Brian from Work 2 Game is leaving FFXIV

[MagiusNecros]

He will be back for 7.0 probably. He seems to have a thing for New World though. Yuck.

[Cach]

This is honestly really sad.

Left the game, not the family. Just in case it wasn't clear, lol.

This whole thing just reminded me why I have left other MMOs. It's never really a single event or thing, your motivation just erodes with time and one day you just don't feel it anymore. Every couple of year I look into WoW or Swtor or GW2 only to leave a few days later. That's hardly "coming back".

[Deveryn]

Left the game, not the family. Just in case it wasn't clear, lol.

This whole thing just reminded me why I have left other MMOs. It's never really a single event or thing, your motivation just erodes with time and one day you just don't feel it anymore. Every couple of year I look into WoW or Swtor or GW2 only to leave a few days later. That's hardly "coming back".

It really does happen this way and it isn't necessarily a reflection of the product. I had fun in EQ2 and still have friends there and housing projects I'd like to get back to, but I just can't get myself to stay there for long, even when I don't have much going on here.

[TheOperator3712]

Pretty sure he wasn't being serious.

He was dead serious. His wife was so heavily harassed by people ingame that she quit playing and refused to ever play the game again.

[aveyond-dreams]

He was dead serious. His wife was so heavily harassed by people ingame that she quit playing and refused to ever play the game again.

And people wonder why I never link my main to these forums.

[hagare]

He was dead serious. His wife was so heavily harassed by people ingame that she quit playing and refused to ever play the game again.

oh the game.
my God. I read that completely differently @_@

[Jojoya]

He was dead serious. His wife was so heavily harassed by people ingame that she quit playing and refused to ever play the game again.

I heard him mention this a few times before I stopped watching W2G. Not that any sort of harassment is ever justified but I wonder what prompted the harassment and what was being done. It would be a shame if it was happening simply because she was the wife of a known content creator.

And people wonder why I never link my main to these forums.

what is there to hide from if you truly stand behind the opinions you express here?

This is my main (should be obvious from how almost every day my avatar is switching what it's wearing). I have no problems posting from it. I have yet to be harassed or had any unpleasant encounter as a result after 4 years. The most that has happened is the occasional player will say they recognize my name from the forums.

I figure if some psycho takes a forum argument into the game and starts harasssing me, it's an opportunity to rid the game of a psycho by reporting the encounter to the GMs. Most players aren't going to risk the ban. You're a lot more likely to get attacked on the subreddit, Twitter, etc. and since I don't post on those things, it won't be a problem for me.

[vanaii]

Yeah, taking precautions against in-game harassment and/or the potential of being mass reported over posting some have deemed "hot takes" is definitely cowardice. Absolutely in no way is this just being smart.

Especially when someone hiding behind an alt on the forums is part of a group that specializes in harassment.

[Absimiliard]

Breaking news: dissenting opinions now classified as harassment, more at 11.

[vanaii]

Breaking news: dissenting opinions now classified as harassment, more at 11.

That group is doing a lot more than posting dissenting opinions.