Was I in the wrong?

[Ronduwil]

Its just culture really. In WoW, me and friends used to do the same thing. Find rando, emote at him non stop while following him, get a huge train going with more randos cuz being part of a thing is fun, good times and laughs for all. You don't go for someone specific over and over cuz then that's harassment. Some things people just read too much into and try to put a meaning or intent that was never there.

This doesn't sound like culture. This sounds like maturity level. This is the kind of thing I might have done with my buddies at age 15 when I had lots of time on my hands and relatively few RL responsibilities. Annoying a random person for the crime of simply playing the game sounds like a huge waste of time to me, not good times and laughs for all. If I were the rando in question, I would simply have you guys on ignore and go about my business. I acknowledge, however, that others are more immersed in their playing experience and might genuinely be upset by this. So even though I personally wouldn't take offense to that type of activity, I wouldn't participate in it either out of a sense of basic decency.