HARASSMENT

mother of dragons

Now normally I don't care what anyone says or does, it is a pc game I can walk away. When someone starts naming their guild after me in a derogatory manor I will not. On my server there is a person that has a problem with me and has for years, I usualy just laugh about it, but now she/he has named her guild WinterIdiot . Pretty sure she is either admitting something or harrassing me....so this is where you Devs step in, be it about me or anyone in game people should not be dissed like this. I would certainly appreciate it if you acted because I am not going to engage with this person. Slave her and steal her gold for life but not engage. Thank you

IGN:WINTER
SERVER: Stewart 1192/ub86
PLATFORM: Facebook

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sun ce

My apologies to Winter for butting in...

Osiris,
there is another option which you may have overlooked.
You could send that player a system message telling them that it is not acceptable to name their guild after another player is a deflamatory way, and include a guild name change card with instructions that they change it back.

This approach has presedence. An Alliance in EST was made to change its name after it was found to be directly insulting to another. At least 2 players i know of were sent name change cards when their In Game Names were deemed inappropriate.

The relevant section in ToS would be this "You agree that you will only upload to, distribute, transmit, publish or post through this Site or through our Services Content that does not infringe the intellectual property rights of any third parties; is not indecent, libelous, defamatory, obscene, harmful, threatening, abusive, vulgar, harassing, sexually explicit, or otherwise offensive or objectionable; does not contain expressions of hatred, bigotry, or racism; does not constitute or encourage a criminal offense; is not embarrassing, unwanted, or invasive of another’s right of privacy or right of publicity; and does not violate the rights of any party or violate any laws"

I agree totally with the normal approach of 'blocking' players if they are using offensive or abusive behaviour in chat, but changing a guild name, alliance name or charactrer name is not something which can be made invisible by blocking.

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bubonicreaper

i know what u mean winter.. just they give that same static idiotic advice everytime this issue is brought up.. to the point where hundreds of people at one point was reporting the same person for far worse harrassment for years..  without them so much of even making a report.. ignoring and blocking isnt now nor ever was a solution to this issue..  all the perps do is make new alts and do it all over again..  meanwhile the tos does have a section saying this isnt acceptable behaviour but they only enforce it when it suits them.

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mother of dragons

Ok Joker, I never asked that player get banned. I have been dealing with this person for over 3 years. I just want him/her to change guild name. It is not even about me so much as it is everyone that plays. This sort of thing should not be tolerated. It IS in your own TOS. What if the whole server decided to rename their guilds to be offensive to someone. One does it All can do it. It is not a big ask to send mail to this person with guild name change card and tell her/him that you will not allow such things.

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elfmaiden

Hi Sun Ce,

Interesting suggestion, I will ask the team if it's possible.

Thanks so much

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mother of dragons

OK, guys stop, I did not post to have a running explanation of unrelated  things and useless advice. This person and I have had friction for years and I handle it. I have not even spoken to him/her for months and all of a sudden new guild name WINTERIDIOT. I don't care what it says to me but changing your guild name to INSULT someone else can and should be dealt with. Now I would really appreciate if you two left off, you are totally off topic and though I appreciate that someone took the time to read the thread, if the information given does not help the situation then it gets ignored and bypassed by things that have no relevance . Winter

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no one important

"As long as you don't feed them..." People will and do feed trolls. Some even willingly so simply to get some sort of a reaction out of them. That does not mean you have to pay attention to either party. It is a fairly simple concept. If you do not like what you see from a player block and ignore them and go about your gaming experience.

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bubonicreaper

u are barking up the wrong tree devs wont do anything and quite frankly in this case really shouldnt do anything.. dont take this as a diss more of flattery this person has to worry so much bout u they stooped to this.

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mother of dragons

No Of course he/she can't do anything to me but if GTA condones open harassment then that would be really a shame. Naming a guild WINTERIDIOT when I am WINTER is insulting but if it is fine with the Devs what should I care, maybe she meant to say WintersB!tch but did not have the space. you are missing the point siris

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Ωsiris

Hello,

   You should keep ignoring him and not getting irritated from a game. He physically can not do any harm to you or to your love ones.

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mother of dragons

Thank you bubonicreaper, I think I will take it the same way . and not waste my time with the Devs Blessed be, Winter

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no one important

As long as you don't feed them, trolls will quickly disappear.

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bubonicreaper

no one are u really that much of a idiot that u drank the kool aid and actually believe that?  or are u just hoping to make other simple minds to believe it??  trolls will always troll there will always be 1 or more people who will feed them.. either cuz their friends or just like to egg it on...

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mother of dragons

I thanked you bubon, no need for further comment. It really doesn't bother me for me, but it would bother me if it happened to someone else. If the devs put a stop to it good on them , and if they don't I'll deal with it myself and accept that they condone that behavior.

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no one important

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