The official Twitter account of Final Fantasy XIV was taken over on June 14 by the Loporrit Tweetingway, who had a day to play around there. Fans found the little role-playing action great and even started a petition for Tweetingway to stay permanently.
This is Tweetingway: On June 13, a tweet from the official FFXIV account announced that the entire community team would be busy the next day and that tweeting would be taken over by a special employee.
It turned out that this employee is a Loporrit named Tweetingway. The cute rabbit took over the official English account of FFXIV for one day and tweeted everything his little heart desired… Even though the first attempts were a bit wobbly and he had to check how tweeting actually works and how to post emojis.
Throughout the day, Tweetingway posted a variety of tweets:
- Polls about what type of carrots he should have for lunch (Spoiler: it was the red one),
- asked players for their Loporrit names,
- posted and retweeted drawings of himself, which triggered a flood of fan art,
- looked for the Loporrit Puddingway, who had gone missing.
All in all, it was an eventful day. In the end, Tweetingway thanked everyone for the many kind messages and said goodbye again.
In the end I drew fanart instead, of you!!! pic.twitter.com/UgaRR6Qavs
— Shenpai (@AeroViro) June 14, 2022
“Please, don’t leave us!”
These were the reactions: The little role-playing action of the community team on Twitter was very well received by many FFXIV fans. The tweets of the “little rabbit” received thousands of likes, retweets, and positive comments, cheering and supporting the long-eared poster.
The action was actually so well received that under Tweetingway’s farewell post, many users begged the sweet rabbit to please stay longer:
- “I will miss you, please come back soon!” – @TheManyMeteia
- “Don’t go, Tweetingway, I will miss you” – @gunbreakmyheart
- “Don’t leave us!” – @Archie_Knighty
- “You were great, my friend! Please take care of yourself and I hope you tweet again soon!” – @SpotOfMummery
Some players even created a petition for Tweetingway to take over the FFXIV account permanently, although it hasn’t been quite as successful as hoped.
PLEASE, STAY WITH ME!!!! pic.twitter.com/TGjCVqXz4h
— Oh Cubus, We’re Really in It Now. (@VelFaros) June 14, 2022
Here’s what the numbers say: But even from the numbers, the action can be seen. On June 14, the official English Twitter account of FFXIV recorded some significant spikes in its statistics. The amount of replies to the tweets skyrocketed and the account gained almost 8,000 new followers. The statistics page Trendmap.com showed the surge in their graphs:
The second highest spike in new followers in the past 12 months was 3,465, so only about half. It happened on September 8, 2021, when the FFXIV account ran a giveaway with various cool prizes. But apparently, they couldn’t compete with a cute rabbit.
With such success, FFXIV fans can be sure that the Loporrit will visit them again in the future.
Tweetingway is the current favorite NPC of FFXIV players. Last week, it was a mother:
Final Fantasy XIV players develop an unhealthy passion for “Mom”
