Quote Originally Posted by Krotoan View Post
I read their post. I know what they are. I don't believe I've ignored any of it since I address the original assumption it's all based on.
Well, according to the rationale they posted most recently, particularly in response to the good ol' boy Ren, yes, YoshiP's statement, combined with the types of complaints we did get to see, for whatever reason, do not really sit right together.
But, prior to that post, they had made other posts explaining other potential scenarios, including those where we just don't have the full picture. I'm pretty sure that, therefore, it's not a single assumption, it's just the one that is being discussed and the one that you happened to step in and cling to.


So again.. I ask.. what should he have said?
Well, since several forum users like to discuss the validity of feedback based upon whether or not it meets the needs and standards of a caricatured polite society, perhaps he should have said
"Look, humans: I, YoshiP, understand that there is frustration, however I am getting old, and these rings on my finger are getting heavier as my muscles atrophy in age, so I just don't have the patience to sift through your dagger packages or plane tickets to Brazil. If you could, please provide your feedback in a way that a man with as many rings under his bark as I do can understand. For example, instead of saying 'FFXIV is so dumb that my own mother beat me up for being a degen' please tell me what makes it so dumb, and perhaps why your mother beat you up for it."
He's made longer statements in the past, and even less coherent ones than that made up rambling I just wrote, so I don't believe it would be beyond him to do that. Particularly if he actually wants it to stop and believes that he's not getting anything out of what he's receiving.

Is the "it's tiresome" just SO MUCH of a thin skinned response? Did he break down in tears?
He hasn't broken down in tears during the interview, this time, but there's no telling about the next one if he keeps getting these "tiresome" lines of feedback. Otherwise, yes: for someone in the public light, as a figurehead or major figure of a company that produces a product that is consumed, even if superficially, such a response, in context, is a bit thin-skinned, especially when it doesn't go into any details. I'm not going to say he should be getting bricks ready for a bridge, but his status and media presence does, in fact, push some importance to how he presents himself and what he says. All of which will be interpreted on a case-by-case basis, with different, often opposing narratives taking the forefront of social media.
Because of that, if there's something bothering him, and he wants to voice it, it's probably for the best if he's a little more clear about what the actual boundaries are. Otherwise, it's best to leave it to the professionals that are supposedly still on the payroll.

What's wrong with a smiley?
Nothing, but then there's nothing specifically wrong with being a teenager with a mosquito bite sharpness of wit either.