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

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There is no such thing as afking in Arenas... The idea is moronic. Sure you might get in and stand there with a thumb up your butt. In which the other team will kill you uber fast and love you for it. Your not afking, your just being a practice dumby, and it will be over so fast there is nothing away from the keyboard about it, other than you watching your guys die and fast.

wow, so theres a discrepancy in using the term "afk" when perhaps I should have said "not even trying to win" or something similar. relevance to the discussion = nil

As you can see from my original post, I am fully aware that non-participation in BG's is not allowed. This however does not automatically apply by extension to arena.

My point was, that if they do not allow it in the BGs, it's a logical conclusion that they do not allow it in the Arena either.
The only difference in BGs and Arena is that in Arena, there are no other people counting on your participation to win. However, you're still getting something for doing nothing by AFKing it...and I think this is what Blizzard has the issues with.
I know it's not specifically spelled out in the ToS or EULA that AFKing the Arenas is not allowed, however I believe it's more than implied.

I know I'm dragging this on for far too long, but I can't let that go unchecked. Stating that something is a logical conclusion does not make it one. For that you need <gasps> logical arguement

The fact that you think that what blizzard has a problem with is getting something for nothing, does not mean that is actually the case. I personally think the crackdown on BG afk'ers would never have come if it hadn't been adversely affecting other's chances of playing/winning the battlegrounds properly. Blizzard's stance as usual is somewhat ambiguous: "we are currently taking steps to ensure fair and enjoyable competition in the Battlegrounds" quoted from http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread....05521620&sid=1

Seriously guys, the responses in this thread have been way below par for dual-boxing.com standards. This is the community which usually takes such pleasure in picking to pieces the illogical and opinionated QQ posts made by multiboxing haters on the WoW forums. I wont stoop so low as to accuse you guys of any kind of stupidity on that level, but ffs I never said I had or would definately do this, I just asked if it was against the rules.

Now, whilst posting in this annoying little thread which I wish I'd never created, I was also reading Blizzard's official statements made in connection with the ban-wave on battlegrounds afk'ers. My own conclusion is that this is way too much of a grey area to be worth the risk. Forget gear and points and everything else for a moment and just think about the game and the enjoyment.

If I was a PVP'er who only played arena for the fun, and came up against some guy with 5 naked belfs just standing there, I'd probably feel like my fun was being interfered with. Seeing as Blizzard gave others enjoyment of the game as one of the reasons for cracking down on battlegrounds afk'ers, theres no reason they wouldnt see it as grounds to make this against the rules too. @ Vudu this underlined bit is an example of a logical conclusion