Is it a violation of the CoC

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Such a sad, sad little person.

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puts on Level 17 Trolling helmet of Turdulence
Which one?

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Just flag the impostor with ā€œinappropriate user nameā€.

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Without an explanation, how would an outsider know what was going on in this example?

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I really miss the old Blizzard forum report system where you can explain why do you think the poster you flagged is an offender.

Also, I think if this is FF14, the impersonator or harasser would have get banned when people reported them.

FF14 took harassment case extremely serious there.

For the recent example:

There were few guysā€™ harassing a popular WoW streamer on his first day playing FF14 and they got banned/ suspended on the next day which even surprised the WoW streamer on how swift the action was taken from the FF14 team.

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That must be Bravata :rofl: You should also change your name to The Real Meteorblade or something.

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Amusingly, heā€™s claimed Iā€™m obsessed with him, whilst also having done thisā€¦
https://imgur.com/a/1FSBdH4

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Heā€™s a psychopath, thatā€™s why.

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Please watch out for not breaking the code of conduct yourself and getting a suspension.

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This is one of those reasons why weā€™ve needed more active, visible moderation here for a long time. While impersonations havenā€™t been the most common of offenses, itā€™s not difficult to see that the intent was malicious.

Whatever internet alias I use has always been something I try to make distinct enough to avoid copycats. In the case of MBā€™s name, I canā€™t say itā€™s one Iā€™ve commonly come across. Coincidences can certainly happen, but the renaming emboldens the malicious intent. It was a conscious act to take one name and change it to another, and to proceed to actively post in the same forums the ā€œoriginalā€ does in a controversial manner.

Needless to say, were we on the MU*s I ran in the past, the ban wouldā€™ve been swift and immediate. Not just to the renamed account, but all of them. There are lines you simply donā€™t cross.

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Hopefully the mods will do something about this tomorrow when they get back to work.

  • If not just add it to the list of the other Blizzard problems.
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The imposter got me.

I saw at least two posts from the fake one without noticing the post count. I actually thought one of those posts was a weird thing for the real one to say, seemed oddly phrased. It stuck out to me, but I didnā€™t give it too much mind.

Didnā€™t realize what had happened until I saw this thread.

And thatā€™s someone whoā€™s read a bunch of Meteorbladeā€™s posts on the forums. A forum mod who isnā€™t terribly familiar with the people in question would definitely need some sort of explanation.

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Wouldnā€™t be the first time. :laughing:

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I feel confident such an explanation will be communicated.

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The mods should be back at work today, letā€™s see if they do anything about the FakeMeteorblade. :point_left:

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I should think so. Impersonation with the intent to troll and harass another player is not something they allow. Chances are high it will be dealt with in some way.

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Thanks for the update. :point_down:

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Looks like itā€™s been taken care of, his posts are named ā€œPlayerā€ which is a forced name change or an outright ban

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I am not going to really get into that Avalon. I see you just edited. I canā€™t talk to forum mods directly if that is what you are asking. I can report things of course until my 5 flags are used up.

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Heā€™ll be back eventualy, and come up whit something even more anoyeing.

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