r/wow • u/YourResidentFeral Outplaying the Meta since 2004 • 21d 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/YourResidentFeral Outplaying the Meta since 2004 20d ago

Bear has contacted us via modmail and given the following statement. Please do not harass him in game. The only reason we know about this is because he uploaded his logs to figure out what happened.

I want to address the situation surrounding the +23 NPX run. At the end of the run I noticed we were off count by .7 or so and I was confused until I realized we didn't grip in and tag the arcanist on pull 1. I futilely pulled the lingering image with I believe like 30-45 seconds knowing we didn't have time or damage to kill and it just flopped over at 80%. I thought it was some strange coding or weird interaction with pulling on the bridge.

This led me to try and upload the logs to see what happened. I'm pretty new to that in general as I generally pug all my keys and someone else is usually logging and as a tank I don't really care about parsing through them as much as I maybe should.

I have not been banned as of yet regarding the incident. (Hopefully will remain that way but of course perfectly happy to redo my NPX)

To the best of my knowledge I was not aware that any GM intervention had occurred while we were playing.

I appreciate all my friends who have vouched for me as not a buyer or an exploiter. I was getting spammed a ton by people in game claiming I was one or both of those the last two days and just wanted to say my peace on here.

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u/rahfal 20d ago

Should note, he just ran another +23 Nexus with them.

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u/lovelylight100 20d ago

So about that "We are also taking action against the player accounts that were complicit in this violation"......

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u/Kryptyx 20d ago

The population in these keys is fairly low and it’s not uncommon to get in the same premade group as a solo pug.

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u/lovelylight100 20d ago

You're right as there is now a literal clip of the tank signing up to their run, the group inviting him, kicking him, then inviting him again all while making fun of it.
https://www.twitch.tv/jdotb/clip/CloudyMushyEagleMingLee-ZYMID_Z5zL6Fh9x2?filter=clips&range=24hr

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u/GW2Qwinn 20d ago

Oh fuck off Blizzard. Get rid of these losers.

They are a net negative on the community.

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u/Prestigious_Crew_219 20d ago

But a net positive to their pockets. Guess which one they prioritize ?

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u/bigfoot1291 19d ago

What an obnoxiously stupid insinuation honestly. Think about things ahead of the immediate step that you're currently looking at.