Gender Locks Have Revealed the Worst in Players.

[Deceptus]

I've read a lot of the ideas and responses about this issue on the NA general forums and the Japanese forums (being Japanese myself, though there is hardly anything at all on the JPN side). You need to remember that Japan isn't nearly as progressive about gender and such politically, socially, or legally as much of the Western world is. Calling Matsuno an idiot and saying he should be fired in a public forum also does very little for your cause. People need to realize that whilst they may live in one part of the world, not everyone or every country has the same ideas as to what is considered 'idiotic' or prejudiced. Look at the current laws in Japan in regards to gender, and you'd see how very far, regrettably, they are. However, that is no excuse for what amounts to attacking others who produce a game you claim to enjoy.

SquareEnix needs to realize they are running a global game and that players in other countries have different standards than they do. Some hold dearly to those standards.