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@wayshifter.bsky.social
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The name's Forrest (Ace and He/Him) | COSBALS | White with OC’s of various skin tones | http://instagram.com/shifter.ffxiv/ | Might occasionally post/repost 🔞| #FF14SS
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Shifter is... working? @wayshifter.bsky.social · Nov 6
This page of mine is always welcome to all.

Small or Large, Tall or Short, Different Skin Tones, LGBTQ, Trans, You are safe here on my page and countless others.

Live, not just for others, but yourself as well. Live to make the change that’s needed. Don’t shut up and don’t stop fighting! 😤😤
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peppermintjet.bsky.social
ウィケッドサンダー
#FF14　#FF14イラスト
October 17, 2024 at 3:00 AM
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podrace-explode.bsky.social
i have pencil commission available for a limited time! shoot me a DM if interested.

thank you everyone for the support!
January 9, 2026 at 11:01 PM
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rene0elric.bsky.social
A home I could have loved, the "me" I could have been

#ffxiv #ff14
An illustration with 2 parts: Krile looking uncertain while walking through Treno at the top and Miayli holding Krile hand with tears in their eyes at the bottom
January 9, 2026 at 11:06 AM
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bearyllovely.bsky.social
"How to make ACTUAL interesting OCs" "How to make OCs people will care about!" dog if you can't love your own creations that's where you need to start, don't make brand new beings for other's approval. You'll never truly love them if they're tied to a stranger's perception.
January 7, 2026 at 7:46 PM
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tksnim.bsky.social
we call this Detroit style pepperoni pizza
January 7, 2026 at 9:39 PM
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vanillacream.bsky.social
Wig practice✨
January 8, 2026 at 3:32 PM
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geckowithcramp.bsky.social
January 7, 2026 at 3:53 AM
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demoniofleurs.bsky.social
I stumbled upon a thread on the FFXIV subreddit that I encourage everyone who is frustrated with the DDoS’ to read, as it goes over why this is a complicated issue with no real easy solution

www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comm...
Title: Irrational Attackers and you: A (potential) explanation for why you keep getting 90k'd Is this actually a DDOS? Or does SE just have bad servers? There is no reason to believe it is anything other than a ddos attack In the last few weeks FFXIV has been kicking people off NA servers with 90k errors, this is confined to NA, and even if there have been some on EU/OCE/JP, it is orders of magnitude less common. There is no logical reason to assume the server software is different in each region, and since it it possible for both JP and NA to visit OCE, that is vanishingly unlikely. Earlier today, when world first racers were getting 90k's they tried to data center travel to Materia to raid. The 90k errors then stopped on NA, and started on OCE. Once they gave up and returned to NA, so did the 90k's. This is as close to evidence of a ddos attack as anyone who doesnt work for square enix can get. That also means it is provider agnostic, as NTT America does not operate in Australia. So that's the "how", now for the "why" In threat modeling, there are two kinds of attackers, rational, and irrational. Rational attackers are great (well, in terms of prevention), they are easy to understand, and can even be worked with at times, they are typically limited to actual hacking/unauthorized access attacks, but a rational attacker ddos could be "im ddosing you, pay me 3 million in bitcoin and I will stop" This isnt very likely, as typically those demands are public to put pressure on the target company, but it is possible if they just sent SE the ransom directly... but again, unlikely. An irrational attacker is FAR more likely, this doesnt mean somebody who is completely insane and has no reason, but someone who cannot be negotiated with, they just want to break things. If a rational attacker is a burglar breaking into your home, an irrational one is a drunk teenager trying to throw a rock through your attic window. In this case, I think its pretty clear whats going on. It is someone (or a group) that does not care about money, with no public ransom, and enough resources to repeatedly crash isp nodes (often multiple at a time) they are burning money to bring servers down for no gain. They are also willing to risk felony cybercrime charges (which this definitely counts as). Now the big question, how do you stop an irrational attacker? You dont. You hope they get bored or lose interest. There are some over very high profile mmo ddos incidents, with the most recent famous one being the WoW hardcore classic streamer guild "OnlyFangs" Whenever they pulled a raid boss, the wow servers went down, it was 100% predictable, there were no exceptions. This wasnt because their guild was specifically cursed and making the servers crash, there was just.... a guy(s) who wanted their characters dead. This only stopped after the streamers decided to stop playing hardcore, because it was hurting the game for everyone. Possible culprits Literally anyone with money, I suspect based on timing its someone who really wants NA to lose the world race? but it could also just be someone who wants to hurt FFXIV's reputation, and messing up the world race is the easiest way to do it But why is it only ffxiv? It isnt, its just that taking down any game costs a lot of money, so its very rare, even if you are just running a server for a few friends, you could be ddosed, it would just cost them far more to kill the server than it costs you to run it. There are obviously DDOS solutions, but they really only work for website, and the solution for something that needs server connection is an active and ongoing problem, its (part of) why so many competetive games switched to peer-to-peer hosting, if you kill the host it only affects that one game, not the entire server. Some more recent examples of non-ffxiv games taken down by ddos Albion online, basically unplayable for several weeks in early summer last year after a mass ban of rmt accounts World of warcraft earlier this week, im not sure why, but blizzard publicly acknowledged the cause on the launcher League of legends also earlier this week, actually no clue on this one either edit: they forgot to renew client license, they did get hit with one ~3 months ago though that also took down steam None of this is confirmed, I am just a third party with no insights into SE internals, using my experience with devops and cybersecurity to put pieces together
January 7, 2026 at 7:42 AM
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atomeja.bsky.social
halmarut... #ffxiv
January 6, 2026 at 6:07 PM
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jelart.bsky.social
comms are finally open!! ✨ check out my commission page for more info and a link to the form 👇
jel-art.carrd.co#commissions
A graphic titled "Commissions open!" showing various examples of character artwork and prices. Portrait B/W $50 Colour $100 Half Body B/W $100 Colour $170 Full Body B/W $160 Colour $250
September 10, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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shinjyu.bsky.social
＼＼✨Sketch Commission Time : FCFS 8 slots✨／／

🔔Please read & fill out this form to apply ⬇️
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🗓️The form will start accepting response on 9th Jan / 21.00 (GMT+7)

ℹ️All Sketch Commission info here
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#shinjyuart #commission
January 8, 2026 at 5:11 AM
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sakedontrail.bsky.social
#FFXIVART #FF14
December 25, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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keymonster.bsky.social
#resist
An illustration of an opossum holding a sign that says abolish ICE.
January 8, 2026 at 2:07 AM
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egguv.bsky.social
slow dance until our traces no longer remain #ffxiv #ff14 #myart
January 6, 2026 at 8:00 PM
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neurograce.bsky.social
On only hours notice, hundreds of New Yorkers are gathering in Foley Square to protest the murder of Renee Nicole Good
January 7, 2026 at 11:06 PM
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projectgalatine.com
For the past 2 months, I've been working and tweaking a set of tools that explores Color Theory and Mixing using FFXIV's Dye collection.

It's called The XIV Dye Tools!

You can check it out here: xivdyetools.projectgalatine.com

#FFXIV #FF14 #FFXIVGlamour #GPOSER
January 7, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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rose-hikari.bsky.social
✦ The gods of the ocean ✦

I'm so proud to be able to share this composition, it was a real challenge and something I wanted to do for a very long time. This year I really want to create more complex pieces and see how far I can go!

Process in replies ~
#gposers #gpose ⊹ ˖ . ݁
A splash art type gpose edit showcasing 2 characters + an eastern dragon in the distance. They have a lot of presence and are showing their control on the ocean.
January 4, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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elvaanfluff.bsky.social
I think the MSQ story would be improved if Lumull said "FUCK YEAH"

#FFXIV #FFXIVArt #Lumull #lalafell
January 4, 2026 at 9:33 PM
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The voluptuous, Vamp Fatale 💋

Happy Week 1 everyone! I'm going to be eagerly watching world's first for the new tier eeee. Made this print of Vamp Fatale for Magfest this weekend! Hope we see yall there!

#ffxiv #finalfantasyxiv
January 5, 2026 at 7:18 PM
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captainbasch.bsky.social
Final Fantasy XIV Healer Job Stones & Flowers #ffxiv

White Mage + Lilly of the Valley
Astrologian + Amber Kiss Pansy
Scholar + Morning Glory
Sage + Jacob's Ladder
November 20, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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8thcreation.bsky.social
Bopping again because I didn't get enough orders! I need 1–2 bigger orders or 4–5 smaller orders more to sleep peacefully. 💙
8thcreation.bsky.social 8th creation ✨ waitlist open @8thcreation.bsky.social · 8d
🌌 COMMISSIONS OPEN 🌌

4 slots for quick sketches
3–5 slots for other types combined

How to claim:
🌌order on VGen
or
🌌see details on carrd and email me

Reposts appreciated!
Commission examples for full render artworks. Halfbody starts at €150, fullbody starts at €200. Commission examples for simple render artworks. Halfbody starts at €75, fullbody starts at €100. Commission examples for colored sketch artworks. Fullbody starts at €50. Commission examples for custom designs. Outfit starts at €100, character starts at €125.
January 4, 2026 at 1:21 PM
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distributeaid.org
The International Red Cross / Red Crescent orgs are solid. We've worked alongside them in other countries.

Support the Venezuelan Red Cross here (confirmed not on sanction list):
January 3, 2026 at 8:36 AM
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bencollins.bsky.social
Just woke up even angrier. Impeach, convict, remove. Draft articles now. Either we have a representative government or we don’t. Do not shut up about this until there’s a vote.
January 3, 2026 at 1:48 PM
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jdbatts79.bsky.social
Remember how appalled we all were in 2022 when Russia completely unprovoked attacked Ukraine? That is what we’re doing tonight with Venezuela. We are the bad guys here. Everyone who supports this is supporting unprovoked murder. Fuck every last one of them
January 3, 2026 at 6:49 AM