Quote Originally Posted by Boblawblah View Post
That's simply not true. They don't have to prove anything for Steam to be a representative sample of FFXIV players. It either is or is isn't. Whether or not you choose to give it any weight is another question. You've already decided that nothing can change your opinion, and that's fine, there's nothing short of Yoshi-P walking up to you and saying "Hey, actually we notice the Steam population trends follow the global population trends". hell, even then I have a feeling you'd say "hmm, who put you up to this?"
It is 100% true. As you actually then said, it either is or it isn't representative. If you are the one trying to use it as if it "is," then the ball falls into your court to demonstrate that it's actually valid. You don't get to just make a random claim and then say it's up to others to prove you wrong. That's not how adulting works. That the rest of your post: A.) Refuses to provide any support to your claim and B.) Just makes stuff up and puts words into my mouth that aren't the least bit true - it shows only that, at its core, you realize that you actually have absolutely no proof to suggest the data you want to use is at all reliable. Case closed until you can provide some evidence suggesting otherwise.