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→Arena Death
Dead players can no longer interact with the living. Upon death you become a ghost, able to move around and watch the action, but invisible to the others. In theory a dead player could scout enemy locations for his friends, if he had voice chat or they were playing in the same room, but this would be of very minor assistance, given the small size of the Arena and the fast pace of the action.
It's been promised that hardcore characters will die permanently in the arena, which means the image below might be the last sight a player ever sees of their beloved character. Many Hardcore players have pushed for some sort of non-lethal practice mode, to allow HC players to play as much arena as they want, rather than only doing it on very rare special occasions, since so few players would be willing to risk their characters in duels. Blizzard has not commented on that concept, though [[Bashiok]] did admit that some sort of "whole team survives" option might be necessary, to get anyone to ever play on a Hardcore Arena team. Much more coverage of this issue can be [[Hardcore#Arena_PvP|seen on the Hardcore article]].
[[File:Death-arena3.jpg|center|frame|Dead, but only until the next round begins.]]