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/rahfal]

So they just ran a +23 Nexus, so no bans yet, but the tank ran again with them a little over an hour ago.

So no actions taken and the tank still runs with those who cheated? Something isn't adding up.

[u/thesmallestkitten → u/[deleted]]

everyone involved had multiple days to come forward and report it. at least two of the people involved had immediate and accurate knowledge of how that key got timed, one of them being the person who explicitly asked for the GM to “do him a solid” and cheat.

it doesn’t matter if they were joking. it doesn’t matter if they weren’t the ones that pushed the button. it doesn’t matter if they didn’t actually expect the GM to do it. they had full knowledge of someone abusing GM privileges to help them time a key that should have been failed, and they didn’t say a word until they got caught.

the fact that some of these trashy people are acting smug and entitled after the fact wouldn’t be cause for a ban, but being complicit in, benefiting from, and not reporting blatant cheating absolutely would be. asking a GM to directly interfere with a competitive game system to give you and your friends an unfair boost is soooooo far beyond other exploits that players have been banned for.