Final Fantasy 14: Dawntrail's world first raid race is over. After the release of Patch 7.05 yesterday, teams from around the globe hopped into voice chat, assembled their parties, and wept profusely as dozens of materia vanished into their pentamelds—all to have the honour of saying, "we did it first."
In case you're unfamiliar, Final Fantasy 14 does its raids in tiers, each containing four boss fights. "Normal" difficulty, which releases first, is easy enough to be done with a group of seven randoms, so there's not really a race involved—but "Savage" difficulty is the bulk of the game's hardcore content, making it perfect material for a breakneck competition. Players had two weeks between the Normal difficulty to prep and get their crafters ready for the occasion.
