My name is not against ToS/Rules - Yet being forced to change it

[Avoidy]

There isn't much that can be done by SE to stop that from an administrative pov. IPs change, so an IP block won't work. MAC filtering also wouldn't work, as that changes with each hop in a route.
They need to either make changes to housing to allow block lists to function, which stormy hates because venues, or make it so trial accounts can't access even more, like search info and housing districts at all.

Then they haven't done enough, because that person is still being abused and all they've done is an account ban that even the dumbest kid can skate around by just making a new account. There's a workaround for most things if you're determined enough; doesn't mean they just shouldn't try because he might skate around it. Try the IP ban. Maybe his ISP gave him a static one and it'll actually be a pain in the ass for him to change. Hell, when he wants to make a new account, he has to go to the same webpage on the same PC using the same internet connection to set up a new account, right? Maybe find a way to block him there. Idk. I agree with what you're saying in the last bit though; there need to be more changes to this game overall to make it less friendly for stalkers, but they don't even do that either. Game's been awful in this regard for years and it just stays that way. It's a topic for another thread, but it pisses me off.

More to the point, outside of that thread I posted (I only defaulted to it because it was easiest to find) I could name so many more instances of people just being awful in this game and allowed to continue by GMs who don't do jack because on -these- infractions of the ToS, they enforce the rules sporadically at best. Look at the guy who filmed himself flying through the Fall Guys arena and uploaded it to twitter. Man cheats in pvp every day. Where are the GMs? Nowhere to be seen! Look at the bots under Limsa, just chilling there. Or the bots flying to different nodes in the same zone. Or the bots farming exploratory zones. Same dudes, week after week, no GM action there. Like ... the point is these GMs are not consistent in how they enforce the rules of their own game. They bow to the whims of hurt feefees over harmless BS like some banter in a dungeon or a name shared by thousands of other players, while letting the rest of the game go straight to hell without lifting a finger. Where's the clarity? If the name is so bad, can they make it inaccessible in the character creator going forward? That way nobody ever has to get offended by it again, right? But they won't do this. Because it's not even about the name; it's about the fact that someone got upset and the moderation team is hell bent on placating offended players even when it's frankly obvious that they're just weaponizing their reports to strike at people they dislike.

Please report me for this. The GM could probably use a quick laugh and an easy ticket to dismiss.