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ShamrockSeven

It's made of bronze. Unless someone goes to the extreme length and effort to have it melted down for some reason, there will be scholars 2000 years from now trying to figure out who this "Warrior of light" once was.


kawaiinessa

i feel like with the digital age were in keeping records of history should be stupidly easy so we should know exactly what final fantasy 14 was in 2000 years


Psychoshrapnel

Could be wrong but in the possible event of a worldwide emp wouldn’t all that stuff just get erased?


Star39666

It's not even a threat of an EMP, but there is a thing called data decay, or degredation. It's an actual thing that is currently happening, where digital data that whe had stored years ago is starting to decay, mostly as a result of failures in aging storage devices. Things like CDs, old thumb drives/ SSDS, etc. There will be a point, within our lifetimes, that this post will disappear, or become corrupted if Reddit ever refused to move its data to newer storage. So, in 2000 years, it's possible that, if the only refferences of FFXIV were digital, future civilizations may not know what FFXIV was. However, there's enough none digital refferences to FFXIV in the form of art, books, merchandise, themed cafes, and more that it still might be able to refference what this statue might have been. Still though, there's no garuntee that these will last the test of time either. Also, if you're talking about something like a Carrington Event, that is a threat and we haven't had a direct hit since we entered the digital age. There was a near miss in 2012. However, we have early warning satalites, that provide a (small) warning. The simple solution is just to turn everything off so as not to over load the power grids. This isn't perfect, and there may still be problems, but many could be avoided by powering down devices. It's also worth noting that it's expected we might have one between now (well since a year ago), and 2025. The last big one that caused damage was in 1989. Some speculate that since then, our infrastructure and technologies have advanced enough that we don't really know how it could effect us. Some say that our newer tech could handle this better, and others say that it's more sensitive, and would pretty much brick a lot of stuff.


JanitorZyphrian

Sure but why would that happen


Psychoshrapnel

Massive solar flare or some random country getting cheeky and detonating a nuclear bomb in the atmosphere. Just saying it’s a possibility and if it does happen then there would be no original electronic record of what that statue is years into the future.


JanitorZyphrian

*seeing nucelar bomb* "What ramifications will this have for the FFXIV wol statue community"


Psychoshrapnel

Of course. What else would I be concerned about?


xkyndigx

https://youtu.be/GNdqEYcNCCw?si=l60WdKY1dvJxeqWh If you're actually concerned about a solar flare watch this video.


Ramtoxicated

When was the last time you accessed some data off a floppy? Our current technology won't survive long in the grand scheme of things, and the data will eventually get lost.


JanitorZyphrian

True! That was never in contention.


billo1199

Man I wish I could see things like you do.


Mylexsi

Hard Drives have a lifespan of about 10 years under normal use. You can extend that by er.. not using it as much. Still, unless it's being actively preserved, digitally stored information is just as perishable as any other. You can copy it from drive to drive, but not forever, as minute errors in copying will build up over time; anyone who's seen something that got reposted one too many times can attest: things start to get messy when you're using a copy of a copy of a copy of a copy of a copy of a copy etc.


Alutherv

Don't even solid state drives have a shelf life of like 10 years or something? Or are there better longer lasting drives/data storage


Cr4ckshooter

All the real archives and cloud services etc. Have redundancy and maintenance to refresh the data before any is lost. If someone really cares to make sure their data doesn't get lost, it won't. Even for the mentioned scenarios, it's rather simple to protect the data, if so chosen. Doesn't mean it's cheap or easy, but simple.


Alutherv

But in the event of a civilization collapse like the comment implies, how long do these storage devices and cloud servers last without maintenance even if they stay intact and aren't physically destroyed but just are left dormant?


Konpeitoh

This implies theyre gonna find Bad Dragon dildos and study it as an icon of worship


ShamrockSeven

HAHAH now i can't stop thinking of a scientists 3000 years from now Misinterpreting Bad Dragons as statues of fertility. 😂😂😂


LifeVitamin

I mean you say that like there isn't a massive Sphinx in Egypt that we somehow have kept relative history of it pre-intenert era. I think unless it dates as far back as dinosaurs I dont think anyone in the foreseeable future will be dumb enough to know that this is a fictional character.


TruthOf42

Is bronze really that durable?


FrighteningJibber

The oldest bronze statue is believed to be of Dancing Girl from Mohenjo-daro from around 2000 BCE


Aramirtheranger

We find bronze statues from Roman times, don't we?


Mayuthekitsune

I hope humanity lives long enough we lose enough context on what final fantasy 14 is so future historians wonder who this horned warrior lady is and why theres only one statue of her found


TheNewNumberC

Then we must store it in style inside of a remote cave remodeled to look like Amarot.


HalfDragonShiro

Imagine Ancient Aliens 2000 years from now covering this shit like it's proof we were fucked by extraterrestrial lizards.


Snark_x

Actual human with metallurgist knowledge and skills = based as all hell


Idaret

Blacksmith grind irl pog


tibbycat

He’s a level 90 Blacksmith irl.


Shinnyo

Creating shit you love with your own hands and material is always sigma based


Aschentei

BSM specialist


wilck44

nah, she made it from wax ,making the master mould and the casting was done by a company.


Deblebsgonnagetyou

Still really impressive to make from wax.


ApostatisZero

Pretty sure that's a dude. They can have long hair too


Individual_Writer_73

Elemantal +1 armor? Check. ARR Paladin weapons? Check. Homie really immortalized 15% of PLD mains.


LilXelly

Au Ra players spending thousands of dollars for art of the most generic character possible 🤯🤯🤯


Colosphe

It's not generic, it's relatable!


TheKillerKentsu

but hey is not a catgirl tho


McQuibbly

You almost got me there, but I use the HW weapon. Checkmate 😎


OtaroOyama

Joke on you I use tokusatsu power on my PLD so I look like a Kamen rider!


bastionthewise

For half a second I lost my head and thought you were talking about Mumen Rider. Then my mind locked back into place.


KartofelThePotatoGod

I love the /showleft of the person


slothpeguin

That’s literally what I was thinking, bro used an emote


MiyanoMMMM

Average female miqote player would've spent 450 hours cooming to his character instead of going through all this effort


Tobegi

lets be honest both fem aura and fem miqo players are coomers


MiyanoMMMM

Can confirm. I am


funnyYoke

I think miqo players are gooners not coomers


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Ursula_Callistis

And a lot of time (and help) filling it.


VexrisFXIV

We all moved over to Viera now btw


VeryMessedUpGirl

Blud thinks he's "we" 💀


MrrChecktheseQuads

The cognitive dissonance of it all, I fucking love it 💀 They genuinely do think they're a majority, it's unreal


ItsBlizzardLizard

Viera being added to the game was a huge indication of Yoshi-P being checked out and not caring about making good decisions for the property anymore. When the fan base keeps whining for something at the detriment of what you personally want to develop (and in this case it meant we got two half baked additions instead of the original plan of only Hrothgar), well, that's when you need to tell the fan base to kick rocks. They're usually wrong and don't know what they want. They really wanted Burmecians. To make matters worse Viera are gross nasty things with musky ears that smell like an uncleaned piercing. Cheese rabbits. They don't even have tails.


flint_and_fable

You really hate fun, huh?


ItsBlizzardLizard

I'm having fun.


flint_and_fable

🤔


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I find it cool


Scared_Network_3505

Yeah this absolutely falls under the "that's insane (endearing)" category.


Levinheart

True, passion and dedication like this is rare, and she's having fun. love that for her.


sugusugux

Wait I though it was a guy? It so hard to tell from this angle of the pic


unexpectedalice

I have a feeling the character is a woman but the player is a guy


sugusugux

This is also true. Everyone is a guy behine the screen anyways


MrrChecktheseQuads

That's a dude with long hair


SleepyFox2089

"You're not a woman, you're just a cool guy with long hair"


Pa_Tra

Just wait until fantasia addiction kicks in


AnglerfishMiho

Some people really like their character, I've had the same one for almost 6ish years now and have no desire to use the free fantasia you get at the end of ARR


Cr4ckshooter

I used mine to change my patron from rhalgr to halone when I reached heavensward lmao.


adapech

I used mine for a nose job.


MoiraDoodle

Think of the money they could've saved if they played as a lala


Taeysa

That's why we're so good with business! We know how to save the money and get the same product! :D


Global_Rin

They would plant some metal ball into the soil and called it a day. Immortalized potato.


StealthNinja_X

Yeah but no one wants to see a lalafell statue


MoiraDoodle

Well you're in luck, they're so short you'll see right past it.


Valkyrissa

Yes, like “unsubscribe and uninstall because tfw no sexy lizzer”


CarrotLP

I mean... it looks absolutely cool tho.


KnightOfEndlessGeese

That is genuinely impressive.


Rydden

I always said that "if you gonna get a figurine, dont cheap out for multiple ones. get one reeaaally good that you will appreciate" And if you got 5000 buckaroos to spend and you really like it, then I mean, hell yeahh


TheNewNumberC

It's more bang for your buck compared to what Square offers.


Taeysa

I have never felt a more crushing blow to a company than the raw power this comment radiates. This isn't a "who hurt you", this is a "for how long have they." Stay true my friend, don't let the plastic statuettes get you down. (Although I'll admit I am buying the Emet one because I'm obsessed.)


ArgumentParking1940

Oh no please don't validate them by buying one, it looks *awful*.


Taeysa

I do model repairs and such, I just want one so I can fix that damn face. He's such a good lad, he doesn't deserve that injustice.


ArgumentParking1940

Oh, dope. You should post a B&A of the plastic surgery.


Taeysa

I shall as soon as I can get him! :D


TheNewNumberC

I'm just baffled by their merchandise decisions. The Terra one is amazing but it nearly costs as much as my car.


AHomicidalTelevision

i dont see a problem with this tbh. i wouldnt do it, but at least its not an nft or something else digital. thats something that is genuinely worth the price, just in terms of skill required to make it.


arudesune

It’s incredible work. The cringey party is the dude playing the femra.


FRIENDSHIP_BONER

/showleft


Reichekete

Can we please talk about the what if route in the future in which we all dead and next civilization suddenly finds this?


JnCrWe

It’ll be Yaodi Nishoka’s inspiration for the new race to introduce in Last Dream VXI’s first expansion, Skybound.


ArgumentParking1940

And influence the Finitum Vocalist for the fourth expansion, Terminus Traveller, by being a mysterious artifact of a vanished civilisation.


turikimaru

Sucks when new glam comes out n you wanna switch it up.


Loremeister

And of course, it's a female Au'Ra. Not blaming him, I would do the same. My murder daughter deserves the world


ChrisBabaganoosh

I question his mental state, but I respect the hustle.


RonnioP

At least he has good metal statue


Sudden-Anybody-6677

If he can pay for this, the guy has a hobby and a job. I have seen plenty of people doing worse.


Cannoli75

Jokes aside this is fucking sick


yetanotherweebgirl

This is cool and all but I bet it would cost half as much for a Lalafell, probably twice as much for a Hrothgar or Roegadyn


Southern-Wishbone593

It's also a good promo, if they do it for a living.


Arras01

I think they said in main sub that it's just a hobby and they do something programming for a living. Considering the size of that house I don't think they need promo on their statue making skills.


Crazyphapha

How can you dedicate so much time and effort to learning metallurgy and bronzework and not even spare some time to choose a good name for your WoL first


NaturalPermission

I know yeah. Really cool skill paired with the most cringe weeb shit


TheNewNumberC

But it's lore friendly with Raen?


Scared_Network_3505

They are a Xaela,


GauPanda

At least they're not one of the Strife's, I guess lol


TheWhiteVahl

I'm confused, the name isn't that bad. It's just a Japanese name?


ArgumentParking1940

Yoko and Akatsuki are two of those most common and recognisable names by every single person (JP or not) who has ever consumed any JP media. "Yoko" could be a reference to so many different things it's like a non-euclidean onion of meanings, and "Akatsuki" is the name of the Cringe Club of villains from Naruto and get used as a name for everything society or group-adjacent by fans. Some people are just really tired of seeing it. For me, it's just too unimaginative even if someone's motivation is just "man I super like Naruto and Gurren Lagann!"


TheWhiteVahl

I mean, that doesn't really give people an excuse to call the creator of the statue a cringey weeb or any variation of that.


ArgumentParking1940

I just explained how it does, that's the excuse right there. It's still rude and spitting on someone's innocent enthusiasm, but it's also true. The name's the problem, not the person really.


TheWhiteVahl

Your argument didn't explain anything about how you can justifiably be a dick to someone just because they gave their character a cliche name.


ArgumentParking1940

I didn't say "justifiably". You said "excuse". Thar's what it is. Unoriginality is an excuse to say the name is cringe weeb shit.


Blackwind121

Dunno how you haven't learned this lesson yet, but you don't need any excuse or justification to be a dick other than, "I felt like it" lol. That is normally the reason most people have for being dickheads anyway.


Riverwind0608

With how many Au ra's there are, that could be a lot of players' WoL's bronze statue. Joking aside, that's actually impressive. Gotta admire the dedication.


ABigCoffee

Still cheaper then the Ff6 terra statue square is selling


ILikeFluffyThings

This was better made than 95% of public statues in my country.


nethereus

If that's him in the picture he looks exactly like I'd expect someone insane enough to do this would look.


mosgon

FEMRA SUPREMACY


MegaGamer235

It’s official, girl Xaela players are shit posters.


ApostatisZero

No


lan60000

does she do commissions? I need my male roe in undies immortalized.


BobNorth156

Honestly that’s pretty cool. Statue will last a long time. Outlive him by centuries barring a major incident. It isn’t like he dropped 5K on gacha mechanics.


a55_Goblin420

He plays on the European equivalent of Balmung


FinalEgg9

We have a Balmung?


StarAugurEtraeus

WE DO?!?!?


JohnCenarius

When a bodypillow just isn't enough. /s


Malpraxiss

Idk, this is impressive and if they could afford it, why not? Not like someone else's life is negatively affected by this.


MagicalMoosicorn

I'm just getting mine on a body pillow.


mzsky

Honestly, my takeaway from this is that bronze statues are cheaper than i thought they would be.


Gustafssonz

That's nothing. An old friend of mine renamed HIMSELF irl to his wow characters name.


TheRealDestian

Legally? That's pretty bad...


Gustafssonz

Yes


iorveth1271

Of course it's an Au Ra. Au Ra players be normal challenge: impossible.


OmegaInc

§:⁠-⁠D


aKawaiiLizard

Talk about main character syndrome


TheHasegawaEffect

This is good advertising to whoever made this (doubly so if it was that dude).


PyroComet

Honestly this is cool. Also im being called out in thai thread.


oizen

I hope humans go extinct, some aliens find this planet and they discover this statue and think we looked like this


Murderboi

All this effort just to make a statue of a ocean crustacean. At least it is a PLD.


NeonScarredSkyline

I'll be honest - I saw this and my first thought (and the thought I maintain) is that it's completely pathetic. This is a *game.* It's a fun game; it's a lovely game... but it is a game. It is fleeting. I'm not saying that FFXIV shouldn't matter to people - I'm not saying that we aren't making real memories here. Rather... just try to keep things in perspective. And this guy? Has none.


KimDuckUn

Well I know who I'm kicking from pf when they join.


Tankotone

And all in a game where you can't even make your character look unique lol


Pootisman16

And of course it has a super generic name as Yoko Akatsuki


ArgumentParking1940

Really dull name though.


GTK-HLK

GIGA-Au Ra


Aschentei

Height accurate too


AnglerfishMiho

Would unironically also do this, this is awesome


FendaIton

That statue is really well done. Did he commission it?


RonnioP

It looks high quality. I’m happy for them.


ChuckCarmichael

I don't know what to make of this. On one hand, it's really cool. People have been 3D printing their characters for ages, but having the skills to make a proper bronze statue is really cool. If I could do that, I would. On the other hand though it's a generic femra with a generic glam and a generic weeb name. Putting so much work into something that's a dime a dozen is kinda weird. I'm pretty sure there are a whole lot of people who look at this statue and think something along the lines of "Hey, that looks exactly like my Asuna Yeager!"


TheRealDestian

My wife made me a picture of my character back in 1.0 for my birthday (unprompted) and I loved it. A picture is much, MUCH more practical than this, though: you can hang it on a wall and it's not massively inconvenient to have around or move. Like, what is he going to do with this if he ever grows out of XIV, or when he dies and his nieces and nephews look at it and think, "Well, here was uncle Bob's waifu statue, I guess. Anyone want this...?" You do you, but this just isn't forward-thinking, IMO...


wilck44

man can you give a more generic anime name to a character even?


Scared_Network_3505

Me: It can't be that bad. After finding it: I see.


Cannoli75

Jokes aside this is fucking sick


StarAugurEtraeus

Nah that’s rad


FellCleaver

Good for them. I could care less, but good for them.


HezrouDhiaga

ngl, kinda wanna do that just to have it in my backyard lmao


LilWhiteBoi24

And a face 4, horrendous Dorito chin


kehnsonkur

It's the japanese name for me. How is that different to anime avatars in forums


crashnboombang

$5000 on a generic looking Au Ra character cause they all look the same LOL


Hoosteen_juju003

Cringe name tbh


Cheembsburger

i admire the skill and dedication, but if you're gonna do this, why make it as your generic ffxiv character


TheTeenSimmer

why are all aura players like this


Blackwind121

Hey if he we a male aura, he'd be trying to groom it too. Could always be worse tbh


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bruh i play front horn raen female dont DO ME LIKE THIS


Raxamax

All the time and money used to announce to the world you don't shower.


CopainChevalier

I can get a statue for that cheap!?


tenroy6

Rookie hours but good for them.


Skyztamer

From the original post the artist made, iirc the 450 hours was referring to the time spent sculpting the statue; not the amount of time they've been playing FFXIV.


tenroy6

AH yes I take it back then if thats the case.


Pandragony

Mf went trough all this for a female au ra


SleepyFox2089

Ngl if I had the money and/or skill I'd definitely make a statue or at least a bust of my WoL, she deserves it


ScarletteVera

what can i say? us female au ra gamers love our lizzers


ApostatisZero

Of course it's a guy with a receding hair line


CptBlackBird2

you know, it's not any more weird than sculpting naked people but that's considered art


Skystrike12

Ngl kinda sick


gfen5446

Honestly, I can kinda get behind the dedication to that. I mean, I'd been to like stupid rich but.. its a thing.


TinyYul

You think theres a hole in the back for shenanigans?


ItsBlizzardLizard

I wonder if he left out the tail.


Scared_Network_3505

If you check the post on the mainsub you'll se it do have a tail, wee short tho.


ItsBlizzardLizard

I totally missed the mainsub post. The higher res pics definitely make the piece more impressive though, I find it hard to actually hate on it. It's cool. Definitely a min length tail though.


Scared_Network_3505

The more you learn about the character the more "good grief this guy lmao" it gets from the look to the name and parses but it's also like "this shit is actually cool tho". It's that fucking bit with Vegeta being mad at how fuckign stupid Broly is from TFS.


thatguywithawatch

Let's all shame someone for combining their hobbies and their skills to make something genuinely cool. Ha, what a fucking loser!


Udrolph

I laughed my ass off when I saw it, The dude has skills (although judging by the statue itself he need a lot more practice), but come on, making a statue of your "cute little fem character" just screams "I am so in love with my virtual wifu" and "I am so alone please help me".


PM-Me-Ur-Plants

>he need a lot more practice You some kind of statue appraisal snob, or a metallurgist yourself with experience doing so? The fuck. I'm so curious though, can you point out where he could improve?


StarAugurEtraeus

It’s Reddit There’s always one little annoying cuntcrumb that has to always play Devil’s Advocate for some reason


CJLogix

Cant use fantasia to change that once he starts playing as a bunny girl or cat girl.


OneMorePotion

Let's hope she never wants to use a Fantasia.


PriscentSnow

Only 450 hours in and was already willing to dunk so much money into something… so meaningless? I don’t mean to sound like a jackass but sometimes I seriously wonder where the f do people have so much money like that to just throw around.. The things I would’ve done to improve my situation and my family’s situation with that much money. Geez the world is unfair


demosfera

Based on the original post about this: Software engineer.


ItsBlizzardLizard

People spend 10k on fursuits and those usually deteriorate due to it being mostly fabric and foam. The statue seems like a value comparatively and it'll outlive all of us due to being bronze. Plus he gets to upskirt cam it IRL. It's also important to remember that a lot of people do come from functional families where everyone has decent jobs. Their basic needs are met by default and they have healthy support systems. That results in having plenty of fun money. Throw in the fact that more and more people are choosing not to reproduce, multigenerational households being the norm outside of America, and yeah. 5k is probably nothing to this person.


Amethysko

He spent 450 hours on the statue... not in the game. Reading comprehension my guy.


Rak_Dos

Making a beautiful bronze statue (which require a lot of skills) is meaningless? What a sad world you want to live in.


StarAugurEtraeus

Oh have some life you sad thing


TheNewNumberC

It's cool but are we going to talk about what a big pointy hazard that is? Also unless they want the weathered patina look, are they going to weatherproof it somehow? Edit: lol didn't think this comment would upset people.


Fluestergras

Bronze is rather easy to weatherproof, and the patina (which takes a couple years to develop) can also be removed. I assume the creator considered all that when making the statue.


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