Submit Your 10-Dai News

[Elmer the Pointy]

This is a fun activity I would like to spread across the various forum communities and blogs related to Final Fantasy XI. There's no contest or prize involved, but I thought it would be interesting to see the kinds of accomplishments that are important to each set of players.

If you want to run this thread on your forum or blog, just make a New Thread or blog post, copy/paste this explanation from JPButton ( CLICK THIS LINK ), and then Pingback/Trackback the page. A link to your forum will appear, and I will manually add it to the list of all forums and blogs participating. Other visitors can then check out your list, and the lists of your forum-goers.

Anyone can participate: big forum communities, Linkshell forums, personal blogs... just Pingback and you're added! If you can't Pingback, you can email elmer@jpbutton.com and ask to be added manually.

What is 「10大ニュース」？

10大ニュース (juu dai nyuusu), is literally a list of 10 big(大) bits of news(ニュース) or events that have happened to you over the past year.

In Japan, the end of the year is filled with parties and drinking, much more so than the beginning of a new one. As the next year fast approaches, people will hold a 忘年会 (bou-nen-kai) , or a gathering (会) to forget (忘) the current year (年). This is accomplished through copious amounts of alcohol, and often times, the telling of one's 10大ニュース. It's like a personal Top-10 list.

This list can contain any 10 events that you feel have affected you deeply, most often in a positive way. As we all close another year here on Earth, (and thus another 25 years in Vana'diel), I felt it would be fun to combine a little bit of Japanese culture with the community's penchant for touting in-game accomplishments. Everyone likes sharing their success, so here's a perfect chance!

Here's an example of what a list might look like:

You can include equipment you've gotten:

10. Acquired Dancer AF Attire

9. Completed all Automaton attachments

You can include things that were special to you.

8. Got promoted to Sackholder in my LS

7. Convinced my friend to sign up for the game

Maybe you conquered some personal challenges, however big or small.

6. Beat all the Level-20 Avatar quests

5. Solo'd all my Scholar Artifact quests

Perhaps endgame is more your thing.

4. Completed Relic Weapon: Claustrum

Or e-peen.

3. SOLO tanked Cerb against ally of DD's

The more creative of you out there could write from your character's point of view.

2. Teamed up with Lilisette to catch Cait Sith

And game-related stuff is okay too

1. Opened a new website and received amazing support from the best MMO community in the world.

What's your 10大ニュース？

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[Baelorn]

Awesome idea, Elmer! I'll try to get it setup with my Blog

[LaLaLawi]

Now I actually have to make a blog. Thanks Elmer, you finally got me off my fat a$$!! I'll work on it tonight whilst I work (gotta love working alone) making this theme my first post. HUZZAH!!

[ninesunz]

10. getting less addicted to ffxi
9. sam AF head
8. got all mythic weapons for all my Lv. 75 jobs
7. got that good for nothing mnk mythic weapon skill unlocked XD
6. finished sam merits
5. finished mnk merits
4. nyzle isle 80! (all pickup)
3. run ffxi on linux
2. osode
1. black belt