Quote Originally Posted by Theodric View Post
Again, I think that nuance and context are important and there's no way for intent to be proven. Even if it happens repeatedly.

If someone has a chronic health condition that results in that player suddenly needing to step away from the game immediately at a moment's notice then I do not believe that they should be punished for that. Furthermore, I don't believe that they owe the rest of the group an explanation because if someone leaves a group it can reasonably be assumed that something came up that needed to be addressed.

Even if we entertain the idea that such individuals should not be queuing up for group content it isn't exactly fair for that to not extend both ways. I think if we want to go with that approach then players who are dying over and over should be at risk of being punished as well.

Strangely, though, that is never the case and the burden is always one sided.

Well under circumstances such as health conditions , the person would surely be free to discuss it with a GM , or perhaps customer service via support emails . Many seem to think that once the TOS violation check mark has been checked , its game over.

GMs will be able to discuss matters with someone that has unfortunately left duties a lot due to health reasons , surely , as they are human beings with a conscience.


We will never know the limits that SE and the GMs will action by . If someone is so unhealthy that they have repeated emergency scenarios , I would imagine that they probably wouldn't be that keen to engage with MMOs to start with.

Much is unknown , yet much can be discussed with a GM , if such a customer were to be flagged for repeated duty quits , if its health reasons.