Soooo, what do you do to pay your subscription?

[MasamuneBranford]

Corporation / Partnership Tax Attorney (JD/CPA)

[Madotsuki]

I am a full-time Pharmacy Technician for a federally funded mail order pharmacy. I do everything from taking orders from patients over the phone, processing prescriptions, contacting doctors' offices, dealing with health insurance companies, dispensing/filling medications, and even packing orders for shipping. There's so much to learn and know, but I have quickly come to enjoy my job.

[Foo01]

Not to be a party pooper or anything. But it seems strange, that people are so willing to reveal information about themselves. Perhaps it is all lies or make believe just like the character, but I think people are sincere.

I am totally NOT against people putting threads like this up, because it make for good data collection and research. But didn't we play this game to get away from work? And didn't we want to play make-believe so we have our characters and have a level anonymity. So it is kind of perplexing that people gladly bring real-life into game.

I know I am new here, and I don't understand everything. Would some on care to explain?

[Sadana]

Not to be a party pooper or anything. But it seems strange, that people are so willing to reveal information about themselves. Perhaps it is all lies or make believe just like the character, but I think people are sincere.

I am totally NOT against people putting threads like this up, because it make for good data collection and research. But didn't we play this game to get away from work? And didn't we want to play make-believe so we have our characters and have a level anonymity. So it is kind of perplexing that people gladly bring real-life into game.

I know I am new here, and I don't understand everything. Would some on care to explain?

Because it's fun to see what people do! ^^ And not everyone thinks RL is something to flee from completely... ^^;

eta: Right now, I'm talking politics through psn chat with one of my FC members. That's about as real world as you can get, but it doesn't affect us being a black mage and roegatank when we play FF later on today! XD

[Corfish]

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Different people play for different reasons. I don't really play FFXIV to escape the real world, I just like MMOs, and the interactions that go on in them. I mean, look at the job diversity in this thread, and any one of them could someday become a friend in game. I know in my dinky little city that I would never interact with this kind of diversity. I just think the social aspect of MMO is fascinating.

[Sadana]

Different people play for different reasons. I don't really play FFXIV to escape the real world, I just like MMOs, and the interactions that go on in them. I mean, look at the job diversity in this thread, and any one of them could someday become a friend in game. I know in my dinky little city that I would never interact with this kind of diversity. I just think the social aspect of MMO is fascinating.

I can't like this comment enough!! ^_^

[Bluevann]

Would some on care to explain?

What pushed me to make this kind of thread, aside from wanting to read something different other than complaints or requests related to the game, was also to look at the community from another perspective. Right now, there aren't many jobs in-game, and when someone tells you "I'm a DRG", yeah, you don't feel particularly charmed. Anyone in game can be one.

But it's nice to imagine these avatars as jobs and classes that can't be in-game. At the same time, it's nice to learn that behind all these real-life career there is a gamer. I've loved all the responses so far, and when I'll meet IRL someone doing the same job these people do, I already know my first thought will be "I wonder if this guy/girl plays too? What in-game job would he/she be?"

It's really as simple and fascinating as that.

[KingOfAbyss]

Not to be a party pooper or anything. But it seems strange, that people are so willing to reveal information about themselves. Perhaps it is all lies or make believe just like the character, but I think people are sincere.

I am totally NOT against people putting threads like this up, because it make for good data collection and research. But didn't we play this game to get away from work? And didn't we want to play make-believe so we have our characters and have a level anonymity. So it is kind of perplexing that people gladly bring real-life into game.

I know I am new here, and I don't understand everything. Would some on care to explain?

There is a big of a difference between saying what you do for a living, and giving out the address and information that could lead someone with suspiscious intent to know more about you.

If you don't want to 'play' this little game of a thread, you simply don't. No harm done, none taken.

Being on Forums it's already being away from work..

Welcome to the community of Eorzea! ^^

*And as for me, I really am an Actor

**Forgot to mention: as you been into the Internet, if you are a bit paranoid, pretty sure you know that every traces that you do is collected somewhere. Hope you can still live with it, cause that's been there since a very long time, even before the Internet.

OP - Great thread, nice for a change ^^

[Rex]

Walt Disney Imagineering, not going to go much deeper into detail there ;p

[Moheeheeko]

Walt Disney Imagineering, not going to go much deeper into detail there ;p

Lincoln is really a person you have chained up in that seat ISNT HE!!

I know your secrets!