Months of harassment

[SturmChurro]

yes it will. If they implement tools to stop people from spamming 20 messages in a row it will. Most online games have that implemented in their codes where spamming is not possible. You can put GMs to immediately suspend players etc. So in fact it can be stopped and SE is currently addressing the situation. We will likely see a change in a patch soon hopefully.

Just what this game needs is an auto-ban system, or God forbid right click report (as was suggested before)! Good luck, on SE changing things!

Yeah okay. What a joke. We've ignored him many times when he has come into NN to start his crap, and he still continues to do it. Ignoring him isn't solving the problem. That's just like sweeping it under the rug, and just as bad. Action needs to be taken.

Not gonna happen. Unless SE makes sweeping changes to the way they ban players, and or start restricting trial players. Live with it, or don't. Sorry. Not much else to say. I'd rather not have some troll set some precedent here.

[Nabril]

Seconding this to confirm that it's a major issue. Due to rules, I don't think there's a single piece of evidence that I personally have that can be posted to the forums, however. Almost every single piece contains vulgarities, slurs, etc. I've reported him at one point and at least according to word of mouth, know of at least ten others who have claimed to do the same. He's obviously abusing free trial features in order to do this, as it's always sprouts trolling (very obviously) in place of his main. (Though his main was the initial troll until he mysteriously disappeared for around a month), though now that they're back, they're back with a vengeance and attacking those who have kicked him in the past. At this point the only way for GMs to even deal with him would be an IP ban, and that's only if he hasn't been smart enough to use a VPN. Either way, posting in hopes somehow it helps visibility so the GMs can (hopefully) do something about it.

This is why I'm so against free trials. I wish SE would do away with that feature. It serves no purpose. I mean, they don't even require a game purchase. You can just use the same downloaded files on a hundred different free trials.

[Rinia]

This is why I'm so against free trials. I wish SE would do away with that feature. It serves no purpose. I mean, they don't even require a game purchase. You can just use the same downloaded files on a hundred different free trials.

Free trials really wouldn't be as much of an issue if SE actually made logical decisions. The fact that NN doesn't have the same spam filters as /shout or /yell is kind of absurd, trial players or not.

[SerenityChiba]

Just what this game needs is an auto-ban system, or God forbid right click report (as was suggested before)! Good luck, on SE changing things!

Not gonna happen. Unless SE makes sweeping changes to the way they ban players, and or start restricting trial players. Live with it, or don't. Sorry. Not much else to say. I'd rather not have some troll set some precedent here.

"Live with it, or don't."

Are you kidding me? You're indirectly saying that his behavior is just something we are going to have to deal with, no matter what, whether we like it or not. I don't think so. THAT kind of extreme behavior he displays is NOT something that ANY of us should have to deal with. Just because it is being done in a video game, doesn't make it any less worse than if he were doing it in real life.

[SturmChurro]

"Live with it, or don't."

Are you kidding me? You're indirectly saying that his behavior is just something we are going to have to deal with, no matter what, whether we like it or not. I don't think so. THAT kind of extreme behavior he displays is NOT something that ANY of us should have to deal with. Just because it is being done in a video game, doesn't make it any less worse than if he were doing it in real life.

It's not extreme at all. You have got to be kidding me. It's literally just chat spam designed to make people angry, in this case offended. Have any of you ever actually been on the internet before?

Yes, live with it, or don't. Those are your only options. It is not me saying it's okay, it's me saying there is nothing YOU or anyone here can do about it. You can just keep reporting this person every time it happens, and hope for the best. That's it. The repercussions on this game if SE were to institute any of these proposed measures, OTHER than maybe a spam block, are not worth it. Spam block, which I would prefer to time somebody out instead of ban (suspension) - not everyone is spamming this kind of material. I think a chat timeout is enough for regular spam.

[Malia_Chan]

Just /blacklist that player.

[AngelCheese77]

Just /blacklist that player.

Someone who clearly didn’t read thos topic.

[SnowVix]

Just /blacklist that player.

blacklist is per character, not player

[Kikoten]

Are they still at it? I left the Novice Network a long time ago because I wasn't a mentor at the time and I didn't find anything particularly useful in it. I'm on Brynhildr, and I can't remember which Data Center that's on right now, I'm short circuiting. I find it funny that SE hasn't dealt with this troll yet, because from what I've read so far, the player has violated ToS in almost every way possible. Is it possible for SE to ban a whole IP from their game? Because that's what needs done with this person. The only thing I can think that might be slowing SE down on dealing with this is if they're investigating whether or not the person's account got hacked/stolen... but even then, does it really take that long for them to determine that?

[SnowVix]

Are they still at it? I left the Novice Network a long time ago because I wasn't a mentor at the time and I didn't find anything particularly useful in it. I'm on Brynhildr, and I can't remember which Data Center that's on right now, I'm short circuiting. I find it funny that SE hasn't dealt with this troll yet, because from what I've read so far, the player has violated ToS in almost every way possible. Is it possible for SE to ban a whole IP from their game? Because that's what needs done with this person. The only thing I can think that might be slowing SE down on dealing with this is if they're investigating whether or not the person's account got hacked/stolen... but even then, does it really take that long for them to determine that?

it's stopped entirely, and you wouldn't have seen it since Brynhildr is Crystal