[Arena] AFK'ing in Arena, allowed? expert opinion needed

[JoeWunsch]

You are allowed to not play an arena match and let them beat you, or leave for an instant loss.

Just join the game then leave, you will get your loss in about 60 seconds, and the other team gets an insta-win.

Anyway you can also join and just sit there, Arena isn't like BG where you can't control your part ymembers, if the other team members didn't *want* you to afk, they would remove you from the team and you would never be able to play with them again.

I have done this before when I didn't have enough time to play and had to do 10 games real fast at 2 AM on a Monday a few hours before the servers go down. Lazy or not, sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do. I doubt the opponents care, free points.

[twobztwop]

First, I don't see why you wouldn't at least give it the ol' college try. I mean at least give wining a shot. When I first started with crappy gear (still crappy but..) I'd lose all 10 games, but at least I'd give winning a go. It really doesn't take much longer to try than to purposely lose.

Second, I love winning when the other team leaves. It hasn't happened in the last few weeks. But one week I got lucky and kept running into the same 2 teams that would leave the arena before the match started and I'd get an instant win. So nice. Went 8 and 2 that week. So if you happen to be on the reckoning battle group and don't want to win, let me know when you queue up. Oh wait, that isn't allowed is it. (FYI this is sarcasm)

Third, I do all my wow research at work too.

[Vyndree]

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Q u o t e:
so it is safe for my friends and I to /dance and /train our way to victory/failure?
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I would advise against it, Tjourney, although non-participation mostly is applied to the Battlegrounds it may also serve to cover arena matches. If you wish to lose at the games you are playing you'll have to do it the old fashion way and be worse than your opponents.

(Emphasis mine)


Although /forfeit would seem to be a gray area, considering it's part of the arena system. In which case I still wouldn't ENCOURAGE other players to do this until I started a thread on the Customer Service Forums and got official confirmation that this is ok. Would you want to be responsible for people getting banned thanks to your advice? It's better to be safe than sorry.

Please cite your sources before encouraging other players to do something that is a "gray area" of the rules.

I'm going to close this thread to prevent any further personal suggestions, as I believe GM Vrakthris answered the OP's question appropriately. If you have new information to share about AFKing or not participating in arenas, feel free to start a new thread with links to the new information.