Several Final Fantasy XIV players have reported receiving temporary bans for ‘datamining’ – digging around in the game’s data files to find traces of upcoming content and share the surprise. The MMORPG’s rules do forbid this but it’s still a surprise to see it enforced. Players do this in all sorts of live games these days, ever hungry for sneak peeks ahead of the marketing schedule. It’s a weird way to treat fans.

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