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World of Warcraft: Robin Williams Memorial Island Datamined in Warlords Beta

SBFordSBFord Former Associate EditorMember LegendaryPosts: 33,129
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Wowhead has a report and several screens that have been datamined from the World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor beta that shows the Robin Williams memorial. The information was datamined by beta players. After Williams' death last month, Blizzard confirmed that it would memorialize him in WoW and it has kept its word.

You can summon Robin by rubbing the Ever-Burning Lamp. When first summoned, he exclaims "INFINITE COSMIC POWER" and then shrinks and waves goodbye, saying "itty bitty living space."

Nearby is a large broken egg, a tribute to the character Mork. We have datamined an alternate version of Robin dressed like Mork with overalls, so perhaps he will make an appearance here as well.

There are also some stuffed animals and tanks, hinting at a potential tribute to Toys. Our third datamined Robin NPC is also dressed like Mrs. Doubtfire.

Finally, we have datamined a Comedian title--it currently has no source, but it would be fitting if it was tied to this tribute in some way.

Check out all of the screens at Wowhead.com.

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  • huihuhuhu2huihuhuhu2 Member UncommonPosts: 46
    awesome...way to go WOW..only if Nintendo had some balls to do the same
  • MysteryBMysteryB Member UncommonPosts: 355
    I no longer play WoW, but mad respect to blizzard for being honorable, looking at you NINTENDO!

    Mystery Bounty

  • newbinatornewbinator Member Posts: 780
    This is incredibly cool <3
  • Azaron_NightbladeAzaron_Nightblade Member EpicPosts: 4,829
    Awwww! Go Blizzard! :D

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  • VaultFairyVaultFairy Member UncommonPosts: 566
    Aww! How lovely, might watch Aladdin again now.
  • Dreamo84Dreamo84 Member UncommonPosts: 3,713
    Above and beyond! Most would have expected just something small.

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  • TokkenTokken Member EpicPosts: 3,650
    maybe they should do Joan Collins now, too! lol

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  • HokieHokie Member UncommonPosts: 1,063
    Originally posted by Tokken
    maybe they should do Joan Collins now, too! lol

    LOL!

    Im laughing with you on that one....,no wait!

    I am still laughing though.

    "I understand that if I hear any more words come pouring out of your **** mouth, Ill have to eat every fucking chicken in this room."

  • SBFordSBFord Former Associate EditorMember LegendaryPosts: 33,129
    Originally posted by Tokken
    maybe they should do Joan Collins now, too! lol

    Erm...you mean Joan Rivers? o0


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  • DijonCyanideDijonCyanide Member UncommonPosts: 586
    I am no longer subscribed to WoW, but as I had stated in another thread once they implement this tribute they'll earn a month of subscription from me.  Nice of Blizzard paying genuine respect to Robin Williams.  Hopefully they got his voice along with various easter-eggs of reference.
  • TokkenTokken Member EpicPosts: 3,650
    Sure Joan Rivers. Let's just add more dead people to the game. lol....

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  • khm3rthugkhm3rthug Member UncommonPosts: 43
    Robin Williams used to play wow Joan rivers did not
  • AcidonAcidon Member UncommonPosts: 796
    Originally posted by khm3rthug
    Robin Williams used to play wow Joan rivers did not

    Joan and her daughter were still raiding with us as of two weeks ago..

    Okay, not really.  I don't know if that was her daughter or not.

    Okay, not really at all.  That would have been awesome though.  Joan Rivers was one of a kind.

     

    While I loved Robin Williams and I think it's a very nice gesture, I still think it's a slippery slope to start doing this.  Where does it end?  How retroactive do they need to be now, to include other famous people that played WoW at some point before passing away that never saw this kind of attention?

    I'm just saying.

  • titanofdoomtitanofdoom Member UncommonPosts: 263
    Awesome Blizzard immortalizing a true screen great!
    Perennially extricating the extraneous
  • GravargGravarg Member UncommonPosts: 3,424
    It would be awesome if in the upcoming Zelda game for Wii-U if he was an NPC.
  • CrazKanukCrazKanuk Member EpicPosts: 6,130
    Originally posted by Acidon
    Originally posted by khm3rthug
    Robin Williams used to play wow Joan rivers did not

    Joan and her daughter were still raiding with us as of two weeks ago..

    Okay, not really.  I don't know if that was her daughter or not.

    Okay, not really at all.  That would have been awesome though.  Joan Rivers was one of a kind.

     

    While I loved Robin Williams and I think it's a very nice gesture, I still think it's a slippery slope to start doing this.  Where does it end?  How retroactive do they need to be now, to include other famous people that played WoW at some point before passing away that never saw this kind of attention?

    I'm just saying.

    Ummmmmm, if it's a slippery slope than it has been for years. In case you've never played the game, Blizzard has a metric ton of pop culture/celebrity references baked into each release. You don't need to be a celebrity, though. They've immortalized numerous regular Joe players in the past, as has most every long-running MMO out there. 

    Crazkanuk

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  • KanesterKanester Member UncommonPosts: 375
    Iirc they did the same for a young man who died a few years ago, cant remember the name but hes in shattrah?? Somewhere.
  • HulluckHulluck Member UncommonPosts: 839
    Character models look kind of like crap. Hopefully they do a bit better so the npc is more recognisable.  Good on them regardless.
  • TolrocTolroc Member UncommonPosts: 111
    Originally posted by MysteryB
    I no longer play WoW, but mad respect to blizzard for being honorable, looking at you NINTENDO!

     

    Just curious, why would Nintendo do this? Is there some Robin Williams - Nintendo connection that I don't know about?

  • AcidonAcidon Member UncommonPosts: 796
    Originally posted by CrazKanuk
    Originally posted by Acidon
    Originally posted by khm3rthug
    Robin Williams used to play wow Joan rivers did not

    Joan and her daughter were still raiding with us as of two weeks ago..

    Okay, not really.  I don't know if that was her daughter or not.

    Okay, not really at all.  That would have been awesome though.  Joan Rivers was one of a kind.

     

    While I loved Robin Williams and I think it's a very nice gesture, I still think it's a slippery slope to start doing this.  Where does it end?  How retroactive do they need to be now, to include other famous people that played WoW at some point before passing away that never saw this kind of attention?

    I'm just saying.

    Ummmmmm, if it's a slippery slope than it has been for years. In case you've never played the game, Blizzard has a metric ton of pop culture/celebrity references baked into each release. You don't need to be a celebrity, though. They've immortalized numerous regular Joe players in the past, as has most every long-running MMO out there. 

     

    "as has most every long-running MMO out there", eh?  Yeah, no.. Not really.

     

    And for the record, we were discussing celebrities that had both played WoW *and* passed away.  Your reply was way off the mark.  Almost as if you hadn't been reading the thread.

  • AcidonAcidon Member UncommonPosts: 796
    Originally posted by Tolroc
    Originally posted by MysteryB
    I no longer play WoW, but mad respect to blizzard for being honorable, looking at you NINTENDO!

     

    Just curious, why would Nintendo do this? Is there some Robin Williams - Nintendo connection that I don't know about?

    He named his daughter Zelda, after the game from Nintendo.

  • TokkenTokken Member EpicPosts: 3,650

    Um. if Robin can be in the game then why not my friend Shaun. He played WOW as well and passed away recently in a car accident.... just saying. Keep it out of the Game! I play games to avoid reality not immerse myself in it.


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  • sethman75sethman75 Member UncommonPosts: 212
    Originally posted by Tokken

    Um. if Robin can be in the game then why not my friend Shaun. He played WOW as well and passed away recently in a car accident.... just saying. Keep it out of the Game! I play games to avoid reality not immerse myself in it.

    Yep.

    I think it is a lack of creativity to do stuff like this.

    WoW has so much potential to create it's own lore and try new and cool stories but they go the lazy route.

    Case in point was Uldum. Man the entire area was a total ripoff of Indiana Jones(a very bad interpretation btw) and was the signal that they had run out of ideas.

     

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