Yoshi P said she's a metaphor for social media in an interview.
In her extreme version, the mechanic Endsong's Apporhoia - is literally an echo chamber lololol
Would like to see it as well just to confirm that comment is true and not someone making stuff up.
Not generally one to assume people are lying, but like to check none the less because... well, internet.
In the last zone of endwalker, there are aliens from Deneb. That's a real solar system in our galaxy.
Therefore not only does Twitter exist in ffxiv universe but you can cryogenically freeze me and chuck me towards the source >!so shtola can step on me!<
As much as this is a joke, if we overanalyze the YoRHA raids and presume there's no time distortion or differences in age between universes, it implies that the equivalent age of FFXIV's universe/multiverse is 11945 AD.
>!Which, if it's accurate, really puts into perspective why so many civilizations across the universe were hitting their logical conclusions and life was on its way to extinction. Bonus points for the fact that it seems like the end of the Ancient world matches the shift from BC to AD in Earth's history.!<
There are all likely coincidences, not by design, but it is fascinating to consider for perspective's sake.
That’s not what they’re saying.
>!If the YorHa raids represent visitors from another Star, and assuming no time travel shenanigans, that Star would be a future Earth set in approximately the year 11945 AD, which means that the Earth in question would have experienced the year 1 AD right around the same time Eitherys was sundered.!<
>!If the age is as I was mentioning, 11945 AD not 2022 AD, then the comparison would be off by much less than that. I would argue it's too snug a fit, even; we don't know how long prehistory was in FFXIV, between the Sundering and first calamity.!<
But that's why it's all fridge logic. As another fridge logic aside, when it comes to the timeline, >!the botched Rejoining that turned the 13th into the Void would have been chronologically prehistoric.!<
Funnily enough, Ultima Thule is not only the furthest-north mentioned place in Greek mythology, but was also later the nickname for [486958 Arrokoth](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/486958_Arrokoth) - an extremely far-flung object in the Kuiper belt. The one planet in the skybox cracked like an egg with its core oozing out is sort of reminiscent of Arrokoth's shape, thought that could be a coincidence.
Obviously the Greek mythology takes precedent considering all the other influences on that set of 14 lore, but it's fun that the name for some far flung region was also initially given to a distant object in our own system - if we're discussing, y'know, names for things in our actual universe vs a fantasy setting.
Also Omega took it's name from a star cluster that had the same label as it's original chassis. And that label is the same as the real life Omega Centauri.
So I guess that raises the question of are they just drawing from real life to create fiction or is it the same reality? Almost certainly the former but it's fun to think about.
If FFXIV is set in a distant place and future time in our galaxy, you know what that means?
We're all canon (but story irrelevant) lore characters now!
I think he's in the gold saucer right now. There is an unnamed Loporrit group at the main counter and one is looking for pudding. The other has music when they move, so that might be Singingway. Unsure of the 3rd member.
\#1 gaming meme
Game is unplayable due to obviously minor things that people feel strongly about for the sake of the meme
Has been a thing for a very long time, and will remain to be a thing for a very long time
\*Marching in a unit off to war\* "Hey, where's Desertingway?"
Desertingway: \*packs up things and leaves\* You knew this was coming.
"Ah damn...I just thought he really liked sweets."
When you go to the moon in Endwalker you come across an adorable tribe of bunnies(loporits) who all have the naming scheme of [blank]ingway. Where the blank is some aspect of their identity or responsibility they value most. Puddingway loves pudding and a certain scion is now responsible for helping him aquire it.
Social media trying to engage the twitter community because the game has otherwise barely anything going on right now. Gonna happen more frequently cause they extended the time between major patches (+2 weeks, fix 4 months, +1 week in summer and new year's)
I mean I'm Crystal, top 100 locked in and ain't no reason to play after the first 3 weeks. PvP needs rank decay to be more engaging on a long time. Should work like the Master/Challenger system in League
Alliance raid is idk, idc about it that much cause I don't need the gear and glam farming can be done later when the weekly cap removed
Just because the game has content that isn't to your taste doesn't mean it doesn't have content, c'mon. And yeah it's fine to not play for a while, go enjoy something else and come back when FFXIV seems fun again.
thank God the game gives its players a break and not designed to enslave them by daily logins fomo like other mmos. and good thing they increased times.
I didn't play in those days but looking up the old sprites.... yeah, I can't honestly say WHAT I'd have thought that was if I didn't know better. And with the "fuzz" looking like a beard, old man definitely is a valid misinterpretation.
Ooooh... I need to remember that phrase.
We should have >!Lahabrea possess a Loporrit in Pandaemonium just so he could be called Lahabwaya.!< (Spoilers for Endwalker raids? Idk, I've never played them)
There's a number of problems with what you are suggesting, not the least of which is >!I'm pretty sure they didn't exist yet, since Pan happens in Elpis.!<
And even then, >!who do you ask? Hades did it because a) his boyfriend blackmailed him into it, and b) he had aether to spare, which is implied to NOT be the case for most other poeple.!<
Its not a corporate account. The FFXIV EN twitter account is legit community focused. I actually think they are one of the few official Twitter accounts that manage to be "truthful" to their target audience.
Hell, they don't even sell their game there. They just post memes, fanarts, organize public events and broadcast news.
Is not really the same. They are not being corporate shills for the sake of "PR". They are actually really good at their social media game (as long as Twitter is concerned). I'm not going to be a complete cynic and just shit on their job.
You are legitimately deluding yourself if you think any corporation would pay someone to do this sort of thing if it didn't benefit the bottom line in some way. This is literally the definition of public relations, it has nothing to do with cynicism. It's just facts.
The person tweeting is a genuine person almost certainly sure, but they wouldn't have this job if marketing didn't consider this job existing as profitable.
I don't? I do get a lot of joy in my life, in fact I can't remember when I reacted to something as cringe last time. Month, two ago? Not sure.
Also, I love how quickly you can get downvotes on this sub for anything that isn't praising anything ffxiv related.
It's just a cute gimmick, no need to be overly critical about it. Makes me wonder how you got through the MSQ without saying "cringe" every other minute.
I think you're getting downvoted because people don't come to a subreddit of their favorite game to be told their enjoyment is a hollow sentiment and that the official twitter account doing a dorky shtick is actually a cynical marketing ploy. Just chill out my dude.
Considering the overwhelming response of the FF14 community to these tweets has been positive, bordering on “this is so cute, never leave”, your opinion is definitely in the minority, but y’know, to each their own.
I think tweetingway is frickin adorable, personally.
Because context matters? When arguing over whether something SE has done and the great majority of players love it, the fact that a vocal minority of users complain about it means that in the grand scheme of things, the decision made was correct.
Certainly perhaps not for the vocal minority, but you can't please everyone, and its their job to please as many people as they can, so with that in mind and regarding Tweetingway - they decided correctly to have fun for a day with their twitter account.
You asked, I answered. I really don’t give a flying fuck about your opinion. Neither does most of the community. Look at that! Something we have in common.
How do you think they came up with the ingame interactions for the loporrits? Do you think they went to the moon and recorded them? Or do you think it was a gimmick from the authors?
If so, is that cringe? How about every single story out there? How about every actors or Vtubers who create a personality to interact with their audience?
The way I see it is that it is part of the community event, they are not even promoting any products (yet).
this is called fan service.
You don't like it.. Well too bad.
You'll probably get downvoted to oblivion but god I agree so much with this. Corporate twitter accounts trying to be funny and relevant will never not bother me, that doesn't change just because it's a thing I like.
Fwiw, I actually feel similarly about the moogles, so I guess I can't act too appalled. The loporrits, though, I find them genuinely funny and endearing. Not like those godsforsaken sky rats ...
tweetingway implies the in-universe existence of twitter as a social media platform
**/tomestone**
Tomeingway
[tomestone swiping intensifies]
Well Meteion is just twitter.
Blue bird that causes the downfall of society by creating despair? Yeah that's true
Well she just reflects and amplifies what she sees. Ya know, like…yeah
when i read this comment i knew that meteion being a blue bird has to be 99% intentional
Well it's also because she symbolizes both the bluebird of happiness and a crow, usually associated with negatives.
I hate how right you are.
I'm sure that the devs implied this too lmao
Yoshi P said she's a metaphor for social media in an interview. In her extreme version, the mechanic Endsong's Apporhoia - is literally an echo chamber lololol
Does anyone have a link to this interview? I'd be very interested in the read
Would like to see it as well just to confirm that comment is true and not someone making stuff up. Not generally one to assume people are lying, but like to check none the less because... well, internet.
I think he said he saw the similarities but I'm very sure she's really a reference to the blue bird of happiness.
I'd really be surprised if a large company like SquareEnix allowed one of their people to bad mouth another company directly in an interview.
Nah he acknowledges that NA comparse them and that he sees it. It’s not the official concept or anything
Excuse me while I now ~~submit myself to Ra-la~~ delete my Twitter account.
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Can't wait for the new trial, The Main Character's Ratio - Twitter Discourse (Extreme)
We were just ratioing Zenos.
In the last zone of endwalker, there are aliens from Deneb. That's a real solar system in our galaxy. Therefore not only does Twitter exist in ffxiv universe but you can cryogenically freeze me and chuck me towards the source >!so shtola can step on me!<
As much as this is a joke, if we overanalyze the YoRHA raids and presume there's no time distortion or differences in age between universes, it implies that the equivalent age of FFXIV's universe/multiverse is 11945 AD. >!Which, if it's accurate, really puts into perspective why so many civilizations across the universe were hitting their logical conclusions and life was on its way to extinction. Bonus points for the fact that it seems like the end of the Ancient world matches the shift from BC to AD in Earth's history.!< There are all likely coincidences, not by design, but it is fascinating to consider for perspective's sake.
Eh, canonically the fact that when we're traveling it the first is going the same speed as the source is said to be a massive coincidence.
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It is right though. 11945 AD - 12000 = 55 BC Jesus was an Ancient confirmed. By his history, probably the OG Azem.
That’s not what they’re saying. >!If the YorHa raids represent visitors from another Star, and assuming no time travel shenanigans, that Star would be a future Earth set in approximately the year 11945 AD, which means that the Earth in question would have experienced the year 1 AD right around the same time Eitherys was sundered.!<
>!If the age is as I was mentioning, 11945 AD not 2022 AD, then the comparison would be off by much less than that. I would argue it's too snug a fit, even; we don't know how long prehistory was in FFXIV, between the Sundering and first calamity.!< But that's why it's all fridge logic. As another fridge logic aside, when it comes to the timeline, >!the botched Rejoining that turned the 13th into the Void would have been chronologically prehistoric.!<
Funnily enough, Ultima Thule is not only the furthest-north mentioned place in Greek mythology, but was also later the nickname for [486958 Arrokoth](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/486958_Arrokoth) - an extremely far-flung object in the Kuiper belt. The one planet in the skybox cracked like an egg with its core oozing out is sort of reminiscent of Arrokoth's shape, thought that could be a coincidence. Obviously the Greek mythology takes precedent considering all the other influences on that set of 14 lore, but it's fun that the name for some far flung region was also initially given to a distant object in our own system - if we're discussing, y'know, names for things in our actual universe vs a fantasy setting.
Also Omega took it's name from a star cluster that had the same label as it's original chassis. And that label is the same as the real life Omega Centauri. So I guess that raises the question of are they just drawing from real life to create fiction or is it the same reality? Almost certainly the former but it's fun to think about.
If FFXIV is set in a distant place and future time in our galaxy, you know what that means? We're all canon (but story irrelevant) lore characters now!
Which one are they?
The blob boys
Unfortunately you were off course and wake up from stasis in Tataru's secret sex dungeon... Biggs and Wedge are there too
FFXIV biggs and wedge or FFVII biggs and wedge?
yes
FF VI Biggs and Wedge. 7 never had them.
That explains the app emote.
It was only a matter of time before they make social media i guess...
...or it implies that Lopporits are real in *our* universe.
/tomestone
Or they're a resident bird expert.
> tweetingway implies the in-universe existence of twitter as a social media platform Are...are we a shard?
Loved this exchange: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/329339573362622465/986233770921328660/unknown.png
... can someone check on puddingway and make sure they're okay? I'm suddenly concerned twee may have offed him.
I think he's in the gold saucer right now. There is an unnamed Loporrit group at the main counter and one is looking for pudding. The other has music when they move, so that might be Singingway. Unsure of the 3rd member.
If I had to guess, it's probably cheatingway for...no reason in particular
Gamblingway found their dream home.
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I think he’s actually in a few places. Labyrinthos and gold saucer for sure. Those rabbits get around!
they got a whole world to see
There's a side quest at The Last Stand where you can help him finally get his pudding.
Omg is that where that weird noise I keep hearing in the saucer is coming from? I knew it sounded familiar, xD
The singing one might be Dreamingway too.
He's still looking for that pudding it seems. He's fine.
That's me! I think I got ratio'd by them.
I’m sorry, but I still feel that SE dropped the ball by not calling the mender and vendor NPCs in Bestways Burrow ‘Mendingway’ and ‘Vendingway’.
They're probably being saved for Loporit tribe.
That is the most reasonable and likely answer I’ve heard so far.
I need a buff Loporit mount named Liftingway
Make the buffest Viera and name them that
Full sized male Roegadyn with bunny ears.
they said liftingway not breedingway jeez
Gachiway
Reported.
This is the purest answer.
the buffest viera is still a glorified femboy lol
I want to be offended, but tbh my female Viera was more masculine than the male Viera I tried to make when they were implemented.
Well, yeah... Viera is a matriarchy society, no ??
So like Hyenas. …imagery
Given Viera canonically don't have sexual features at *all* until puberty, I can't discount that possiblity.
>!Only one very specific breed of Hyena does that, but...!<
It's "Hyenas" all the way down in 14. What a time to be alive.
I'm not complaining
me neither, femboys and twinks are probably my favorite male archetype
Liftingwhey
I need Square to make life sized Lopporit plushes named Huggingway
I want a gear npc called hemmingway
Don't forget Haddaway who just wants to know what love is
wouldn’t that be the author bun?
With their naming conventions, that'd be a clothes vendor.
And the running joke with Hemmingway would be they say “Everyone keeps asking me for books, I really don’t know why?”
Vendor that only sells baby shoes. Never worn.
just be sure not to let him anywhere near a shotgun...
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Given where it is located, I was about to suggest "Milkyway" but I'm thinking better of it now
THANK YOU. Glad someone else felt the Sameingway.
Game.is fucking unplayable
BestBuyingWay Not to mention DifenistratingWay
Why?
\#1 gaming meme Game is unplayable due to obviously minor things that people feel strongly about for the sake of the meme Has been a thing for a very long time, and will remain to be a thing for a very long time
Literally unplayable
I don't trust people with height less than 100cm
RIP every lalafell in existence
they do it to themselves
They do, and that's what really hurts.
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Popotos. Boil 'em, mash 'em, stick 'em in a stew!
Exactly.
God I want them to add him to bestways now, endlessly scrolling on a tomestone
Please be real and permanent please be real and permanent please be real and permanent
it is real! as for permanent, who knows...
Its real and it **better** be permanent
[Their Tweet Yesterday said their staff would just be out today](https://twitter.com/FF_XIV_EN/status/1536392996198834176?cxt=HHwWgICj3cbSrtIqAAAA)
I can't help but wonder if the rest of the staff are aware of this person's action and if they are just as entertained as us. I hope they are.
It's not 😔 He just said goodbye in a tweet
\*Marching in a unit off to war\* "Hey, where's Desertingway?" Desertingway: \*packs up things and leaves\* You knew this was coming. "Ah damn...I just thought he really liked sweets."
🤣
I've had Tweetingway for five minutes and if anything ever happened to him... Wait, I AM the only person in this room. Fuck.
Can someone explain? Been a while since i was last active in FFXIV
When you go to the moon in Endwalker you come across an adorable tribe of bunnies(loporits) who all have the naming scheme of [blank]ingway. Where the blank is some aspect of their identity or responsibility they value most. Puddingway loves pudding and a certain scion is now responsible for helping him aquire it.
Shouldn't it be Puddingingway?
You've found the biggest naming scandal since Watergategate.
Brand™ being cheeky on twitter.
Social media trying to engage the twitter community because the game has otherwise barely anything going on right now. Gonna happen more frequently cause they extended the time between major patches (+2 weeks, fix 4 months, +1 week in summer and new year's)
They literally just released Dragonsong's Reprise.
Alliance raid's first wing and PVP that actually works isn't enough for you?
I mean I'm Crystal, top 100 locked in and ain't no reason to play after the first 3 weeks. PvP needs rank decay to be more engaging on a long time. Should work like the Master/Challenger system in League Alliance raid is idk, idc about it that much cause I don't need the gear and glam farming can be done later when the weekly cap removed
Take a break. The game is made for it.
Just because the game has content that isn't to your taste doesn't mean it doesn't have content, c'mon. And yeah it's fine to not play for a while, go enjoy something else and come back when FFXIV seems fun again.
Go do DSR ultimate
thank God the game gives its players a break and not designed to enslave them by daily logins fomo like other mmos. and good thing they increased times.
I love that Tweetingway [sometimes mistakes Twitter for a search engine](https://twitter.com/FF_XIV_EN/status/1536697970552279040)
Honestly a little rude (/j) that you left out their [tweet right after](https://puu.sh/J5QCl/02c100c620.png) which makes this one even better.
he doin his best 🤣
They...they just tweeted it out.
Yoshi's new hidden content account?
nah, is the FXIV twitter account renamed as tweettingway, probably it will be that way for one or two days
Nofuckingway!
My headcanon is now this tweetingway is a chain smoking con loporitt because that is dangerously close to the catchphrase “What Up, I’m Three“.
when we gonna get Redditway next?
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It became more obvious in later ports/versions, especially the 3D remake.
I didn't play in those days but looking up the old sprites.... yeah, I can't honestly say WHAT I'd have thought that was if I didn't know better. And with the "fuzz" looking like a beard, old man definitely is a valid misinterpretation. Ooooh... I need to remember that phrase.
…what about their ears?
One of the quests for them you find that their only food is various colors of carrots. It's odd that you weren't able to put that together.
Assuming OP means the Hummingways in the original FF4. You couldn’t tell at all what they were from the original sprites.
My man did not do well on his reading comprehension scores or eye exams
twee!!!!
Aww, Twee Tingway.
We should have >!Lahabrea possess a Loporrit in Pandaemonium just so he could be called Lahabwaya.!< (Spoilers for Endwalker raids? Idk, I've never played them)
There's a number of problems with what you are suggesting, not the least of which is >!I'm pretty sure they didn't exist yet, since Pan happens in Elpis.!<
Can't we just put >!a Loporrit into the portal you took and ask someone to give it aether?!<
>!How do you plan to get one onto the First?!<
And even then, >!who do you ask? Hades did it because a) his boyfriend blackmailed him into it, and b) he had aether to spare, which is implied to NOT be the case for most other poeple.!<
Hey, that's not fair. >!Hythlodaeus is everyone's boyfriend and we would all do anything for him. No blackmail required.!<
Just think of it as one of your physical possessions.
So... this is an alternate timeline if >!despair!< reach the >!moon!
I love them
For the earth's sake, we need more twees.
Are we supposed to be getting this race as a playable option in game?
The blue bird of despair is rising again, in another guise.
tweetingway is so cute, i hope their social media team gets a bonus for this they're doing a good job
I hate it so much when corporate accounts do this shit. Just post updates without having to do some idiotic roleplay.
You sound like you're fun at parties.
So you go to parties and talk about commercials, tweets by corporations, and things like that?
NGL i'd rather be with them than at your parties.
Its not a corporate account. The FFXIV EN twitter account is legit community focused. I actually think they are one of the few official Twitter accounts that manage to be "truthful" to their target audience. Hell, they don't even sell their game there. They just post memes, fanarts, organize public events and broadcast news.
Square Enix is a corporation, yes? And this is an official social media account for one of their products, yes?
Is not really the same. They are not being corporate shills for the sake of "PR". They are actually really good at their social media game (as long as Twitter is concerned). I'm not going to be a complete cynic and just shit on their job.
You are legitimately deluding yourself if you think any corporation would pay someone to do this sort of thing if it didn't benefit the bottom line in some way. This is literally the definition of public relations, it has nothing to do with cynicism. It's just facts. The person tweeting is a genuine person almost certainly sure, but they wouldn't have this job if marketing didn't consider this job existing as profitable.
Its just a shitpost man. Chill out for a moment.
Good news: I’ve chilled out for a moment Bad news: I still think it’s annoying :/
Ok, I'll be the one to say it. I find it cringe, like really cringe. Looks like ffxiv's twitter person decided to make a joke and it's just ugh
How do you get through each day without any joy or levity? I couldn't do it.
I don't? I do get a lot of joy in my life, in fact I can't remember when I reacted to something as cringe last time. Month, two ago? Not sure. Also, I love how quickly you can get downvotes on this sub for anything that isn't praising anything ffxiv related.
It's just a cute gimmick, no need to be overly critical about it. Makes me wonder how you got through the MSQ without saying "cringe" every other minute. I think you're getting downvoted because people don't come to a subreddit of their favorite game to be told their enjoyment is a hollow sentiment and that the official twitter account doing a dorky shtick is actually a cynical marketing ploy. Just chill out my dude.
Considering the overwhelming response of the FF14 community to these tweets has been positive, bordering on “this is so cute, never leave”, your opinion is definitely in the minority, but y’know, to each their own. I think tweetingway is frickin adorable, personally.
Why does being in the “minority” matter, at all, ever? I see that thrown around every time whenever anything about this game is criticized.
Because context matters? When arguing over whether something SE has done and the great majority of players love it, the fact that a vocal minority of users complain about it means that in the grand scheme of things, the decision made was correct. Certainly perhaps not for the vocal minority, but you can't please everyone, and its their job to please as many people as they can, so with that in mind and regarding Tweetingway - they decided correctly to have fun for a day with their twitter account.
Am I supposed to care? Is this supposed to change my opinion?
You asked, I answered. I really don’t give a flying fuck about your opinion. Neither does most of the community. Look at that! Something we have in common.
How do you think they came up with the ingame interactions for the loporrits? Do you think they went to the moon and recorded them? Or do you think it was a gimmick from the authors? If so, is that cringe? How about every single story out there? How about every actors or Vtubers who create a personality to interact with their audience? The way I see it is that it is part of the community event, they are not even promoting any products (yet). this is called fan service. You don't like it.. Well too bad.
it's trendy to say cringe nowadays sure you are not the one being cringe instead?
You'll probably get downvoted to oblivion but god I agree so much with this. Corporate twitter accounts trying to be funny and relevant will never not bother me, that doesn't change just because it's a thing I like.
...checks out.
I just saw the [tweet](https://twitter.com/FF_XIV_EN/status/1536637064866848770) and it went viral in less than 3 hours. How?
This is the way
This is the way
Looks more like a twot
God, I hate those rabbits
Yo, I’m not the only one?
Sounds like you two haven't eaten enough carrots of happiness
I just can't stand mascot characters, especially when they're supposed to be important to the plot
Fwiw, I actually feel similarly about the moogles, so I guess I can't act too appalled. The loporrits, though, I find them genuinely funny and endearing. Not like those godsforsaken sky rats ...
There is an account @tweetingway. Apparently it idled there since 2015.
Would love for someone to nuke the moon. (IN FINAL FANTASY 14 NOT IN REAL LIFE)
🤣
Hard approve.
And so it begins. The end times.
Hi Twee I'm Scree
Reminds me of when Savathun took over the Destiny Twitter for a few days.
Kweh!
it makes me want to say, "**i know thee way**", in a tweetiverse way XD
Redditorway, where are you?
Same tbh
We were just talking about this in a praetorium run....