When spreding cheer and goodwill on christmas day can get you in trouble

[weebtext]

you are right, nothing more. I was actually looking at things that you and your supporter had ACTUALLY put there. but enough of this, I am going back to enjoying my holiday, hope you do that same

Just wanted to add that OP's buddy also said this:

Some rando got upset on behalf of others and threatened op with a report despite never having any interaction.

They need to get their story straight if they want to act like innocent victims lol

[Araxes]

The community in FFXIV has changed a lot over the past years. Sadly to the more negative side...

[Ranaku]

The community in FFXIV has changed a lot over the past years. Sadly to the more negative side...

It's the forums, i play since ARR and i can tell you exactly not much has changed regarding the forums. The forums do not reflect in any way the ingame experience of the game nor does the forum represent the community overall.

If you take all people who write here together that wouldn't even be 0,001% of the playerbase. So maybe it is wise to not pigeonhole millions of people into the same drawer just cause it is easier and simpler for your personal worldview.

[Raven2014]

It's the forums, i play since ARR and i can tell you exactly not much has changed regarding the forums. The forums do not reflect in any way the ingame experience of the game nor does the forum represent the community overall.

If you take all people who write here together that wouldn't even be 0,001% of the playerbase. So maybe it is wise to not pigeonhole millions of people into the same drawer just cause it is easier and simpler for your personal worldview.

It just goes on to show how important moderation and regulation is. Both the reddit community and the ingame community are much more of a reflection of all the community award the game received while this forums is more like an alternate reality of it. A thread of this nature on reddit would have been locked by the admin right after it passed the 2nd page. Also on the WoW forum, once a while you see someone complain they just got banned in FF14 because "I just said to the pug what I always say in WoW!" and I was like "yeah, can't do that in FF14, they're strict on stuff like that".

It has never been the players who shape the community, 'cause people are the same everywhere and there shouldn't be any illusion the FF14 players are somehow more special. It has always been the result of the players being "herd" by policies. Complain about reddit's censorship if you want (even though I had seen they allow criticism, you're not just allowed to be unhinged hyperbolic like ... half of the complain here are), complain about how "draconian" the GM of FF14 are ... but whenever I look at the state of this forum and boys am I glad those rules are in place.

With how "off-hand" the moderators on this forum are, it almost feel like some kind of social experience to see how deep the rabbithole the "community" can go down.

[Oldschoolegamer38]

It's the forums, i play since ARR and i can tell you exactly not much has changed regarding the forums. The forums do not reflect in any way the ingame experience of the game nor does the forum represent the community overall.

If you take all people who write here together that wouldn't even be 0,001% of the playerbase. So maybe it is wise to not pigeonhole millions of people into the same drawer just cause it is easier and simpler for your personal worldview.

That's just a blanket statement. Saying "It's the forums" and using an arbitrary % and how long you yourself have been playing doesn't justify folk's bad behavior. The problem is that they do give people on the outside looking in the impression is this is how we as an overall community behave and that this is the norm when it's an exception...like children throwing tantrums for things the devs are not giving them that doesn't benefit the overall community just a small faction within it... Back in the day, the forums were a better place, where you could have a decent and intelligent conversation and respectfully disagree (with proof) without the personal attacks or this woke, merry-go-round psyops narrative in order to shut down other POVs. When this game got popular with WOW's sudden population decrease is when the forums changed. Sadly those days are gone but can come back if we just treat each other as decent human beings. There are people who dont play the game at all and just log in so they can maintain there access to the forums, it's no big surprise. if you think I am making this up, just go to the lodestone and do a player search on some of these folks who sit on the forums all day long and see when they logged into the game last.

[Oldschoolegamer38]

Ok, my last post on this topic before moving on:
-I all seen how folks tried to put a put spin on my OP with a tryhard insert of information that was never there, to begin with, in a failed attempt to make me out as someone I am not. Someone then attempted to dehumanize me for just being a decent normal person and claiming my " false 'nice' " was an act (and with no facts backing up his claim) when the person tried some merry-go-round psyops using blanket statements (and failing horribly) and lacking any intellectual integrity in an attempt to spin a narrative with willful ignorance and a perceived gap of information, said person proclaimed that they are morally superior to me and began personal attacks against me when I asked for receipts that backed there claims when nothing was produced except some made up narrative and more personal attacks against me and others who backed my claims up, that is when I diatribed him into the ground. Not one moment before my diatribe I verbally attack that person on a personal level (Yes, I labeled him a Moral Authoritarian by trying to force me to change my behavior and morals to fit his narrative. I bend my knee to no man!!)
- My intentions were out of just being a decent human being "nice" with no alternative motives and not pushing any narratives.
- Yes I have blocked said person as they are not worth my time and a waste of my intellect to give him an answer.
- And most of all I am not sorry! and will not apologize for something when I was never in the wrong in the first place.
and with that, I hope you folks stop listening to individuals who try to make attempts to purposefully misinterpret what others are saying with malice to fill a narrative, read everything at face value first and if you have any doubts ask questions and don't accuse folks of actions/information that was not there, to begin with. Good day and happy holidays and I hope 2023 is better for you (slaps a Femroe's booty while walking away)

[Oldschoolegamer38]

Just wanted to add that OP's buddy also said this:



They need to get their story straight if they want to act like innocent victims lol

You didn't quote there entire statements from those people. you hand-picked out segments of there full statements that fit your narrative that came from these two individuals. That is a very dishonest thing to do.

[Renalt]

Is this still going on? If you let ONE person have this much power over you...you need to grow some thicker skin.

[Oldschoolegamer38]

Is this still going on? If you let ONE person have this much power over you...you need to grow some thicker skin.

It was, it's called having a conversation and debate, don't need a thick skin when folks are talking in a respectful manner, I blocked the malcontent already so I don't have to read there intellectual dishonesty and personal attacks.

[Renalt]

so I don't have to read there intellectual dishonesty and personal attacks.

Ooooo. So close. Mistakes happen buddy.