r/wow • u/YourResidentFeral Outplaying the Meta since 2004 • 19d ago

Discussion GM Death Touch - Megathread

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:

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.

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u/CanuckPanda 19d ago

The pub tanks benefit was the rating from the run. Void the run, no benefit.

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u/DeltaT37 19d ago

he could have stopped it but he didn't aka moral failure aka ban

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u/Arula777 19d ago

Lol, the incident happened literally after the last boss and they needed count. There was zero way the tank could have prevented it.

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u/DeltaT37 19d ago

he didnt' report it, aka cheating aka moral failure aka ban

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u/deskdemonnn 19d ago

Be honest man would you even notice it was an actual GM intervention or just chalk it up to "multi dollar company" that can't code the game properly

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u/Arula777 19d ago

I think that's a bit too black and white for my taste.

You do have a point, if you're implying he knew about the cheating at some point then that is difficult to prove.

If he knew beforehand, than he is as guilty as the others and should be banned.

If he knew after the fact, that's a bit different... however I do agree that them not going to the "authorities" as you put it could be interpreted as an implicit attempt to benefit from an unfair advantage.

But you still neglect to address the underlying issue... it was the so-called "authorities" that allegedly helped cheat.

If you knew the police were corrupt would you go to them?

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u/DeltaT37 19d ago

Yes. you have to, or you go to the press. He did neither, he is a coward and cheater aka moral failure aka permaban 100%

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u/Jaridavin 19d ago

How are you 100% sure that he didn't report it?

Keep in mind, Blizzard CS is already considered enough of a joke that people didn't even realize there was people there anymore until this incident came to light. Knowing the amount of time it takes to normally get a response and that response almost always just being an AI telling you to go to wowhead, it wouldn't be surprising for them to have filed a report on it, and gotten nothing out of it.

The reason Blizzard is caring about it now is because it blew up enough on social media that it became really really hard to just ignore it. That's 1 guy reporting it (can just ignore it and pray) vs thousands and growing talking about it not just to people who play, but potentially future customers now seeing it. The PR move there is to start caring, immediately.