Quote Originally Posted by Granyala View Post
I still don't get how s/o can be harassed with a screenshot that has obvious client modifications visible. Every sane person would automatically disqualify such a screenshot.
Oh yes I still remember black mageweave and other low level skimpy stuff (esp. early TBC, Blizard seems to have lost it's appetit for that later on).
Then I will go into more detail.

So the second player I mentioned, who got harassed over screenshots taken from uncompromising angles in revealing gear, at a time when transmog/glam did not exist.

First of all the screenshots were cropped and/or blacked out any names and chatlogs that showed who actually took the screenshot, but left the name of the subject above their head. So it was clear who the figure was in the screenshot, but impossible to tell who took it. The player knew who it was because they were on a forum together, but they had no way to prove to Blizzard that the person who owned that forum account was the same player they were accusing of harrasment.

The person in the screenshots was very shy so some people thought it would be hilarious to talk about how she is a closet skank because of her outfit in the game. They said some really sexually explicit things about her and then mused about what they would do to her character. It went on for several weeks. Then a rumour started that she was the one posting the screenshots herself in order to seek attention.

Because she could not prove to Blizzard who was behind the harassment, the only thing she could do to escape the situation was to quit the game or start again on another character. At the time server transfer, name change, race and gender change did not exist. If you wanted to be someone new and go somewhere new, you had to create another character.

While this is an extreme situation the point is that these things do occur. I'm not comfortable with the idea of glam removal defaulting to the equipped gear, racial gear or AF gear because some of it can be very revealing, especially on females. If a player chooses to not show certain skin, then no other player should be able to see it. So this is why I say if glam removal comes to the game it should put players into modest outfits, to reduce the chances of a situation like the above happening.

And no I do not take issue with players who choose to glam in revealing gear. That is their choice and I respect it. And I would like others to respect my choice to not to dress in that way.