone from making a fake DA account to contact you? Maybe its best to ask them to contact you via your official square account thing. That way only employees will have the email and you can know that no one is pretending to be SE to mess with you

Square Enix is not some mom and pop company, They have their own Marketing division that makes TV ads. If SE was interested in this, they would post for it, like what they did when looking for talent in XI.

If this isn't a job request, then its trying to make fanwork official, a big nono by most companies. Most Doujin circles would be very hard pressed to pull this off, and must already have a successful product to the fans that would be more trouble than its worth to squash.

you people are so freakin negative and i cant really think of a reason.
big ass companies are run by PEOPLE too...i mean i ve been in graphic design business for over 10 years now and i can recall getting jobs or collabs with very simmilar ways.
He has faith in what he does and he gives it a shot. Does it hurt you gut to wish a man "good luck" without trying to prove him wrong?
Wtf is wrong with you people.

In closing mate u have a very very good hand u seem talented and inspired .
I wish you the best of luck with this project and any other u might attempt in the future.

And dont listen to forum trolls :)

I don't understand the point to be honest. You created "content" for the game and want SE to use it so you want them to create lore to fit your content?

Sorry but that sounds riddiculous to post that on forums, deaf or not. Even more saying that you plan on releasing the content after 1.20... like you have access to FFXIV patch system and will update the game? And that sounds like "hmm I don't have faith in your planned content so I made some up for you to use".

Also, I would rather that they keep their staff working on their projects than waste time on fanwork, no offense.

I don't mean to be rude or anything, I just don't understand your intent behind all this.

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Originally Posted by Lycanthroat

you people are so freakin negative and i cant really think of a reason.
big ass companies are run by PEOPLE too...i mean i ve been in graphic design business for over 10 years now and i can recall getting jobs or collabs with very simmilar ways.
He has faith in what he does and he gives it a shot. Does it hurt you gut to wish a man "good luck" without trying to prove him wrong?
Wtf is wrong with you people.

In closing mate u have a very very good hand u seem talented and inspired .
I wish you the best of luck with this project and any other u might attempt in the future.

And dont listen to forum trolls :)

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But he is not looking for a job. He wants to create content that is faithful to the work as possible, and is vague about the two things he needs. It could be a way to weasel around the TOS for all they know. Will the user describe it as canon work? Will he sell it? Will it meet whever standards of approval dictated by the company?

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Originally Posted by Kallera

Square Enix is not some mom and pop company, They have their own Marketing division that makes TV ads. If SE was interested in this, they would post for it, like what they did when looking for talent in XI.

If this isn't a job request, then its trying to make fanwork official, a big nono by most companies. Most Doujin circles would be very hard pressed to pull this off, and must already have a successful product to the fans that would be more trouble than its worth to squash.

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Sorry to say it Ren, but this.

There are copyright and ownership matters at stake, the laws for which are different in every single country around the world, meaning if SE wanted anything like this, they would probably seek out a professional living in their own region from whom they could pruchase ownership rights of material produced - something that becomes very complicated if dealing with yourself in your current circumstances.

I'd also personally prefer it if you kept your fan-made stuff fan-made. It stands to keep its character better that way.