I want to buy YoshiP a beer.

[AmyNeudaiz]

From what I seen, some people said you're not supposed to praise or applaud him for what he's "supposed to be doing". When I say seen, I mean specifically on NA forums..people don't get railed for praising him or showing respect on any other forum >__>

I don't care if I get trolled for it, Yoshi-P has my respect and admiration. The man works harder than 90% of people.

[Emulord]

This exactly. I can't believe someone is trying to sell us "the great and powerful Yoshi P" as if anything he has done so far has been awe inspiring.

Buy him a beer? I pay a portion of his paycheck. Thats all he is getting from me.

Not to mention you enjoyed his work for a little while before Jan 2012 without paying a cent of "his paycheck".

[Rokien]

Friendly reminder: High expectations will lead to disappointment.

Keep it real.

See how it is when it comes.

This is why I'm the doom and gloom person, I have some, but not much. If it fails, I'll be like "WELP told ya so." if it does well, I'll be like "Welp, I didn't tell ya so, afk playing ffxiv" of course that's in my eyes. Fail to me is different from the next person. As people said FFXIV failed at launch, I enjoyed myself playing it.

[Antanias]

He needs a whole week off.

[Leyza]

To be quite honest, he deserves more than just a beer.

[AmyNeudaiz]

I'd buy him a pack of cigs and a coffee instead.

[Tricksy]

I want to see results before I start praising someone. God forbid.

I do however, wonder if the Japanese don't respond the same way under pressure. And if that is not why they have caved to what they think is "western tastes". IMO western players dont really know what their tastes are, they we're just unimpressed with the quality of FF14 when it released.

I wonder if maybe SE's devs, Yoshi etc. might deal better under a positive supportive environment, instead of under the pressure of a critical player base. But the entire time they we're working on FF14 before and after it was called Rapture, they had their fans behind them, hyped up for something great. If they worked well under premature applause, you would think FF14 wouldn't have been the mess it was at release.

Who knows...

[Leyza]

For those who want to see results: Look at how far the game has come so far. I've played since April 2011 and took a break back in February. It has been a night and day difference for me, personally. That shows how much the developers and Yoshi-P have been working. It makes me look forward to 2.0 even more, in fact, because the changes have been for the best from what I've seen.

So, thank you Yoshi-P, for fixing the mess this game was back when I started. Your improvements have been truly amazing.

Surpassing/meeting all expectations? You honestly pulled that out of your...

Since he came into a leadership position he has made countless promises of which he has been able to pull off very few. He has made countless changes and those have not always made the game better.

Honestly, stop the whiteknighting for a moment and actually think critically about the changes that have been made so far.

Poor wording on my part. Should have been my expectations, sorry. But refer to my post above for my thoughts on the changes. While the game is not perfect yet, it is still miles better than it was back when I started, in my opinion.

[ssppiikkeeyy]

if he ever sets foot in Ireland i'll buy him a bottle of whiskey and show him how we do it in Ireland

[Rane]

I'm going to go out on a limb here and guess that Yoshi-P is an Yebisu man.

Yebisu is awesome. Unfortunately, I've had trouble finding it in the U.S., even though you can get it almost anywhere in Japan. I miss it.

Anyway, if I had the chance to buy Yoshi-P a beer, I'd get him whatever he wants. I think he deserves it!

if he ever sets foot in Ireland i'll buy him a bottle of whiskey and show him how we do it in Ireland

Ireland sounds awesome.