14 Years of FINAL FANTASY XIV
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- Опубликовано: 21 окт 2024
- On this day 14 years ago, April 8th 2010, I was fortunate to be able to step into the game FINAL FANTASY XIV for the first time, as part of the closed alpha test of Version 1.0.
With this video, I want to say THANK YOU to all the amazing people I met through this game during these 14 years.
Video and Audio, as well as DE translation
Miingno Star, Balmung
Special thanks to:
Translation (JP, ESP, PT-BR)
@brenvilz_spl ko-fi.com/bren...
Drawing Inspiration and Tutorials
Rayjii / @rayjii
Moon Doggie / @moondoggie
Dong Chang / @dongchang
Musical Inspiration
SOKEN / sokensquareenix
Husky by the Geek / @huskybythegeek
Patreon, Kofi Supporters
Lindley Ashline, Keith Lee, Kerri Smith,
Jeremy Helton, Jeremiah Wood, Brett, gakujiu, Tpyo,
Kuratenshi, Yuffah, Abi from Lamia, Samantha V,
FrédériqueLoizeau, Dev Revived, Othelia Emeraldsong,
Suprmario83, LNSD
My biggest Thank You goes to
Square Enix
Creative Business Unit III
and the whole team behind
FINAL FANTASY XIV
And also, big thanks to all the people I met along the way during those 14 years.
I am looking forward to many, many more encounters and adventures!
And thank you, if you have read all of this.
Oh, and I am still looking for a raid group for Dawntrail~
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This video took about five months to create. It was the very first time I did an animation video. From learning how to even animate, story boarding, writing, drawing and composing, I have learned so much!
The original idea would have produced a video about twice as long. But the release date was firmly set for the anniversary and slowly but surely, some scenes had to be cut. Therefore, if you're wondering, why this and that is not in the video, I just didn't have the time to include all of it. One day, I will revisit this first idea and create what I truly had in my mind. Please look forward to it!
Oh, and if you think the sound is a bit... rough... While I did animate on the video for five months, ALL of the sound was done in the last TWO DAYS
It's that lala power man. Forge ahead.
We lalafell are just something else ain't we?
And wow.. what an honour to know that THE Jesse Cox actually saw my video and commented on it!! Thank you so much!! I love your channel and all the things you do around the internet! It is truly inspiring to me, seeing someone work so dedicated and with so much joy in everything you do.
Wow, a fellow 1.0 Alpha tester. I never thought I'd see the day someone would remember.
I have every and all my memories of it. In fact, I still have the gameplay video I (illegally) recorded on that day, April 8th 2010.
I remember the crashes, I remember people desperately trying to connect to the login server that would sh*t on itself. Out of the 4 hours testing session, about 25 minutes were actually spent playing the game, the rest was just banging against the title screen.
I remember the general sentiment among the testers in the forum. The cautious optimism about this game. This world looked beautiful. This world looked so carefully crafted, full of lore and love. But we also could see how it was far from being ready for prime day, how the gameplay seemed clumsy and bizarre, how the content seemed lacking. Despite all this, we all believed it would eventually be figured out, and everything would be fine.
It was Final Fantasy, after all. It could not fail.
We were so wrong. And we were so right.
Thank you so much for this video. I celebrated my 14 years alone, in silence, convinced that nobody would care about the ramblings of a now old player. That no one would listen another time how hard we had it, back when the entire job system did not exist, when teleporting cost anima and chocobos weren't even there, when every single action would make you wait for a six-second long GCD, when levequests were the only content to level throughout the entire game besides MSQ, when we traveled on boat and there was no jumping.
I'm glad someone else remembers.
When the 10 year ARR celebration came around last year I thought, "When did I start?" as I'm part of this game since the very first chance I could get my hands on it. So I checked my screenshot folder and found the very first pictures I made from that first alpha test, dating back to said April 8th 2010 (yes, I also made footage that I shouldn't have but thanks to them, I could remember!)
My experience what the same as yours XD But I think I only was able to play in the game for 15 minutes on that first test day ^^;
And heck, 1.0 was a slug.. "Ah, need to get from Gridania to Ul'dah but my anima is spent. Guess I'll walk down there for the next 15 minutes and hope I don't die to a random attack from an enemy that didn't appear on my screen due to the slow servers" :D
I'm sure, as more and more people will reach their individual 14 year anniversaries this year, we will see lots and lots of art and videos pop up. There are many more of us "old players" around than people think 😁
We all went through a lot! And look where it lead us 😊 Celebrating a wonderful journey of very low lows and very high highs. And I wouldn't want it any other way 🤣
Thank you so much for all your kind words!!
@@Miingno I remember being so Hyped about FFXIV even Quit WoW when the Alpha came out myself I sometimes (Purposely) wear very revealing outfits so the Tattoo on my character shows
Having the tattoo really is nice. I just don't have many outfits I like, that could show it properly on my lalafell.
So instead, I fly around the game with my legacy chocobo 😁
Just had this in my recommendations and holy this is so beautiful made ❤
Thank you very much! 🩵
Amazing work! Damn the memorys i been around since 2.0 beta so been a amazing 10 years for me cant wait for 10 more and what ever it brings!
Thank you!
10 years is a very long time too! And now, let's forge ahead together! :D
WOW. Such a labor of love!! The care and deliberate timing, the subtle but powerful animation. So good!!
Thank you very much!! 🩵
While there was some thought behind the timings, some of the animation and music just happen to sync up by accident and I simply kept it that way ^^;
For this video, I started with the animation and then did the music, since I didn't know how much time I would need to spend on the animation part and I wanted more rather than less. Of course I had a plan in mind how it should work out, but I didn't intentionally work towards certain moments. Next time, I will probably start with the music first and then do the animation to fit the timing of the songs or the voice etc.
And the subtle animations are simply because I'm still learning and bad at poses and perspective. Gotta had to keep it simple to not make it look too weird XD
Cant wait for what comes next, together!
Thank you!! I have a lot of ideas, just need a bit of time to make them become reality 😅
This is beautiful. Thank you for the time and effort you put into it, and sharing with the world. ♥
Thank you very much!! 🩵
I was only doing it, to express my own thanks and feelings for the people that created this amazing game. Without them, I wouldn't even have had a reason to make this in the first place!
This is great video. It's in the things like that do you see the amount of love, dedication and human soul has been put. Great work❤
Thank you very much!
I'm happy to hear, that my love for the game shines through in this video. 🩵
I just stumbled on this video by accident. Its truly amazing
The algorithm worked for once! Thank you very much!! 💙
closed alpha? damn, congrats man!
I was very lucky to be able to help improving the game that early already!
It still got destroyed as we know, so my feedback was not really worthwhile in the end though XD
As a fellow legacy player I salute you good sir! A perfect animation to sum up a collection of thoughts and feelings over the years as we all take our first steps into a new era. ❤❤❤
🫡 Thank you very much! Let's see, where this new journey will take us!
That was absolutely fantastic! It's very clear you put a lot of hard work into this and it shows. Hope you enjoy Dawntrail and everything ahead. Forge ahead!
Thank you very much! Hope you will enjoy DT too!! The start of a new big adventure!
Nearly cried. 😢
Next time I'll try to get ya! 🤣
I really love this. Your artwork and music and scene choices are fantastic, and I also love the story you present...and the hopeful note at the end. I'm looking forward to where we go from here as well, as a person who started in ARR.
Thank you for making this, friend. As one Lala to another, /laliho into the future!
/laliho !
Thank you for all the kind words!
We've been through a lot together and I am looking forward to where this will lead us in dawntrail and beyond!
@@Miingno Yeah! I'm super excited! :D Good travels to you, and maybe we'll meet someday in some thread future of fate. Keep being awesome. :D
Black mage main since 1.0 we go strong to this day. November 2010 was when I started since then I world prog with static.
I made a NA account on shadowbringers to see how different it is on there compare to my home Japan center.
Keep up good work. I hope you understand my english is not my main language.
Thank you very much! 🩵
Your English is perfect, don't worry!
I started as Monk in 1.0. Then I switched to Black Mage in 2.0 and finished Endwalker as Black Mage to complete that journey.
I think, I will switch to Gunbreaker for 7.0 and forward, to show my evolution. But I will keep my Black Mage ready if people need big explosions ;D
this is absolutley brilliant! happy that after all these years you can still find enjoyment in the game. i sadly only joined i few years ago, but the experience was overwhelmingly positive. this video truly is a love letter to your journey and the game itself.
Thank you very much! 🩵
It doesn't matter at what point you joined the game. Every person will experience this story once for their first time and every experience is unique~
Great video man, you clearly put a lot of love and hard work into this piece. Brought back many memories ❤️
Thanks! Many more things happened but I simply ran out of time to put them all in ^^; Once day I will remake this and add ALL of it!! A true FFXIV anime!!
I have been wanting to express myself this way for ten years. Closest i got was re-drawing a few memes with my friends' Ffxiv characters... But lack the conviction to stick to it like this.
Thank you for the inspiration to try again.
I didn't know if I could do it myself and I did doubt myself a few times during its creation. But I said myself, there's no way to know if it turns out good or bad until I try and finish it. I don't call myself an animator and there are still plenty of mistakes in this video I would like to fix now....
I knew (or thought so) in theory how to do animation, but always lacked a good reason to try it. When the 10 year ARR anniversary came around last year I looked at how long I've been playing since I started earlier than that. Plus I happened to watch a lot of amazing self made anime videos by the people I mentioned in the credits at that time. And thus one lead to the other and here we are now XD
Thank you for your kind words and I am looking forward to your pictures and eventually animations too, if you want to give it a try! =D
HOLY CRAP, dude!!! this must have been so much work!! There's so many really well animated shots in here, im honestly just amazed at the length + scale of this vid for it being your first one, you should be proud ~ plz plz plz keep animating
i should probs check out FF14 lmao
It was your video, "To you, who feels like they're not progressing" that pushed me to even attempt an animation on my own. I knew theoretically how to do it (or at least I thought so...) but never done anything practically (...there was still soooo much more to learn).
Your project files then taught me so much dude, I can't stress this enough. Thanks to them, I found an easy way on how to split up my project into individual scenes and shots and thus an easy way to organize the whole project.
Without your files, I wouldn't have even thought about using masked blurs and chromatic aberration in some of the shots. Plus I admit, I "stole" your method for that aberration... hope you don't mind!
The initial idea would have resulted in about twice the length of this video. But well, I had a date when it had to be finished and thus I had to scrap a lot and made it somehow work. I will one day make the longer version, the "full video" I had originally envisioned.
But for that I need to draw and animate lots more and learn lots more. Don't worry, I won't stop here!
Thank you again for everything and I am looking forward to your next video as well! But first, fully recover please!
Oh, and if you have time, FFXIV is a very nice game. A bit expensive and will suck up a LOT of time... but the story is amazing ;)
_sorry for the spoilers_
@@Miingno AWH MAN! feels very cool to have helped out in such a way ~ take alllll you want from my project files tbh, i'm glad they were useful
looking forward to seeing your ideas fully realised one day :))
(also holy crap soz for not replying to this sooner, i took some time away from the internet)
What a Masterpiece , i cried all the video TwT . Thank you so much for the feelings ♥
Thank you and I guess I'm sorry!! 😭💙
This was just simply put as beautiful
Thank you! 😄
That was awesome !
Husky, merci beaucoup pour tout ce que tu as créé !
Je n'aurais pas pu le faire sans ton inspiration !
This is awesome, dude. Thanks for the hard work
Thank you!! And it was my pleasure 🩵
Nice video, man. I'm glad you stuck with it. FFXIV is grindy and painful at times but with a great community, you can do anything. ;)
The animations were amazing, and I didn't expect you to be a Legacy player. I came in on Shadowbringers, so I don't know how hard it was for you Legacy players back in 1.0. I really enjoyed the animations, it really showcases the entire first arc of FFXIV.
I hope to see you in Tural in July, Miingo! ^_^
There are still some grindy elements yes, but nowadays it's much more casual than it used to be at the start. I came over from FFXI which at that time was grind incarnate XD
1.0 was crazy... there were aspects that were actually better (for example character animation). But ultimately, it had to fall and I'm glad it did ^^;
Just imagine, walking from Gridania to Ul'dah and back. No chocobo, no teleport, no airships. Just walking that path once a day to do a stack of levequets... That was about how the main daily game felt like
This had me sobbing, Wonderfully made! Keep up the good work!
I'm sorry! Hopefully those were tears of joy ^^;
Thank you for the kind words!
This is superb. Thank you for creating and sharing.
Thank you very much!
It was both a joy, seeing my character come to life as well as quite the learning experience having never done anything of this sort ^^;
@@Miingno It is quite the accomplishment for sure! I hope you create more in the future!
Very very beautiful!! Thanks for sharing this with all of us!
Thank you for all the kind comments! 😃
Its final fantasy 14 years
It truly is! 🤣
It's been a long wonderful journey. I am a 1.0 Beta. It's nice to see Legacy players still playing. Forge ahead.
It has become a part of my life and I kind of feel a responsibility to help it keep evolving and becoming an even better place! This won't be the last time people hear from me! :D
!! i love this to pieces, thank you so much for making and sharing it!!!! ♥♥♥
Thank you for the kind words!! 🩵
Amazingly done. I wouldn’t say the sound was rough but gave it loads of heart from the journey to get me teary in my own recollections.
Happy anniversary to your start in the realm, fellow venturer. Good luck on finding a group for the new world.
o/
Thank you! I'm glad to know, that my love for the game carried over into this video and its audio.
And also thanks for the good luck wishes! o/
This is absolutely gorgeous and tugs at my heart strings 🥺 from one lala to another, forge ahead friend. Keep up the amazing work❤
/laliho & thank you very much!
Let's forge ahead into a new adventure! 🩵
Wonderfully put together and an awesome way of encapsulating your journey.
Thank you for sharing your love.
Forge ahead.
Thank you very much! 😄
_Let's find our wings and spread them wide!_
My adventure started in October 2013. I made friends, lost friends, and learned a great deal about myself. I learned kindness and confidence. Before I started, I more or less just isolated myself; people scared me. I had bad experiences growing up, and my family smothered me. FFXIV allowed me to have a voice of my own, one that I wasn't afraid to use.
It's a mature game in the sense that it takes time and feelings into consideration. It also taught me a lot and helped me tremendously to become a more social person.
Thank you for sharing your story with me! ☺
This popped up in my recommended and I am so glad that it did! Wonderful job my fellow Warrior of Light!! Here's to many more new adventures as we head out on the Dawntrail!! 😊❤
Thank you very much!! For once, the recommendations are in my favour! Yey!
The new world awaits. Let's go and explore it! 😁
I'm not crying... You're crying!
Sorry if I made you cry!! 😭
14 years here too, feels surreal.
So many good memories, and a reminder of how much time had passed-it always feels like it wasn’t that long ago that I joined this world.
Another veteran player! How time flies 😅
A truly beautiful homage to your 14 years... very touching, I hope you're proud of your creativity and meticulous work! Would love to see more of your creations in the future, your voice and dialogue was lovely as well by the way! 💙
Thank you so much! There is still a lot more I want to show to the world! I need to get much better first though in order to truly deliver what I see in my mind. But rest assured, more will come :D
I am a new player more or less, but I have been enjoying my journey a lot. Watching this video has made me even more excited for my journey. Hope I can be a part of this community and enjoy my time here just like u did!
New player, old player, doesn't matter! Everybody is welcome to enjoy this game and the story. Take your time and sorry for the spoilers ^^;
@@Miingno Haha np. Tbh they acted more like a teaser trailer to make me more excited for what's to come lol
This is so beautifully done~! You did an amazing job on this, the feels were strong haha
Thank you very much!! 🩵
This was amazingly put together! Great video as always!
Thank you very much!! 😊
i cried. i relate being a 1.0 player myself all these years, this was beautiful. Thank you for sharing this experience that we so closely relate to. The end of the 10 + year saga was epic but the journey ahead, we still look forward to. Forge ahead fellow W.o.L
Sorry for making you cry! And thank you for the kind words! 🩵
woaw this is so cool
Thank you so much!!
Very well done. Yeah Lala's rules 😎 can't wait for Dawntrail to be released
Thanks! 😎
An unsundered :0 good to meet you buster.
We are all sundered beings. Some of us simply have a few memory fragments left from a previous life~ 🫡
Nice video fellow lalafell 🎉
Thank you!! Lalafell unite!! 😄
Great video,
Thank you! 💙
Beautifully told Mii! You captured the XIV journey with such eloquence. I am blessed to share adventures with you!
Thank you so much Lea! 🩵
It's always a joy to go on adventures with you and I hope we can share lots more in the coming saga!
Oh hey, a fellow Balmung native, and a fellow lala, too! Do you ever hang out at the lala bench by Oli?
/laliho !
Naw, I'm sorry, I've got no time to hang around ^^; I'm always busy and battling something or gathering something or synthesising something or filming something... XD
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I was unfortunately able to step into the world on sept 10, 2010 lol. I did not enjoy it. I remember opening the map and i was all like OH MAH GERD!! especially Gridania. When ARR was being announced i never looked at it, when it released i never looked at it. I mean you cant change the core game that late right? normally right but my friend told me to look at it and i was surprised, you almost couldn't tell it was the same game.
I have played since July 30, 2015 according to my days subscribed, it sits at 3180 days according to my squeenix account. I would have started earlier but i gave no interest to the game simply because of what i experienced before.
The start was rough indeed. A vast world but empty and boring. And the black shroud, with that haunting music, was a nightmare indeed D:
And now, it's full of live and there's always something to do~ Until I have all the achievements done... If ever XD
No spoilers please.
Sorry, this video does contain spoilers of the past 14 years, as it's mentioned in the intro 😅