Online Threats

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Sorry for the awkward thread, but I'm looking for some advice.

I've played World of Warcraft for a year now and I used to play it quite a bit, raiding etc with some friends. Anyway with said friends I joined a guild and enjoyed my time there playing with many other players. However after a while I didn't feel I could keep up with the guild timetable so I said my goodbyes and left.

So anyway, I started my own guild up and a lot of the members from my previous guild decided they'd had enough too and asked to join my more relaxed, social guild. One member from the previous guild took it personally that some of the better members had moved to my guild and kicked up a massive fuss messaging those members and myself. At first I just shrugged it off.

I've been busy with work since and have hardly had time to play but every time I do login I'm immediately met with messages from said player mentioning that he was at some point coming to meet me and 'chat'. Now this is mostly laughable, I've blocked all of his characters from interacting with me but he takes it upon himself to create a new one each time to bypass the blocks.

It's the internet so everybody's a hero, right, this is usually something I wouldn't give a second thought about. However, he's been doing some digging and each new message is accompanied with more information about me, my name and address amongst other things.

According to him, a few of his army buddies are heading up to Manchester this weekend and he's taking that chance to come and find me and 'have a party'. I'm not so certain that it's all talk given the amount of effort he's gone to find out more about me.

The most awkward thing is he was actually a nice guy when I was in that previous guild, he's 40+ and has a wife and 2 daughters. He's also in some position in the forces where he's in charge of new recruits and he would regularly post photos of himself in Iraq, Afghan or wherever he was posted.

Anyway, I've contacted the game-masters online but they've done nothing.

What would you do in my shoes?
 
Ask him to join your guild.

Edit: For real though, I'd just wait and see what happens. He obviously wouldn't get away with it if he tried anything as I'm assuming you would still have all the messages with the threats? If it was me personally, I'd probably wait for him with my own group of people.
 
toosepin said:
What would you do in my shoes?
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Stealth. Sap. Cheap Shot, wait for poison to proc, mutilate, mutilate, kidney shot, (He might trinket here - if he does, blind, vanish and start again) mutilate, mutilate, envenom. Vanish, rinse, repeat.

:D
 
You'd be surprised at the amout of information someone can get about you just from Googling. I wouldn't take any of his threats seriously just yet.

There is no way he is going to get some army buddies to do anything to you over a game.
 
Challenge him to a duel.

Seriously, I would not worry about it. Get a baseball bat and tell him you're looking forward to his visit.
 
lol, some people really aren't made for the internet.

I used to create panels and gauges for flight simulator add-on planes, I was invited to join a group called Project SkyWorks, run by a guy in Canada, I for get his name, but his #2 man was called Liran Bar, I think.

Before I completed any work on the 1st project, I mentioned that I can't put as much time into the work as he was asking. He took offence to this, after a while I realised he was a bit immature. "How old are you?" "13 why?", hmm, time to leave this train wreck. When I told him I was leaving the group he got insanely angry, signed me up to all the MSN newsletters, and used all the methods he could think of to contact me and shout some more, before I blocked them all.
 
He isn't going to do anything, such actions would most likely impact him at work since he's in the military and he'd be doing his own family damage if that were the case.
 
get the lads round for a fifa tournament or a card school.

999/1000 this is just the usual rubbish.

1/1000 8 burly guys on your doorstep.
 
toosepin said:
He's also in some position in the forces where he's in charge of new recruits
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Oh dear, he's probably raped before and will be looking to do so again - be afraid.

Seriously though, if you're genuinely worried then call the police. Threatening behaviour isn't acceptable behaviour whether it's done online or irl.
 
You can tell the police, they do take it seriously these days. I'd also contact Blizzard, with proof of any print screens, or logs with his details in. Chances are they'll definitely look into it.
 
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