Congratulations, Peebeeare of Sisters of Elune.
Bit of background. So this morning, I'm sleeping in, my kid is on my computer playing Wow. He's 11 and has proven himself to be able to handle himself in the game environment quite well. I have all his chat channels turned off, the profanity filter on and he knows not to accept group invitations. Really, all he does is wander around and quest on one of the billion lowbie alts he rolls and then changes his mind on in ten levels, pet battles madly (he loves collecting all of them, when I play with him it takes hours to get anywhere because every time he sees that little pawprint, he has to stop) and mines ALL THE THINGS. He has been playing for two years now and has long since proven to me that he can conduct himself well.
Then you came along. I know that he rarely ever initiates conversation with anyone, except for characters he knows are my friends. He's too busy, too focused on whatever he happens to be doing. Not to mention I have Elephant, so even though he logged out, I pulled up the whisper history and read it myself.
You whispered him in the Panda starting zone, asking if he knew where the Pools of Reflection where. He thought that he did, so trying to be helpful and a generally nice person, he replied for you to follow him. I don't know where you ended up, but it wasn't the right place - yeah, I realize, that would have been annoying and an inconvenience. And I realize at that point that you didn't know he was only a kid, so your whispers to him calling him a loser and more were still unkind, but not the worst offense ever if you thought you were talking to someone older. And yep, he did call you a jerk - and I've already spoken to him about that - but frankly (not that I told him this), it was justified, because you were BEING one, with what you said to him.
What really just bakes my biscuits, however, is that the very next thing he said to you was "leave me alone i'm only 11". Which, I guess, gave you license to be even worse to him, now knowing he's just a kid. You scared the hell out of him, telling him that you were going to be reporting him to the "game office" and that he's going to have to explain to me why I'm going to lose my accounts - all for MINORLY inconveniencing you. You didn't even let it go after after he apologized to you, you just kept on going until he was so upset that he logged off.
So. Well done. You bullied and scared an 11 year old kid, sending him crying to his mom. SHINING example of humanity, right there. I hope you feel great about yourself.
(I have since reminded him as to how to /ignore people and definitely not to tell anyone that he's only 11. Ugh. Just wtf.)
Then you came along. I know that he rarely ever initiates conversation with anyone, except for characters he knows are my friends. He's too busy, too focused on whatever he happens to be doing. Not to mention I have Elephant, so even though he logged out, I pulled up the whisper history and read it myself.
You whispered him in the Panda starting zone, asking if he knew where the Pools of Reflection where. He thought that he did, so trying to be helpful and a generally nice person, he replied for you to follow him. I don't know where you ended up, but it wasn't the right place - yeah, I realize, that would have been annoying and an inconvenience. And I realize at that point that you didn't know he was only a kid, so your whispers to him calling him a loser and more were still unkind, but not the worst offense ever if you thought you were talking to someone older. And yep, he did call you a jerk - and I've already spoken to him about that - but frankly (not that I told him this), it was justified, because you were BEING one, with what you said to him.
What really just bakes my biscuits, however, is that the very next thing he said to you was "leave me alone i'm only 11". Which, I guess, gave you license to be even worse to him, now knowing he's just a kid. You scared the hell out of him, telling him that you were going to be reporting him to the "game office" and that he's going to have to explain to me why I'm going to lose my accounts - all for MINORLY inconveniencing you. You didn't even let it go after after he apologized to you, you just kept on going until he was so upset that he logged off.
So. Well done. You bullied and scared an 11 year old kid, sending him crying to his mom. SHINING example of humanity, right there. I hope you feel great about yourself.
(I have since reminded him as to how to /ignore people and definitely not to tell anyone that he's only 11. Ugh. Just wtf.)