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It drives me absolutely crazy when "were the Ascians tempered" discourse makes the rounds again and you get people going "well actually, the loporitts said..."
WELL ACTUALLY what the loporrits said was this:
"FROM WHAT I'VE READ IN SHARLAYAN TOMES" and "IT APPEARS". That is not a definitive statement, people! That's just another informed opinion!
Disclaimer: This post is not arguing one way or the other. I just hate when people use sloppy arguments to prove their point.
i know i can't expect a major game studio to avoid obviously racist decisions but I'm still staring at the ffxiv conquistador outfit set like oh.... you could have just not made this really racist outfit set..... why didn't you make a different set of outfits. in the latin america inspired expansion. maybe don't make a big conquistador outfit set at all but if you're really committed to that at least don't put them in the latin america expansion. christ. the bar is so low and you're digging under it
A Fuckin' CALLOUT POST 'cause I'm TIRED OF THIS
@gatheredfates and @riftdancing are too fuckin' cute someone stop them
...and you know what? while you're at it? Go DOGPILE on THESE PEOPLE for being TOO FUCKIN' TALENTED.
@iron-sparrow! YOU! and @ahollowgrave! THE FUCK??
@sealrock??? how tf DARE you be good at things??? and @this-is-ris quit being so fuckin' adorable!
@hex-blogs what the FUCK being TALENTED??? IN FRONT OF MY FUNYUNS???
Don't trust blindly: A cautionary tale for creatives in the FFXIV venue scene.
So, I am a graphic designer by trade and do design for several player-run roleplaying venues. I design anything from logos to infographics to posters.
Early this year, I was asked through a trusted friend (whose venue I did all the design work for) to design some infographics and staff cards for one of the biggest EU venues.
Being fairly starstruck and perhaps a bit naive, I agreed to do the work without agreeing to a payment first. They were a huge, well-known venue and friends of a friend after all, right? What could go wrong?
Now, months after having designed their staff cards, promotional material, an infographic for a roulette minigame and the staff banners for a discord bot, I have yet to see any pay -or even mention of pay- for my work.
I figured, at this point, it's fair of me to ask, right? I politely ask if they have any intention of continuing the staff card project and if they have thought of payment for my projects.
They take a while to discuss, and eventually come back with an answer: they will not be continuing the project, but will pay me a whopping THREE million gil for my work so far. For perspective: I get paid up to 5 million gil for a single poster regularly. This was several designs spanning hours and hours of work.
At this point I realize they never actually had any intention of paying me for my work. Since all of this is, fortunately, about an in-game currency rather than real life money, I did not feel like dragging this out and decided to compromise: 5 million gil, and I'd be out of their hair.
They agreed, but I have yet to hear anything about the actual payment happening. It has been over a month since this conversation took place.
The kicker? One of their owners has been doing their own promotional posters and has copied my designs to the font on at least two occasions (that I know of). They have a habit of... Uhh... Let's call it 'borrowing' others' ideas. Both in their venue and in their online presence. I won't go into too much detail about this, since I have no interest in outing them. But rest assured this a pattern of behavior, rather than an isolated incident.
This is a warning, from me to you, whoever you are: don't assume that people will not use you and your talents, simply because they are big names in your community or because they are friends-of-friends. Agree to payment amounts clearly and in writing, in advance.
Tldr; big EU venue scene people had no intention of ever paying me for graphic design I did for them, when asked months later agreed to a fraction of my normal wage and copied my graphic design. They have not yet paid me as of writing this post.
I said this on Twitter and I'll say this on here
PEOPLE.STOP.BULLYING.GARLEAN.ROLEPAYERS.THEY.ARE.NOT.NAZIS.THEYARE.NOT.THE.KKK.THEY.ARE. REAL. HUMANS. WHO KNOW HISTORY.PLEASE STOP PUTTING AMERICAN POLITICS IN THIS TOO. ITS FUCKING ANNOYING.
i have only one thing to say about lore policing:
I am blocking this shit. Just no. No, no, no. Not going through this again.
Fuck off with your Garlean RPers are Nazis shit.
I wanted nothing more than to warn people about someone who has mistreated me, others, and entire groups in game.
This is not the first time someone has created a new platform for themselves on social media to get on to me for daring to say something. For all I know, it could be the instigator of the whole thing trying to bully me into shame and silence. Since there are no other posts besides those having to do with this matter, how could I tell?
I don't see how I did anything wrong as I never posted anything along the lines of "grief this guy". And as soon as I saw the request from the original poster to stop the reblogs, I agreed to stop.
I have seen other posts being reblogged when people are known to be problematic in game and thought it alright to do the same in light of that. (Besides the short lived call out blogs)
My questions as to why it's okay to hide behavior like this, even from 2 years ago, was a legitimate question I had. Nothing snarky, salty, or malicious about it. Bit surprised people were acting like it was.
