RL things that reminded you of FFXI...

[DieselBoy09]

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I don't really think of FFXI when I'm not playing it. One thing that did do this to me however was Pokemon. Back in the day, pokemon names had a way of actually replacing the words for animals. One day I was looking at some butterflies and it took me a couple of minutes to go "oh, they're called butterflies, not butterfrees"

[KoukiRyu]

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I don't really think of FFXI when I'm not playing it. One thing that did do this to me however was Pokemon. Back in the day, pokemon names had a way of actually replacing the words for animals. One day I was looking at some butterflies and it took me a couple of minutes to go "oh, they're called butterflies, not butterfrees"

XD! I did the same exact thing, lol...at one point, I kept thinking I needed energies(from the card game) to do stuff...and when I was tired, I didn't have enough on me...aiyaa that's sad now that I think about it.

As far as XI goes, any acronyms I see, I almost instantly relate it to FF, along with a beach with VD. Just random things and I go back to FF and relate it in someway...not so much anymore, but before it was like crazy. @_@

[Neomage]

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There is a company that has trucks that I see everyday and all that are on them is CN. Crawlers Nest is the first thing to pop in my mind no matter how many times I see it.

This next example reminds me of forums more than FFXI. I am too cheap to buy magazines when I fly, so I flip through the Skymall magazine. There is an ad for a dating service and the name of the service is ORLY.

Besides that, I am pretty busy at times and only come to the forums to take a quick break.

O rly?

[forevergamer]

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for me it's got to be license plates.especially when your on the road and playing license plates.we usually do that with my friends.what a bunch of addict!!


Keep playing!!I do!!

[Aksannyi]

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Oh, just thought of another one: the CD player in my truck has a "RDM" button on it. I know it means Random, but I always think Red Mage first.

The license plate thing is true. I see DRG around here all the time, and I think "loldrg."

[Hantz]

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I thought of one that is kind of in reverse. I was drunk at the time, so it's possible you have to be drunk to find it funny. But even then, it's only worth half a chuckle.

So I'm drunk, logging on just to check my Delivery Box (not going to do anything that requires other people to deal with me whilst drunk). First thing I see anytime I log on is, of course, "Welcome to Pandemonium!"

Usually I don't even notice, but this time instead of reading it as "Welcome to your server!" I thought "Get ready Hantz, you just walked into a situation that is completely bat-shit insane!"

[bubbaniff]

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Whenever I see someone jump it makes me want to log on lol

[Jekk]

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A few days ago when walking home and it was snowing, the way the wind was going actually sounded very familier to the wind sound on FFXI, and the snow reminded me of an area on FFXI as well. Kind of creepy, first time it's ever happened to me

[eticket109]

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There have been many times in my commute when I wished I could just auto-follow the car ahead of me so I could sleep or play my DS.

[Slip]

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I thought of one that is kind of in reverse. I was drunk at the time, so it's possible you have to be drunk to find it funny. But even then, it's only worth half a chuckle.

So I'm drunk, logging on just to check my Delivery Box (not going to do anything that requires other people to deal with me whilst drunk). First thing I see anytime I log on is, of course, "Welcome to Pandemonium!"

Usually I don't even notice, but this time instead of reading it as "Welcome to your server!" I thought "Get ready Hantz, you just walked into a situation that is completely bat-shit insane!"

And you were not wrong. Not at all.

[Neja]

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I had to smile at this one. We have a license place L24 DRK. My son said it should be L75 SAM.

[Eleisha]

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I asked for some rock salt once (meaning sea salt!), and didn't even twig that nobody else knew what I was talking about!

[Humar]

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I once saw a liscence plate that said L32 HUM and i did a <Found it!> Humar! and it was really awesome cause that very same night i hit level 32!