How to stop a stalker?

[ExKage]

This creepy story from FFXI comes to mind.

http://gathzel.livejournal.com/748.html

But really OP, I suggest ignore them for now, even if they follow you around it won't ammount to much in a world of instances and fast teleport.

This isn't just creepy. It's terrifying and disgusting.

[Vahlnir]

This creepy story from FFXI comes to mind.

http://gathzel.livejournal.com/748.html

People have already said what my own thoughts were on this, but this was me as a read the page from top to bottom:

People never cease to amaze me.

[SavageWolf]

This creepy story from FFXI comes to mind.

http://gathzel.livejournal.com/748.html

I can't believe I read that whole thing... Wow.

There are some people out there that need some serious help.

[cearka]

This creepy story from FFXI comes to mind.

http://gathzel.livejournal.com/748.html

But really OP, I suggest ignore them for now, even if they follow you around it won't ammount to much in a world of instances and fast teleport.

w.t.f. did I just read O_o that was a trainwreck.

[Grey_Cain]

This creepy story from FFXI comes to mind.

http://gathzel.livejournal.com/748.html

But really OP, I suggest ignore them for now, even if they follow you around it won't ammount to much in a world of instances and fast teleport.

Well, after reading that, my advice to you, Symphony42, to Gathzel, and others being stalked in-game is to ignore the stalker entirely. By all means, keep pictures of the logs, especially of a log where you straight out tell them to leave you alone, and get whatever other evidence you need to prove they're saying what you say they're saying. But after you tell them to leave you alone you need to try to avoid acknowledging the stalker's existence as much as possible and under no circumstance respond to anything that they say or do no matter how disturbing or insulting, no matter how much you just want to put them in their place, no matter how often they demand you talk to them or how much they threaten you. You want them to go crazy, to provide evidence of their craziness on their own, but you do NOT want to involve yourself in that crazy because it only gives people something sympathetic to latch onto if they don't want to believe you.

They get hope when you talk to them, no matter how negatively. They believe that conversation is a starting point to beginning/repairing a relationship. They believe that conversation itself is evidence of a relationship. They will exploit their relationships with others to try to trick you into a conversation, but you must resist.

Do only as much as you're comfortable with if you find yourself stuck in a group with the stalker (for FC/LS raids or whatever), whether that be to treat them as a DF throwaway member or to just leave the group entirely. I don't recommend doing things to make a dungeon harder on others because that will only turn them against you, but don't be afraid to just abandon the group if you can't stay calm and continue ignoring the stalker. Don't expect them to leave the group. Don't try to vote kick them yourself; let someone else get fed up with them and initiate the vote. They will, of course, accuse you of initiating the kick, but you have to let them continue thinking that and don't try to defend yourself. If they bring it up with the FC/LS, you will be able to cheerfully respond to others that you did not initiate any votes and there will be no opportunity for them to gain sympathy.

Use /busy when you start receiving /tells so you stop receiving them entirely, even from new accounts (great for stopping gil-sellers, but you have to re-use this every time you login). Remove emotes from the chat log filters if he's using those excessively. If you find you're having to use /busy every time you log on, consider making a chat LS for your close friends; just make sure that you and (maybe) the people you trust absolutely are the only ones able to hand out access, and make sure that those people know the situation. However, even within this close circle of friends you must continue to avoid talking about the stalker. Don't badmouth them or insult them in LS chat because not only can it give the stalker undeserved sympathy but it will cause you yourself to begin breaking down and making it harder to avoid responding to the stalker.

If you are in the same FC, make sure your FC knows the situation and that you refuse to acknowledge the person, but don't be surprised if you don't find support (like Gathzel eventually had to find out). Let it be known that you do not know this person, you do not wish to know them, and you will still do what is necessary to complete the FC's objectives if you are forced to deal with them even though you don't want to. Again, as long as you can refrain from speaking to them as a person (tactics only) while still performing in-game duties, the person will eventually out their own crazy.

It will take time. It will take effort to stop yourself from doing anything to acknowledge their existence. But over time, the energy they put into the stalking will dwindle. As long as there is no conversation, there is no relationship. As long as you continue to say nothing, there will be nothing for them to show others to gain sympathy. As long as you can outlast them, it will end.

Above all, if you start hearing from them in real life, start calling the police.

[ShinigamiZero]

This creepy story from FFXI comes to mind.

http://gathzel.livejournal.com/748.html

But really OP, I suggest ignore them for now, even if they follow you around it won't ammount to much in a world of instances and fast teleport.

Very interesting read, psychologically speaking of course.

[Bluevann]

This creepy story from FFXI comes to mind.

http://gathzel.livejournal.com/748.html

That is almost worth of a creepypasta...

[Elim]

This creepy story from FFXI comes to mind.

http://gathzel.livejournal.com/748.html

But really OP, I suggest ignore them for now, even if they follow you around it won't ammount to much in a world of instances and fast teleport.

This makes me sad and scared. The poor person who got stalked paid the same price as the stalker.

[Foo01]

Deleting character sound like a terrible idea. Definitely report them and report them again.

Having said all that, can you teleport? If you teleport and they are not your friends list and you did not join their friends list, how can they find you? It like the millenium falcon, you jump into hyperspace and the empire loses Han Solo. Do a double teleport and I'm sure they won't be able to track you anymore. /follow doesn't work when you cross over zones.

[Sub-Xero]

Deleting character sound like a terrible idea. Definitely report them and report them again. If you teleport and they are not your friends list and you did not join their friends list, how can they find you?

If you think doing something that works is a terrible idea then yeah, deleting their character is a terrible idea. The downside is that it could take a few weeks for them to restore a character. They say it's not 100% successful but I've never had an issue with it. They even say it's a "one time deal" but I had the same deleted character restored three times in FFXI lol. I realize this isn't FFXI but they have the same rules and guidelines for it and I've already went through the process. As for teleporting; you can search for players so that wouldn't work.