Quote Originally Posted by piipiipii View Post
In my next to 2k hours playing FFXIV, I have received a remarkable amount of hate for playing a Lalafell, even outside of game. Genuine hatred and vitriol. I could care less about the chair situation but I have been called... upsetting words for the race I play in a video game. I'm sure you know the word I'm referring to.
I'm curious, in what kind of situations are you called that specific word in-game? I find it incredible that someone would direct words like that at someone in FFXIV, considering how strict Square Enix is about harassment, and how well (from my PoV) moderate the community. I don't doubt that people will use that kind of language outside of the game, though.

Quote Originally Posted by piipiipii View Post
being actively hateful towards them because of the race they chose is weird
I don't know if anyone disagrees about that here, but people are saying that said "harassment" is often overblown and exaggerated IN-GAME, or in many case fabricated. Some people claim some things are harassment when they are very much not.