Can we take action against Bard Macro Player yet?

[leoxastaroth]

Isn't stuff supposed to be, I dunno for 'fun' in the game? On Balmung I've attended a lot of RP events over the years that are fun social gatherings, parties, cafes, celebrations and there will usually be a couple of people who are there playing their bard songs, I assume using midis and the like. So if they were banned, stuff like that, people would have to what? Find the rare individuals who take that kind of time? Pay them to perform? It's just such a harmless thing to come across it feels jarring to see it be targetted for a "Can we ban these horrible people please? They're stealing my spotlight". Is this about making gil? Praise? What? It always worries me when I see people jump on a "Let us police what other people are doing" train.

[Risvertasashi]

Is this about making gil? Praise? What?

You hit it in the sentence right before.

Some people are only happy with a feeling of exclusivity - that no one else or very few people can do or have what they can do or have. So anything that threatens their exclusive status becomes the enemy.

This is also why you have things like "old money vs new money" and similar dynamics in wider society.

In this specific case and in this specific community, third party apps are often frowned upon at best, so it's more predisposed to hit sympathetic notes.