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Written by. Nick Mosier based on the original Japanese article<\/a> (original article’s publication date: 2022-07-19 22:53<\/em> JST)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n



A VTuber was recently heavily criticized by players for their actions while playing Final Fantasy XIV (FFXIV)<\/strong><\/em> prompting an apology from the streamer. The uproar started during VTuber Nora<\/strong>\u2019s FFXIV<\/em> stream on July 13 (JST). During the stream, Nora was planning on forming a party with viewers to tackle the game\u2019s content. However, due to a mistake during the stream, a random player they didn\u2019t know ended up in the party and joining them. After this, Nora ended up deliberately having the player\u2019s character killed and instructed their viewers to kick the player from the party. This selfish move drew lots of criticism and FFXIV<\/em> players didn\u2019t hold back in making their feelings known online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FFXIV<\/em> has a feature called the Duty Finder where players can get matched with other players looking to take on the same content. There\u2019s also the Duty Roulette where players can queue for a random instance, which helps fill out parties that may not have enough players to tackle the content they want to play. In other words, playing with strangers isn\u2019t uncommon with many playing with players they don\u2019t know daily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this case, Nora\u2019s party was supposed to be made of enough viewers to fill the player requirements for the content they wanted to play. However, possibly due to miscounting, they requested to enter the instance with too few players and a random player was added to their party. Nora didn\u2019t seem to notice this and thought the player was ignoring their streaming rules and had them MPK\u2019d. MPK stands for Monster Player Kill and is the act of deliberately using monsters to disrupt or kill another player. It\u2019s generally understood as bad manners in online gaming. Nora then requested that participating viewers kick the player meaning they were kicked from the instance without having any idea what was going on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kicking the player without any sort of communication can be attributed to Nora\u2019s particular streaming style, with a policy that they have to figure out all of the game\u2019s gimmicks alone. For that reason, spoilers and explanations are banned from the comments and participants must follow her instructions. There\u2019s also a roleplaying element where the VTuber character is that of a queen, so not only is avoiding attacks without instructions or solving puzzles not allowed, use of the in-game chat is also prohibited. In this case, Nora likely thought the random player was a viewer not following the rules and had them kicked.
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But this incident doesn\u2019t seem to only be getting attention because of how unfortunate it was for the random player. First is the issue of a regular player participating in the party being kicked without a justifiable reason. Similar incidents have occurred in the past, but this time around, it was done in front of a large group of people. FFXIV<\/em> has a feature to display other characters\u2019 names as initials or not at all and is recommended when streaming out of consideration for other players. Possibly because Nora was expecting all of the party members to be viewers, each character\u2019s full name was clearly displayed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The incident also raised the question of whether Nora\u2019s playstyle was considerate of others, even if they are established rules for the stream. Roleplaying has been officially recognized as a way to enjoy FFXIV<\/em> and denying someone\u2019s playstyle or trying to force your playstyle on other players goes against the User Agreement. In this case, even though the participants are aware of Nora\u2019s rules, some were questioning the strictness of not letting players even avoid attacks unless instructed to do so. Many also said they thought it was extremely malicious once it was confirmed that participants intentionally MPK\u2019d the player.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the stream ended and criticism started pouring in, you might say how they went about handling it was also problematic. At first, Nora remained silent on the matter and removed the section where the incident occurred from their stream archive. Furthermore, Cain Murasaki, another streamer and a member of Nora\u2019s party at the time, participated in MPKing the random player and kicking them which has been viewed as problematic. Cain later received more criticism after admitting on their own stream that they MPK\u2019d the player while taking the stance that it wasn\u2019t really a problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The backlash was so strong words like \u201coutsider,\u201d \u201cVTuber,\u201d and \u201cFF14\u201d were trending for days in Japan. Nora then held a broadcast on their YouTube channel about the incident and apologized for their actions. Nora also announced that they got in contact with the player they had kicked and apologized directly and reported themselves in game. Other streamers involved also made statements apologizing around the same time.
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