Quote Originally Posted by linayar View Post
But criticizing another game doesn't necessarily mean a bad thing as far as community relationship goes.
When negative comments about the nature of another game and its players are a core part of your community's lingo, I have to disagree. The terms "WoW player" and "WoW Refugee" are used as generic insults constantly on 14. Imagine you're new to another game, and people repeatedly say things like "FFXIV player lol" any time you make a mistake.

Quote Originally Posted by linayar View Post
In fact, it can also go the other way. People using other games as example of what they don't like to see and people just brush it off with statements like "WoW bad, FFXIV good." That's just another form of saying GCBTW.
It's interesting how it's totally acceptable to criticize other games, but the moment you try to criticize anything in 14 it's not unusual to get dogpiled and personally attacked, even if the criticisms are regarding extremely mundane things.

see: posts regarding the mogstation ui, customer support or purchasing/activating game codes (or god forbid posts actually criticizing gameplay mechanics).