A guildie of mine was forced to leave the game recently because of a persistent stalker who had harassed him on and off for several years over WoW. This stalker harassed not only him but other guildies she delusionally thought to be "involved" with him. He and others in the guild reported her, ignored her toons only to get tells from yet ever more toons, and in the end, the continuing harassment soured his enjoyment of the game, even though his friends in the guild offered (and did) pay the subscription fee for him so he doesn't feel the cost out of pocket.
Now, I won't accuse Blizzard of inaction. I'm sure well-meaning GMs have done their part to discipline this stalker. Perhaps they banned her account only for her to make another and another to continue the harassment. But I do hope that this post sheds light on an issue, on the inability of players to escape chat-based harassment from a specific person just because they can hop toons and and continually avoid ignores, and on the actions necessary to truly stop ill-meaning players from ruining others' in-game experience.
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