Guild Wars 2

Well, if you look at the last part of the post I quoted “Red Resign day was nerfed by removing Hero Battles from the game.”, clearly they did not have another solution. I hope that is not the case this time around.

In the previous game, Guild Wars 1, Arena Net took strong action against manipulation of matches allowing for the players to benefit by working together. Here is a quote straight from the wiki;

“Red Resign was a form of match manipulation that commonly occured in Hero Battles on the days the Hero Battles Zaishen quest was offered. It was used to farm Zaishen Keys by repeatedly completing the Zaishen quest and turning it in. Often abbreviated “RR”, Red Resign relied on player cooperation.
Red Resign functioned by abusing the mechanics of the Hero Battles rating system. Due to the fact that the player with the higher rating in a given rated match enters the match as the Red Team, and that players lose rating on a lost, abandoned, or resigned match and gain rating on any victorious match, players’ ratings constantly fluctuated should they leave when they entered as the red team or won when they entered as the blue team.
Red Resign was officially considered cheating by ArenaNet. Participation in this form of match manipulation could have resulted in disciplinary action on a participant’s account.
Red Resign day was nerfed by removing Hero Battles from the game."

Now, I am not here to defend a specific server or punish another, but rather remind the players, and even Anet, that manipulation in WvW or PvP should be dealt with and resolved.