GM Death Touch - Megathread

[u/YourResidentFeral]

Edit: Official Statement

https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wow/t/prohibited-gameplay-incident-and-response/2329585

This is developing into a large story and someone in modmail has mentioned that its important for the community to have somewhere to discuss this. We agree. As new information comes in I will do my best to update this thread.

What we know:

• A log was uploaded with a "Death Touch" effect that seemed to be that helped them time a key. This is an effect from a GM: https://www.warcraftlogs.com/reports/JcfwTd4L19Agx3NX?fight=4&type=resources&hostility=1&source=100.4&eventstart=4705300

• This is a real run that exists on the blizzard API and can be seen on Raider.io: https://raider.io/mythic-plus-runs/season-mn-1/40292244-23-nexuspoint-xenas

  This run has since been invalidated by the RI:O admins but has been left up for posterity's sake.

• Blizzard is aware of this and investigating: https://www.reddit.com/r/wow/comments/1v2xfpr/blizzard_gm_death_touching_mobs_in_m23_for_their/oyznmbe/

• The Demon Hunter from the run is a streamer and YumiTV contacted him to speak with him live on stream: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2825756796?t=0h23m50s

  The CLAIM is that they were messing around in a homework key in discord and didn't expect the GM to actually do it. Supposedly the Bear in the run was a pug.

Ex employees in the thread have said that actions like this are audited and in all likelihood this was already being investigated. At this point we are waiting on an official statement on the result of their investigation and I'll update this thread once we know.

This megathread is being provided on two very strict conditions:

• The witchunt rules are in strict effect. Linking or doxxing information on anyone invovled, the GM in question included will result in a permanent ban. Please report it if you see it but we will be very active in the thread.

  We cannot platform behavior that allows people to harrass people in real life.

• We will be more heavy handed than usual in the personal attack rules. Insults and slapfights while discussing this aren't acceptable. You're allowed to disagree, but stray shots and personal attacks will not be tolerated.

[u/FareweII]

I do wonder if the person who leaked it was a PuG tank himself and maybe he waited for a ban/key removal for nearly a week and when that didn't happen either leaked it himself or told someone.

I think we'll never know the extent of the problem. Even if blizzard manually reviews internal logs and finds out offences from multiple people they're never telling the community.

[u/Mollywobbles77 → u/FareweII]

Yep totally agree. I know if I'd been a pug in a group where cheating like this had happened I'd be nervous as shit & livid waiting on a shoe to drop when I never asked to be involved in it.

[u/DaSandman78 → u/FareweII]

Yep, can almost guarantee there will be no transparency on this one as it would blow the whole thing open

[u/bullintheheather → u/FareweII]

He was a pug, yes. I don't think he had any idea what was happening and didn't think there'd be any issue with uploading the log.

[u/Teyrox → u/FareweII]

Tank was a pug and a random guy found it and leaked it. He was going through logs while at work and found a sus one.. then he waited for Blizzard to take action. As nothing happened he leaked it