Quote Originally Posted by SkyeWindbinder View Post
Ticked off (definition from Merriam Webster Dictionary)

-to make angry or indignant <the cancellation really ticked me off>

But hey, let's just say you have a different definition from, well, it's official definition. In which case, I'll say it was still rather unnecessary for you to get "ticked off", since there was really no call for it.
One definition from one dictionary is hardly an "official" definition. "ticked off", as many vernacular expressions, describes a wide range of emotions, that goes from simple annoyance to anger.

There was plenty call for me or others to find your remarks distasteful, as they are quite evidently very confrontational and insulting. No matter who they're aimed at.

Look, they are self entitled, because in no way did SE tell them that because of their status as veterans of the game they should get access into alpha. And, by the way, regardless of whether you believe they should or not because of how long they've played, that's not the way SE set it up, so that's not the way it is. Some people believe otherwise, and whine (yes, whine) about it not being so. They are self entitled. And crybabies. Truth. Deal with it.
I'm afraid something isn't "truth" just because you say it is.

Square Enix said quite clearly that those that didn't have an active account were not entitled to apply for the alpha. So the entitlement is justified because it came from an official source.

The fact that they didn't apply that rule that they set is an entirely different pair of sleeves, and it's exactly the issue.

And what you don't seem to get is that it's really not as serious as you are painting it to be. Making a mistake and spilling water on your carpet is not nearly as big a mistake as forgetting to wear your seat belt in the car. You are blowing it out of proportion. Some wron info was given. Or rather, the right info was not given. In either case, it's not that big a deal. It's a closed alpha session. The beta sessions are around the corner. None of the reviewing sites seem to smell any blood in the water and are going for the kill. Just NOT that big a deal, lol.
You continue to ignore the fact that the degree of seriousness of the issue is besides the point. When you run a business, you avoid issues when you can. There's no reason to run headlong into them.

You're implying more damage is yet to come. But I doubt, even if Don Knotts got a couple of hits on Mike Tyson, he'd last long enough to regret it. Damage can add up over time. But seeing as how this realy wasn't even 0.01% out of 100 of damage that could occur to FFXIV, again, I doubt SE should be sweating bullets.
Companies should always assume a degree of risk. So yes, they should plan taking in account that more damage is yet to come.

Yes, you can ruin your carpet if a tsunami of water rushes over it. That doesn't mean if you drop a glass of water on it, you should flip out. lol
I'm not flipping out. You're the one insulting others in this thread. Not me.

Not really. I'm merely stating that it's hardly something SE should be super worried about. And no amount of "Damage can add up over time" or "Well, mistakes can be a critical blow" is going to change that. If you're truly worried, then I suggest you take a chill pill and relax. Because. as I said before, it's just not a big deal. It's just... not.
I'm perfectly relaxed. Again, I'm not the one throwing insults at people I don't even know here, calling them "whiners" "crybabies" and other interesting epithets. SE should be worried, and *is* worried, like any company in the world, about everything that can damage its image. Feeding wrong information to customers falls entirely in that category of issues.