I sure did it too in the past, when I knew I couldn't make it back in time, but I agree.

had a lvl20 join us in BS while dealing with the boss, he died the second he got in the room without hitting the cockroach but I swear I knew he was about to get a pink and not us.

Not this time hopefully but happened a lot in the past.

back to the subject: I agree: dead=no cookie.
But keep it random since we wouldnt want to witness mages 'not noticing you died' behavior now, would we?
Make sense and it's fair.