14 DAY TRIAL // Some people say that Blizzard's MMORPG, World of Warcraft is a bad thing. - keeping people up too long, playing endlessly, some even dying on their keyboards. Today's news however, will show you a different side of WoW and what it can do "for" others, not "to" others.
When the Make-A-Wish Foundation of America called Ezra Chatterton, a 5 grader diagnosed with a life-threatening brain tumor, he knew exactly what he wanted: "I wished for a trip to Blizzard because I'd like to see if they could make a character and do some things for us," OcRegister.com reports.
Thus Blizzard decided to take the youngster aboard for a while and let him give instructions to the game's lead designer Jeff Kaplan, to make some characters and weapons that he felt were needed in the game. I don't have to tell you that in that instant Chatterton became the envy of the 8.5 million World of Warcraft gamers worldwide.
"We definitely want a crossbow," Chatterton instructed Kaplan. He even offered a detailed description of what he wanted, such as: dangerous flames, curved frame and an ability to wreak havoc. "I want it to shoot a fiery arrow at 300 damage over 10 seconds." And with a few clicks of his mouse, Kaplan constructed a prototype of what the youngster asked for. He was amazed to see how fast something like this could be done: "Wow. Weird. Progress is going quicker than I expected," Chatterton said.
However, Kaplan had to go the game's way here, thus told the 10 year old that "This crossbow will be the only one in the game" and that it would be "very difficult to get." Kaplan added that Ezra was surely going to "get a lot of questions (from other players)."
"I'm impressed with Blizzard," said Chatterton from his wheelchair. "Bravo!"
The kid's last statement was "If Blizzard is listening, I'd like to say thank you for everything you've done for my character to make him so good. I want to thank them for making the quest of the lost dog and the Old Rancher and all the stuff they gave us."
It's 8.5 gamers worldwide who should be thanking you, Ezra, for the contribution. Imagine how the one getting the crossbow will feel. He'll surely be thinking of you if he hears your story. We wish you the best kid!