[MUD-Dev] [OT] Taking things too far.

[Matt Mihaly]

On Mon, 14 May 2001, Frank Crowell wrote:
> Scott Stuart wrote:
 
>> I'm one of the administrators of a hard-core MUD, and we've
>> currently got a serious situation we're not sure how to handle.
 
>> We recently had a player report that he received an anonymous death
>> threat by email from another player. The threat was regarding game
>> issues, yet not only the character's life was threatened, but also
>> the player's life (as well as his car, house and computer). The
>> sender of the threat found this person's email address (which isn't
>> published anywhere in the game) and sent an anonymous email, taking
>> steps to hide his/her identity.

> You can't do much, but then you must not do nothing.  First, get
> verifiable information (without taking sides) let each person know
> individually that you are taking this very seriously and that you
> cannot legally ignore this action. Take a tough line without taking
> sides.

Actually you can ignore it. It's none of your business really. The
fact that two of your customers are involved in a dispute has nothing
to do with you legally if the threats aren't delivered on your MUD.

--matt

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