Harrasment & Malicious Intent

[Markfresh]

They are standing in front of me atm, talking to momodi, i dont think its a bot

[RobynDaBank]

Lol, that "deadline" made me crack up. What sort of baddie does this person think they are? I bet they said nothing when OP explained that's impossible because people are in the middle of transferring, like a kidnapper who hangs up on the hostage's relative when they say "how am I supposed to get the money?"

[Packetdancer]

impersonation is against TOS. if you haven’t done it yet, file a report

Much as I sympathize with OP, putting on my "god help me I used to be on the other side of the player/developer divide for an MMO at a past job" hat for a moment, "impersonation" in the context of a TOS document usually means that someone is deliberately misrepresenting themselves as a different person with intent to either defraud (such as by pretending to be a Square-Enix GM and trying to scare someone into giving up their password) or defame (such as pretending to be a prominent streamer with a very distinctive name and then deliberately acting in a way to ruin their reputation).

From what I see in the original post, the person's being a blackmailing jackass -- and there might well be something in that behavior that you can pin a TOS violation on, don't get me wrong -- but it sounds like they're just inconveniencing you, not impersonating you, so I strongly suspect you're not going to manage to make "impersonation" stick.

Especially since "Sarah Jane" is not a distinctive enough name that I think you can argue meaningfully that someone looking at the name will immediately think of you specifically. I mean, I had a character briefly (on a different MMO, not here) named Sarah Jane, as a reference to Sarah Jane Smith from Doctor Who. My friend had managed to make a character who looked like David Tennant, and we decided to make a joke out of it and a bunch of friends and I put together more or less an entire TARDIS crew drawing from both NuWho and Classic Who; there was an AussieTeagan and a SarahJane and a RoseTyler and a DoctorMartha... and one friend even made Adric (as "MathBoy") before he reconsidered the wisdom of that choice. It was a whole Thing.

(In my defense, we were really, really bored that weekend.)

Don't get me wrong, I think this person's being a jerk. I just don't think "impersonation" as it's likely meant in the TOS is going to work to try to nail them to the wall.

But you have my sympathy, nonetheless.

[Shibi]

...one friend even made Adric...

I liked Adric, pity he had to end up on the B-Ark and plummet to a fiery dinosaur-killing death.

[RobynDaBank]

I mean, I had a character briefly (on a different MMO, not here) named Sarah Jane, as a reference to Sarah Jane Smith from Doctor Who. My friend had managed to make a character who looked like David Tennant, and we decided to make a joke out of it and a bunch of friends and I put together more or less an entire TARDIS crew drawing from both NuWho and Classic Who; there was an AussieTeagan and a SarahJane and a RoseTyler and a DoctorMartha... and one friend even made Adric (as "MathBoy") before he reconsidered the wisdom of that choice. It was a whole Thing.

If only Black Wolf would have been a less popular of a name so you guys could have nabbed that too.

[Bearded]

Bad Wolf not Black Wolf

[kaynide]

Sorry OP. Sucks, but there is no way to prove anything from out of game chat. Moreover, as many people said, your name is a pretty “John smith” common name- a random name generator could have made the character using your name.

Get the character offering to sell you the name or otherwise screenshot them threatening you/impersonating you in the actual game then go for it. So far there is no actual impersonation or threat happening.

Otherwise, the GMs really just have to assume it’s a random player. I’m sure you didn’t, but there is no way to prove you/your mods aren’t just chatting randomly to yourself/a friend in twitch to make it look like someone is harassing you.


Moreover, I would exercise caution if you are streaming. Basically, if you rant about some one stealing your name and your fan base starts harassing them in game, you might land in hot water.

[Packetdancer]

I liked Adric, pity he had to end up on the B-Ark and plummet to a fiery dinosaur-killing death.

I actually think poor Adric got a really lousy deal, yeah, though I recognize he's not a terribly popular character. The reason the person thought better of it was less because of Adric-as-a-charcter and more we gave him a lot of crap about picking one of the only companions to permanently die in an episode and how he was dooming his character from the start.

If only Black Wolf would have been a less popular of a name so you guys could have nabbed that too.

Oh, the short-lived guild we made was named "Bad Wolf Incorporated". We went deep on the joke; as I said, we were bored.

But as much as I love fan-nerding out about stuff I enjoy, none of that's directly relevant to OP's situation. Save inasmuch as an illustration of the fact that unfortunately it's hard to argue that "Sarah Jane" as a name is specifically and uniquely identified with this particular player.

Bad Wolf not Black Wolf

To be fair, on an FFXIV forum, accidentally writing "Black Wolf" (i.e., Gaius van Baelsar) instead of "Bad Wolf" is a pretty understandable typo.

[Fyrebrand]

Sorry to hear this happened to you, but to be brutally honest I don't expect the mods to help you on this and the best thing you can do is just ignore them. Blacklist them in game, ban them on your Twitch, and neither you nor anyone representing you should bother to respond to them or give them attention on any platform. Move on, and take all the fun out of it for them.

[RobynDaBank]

Bad Wolf not Black Wolf

Fuuuu, now I'm embarrassed!