Online turned Real Life Harassment

[Claviusnex]

Remember this forum has a bias against Balmung. We always did it. We always are the problem. Every time.

Recognizing you have a server problem is the first step to recovery.

[JackHatchet]

Balmung people should take pride in being the butt of every joke. That's not going to change.

[DamianFatale]

Recognizing you have a server problem is the first step to recovery.

We don’t though?

Balmung people should take pride in being the butt of every joke. That's not going to change.

Do people that have dwarfism take pride in being called “Midget?” Do Black people take pride in being called the n word? Do LGBT+ take pride in being called gay slurs? No one should have to take pride in being the butt of an uncomfortable a joke. Ever.

[Theodric]

People joking about Balmung is nowhere near as bad as cases of actual discrimination.

Balmung's reputation is also well deserved. A significant number of people playing on the server are exceptionally weird, inappropriate and just plain difficult to deal with. It shouldn't be rocket science as to why outside observers find the place to be so amusing.

[DamianFatale]

People joking about Balmung is nowhere near as bad as cases of actual discrimination.

Balmung's reputation is also well deserved. A significant number of people playing on the server are exceptionally weird, inappropriate and just plain difficult to deal with. It shouldn't be rocket science as to why outside observers find the place to be so amusing.

There are inappropriate people on every server. It’s not a Balmung exclusive issue. Honestly Mateus has gained a status as the ERP server too. Are we going to bash it too? I’m not hearing it.

[Rosentretter]

There are inappropriate people on every server. It’s not a Balmung exclusive issue. Honestly Mateus has gained a status as the ERP server too. Are we going to bash it too? I’m not hearing it.

Don't lose the focus of the main subject you're trying to talk about on this thread. Most people who talks about Balmung hasn't even been there before, and it's almost always hear say stuff. Doesn't matter what server people comes from, harassment is harassment and it should be addressed. At least as mentioned before, there are some options to deal with.

[RareItems]

Just keep everything ingame and don't use any form of voicechat and give out any contact information and you should be fine .

[Claviusnex]

We don’t though?



Do people that have dwarfism take pride in being called “Midget?” Do Black people take pride in being called the n word? Do LGBT+ take pride in being called gay slurs? No one should have to take pride in being the butt of an uncomfortable a joke. Ever.

Man you need to lighten up. A little ribbing in a public forum about your server is nowhere near the level of your examples. If your pride is so tightly tied to the server you're on and affects your emotional state so strongly I think you should discuss it with a professional.

In the case of real life harassment as others have said you need to put together what proof you have and contact the police. You also need to contact SE if it started as the result of the game so they can save things for a potential warrant. I hope the appropriate authorities get the situation resolved quickly I know it deosn't feel good to have someone stalking you and making your life miserable.

[Awful]

If someone's stalking you and you've contacted the police you have bigger issues than posting on the forums i'm sorry to be that person but you should probably take a step back and figure this out then wasting time on the forums about Balmung pride n what not.

[dotsforlife]

Oh, that's right. When moving to another data center, all names turn into Unable to Retrieve. But yeah, works only if you switch dc. If you stay in, say, Aether, you still can see everyone's names. Such an outdated system. If I remove someone from my friend list, I wanna be removed from that person's list as well :/

Just as an FYI, even doing all of that a person could still track you via your lodestone. All they need to do is save your specific link and they'll know any name/server to change to. From there they could make an alt on said server to harass or whatever. Just thought I'd share. It's a common issue in other MMO's as well. But yeah, the current FL design is pretty bad.