How do you think Yoshida would react to the following hypothetical regarding parsing?

[Liam_Harper]

It's interesting.

Of course I don't parse, that's naughty and all that. But if thousands of players did come together and go for it, I'd join them and happily take the ban. I'd like to see how they really feel.

I'm not that attached to the game that I'd care. If they permanently mass banned 10000 players, I'd actually respect them for it. They'd be willing to take a huge loss to take a firm stance on the direction of their game. It's the current pretending it's bad while basically giving the green light as long as you sneak around, don't communicate, don't play on Ps4 and use clunky third party that I have no respect for. They have no real stance at all.

[ElciaDeiLinus]

It's interesting.

Of course I don't parse, that's naughty and all that. But if thousands of players did come together and go for it, I'd join them and happily take the ban. I'd like to see how they really feel.

I'm not that attached to the game that I'd care. If they permanently mass banned 10000 players, I'd actually respect them for it. They'd be willing to take a huge loss to take a firm stance on the direction of their game. It's the current pretending it's bad while basically giving the green light as long as you sneak around, don't communicate, don't play on Ps4 and use clunky third party that I have no respect for. They have no real stance at all.

Stance is pretty clear- they aren't going to provide it, and if you try to shame others by linking it you'll be punished. Not a hard stance to figure out there- and OP is suggesting the latter.

[MitsukiKimura]

If you wanna go public about using a third party system so that you can show your numbers to the world, I don't feel sorry if you're thrown a ban hammer. Game Over

[linay]

Say several thousand players come together and announce they'll be posting parses publicly in chat on a specified date. Just the numbers, no commentary on them.

Does Yoshida issue temp bans (and potential permabans if they already have a record) to several thousand customers who would not be doing anything wrong, or does he let it slide?

Find "several thousand players" to do it and you'll find out or find a way to ask Yoshida himself. There is no point in asking others who are not Yoshida what Yoshida would do.

[Reinha]

They already said they can't scan what you have on your computer, so discreet users can continue what they are doing without fear of punishment. What more do you want?

[Cabalabob]

Hypothetically if thousands of people got together and whipped their d***s out in public, even though they’re not doing anything wrong with them, do you think the police would arrest them all even though the jail cells would be full and they’d be taking thousands of people out of the economy?

Furthermore do you think proposing this hypothetical will suddenly make the government have some huge revelation and change their mind on laws about indecent exposure?

[QT_Melon]

I would like to look at your hypothetical with some other ones.

What if hypothetically speaking this was mostly from players in one area/region. How would that be looked upon?

Hypothetically speaking would thousands of players would do this on their main account because they feel that the game in that much dire straits?

[MuseTraveller]

I think Yoshi P will just do one of those "I'm so done with this" faces, look at the ceilling for a bit and then the world and FF14 will carry on as usual.

[Vaer]

Depends how many players in those groups decide to report and it'll probably just be a temp. I've seen people blatantly post logs in chat and not get a penalty.

[Gemina]

Well sir, that would be x1000 favors you would be doing for SE. This is like a farmer having troubles with rodent pests, and a whole herd of them conveniently toss themselves in his snares.

If you think strength in numbers will amplify the voice, prevent expulsion, or the best case scenario for you; get them to cave, you would be sorely mistaken. When bars and nightclubs 86 half of their regulars because they simply can't obey the rules, it normally stays in business. Any guesses why? It isn't necessarily because they attract new customers (even though they eventually do), but it's because the patrons that remain come in more frequently, stay longer, and spend more.

Ultimately, when businesses thrive or fail, it almost always comes down to how they are managed. Another nice little fact I will throw in there, is that the people who get 86'd from public places like those spend the least amount of money, and in addition to breaking the rules of the establishment, they also tend to violate laws that would get said business in serious trouble. So yeah very doubtful Yoshi would be complacent with such an act, and instead would kick over the can of fuel and light the match himself. The guy is pretty passionate, and he has shown no love for this kind of software.