NA FFXIV Community Reps Live on State of the Realm

[Dante_V]

I seriously LOL'd at the guy "taking a principled stand" against Happy. Lol.

[Eidolon]

I seriously LOL'd at the guy "taking a principled stand" against Happy. Lol.

It's like shopping at a store. Are you gonna go into a store you don't like if there's an alternative?

So that's your reason, based on principle? I get it if you don't think his videos are as fleshed out as you want them to be (which I disagree, his Thor Ex was simple and straight to the point, as well as his Savage videos), and maybe I get how it may irk you that some consider his strategies as flagship. But wtf, what's the correlation between that and watching a twitch stream because he's in it? You sound petty at this point, have fun self limiting yourself.

Edit: I just saw your above post. I'm a retail manager, and I get plenty of customers who talk and think like you. I'm trying not to generalize you with my own personal experience, it's just those people tend to have very limited mindsets that come off as ignorant. Food for thought man.

Forgive me if I'm misunderstanding - but it's not his presence in the video that bothers me - it's that it's via his twitch and that viewing it through there is supporting something I don't like. Was this not the case?

[UltimateAoe2]

It's like shopping at a store. Are you gonna go into a store you don't like if there's an alternative?




Forgive me if I'm misunderstanding - but it's not his presence in the video that bothers me - it's that it's via his twitch and that viewing it through there is supporting something I don't like. Was this not the case?

Are you trying to say you just don't like happy in general


I mean that's totally fine. but imo his stream is a lot different than his videos.


I dunno, thats just me though~. No one can force you to watch something you dont want to :P.

[Dante_V]

I mean if you don't like it then don't watch it by all means. I just think its silly. To each their own. I will say that if everyone in this community had as much love passion and contribution as happy it would be a much much better place.

[duceTRE]

"Happy" early Thanksgiving everyone!!!

[Lexia]

But wtf, what's the correlation between that and watching a twitch stream because he's in it?

hrhappy is partnered on twitch so he get money based on the views he gets, the stream might not be about him but it his channel so any money that twitch pays out will go to hrhappy not SE or the community team. I think that what they are pointing out if I read his other post correctly.

[Theodric]

I mean if you don't like it then don't watch it by all means. I just think its silly. To each their own. I will say that if everyone in this community had as much love passion and contribution as happy it would be a much much better place.

Call me cynical, then, because I've found that a lot of streamers are doing what they're doing for the views and money that comes with it whilst presenting a pseudo-friendly image to their fans. I'd rather get information from the primary source - the game itself and the developers - rather than internet 'celebrities'.

[Akuryu]

What's wrong with Mr Happy?

When I first started playing FFXIV, I didn't know much, and he seemed like "the" guy when it came to FFXIV. I tried watching his stream. Tuned in to what was basically 10-15 mins of him whining about something or other. At some point his mother (who sounds like a nice lady) came into his room. She found a bag of chips or cookies at the store and got them for him. As soon as she left the room he started griping about the chips and how they sucked and he didn't even want them.

I never tuned in again.

[Antanias]

YouTube link added to the OP for those that want to go back and watch

[SnugglesD]

Happy-haters are merely hipsters with mainstream phobia.

When you get around to beating a4s you can gripe about how your strategy is better.

His guides are highly detailed and have gotten a huge number of players clears on content they would otherwise never never have finished on their own.

Of all the critisism you could level against him, you went the route with the least substance. You could have gone with the "he's an apologist" route, or the baseless and unconfirmable "he's a jerk off screen" one people try and use, but instead your argument boils down to "I'm OG hipster and I won't support anything other people like. Indie or gtfo."