How to handle in-game stalkers?

[Silversnow]

If the guy is spoiling anime then really your outta luck and I fully see why SE is blowing you off (and rightfully so!). Same thing about making noises next to you with training dummy. Really?

However if the guy is getting pretty creepy you should ask SE support what numbers of theirs you need to include in a police report and see what response you get out of them.

[MirielleLavandre]

@OP, I've had similar issues but don't waste your money on a name change or phial-- if this person is as terrible as you describe and really stalking you, they will just do what happened to me and look up your character via google using any of your old characters names and it will redirect him to whatever you renamed your character to/display your new race/look. If he's really paranoid, he might've just bookmarked your lodestone and then that will always keep up with any changes at all you'd do since it is done by character ID (that sucks, too, SE really needs to fix that as well as the linking old to new once someone name changes).

The only recourse left that may work, and worked for me, is transferring servers. Most people won't spend $18 just to stalk someone in a game, and if they do....well, that's a good sign it is time to take it to the real life authorities. ^_^V Good luck!!

[Devils_Lawyer]

Does this count as cyber stalking? I have his full name and address and could file against him if I needed to.

If you know his real life information just get a hold of him via phone or something and tell him to stop before he ends up getting hurt.

Alittle intimidation goes along way when he aint protected by the safety of his keyboard.

[Coatl]

If you call him he would have your phone number.
I don't think that would be worth it..

[Galliano]

Try telling him you've passed on his full name and address to the police and see if that discourages him.

[Cyrus-Wallace]

How isn't that falling into "harassment", GMs? o_O What was the response that you received from them?

[kyuven]

Call him from a phone number not your own (prepaid phone works best for this) and ask him to stop. RECORD THIS using a method of your choosing. Have a witness who is willing to corroborate the conversation took place. The more neutral the better. Make sure he's on speaker phone if you can.
Confront him again in-game (this requires taking him off blacklist) and ask him to stop. take screenshots and PHOTOGRAPHS of the conversation.
Then, go down to your local courthouse and ask for your options. Often times this will be a restraining order, it varies depending on state or jurisdiction. But basically, if he is affecting your emotional well-being and is stalking you, he is committing a crime and steps can and should be taken.
Also, file petitions with square enix as much as possible about him. Even if it doesn't work, keep at it.
Oh, and if he's bothering your ENTIRE FC? Have them all do the same. And keep filing petitions.

[Riepah]

What terrible crimes has he committed, besides spoiling anime and attacking your training dummy? Why not just ignore the guy? It's not like he can actually harm you in the game or anything.

[Coatl]

It's true. You're not losing anything by ignoring him because you won the moment you put him on blacklist. If he wants to spend his days as a ghost hovering over your FC then that's his questionable decision.

Unless you confront a GM about it personally you will probably get no real response from them. I had an FC member once that would report strangers because they would hover over our FC house for too long. Some of them were just trying to be legitimately friendly too. I could imagine that if there other people who report for frivolous things such as that, most reports aren't glanced at a second time.

[kyuven]

What terrible crimes has he committed, besides spoiling anime and attacking your training dummy? Why not just ignore the guy? It's not like he can actually harm you in the game or anything.

It's true. You're not losing anything by ignoring him because you won the moment you put him on blacklist. If he wants to spend his days as a ghost hovering over your FC then that's his questionable decision.

Both of these ignore the point that he's harassing everyone ELSE as well. They've effectively had to include a caveat in their FC's recruitment to include "ignore the psycho on our lawn." He needs to be punished properly.