The RP related cyber-bullying needs to stop!

massacreXmoon · Joined: 16 Jun 2011 Posts: 6 Location: USA

im being harassed and have a guy trying to kill me ecause i poof when his wife entered MY FAMILYS room i poofed bc the room is a high kb him and his wife always have high kb as well and i tried to tell him i wasnt being rude my computer cannot handle it yet hes still trying to kill me i have alot of things on my account and im being harassed like crazy its ridiculous yet noone does anything about it pardon Exclamation

CountVladDracula · Joined: 07 Oct 2010 Posts: 8088 Location: USA - NY

massacreXmoon · Joined: 16 Jun 2011 Posts: 6 Location: USA

thank you guys so much for your help and i totally agree but maybe we outta make a bigger stand post enough and a few CEOs are bound to get curious and start to take notice as to what its about right? everything starts out small and with enough real and honorable people that rp to support it and take up for the newer ones like you guys do then they will have to listen eventually thats how every group starts out small with no one listening till one day they have to notice pls message me ^^ id really like to help out however i can im not a hardcore RP i light rp like alot of other ppl who are dealing with situations like this from ppl with more experience than us and they like to bully about it and make up crap it puts ppl off or rp and makes them all say its just an awful thing when its suppossed to be a GAME for FUN not somthing that upsets you or makes you just depressed

LethalHeartsBane · Joined: 23 Jul 2009 Posts: 12 Location: USA - NV

Just void his play. IF he is rping....its mixing if he kills you. In fact it would make no difference if he dreams some bs reason to kill you. Its mixing and void. No one has to fear anything here. RP is supposed to be fun. If you dont like how the rp is going, state it and leave. Iif you are attacked for a ooc reason stand there and void it under mixing. Simple. If more people would just relax and have fun with other people in creating the story, the drama would end. Or be kept at a manageable level. Its supposed to be fun not stress. Build you story ignore the drama bitch babies.

EtherialNeko · Joined: 15 Sep 2009 Posts: 1435 Location: United Kingdom

I hope I can help in some small way ^-^

CountVladDracula · Joined: 07 Oct 2010 Posts: 8088 Location: USA - NY

I'm bumping this because I just saw an RP want Ad to try to get someone killed universally, not by character name, but by screen name.

See my previous post on this thread for the facts of RP kills and TOS.
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Manathayria · Joined: 11 Mar 2008 Posts: 265 Location: USA

I thought we had a thread similar to this one rolling around a week or two ago... my studies are keeping me offline for the most part so I'm posting less and less (won't even try IMVU's client while I'm here since the net is slow enough Facebook and the homepages here struggle).

From what I'm seeing on the forums though... it seems like this is something that needs very high visibility though. I'm wondering how many people that aren't on the forums much or at all would benefit from seeing these in the rooms.

Guest_SpikeDuer · Joined: 15 Dec 2011 Posts: 3 Location: USA - CA

I agree fully.

CountVladDracula · Joined: 07 Oct 2010 Posts: 8088 Location: USA - NY

NarikoPathfinder · Joined: 09 Dec 2006 Posts: 32 Location: Norway

I have always found some of these extreme ways so silly. That it makes me irritated when some of my own friends out of the blue changes their name and tells me in chat "I was killed in a death match so I have to change my name and make a new character" >,<

Oh yes and the fact that I have been ridiculed and bullied by so called T1 rp'ers. I have been told I'm not a good rp'er because I do not use T1, That I'm stupid because I do not know how to use T1. I'm supposedly unintelligent and can't even do a proper rp post.

These things truly hurt and I have avoided that room ever since. Why can't people accept that I have my own roleplay style. And I just so happen to be able to phrase out my sentences without comitting grammar crimes. And let us see...yes they do it in their whole 10+ paragraphes.
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MelodyCalidora · Joined: 07 Apr 2006 Posts: 101 Location: USA

NarikoPathfinder · Joined: 09 Dec 2006 Posts: 32 Location: Norway

[quote="ElesabethBathory"][quote="Nariko987"]I have always found some of these extreme ways so silly. That it makes me irritated when some of my own friends out of the blue changes their name and tells me in chat "I was killed in a death match so I have to change my name and make a new character" >,<

Oh yes and the fact that I have been ridiculed and bullied by so called T1 rp'ers. I have been told I'm not a good rp'er because I do not use T1, That I'm stupid because I do not know how to use T1. I'm supposedly unintelligent and can't even do a proper rp post.

These things truly hurt and I have avoided that room ever since. Why can't people accept that I have my own roleplay style. And I just so happen to be able to phrase out my sentences without comitting grammar crimes. And let us see...yes they do it in their whole 10+ paragraphes.[/quote]
Oh Nariko you and I seem to be kindred spirits! I actually have coined a phrase for my rp style. I call it short and sweet. Sadly most "rpers" think because I do not para or do turn based posts that my rp is noobish and invalid. I just feel that my rp, and every rp I have been in, flows better and stays exciting if one is not waiting 5 or 10 minutes to post.

As for T1, I know some do it and that is fine. I just don't see that an rp HAS to have it in order to be relevant and valid. I try to keep my rp relatively drama free, and I have found that allowing T1 freely in my rooms brings drama. Perhaps it is just the people who come into my rooms? I'm not sure. But as I have the freedom to create my own room rules, that is that. :)[/quote]

Frozen glaciers I so agree! Why can't people accept that a No is a No. There are someone that agrees with little me. ^_^
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DamienFValkyrion · Joined: 11 Dec 2007 Posts: 6 Location: USA

I have my own horror story on this, that in some ways is still happening. A group, I'm not naming names because this is more of a rant/release than a flame, started going overboard and at one point and time not even bothering to use "RP" as an excuse to harass me and others.

This has included one person using multiple accounts, first to try and get others to believe that they're each separate people, and then later using multiple accounts to keep sending harassing messages, despite being blocked. The level of irony is, that whenever they're confronted by someone, they proclaim there's no proof of connection. Me personally? I got a very threatening one where they attempted to scare me using an address to a tower not even in my zip code, as well as racial slurs.

Several people have blocked them, but the main one behind all of this kind of refuses to let it go. He first has each of his characters go about calling us all godmoders, then goes about saying how in "real RP" none of us would be a challenge. Moreover, even if we block them, they're still going to find a way to take us down. We've noticed the dude must have some pretty deep pockets, as he often tries to buy people. Not even kidding. A few have had 60k in credits dropped on them to sort of help sway them towards this group's way of thinking.

Yes, I know, do the blocking and reporting thing. But what happens when you have people who make it to where your very existence means you should be treated like dirt? Who seem to have enough free time to make whole hosts of accounts just to continue harassing you, because the thought of you still being out there, and possibly having fun seems to bug them?

MelodyCalidora · Joined: 07 Apr 2006 Posts: 101 Location: USA

Sometimes people who are lacking in RL take this game too seriously, because here there are somebody people look up to and fear. I've had my fair share of this sort of behavior. Aside from blocking anyone who is harassing you, I'm not sure of what else to tell you. Does anyone know if filing a help ticket with IMVU, with proof of the harassment, is allowed and will they do anything about it???

Once, a guy who was in my rp got my rl name and did a Google search on me. Because I was on the board of directors for the local school district (youngest member the district btw... hehe) my address and phone number were listed on the district's website. This guy, who my character had been flirtatious with his, thought that he and I were an actual couple and proceeded to harass, stalk, and be overall creepy in rl. I blocked him on here, and he created 2 other accounts to stalk me on here. I had to have my numbers changed (house and cell once each) and had eventually resign from the board for fear of him stalking me again when he let everyone know he had my changed numbers. It came down to me having to call the police in Tulsa, OK (where he lived) and have them issue a warning to him. Its hard when people take rp out into rl, and worse when it starts to interfere with how you live your life. I wish you luck with this Damian.
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CountVladDracula · Joined: 07 Oct 2010 Posts: 8088 Location: USA - NY

Nariko987, T1 isn't as hard as you think. When you fight in T1 style all you have to do is describe attempting to hit (or cast a spell) or doing something on the opponent. You describe it as an attempt to give the player a chance to dodge, block, or accept the hit, depending on their own character's powers and limitations. And each turn is like that. At least that's how it's always been for me. It's just a way to avoid autohitting really. Autohitting is when you hit a character against the will of the player even though it was very likely that character should have been able to do something to prevent that.
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