PlayOnline has scheduled an avatar get-together for June 29. Through a symbolic act coded in the game world’s virtual infrastructure, players of Final Fantasy XI will have the chance to express their romantic feelings for loved ones separated by geographical boundaries. Square Enix’s website describes the event as follows:

“During the festival of Celestial Nights, people write poems to their faraway loved ones on strips of brightly colored paper, which are then tied to bamboo stalks. These arcing stalks of bamboo represent a bridge that spans the great river in the night sky.”

An atypical activity for a virtual game world. Players, consult your hearts. Is it worth pinning your hopes and dreams on the world of Vana’diel?

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