Open letter to Square Enix and Yoshi P

[SweetestLily]

Is there really that much homophobia/transphobia in the game? That seems to be the only subject you talk about and yet I haven't been seeing it. And discord doesn't count.

[Jojoya]

Is there really that much homophobia/transphobia in the game? That seems to be the only subject you talk about and yet I haven't been seeing it. And discord doesn't count.

There isn't. It's just Titanmen digging through his forum alts to stir things up.

[Ativan]

Is there really that much homophobia/transphobia in the game? That seems to be the only subject you talk about and yet I haven't been seeing it. And discord doesn't count.

There is. The outrage today directed at an RP venue, which not coincidentally also are welcoming of queer and indeed have queer representation, reveals the full extent of the bigotry that lies in this community.

[Zanarkand-Ronso]

seek help... seriously

the only people promoting this "problem" are you and your alts.

YOU are the problem.

as a member of the community you are trying to "save" I find your repeated attempts trolling and offensive.

+1 to this post

[rance-sama]

Of all the games to moan and complain about LGBTBBQ+ "issues" you choose a JAPANESE game to do that.
Don't you have other games like Life is Strange or whatever new game that you think is gay-friendly because there's two people of the same gender talking to each other within spit distance?
Jeebus.

[Tsukino]

seek help... seriously

the only people promoting this "problem" are you and your alts.

YOU are the problem.

as a member of the community you are trying to "save" I find your repeated attempts trolling and offensive.

I mean, I just assumed that was the entire point of the account(s). To make gay/trans people look bad by posing as one who's wildly unreasonable, like some kind of weird smear campaign.

[Kuritzkale]

obvious troll post, but still funny because somehow some people have fallen for it

[Akira_Kojima]

Hello Square Enix and community,

Today I am taking the time to write this open letter to Square Enix and Yoshi P in order to see if they can take some more precise long term measures than they have been taking so far regarding the alarming prevalence of homophobia and transphobia in the game.

My suggestion at least in the short term while developing machine learning algorithms to detect homophobia and transphobia automatically, is that they should announce the measures they are taking against homophobia and transphobia.

What would this mean in practice?

Initially the idea is to have multiple announcements and statements on FF14’s social networks regarding the measures of a permanent account suspension of users who engage with harassment of trans and queer folks and go weekly or monthly giving reports of the amount of players permanently suspended for such their bigotry.

Within the game before logging into the game, a pop-up message should appear stating that anyone who harasses others on the basis of gender identity, race, or sexuality will be permanently suspended.

This with the colors and in the specific way that is well known to instill some fear to generate crisis among the bigoted alt-right playerbase and at least would be a start in the short term considering that the last few years the ToS has been simply useless in combatting bigotry in the game and on the forums.

Best regards.

I get that you're trolling but can you at least be funny?

[KaitoAsaha]

obvious troll post, but still funny because somehow some people have fallen for it

Some people intentionally take the bait or out of seeing the topic as a thing to engage in while bored, or it's an important discussion, albeit created by a troll, still giving it some merit. I'd love the day we all unite and just absolutely no sell this. Starve the trolls. Until then these do honestly make for hilarious reads during my breaks.

[Ativan]

Of all the games to moan and complain about LGBTBBQ+ "issues" you choose a JAPANESE game to do that.
Don't you have other games like Life is Strange or whatever new game that you think is gay-friendly because there's two people of the same gender talking to each other within spit distance?
Jeebus.

Oh, do gay people somehow not exist in Japan?