This game...

[Bobby66]

Did you miss the part where OP LITERALLY LEFT AREAS and the person followed them?

If they were black listed the person in question would not be able to say anything to them. So it boils down looking/ following should be a punishable offense?

Like that cannot be abused. Since what else could be done to prevent such behavior.

Edit: if a person spams emotes and other things report but even then I don't a GM would have the authority to do much. Since that is also getting into murky waters that can easily be abused by other players.

[IkaraGreydancer]

If they were black listed the person in question would not be able to say anything to them. So it boils down looking/ following should be a punishable offense?

Like that cannot be abused. Since what else could be done to prevent such behavior.

Edit: if a person spams emotes and other things report but even then I don't a GM would have the authority to do much. Since that is also getting into murky waters that can easily be abused by other players.

Following irl can be reported to the police. Stalking is stalking. Only real difference here is you can log off the game, but a person shouldnt have to do that hence why they report. The "it can be abused" defense doesn't work here really. There aren't a ton of folks reporting for stalking in this game. And to advocate for less folks to do so when they are being stalked makes no sense. You'd need to actually be doing something shady to even be considered a possible stalker by someone. Stuff like what OP posted is a clear example.

I don't often agree with Stormy but I'd 100% support some blacklist changes to curve many of these issues.