Holy.
Fucking.
Shit.
Hi everybody

I'm the guy with the blog!
Funny how life turns out. I think you'll all agree that it was pretty nice of me (perhaps TOO nice) to keep Lilylitefeather's name out of my original post. Name changed to protect the guilty, because my goal wasn't to punish him. SOE slapped him around pretty nicely for me - I mean hell, they didn't make him change his first guild's name, they just made it stop existing altogether. The account suspension was a bit shorter than I'd have liked, but it was still a nice gesture

I wrote what I wrote for A) entertainment, and B) a nice story to share for other guild leaders who may have to deal with similar pricks.
But here's the thing....my niceness went unappreciated. If I do you a favor and keep your name out of public light, don't shit all over me because SOMEONE ELSE shared your name.
And that brings me here. This is my first EQ2Flames post, and to drive my point home as clearly as possible, my post count will remain "1" for probably a rather long time. This is the first and only time I've written "Lilylitefeather" outside of EQ2 or my guild's private forums.
Not long after this thread on EQ2Flames was started (by NOT-ME), I got a mail in game:
Ok good, Lily knows Oisin is the one who posted his name on the internet, but he's writing ME to make it stop. Unfortunately (?) my guild's small set of rules and policies doesn't contain one regarding internet usage outside our guild website, so I don't have much power to control Oisin even if I wanted to (I don't). Also, this was about 4-5 days after his "messing with us." A long time for a bumblebee, perhaps.
So I reply that I can't control other people's behavior and he needs to take it up with them. This should be done, right?
WRONG! The next day I have this waiting for me:
Ah, so now it's not Oisin's posting, it's actually MY posting on MY blog. Well, I happen to know for a fact that I changed his name to Lightballoon, and proofread my post a couple times. Still, just in case I fucked up, I went and did a very careful search of my website. Did Lilylitefeather's name show up anywhere? I reckon anyone who read the original post here knows the answer to that ;)
So I reply that in fact his name does NOT show up in my blog, and that he is probably looking at the wrong site. This should be done, right?
WRONG AGAIN! Next day....
So he hasn't actually READ my blog, but he knows for sure that he wouldn't be getting tells about what a dipshit he I hadn't personally put his name on teh intarweb.
I reply that I am SO SURE that I have not written his name in any public internet place (as of that mail), that I will personally eat a pair of his frilly little panties if he can prove otherwise. I also tell him to blow off, get a life, etc. etc.
Could this be the end of this damn back-and-forth?
OF COURSE NOT! Just a few minutes later, he sends me a tell!!!! Not one for keeping logs, I eventually scrolled back and started taking picutres, just in case he...made me use them. My apologies that it's a bit hard to read, but it should prove worth the effort...
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edit: to ease the pain, I'll transcribe the conversation below the screenshot)
Transcription:
Lily: You there
Me: No
Lily: so are we gunna be cool or are you gunna keep messing with me
Me: I haven't done jack squat to you - read your mail
Lily: you have, the blog
Me: no, I havent
Lily: did you remove the blog?
Me: Your name isn't on my blog - accept that fact and move on with life. JUST FOR YOU, I thoroughly scanned my blog and nowhere does your name appear.
Lily: Your the one that needs to move on
Lily: i get tells all the time and i would like it to stop
Me: I have, but you keep bugging me. The fact that my blog post continues to exist is simply a facet of the way blogs work. That does not, however, mean your name appears on my blog. It doesn't. That's really all there is to it
Me: I have NO power over other peoples' websites
Lily: FRACK YOU
Me: dude, I didnt DO ANYTHING - I told the story of your idiocy and changed your name. All things considered, that was pretty damn cordial of me
Lily: no it wasnt
Lily: you made it so other do the harrassing for you
Me: I didn't ask for even encourage anyone to do anything
Lily: you know what you were doing, and if my name is not there how do I get tells
Me: I don't know - maybe someone's stalking you
Lily: yep, that would be you and your alts
Lily: i just ask you to stop
Me: I have SO MANY better things to do than try to infiltrate your guild with any of my alts
Lily: come on man this is getting old
Lily: Im sorry i mess with ya before
Me: I have done NOTHING to you, but if you don't let it go and stop accusing me of crap, I might stop being so nice
End transcription
I swear upon all things that I STILL would not be here, posting on EQ2Flames, if he had just shut the hell up and left me alone.
But the next day...
So, here I am. The dumbshit just wouldn't let it go, and I feel compelled to fulfill my promise of no longer being nice enough to hold my tongue.
I replied again (why? I don't know) and made sure he has the exact address of my blog, since he's clearly one of the worst researchers to have ever lived.
After that, I don't know. I've had to go out of town for work and won't be able to log into EQ2 until Saturday night at best. Will I have more brain-addled, accusatory quips waiting for me when I return? Alas, probably, but aw well, now I've finally used his name on the internet anyway. I guess I'm an asshole after all ;)