Quote Originally Posted by Argyle_Darkheart View Post
I appreciate what you're saying, but, no, my main point has always been that people need to calm down and think before they consult a GM.

I do NOT trust GMs to mete out fair punishment. Whether they do or do not is beside the point, as far as I'm concerned; this issue just isn't big enough.
My thought process is as follows:

If this person is doing this to me, for no apparent reason whatsoever, he has probably done something similar to a variety of other players. He may feel he has gotten off scoot free because he's done this to perhaps HUNDREDS of people unknown to myself, and continues to do so because he hasn't gotten any slap on the wrist for his inappropriate behavior.

By bringing it the attention of the GMs, they can now sift through this player's history and see if this behaviorism has been replicated in other incidents, or perhaps add this to an already mounting portfolio of complaints against this individual. If I'm the only individual, then fine, at last this has now been noted. If I am one of many victims, that harassing player should give them a warning and if it continues, escalate beyond that.

Just because I can fix it for myself by putting on my /busy symbol doesn't mean I shouldn't take the necessary steps to potentially protect other innocent players from being griefed by this player (who may not know how to prevent this grief from happening).