Brian from Work 2 Game is leaving FFXIV

[Jojoya]

He was dead serious. His wife was so heavily harassed by people ingame that she quit playing and refused to ever play the game again.

I heard him mention this a few times before I stopped watching W2G. Not that any sort of harassment is ever justified but I wonder what prompted the harassment and what was being done. It would be a shame if it was happening simply because she was the wife of a known content creator.

And people wonder why I never link my main to these forums.

what is there to hide from if you truly stand behind the opinions you express here?

This is my main (should be obvious from how almost every day my avatar is switching what it's wearing). I have no problems posting from it. I have yet to be harassed or had any unpleasant encounter as a result after 4 years. The most that has happened is the occasional player will say they recognize my name from the forums.

I figure if some psycho takes a forum argument into the game and starts harasssing me, it's an opportunity to rid the game of a psycho by reporting the encounter to the GMs. Most players aren't going to risk the ban. You're a lot more likely to get attacked on the subreddit, Twitter, etc. and since I don't post on those things, it won't be a problem for me.