Harrasment & Malicious Intent

[RobynDaBank]

Bad Wolf not Black Wolf

Fuuuu, now I'm embarrassed!

[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.

[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.

[SturmChurro]

The lengths these people will go to to try and get their streamer to do something. Lol.

[Wolwosh]

There's at least 20+ characters with the name Sarah Jane on the lodestone >_<"

[AlyaNimfa]

He sounds like a simp. I’d report and ignore him. Also let the name go and get a new one, it’s tainted now.

[Batbrat]

To be honest, after this I'd just ditch the name lol. I've had a skinwalking ex-friend steal a past name which I openly changed and made sure everyone knew so that they knew the ex-friend was just a creepy weirdo and I've had an ex-partner steal a name too, in hopes I'd talk to them to get it back. Left them to gag and choke, anyone who needs your attention that much is down so astronomically bad, even acknowledging it pulls you down near their blackhole of desperation too. Couldnt be me. Shouldnt be you either. You can wake up and name yourself whatever you want any day of the week. You dont have to bargain or reason for a thing. People can take your name, your look, your tastes, but they can never take your identity nor can they take your attention if you dont let them and it sounds like thats all that person is after. Your attention.

Block them, see if GMs do anything but if they dont, happily change name and move on. They're likely to dump it anyway once they realize you've stopped caring since it'll no longer be of any use.

[Bsrking5]

This depends on if it's trademarked. I know Towelliee''s name is trademarked, and he's had several games force the company to give him the name and they have done so.

Thats kindof different. Try trademarking the word hello, the courts wouldn't allow it. When your brand name is that common your name isn't special and isn't protected. Also that would also mean banning all the other 20 something players with it on the lodestone and the "thousands" of similar names. Thats not gonna happened. OP is in the wrong anyways.

[Menriq]

Thats kindof different. Try trademarking the word hello, the courts wouldn't allow it. When your brand name is that common your name isn't special and isn't protected. Also that would also mean banning all the other 20 something players with it on the lodestone and the "thousands" of similar names. Thats not gonna happened. OP is in the wrong anyways.

Oh I'm not disagreeing, especially since it's a common name. I was just simply saying that a company giving a streamer their name might not be favoritism or a PR move, but rather a legal one.