We play these games to have fun, we meet people that we like and they add to our fun and we have our competitors and its easy to get caught up in the trolling and competitive nature of gaming. I think whats happened in Japan has made me really look into our experience in XIV and some of the awesome people we have encountered from Japan, now we label them as JP's and they label us as NA's but how many of them are being affected right now, do we really know?

I would be devastated if I were to log in when servers come back and never see Asterisk setting up shop in front of the fountain, or Shiogachunmuchi running around naked shouting in Japanese....we see these players as our competition and just animations on a screen but who knows where and what they are doing right now. I dont know the geography of Japan that well, I dont know if the areas most affected would be areas where a prominent amount of gamers would be but I do know that they are all affected in some way whether its family or friends. As the servers alchemist for a long time I met more Japanese players than most I think, some of them the most gracious and giving people...my heart goes out to them and hope that Ill get to see them again and offer my condolences for what they must be going through as a country right now.

From Conviction - our thoughts and prayers go out to those in our community and hope to see you when servers come live.

Indy