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

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This 'crusade' is just a natural response to how genuinely self-righteous this community can become regarding it's supposed moral superiority. A community can't preach and highroad for as long as this one has and then skate by with no ridicule when it's responsible for some of the most excessive, high profile toxic behavior this genre has seen in a while.

When people say the community is toxic they're referring specifically to the toxicity, and they're right. It doesn't mean they're talking about you, or even the majority of the players. The toxicity is there, though, and FFXIV more than most games should be called out on it, because this community more than most likes to pretend it doesn't exist.


While I do believe the majority of players in ALL online games are nice, this is still just one thread and a handful of people. I'd argue a community that considers itself as genuinely kind as this one does wouldn't have needed a GM response and a banwave to stop it's players from gang harassing someone just because he's a high-profile player of a different game.

I dont see many people claiming toxicity doesn't exist, I do see a lot of people claiming other people are claiming it doesn't exist though.

I think most people with a double digit IQ are more than aware in any large community there will be unsavoury people.

When this subject comes up, for the 18th time on any given day on the forums I always think of this,

"If on your way to work you met a rude person, move on and forget about it, rude people exist. However, if by the time you get home you have done nothing but deal with rude people all day the chances are the rude person is you"

People will generally reflect your own attitude back at you. There are exceptions, but if its a common problem you have, use a mirror.