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Green and Yellow Badge next to players name.
 Odin.Rendra
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By Odin.Rendra 2011-10-24 08:38:38
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I've played FFXI for along time and i have never seen this before what is the yellow/green badge next to a person's name? i just noticed this going through Windurst Woods. Some Taru was running by with it next to his name like a linkshell.
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By Lakshmi.Forsell 2011-10-24 08:56:08
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Did it look like the tail of an arrow, half yellow half green? If so, it's a 'trial adventurer'.

edit: like this?

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By Cerberus.Ciecle 2011-10-24 08:57:20
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I thought it looked like a green shield with a yellow chocobo feather in the middle...

my eyes are bad ._. lol
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By Odin.Rendra 2011-10-24 08:57:37
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Yeah it did, Weird i never noticed them before. Thanks though :D
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By Darkzeru 2011-10-24 09:14:57
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Stupid question inbound but what's a trial adventurer?
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By Lakshmi.Forsell 2011-10-24 09:15:33
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Darkzeru said: »
Stupid question inbound but what's a trial adventurer?

I guess someone on a 'one month free' type deal.

Never seen one myself.
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By Siren.Murdock 2011-10-24 09:27:39
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I saw one in Bastok over the weekend. I was pretty shocked, since I haven't seen one in awhile (like 04' I think).



And on wiki:

Square Enix uses this icon for promotional characters or events to promote the game. (The icon is the same as the symbol used for new drivers in Japan)
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By Carbuncle.Crollion 2011-10-24 09:36:27
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That's the jp newb driver emblem lol love seeing that on the streets makes me laugh but to see se incorp it into the game now that's pure jokes lol
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By Shiva.Mohit 2011-10-24 10:11:32
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when did they do that? it used to be a ? mark.
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By Asura.Isiolia 2011-10-24 10:20:33
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Shiva.Mohit said: »
when did they do that? it used to be a ? mark.

That icon has been in use for a long time. The ? is for a normal new character.
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By Fenrir.Mariane 2011-10-24 10:24:02
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Actually if you see these characters with the icon, it means the character is being played from a Japanese Internet cafe and as Murdock mentioned it's used to promote the game (let people play for free for a while to see how it's like).
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By Bismarck.Misao 2011-10-24 10:42:05
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back when blu and cor and ToA was being promoted, SE had playable characters roaming around in (forgot server name) Altepa Desert for demo play at Comic Con, and the had these icons.
these charas had that icon, where gimped as heck lol and had /anon on.
I got scolded cause I took anon off and started /shouting and /waving at people :x
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By Asura.Nianny 2011-10-24 11:06:58
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I saw this symbol for the first time this weekend on a couple of characters and was surprised aswell... had no idea this existed.
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By Phoenix.Sehachan 2011-10-24 11:10:45
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So are they promoting the game again? :o

...

(they ever did?)
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By Carbuncle.Flionheart 2011-10-24 11:13:28
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I saw it the other day too, I wonder why/where they're promoting it.
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By Cerberus.Weissberv 2011-10-24 11:19:17
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I saw it the other day just before I went to a Voidwatch event:



I went up to him but after a few seconds he ran off in the opposite direction and stopped about 10-15 yalms away from me :P
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By Phoenix.Sehachan 2011-10-24 11:20:01
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Lmao, you scared him!
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By Bismarck.Misao 2011-10-24 11:31:15
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I want that icon, I think it looks neat :(
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By Fenrir.Mariane 2011-10-24 11:35:19
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Bismarck.Misao said: »
I want that icon, I think it looks neat :(

It actually means something like "greenhorn" or "apprentice" so no you don't want it, really ...

http://www.touge.co.uk/wakaba-new-driver-sticker-664-p.asp
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By Asura.Daleterrence 2011-10-24 11:48:39
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Holy crap, SE promoting FFXI!? What will they do next..?
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By Fenrir.Mariane 2011-10-24 15:00:55
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Spotted one yesterday, btw ... (I was not aware of this thread when I took the screenshot)
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By Fenrir.Schutz 2011-10-24 15:13:53
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Codemasters (UK) once did a promotional weekend for the "Rising Force Online" MMORPG (PvP sci-fi/fantasy game) and created several high-level "trial" characters for people to try out at the particular gaming convention.

They warned everyone about it on the game official forum in the hopes no one would gank, grief, or harass these trial players--or talk about how the game was buggy or dying--as that was the kind of exact opposite view of the game the devs wanted to showcase. :p

Hopefully these trial FFXI players get a good reception, too. :p
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By Leviathan.Draylo 2011-10-24 15:17:28
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I saw one too, yesterday.
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