Assorro
09-06-2007, 05:59
I would like to ask you older players about how to properly go about dealing with players which insist on entering your region to continually leave argumentative posts on your RMB.
A member some weeks ago left the region after they were dismissed from a government position, and they left after throwing a tantrum within the region. I excused it then and life went on.
For the past three days this same member has entered the region several times a day using a different puppet everytime to post insults and to cause unrest within the residents of the region. Then they leave.
At first I defended my position but have since stopped replying to their posts so that I don't appear to be provoking this behavior.
Understand that this isn't an in-character argument nor is it a political one. It has not been provoked with the exception that the ex-member did not like being dismissed from office and this behavior has not been solicited nor sought after by me in any way.
How do I stop this harassment? There are now two players doing it. They are in and out so there isn't an opportunity to ban/eject here and even if I did catch one of them, they use a different puppet everytime anyway. They have been asked politely to stop but seem to like to state their fact that they aren't doing anything wrong and flaunting that I am powerless to do anything about it. It's a free region so I don't much like the idea of password protecting a region of 270+ nations because of one or two individuals and according to the response I received after seeking advice from moderators, there isn't a warnable offense here.
What would you do to end this? Is there a process of reporting it everytime so that a pattern starts to become apparent which WILL become warnable? It looks a lot like grieving to me but somehow is dancing on the line.
I figure that more than a few of you have run into this in the past so I'd rather ask the question now then not know the answer later. Thanks.
A member some weeks ago left the region after they were dismissed from a government position, and they left after throwing a tantrum within the region. I excused it then and life went on.
For the past three days this same member has entered the region several times a day using a different puppet everytime to post insults and to cause unrest within the residents of the region. Then they leave.
At first I defended my position but have since stopped replying to their posts so that I don't appear to be provoking this behavior.
Understand that this isn't an in-character argument nor is it a political one. It has not been provoked with the exception that the ex-member did not like being dismissed from office and this behavior has not been solicited nor sought after by me in any way.
How do I stop this harassment? There are now two players doing it. They are in and out so there isn't an opportunity to ban/eject here and even if I did catch one of them, they use a different puppet everytime anyway. They have been asked politely to stop but seem to like to state their fact that they aren't doing anything wrong and flaunting that I am powerless to do anything about it. It's a free region so I don't much like the idea of password protecting a region of 270+ nations because of one or two individuals and according to the response I received after seeking advice from moderators, there isn't a warnable offense here.
What would you do to end this? Is there a process of reporting it everytime so that a pattern starts to become apparent which WILL become warnable? It looks a lot like grieving to me but somehow is dancing on the line.
I figure that more than a few of you have run into this in the past so I'd rather ask the question now then not know the answer later. Thanks.