"I was obsessed with FF11, and I made something like a prototype of Discord as software that could be used while playing the game."

Discord is obviously the de facto service to use for gamers that want to talk with their friends, and as it turned out, its origin story is quite similar.

Stanislav Vishnevskiy is also fond of Final Fantasy 14 but hasn't built anything quite as comparable as a result

Social platform Discord was originally developed so its designer could chat with friends while playing Final Fantasy 11. Yes, we have Square Enix's first MMORPG to thank for the birth of Discord, a platform that's now used globally for voice chat and building communities.