Think we are about to see another wave.

[BunnyChain]

As an FF14 player in a game that has playboy bunny's holding up this example is not exactly a good idea.

It only becomes a problem if there is no alternative to it. A.k.a. playing a female character? Have this bikini armor. But that wasn't the point...

Instead, they chortled, made jokes about 'magazines,' and visibly diminished her with a series of blow-off replies. THAT'S what makes it sexist... not that the content is in the game (because it is in almost all games), but that, when confronted about it, they couldn't treat her like a human being asking a legitimate question in front of a crowd that, in all likelihood, was hostile towards her interests (deep down, I doubt too many of those guys present really wanted the plate bikinis to vanish). She was brave, and they handled it like cowardly imbeciles.

Yes, exactly. I'm sure them bringing up the "cow race" there couldn't possibly have been taken the completely wrong way.


Also, so many cowardly men are now covering their tracks "I was too far away", "I had no idea", "I have a wife and daughters btw, I can't be bad". It's really pathetic...

[Pirana1]

This game recently lowered its pricing again, something like $25.00 for the complete game, which ends sometime in August if I remember right. With everything happening with Activision/Blizz, this was a smart business decision, kick them while they're down, so to speak. The influx of players should continue to increase.

[Derio]

Watching the Blizzcon vid was hard. Then finding out a female coworker commited suicide on a company trip due to harrasment is just not acceptable. I couldnt play WoW after that.

[Xathyr]

You know, after thinking about it for a while, although i understand that boycotting Blizzard will mostly harm workers that have nothing to do with all of this shit, i somehow feel like, if no convincing response or actions are taken by Blizzard itself i think we should definitely try to cancel them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzdyL_T-TSk

[Y2K21]

As much as I like FF14 community to grow and prosper, I think people going out of their way to advertise FF14 during this controversy where people have allegedly died and with large amounts of alleged stories of sexual harassment -- it reeks of tone-deafness and I would expect better out of a more welcoming community than grandstanding of real trauma and tragedy to dab on ABK.

[Shinxwildflower]

As much as I like FF14 community to grow and prosper, I think people going out of their way to advertise FF14 during this controversy where people have allegedly died and with large amounts of alleged stories of sexual harassment -- it reeks of tone-deafness and I would expect better out of a more welcoming community than grandstanding of real trauma and tragedy to dab on ABK.

To jump off this, FF posters in other places are...come off as bit of jerk in places. Basically soap boxing the game upon whatever event is going on, all while giving back-handed compliments in regards to whatever platform they're on. So much so, it kind of making this place look a bit stuck up from the outsider point of view.

[KitKatnip]

This is just a big mess all around. I feel bad for players who really enjoy playing Blizzard games and have for years. I also feel bad for Blizzard employees that had nothing to do with this. It must feel horrible to work for them right about now.

I'm glad to see FFXIV growing but I just wish it was for a different reason.

Maybe the afk timer will help with the server congestion. We'll know it's bad if they sell out of digital copies again.

[Elissar]

An annoying fact: FFXIV had many issues during his launch in Europe and North America in 2013. It's 2021 and we will face the same issue...

Some links
https://gotgame.com/2013/09/04/ffxiv...-buy-the-game/
https://www.finalfantasyunion.com/ne...sates-players/
http://ffxivrealm.com/threads/server-problems.2258/

[DPZ2]

To be clear, "frat boy culture" is not a term I expect to find in the legal documents presented to the court, any more than I expect condemnation of the entire 9500+ employee workforce.

I expect a ruling with a fine and a general hand-waving from authorities, and a 'change' in corporate policies once that is done.

Twitter, on the other hand, looks like it might just want to 'kill the company' to prove it can do so, despite the havoc that might ensue. Then again, the age of Electronic Warriors (for ill or for good) is moving along just fine without my help.

[SirCadogan]

Wow developers have posted that development for WOW is halted until further notice. I predicted this on the wow forums and got ridiculed badly for it. I feel vindicated but sad too. Despite the company issues the game was good.

That said, I’d expect this fall to see huge numbers of players looking for a game to play, and with EW coming out the hold outs will probably make their way to FF.