The Raid community as we know it

[missybee]

If that guy represents the mentality of the raiding community, I am full glad that I have no part of it.

You do know that raiders generally have statics, right? Like, a group of eight relatively like-minded people that meet up several times a week to bash their heads against bosses for a few hours?

Xeno and 7th have espoused a sort of comically asshole-ish elitism amongst their ilk, and that works for them. What works for Xeno's group is most assuredly not what works for all groups. Personally, I have been in similar (but milder) raid groups in the past, and always knew to take the insults in stride since we were all friends.

Moreover, what he says isn't inherently wrong - people mess up in raids, and they need to be told that they messed up. Do you need to call them a retard, etc for messing up? Probably not, but if you handle your fellow teammates with kid gloves, then they are never going to improve.

With regard to ending up in a group of people like Xeno (if you catch them in terror roulette, or something), just leave if it bothers you.

I actually wound up on Xeno's stream back in Midas (when he was attempting to help our static), and believe it or not, in spite of my pretty mediocre performance, no one said anything "toxic."

Xeno's elitism is part of his persona. That's what works for him, his static and his audience. I wouldn't take the attitude of one relatively infamous "bully" to represent the entirety of the raiding community.

When raiders allow people with his kind of attitude, why do they wonder why more people don't raid?

I don't think a lot of people are sitting around wondering why more people don't raid. Raiding is difficult. It takes a lot of time, skill and dedication. Generally speaking, it requires people to be better than average at their jobs. Final Fantasy XIV is, for the most part, a very casual game, and the majority of players are completely content with being casual.