Of course I do and it would be awesome to have responsible good players joining, regardless of from where or what brought them there.
That said, I'm not going to be disingenuous or lie about my reasoning for something when having a mature conversation about why choices are made or what influenced them. If anything, that should hopefully lead into other conversations on multiple fronts on why I, or those I have spoken with, have those opinions and how they can be addressed. Having a decent conversation about why a person might be uncomfortable with something doesn't have to be taken as an attack on whatever that thing is, but more a chance to explore why and how to deal with it.
The more the merrier in a mature playing community. I hope you see where I was coming from in my post, too. There ARE people who are very uncomfortable with a variety of other communities... heck, I know friends who spent 15 minutes reading through the FFXIV beta forums and told me they weren't sure they wanted to play because of the community! (I directed them here and told them to just breathe and not take beta forums seriously...)
In the end, once I log into my server I don't care where other people came from before coming there. What will matter to me is how they act once we're in Eorzea. I would be more annoyed if they decided to identify themselves as not from their server community but as from a community outside of the game, ya know? Heh.
Like I said, in the end I hope everyone finds a home where they are happy and secure for whatever reasons they have and have lots of friends to play with.
That said, I'm not going to be disingenuous or lie about my reasoning for something when having a mature conversation about why choices are made or what influenced them. If anything, that should hopefully lead into other conversations on multiple fronts on why I, or those I have spoken with, have those opinions and how they can be addressed. Having a decent conversation about why a person might be uncomfortable with something doesn't have to be taken as an attack on whatever that thing is, but more a chance to explore why and how to deal with it.
The more the merrier in a mature playing community. I hope you see where I was coming from in my post, too. There ARE people who are very uncomfortable with a variety of other communities... heck, I know friends who spent 15 minutes reading through the FFXIV beta forums and told me they weren't sure they wanted to play because of the community! (I directed them here and told them to just breathe and not take beta forums seriously...)
In the end, once I log into my server I don't care where other people came from before coming there. What will matter to me is how they act once we're in Eorzea. I would be more annoyed if they decided to identify themselves as not from their server community but as from a community outside of the game, ya know? Heh.
Like I said, in the end I hope everyone finds a home where they are happy and secure for whatever reasons they have and have lots of friends to play with.
"I always hear 'punch me in the face' when you're speaking, but it's usually subtext."
T'salmaveth Sadi'a - WIKI / Balmung RP Directory
T'salmaveth Sadi'a - WIKI / Balmung RP Directory
