Harassment to Asmongold on his 1st day stream is an Embarassment to FF Community

[Jojoya]

Asmon has done one favor for us. He shown everyone EXACTLY what this community is.

No. He showed us what HIS community is like.

Stop and think. There was nothing in game to tell the FFXIV community when he would start playing, what world he would be on or what his character name would be. That information was only available to those who were watching his stream - HIS community. The majority of FFXIV players are ignorant of his existence and most of those who know his name have zero interest in following him around instead of playing the game.

People weren't showing up only after he had been playing for a while. They were there before he was even out of the introductory cutscene. You could see all the friend request messages flashing on his UI. It wasn't just players from Cactuar. Some of those friend requests were coming from offworld players. It would have taken watching HIS stream to know where to go fast enough to get through before first Limsa then Cactuar in general was too congested to allow additional players to enter.

He did an excellent job of demonstrating what HIS community is like. Some of them might already be FFXIV players but they were still doing it because they are part of HIS community.

I'm glad for his sake he made the decision to keep playing off stream so he could learn more about the game via side content and adjust his UI. I also wish for his sake that he makes the smart choice and decides to leave his streaming to WoW and his other normal content while he plays FFXIV off stream. He can still record his game play and post highlights later for his viewers that want to see his reactions to cutscenes, etc.

I think the biggest L was the about 2h late automated GM reply "please give all names areas and stuff"

We know SE is a small indie company that does not currently make a lot of money to hire GM's because we did not have a successful expansion that sold incredibly well or have a huge storm of new players incoming.

SE took the time to post on Twitter they welcome him, but at no point where they prepping it and im not talking about kissing his ass or doing anything weird but at least could they have had someone watch the first half an hour live and react to it.

Yes let the ppl freak out the moment he comes in, but they don't need to cover quest npc's and stalk him for about 8h. Did the players deserve a punishment or warning? F no. But why was it not possible to have a GM do a shout to clear the Area like 1-2h in when it was clear they would continue.

SE is benefiting from this, so they could've at least had a look. Here's hoping the players clam down.

I guess you've never been part of staffing a company before.

You don't create additional staff out of thin air. You need time to advertise, review applications/resumes, make hiring decisions then train the new employee on policy/procedure before they can start their job duties. There wasn't enough time for SE to accomplish all that between when Asmongold announced when he would start playing and his actual start.

You need to make certain you have desk space for the new employees at the office (even if the position allows for work from home, they're generally going to have to go through training and a supervised stint in the office first).

Then there's the little matter of this being a weekend. You don't run a full staff on a Saturday or Sunday.

Then there's a bigger matter of this being a holiday weekend. You run an even smaller staff because you want your employees to be able to enjoy part of the holiday with their family and friends.

You definitely don't force your employees to give up their holiday weekends because of a single individual decided to become a customer. You don't give that single individual special attention when your other customers also have needs.

There was no way Asmongold was going to get more than a standard cut and paste response to his ticket on a holiday weekend. It could very well be that there will be several players finding their characters in the gaol when they log in on or after Tuesday because the GMs will have finally had time to investigate but it wasn't going to change what happened yesterday.

It could have been very different if Asmongold had acted as smart as so many claim he is and either played off stream (the smartest thing to do) or picked a day in the middle of the week when there would be a full GM staff on hand to handle the problems he knew were going to happen because they happen every time he does something out of the ordinary and his viewers can show up.