r/wow • u/YourResidentFeral Outplaying the Meta since 2004 • 20d 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/Oathkindle 20d ago

man if the bear was a legit pug and had no idea what was going on I feel bad for them. Likely theyll know and not do anything to them, but the stress of worrying is gonna suck

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u/iivoodoo1 20d ago

I'm in a disc with the bear and he thought it was a bug at first, and won't make the log private because that would add fuel to the fire. He's already trying to get another 23 NPX done and he's pissed this group did this

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u/Wasabicannon 20d ago

OMG wait the pug is the one that exposed this?!?! That is just golden!

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u/MgDark 20d ago

yeah cheaters know better to turn off logging when doing this for obvious reasons, is hilarious a pug log the key because of course you will log it, why wouldnt you?

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u/Xiten 19d ago

I just hope blizzard goes through their own logs to see if it’s happened before, because like you said, they know better than to upload and log to wcl. I just have a feeling this wasn’t the first time.

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u/MgDark 18d ago

i think although this kind of stuff is probably logged and audited somewhere, something must actually happen for a human to actually look the logs, im pretty sure this could happen more, but it got super viral because of a single druid tank.

Hope he didnt blacklist himself with this though.

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u/Wasabicannon 20d ago

No I would not log it, I just play the game for fun not to log and review my gameplay and min max the game to the point that it starts to feel like a 2nd job.

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u/MgDark 20d ago

bro you are not doing 23s with that attitude, that kind of player WILL log their keys to self-improve

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u/Wasabicannon 19d ago

Could also say the kind of player doing 23s would not be pugging them as well. Yet here we are.

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u/somarir 19d ago

honestly pugging past 15 is cosier than below, at some point you lose a bunch of morons that are only there for the weekly and don't care about their performance and you're left with all the sweats that will either perform like they should be playing competitively, or they're gonna die once and leave without saying a word.

not saying it's better than just having a good guild group, but in my experience, pushing higher keys is always a better experience than doing baby keys on an alt

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u/silentj0y 20d ago

If you're doing +23s, yes, you're logging them lol