Quote Originally Posted by LilimoLimomo View Post
In addition, don't be dissuaded by folks who say that just standing in a place isn't breaking the ToS, because it is against the ToS to harass people; that's why GM's exist, because they're humans who are capable of understanding the nuances of human behavior. If people are harassing you, make a report of it will all the details; in this case, it seems like what the players are doing is pretty transparent and the GM's will have no problem identifying it as harassment.
If standing in place was considered harassment, Limsa would be empty most of the time.

The standing in place is not harassment. The characters are not doing anything. The offensive character names, on the other hand, could be considered harassment depending on what they are.

And of course if they are actual bots, that's grounds for permanent bans. The problem is if it's a level 1 bot army as stated, they're probably free trial accounts easily replaced with new accounts.

The only way to try to keep them out is to lock the door and use a bouncer that can control guest access. It will be harder for them to enter if they don't know when the door will be unlocked though it's not a guarantee.

A suggestion would be to turn them into a joke with the venue guests. If they stand together in the same spot all the time and there's some extra items placement slots yet, get some Factory Partitions or Gaol Partitions that can be used to cage them up when they appear then come up with a joke name for the new prisoner group. There may be other ideas to use depending on where they are standing.

Sometimes the best way to get rid of a pest is to make use of them instead of showing they're annoying you.