Where in the world...?

[AdvancedWind]

Earthquake threads were sort of relevant because

A) SE is in Japan, and therefore it could

B) directly affect Final Fantasy XIV (like it did)

and finally

C) Square Enix themselfs started helping with donations

Osama Bin Laden threads are NOT relevant because

A) They're in no way, shape or form related to FFXIV, no matter how hard you try

therefore

B) They're completely unrelated "General News". There are far more appropriated places to discuss these things other than here.

[Xzen]

The mods need to enforce their rules regardless. One News article is allowed while another is censored. Both important but the mods have some kind of jaded opinion of one and not the other? From an old GM to the mods. You need to enforce your companies policies globally regardless of your personal opinions on off topic discussions on these forums.

[AdvancedWind]

The mods need to enforce their rules regardless. One News article is allowed while another is censored. Both important but the mods have some kind of jaded opinion of one and not the other? From and old GM to the mods. You need to enforce your companies policies globally regardless of your personal opinions on off topic discussions on these forums.

But, like I said, Earthquake related news WERE FFXIV relevant.

Let me give you a few examples:

MASSIVE POWER OUTAGES IN JAPAN - Relevant: It could affect FFXIV
NEW JAPANESE PRESIDENT - Irrelevant: It will not affect FFXIV
NEW JAPANESE PRESIDENT IS AGAINST ONLINE GAMES: Relevant: It could affect FFXIV
OSAMA BIN LADEN DIES - Irrelevant: It will not affect FFXIV
TERRORIST THREATENS BLOWING UP MMO SERVERS - Relevant: It could affect FFXIV
NEW U.S. LAW WANTS TO BANSH MMOs FROM AMERICA - Relevant : It could affect American FFXIV players

Do you get it now?

[Xzen]

But, like I said, Earthquake related news WERE FFXIV relevant.

Let me give you a few examples:

MASSIVE POWER OUTAGES IN JAPAN - Relevant: It could affect FFXIV
NEW JAPANESE PRESIDENT - Irrelevant: It will not affect FFXIV
NEW JAPANESE PRESIDENT IS AGAINST ONLINE GAMES: Relevant: It could affect FFXIV
OSAMA BIN LADEN DIES - Irrelevant: It will not affect FFXIV
TERRORIST THREATENS BLOWING UP MMO SERVERS - Relevant: It could affect FFXIV
NEW U.S. LAW WANTS TO BANSH MMOs FROM AMERICA - Relevant : It could affect American FFXIV players

Do you get it now?

Any thing could potentially interrupt service. Until they knew it was going to it was just news that had nothing to do with FFXIV.

[Ashgarth]

Any thing could potentially interrupt service. Until they knew it was going to it was just news that had nothing to do with FFXIV.

Just the fact that it was the country where the servers, developers and basically everything related to the game is. Besides that no, it had nothing to do with it.

[KaiKatzchen]

I don't mean for this to sound rude in any way...

But isn't this kinda a pointless argument? In the end it doesn't matter what we think should and shouldn't be allowed. It is THEIR forum and they can do as they like, delete what they like and allow what they like. If people don't like it then go start your own forum or go to a forum that allows it, it's not like I'm not seeing threads about that dude on every forum I go to.

Other than that continue to bang your head into a wall if it feels good.

[Xzen]

Just the fact that it was the country where the servers, developers and basically everything related to the game is. Besides that no, it had nothing to do with it.

It still had no effect on the service until the power company needed them to shut down. Thus had no effect on the game. I already suggested an Off Topic forum to make situations like this easier on the forum mods in the future. It's a lot easier to move a thread and direct people that want to talk about a subject to an off topic forum than it is to piss them off and deal with the aftermath. Simple and easy.

[Xophious]

Greetings DeadRiser.

Like others have said before, there is a thread specifically made with forum post guidelines, which is located at the very top of the General Discussion. This thread will be closed since it is unnecessary and have become off-topic. Thanks for posting.