Quote Originally Posted by linayar View Post

What's strange is finding people who are trying to stifle other's "enthusiasm" for whatever reason. Of course, some people might just be trying to set a good/realistic expectation, but I'd rather people err on the side of being positive than negative.

So, yeah, there's a reason that meme exist, just not a good one.
There's a point where the "enthusiasm" spills over into nastiness. Some FFXIV players are downright militant about their devotion to the game; They turn up in the comment sections of media about other games and crap all over games they haven't even played, while promoting FFXIV like we're back in the days of the console wars. This isn't just restricted to WoW either; I've seen it happening in the comments with many other games, including some of the games 14 was 'competing' with for that golden joystick award.

Another example, my social circle on FFXIV includes a few small to medium streamers, and pretty much all of them have a few creepy regulars (often top donators) who will guilt them and get weirdly emotional any time they try to stream another game. One of them ended up totally burning out on the game because of it and basically went on hiatus.

Cult-like behavior does effect people negatively, so it's worth some level of criticism.