Quote Originally Posted by Julisia View Post
I've been disheartened by the amount of posts here denigrating the RP community. I'm heavily involved in that community. Some of the best people I've met in this game have stemmed from the RP community. It breaks my heart that so many of you would seek to ruin our community just because you don't engage in that type of play. Who made you judge and jury to tell us how to play a massive multiplayer online role playing game? Are you seriously suggesting that the only content out there is raiding? Raiding stresses me out personally, that's why I opt for the RP - I lose myself, reality is painful for some and they use it as an escape. If I didn't have my group of friends, I would be lonely - I'm already suffering from anxiety and depression before any of it. RP breathes life into me. Why do you seek to take that away from us? Why does what happens between 2 consenting adults bother you so much? What is it your business if a club advertises in OTHER, when you have your own section for Duty Completion. You know you can filter those out by clicking a button right? You know I'm right. But instead of acknowledging this simple truth, you CHOOSE to click OTHER because you're too lazy to click on "Trials" "High End Duty". You have an axe to grind. Plain and simple. (I double checked the functionality, advertisements to not show up under those tabs.) You choose OTHER and think to yourself "Wonder what these degenerates are up to today?" I personally hope that SE reprimands this GM and issues a massive apology to the RP Community. You shouldn't have to log on to FFXIV and fear for your account b/c you want to play the game a different way than someone else.
I don't actually think the GM had any real malice. Since they also went after a dude who was just looking for company while fishing, chances are he legit believes that the Party Finder isn't for anything but forming parties to do content... And I sort of feel that GMs are given a lot of power but not a lot of guidance.

Yet it is sort of annoying that people think that all role-players are the same. As a role-player, I get a little disappointed when I see the Party Finder filled with ERP venues since it means I'm not likely going to get any role-playing done that night... Since that's not the sort of thing I'm into playing out. I don't think that Kotaku article really helped, either.