Rarely seen such ruthless bullying.
I returned to Riddermark (very) briefly - perhaps 2012 or 2013? It was very quiet in glff, with only ten regulars communicating there frequently.
Enter one guy who was clearly a beginner, who was asking beginner questions and tried to fit in. Two of us tried to help but it was soon obvious that there wasn't much to be done...the character simply would not take advice.
Five people made it their mission to make his game-time miserable. They spammed global chat with the most vile (and pathetic) abuse, incessantly. None of them caught even a temp ban for their actions. I left the server with slightly less respect for in-game support.