So let me start out by saying thank you for all your comments / concerns / questions / inquiries. Let me go through them all now that I'm off of work. But let me first start off by saying since there have been multiple members asking is this an RP event or Non-RP event..Â
Would I call our-self a 100% in character role play event? No. Would I say Love Love Star Maid Cafe has some role play aspects to it? Yes (Please check quote below or link).
Because of our Maids & Hosts acting a persona for the event, I originally came here to advertise the event in case some members might follow this site but reside on a non-RP server, OR would want to participate enough to make a new character to join in on the event. Nonetheless, I posted ahead of time so that our Masters & Mistresses would have time to plan. Originally I posted via the headlines, as I wasn't exactly sure where this would go on the site, but one of your moderators graciously pointed me in the right direction for posting this event in the correct forums and updating the calendar.
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My fiancé (Kaiyoko) and myself (Nariko) poured 48,000,000 gil into buying a house together. I wanted to be able to share this with the FFXIV community. Growing up I always loved hosting parties and events in real life. I wanted a way to translate this into the game and I thought this would be the best fit way for the XIV community. While not all, but many XIV players are interested in Japanese culture, which maid café's are apart of- not just from anime so I thought it was fitting. Secondly, I work in the Japanese Movie Entertainment Industry doing 3D work for Japanese commercials / video games / anime. Many of my co-workers are native to Japan and were born and raised in Tokyo with English as a 2nd language. We always discuss Japanese culture and cafe trends in Akihabara regarding Maid Cafe's so I have some pretty good second hand knowledge on what goes on and what type of conduct should be.
TLDR; Maid Cafe > Date AuctionÂ
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 As you've stated with the big money prize, we understand this is an issue. In the event the large money prize goes to a character that is not from this world and does not plan on using the character. The player could ask one of the other selected winners for a trade with the art commission prize. But honestly, there is not much beyond that we can do. If the receiving character of the prize is not interested in the money because they are from another world, we can just re-draw at that point if no one is willing to trade. ;( I'm sorry. *I'll make a note of this in the Official Thread, thank you.Â
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*Sexual Harassment
*Overly obsessive Elezen fan boys
*Ze Puff PuffÂ
*Ankle BittersÂ
*Morbrol TentaclesÂ
*Twintania
*Ravaging TrollsÂ
*HatersÂ
But thank you for your concerns. Just so you all know, we have updated our Main Thread containing our Rules & Guidelines for the event. Our Maids & Hosts will be using this as a strategic guideline to deal with harassment just the same as when we have developed strategies to deal with some of the Eorzea's most vile foes.
Quote:Welcome to Love Love Star Maid Cafe a player ran FFXIV event. Love Love Star Maid Cafe invites all Masters and Mistresses of Eorzea for a celebration of love.
Would I call our-self a 100% in character role play event? No. Would I say Love Love Star Maid Cafe has some role play aspects to it? Yes (Please check quote below or link).
Quote:With that being said please check back throughout the week to this thread, we'll be periodically posting our maids and their bio's for our Masters & Mistresses your viewing pleasure. Just a quick spoiler-All of our Maids & Hosts have special persona's we're extremely excited to begin announcing them throughout the week, we think that many will get a kick out of them, please look forward to it!
Because of our Maids & Hosts acting a persona for the event, I originally came here to advertise the event in case some members might follow this site but reside on a non-RP server, OR would want to participate enough to make a new character to join in on the event. Nonetheless, I posted ahead of time so that our Masters & Mistresses would have time to plan. Originally I posted via the headlines, as I wasn't exactly sure where this would go on the site, but one of your moderators graciously pointed me in the right direction for posting this event in the correct forums and updating the calendar.
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(02-04-2014, 02:36 PM)Rinette Wrote: But in all seriousness can you actually answer our questions?
If all you wanted to do was a cutesy event why not do a date auction? Why choose a theme from fan-service anime?
My fiancé (Kaiyoko) and myself (Nariko) poured 48,000,000 gil into buying a house together. I wanted to be able to share this with the FFXIV community. Growing up I always loved hosting parties and events in real life. I wanted a way to translate this into the game and I thought this would be the best fit way for the XIV community. While not all, but many XIV players are interested in Japanese culture, which maid café's are apart of- not just from anime so I thought it was fitting. Secondly, I work in the Japanese Movie Entertainment Industry doing 3D work for Japanese commercials / video games / anime. Many of my co-workers are native to Japan and were born and raised in Tokyo with English as a 2nd language. We always discuss Japanese culture and cafe trends in Akihabara regarding Maid Cafe's so I have some pretty good second hand knowledge on what goes on and what type of conduct should be.
TLDR; Maid Cafe > Date AuctionÂ
(02-04-2014, 12:56 AM)Rinette Wrote: I'm surprised no one as mentioned that you can buy one on one time with the hosts and maids for gil or that they are referring to everyone as "masters and mistresses".ÂMasters & Mistresses is proper etiquette for the visitors of a Maid Cafe.
Quote:Maids greet customers with "Welcome home, Master (Mistress)"I have also confirmed this with my Japanese co-workers who have been to multiple Maid Cafe's in Akihabara.
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(02-04-2014, 03:32 PM)Edgar Wrote: The name alone sounds like something out of a Harem anime.æ¡œè˜é«˜æ ¡ãƒ›ã‚¹ãƒˆéƒ¨ä¼šé•·ã¯ãƒ¡ã‚¤ãƒ‰æ§˜!. YUP. But on a more serious note, the organizers last name is 'Star' and we will be hosting it at our house. "Love Love" in front just made it sound cute and appealing as something you might actually see from a Maid Cafe.Â
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(02-04-2014, 03:39 AM)Mei- Wrote: ......though I'm not sure how trusted that would be. How is the winner picked? And can the friends of the event creators take part?  Now I don't actually mean to slander anyone, I think it's great that other servers have events too. I'm just confused and curious~~~As far as fairness goes, We've updated our guidelines for prizes located here. We will be streaming the event via our Twitch Channel, so if your really concerned about fairness you can always tune in there. Staff for the Love Love Star Maid Cafe Event will not be able to receive prize from the prize giveaway. We plan on posting all the characters names + numbers on a public Google spread sheet that is only editable by us but viewable by everyone to ensure fairness.
(Also, most people in RPC are in Balmung or Gilgamesh, so the big money prize wouldn't do us any good even if we made alt on that realm to take part of the event).
 As you've stated with the big money prize, we understand this is an issue. In the event the large money prize goes to a character that is not from this world and does not plan on using the character. The player could ask one of the other selected winners for a trade with the art commission prize. But honestly, there is not much beyond that we can do. If the receiving character of the prize is not interested in the money because they are from another world, we can just re-draw at that point if no one is willing to trade. ;( I'm sorry. *I'll make a note of this in the Official Thread, thank you.Â
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(02-04-2014, 03:32 PM)Natalie Mcbeef Wrote: There is 100% no reason to talk about RL genders. The idea that you would only RP with someone if you are sexually attracted to the person behind the keyboard is exactly the kind of toxic view that makes the whole community look bad.This is a community player event that has role play elements in it. And I brought it to ffxiv-roleplayers.com because I thought it would be a perfect way to bridge a gap between two communities in XIV which are sometimes miss-understood on both sides. As stated in one of my previous posts. We released the genders of our Maids & Mistresses specifically for players that are not role players and may not feel comfortable participating in flirtatious actions not knowing if they were interacting with the opposite or same sex. While most of the RP'ers here seem to not care about the player's sex, this is not the case for the player base as a whole. We have received numerous questions between Guildwork, Reddit, XIVPads, and the Official Forums inquiring if our Maids were actual females and Hosts were actual males. I see no reason to hide this information from those who ask which could lead into them feeling as if they were fooled or lied too. Of course, our Maids & Hosts have agreed and given consent that this information was needed to be shared. For example, we have three males who are playing female characters. Whether you believe it or not, I firmly believe this opens up a wider audience of participants for this event and we will carry the event out this way regardless.
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(02-04-2014, 01:56 PM)LiadansWhisper Wrote: So you are choosing to expose your participants to potential harassment in an effort to make other people feel comfotable?
(02-04-2014, 01:14 AM)LiadansWhisper Wrote: And if they're so concerned about protecting the workers from player harassment, they would never be verifying their RL gender in the first place.  That's a huuuuuuuuge opening for harassment.Love Love Star Maids & Hosts have been carefully selected with this in mind. We've specifically chosen our Maids & Hosts who have proven to hold their own against anything Eorzea has to throw at them. This includes but is not limited to:
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*Sexual Harassment
*Overly obsessive Elezen fan boys
*Ze Puff PuffÂ
*Ankle BittersÂ
*Morbrol TentaclesÂ
*Twintania
*Ravaging TrollsÂ
*HatersÂ
But thank you for your concerns. Just so you all know, we have updated our Main Thread containing our Rules & Guidelines for the event. Our Maids & Hosts will be using this as a strategic guideline to deal with harassment just the same as when we have developed strategies to deal with some of the Eorzea's most vile foes.