Regarding the crisis in Japan and the FF14 forums.

[raffyv]

We also don't need 10 threads about bitching about people who just want to show their concern and support.

Seriously dude. You don't walk up to a woman attending her child's funeral and nag her about her electric bill, do you? Debate everything you want, make any comments you want about back up servers, which are probably valid comments, but for *** sake, you don't pour salt into somebody's wounds by saying "well, this inconvenience could have been entirely avoided if they'd have done such and such thing."

1. I believe this is the first thread specifically made to address the issue of people who refuse to discuss anything negative pertaining to FF14 or SE.

2. I myself am concerned about the Japanese people.. and I have no intention of "pouring salt into the Japanese's wounds".. SE =/= Japanese.. Companies should always be held to a higher and relatively impersonal standard.

[Kilta_Firelotus]

1. I believe this is the first thread specifically made to address the issue of people who refuse to discuss anything negative pertaining to FF14 or SE.

2. I myself am concerned about the Japanese people.. and I have no intention of "pouring salt into the Japanese's wounds".. SE =/= Japanese.. Companies should always be held to a higher and relatively impersonal standard.

no this isn't the first. Mods been stoping threads.

ffxi and ffxiv being shut down is moot compair to other stuff. Ppl are trying to see where everyone is and hoping they are ok. The day it happen everyone was conserned on if yoshida was hurt.
In a small way I am happy you guys enjoy the game enough to be upset about not playing. But that shouldn't be on your mind atm. Let the dust settle before going on SE. Even if they had wide spread servers it might get shut down anyone due to biling being shut down.
on 9/11 my school stop all classes and my shop "graphic arts" made buttons and tshirts with use spirit.

[KaiKatzchen]

SE =/= Japanese.. Companies should always be held to a higher and relatively impersonal standard.

SE does equal Japanese. They are a Japaneses company with Japaneses employees and some have already said they have family and/or friends missing that lived up in that area. So you can go ahead and tell them not to worry about them because addressing gamers issues with a game on this forum and finding fault in how they have their servers is so much more important. *sarcasm*

I don't mind talking about the game, sharing ideas and stating problems. Its heartless comments that upset me... SE =/= Japaneses, they should have had a better back up plan, they are a company and must be held to an impersonal standard, bah whatever they are still humans and their country is a mess. People who have been though natural disasters or large scale tragedies understand... seeing that I had to deal though one I understand where they are coming from, and the problems in the game just don't seem as important as what they are doing.

[Malakhim]

1. I believe this is the first thread specifically made to address the issue of people who refuse to discuss anything negative pertaining to FF14 or SE.

2. I myself am concerned about the Japanese people.. and I have no intention of "pouring salt into the Japanese's wounds".. SE =/= Japanese.. Companies should always be held to a higher and relatively impersonal standard.

Alright I'm not going to rail on you too hard because I agree with the general sentiment that life goes on, and you seem to have the best intentions, but you're kind of a social idiot.

Go talk to a mother attending her child's funeral and ask her about her power bill which is a day past due. I'm sure the response you're going to get is "yeah, I'll get right on that once I finish mourning the death of my 5-year-old." Congratulations, you're now an asshole to anyone who heard that exchange.

Now apply that to this scenario. Walk up to someone right after the fact and ask them about why you can't play FFXI or FFXIV and that they need to make global servers. "Oh yeah sure man, and once we're done finding our families and securing our property we'll get right on that.

If there was ever a doubt in the collective mind of SE that global servers should have happened, it's probably been moved straight to the forefront after all this, but they hardly need to be reminded of something like that right now. Once things have cleared and the adrenaline is done pumping, preventive measures can be discussed.

Otherwise, just keep discussing jump on the forums among other things, which to the best of my knowledge is what everyone else has been doing on the forums since Friday anyway.

It's not about silencing anyone's opinions, it's about god damned human decency.