<3 Yoshi P

He's rapidly rising on my list of Favorite Developers, up there with Valve's Gabe Newell. I seem to have become captivated with his hands on style with the community and his eccentric and entertaining personality.

Also <3 to the community team that relays all the developer posts, they seem like pretty cool dudes (Looking at you and your ridiculous Cactaur, Hvinire).

Surely I'm not the only person/forum lurker who has developed some <3 for our new producer overlord(s). Thoughts, anyone?

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Originally Posted by Lunar_Wind

He's rapidly rising on my list of Favorite Developers, up there with Valve's Gabe Newell.

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Hopefully we won't see him walk on Sony's stage at some future E3 to apologize for some absolutely nonsensical statement made years before.

I hope he will do a "EorzeaFest" as "VanaFest =)

But never make a video like THIS !!!! ----> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yq-hD...layer_embedded

I don't like how formal he is.

Please say someone got the joke...

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Originally Posted by Corrderio

I don't like how formal he is.

Please say someone got the joke...

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That's just how I write on forums. : < It wasn't supposed to be sarcasm.

I think his and the teams hard work is finally beginning to pay off. I think (or at least I hope) that this week is going to mark something of a sea change for the project, with 1.17 and all of the developer information we have been getting, now I feel they finally have the momentum to turn around opinion about this game going forward.

<3 Yoshi-P

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Originally Posted by Lunar_Wind

That's just how I write on forums. : < It wasn't supposed to be sarcasm.

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That comment was made long before the forums were made.

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Originally Posted by Evangelus

I hope he will do a "EorzeaFest" as "VanaFest =)

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Yeah, I'm pretty sad that we haven't had a Fanfest outside of Japan since 2008. I went in 2007, and it was friggin' great

I like that he's more comical and easy going than Tanaka, I will reserve my judgement until tomorrow on how well he is doing in terms of development progress.

From his post and recent update schedule things are looking good though.

I just LOVE him <3

I think he inspires both dev team and players with his personality and his huge experience in gaming makes him much more understanding. :)

Yoshi's interview with Gamasutra is actually what inspired me to purchase and subscribe to FFXIV after the beta completely turned me off to the game. I'm happy to see some of the critically important changes that have already been put into the game, and I look forward to the changes coming under his direction.

His openness and informal style of communication is very refreshing after Square|Enix seemed to be so closed to concerns and feedback. It reminds me of the attitudes from CCP, who are probably my favorite MMO developers to watch (and whose MMO I've also been a happy subscriber to for years).

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Originally Posted by Lunar_Wind

Gabe Newell

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPkiy...watch_response

I admit, I'm really liking him and the community team.

A friendly, fun atmoshere is what I'm looking for most. It's not just about liking the devs, devs with that kind of attitude are more likely to produce a game I'm interested in playing. He listens to the community and tries to do what he can to bring the community together, without losing his own ideas and focus in the process. I like that.

Cant believe people love someone who have not proved himself worthy of anything yet.
i type this with a grin on my face.

I am a big fan also. He really seems to understand the players needs and wants. He seems open to suggestions. Because he is also a player he goes through the same trials and celebrations that the players do. He has really changed things since he started in a very good way. Hurray for Yoshi - P.

I am starting to see a lot of improvement since he has taken over. I really am pleased, even if the updates are released in small chunks multiple times a month... it's really given me something to look forward to.

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Originally Posted by Zkieve

Cant believe people love someone who have not proved himself worthy of anything yet.
i type this with a grin on my face.

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Actually Yoshida's influence already had some quite evident results. You're writing (quite a lot actually) on one of them.

he (probably not single-handedly, but that's beyond the point) revolutioned Square Enix's communication. That's, by itself, a rather sizable achievement.

And his favourite MMO is Dark Age of Camelot. He deserves praise even just for that. At the very least he has good taste.

It's evident that he plays the game regularly, which is awesome. I wonder if there's some rule among the devs now that they must play at least an hour a day or something so that they get a feel for how their planned and current changes affect the players. It sounds like a good idea to me.

I love Yoshi-P, seriously he should read this and feel appreciated because I don't think he feels that way sometimes being a game developer in charge of atm not so great game. He's really trying, everyone can tell, and he says it like it is from the heart, I feel he has a passion for this game Tanaka did not have, not to hate on Tanaka, I don't think EVERYTHING was his fault.

I have said it before and i will say it again, Yoshi-p seems like the type of guy that you could go have a drink with and have a good time hanging out with him. The dude is forthright and a really good jovial and personable yet serious personalty drips from every sentence in his letters and the direct posts he makes here. He really seems to grock the current situation with the game. Couldn't imagine a better person at the helm and as the Chief pr guy.

I'm sorry, but he seems very dedicated, friendly, and gives as much explanations as I'm sure he is capable, but I cannot love him despite all that simply because of a lot of crap he's released into Eorzea since his arrival. And also the promise of more.

I am in favor of <3

I am strongly against Naoki Yoshida.

I love Yoshida-san, the dev team, and the community reps! Great people!

im all for the yoshi p love (yeah came off a little creepy) he seems doing his best get thing done and he flipped out about anyone negative comments

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Originally Posted by Captaindownsyndrome

im all for the yoshi p love (yeah came off a little creepy) he seems doing his best get thing done and he flipped out about anyone negative comments

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he is human after all heh. i think a lot of people really pushed his buttons when they said that SE wasnt doing anything and releasing crap content. i would take that very personally if i was him or any game developer.

i think he is doing a really good job with the situation that he was put in.

He's (and devs) doing something really concrete to make realize the FF14 rebirth. And, in the same way, great efforts by community reps, to make the communication players-yoshi easier and solid. I really appreciate this and, in this moment, i have more faith in FF14 than ever. It could become something great from now on imo. :)

do not forget the other members of the team =). They are a group.