I'm LGBT and I don't think the vanlentines quest is offensive.

[frostmagemari]

Is the LGBT community really that big that they need to be catered to specifically? Bigger than the FFXI community? Seems like just the vocal minority (Yes those dreaded two words!) trying to make a small issue into a big one.

No one has asked for catering, people -have- asked for us to not be excluded. Not being excluded from thought is not the same as being catered to, i suggest you realize that.

At the end of the day, however, no one is up in arms about this event. No one is calling for SQE's head on a platter. I, and others, are voicing disappointment that instead of change a few lines of text from a non-crucial npc (and it's resulting quest) to encompass everyone in their playerbase regardless of sexual identification; They instead to chose to simply act as if there was no other way to be during a romantic holiday.

SQE's real test will be in the future, when and if they introduce marriage. If they choose to do the responsible thing, everyone will be happy.. if they do not, then they will again hear disappointment from a large portion of their player base.