Well, in response to Enraya, I haven't seen any place where G___G ( how many underscores anyway?
) have exerted influence. It's just that it can if it wants to. Like suppose there's you online in-game, and let's say so is Yosei (neither of you take this personally please, I'm just giving an example). You both are just chatting normally, and the topic shifts to the FF forums. Enraya mentions some person xxx she doesn't like in here, because of _____ reason. Yosei acknowledges it, and sometime later, she logs in to FF and looks at the type of posts xxx made. Let's assume, she didn't like the posts either, well, she has the power to ban xxx.
Now I'm not saying any of you would act in this way, because I trust you. The problem is that not everyone trusts you. Let's assume some new guy vasu619 (yet another example) signs up, and takes a look at the list of mods/admins etc etc. He then finds some posts by these mods, and then sees they're all in G___G. Then he thinks to himself "better be careful around this G___G guild...". And then he's going to think twice before he wars G___G for whatever reason. Basically, it's going to make him uncomfortable around G___G members.
Let's suppose, this vasu619 guy passes some rude remark about Yosei (example) in-game. Now, nobody is perfect, and even if Yosei tries not to ban him, give him an infraction...etc. in these forums, the general feeling of dislike will be there. A non G___G member will at the most rant in the All The Rage forum, while a G___G member can make his/her displeasure more well-known amongst his/her guildies, who just "happen" to be mods on these forums.
Anyways, like Bla~ahs said, it's all about trust. I have that trust. But does everybody else?
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