Japanese FFXIV streamer receives a suspension for using add-ons.

[GaiusDrakon]

Also, believe it or not, people do bait others in this game, quite often. It's done in order to draw out a reaction that they can report them over.

Hah, that already happened multiple times on the forums.

[SturmChurro]

Hah, that already happened multiple times on the forums.

That happens all the time on the forums, it's a matter of recognizing it.

[xenahawk]

Well first off i dont agree with people using "reporting" as a weapon for no reason but truth of the matter is addons and 3rd party tools arent allowed and yoshi p has stated numerous times basically if you dont advertise/ announce or whatever that your using certain ones they dont know your using them. Personally since i have started playing i dont use any because well not worth the risk and find it nice not having to find and download addons people say you should be using for shit. In short using addons on a stream is like speeding down the highway everyday then complain when you get pulled over for it, especially when yoshi has even said that the devs do watch streamers and content creaters for the game its a gamble to say the least

[kaynide]

The odds of him getting banned were pretty slim seeing how almost ever FFXIV streamer has ACT up. It is hands down due to the community mass reporting him that he was banned. Sure he broke ToS, but I think it is ridiculous how this community acts. I saw a demographic recently and most players are around my age between 30-40 which is probably the saddest part, this is the sort of behavior I would expect if a larger demographic was between 10-25.

You’re not wrong, the community is childish at times. I can agree there. Still, I stand by him knowing he was playing with fire.

[Saraide]

You’re not wrong, the community is childish at times. I can agree there. Still, I stand by him knowing he was playing with fire.

The fire he was playing with was that a kiwi farms like part of the community existed.

[kaynide]

The fire he was playing with was that a kiwi farms like part of the community existed.

I agree the community was a problem, but if he wasn’t using mods there would be nothing to report, yeah?

[GaiusDrakon]

I agree the community was a problem, but if he wasn’t using mods there would be nothing to report, yeah?

But he was using such a benign mod that barely gives you any advantage other than comfort.

It's literally like if you're calling the police on someone who is speeding 1 mph over the speed limit. Yes, it's technically illegal.

BUT WHO CARES

[SaberMaxwell]

I agree the community was a problem, but if he wasn’t using mods there would be nothing to report, yeah?

It's a targeted harassment campaign. Even if he was squeaky clean and went to church every Sunday they'd fabricate something or fond some way to catch him out.

[kaynide]

But he was using such a benign mod that barely gives you any advantage other than comfort.

It's literally like if you're calling the police on someone who is speeding 1 mph over the speed limit. Yes, it's technically illegal.

BUT WHO CARES

It was SE’s call. The mass reporting is only relevant to get the “eye of sauron” to glare at the player in question. An actual GM reviewed the information and decided that whatever Streamer Dood was doing was actionable. It was the GMs call, and if they had decided it wasn’t a big deal, they would have issued a lesser penalty.

[kaynide]

It's a targeted harassment campaign. Even if he was squeaky clean and went to church every Sunday they'd fabricate something or fond some way to catch him out.

But he wasn’t squeaky clean. Find me an actual case where someone got falsely accused of something and got auctioned against by FF’s GMs, then we have a completely different problem to discuss and my opinion would be very against what the GMs did.