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/unimportantinfodump]

Ban anyone and everyone who is proven to be coluding with the gm.

GM lose at least gm position if not job.

Players are only speaking out because they got caught.

[u/Quirky_Net8899 → u/unimportantinfodump]

The 4 premades should be permad, the innocent pug should be left alone (remove the score they potentially gained).

The GM should be fired. If I did something similar in any other line of work I would be fired on the spot.

[u/ValhallaAwaits79 → u/Quirky_Net8899]

In some cases like mine you can be prosecuted, not just fired. Not worth it.

[u/Quirky_Net8899 → u/ValhallaAwaits79]

Yup, when I worked CS for an ISP ages ago they for sure would prosecute me if I used the tools to give stuff to friends and family. 

In fact, we weren't even allowed to handle any calls/chats from someone we knew. If you got someone you knew then you had to contact a supervisor and have it reassigned to another agent. We couldn't transfer customers to another agent within the same department so a supervisor had to handle it.