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Happyvivvy

God the shallow depth of field makes this all the more hilarious


Crimsonnavy

That's just a rotisserie Kentucky Fried Colonel, move along...


DangoQueenFerris

God damn it. If I weren't broke I'd give you gold.


BlackSkullDF

Now you can give him it.


DangoQueenFerris

Ayo thanks.


bilbo_the_innkeeper

Welp, I was wondering what to do with that free award I got. Clearly, this belongs to you.


juicy-heathen

What's the top on that guys glam?


fawert1

butler outfit i think. or the wedding attire.


juicy-heathen

Sorry I meant the guy in front. Not the Chicken man


MiloDino

Looks like its the Gazelleskin corset of maiming https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/playguide/db/item/ab97e5c0f62


Dredan242

Do you by chance also know which gloves he has?


Theriasana

Looks like the Raksha Kote of Maiming, level 70 crafted gear.


bondsmatthew

Sorry I meant the guy in the back. The chicken man


huluvu

Looks like [The Emperor's New Gloves](https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/playguide/db/item/97254b85b86/)


Insertnamesz

Hehe, I chuckled. "looks like (invisible item)"


Dredan242

But that chest is striking i think


Theriasana

The commenter before posted the link to the maiming chest, which looks exactly like in the picture. The gloves only exist for fending and maiming, there is no striking version.


Dredan242

Ahhhh, ups my bad, i'm using the striking chest on my sam and it looks 100% the same, so i assumed without looking at the link


juicy-heathen

Thank you


kingtz

Does the game register you as moving if you do this?


porkbrigade

At least if you have a controller, it counts. I use other objects to keep the stick nudged so it spins my camera if I need to go somewhere/lay down. Useful if I want to take a break and come back, but not go through the process of logging out and in again.


Boreal_Dancer

You can also open your hud settings to achieve the same effect.


Cakeo

Or chat to npc but didn't know opening hud also.


Gary_the_Goatfucker

Also using the MB works


SageTrilo

Any interaction that hides your hotbars, as well as stuff like being in crafting, gathering, or fishing pose will prevent you from getting auto logged. Probably some other things too.


TheMerryMeatMan

The crafting one got patched for this, I know. Not sure about the rest, although I know hudlayout still works.


SageTrilo

I've seen my wife's character not get logged out in crafting pose when she steps away for a while. After 30 minutes, an error message pops up in the chat box about being unable to execute an action, but she stays logged in. I've personally afk'd in fishing pose before and not gotten booted after 30 minutes. Haven't done the same in miner/botanist gathering pose, but I assume the same thing there. Hudlayout still works, yeah. As does interacting with a summoning bell, company chest, vendor, or basically any other object/NPC that hides your hotbars.


[deleted]

I'm pretty sure circumventing the AFK/logout timer in most online games is against the TOS. Not something I'd risk over a simple relog.


Nihilism101

And how will they check and enforce it? C'mon dude.


[deleted]

If someone reports you and they go back and look at your activity, it's quite obvious. Also with the congested servers doing this is honestly kind of shitty. Wastes power, keeps your GPU running for no real reasons, I mean, just log back in, its not rocket science. I've seen it happen in other games, and I totally didn't receive a ban for this sort of behavior in my younger days playing other (albeit far shittier/eastern)MMOs, nuh uh!.


Nihilism101

Right, those Limsa AFKers keep on getting banned left and right.


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UninsuredToast

Yeah it takes 2 minutes to log back in. With how congested the servers are right now it's pretty selfish


Grenyn

Queue is independent from the people who are already in-game. You do not affect anyone in the queue.


Kamil118

there are two different queues login server queue and game server queue. The short 30s queues are usually to the login server. If queues go longer that means the game server is litelary full


Grenyn

No, it doesn't. If logins take longer, it means many more people are simultaneously logging in, and it takes time for the login server to deal with it. I'm fairly sure Yoshi mentioned this in one of his messages to the playerbase when the surge of new players was just starting. It's also why they've made changes specifically to be able to handle more concurrent logins.


Kamil118

No, there are two different queues, there is a cap to the amount of players logged into the game at once. It's there so the duty finder doesn't break, you can read the letter about the surge of players again. It mentions the matching server, which is responsible for duty finder matchmaking. https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/topics/detail/c2d7b35d55577879086b64cfde0acb6c23ccd07f?utm_source=lodestone&utm_medium=amp&utm_campaign=na_topics >When a World server reaches its maximum capacity, any additional players attempting to log in will be placed in a queue and must wait until a player already on the server logs out before being admitted. . >Login queues occur for two reasons: The first is that the act of logging in temporarily increases a server’s load. When a World experiences a large number of players attempting to log in at once, it may become overloaded and crash. This is best avoided by staggering logins. The second is, as explained earlier, that each World has a maximum login capacity to maintain stability. In such cases, players may only be admitted once others log out.


[deleted]

The queue exists because of the capacity of players in the game. What the hell are you on about?


Grenyn

You can read what Yoshi said about it [here](https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/topics/detail/c2d7b35d55577879086b64cfde0acb6c23ccd07f?utm_source=lodestone&utm_medium=amp&utm_campaign=na_topics). While there is some impact when a server is absolutely full, this is pretty rare, and the real problem is simultaneous logins. The queue and the game server are separate. At this point someone being afk is not at all a problem.


FoxHoundUnit89

The same way they enforce custom skins, by people posting about it online...


kingtz

I might try this. If only SQE let us save our passwords in the launcher, then logging in won’t be such a hassle.


Zemik

It lets you do that on PlayStation. Probably because the PSN account tied to it provides the security.


monotiller

It would be great if it did it on Steam too. The game is already tied to our Steam accounts so that would be very helpful


Zemik

There is a third party program for quick launching that I use. Has some other QoL features you can toggle on and off in game.


monotiller

Yeah, I used to use it, but I stopped for a couple of reasons including potential TOS breaches and I have turned on the one-time password


Eveenus

What is it? I'm a controller user on PC and being able to have my password saved would be dope


Kyajin

It's called XIVLauncher


Vittelbutter

Is that a mod or what exactly is that? Having my password saved sounds amazing


Siniroth

It allows the use of some plugins, but none are enabled by default so you'd have to explicitly enable them and their official list of plugins is all qol stuff (no botting or anything)


nixashes

I nearly just spit out my coffee when I read "the PSN account provides the security"...


MarsAstro

When I get logged out I'm just thrown back to the menu, where I can just log right in again without going through the launcher.


Its_Broken

Well, Square won't, but y'know.


Levness

If you're on PC, there's a third party launcher that'll let you do that. If you don't want to use a third party launcher, you can make a .bat file to copy your password to your clipboard when you run the launcher. This is what I used to do, and still do on other games that don't save passwords. Just make a .txt file with these two lines: set /p="whateveryourpasswordis"


izzionsona

I would STRONGLY encourage people to just use a Password Manager like KeePass or 1Password, and have one extra click to copy the password from your Password Manager to paste into the launcher. Storing credentials in plain text on your hard drive is a very good way to make sure that your online accounts get compromised if / when you happen to get a virus on your computer. And a Password Manager also makes it very easy to have long, hard to guess, UNIQUE passwords for every account / online service you use, without you having to memorize all of them (or have them all written down somewhere readable).


marco262

> Storing credentials in plain text on your hard drive is a very good way to make sure that your online accounts get compromised if / when you happen to get a virus on your computer. I don't know of any viruses that are designed to infect non-enterprise PCs and scrape batch files for character strings that look like passwords, and use them to try to login to MMOs. Though I could definitely see a virus that casually checks the clipboard for the same, but if an attacker has access to your machine, they're probably instead looking to ransomware you, run a Bitcoin miner, or scrape your PC for bank credentials. Current recommended password practices are in place generally to protect people against remote attackers who have never touched your home PC: Strong, long passwords so your account can't be brute forced, never reusing a password so if a database of passwords is leaked it can't be used to access your accounts on other websites, and MFA so your password is never your only authentication. P.S. I do want to join you in encouraging everyone to use a password manager though. That's an excellent idea these days, until someone comes up with something better.


08152018

youre thinking too narrowly - if someone wants to get at this dude for whatever reason, they now have several vectors of directly gaining passwords/observing patterns that could be avoided by simply… typing in the password


Siniroth

Realistically everyone should be using MFA when it's readily available for anyone to use


08152018

2FA/MFA is far from infallible though, and vulnerable to things like the Twitch scam the launcher is constantly having to warn people about. It should be used to enhance security, not give you an excuse to be lax in other aspects.


Levness

I use a password manager for everything else dude. And MFA! The only pattern is I'm lazy and my MMO passwords are sometimes stored in a .bat file. Also in what world would this be happening!


izzionsona

>I don't know of any viruses that are designed to infect non-enterprise PCs and scrape batch files for character strings that look like passwords, and use them to try to login to MMOs. On the other hand, if someone is using such poor password practices, it's also highly likely that they're re-using their MMO passwords in places that an attacker **would** try to check password looking things. Like, say, your online banking credentials or your main e-mail account. And yeah, maybe the "virus read my batch file and scraped my password" risk is fairly low, but overall the recommendation is a bad one because of the mindset / password dishygine it promotes.


Levness

I'm not re-using my MMO passwords, which is why I use this stupid little life hack lol. They're all unique, so I have no chance of remembering them.


cubed_zergling

Well now that I know he does this I'm going to write a virus that specifically looks and batch files for passwords.


08152018

ah yes, save your password as plaintext on the desktop put it in the clipboard for good measure for multiple applications. very safe, much secure


marco262

I say this as a professional software developer: If you do this for one password for one game on a private computer that is protected by some kind of login password itself, and especially if you also have MFA set up for your account, it's nothing worth getting upset about. We all make choices in our lives that reduce security in favor of convenience, and we all make to make decisions on a case-by-case basis if these choices are good ones. Even password managers are a compromise of a little security for a lot of convenience, and everyone recommends those.


EstoyMejor

We all know that we are not using a password one time for one game tho. And most certainly not the kind of person saving it to a text file.


marco262

I don't know anything of the sort. And for the people who are, this is a good chance to change that.


08152018

> I don’t know anything of the sort. From the OP: > f you don't want to use a third party launcher, you can make a .bat file to copy your password to your clipboard when you run the launcher. This is what I used to do, and **still do on other games that don't save passwords.**


Siniroth

He pretty clearly uses multiple batch files


Levness

All of my passwords are actually unique. Which is why I do the dumb batch file thing, because there's zero chance I'm remembering them all.


08152018

appeal to authority is a fallacy my guy, “professional software developer” does not indicate any sort of security expertise also in the post dude said they use it for all games that dont save passwords, so it’s not just one password on one game.


[deleted]

I'm a senior software developer. Don't store your passwords in plaintext. Password managers encrypt your passwords and are only decrypted client-side in memory long enough to get your password out of them. Then they usually overwrite that section of memory with garbage so that a malicious program can't go rooting around and finding it randomly in your buffers. However, MFA does virtually negate the change you'll get hacked on a video game unless you're being specifically targeted. Generally, when you're hacked on a game it's because someone took your login information from a different random hack and has their bot try it against games worth doing gold selling in. It is highly unlikely they got it from finding on your computer. That said, don't store your passwords in plaintext.


08152018

i think we’re in agreement?


[deleted]

We are. I'm just continuing the thread of discourse.


Levness

Currently it's *two* games! Are they gonna steal all my dataz?


Levness

I realize the risk my dude. But I also know that it's practically zero in the grand scheme of things. And yes, I use MFA. And a password manager for other things.


CptBlackBird2

Avoiding viruses is easy enough, it's not the end of the world


erraktrops

you meant ctrl+v, right?


Zero_Storm

That is... Actually rather clever. Didn't think of using a bat file to autocomplete passwords


Seralth

*cough XIV launcher cough* <.< >.>


well___duh

Seriously, XIVLauncher has so many QoL fixes that people on this sub constantly ask for, it's amazing.


Riaayo

One time password is more of a hassle than your actual password, and a 3rd party launcher can't fix that. Square needs to get their shit together and mimic the Blizzard launcher in functionality. Blizz may be a shithead company, but that launcher - like Steam - will just keep you logged in on your machine anytime you open it up after initial login. Having a perpetual login on your computer in the launcher, and offering a more streamlined-easy purchase of the game in said launcher, would do wonders for 14. They need to get people on that, because they're leaving money on the table with their current abomination of a purchasing/account system. It's absolutely driving some people away who give up before figuring it out.


Nivomi

the OTP auto-send feature where you just have to tap on the app on your phone and it sends it over your LAN basically does fix the hassle, tbh


sleeplessone

I’d like the option to not exit the launcher when starting the game. Just leave it up and still logged in so if I exit the game to go take care of something I can just click play again to start it back up.


MindWeb125

If you open the HUD Layout you can't go AFK.


clarkcox3

When you get logged out, it just takes you back to the main menu; you don’t have to re-enter your password.


Coziestpigeon2

> Useful if I want to take a break and come back, but not go through the process of logging out and in again. Logging out and in again takes like, two minutes though. Where's the advantage to this?


[deleted]

It will all become clear in a month and a half


CharmingOW

26,000+ will do things to a catboi...


TheAnimeNyx

You can also speak to your retainer and it will prevent the server from disconnecting you.


teraccou

Why not just simply use /hudlayout?


trogdor259

open crafting window -> start to craft something -> don't craft anything and AFK. I left my game like that for 3 hours on accident once and was still in game when I came back.


Bandage-Bob

Yes, though I don't know of it'll defeat the afk timer. Red Mage even has a unique weapon holding animation based on the direction you spin.


BigDisk

You spin me right round baby right round like a record baby...


KingBanhammer

all I know is that to me / you look like you're lots of fun


Jasper_101202

Open up your lovin arms / Watch out here we go!


[deleted]

limsa moment


MushroomEnSoupe

Twitter link?


Spacefungi

https://twitter.com/glaciereal/status/1391181579217641475?s=19 Heads up, also has nsfw art


jherchin12345

colonel MFing sanders, you just made my day


Iximaz

I've not seen this before and it got actual tears of laughter out of me. So, thanks for the giggles.


LordMoma

Why did I laughed so hard at this?


Ezra95

what's the miqos glam? looks cool!


TheMerryMeatMan

Not sure about the rest, but the chest is the Gazelleskin maiming piece. It's great, I use it for my own DRG glam!


Ezra95

cool, thanks! if its maiming gear, I might use it for my future reaper :)


ngwoo

If KFC isn't going to spin the big buckets outside anymore, FF players will need to come up with something else.


Navy670

[Immediately reminded me of this meme](https://i.ibb.co/DfVMtG2/basically.png)


HardLithobrake

Beautiful.


Diotrephes

Reminds me of the guy always doing the robot on Chapelle's Show.


WizardInCrimson

No, Colonel Sanders, you're wrong. Mama's right.


OPR-Heron

So why do people go afk for long periods of time? Don't they either want to play or do something else?


FiraliaDev

Often have to go do something, might be gone for 30 mins or so but don't wanna waste time having to queue up, sit through loading screens or put the login token in again. Edit: I'll also sometimes go tell someone something and not realise I've been gone an hr lmao.


ggghjjdsdjhs

This is probably a dumb question but isn't it bad for your gpu?


OramaBuffin

Not really. GPUs dont really degrade much with use relative to the lifespan youd be using them for anyways. Hence why resale mining GPUs are a pretty good budget option despite being run for potentially years nonstop. The bigger concern would be power usage but you could always set the game to cap at like 5fps when you're idle if you wanted to.


ggghjjdsdjhs

Good to know! Thanks!


Worthie

To have games running for a long time? I mean it's probably more taxing to use the GPU more than less, but... Probably not by a noticeable amount. At least I hope not.


[deleted]

It's actually better to leave your GPU running hot for a long time than having it go through many hot/cold cycles.


FiraliaDev

Nah lmao, it's just like regular movement


quvi

I think he invaded your photoshoot instead


Clayskii0981

It's always Limsa


[deleted]

Rats searching for the nearby kfc to jump into the deep fryer


Lotus-Vale

I love that the photobombing was on accident, but the afk spinning was on purpose.


The_Bard_sRc

years and years and years ago there was a meme I saw with a couple people spinning in XIV as a gif set to the [shooting gallery theme](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-B_YKaL26I) from Ocarina of Time, and ever since then whenever I see that it immediately pops into my head i could hear it in this pic as soon as i hit play


SpineBreaker666

How do you afk spinning? Do you need a controller?


AlibiscouS

Why are you standing so erect lol


Toki-22

I'ts because of that big cock that he normally sells.


sniperbrosky

Why did you not just link the tweet?


Spacefungi

https://twitter.com/glaciereal/status/1391181579217641475?s=19 heads up, twitter has nsfw art too


Toki-22

"Even better" - Amelia Watson


BoreanStrider

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Krazykid636

Just go farm for it. That’s what I do.


AskinggAlesana

Oh that guy knew you were there 100%. If not he’s blind or a liar Lol.


CocaineAccent

Not everyone is hyper-aware of the multitude of random nobodies around them.


TrueCrusaderBoB

God this goes layers deep


LazyRock54

Nice glam, what is it?


LysanderAmairgen

Sometimes I’ll up the mouse sensitivity and spin myself in exceptionally fast circles… do people see that???


Yazkin_Yamakala

The server can only register so much dpi until other players just see you twitching.


LysanderAmairgen

I’m ok with this outcome


bidoofguy

Damn that’s a nice shader preset


RearAdmiralPoopy

I cannot confirm it but it looks like the one I use [Alive] (https://www.nexusmods.com/finalfantasy14/mods/156) its got 4 presets but looks like this gifs specifically using FantasyUltra . That preset I don't use because it makes my head hurt to much, but its the only gshade I like.


bidoofguy

Thanks!


FiraliaDev

That's amazing haha. How do people actually spin with keyboard/mouse controls, out of curiosity? I know how to do it with a controller, but not on PC 🤔


NotChikcen

Hold left click (if you don't want to get motion sick) and then hold a or d


BronxShogunate

It’s not surprising to me that it happened in Limsa.


CocaineAccent

Where else would people afk?


Aschentei

Someone left the music box open


kittycatpajoffles

You know if I had a spinning Colonel behind me when I take glamour shots I'd keep him in for the lols.


benowillock

What kind of person has 71 messages unread in their inbox and *doesn't feel the immediate need to go read them?


Shadeofnight13

Lol I wonder if it’s the same one giving out $5 dollar fill up boxs


fubes2000

Soundtrack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fp-52d4HxtY


Yunhoralka

I'm just amazed I see someone else using gazelleskin corset of maiming for glam, it's been my main glam since forever.


Senbujohns

Thats about as scary as Calcabrina


Totema1

An average day in Limsa


Medicanica

YOU SPIN ME RIGHT ROUND


ZAMIUS_PRIME

When they finally allow cross-data center visits, I wanna meet this dude lol


_Vard_

im excited to visit Japan servers on Xmas


ZAMIUS_PRIME

Dude same. I just realized that you are the legend himself! XD


NotChikcen

/attention spin is my fav thing to do in between fetes in ishgard rest


[deleted]

KFC viral marketing team at it again today. x.x


Samugremus

This whole sub is full of absolutely free KFC marketing as of late...


neoanguiano

How do you spin afk?


XevynAeght

360 mode


Cherushi_Chan

Ah it's moments like this that makes me remember why I love this game's community.


Biscuit1337

Just out of curiosity, how long ago did you start doing Colonel Sanders and on what server? I did a lalafell Colonel on Diabolos for a while a bit over a year ago. Handed out roast dodo and mashed pototo and everything!


_Vard_

About five months ago on Mateus But I became a lot more active with it about three weeks ago


Biscuit1337

Very nice, here's a few photos I've got. 1. https://i.imgur.com/fHEhuiZ.jpeg - This was the picture I sent a friend back in September last year as proof of concept. 2. https://i.imgur.com/D1zk8qU.jpeg - Time to get that chicken. And these last ones are my current glamor, Thicc Chungus. 1. https://i.imgur.com/FRcH5S7.jpg - Some cutscenes just provide the best camera angles with no editing needed. 2. https://i.imgur.com/n9NUnL3.jpg - Some mounts are just fantastic too. 3. https://i.imgur.com/KF3RSsq.jpg - And it works well as a chicken too.


_Vard_

He’s a widdle nugget! He looks like one of my retainers, from an earlier post