JP Only!

[KuroMiso]

The problem is "JP Only" doesn't just mean Japanese language only, but in some cases Japanese people only. I tried being nice and asking a party finder group if I could join (in Japanese) for Ifrit Extreme, which I was well geared for and already experienced. I was turned down because I wasn't 日本人 despite being someone that lives in Japan and can communicate fine. A person's race outside of the game shouldn't matter, and has no place in the party finder. It's fine if they only want people that can speak Japanese. That's what the language selection is for, but phrases such as "WHITE ONLY" or "<INSERT ANY OTHER RACE> ONLY" wouldn't be tolerable, so why is this?

[Reishi]

I tried being nice and asking a party finder group if I could join (in Japanese) for Ifrit Extreme, which I was well geared for and already experienced. I was turned down because I wasn't 日本人

How did they even know you weren't japanese in real life if you spoke fluently japanese? Or was your client set to english?

[KuroMiso]

How did they even know you weren't japanese in real life if you spoke fluently japanese? Or was your client set to english?

My client is set to English.

[ZohnoReecho]

The problem is "JP Only" doesn't just mean Japanese language only, but in some cases Japanese people only. I tried being nice and asking a party finder group if I could join (in Japanese) for Ifrit Extreme, which I was well geared for and already experienced. I was turned down because I wasn't 日本人 despite being someone that lives in Japan and can communicate fine. A person's race outside of the game shouldn't matter, and has no place in the party finder. It's fine if they only want people that can speak Japanese. That's what the language selection is for, but phrases such as "WHITE ONLY" or "<INSERT ANY OTHER RACE> ONLY" wouldn't be tolerable, so why is this?

That's something I would have reported.

[Tupsi]

The problem is "JP Only" doesn't just mean Japanese language only?

The thing is - it actually does mean Japanese language only most of the time, especially after talking with many of them throughout my 11 years in FFXI and 3 years in FFXIV. There's always exceptions but you're making assumptions it's them being racist when it's not most of the time. Unless you yourself are fluent in Japanese they have absolutely no way to know if you're a Japanese person or not unless you used a translator. (And they can tell.) Your client language means nothing as you can change that to whatever - lots of Japanese players play on the English client as well as the Japanese one.