Positivity!

[VelKallor]

Agree on most points, what annoys the hell out of me is the constant negativity and some of the useless, worthless smears we see day on day out. What was it.."paypigs" "white knights" etc, the constant trolling and vitriol we see frequently. Stormpeaks continuing abusive, abrasive attitude comes to mind. NO ONE including me has ever said to anyone ":if you dont like it, quit", yet we see this rubbish repeated over and over again as if it has been said frequently.

It HASNT. Show me examples, if it has.

What was it Mr Awesome said? "You are really hung up on that arent you" Yes, I am, actually.

Deliberately misrepresenting, twisting or outright FABRICATING quotes by other players when they have never said it is plain trolling...quite frankly, some of them need to log off for a few days and get a better sense of perspective.

Reality check:

This is a video game.

Thats all it is.

All it will ever be.

The personal attacks need to STOP, IMNSHO a few of these should, if we had better moderation, have been met with suspensions as a message to knock it off.

I listen to a great many people, I read and try to understand peoples viewpoints. Some I agree with, some not, but in all truth the way some conduct themselves here helps NO ONE. it annoys me when said people dont even have the integrity to actually refer to what I actually said, not what they want to twist it to mean.

And yes Stormpeaks, FF 14 is GLOBAL in nature, you get people logging in from all corners of the globe at all hours of the day, so YES , you DO get people from NZ, you DO get people from AU, you get people from Greece, the Mediterranean, China, all of EU, all of OCE, ( which is a REGION if you recall ), NA, people have alts /characters on multiple worlds. .

"Toxic positivity" is a meme, a slur, a smear meant to shout down or shut down people who dare disagree with their nihilistic take. I am sorry they dont enjoy the game, doesnt means others cant. No game anywhere, ever is perfect. I enjoy it, have done since the start. To me FF 14 is far better than a lot of MMOs and other singleplayer games I have seen.

How many times have I said this? Often. Yet here we have members of this forum deliberately miquoting me to say otherwise..which I never did.

I see no issues in being positive, I see no problems with it.

A positive mindset is essential in each day, a negative attitude or approach is conducive to seeing the worst in others AND in yourself , then projecting that to encompass everyone, which Id call a distorted, self defeating process.

If you are going to quote someone, do it accurately. If you have criticism to make, go for it, more power to you. Others may disagree, thats as it should be. The phrase "toxic positivity" has come to mean "Its all bad the game sucks and Ill attack you if you dare say otherwise".

Personally, I am here for the duration, will be here for 6.41 and beyond.

BTW Theodric, re Bozja and Eureka, I never want to see them removed, but can ALSO see why they werent repeated this time around.

If you have an issue: address the message, not the messenger.