Fancy a Spot of Mummery?

Fancy a Spot of Mummery?

Amon of Syrcus

Originally Established: June 27, 2018. Main website: www.spotofmummery.com

He’s the fallen Allagan Technologist Amon and these are his FFXIV misadventures.

The full blog archive is now located on the main website. See the links below for more info!

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Remember the post I created a few weeks ago that asked about your thoughts/experiences on being shy, introverted, or socially anxious in FFXIV?

Remember I said I was working on a project around this topic?

This is part of that project - a brand new YouTube channel with a forthcoming series of videos created for and about the shy, introverted, and socially anxious players of Eorzea!

Sorry this took me time to get off the ground, I had to work up the courage to record my own voice, and that was tough as a shy person! XD

It's for that reason, in fact, that this is my very first ever YouTube video:

In the now immortalized words of Kefka:

<This is my first time, so please take it easy!>

How You Can Help!

I've got a lot to learn about making videos, I know, but if you'd like to hop on for the ride and help support this little channel, please reblog this post, hop over to my channel to subscribe, and watch/like the video at it's source!

My channel is absolutely brand new, not a subscriber to the count - will you change that?

I've also created a community section on the channel where we can chat. I know... it's tough to chat as shy folks, but I promise I'm safe and I will be kind! :)

About Introverted Eorzea

This first video is short and mostly an intro to myself and the channel's purpose as I was setting up and exploring video formats. But future videos will tackle topics such as:

What exactly is being introverted? Is that different from being shy or socially anxious?

What is social anxiety? How does that effect being a part of an online community, such as FFXIV?

Why do we feel anxious and how can we handle it when we do?

How do we help other people who struggle with social anxiety?

Lots more... I have a list!

Oh and, shoutout to @dogicrimsonofficial who got an unexpected cameo in this video. Howler popped up for a few seconds while I was recording - can you find them (and me)?

If you have thoughts and ideas, I encourage you to drop them in the comments below the video and let's get a conversation started. Come introduce yourself! Let's take this journey together!

-Link to Channel- -Link to Patreon-

Junelezen 2026 - 6: Star

🌟He's the star of the show...🌟

...and LOVING IT!

💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖

SO CLOSE to getting the mount!!

Well, at least I got these slick new glasses instead, right?

Oh, wait.

Hair clipping strikes again!

Will you allow me to lament for a moment? I don't do this often, but I discovered something today that has made me sad.

As some might know, I've been working on a long-term goal of obtaining the Red Allagan Node mount from Frontlines PVP for Amon. While I do appreciate rewards in the Series tracks along the way, it's really this mount that I've wanted, and have been working on for several years now.

When I switched Amon to be my main last year, I also switched his Grand Company to Adders since that's his in character GC. What I didn't know was... that sorta borks the 200 win PVP achievement.

So, I noticed today after I won - and have won 3 times this week - the achievement didn't seem to be progressing.

I hadn't been paying all that much attention to it since I'd switched. But today, I took note that I still had 141/200 wins before and after today's winning match.

I took to the net to discover something heartbreaking.

If you change GC, you soft reset your progress on some PVP achievements.

Meaning, because this character has 141 wins with the Flames, when I changed with Amon to Adders, I'd have to work up to 141 MORE wins with the Adders in order to start progressing it again!

I was horrified, and sadly switched back to Flames.

My net loss... 24 wins. I lost 24 wins on this achievement not knowing this was a thing. I could have been 165/200 by now. :(

That may not sound like a lot, but for me, it is. I'm not a natural PVPer, so I have to muster the energy to do Frontlines, and generally only play once a day while I'm working on a Series track. So, this was basically two Series' worth of loss for me - more or less, half a year's effort.

Why does it work that way?

Anyhow, I know that I'll eventually earn the mount if I keep at it, but this was really discouraging. Red Node already felt so far away, but now I have to switch to a GC that's not fitting for Amon's character story in order to remake all the progress I lost, and I'm set back so much time and effort.

I guess I'll just have to continue to PVP when I'm done with the Series and pray for wins.

*sad sigh*

Thanks for listening, folks.

Junelezen 2026 - 5: Stunt

Indeed! Hat racks are most important, and I do identify when one is present - and remember it for the future - whenever I can!

Aye, I usually wear my hat, but even I, Amon of Syrcus, need a rest for my head (and neck) from time to time. Not any old spot will do for a hat such as mine!

Junelezen 2026 - 4: Costume

Junelezen 2026 - 3: Black and White

Junelezen 2026 - 2: Theater

Junelezen 2026 - 1: Intro

Must I introduce myself? Aye? Very well, Amon of Syrcus (and Cadu) at your service this fine Junelezen!

OOC:

I hope you don't mind that I'm going to go full force effort to try and catch up with Junelezen today - being out of town earlier this week meant I wasn't able to prepare like I normally would, nor was I here for the first few days to work on this.

Can't escape Momora Mora even IRL!