Eternal band couple in Final Fantasy XIV get married in reality
Meet the Final Fantasy 14 players who marry in the game-and in real life • Eurogamer.net
https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2020-04-12-meet-the-final-fantasy-14-players-who-marry-in-the-game-and-in-real-life
Final Fantasy XIV has an 'Eternal Band' as a feature that allows players in the game to marry each other. Eternal Bands will be able to raise a vow ceremony 'Eternal Ceremony' as they proceed with the special quest. The eternal ceremony will be held at the “Kyuno Shrine” in the “Twelve Gods Cathedral” in the Kuroimori Forest: Eastern Forest. The ceremony style can be selected from three styles: “fantasy”, “casual” and “formal”. In the ceremony, different priests and exclusive cutscenes will appear for each style selected, and you can also get special items and ceremonial chocobos through the eternal band.
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However, a player named Andrea is about to marry an eternal bandmate in the real world. Since the eternal band has been implemented and more than one year has passed, it seems that players who are married in the game are not so rare, but it is rare that the two actually married in the game are connected in the real world is.
`` I remember that he came to help me clear the weekly quests and we were always attentive to each other's performance and supported each other, '' said Andrea. 'In time we began to do everything in the game together, and each other's existence was an excuse to keep playing the game even after other friends left the game.' It has become '.
After about six months, Andrea reported to her in-game boyfriend that she was going to Los Angeles for E3 2017. He also decided to meet him in Los Angeles for the first time in the game, and decided to get married in the game. At this point it seems that there were two people who have not yet met, Andrea said, `` It may be strange to feel close to someone who has not yet met through the special quest of the eternal band, but through Discord `` If you talk for hours every month, you can feel the intimacy you can't get on a casual date. '' `` I couldn't date to drink coffee or have a quick lunch, but in-game I was able to spend more time together than a simple date because I was doing all the activities together. '
After that, they held an eternal ceremony in the game. Looking back then, Andrea said, 'The ceremony made me feel that the game was a way to tell my friends that pride and pleasure were. It made me feel very emotional.' Was.
When he met his friend in the game for the first time in the real world, he said, 'When we first met, it felt like we met someone we already knew for years. The moment I met him, actually meeting him at E3 2017 changed my very life, and I felt the first fear of jumping into the challenge of meeting a friend for the first time in the game. I feel very happy to be able to get over it, and at first I felt embarrassing and stupid, but now I feel like it is very cool. '
Eventually, Andrea decides to marry her in-game partner in the real world. Andrea said she moved from Mississippi to California, saying, 'This surprised my parents, but they love him and support us.' . Andrea plans to marry him in Final Fantasy XIV in 2021, and he is working on an idea to incorporate the elements of the Eternel ceremony in the game into the actual wedding. Specifically, inviting friends in the game, making the cake that appeared in the game a wedding cake, and playing the game's soundtrack in the ceremony.
Andrea is not the only one who has married the same partner in both Final Fantasy XIV and reality. Reddit user legenddairybard also said he was married in the game to someone he or she married in the game, saying, 'It's been time and time to get to know him and finally give him my phone number. He was very kind, It was fun and always supported me. ' Six months after marriage in the game, legenddairybard crosses the border to meet her husband in the game. According to legenddairybard, 'When I met him for the first time, I was already in love with him, and when I hugged him for the first time, I felt it was even bigger.'
He then spent Christmas together and met again in the real world on Valentine's Day, after which the topic of marriage in the real world came up. Legenddairybard commented when he first embraced him: 'I remember he was really trembling. I thought he was faint.'
Legenddairybard was blessed when he told his family that he was going to get married, but when he told him he was the one he met in the game, he said, `` Even though I am crazy. I have seen it with my eyes. ' Legenddairybard says, 'I can understand why I felt that way,' but it seems that she gained understanding over time and eventually got married in October 2019.
Another Reddit user, sUnit_Alpha, said that his wife was interested in Final Fantasy XIV, so 'we decided to recreate the marriage in the game together.'
Naoki Yoshida , producer and director of Final Fantasy XIV, told an interview with Eurogamer.net: `` When I was playing Ultima Online , I had attended a wedding between two friends I met in a game. '' 'In Japan alone, more than 80 couples we met in Final Fantasy XIV got married and received many reports of joy.'
Mr. Yoshida said, 'There is no difference between people who meet and marry through hobbies, such as surfing and snowboarding, and people who meet and marry through online games. The unique thing about online games is that their real face and appearance Because you can't see what you're looking for, so you can more directly understand the insides and values of the other person without being influenced by unnecessary information.Either way, two people you meet in the world we created I'm always happy to listen to the story. '
Andrea-san was initially confused about telling her friends about her future husband, and she sometimes lied. However, 'I realized that not having been physically present for six months was much less than I initially thought. Final Fantasy XIV was part of our daily routine, so we don't actually meet We talked to each other for hours, hours and nights, and while we were together, who we liked, who we hated, what kind of happy memories, what kind of trauma, how we spent in childhood, what kind of career I was able to learn everything about what I've been doing. '
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