{"id":473425,"date":"2025-11-11T22:11:48","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T22:11:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/article.php?article_id=2184410"},"modified":"2025-11-11T22:11:48","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T22:11:48","slug":"final-fantasy-14-director-naoki-yoshida-addresses-verbal-abuse-from-players","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/final-fantasy-14-director-naoki-yoshida-addresses-verbal-abuse-from-players\/","title":{"rendered":"Final Fantasy 14 director Naoki Yoshida addresses verbal abuse from players"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/final-fantasy-14-director-naoki-yoshida-addresses-verbal-abuse-from-players.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Final Fantasy 14 director Naoki Yoshida has spoken out about verbal abuse against the developers of the game.<\/p>\n<p>Featuring on the Square Enix <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qlDjTtEZu1Y&amp;t=15286s\">Radio Mog Station<\/a>, translated on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/ffxiv\/comments\/s0e5mp\/yoshida_asking_players_to_be_kind_and\/\">reddit<\/a>, Yoshida requested fans consider their language when offering feedback on the game.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2022-01-13-final-fantasy-14-director-naoki-yoshida-addresses-verbal-abuse-from-players\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2022-01-13-final-fantasy-14-director-naoki-yoshida-addresses-verbal-abuse-from-players\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Final Fantasy 14 director Naoki Yoshida has spoken out about verbal abuse against the developers of the game. 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