This Final Fantasy FC Was Run Like a Cult | Xeno Reacts to The Azure Infinitum Drama

[@aiu941]

XIV stories always make me feel less terminally online and fucked up

[@Vile-Flesh]

Haha! Same!

[@Waking_Giant]

I was in this FC when I first started playing the game, a group of us left and created a new FC because we wanted to get more into raiding. It was fairly common for our new FC leaders to get threats and incoherent unhinged messages from Reika. None of us took them seriously, it was mostly just funny to see someone melt down so much over 20ish people leaving.

[@crimsondragon627]

This is crazy, I was part of them as well when i played. They only ever seemed nice.

[@NataliaAkashiya]

So crazy that some people take XIV so seriously... also really sad

[@Verpal]

When our FC raiding team left to make a raiding oriented FC in Aether we even had a farewell party lol, some people just can't deal with HR issue like a normal person.

[@tryhardowl]

lol nice

[@DieKao]

@@crimsondragon627 That's the FFXIV community in a nutshell. They seem nice, but a lot of them are unhinged maniacs as soon as you don't agree with "the message" or expect something like....getting better at the game over time, doing minimal effort etc.

[@archaemily]

the way reika writes is just... word soup, trying to sound verbose and intelligent but coming off as completely phony

[@Keitaro-do2ec]

Hello, I’m a former leader of the “liberated” FC Crimson Blades Long story short, 2.0 was lacking in content and a vast majority of us wanted to take a break before 3.0. Reika happened to be a newer friendly member who wanted to help keep the FC running. A few days after getting officer he stole everything from our vault and took a few people with him to create Azure. I’m IRL friends with my old FC mates and we were all devastated losing everything we worked for. Back in the day it was not easy obtaining gil or rare mats or materia. Basically, Reika built the whole story to make themselves look like a hero. We are so happy that years and years later people keep finding out how super strange and messed up this individual is. Even creating an elaborate play about how terrible our once proud and friendly Crimson Blades. I was blown away how reika created this crazy FC after destroying a once very proud fun FC. I still have our photo of when housing was released at our lavender beds medium house we all pitched in for.

[@Stonehenge-Man]

Former officer of Azure here, I would actually be very curious to hear a detailed history of your side of the events around that time. Maybe we could exchange stories.

[@Keitaro-do2ec]

@@Stonehenge-ManI’m definitely down for that

[@vulcankothar6019]

I remember that day. As one of the people he gave all those items to he claimed he had a group of friends that gave him those items as a "start up" for the new fc. He lied through his teeth the whole time. Its such a shame knowing he took those items in bad faith. I feel partly responsible as I was one of the names on the original fc charter. I am so sorry for what happened.

[@bananachan2684]

NEIGHBOUR FWIENDS! \^O^/

[@Stonehenge-Man]

@@Keitaro-do2ec I got some time off here soon. We could exchange contact info somewhere? Discord work for you?

[@robertweed]

Xeno really managed to get 43 minutes of content out of a 9 minute video and its not even complete

[@lorev1303]

In the livestream it was like 2.5 hours.

[@Kanaleah]

This is the sign of a good reaction. Reactions should be transformative, and a reaction where you don't react is just plagiarism. I suppose you could say, "Just react while the video is going," but then you have the streamer losing context and points in the video because they're talking over it instead of actually reacting.

[@KZorander]

Hey he'll straight up tell you he's jumping on drama because it's content drought time. I respect that lol.

[@p1ngerss]

JUST PULL

[@dreadfulking2344]

your comment mixed with the profile image is gold, I love it!

[@DanielKjeldal]

This sounds like someone who watched Log Horizon and thought the guild politics were the coolest thing ever so they decided to imitate it in a game. Personally, I would rather gargle rotten egg juice than be in that kind of guild environment.

[@Aaron9101112]

'Rotten egg juice' Thanks for the mental image, now I need to find a way to forget it

[@magicman25103]

nah man even Log Horizon wasn't batshit insane like this FC. they did just enough to help make the city flourish and ensure no fuckery was afoot. this FC leader is deranged

[@hydrohomie254]

Those Guidelines look like the kind of stuff you have to read to apply to large EVE Online Corporations... just that its for an FF14 guild. this is already insane.

[@firefox577]

Honestly the largest and worst was eve university and it was nowhere near this (I mean this in terms of having a wiki (which they maintained as a resource for the community) and having a structured ruleset and hierarchy). I helped run a smaller guild inside a larger alliance bloc of guilds and our rules were simple, do not be a dickhead, you have a chance at appeal but if you were kicked for being a dickhead you are prob screwed. Used the dickhead clause like twice, reasonable conflicts were resolved like normal people, unhinged or extreme shit was treated as such. We did kinda lean into common sense for sure in that we did not want our members going outside and attacking/talking shit to alliance members, but if we need to write the rule down for you why do we want you as a member?

[@Verpal]

Difference being if you play EVE and decided to join one of those serious organization, you are expected of a lot of things and you know what you are getting into, and either you yourself is the sociopath or expected to deal with backstabbing sociopaths on daily basis.

[@KuraldGalain]

ngl, some of those EVE corpos are insane.. So many insane people

[@Choristoceras]

@@KuraldGalain Internet spaceships are serious business XD

[@KuraldGalain]

ooh I know..

[@IKeepGettingFlagged]

Xeems hairline is as free as the Azure sky xdd

[@JC-eq3ml]

You know an FC/guild is prone to tons of drama when they have huge, sprawling rules that sound like they have dealt with incredibly specific scenarios in the past. An incredibly controlling leader is also a huge red flag, and very likely the source of drama as well.

[@WorkingAsIntended]

I'm former council from The Sundering and was given a rank 2 permaban for being friends with a higher rank permaban. We of The Sundering and The New Crusade are starting to get to know each other now! Also waiting for Reika to make some lore about Xeno talking about them on the Azure website.

[@phdchemikill6014]

Fake CEO Rai-ka vs Man Mode

[@lorev1303]

Yeah. If anything, all of this brought the Sunderers and New Crusaders together and that's something.

[@AraAraili]

It's been a great party! Perfect way to end the year.

[@kinshra639]

I can't wait for Reika to spin this whole react arc into a giant 'this was taken out of context' 3 hour story. Followed by another 2 hour long story talking about how askghtually we were all weirdos who hated Reika wanted to see him cut down so we bribed Xeno to make a react video

[@stahlseuche]

​@@kinshra639lmfao that'll be a good read indeed!

[@sharkntux7402]

Wait a minute! That's my world! I had literally no idea this happened, I just saw that FC alot

[@lucystarr8022]

I know right lmao us that live in Migardsormr we're drinking tea and watching this unfold

[@FreyaTheSuccubus]

Im discovering this just know and its crazy to think all of this happened in the world I play on

[@nope403]

My old FC being in the ~news~ was not on my bingo card this year

[@Crowens]

Same lol

[@stahlseuche]

lol

[@tanktop8572]

Imagine a sprout coming in to join an FC and have to read this!!!!!

[@Xadaj127]

And to think this could've been me if I didn't say no to Reika. XD Luckily, I probably would've looked at it and said "This doesn't look worth it..." and booked.

[@shiroikami2690]

If I had a nickel for every time the FFXIV community discovered a cult with a completely deranged leader in the game I'd have two nickels. It's not much, but it's weird that it's happened twice.

[@Sniperbear13]

personally i wouldn't be shocked to see a dozen more. yer bound to get all sorts when you have as many people 14 has.

[@jamespegram6260]

The ffxiv community is huge we know there are more out there its just their not that transparent enough to get caught, honestly it's easier to chill it can't be good for you to carry all that negativity on your back 24/7, posture must be terrible.

[@Sniperbear13]

@@jamespegram6260 it also doesn't help if they don't do anything in the game itself. its tricky when groups do things outside the game.

[@meuanglao7]

i used to be in another one, i was one of the first members of it and the leader was. well he sure was he also rmt'd the house lol the fc is still around (and he's still leading it), and it's Really Fucking Big now and i'm still on that world and i just cringe whenever i see the tag he's also one of those people who hides his logs until he parses high lmao

[@meuanglao7]

and then i was in /another/ one that i just remembered she made an fc it was all great at first but then she slowly started getting more unhinged and when a friend and i left, she basically made everyone cut off contact with us by lying about why we left, what we did, etc. (note, we didn't /do/ anything. we just. quietly left. because she was making us uncomfortable. but that's not what she told everyone else :^) )

[@rebellyanmagic6409]

My FC is currently empty (just me and a few folks who still login daily) because most folk are playing other games between content. While i wish it was more active, I am glad it isn't like....this.

[@WorkingAsIntended]

Wondering if Reika is going to send a random Cease & Desist letter too.

[@rieyuki]

Attorneys send Cease and Desist letters. Doubt Reika is a JD. Doubt Reika has money to retain attorneys for this at minimum of $500/hr. Doubt any attorney would take Reika as a client - THERE IS NO CASE Reika is just an online bully, self important and self righteous. Reika is a fucking clown.

[@Jacqli-Rivoli]

People with this level of detachment from reality honestly scare me.

[@vulcankothar6019]

I am so happy Reika is finally getting their crap exposed in more of an open way. Having been one of the five founding remembers way back in the transition from crimson blades to this crap stain of an fc. I remember having a one and one meeting with them back after someone called them weird. They spent 3 hours screaming at me over skype and then told me I was a worthless human becaused my favorite FF game was ff9 lol. All before having a melt down in fc chat and then logging off for a few days. Leaving this FC back at the apex of heavensward was one of the best things I have ever done. They used to have a fc website post telling people to straight up black list people on this small list. I almost take pride being on that list alone for a good 4-5 months. Its so refreshing to see Xeno covering this.

[@lorev1303]

Fuck that! FF9 is a masterpiece!

[@rustyjones7908]

You're entitled to your wrong opinion (I kid, I kid)

[@saskiot]

I used to be in the leadership there. I stuck around because my friends were there. It was so bad there. Lots of the craziness was left out.

[@johnway8819]

Yo would you mind sharing some of the stuff that was left out?

[@bananachan2684]

FWIENDS!!! \^O^/

[@Noodle5x5]

you know as someone who just recently left this fc its funny to see this video made almost a month later azure is one of the most diplomatic hierarchy enjoying fcs ive ever seen and boy is it funny to see them fight among themselves

[@lorev1303]

Sup, Nood!

[@Noodle5x5]

what tha@@lorev1303

[@lorev1303]

​@@Noodle5x5😂

[@hallo-mt5tx]

if there is a list of guidelines in a casual guild/free company, its a massive red flag that the leader is a weird control freak

[@HasegawaRayven]

22:00 the guy that wrote that oath is 100% a Garlean Sympathizer

[@Auralous]

I was in a two year relationship with him from 2020 to 2022, and was in the FC from 2020 to just a month ago mostly as leadership. I am a little sad at how everything turned out, but a fault of mine is being too kind and forgiving sometimes. I was in frequent stress over things like being in statics, raiding, upsetting him not knowing what I did, and my real life decisions. Usually, it wasn't an issue, but it would at some point come up during arguments. Arguments happened frequently, and I was always made to feel like I was in the wrong, even for things I shouldn't need to apologize over. I don't do well in conflict, and he's a master of words, so I laid down and accepted it was always me at fault. There was always paranoia, whether regarding the FC or regarding our relationship. Where I had no idea what I was doing wrong at times. I admit nearing the end I was becoming exhausted over the stress, while dealing with finishing school (so lovingly dubbed as "coveted cheap paper"), and trying to find work just to survive, while being expected to move down there ASAP like we had talked about in the very beginning. It was a lot on my plate at once. I'm not saying it was all bad, either. We had a lot of great times. I know this is going to just further me as the conspiring evil ex I'm sure he always knew I was, but I did truly have care and love for this person. I feel like a portion of the energy put into Azure could be well spent in other more beneficial avenues. It shouldn't have to be a full time job for anyone, not even the leader.

[@Stonehenge-Man]

You didn't do anything wrong. None of it was a waste. None of it was your fault. Remember the people who care about you. They matter the most. Like marks on a tree, The marks from these events won't go away, but they will become a smaller part of you as you grow past this.

[@Keitaro-do2ec]

We can’t know people truly all the time. Reika knows how to manipulate very well. Just wild it has been a decade since he stole everything from my FC Crimson Blades and made us seem like villains. You’re so much better off!

[@lucystarr8022]

You didn't deserve to be in an abusive relationship with this scumbag, I survived a 14 year domestic abuse and no matter what that pu$$ said to you, it's not your fault, you are never alone. He will always stay miserable and alone, people like him are people who end up in jail for abuse like that. Good thing you left! That person deserves to stay alone and hope more people can see like that they don't join his misery. I always wondered about that FC since I have a good friend named Azure. No relation to this FC , he is the best person you can ever meet. He has an alt on Migardsormr as well.

[@SemekiIzuio]

Ill just say as someone who was around a naracist, you will always be at fault they will never apologize they never cared about you and yes they will forever paint you as evil in their eyes. So move on 🤷‍♀️ good luck

[@ThatDrowKid]

Im only just getting all the details...but o know you well enough to know im on your side.

[@aliceheck6056]

How do I get into these FC's they look like such good content

[@abigailhampton5001]

Look on the community finder website

[@Irisfantasies]

oh boi a 2 parter drama video? count me in

[@johnway8819]

I was in an FC with a leader like this. One day I left FC A to join FC B, because I joined a static raid group that was mostly from B, and they all seemed like good people. I had 3 of my friends from A leave to join B with me since we enjoyed each others company and wanted to be in the same FC. I got insults, threats, and the leader and members of A harassed members of B because their leader had made up in his head that we were stealing members from their FC, and threatened to report anyone from B if they contacted anyone from A. All of this simply because me and a group of friends decided to leave to raid together lol... I got several messages with bad wishes or passive-aggressiveness which I just ignored, because I thought it was stuff immature kids would do. The guy and most members were 30+ years old btw. The same person also got overly angry and passive aggressive towards people when doing duties together in the FC if they failed or didn't understand things. Sigh. Some people live in delusion by escapism or consider a video game the only thing that gives meaning to their life. They consider being an FC leader in a video game as an important real life status. I can't relate, and I'm sad they have to make up stuff in order to feel good about themselves or make excuses when things don't go about like they want.

[@Punchayo_Buns]

I was waiting to see about what happened with this fc after logging in one day and seeing half the members gone pretty funny ngl

[@lorev1303]

Based Punch moment.

[@paulopralves]

Just a minor detail that really bothers me is that azure is not even latin as they claim it is. Indeed in portuguese and current latin languages we use "azul" for the color blue, but it has arab origens. "Blue" in latin is "caerulium"...

[@Dontkare0283]

"Our name means Infinite Blue in Latin." In what world is "azure" a latin word?

[@KZorander]

It came through Latin in the middle ages... but it's originally a Persian word.

[@stahlseuche]

I was in this FC from 2017-2018. I'm glad I got blacklisted and ended up with a way better FC. It's funny to hear the name Reika again and see Azure in the drama spotlight years later lmfao.

[@ThatDrowKid]

i remember you i think im formerly inky octy but go by a new name, i just left today

[@stahlseuche]

​@@ThatDrowKid I'm not good with names myself so apologies if I don't remember you. I was Nairik Vizsla at the time. Regardless I hope you've been well and still enjoying XIV. :)

[@ThatDrowKid]

@@stahlseuche currently i go by Mimikyu Mi'kyu

[@tc5307]

Great drama video Xenosys Vex thank you

[@Synfuls]

43mins to be hit with a to be continued??? The torture, maybe I should visit Twitch more often lol. Did he get out of the grey bar meta?? must see more

[@thorleif8872]

There was a german WoW Guild that also acted like a cult. They had specific rules when it came to mods, what settings your (at that time) Teamspeak should have (push-to-talk, not to loud etc). The leader was an absolute psychopath and some of the other co-leader just followed him blindly. Before every Raid (even for some reclears and stuff) they checked every person for the right enchantements, stones (materia) and so on and if someone didn't had anything, the leader would most likely kick the person instantly from the raid and sometimes even from the guild, followed by a karen-like tirade about how this person was stupid, a rule-breaker and everybody should hate this person. And the leader was mean....and I mean REALLY mean. Screaming, insulting...the guy was completely mental....

[@Jura740]

fake news fake news we germans dont do such things hihi 🤗

[@JihoonJKim]

You know, I was tolding with you on having the right stones and stuff until the kicking thing. High standards themselves are fine, but no chance at remorse or leeway for mistakes is absolutely mental. Everything after that is also way past the line. Like how do you forget you're playing a fucking video game jesus.

[@thorleif8872]

@@Jura740 I wish that would be true XD

[@hey_its_me_ur_brother]

Ah the 2000s online community special. For all it's faults it was still a fun time because of the people not in spite of them.

[@Sadew_Sadew]

Push-to-talk rules and etc. make sense. The rest seems histrionic on the part of the guild elader though.

[@rustyjones7908]

I got kicked out of a FC for saying the scaevan fending gear made me "look like a pleb"

[@arithelrosethorne524]

i was in a guild that wasn't anyways near horrible as this but the leader forced me to not only pay for the mats but then wanted me to then pay to have him craft what i needed then pay again just to have him craft so when i refused i said i'll find someone else im sure an then i joked about stealing his king of afking title an that's when he promptly kicked me out of the fc an practically the entire fc if not most of the members quit after what he did to me.

[@horalidus1536]

do you mean by paying for the mats like you need to gather them yourself ot pay him to gather them for you ?

[@pixielst]

This leader person is RPing harder than any RPer Ive met.

[@rjhick1]

Whats really sad is that theres more FC leaders like this. We just don't know about them yet

[@AduroSF]

I know of one RPer who is more powerful. They are a Miqo'te. They like to dance. They are a banana.

[@cuppy666]

So this is wild to me because I’ve been in this FC since endwalker, I’m at most a midcore player and take regular breaks from the game and while yes this FC has always been a lot I’ve never felt any pressure from anyone and have pretty much kept to myself so this is crazy

[@chewedw1re]

everyday i get reminded how this game attracts people who were isolated and ostracized in highschool thinking they can control people as adults also, in regards to going to a nightclub, i went to one on monday and came out 500K gil richer to put in my company chest, because i entered a glam contest and my outfit was fly as hell

[@azadalamiq]

nice.. ye not all night clubs are bad.. just sucks they are killing the RP focused joints with over advertising... :(

[@ruick78]

How is there so many cults in a mmo this crazy

[@Sniperbear13]

the more people you have gathered, the more likely there is to be Cults, and all manner of other kinds of groups.

[@ruick78]

​@Sniperbear13 i can understand irl cause that requires both the cunning and charismatic to pull that off. But frankley being online moatly text chat I would assume, feels way more crazy to try pull off.

[@azadalamiq]

@@ruick78 it shockingly easier online as more often then not us mmo gamers are largely isolated or have bad pasts so we come to escape...

[@minetta4204]

I remember I joined a FC a couple years back and they made us sit ingame in a meeting room in the FC house. The leader and his wife had the throne chairs and for more than one hour we sat there while they ran a middle-school tier power-point presentation over discord. It was awkward and they kept going on about events they planned or hosted in the past, all the original ones made no sense and only came across as cringe. I wanted to give them a chance and get to know people, especially "join all these events they had planned". I tried for more than a month to join events (only unsynched Realm Reborn and heavensward EX farms where hosted), but because the FC leaders had prio to join events and I wasn't a baby sprout I had no priority despite signing up. So after 5 attempts I gave up 🤐

[@cultofeorzea]

I also attended one of these meetings, and was really turned off by the self-congratulatory nature of it all.

[@FizzieWebb]

14:46 To quote Freeman's mind "I mean, they're not gonna say something like that unless someone has already tried to do it, right?"

[@awworrell]

It's hard to believe I see a video on Azure. I used to be part of the free company years ago and don't remember any of this. Granted it could have come about after I left or I mostly ignored it when I was in the FC lol.

[@lunadead]

and I thought my 1st FC in Hyperion was bad drama wise...but holy shit

[@NEO-jy3yn]

The FC Taint on Gilgamesh is very close to this. I am so glad I left. I was an officer and it was like babysitting toddlers. It’s a freaking game

[@Xaalderan]

I'm a new player and I'm in an fc my friend who got me into the game invited me to, we're like 10. Everyone knows who the people in it are, most of them I've known them since I started playing and guided me through the game. There's no list of rules, no controlling leaders, just people enjoying the game

[@c_huvaknunh9138]

This drama made me lose brain cells. Salute to you, Leo for editing this. o7

[@bananachan2684]

o7 CUTE! n.n

[@LucianDarth]

Welp, time to get some popcorn for this

[@Inte9rityy]

when i look for an FC i look for the following: 1) Food Buffs up alot .... end of list

[@lorev1303]

Yeah and that's not even guaranteed now that nearly every member who had permissions to set buffs is gone.

[@mathewjohnson9917]

Fun Fact! Azure used to be the Crimson Blades. Some really crazy stuff went down when Azure came into being, and by that I mean it was basically hijacked by Reika.

[@NatiiixLP]

37:41 Sounds like my kettle is ready 🫖

[@irisheartt]

11:43 100% agree lmao if your list of rules is longer than the 10 commandments I nope the fuck out of there

[@SyFa666]

6:25 Touhou cosplayers, the closest I’ll ever see strummer interact with anything Touhou

[@Izanagi-Arsene]

welcome to the primary reason as to why people have a fc of just themselves and their alts. as for the ranking system Xeno, it's merely the amount of fc credits that the fc has generated that month which doesn't tell you anything since fc credits can easily be accumulated by trading in gear at the gc, doing fates, getting gatherer's boon proc for bonus materials, crafting hq goods, turning in levequests, msq/sidequest completion/daily tribal quest completion, crafting collectables, turning in goods for workshop related crafts. raiding and completion of duties normally does not count towards that ranking in any way/shape nor form.

[@cakechan6740]

Great take strummer, i was waiting for this ever since it came out, thanks for the christmas gift 🎉

[@valkyrise1148]

Sometimes the best part of the game is being a people watcher.... you see these cults and personalities and the sweet sweet black mail. Don't participate, just sit back and judge, the "pick me!" girls and the direct message boys. Love it. Cover more!

[@TheChris201092]

the rules page has changed since this video came out LOL the self harm/depression section is giga shortened now

[@TrueZero2]

9:25 I used to play WoW back in Wrath and we had a guild meeting once a week. It was basically just to announce rank promotions and guild events. After that, it was pretty much just a chance to easily catch up with people.

[@Avatar_of_Chairness]

I've always found the idea of guild councils silly. I come on and play and enjoy the different activities in the game. Never understood why some people like to plague gaming worlds with unnecessary drama.

[@K-Igaki]

Waiting for Alith from Cerberus to show up one day on one of these FFXIV Cult documentaries

[@nyuumetsu999]

i was in this FC back in ARR, i left after everything started becoming wierd.

[@estheman123]

Holy shit I had no idea someone made a video on this, I was there when this all happened I was one of the people that left the FC because my friends got caught in the drama and I didnt feel comfortable with that so I dipped with them. This whole thing honestly caused me to stop playing for a long time

[@flannastri]

I don't give a fuck about this drama, I just came to listen to Xeno. My king speaks the truth.

[@crashb2007]

Oh boy, this happened in my home server and well... I would have not known what was going on until the next part, where the current drama happened. Hearing this fella is a doxxer is even scarier than I realize...

[@PunYT]

Jfc Midgardsormr? That's my server! I want to say I may have seen people in that FC, but I can't remember. The only FC I see often that isn't the one I'm in is D3SU.

[@bananachan2684]

FWIENDS!!!(>^O^)>

[@renrenklein_th]

this is like me trying to flex that me and my bf basically run Kweh in Exodus lmao but it doesn't even come close to this level of entitlement jeez.

[@EclipseHighroller]

I wonder if Azures leader is Garo Shadowscale. If you know, you know 😂

[@rremnar]

Most FC's have similar rules: Be respectful, and don't start drama. That is common sense man. I get that not every one gets along. You can settle disputes privately, or ask for help if needed. There's nothing wrong with that.

[@lambykin842]

....... ive been plating ffxiv for a few months now and boy am i glad the first fc i joined has been great

[@SweetyMiki]

Gotta be real. The whole cult thing is a tad bit overreacting since a lot of FCs are this insane. These were especially more common place back in ARR launch. Now that leader, on the other hand. Now, they're def a unique person who seems to kind of have some issues.

[@chewbacachunks8644]

Lol. The rules are insane. The rules page on my fc's discord is a gif of ninja doing a Fortnite dance. Albeit the page has been updated with a couple things since because weird people happened. But I think seeing that gif as the 1st thing on the rules page gives you an idea of how seriously we take the game. (Not seriously at all)

[@MoxieNeon]

Thanks for drawing attention to this, i ironically made an fc with the tag Azure not long ago - i must change it now do not want to be accidentally associated LOL

[@donhankins1082]

As a former member of Azure Infinitum, I can honestly say that Reika was only ever kind and respectful to me. That being said, after a while the whole FC felt like a weird cult that existed mainly to stroke the egos of those in the inner circle.

[@lushen952]

There are a lot of people that are really nice on the surface but the moment you step out of their imaginary bubble of decency they treat you like you are a literal nazi.

[@BraveShowBoys]

As a Dark Knight main i exist solely to unstroke egos

[@SemekiIzuio]

Mhm

[@stahlseuche]

​@@lushen952 this right here 💯

[@rustyjones7908]

Every FC I've been in has been like that

[@hydrowolfx]

Lol i remember i was in a fc called sword in malboro where it felt this way it was hella cultish they had like 6 or 7 fcs run by the same person. she even hosted a rp type thing every weekend just for members. she does not handle certain things well like this fc leader. but she would not handle situations and make people just be with the toxic people in the fc. big fcs with a cult like vibe i always avoid.

[@dreadfulking2344]

When I moved to malboro had a friend specifically tell me to avoid Sword like the plague. Glad I did.

[@hydrowolfx]

Glad ya dodged a bullet i left that fc like in late 2019 after the fc leader disbanded all her other fcs it made me not wanna be there anymore. Now i'm in a good fc on aether. @@dreadfulking2344

[@Armadan7]

You should check out Grievous gaming for another peculiar guild community. They have an NDA, a contract, etc because the founders are lawyers. Not crazy weirdos like the fc in the video, but taking themselves way too seriously for a guild.

[@genXantiKaren]

Oh man now I know what the "Blue FC" is . So glad I'm in casual FCs to just play. My first MMO was Lineage 2 and was in a fairly hardcore clan, it had to be if you were doing the large raids and castle sieges. This is insane. o.O

[@KrisPage3]

If I saw the website I would run. That is messed up

[@SemekiIzuio]

Uh oh I was in this FC Ill just say, I was never able to fit in. No matter what they always had an issue with me because the way I presented myself was very verbal on things I wasnt comfortable with or didnt think it was right. I only stayed for the buffs and advantages until I reached 80s but made friends with Fellowships CWLS LS PF discord etc instead thus I didnt deal with their bs. Their "meetings" were f stupid, all of it was weird. This makes me feel better that I wasnt imagining the weird vibe I would get there. Also some of the "leaders" have already moved to _Turks_ so yall be careful

[@LeonLupin]

I strongly disagree with your opinion on FCs at 5:32. I was invited into an FC with around 250 members on my 2nd week of playing the game. The FC is VERY active and full of lovely people. All are adults and a lot of them have become my friends. We do events together regularly, give away prizes constantly and even passed into the New Year together. All of this happening inside the game. Of course we have a discord, but we usually interact through both the game and discord equally. 5 and a half months later and these people have legitimately become my FFXIV family. I cannot overstate how important this FC was to my enjoyment of this game, we even made a raid group with our members to introduce newbies into raiding, and bond with each other often. PS: Due to the context of this video I should probably mention that we had NONE of this stuff like borderline laws and lore at all. We only had the most basic rules, like be 18+, be respectful and don't engage in illegal activity. The FC was important to me in a personal way because of the people I met and still engage with, but never has it ever been something even remotely close to Azure.

[@Starrky923]

Ain't no way there is cultish FC in game ran like cult and cultist like community

[@gloobster]

Does anyone know what school Reika got their Human Resources degree from?

[@dustinhatfield8373]

I was in a cult like FC too for a while. I cant remember their full name but i remember their tag was AEGIS on the Lamia server in Primal. Not nearly as bad as this but anytime you tried to speak you would have 5 or 6 high ranking people that wouod act super polite in fc chat and then harass you in /tell chat at the same time if they didn't like what you said. One time someone was leveling their crafters snd offered to make stuff for people and they got lambasted because apparently that was against the rules. It was just such a weird environment, FCs are basically just a glorified chat group with a house but some people do treat it like a cult or like a job

[@lucystarr8022]

I felt this.

[@commissaradrian9214]

Ah, EVE Online. Good times. Really was like a second job, but it was fun for a time. Especially given I was in school still and had a fair amount of free time. The drama in EVE though, that was some peak drama. Definitely no other game like it.

[@Heklr7]

I love my FC, the only real rule is dont be a dick. I mean, its broken up into a few more words like be respectful and such. We only have a handful of officers that just act as peace keepers and coflict resolution. This level is insane.

[@davidmarriott6321]

22:31 no third party apps used on that character screenshot huh?

[@zydeox1221]

I love that everytime Xeno pronounces Infinitum differently. "Infitum" "Infinaiiitum"

[@rrc3]

As someone who was a raid leader and guild officer in vanilla + bc + wotlk wow, I assure you, we did not take ourselves this seriously. Most of the way through you just ran some variant of DKP. If your guild was getting ready to do AQ40 or Naxx or BT or Hyjal or IC you almost always swapped to Loot Council to gear up your key players ahead of the general raid members. If opinions became intractable, you moved on and joined a new guild.

[@yawx5]

If a FC have any "rule", i just don't follow it or leave (except if it's just common sens like don't be a dick). i don't play a game to bother with this shit

[@lushen952]

Every fc should just have one rule. If we dont like you and find you annoying for any reason youll be removed. Thats it. These arent companies. They dont need policies - theyre friend groups. If no one likes someone that joins your friend group, you stop hanging out with them. Fcs should be the same way. There is no anti discrimination laws governing fcs. If they kick you for a bad reason you should just be happy finding a new fc. It's not like your livelihood depends on staying in your fc.

[@tovahwulf]

Man, reminds me of the now large FC I just left from Seraph. Why are FCs filled with so many dramatic people???

[@StygianIkazuchi]

That isn't a list of rules. That's a goddamned Terms of Service lmao

[@vita2831]

Hey cool, Xeems used my Limsa bench screenshot!

[@easaa9918]

god the ff14 are such losers sometimes it makes me cringe that people outside of ff14 think me and him are the same people yikes

[@D-ISM]

i used to be in this fc back when i was on aether around 2017-2018. i only know of one "azure" fc and i didn't think it would be midgard's very own. not that i noticed anything bad at the time, my friends moved back to primal so i ended up leaving as well. crazy how things turn out after several years.

[@yougotbaited2943]

I’m on Midgard and I’ve never seen or heard about this FC Before. Kinda weird that these things pop up and as a casual person who only PvPs and messes around with friends that this is something that goes on around me😂

[@luvisgone48]

The billboard drama SENT me i was still a somewhat new player and had tears from laughing

[@azadalamiq]

wel funny enough that billboard drama ended up opening RP cross realm...prior to the bilboard it was largely just on bulmung and mataeus (before bulmung got bad with erp in ul'dah) now its on just about every data center.

[@luvisgone48]

@@azadalamiq Balmung*

[@azadalamiq]

nah i type it out like that intentionally... server went to bull shi.....

[@melaniebiberger2191]

some things never change

[@ashleydavis5559]

*Sweats because her FC has competition/events with prizes and shit thst gets planned days in advanced* Lol, FCs are crazy.

[@Alix_Farin]

Me clicking on this video: Oh damn, another crazy FC Video: ...Midgardsormr FC Me: Yeah that fucking tracks

[@broson2480]

25:45 - me playing FFXIV for the very first time

[@dannysandoval8296]

These are ttye clowns on the Midgar server right? 🤣🤣