Warning for "Grief" Tactics?!

[Senn]

It's time for the FFXIV communities favorite activity: weirdly aggressive victim blaming!

Unstable person melts down because you try to discuss a mistake in a savage PF? It's your fault.

Getting stalked? It's your fault.

Harassed? It's your fault.

Warned or banned unfairly? It's your fault!

You're assuming they are a victim, but no one here would know if they were or weren't for certain.
I can't really blame people being skeptical about OP's story considering their post history, and that there might be other reasons the situation played out the way that it did.
Of course getting stalked, harassed, and sending death threats is wrong and should never happen. That we can agree on.
I remember a little while ago, someone from the forum was being blasted on twitter because they made some comments on female glamour. Some of those twitter users said they were going to find him in game just to bother him. I found that kind of behavior pretty appaling, even if I didn't agree with the guy's post.

[LittleImp]

You're assuming they are a victim, but no one here would know if they were or weren't for certain.
I can't really blame people being skeptical about OP's story considering their post history, and that there might be other reasons the situation played out the way that it did.

We don't know the full story, this much is true.

But there's a huge difference between genuine skepticism, and coming into the thread and just insulting the OP while pretending to be skeptical. A lot of people aren't even entertaining their side of the story, and are just assuming they've done something wrong while making disparaging comments about their character.

[Senn]

A lot of people aren't even entertaining their side of the story, and are just assuming they've done something wrong while making disparaging comments about their character.

That is assumed because they got a warning. The GMs tend to be correct in their assessment that the ToS has been violated in some way. Is it possible there was some kind of error in judgement? Sure, I mean the chance of that happening isn't 0%. But it seems unlikely.
However, an argument could be made that the ToS can be a bit too strict, and the penalties heavy handed

[Kaurhz]

That is assumed because they got a warning. The GMs tend to be correct in their assessment that the ToS has been violated in some way. Is it possible there was some kind of error in judgement? Sure, I mean the chance of that happening isn't 0%. But it seems unlikely.
However, an argument could be made that the ToS can be a bit too strict, and the penalties heavy handed

I'm glad their penalties are heavy handed and that their enforcement of the ToS is as strict as it is. If they weren't as strict or if they didn't resort to the responses how they do now then people would only be more inclined to skirt around the ToS. It's really not that difficult to abide by them.

[kaynide]

A lot of people aren't even entertaining their side of the story, and are just assuming they've done something wrong while making disparaging comments about their character.

I mean, yeah we don’t know the details. But we do know it was enough to merit somebody reporting them, and that the GM did whatever due diligence is required of their job, and that said GM decided it was indeed enough of a violation to merit a warning.

That the OP is vehement in saying they’ve done nothing wrong, and seems to care more about a “blemish in a perfect record” more than trying to understand what of their behavior could possibly be interpreted as reportable gameplay is very telling. Moreover when they admit to making questionable gameplay decisions that could very easily be misunderstood as malevolence.

Most people would just take this up directly with a GM and chalk it up to a learning experience, and perhaps offer insight on how to avoid future infractions without threatening to go full on rage mode.

I hope OP figures this out, and hope they do indeed find themselves innocent if that is the case. But if it isn’t I hope they accept the GM decision with grace and let it be.