Defense against implosion

[Blisstake]

Also worth noting that Dungeons and Dragons Online (based on 3.5 rules) has Death Ward giving immunity to Implosion and vorpal attacks.

And in Pathfinder (based on 3.5 rules), Death Ward definitely doesn't work on Implosion, but no one's using that in their arguments, as it's equally as non-applicable.

Anyway, I don't see this argument going anywhere in the forseeable future...