The great streamer Asmongold is joining FFXIV

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Like i said before though, i’m not even so much asking for death as i’m asking for consequence. There were almost no consequences for the main cast of ShB, despite it being the most gritty and darkest expansion against the strongest foes imaginable. Even the whole carteneu section of 5.55, despite going against lunar primals, no one in the main cast got hurt or had any consequences. I disagree with characters deaths making them less real. If anything it makes it more realistic. No one is ever safe when it comes to think like wars or apocalypses. People don’t have plot armor or plot devices in real life. They’re just as vulnerable to things as everyone else. There isn’t really a plot device either if the writers have to resort to plot armor and plot holes to keep characters alive, like i keep staying, Graha and Yshtola. That’s more of a detriment to the story than a character death (which can actually enhance the story) would ever be.

It seems to me like you only view consequence to be a negative thing. Like I said, Alphinaud's story arc is about consequence. Just because he didn't die or get injured, it doesn't mean there was no consequence. And being a continuous story, it can be more appropriate to represent those consequences with the lesser/temporary characters. So you have physical consequence with Arenvalt (don't know spelling), consequence of separation with Lyna and Ryne separating from the Exarch and Thancred respectively. And yes, you do have death with Alisae's friend.

Hmm, I can't speak for others, but I am quite polite in real life. The difference is.. these are games. This isn't real life. People shouldn't be taking what's said in games too personally. Not like many do here. Trash talk is just trash talk, like in sports. It's a part of competition, I feel.

I disagree. It may be a game, but you are talking to and about real people unless you are constantly in RP mode. The game is just a medium where the chat box happens to be. It's why social interactions are not regulated by the game rating, because those interactions are not actually part of the game, though they are connected.

And yes, trash talk is trash talk, but it has its context. You don't just trash talk everywhere, and PvE should not be about competition.

We’ve gone years with people constantly praising this game as the greatest community ever and there’s a large majority of people who constantly get spoon fed by SE or the community in that this game can do no wrong and this community is perfect, and then gaslight whenever someone calls it out.

Except I don't think that's the case at all. So, to me, it's more like people are setting up "strawmans" most of the time. "Can do no wrong" and "perfect" are not words I usually see with respect to this community except when used by people who are criticizing the community.