Harassment Loophole

[Lucerna]

I agree the rules for slander and harassment need to be adjusted. There have been three players who, for the past month, have launched a campaign against me where they publicly slander me in the Balmung Novice Network and stalk me at roleplay events. I've had to stop attending a roleplay event that I founded because they would stake it out and then use disruptive abilities on the roleplayers if they saw me there. It got to the point where I would seize up in panic every time I logged on, and could barely sleep nor keep food down. The GMs have been unable to do anything to ensure my safety. It's only been lessened slightly in the Novice Network because they got bored.

[Jaywalker]

It got to the point where I would seize up in panic every time I logged on, and could barely sleep nor keep food down. The GMs have been unable to do anything to ensure my safety.

Lucerna, I do think you should still be reporting because this behavior is really slimy... but I also think if you're having such an extreme reaction to these people and consider them a threat to your safety then you should probably take a break to take care of yourself. Build some mental/emotional defenses and again, if you think these people are truly a threat to your safety (in the sense that they could realistically hurt your life and/or livelihood outside of playing a game) then you should involve the authorities.

I suspect you said "safety" more in the sense that you felt vulnerable to personal attacks when you wanted to have a good time, because a lot of people speak that way. It's not the same thing, and remembering that is important because extreme threats do come up in online communities. It's crucial to be clear about what you are dealing with, what you are not dealing with, and how much is what you're afraid could happen relative to what is likely to happen. At the very least so that you can keep a level head and make sure everything gets dealt with fairly/appropriately.

Not saying any of this to pick on you. When you said you were struggling to eat and sleep because of this, my immediate reactions were "that's awful" and "that is the point you take a step back from the game to make sure you're okay".

If you mainly play to be social, there are additional avenues available for you to do that. If you mainly are into design, or fighting, or crafting, there are a lot of ways you can engage those activities too. It's not convenient but you really need to put your health first with this dude.

Hope you feel better.

[kidalutz]

I agree the rules for slander and harassment need to be adjusted. There have been three players who, for the past month, have launched a campaign against me where they publicly slander me in the Balmung Novice Network and stalk me at roleplay events. I've had to stop attending a roleplay event that I founded because they would stake it out and then use disruptive abilities on the roleplayers if they saw me there. It got to the point where I would seize up in panic every time I logged on, and could barely sleep nor keep food down. The GMs have been unable to do anything to ensure my safety. It's only been lessened slightly in the Novice Network because they got bored.

It would be Libel since it's in print. but yeah I can understand the issues other than that and tre not cool for it to happen. report them for harassment and move on it'll do wonders for your mental state.

[Lucerna]

It would be Libel since it's in print. but yeah I can understand the issues other than that and tre not cool for it to happen. report them for harassment and move on it'll do wonders for your mental state.

I have. After that, they still stalked me and used abilities to be disruptive. They also continued defaming me in public chat channels (from screenshots from friends). Blocking, reporting, and trying to move on can only do so much.

[kidalutz]

I have. After that, they still stalked me and used abilities to be disruptive. They also continued defaming me in public chat channels (from screenshots from friends). Blocking, reporting, and trying to move on can only do so much.

Damn that really really sucks.