Tomorrow (from the day this gets posted) is Final Fantasy 14’s first Fan Fest since I started playing. I tried to get tickets but was not lucky enough to get any. Three of my friends, though, coincidentally the ones I spend the most time with online, all got tickets. Which means that I’m going to be doing my best to catch the live streams of everything going on at fan fest (since that’s where FF14 makes its big announcements) AND that I’m going to be at a bit of a loss for who to spend time with this weekend. I’ve got other options, but it’s going to be a much quieter weekend than usual, I expect. Which means I should have plenty of time to wrap up whatever little chores and tasks I’ve got for myself to complete before the new patch drops next week, but I have to admit that I’ll be looking out at Fan Fest with a little bit of envy in my heart. It’s not often that I want to go someplace public with thousands of people, especially not since COVID entered the scene, but I’ve really enjoyed my time with Final Fantasy 14 enough that I wanted to go to the place where they’re celebrating it and the communities within it. I really wanted to get out of my comfort zone, try something new, and really experience what it’s like to be a part of some kind of community like that. But it was not in the cards. The live streams will help, of course, especially since I’ll still get all the news about what’s coming up in the future of Final Fantasy 14, but it just won’t be the same.