Pawk, you didn't do a very good job of quoting my post. First of all, you forgot this part:
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It’s too early to know whether the dawn of Eorzea will spell the end of Vana‘diel. There are too many players across too many servers for FFXI to die entirely, at least anytime soon. It wouldn’t surprise me if FFXI lived on for years to come.
You also cut out many important lines within the lengthy section you quoted, which changes the meaning and presentation of the article. Seriously, that's not very cool. If you're going to try to use my own words to make some kind of point, then please, don't censor/change my article in the process... otherwise it's misleading.
I'm not the kind of fellow to throw out broad statements that I can't prove one way or the other. That's why you'll never find me definitively writing, "Yes, FFXI will certainly die" or "no, FFXI will certainly not die."
In any case, that's not what my editorial is about. As I stated a few posts ago, it's more about how FFXI will change following the release of FFXI. (If you go back and read the section of the article you quoted in its entirety -- without the lines you omitted -- then that's perfectly clear.)
As to why admins post editorials? It's because the ZAM network is an online media site, and editorials are a basic component of print and online media. In other words, it's part of the job.
It's not ego... don't let my Top Gun avatar fool you!
Edited, Jun 17th 2009 8:33am by Thayos