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Blizzard Fires World of Warcraft Developer for Using Dev-Only Spell to Help Players Instantly Kill Boss
Blizzard terminated a developer after discovering they had illicitly used developer-only tools to assist a group of players in instantly defeating a dungeon boss during gameplay. The unauthorized use of privileged access to bypass normal game mechanics prompted the company to take disciplinary action.
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Blizzard fire World Of Warcraft developer over use of forbidden magicks to insta-kill bosses for regular players during dungeon run
Rock Paper ShotgunJul 24
Blizzard has fired a developer that it found illicitly used a dev-only spell to help a group of players kill a dungeon boss instantly.
KotakuJul 24
What we know
- A World of Warcraft developer was fired for misusing internal tools
- The developer used a dev-only spell to instantly kill a dungeon boss for regular players
- The incident occurred during an active dungeon run with a player group
- Blizzard discovered the unauthorized use and took immediate action
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