Harassment and banning?

#1 - Oct. 31, 2012, 2:12 p.m.

If someone acts very nasty to a specific other individual by continuously criticizing them, and making rude remarks in general when it is uncalled for, and this continues for days and weeks whenever the harasser encounters the other in the /map chat, then can that person be banned for verbal abuse?

It’s kind of a thin line here because “being an a hole” isn’t against the rules per se’ but what if the specific individual says nasty things to you at every opportunity he gets?

How can the rules differentiate the harasser criticizing everything you say when it is called for, and when he is just going out of his way to be mean?

Gaile Gray

#2 - Nov. 1, 2012, 2:38 p.m.

Have you tried simply blocking this person from seeing you? Have you tried putting him/her on “ignore?” Many of these sorts of issues end up being “mutual antagonism” and we don’t takes sides in those but sometimes act upon both accounts involved.

If someone is truly harassing an individual, without provocation, then the Support Team may give him or her a suspension. Repeated violations could result in an account termination. But many situations that are reported are far less clear-cut than the reporting player believes, and the decisions of a reviewing agent will be impartial and fair.