Maybe it's time for a casual "strike" if not complete departure.

[NamiRocket]

I think a fair argument could be made that, if you are willing to organize and/or undergo a strike for a video game, then you are, inherently, *not* a casual player of said game. Casuals aren't that invested.

Strikes are a socioeconomic tool used by the overworked and underpaid working class to wrest control back from the corporations that aren't willing to fairly negotiate with their downtrodden workforce under any other circumstance. It's a last resort that ultimately hurts both the worker and the company in very real ways until a deal can be reached that both sides can agree on.

The fact that we continue seeing the term unironically used here by people who are strictly talking about unsubbing from a video game because they are unhappy with the product is deeply goofy and unserious. The people doing it are extremely out-of-touch. It's called a boycott, not a strike. And, while there's nothing wrong with being unhappy about a product and wanting to use the power of your wallet to hopefully enact a change in said product, seeing people continually equate it to a strike is so unbelievably asinine.

I'm sure you already know all this, but OP and people like OP clearly do not.

[Gurgeh]

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The fact that we continue seeing the term unironically used here by people who are strictly talking about unsubbing from a video game because they are unhappy with the product is deeply goofy and unserious. The people doing it are extremely out-of-touch. It's called a boycott, not a strike. And, while there's nothing wrong with being unhappy about a product and wanting to use the power of your wallet to hopefully enact a change in said product, seeing people continually equate it to a strike is so unbelievably asinine.

I'm sure you already know all this, but OP and people like OP clearly do not.

Asinine that may be but uhh..
The use of 'strike' in FFXIV was originally to do with the healer 'jobs' going in strike, refusing to participate in instances. So in an RP sense (this is an RPG) it's makes a lot of sense to use that word.
And now it's somewhat part of the zeitgeist of the game. And so it is not without 'meaning' to communicate a sentiment, and to act as a short have to draw parallels and invoke other complaints at part of painting a bigger picture.

They know what they mean. You know what they mean. So as 'asinine' as it might be, to take issue with it actually maybe incorrect in that you neglect the 'wider context' it 'communicates', your criticism is perhaps a little 'anal retentive'.

[NamiRocket]

Asinine that may be but uhh..
The use of 'strike' in FFXIV was originally to do with the healer 'jobs' going in strike, refusing to participate in instances. So in an RP sense (this is an RPG) it's makes a lot of sense to use that word.

Irrelevant. No one in this forum is role playing.

I mean, unless you'd consider pretending to be a serious person role playing.

[NamiRocket]

Hence why the word "strike" was in quotation in marks

You really thought you were cooking with this.