01-27-2004, 10:32 AM | #1 (permalink) | | Junior Member Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 84 Style: Light - Version 6 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0x in 0 Posts Gil: 353 Bank: 0 Total Gil: 353 Donate | Strange Linkshell Icon So, I was hunkered down in the Goldsmith's guild the other day, working on my brass scales, and noticed a mithra with a rather odd looking linkshell icon, like i'd never seen before. I quickly snapped a few screenshots. Any info about it is gladly welcome, as all she would tell me in response to my asking "What is the symbol next to your name?"
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Closed Beta #: SEOD-00023 | | ::Quote Selected:: | | 01-27-2004, 11:14 AM | #2 (permalink) | | Veteran Member Brain of Knowledge Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 1,644 Style: Light - Version 6 Thanks: 143 Thanked 37x in 30 Posts Gil: 2,273 Bank: 307 Total Gil: 2,580 Donate | I'm curious about this as well. Are we even really sure it's actually a linkshell icon? And not something else?
I was thinking maybe this is a mod, but in that case, you'd have to have the same mod in place to even see it.
This has truly peaked my curiousity.  [font="Comic Sans MS"]Odude
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Odude 6 - Maat 1 The Taco Spot | | ::Quote Selected:: | | 01-27-2004, 11:31 AM | #3 (permalink) | | Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: St. Paul Posts: 262 Style: Dark - Version 5 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0x in 0 Posts Gil: 380 Bank: 0 Total Gil: 380 Donate | It is a member of the "media". All journalists & such registered through S-E have that symbol next to their name  Greatgod: RDM75/BLM60/WHM40/SMN22
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Bastok: 8-2 ZM14 PM8-3 AUM8 | | ::Quote Selected:: | | 01-27-2004, 01:38 PM | #4 (permalink) | | Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Kingsport, TN Posts: 43 Style: Light - Version 6 My Mood: Thanks: 0 Thanked 0x in 0 Posts Gil: 1,477 Bank: 0 Total Gil: 1,477 Donate | Speaking of all the nice little icons by peoples names does anyone have a list of all the different ones that exist in the game? I know most of the ones are just linkshells or bazaars but I'm sure theres more Silentwolf | | ::Quote Selected:: | | 01-27-2004, 02:52 PM | #5 (permalink) | | Junior Member Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 84 Style: Light - Version 6 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0x in 0 Posts Gil: 353 Bank: 0 Total Gil: 353 Donate | A member of the media? As in in-game media (Vana'diel Journal), or general media (Game Informer, IGN, Gamespot, etc.)?
And I agree with ban; we should put together a database of all the different symbols next to people's names. Or just take a screenshot of the linkshell icon selection screen.  -patman
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Closed Beta #: SEOD-00023 | | ::Quote Selected:: | | 01-27-2004, 10:33 PM | #6 (permalink) | | Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 14 Style: Dark - Version 5 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0x in 0 Posts Gil: 161 Bank: 0 Total Gil: 161 Donate | Its a member of square or the media. They are the only ones who use that ICON. BAHAMUTS MOST WANTED OUTLAW ヽ(`з?)ノ (Aphesia) コラ!Treasure Cofferを発見しました!(E-5) >> パーティーメンバーがいません。
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PLD-01, DRG-01.... Missing Any??? | | ::Quote Selected:: | | 01-27-2004, 11:02 PM | #7 (permalink) | | Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 7 Style: Light - Version 6 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0x in 0 Posts Gil: 7 Bank: 0 Total Gil: 7 Donate | C'moooon!! You should have known what that icon meant Odude. All kinds of media people ran around with that icon at the end of Beta. There were only about 100 different members of the media given all the nicest high level equipment to run around in while covering the end of FFXI NA Beta.
That or I could be assuming you spent the last week or two in Beta. | | ::Quote Selected:: | | 01-27-2004, 11:29 PM | #8 (permalink) | | Senior Member Brain of Knowledge Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 1,027 Style: Light - Version 6 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0x in 0 Posts Gil: 1,051 Bank: 0 Total Gil: 1,051 Donate | I like how fake your sig is Kidatoma.
I can see the change in background beneath the numbers.  | | ::Quote Selected:: | | 01-27-2004, 11:38 PM | #9 (permalink) | | Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 289 Style: Light - Version 6 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Gil: 446 Bank: 0 Total Gil: 446 Donate | Oh wow, so THAT's it! I remember asking someone who had that icon next to their name! Unfortunately they never responded to me so yeah...  ;  34 WAR, 11 RNG, 18 MNK, 13 WHM, 31 SAM, 10 NIN, 63 DRG, 15 PLD, 11 THF, 25 RDM
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-Allakhazam.com | | ::Quote Selected:: | | 01-28-2004, 12:29 AM | #10 (permalink) | | Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 185 Style: Light - Version 6 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0x in 0 Posts Gil: 328 Bank: 0 Total Gil: 328 Donate | It's not really media,There was an explanation about them given to me by a GM...She called them "Trial characters" They are characters square created for online demos of the game that can be played at conventions...like E3,Comicon...things like that,Media people actually have their own accounts. | | ::Quote Selected:: | | 01-28-2004, 10:45 AM | #11 (permalink) | | Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: St. Paul Posts: 262 Style: Dark - Version 5 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0x in 0 Posts Gil: 380 Bank: 0 Total Gil: 380 Donate | POL used to have a page that listed what each icon meant, but it seems that they have taken it down......  Greatgod: RDM75/BLM60/WHM40/SMN22
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