
Originally Posted by
Shigemo
The Post FFXI Effect
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It is natural that love may develop over FFXI. After being friends with a person for a while in the game, and as trust develops between couples, they may eventually date each other out. This is called (as I would like to call it) 'The Post FFXI Effect'. The Post FFXI Effect can be seen as both good and bad for FFXI couples. There have been a lot of complains from parents arguing about their teenage daughters changing their attitudes, coming home late at nights or receiving unknown calls from strange people. Girls are arguably seen as much more vulnerable than boys. Today, many young teenagers decide to have a relationship with one another secretly behind their parent's backs. They may meet up with each other once every week and develop their relationships together. They are primarily interested in the knowledge of the other person and also in having fun. What bond's them together is their interests in FFXI, taking screenshots of themselves in the game, and developing it into an album as a past time hobby, or playing with each other cooperatively in the game. Additionally, they are also interested in gaining experience by having relationships with different kinds of people. Some relations may last happily, others may soon find themselves losing interest in their partner and eventually that person may then be dropped off. Most often, others may find friendship either individually or in groups over FFXI, and that is what drives the game continuously.