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World of Warcraft: More Server Blades Available for Charity Auction

SBFordSBFord Former Associate EditorMember LegendaryPosts: 33,129
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Blizzard has announced that the last of the retired EU server blades for World of Warcraft are now available for auction on Ebay. The funds raised through the auctions will be donated to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

Find out more of the details on the World of Warcraft EU site.

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  • 77lolmac7777lolmac77 Member UncommonPosts: 492

    so they're selling these in Europe for an American charity

    or did I miss something

     

    well I guess I did miss something

  • SBFordSBFord Former Associate EditorMember LegendaryPosts: 33,129

    If you looked at the link, St. Jude has international outreach in many countries. The original hospital is US based but the outreach is worldwide.


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  • BattlerockBattlerock Member CommonPosts: 1,393
    Yup you missed something. This is totally sweet, when you say world class you say blizzard, when you say blizzard you say world class, they both mean the same thing.
  • adam_noxadam_nox Member UncommonPosts: 2,148

    so if we plug these in can we play WoW offline?

  • BrawlkingBrawlking Member Posts: 57

    I'm sure they wiped the server before selling it.

  • Mondo80Mondo80 Member UncommonPosts: 194

    you would need a blade server to plug it in.

  • drbaltazardrbaltazar Member UncommonPosts: 7,856
    Thsese aren't personal computer.each component do something different the end result would probably be twice the normal size without gpu.


  • _Jord__Jord_ Member Posts: 228

    I would love to know more about the technical backbone of WoW. I'd guess that each "realm" is composed of dozens of blades. If there are 10,000 players online at any given time, distributed throughout 50+ "zones," it would take dozens of cores and quite a large quantity of RAM to keep things running smoothly.

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  • SkillCosbySkillCosby Member Posts: 684

    The sad thing is if Blizzard decided to add a bonus code that unlocked some sort of unique one-of-a-kind mount for the buyer, these server parts would be selling for MUCH MORE.

  • VesaviusVesavius Member RarePosts: 7,908

    Originally posted by 77lolmac77

    so they're selling these in Europe for an American charity

    or did I miss something

     

    well I guess I did miss something

     

    Why would even matter where the kids are that it was helping?

     

  • eye_meye_m Member UncommonPosts: 3,317

    Originally posted by KingofHartz

    Yup you missed something. This is totally sweet, when you say world class you say blizzard, when you say blizzard you say world class, they both mean the same thing.

     

    lol. So a multimillion dollar company auctioning off their garbage for charity makes them world class? They are no more noble then your average politician, kissing babies just so someone can take a picture of them doing it.

    All of my posts are either intelligent, thought provoking, funny, satirical, sarcastic or intentionally disrespectful. Take your pick.

    I get banned in the forums for games I love, so lets see if I do better in the forums for games I hate.

    I enjoy the serenity of not caring what your opinion is.

    I don't hate much, but I hate Apple© with a passion. If Steve Jobs was alive, I would punch him in the face.

  • adam_noxadam_nox Member UncommonPosts: 2,148

    I think if you could plug your ethernet adapter into one of these and run a special version of WoW offline or with friends it would be cool.  As merely a decoration they are sort of interesting, but kind of a waste of cash.  I may yet bid on one just for charity sake.

  • obiiobii Member UncommonPosts: 804

    Good for the kids :)

  • AusareAusare Member Posts: 850

    Originally posted by eyelolled



    Originally posted by KingofHartz



    Yup you missed something. This is totally sweet, when you say world class you say blizzard, when you say blizzard you say world class, they both mean the same thing.





     

    lol. So a multimillion dollar company auctioning off their garbage for charity makes them world class? They are no more noble then your average politician, kissing babies just so someone can take a picture of them doing it.

    More noble than someone sitting on butt saying how unnoble others for doing something.

  • eye_meye_m Member UncommonPosts: 3,317

    Originally posted by Ausare

    Originally posted by eyelolled



    Originally posted by KingofHartz



    Yup you missed something. This is totally sweet, when you say world class you say blizzard, when you say blizzard you say world class, they both mean the same thing.





     

    lol. So a multimillion dollar company auctioning off their garbage for charity makes them world class? They are no more noble then your average politician, kissing babies just so someone can take a picture of them doing it.

    More noble than someone sitting on butt saying how unnoble others for doing something.


     

    OK. So I have an old computer that you can buy off me, then I'll donate all the money to the charity of your choice. Afterwards, everyone can thank me for being so generous.

     

    Don't get me wrong, I think the auction is fine, but the real kudos goes to the people that buy the parts, not Blizzard. The company could donate 10 million without the blink of an eye, instead they donate old abandoned parts.

    All of my posts are either intelligent, thought provoking, funny, satirical, sarcastic or intentionally disrespectful. Take your pick.

    I get banned in the forums for games I love, so lets see if I do better in the forums for games I hate.

    I enjoy the serenity of not caring what your opinion is.

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  • s4ndm4n2006s4ndm4n2006 Member UncommonPosts: 56

    Originally posted by eyelolled


    lol. So a multimillion dollar company auctioning off their garbage for charity makes them world class? They are no more noble then your average politician, kissing babies just so someone can take a picture of them doing it.




     

     While I feel that what Blizzard is doing is commendable at some level, I also agree with this guy in the way that sure the outcome is a good thing but for Blizzard itself it's mostly good PR.  But again I don't want to totally Bash Blizzard, let me just say that I'd put any big name company with lots of money to burn in the same boat if they did the same thing.  In the end though the kids matter and if Blizz wants to get some free PR and have the means to do so, better this way than without doing anything good right? 

  • AbdarAbdar Member UncommonPosts: 400

    Anyone who has anything negative to say about this is just a weak minded fool looking for attention.

    Kids in need benefit, and collectors get a nice piece of gaming history. There is nothing bad happening here, no secret agendas.. just win win for everyone. Deal with it.

     

  • BattlerockBattlerock Member CommonPosts: 1,393
    This is just like fishing, I knew I would get a bite
  • slickbizzleslickbizzle Member Posts: 464

    More noble than someone sitting on butt saying how unnoble others for doing something.






     

    OK. So I have an old computer that you can buy off me, then I'll donate all the money to the charity of your choice. Afterwards, everyone can thank me for being so generous.

     

    That sums it up in a nutshell.   

     

    As an active supporter of St. Judes, I am glad that there are fans of the game that will buy these items.

     

    St. Judes will get funding and Blizzard will get 2 million dollars worth of publicity for stuff that should have been thrown out years ago.

     

    Win/Win

  • eye_meye_m Member UncommonPosts: 3,317

    Originally posted by s4ndm4n2006



    ... better this way than without doing anything good right? 

    Absolutely, I think it's great that there is money being put to a good cause and I will never sneer at that.  I just didn't think blizzard was "world class" because of it. It makes it sound like they cut off a leg so starving kids could use it for stew.

    All of my posts are either intelligent, thought provoking, funny, satirical, sarcastic or intentionally disrespectful. Take your pick.

    I get banned in the forums for games I love, so lets see if I do better in the forums for games I hate.

    I enjoy the serenity of not caring what your opinion is.

    I don't hate much, but I hate Apple© with a passion. If Steve Jobs was alive, I would punch him in the face.

  • clankyaspclankyasp Member Posts: 213

    Donate them to Bioware so they dont have to make multiple instances of a single server lol.

  • fivorothfivoroth Member UncommonPosts: 3,916

    Originally posted by clankyasp

    Donate them to Bioware so they dont have to make multiple instances of a single server lol.

    I see what you did there! I like it ;D

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  • samy02rosamy02ro Member Posts: 6

    So, WOW of the new Call of Duty Elite?

  • BattlerockBattlerock Member CommonPosts: 1,393
    Well I didn't win the tournament, they wouldn't accept that whale of a donkey fish I caught. Better luck next time.
  • jeremyjodesjeremyjodes Member, Newbie CommonPosts: 679

    Would be a nice gift to leave the server software in by mistake.

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