There is at least one well organized ERP/Troll gang based on Risa. There are probably more than one but I know of one for sure.
Here is a story I want to share. My young daughter went to Risa recently. She knew the event was happening soon. She was excited.
She just beamed in when this ERP’ing Troll Sh_t Bag starts talking trash to her.
....
She ignores him and continues playing. This player and his gang griefed and abused her for 10 minutes before she had to leave. My daughter never said a word in Zone Chat but was Muted...
This guy and his gang should be ashamed of themselves.
This is a well organized ERP/Troll Gang with many Alts to hide from Cryptic and TOS violations.
While I sympathize with your daughter, naming and shaming -- however understandable -- is not allowed on this forum. Best edit out the name. Just sayin'.
I think that policy really needs to be reviewed and revised. All the collecting communities which I've belonged to over the years, have always encouraged naming and shaming, so as to prevent n00bs and the unwary falling victim to abuse, bullying, trolls and or scammers. Like BMR said, it is a wretched, cowardly act, and all a rule about not naming and shaming does, is enables it to happen, and for those who do so, to do so knowing full well that they won't be held accountable, but actively protected by the community itself, which effectively silences the victim :-\
Distinctions definitely need to be drawn between instances of someone simply having a disagreement with or vendetta against someone else, and badmouthing them on forum, and someone giving specific, screenshot examples which show the kind of harassment which folks are reporting here.
When I play, the chat window is minimized. The only way I can articulate my view of the game, is that I don't consider myself as playing a multiplayer game which requires cooperative play, but that I'm playing a game which has multiple players playing independently at the same time, so I pretty much ignore everyone else around me, and just do what the mission/task I'm doing, requires me to do
All the time a community rule enables perpetrators of this behaviour, it will continue People will continue to be griefed, and their only recourse is to report the incident after the event. Personally, I'd rather see a change in policy to make the game a bullying-free zone. Somewhere where people either know, or can find out, who to avoid (or better yet, just Ban Them from the game altogether) Many collectors forums will have lists of 'trusted dealers' so people know who is reliable to transact with, and while there isn't a corresponding 'wall of shame' of people to avoid, open conversation allows people to quickly pick up on who not to approach
Totally agreed. In EvE Online, you had actual GM's, on channel, who would take swift and decisive action. Cryptic, otoh, doesn't care.
'Naming and shaming' isn't entirely benign, though, and could be used to effectuate grudges held towards others (same reason, I guess, why they've always held off on instituting a vote-kick system).
What we'd really need, is a Report button that doesn't, de facto, get /dev/null-ed. Or GM's on the channels. But Cryptic, like I said, doesn't care. They never have.
Oh for sure, there definitely needs to be a way of distinguishing between someone reporting someone because of a grudge, and someone reporting someone due to actual harrassment. As you say, Cryptic doesn't care. I guess the irony being, that the revinue they would lose (which they wouldn't care about) from someone who's being bullied no longer playing, or someone no longer playing, say due to glitches etc, is no different to the revinue they would lose (and not care about) by perma-banning a bully It makes no difference to them, but would definitely give people reassurance that if they are victimised, they can actually do something about it, and it will be acted upon, as it would be in any other walk of life
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And i repeat... its funny how you can complain about name shaming when no names were used but can excuse cyber-bullys who are actually cyber-bullying
I have no idea what your original message said, but baddmoonrizin went in and edited your post to suggest Dental was your intended target. Since I see you've been posting multiple "CYBER-BULLY ALERT^" comments on nabreeki and repetitiveepic's profiles, that edit and warning seems to be accurate.
Of course bullying shouldn't be enabled - that's why you should report them in-game. It worked for me, there was a time when a troll made it impossible to PUG Infected Ground because he would run ahead and lock everyone out in one of the rooms with a forcefield.
Eventually enough people reported him and talked about it on here without naming the specific person. I haven't seen him for a long time. It also didn't help of course that he actually joined in on one of the threads to justify his own behaviour, but still.
Reporting without naming and shaming usually worked for me.
Glad to hear that things were worked out in that instance
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"I was here before you, I will be here after you are gone. I am here, regardless of your acknowledgement or acceptance..." - The Truth
And i repeat... its funny how you can complain about name shaming when no names were used but can excuse cyber-bullys who are actually cyber-bullying
I have no idea what your original message said, but baddmoonrizin went in and edited your post to suggest Dental was your intended target. Since I see you've been posting multiple "CYBER-BULLY ALERT^" comments on nabreeki and repetitiveepic's profiles, that edit and warning seems to be accurate.
Wait. Now this is guy is targeting players' profiles??
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Baddmoon, though you've been subjected to passive aggressive attacks on these Forums, you should see what he says about you on Twitter.
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'But to be logical is not to be right', and 'nothing' on God's earth could ever 'make it' right!'
Judge Dan Haywood
'As l speak now, the words are forming in my head.
l don't know.
l really don't know what l'm about to say, except l have a feeling about it.
That l must repeat the words that come without my knowledge.'
'But to be logical is not to be right', and 'nothing' on God's earth could ever 'make it' right!'
Judge Dan Haywood
'As l speak now, the words are forming in my head.
l don't know.
l really don't know what l'm about to say, except l have a feeling about it.
That l must repeat the words that come without my knowledge.'
So sad that such a worthy topic has to be shut down because the OP has become what they despise. Folks, bullying and harassment is not tolerated on these forums. Regardless of what happens in-game, you cannot bring that here, name and shame, and harass other players. Those are the rules.
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l don't know.
l really don't know what l'm about to say, except l have a feeling about it.
That l must repeat the words that come without my knowledge.'
l don't know.
l really don't know what l'm about to say, except l have a feeling about it.
That l must repeat the words that come without my knowledge.'
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